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Matthew Loftus

song post: Steve Taylor, "Cash Cow" - Doctors Without Boredom

Steve Taylor's brilliant and terrifying music video for "Cash Cow", a song we need now more than ever.

Guest WriterFeaturedHistory

Book Review: The Life of Roman Republicanism by Joy Connolly - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

By Coyle Neal In some ways, Dr. Joy Connolly’s introduction to the formal study of Rome mirrors my own. “I began to study the republican tradition in earnest in 2001, at a time when the promise of rescue it offered—by […]

Brewer EberlyFeaturedCurrent Politics

Book Review: Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice | Mere Orthodoxy

Brewer Eberly reviews "Christian abortionist's" Willie Parker's new memoir and finds it badly wanting as a work of theological reasoning.

Matthew LoftusCulturearts

can evangelicalism's corpse be revived? - Doctors Without Boredom

Alan Jacobs has a grim prediction for the future of evangelicalism: There will of course continue to be vibrant congregations that define themselves as evangelical, but fewer and fewer as the years go by, I think. Most churches that would […]

Guest WriterCurrent Politics

Marco Rubio's Paid Leave Plan Isn't Perfect. That's OK.

Critics of Marco Rubio's proposal to provide paid parental leave for American parents are allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good.

Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine

questioning brain death - Doctors Without Boredom

The story of Jahi McMath illustrates how tenuous the idea of "brain death" really is.

Jake MeadorDevotionalFeatured

Announcing the Household Worship Project | Mere Orthodoxy

Mere O's latest venture is a project intended to help reinvigorate the practice of regular household worship.

Matthew Loftusash wednesday

that's how all good comedies go - Doctors Without Boredom

Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day this year, and Barbara McClay has some good thoughts on the matter: If Valentine’s Day is about the incommensurability of feeling and gesture, Ash Wednesday presents us with the ultimate […]

Guest WriterFeaturedEvangelicalism

7 Things You Should Know About the Evangelical Deep State

The Evangelical Deep State exists. In fact, it has a name. And that name is "Joe Carter."

Joseph MinichFeatured

Christendom in 1200 Words (Give or Take) | Mere Orthodoxy

Joe Minich briefly summarizes the reasons that a renewed Christendom would actually be good news for the modern west.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

EMRs are designed for billing, not for retaining information - Doctors Without Boredom

The dirty secret of all electronic medical records (EMRs) is this: they are not primarily designed to help doctors record, review, or share information about their patients. No, they are primarily designed to capture the data necessary to submit bills to […]

Tessa Carmangeorge macdonaldBook Reviews

The Factitude of Creeks

For those who have wondered why C.S. Lewis called George MacDonald “master,” this wisdom-rich anthology tells us why.