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Brian MesimerEvangelicalism

Paige Patterson's Missing Link

Patterson's counsel to abused women betrays an alarming lack of concern for the victims as well as an incorrect understanding of church discipline.

Jake MeadorChurch

Evangelicals and Catholics Together in 2018

Brief notes on this question: First, Rod is correct in his response to Walther in which he notes the extremely American characteristics of American Catholicism. Moreover, this is a trend that goes back some time—at least to JFK’s awful speech […]

John SheltonFeaturedEvangelicalism

Stanley Hauerwas: Modern American Puddleglum

Hauerwas's gift is the ability to punch through comforting myths that American Christians tell themselves in order to draw their attention to higher things.

E. J. HutchinsonFeaturedEvangelicalism

Avoidance is not Purity: An Ode on the Pence Rule

We should be friends, quoth Potiphar's wife.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalism

On the Pence Rule

In a world and economy as hostile to marriage as ours, things like the Pence Rule are understandable attempts to protect marriage.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Matt Chandler, on Christian Courage

Matt Chandler joins the show to discuss his new book (with David Roark) Take Heart, and on the need for Christian courage in a post-Christian world. If you’re

Matthew Loftus

when churches commodify diversity

What happens when urban churches try to commodify diversity? It gets ugly.

Matthew Loftus

more questions than answers in the death of a journalist in South Sudan

A journalist embedded with rebel soldiers was shot and killed in South Sudan. Simona Foltyn unravels the story of his last hours and the questions raised by his death.

Matthew LoftusEthics

ends and kinds in creation

Matthew Arbo reflects on Oliver O'Donovan's doctrine of creation and its implications for science and ethics.

Joseph MinichFeaturedEvangelicalism

On Doubting Well

Much reflection on doubt and Christianity gives the impression that the only ways forward are a fideist retreat to commitment or a renouncing of the faith.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Confessions, Book 8

Matt, Alastair and Derek carry on with their discussion of Augustine's Confessions.  If you’re interested in supporting the show financially, you can check out our Patreon here.

Matthew LoftusCulture

the problem with values

When we talk about "values" but not character, we cut ourselves off from the things we want.