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Returning to the Sources: The Scholarship of Richard Muller - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

By Michael Lynch Today, if you walk into a random art gallery in the Grand Rapids, Mich. area, you might come across an 18th century Dutch landscape oil painting with a windmill or a church in its background. Perhaps, the […]

Matthew LoftusFamily

The Tech-Wise Family Challenge - Doctors Without Boredom

My wife and I read Andy Crouch’s The Tech-Wise Family last year and really enjoyed it. (We have also really enjoyed putting some of its recommendations into practice! Now, there’s a 21-day challenge you can do with your family, starting […]

Matthew LoftusFamily

The Tech-Wise Family Challenge - Doctors Without Boredom

My wife and I read Andy Crouch’s The Tech-Wise Family last year and really enjoyed it. (We have also really enjoyed putting some of its recommendations into practice! Now, there’s a 21-day challenge you can do with your family, starting […]

Jonathan LeemanFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Church Membership and the Definition of Baptism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

(1: Gavin Ortlund’s Initial Post, 3: Gavin Ortlund’s Response, 4: Jonathan Leeman’s Final Response) Gavin, Thank you for the opportunity to interact with you on this matter. I’m grateful for you and our partnership in the gospel, and I remember your time […]

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Book Review: The Gospel in Dorothy L. Sayers - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

By Gina Dalfonzo “The variety of Dorothy Sayers’s work makes it almost impossible to find anyone who can deal properly with it all,” wrote C. S. Lewis in his eulogy for his friend and fellow writer. “. . . I […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

what role do traditional healers have in a modern healthcare system? - Doctors Without Boredom

On the fence just down the street from the hospital where I work in Kenya, there is a sign for a “Dr. Musa” promising treatments for everything from “business” to “male strength”. Sometimes as I walk through town, I will […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

what role do traditional healers have in a modern healthcare system? - Doctors Without Boredom

On the fence just down the street from the hospital where I work in Kenya, there is a sign for a “Dr. Musa” promising treatments for everything from “business” to “male strength”. Sometimes as I walk through town, I will […]

Guest WriterFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Can We Reject Paedobaptism and Still Receive Paedobaptists?

It should be possible for Baptists to both have defined membership practices in their church and to receive those baptized as infants into full membership.

Jake Meador

A Quick Thought on "Sacramental" Language - Commonplaces

Derek has a good post offering some needed pushback to the growing usage of ‘sacramental’ language amongst some evangelicals. The problem, in short, is that sacraments are a very particular thing with a particular function in the Christian life and […]

Jake Meador

A Quick Thought on "Sacramental" Language - Commonplaces

Derek has a good post offering some needed pushback to the growing usage of ‘sacramental’ language amongst some evangelicals. The problem, in short, is that sacraments are a very particular thing with a particular function in the Christian life and […]

Matthew LoftusEconomicsCriminal Justicedirty moneycrime

$2.1 trillion in dirty money annually - Doctors Without Boredom

I felt like this interview itself was a little short and didn’t quite get to the point, but I am very interested in the degree to which the international finance industry might be reformed to help make corruption and crime […]

Matthew LoftusEconomicsCriminal Justicedirty moneycrime

$2.1 trillion in dirty money annually - Doctors Without Boredom

I felt like this interview itself was a little short and didn’t quite get to the point, but I am very interested in the degree to which the international finance industry might be reformed to help make corruption and crime […]