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Matthew LoftusCultureEconomics

whither conservatism? - Doctors Without Boredom

While there’s a lot more that could be said and a lot of things that could be said differently (as I hope to in a forthcoming essay for Mere-O), I appreciated this assessment from Timothy Shenk at Dissent of where things are […]

Matthew LoftusEthicsCriminal JusticedrugsHealth & Medicine

"legalizing marijuana won't solve those disparities" - Doctors Without Boredom

I found this interview with Alex Berenson, who just wrote a new book about the dangers of marijuana, very interesting and well-balanced: TMP: In your Times op-ed, you suggest that the ominous scholarly findings have been ignored thanks to legalization advocates […]

Matthew LoftusEthicsCriminal JusticedrugsHealth & Medicine

"legalizing marijuana won't solve those disparities" - Doctors Without Boredom

I found this interview with Alex Berenson, who just wrote a new book about the dangers of marijuana, very interesting and well-balanced: TMP: In your Times op-ed, you suggest that the ominous scholarly findings have been ignored thanks to legalization advocates […]

Jonathan LeemanFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Baptist Sacramentology and the Concern with Donatism

Jonathan Leeman responds to Gavin Ortlund's concerns about implicit Donatism in Baptist thought as well as his other criticisms of closed membership.

Matthew LoftusFamily

Jenny & Tyler, "A Boy & a Girl (We're Getting Older)" - Doctors Without Boredom

Sorry there was no post yesterday. Today I wanted to share a sweet music video from Jenny & Tyler’s latest record, There Will Be A Song:

Matthew LoftusFamily

Jenny & Tyler, "A Boy & a Girl (We're Getting Older)" - Doctors Without Boredom

Sorry there was no post yesterday. Today I wanted to share a sweet music video from Jenny & Tyler’s latest record, There Will Be A Song:

Jake MeadorEconomicshealth

Is Burnout a Generational Issue or a Class Issue? - Commonplaces

If you haven’t yet, please do read Anne Helen Peterson’s excellent Buzzfeed essay on millennials and burnout. My first reaction to the essay was to agree with nearly every word of it and pass it on to others. But after […]

Jake MeadorEconomicshealth

Is Burnout a Generational Issue or a Class Issue? - Commonplaces

If you haven’t yet, please do read Anne Helen Peterson’s excellent Buzzfeed essay on millennials and burnout. My first reaction to the essay was to agree with nearly every word of it and pass it on to others. But after […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: *The Prodigal Prophet* with Dr. Tim Keller - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We’ve started 2019 with a bang, as Dr. Tim Keller joins the show to discuss The Prodigal Prophet, his new book on Jonah. The iTunes feed is here, if you’d like to subscribe (thanks to everyone who has reviewed us so kindly) […]

Guest WriterFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

There is One Baptism But Not One Baptist View of Baptism

Gavin Ortlund responds to Jonathan Leeman's criticism of his arguments for some version of open membership practices in Baptist churches.

Jake Meador

Three Notes on the Bulwark - Commonplaces

The good folks over at The Weekly Standard deserve a ton of credit for their fast work in relaunching a new publication, The Bulwark, in the aftermath of their untimely shuttering last month. What follows will be mostly critical so I want […]

Jake Meador

Three Notes on the Bulwark - Commonplaces

The good folks over at The Weekly Standard deserve a ton of credit for their fast work in relaunching a new publication, The Bulwark, in the aftermath of their untimely shuttering last month. What follows will be mostly critical so I want […]