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Jake MeadorChurch

15 Proposals for Church Renewal - Commonplaces

To begin, if you aren’t following Tara Ann Thieke on Twitter, you should remedy that. She’s great. This post is inspired by a list she posted on Twitter awhile back which we have been discussing intermittently in Mere O Slack […]

Isabel ChenotFeatured

Anatomy of Glory - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Suppose the reformer stops saying that a good woman may be like God and begins by saying that God is like a good woman. Suppose he says that we might just as well pray to ‘Our Mother which art in […]

Jake MeadorFeatured

Thomas Aquinas Reviews Worship Songs: Breathe | Mere Orthodoxy

In which the Angelic Doctor analyzes Darlene Zschech's popular worship song "Breathe."

Jake MeadorEconomics

The Quiet Centrality of Market States - Commonplaces

Somewhat improbably, the reformist Republican critique of market-states may actually be more trenchant than the moderate Democratic critique.

Jake MeadorEconomics

The Quiet Centrality of Market States - Commonplaces

Somewhat improbably, the reformist Republican critique of market-states may actually be more trenchant than the moderate Democratic critique.

Casey ShuttFeaturedEducation

Violent Schools in a Violent World | Mere Orthodoxy

The problem for our schools is a flawed telos that is too much in step with the cadence of the wild. An essentially violent world begets violent schools.

Susannah Black RobertsUncategorized

Heroes of the Fourth Turning: the Possession of American Conservatism - Radio Free Thulcandra

So I saw it, because that is the Rule, and also because there was this period of time a couple of weeks ago when my fellow commune member Sarah Bailey was texting me on an hourly basis to see whether […]

Susannah Black RobertsUncategorized

Heroes of the Fourth Turning: the Possession of American Conservatism - Radio Free Thulcandra

So I saw it, because that is the Rule, and also because there was this period of time a couple of weeks ago when my fellow commune member Sarah Bailey was texting me on an hourly basis to see whether […]

Caleb Wait

New Christian Zionism with Dr. Gerald McDermott - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Is there a theological system that includes future promises regarding Israel that is not dispensational? Dr. Gerald McDermott is here to introduce Derek and Alastair to ‘New Christian Zionism.’   Timestamps: Announcement for a live meetup at ETS in San […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Democrats (Probably) Won't Outflank Themselves | Mere Orthodoxy

Running a leftist campaign may not be electoral suicide; it may be a reasoned choice based on a belief that political persuasion is still possible.

E. J. HutchinsonFeatured

How Melanchthon Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Jesus

There are no extra points for thanking God for the salvation offered to us in Christ in meter; but there is extra pleasure.

Scott BeauchampFeatured

An Intercourse with Ghosts: The Unabomber, Irony, and Terror

1. To write about Theodore J. Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, is to sit for a moment with the ghosts of his victims peering over your shoulder. The dead and the maimed, both. Just as much as you try to […]