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Justin HawkinsFeaturedCurrent Politics

The War of All Against One: Why Christians Should Not Be Populists

Working from the thought of Rene Girard, Justin Hawkins explains how populism fails to measure up as an authentically Christian political theory.

Jake Meador

Is all human community parasitic?

That is the claim made by Dan Hugger in a recent post at the Acton Institute. Hugger, picking up on the French-Ahmari debate, argued that my framing of the debate—that liberalism ultimately fails because it both relies on other social […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Are America's Megachurches Too Big to Fail?

What happens when a community becomes so large that it is not able to do the very thing it was originally intended to do?

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Can Social Conservatives Lead?

Rusty Reno is right to say that social conservatives should lead. But do we have the will to do so? And will we lead in a way that actually leads to life?

Brad EastFeaturedChurch

Five Theses on Preaching

All that a sermon is meant to do is use human words to convey God's written word which, by the Spirit's grace, draw people toward a deeper love of God.

Guest WriterFeaturedembodimentHealth and Medicinehealth

Against an Economy Financed by Human Bodies

The late capitalist economy has found many ways of turning the exploitation of human bodies into a booming business.

Matthew LoftusFeaturedHealth and Medicinehealth

Book Review: Between Life and Death by Kathryn Butler

Matthew Loftus reviews Kathryn Butler's new book which seeks to provide a Christian framework for thinking about end-of-life medical care.

Jake Meador

Mere O News (and a Book Perk!)

I just posted this on the Patreon page for Mere O and wanted to cross-post here to make sure everyone saw it. Hey all, I have a few news items to share with y’all: First: My book will be out […]

Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

The "Boring" Parts of Scripture

Matt, Derek, and Alastair mull over the "boring" parts of scripture to see how these monotonous passages can be more greatly appreciated and share advice and resources that

Matthew EmersonFeatured

A Review of Walter Strickland's "Liberation and Black Theological Method"

Walter Strickland's "Liberation and Black Theological Method" is an important summary of how 20th century black theologians approached the theological task.

Susannah Black RobertsArtPolitics

Rise up, wretched man: enough tears have flowed.

Several months ago, I went with a group of friends– mostly church people, from Emmanuel Anglican– to see a production of Euripides’ Herakles, in the original Greek, directed by our friend Caleb Simone. It was part of his doctoral work, […]

Jake MeadorEconomics

Martin Bucer's Anti-Poverty Program

Bucer's plan for fighting poverty in late medieval Europe has elements that will offend both left and right, which is precisely why it is so interesting.