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Brewer EberlyFeatured

The Good, True, and Beautiful and the Oscars | Mere Orthodoxy

The problem with the Oscars is not that they value beauty over truth, but that their understanding of beauty is wrong.

JF ArnoldMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Echoes of Exodus

Mere Fidelity: Echoes of Exodus

Matthew LoftusFamily

the life of an expat parent - Doctors Without Boredom

Rachel Pieh Jones describes the split-open feeling of raising children abroad.

Susannah Black RobertsFeatured

Movie Review: A Wrinkle in Time | Mere Orthodoxy

If Christianity has been erased in the movie, the particular flavor of Madeleine L’Engle’s Christianity is in danger of being erased in the hot takes.

Matthew Loftus

Sandra McCracken, "Songs From The Valley" - Doctors Without Boredom

Sandra McCracken's latest EP is another wonder of songwriting.

Matthew LoftusCulture

why can't white Christians take black Christians at their word? - Doctors Without Boredom

White Christians seem to have real difficulties taking their brothers and sisters of color at their word when it comes to racism. Why?

Jake MeadorFamilyFeatured

The Problem with Surrogacy: A 1400 Word Sketch | Mere Orthodoxy

Last week we talked about the difficulty of discussing surrogacy as a Christian journalist. Now we explain why Christians should not practice surrogacy.

Matthew LoftusCulture

we can make up great things - like national identity! - Doctors Without Boredom

National identities might be "made up", but that doesn't make them any less real.

Guest WriterFamilyFeaturedEvangelicalism

Surrogacy and the Challenge of Fair Mindedness | Mere Orthodoxy

A recent feature essay on "Christian surrogacy" raises complicated questions not only about sexual ethics, but about journalistic responsibilities as well.

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryCriminal Justice

can Black Lives Matter achieve its goals? - Doctors Without Boredom

Cedric Johnson examines the history of identity politics and finds BLM wanting in its attempts to reform the police.

Jake MeadorFeaturedFormation

The Grace of Good Questions - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Francis Schaeffer used to say that if he had an hour to tell someone about Jesus, he would spend the first 55 minutes of that hour listening. I thought about this a couple weekends ago when I was able to […]

Matthew Loftus

song post: "Fire and Dynamite", Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors - Doctors Without Boredom

“Fire and Dynamite” is the best pop-rock song released in the last ten years. Drew Holcomb has written a number of great songs over the years (check him out!), but this is the best and I’m glad I’ve gotten to […]