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Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Rot on the Right: Answering McAllister on Moore | Mere Orthodoxy

The tragedy of D. C. McAllister's Roy Moore defense is not that her argument is dumb, though it is. It's that she doesn't even mean what she's saying.

Guest WriterFeaturedChurch

Mary, Did You Know? A Mere Orthodoxy Symposium

In which contributing writers to Mere O debate the merits of the polarizing Christmas classic "Mary, Did You Know?"

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: Awaiting the King by James K. A. Smith, with David Henreckson - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Professor James K.A. Smith has recently published the last of his ‘Cultural Liturgies’ trilogy, Awaiting the King. David Henreckson is an assistant professor of theology at Dordt College, and also serves as director of the Andreas Center for Reformed Scholarship and Service. He […]

Brad Littlejohn

The Commonwealth and Natural Law: Littlejohn Responds to Dillon

Brad Littlejohn responds to Kyle Dillon's review of his book "The Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed."

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: On Ethics and Technology, with Michael Sacasas - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Michael Sacasas is one of the most thoughtful critics of the relationship between ethics and technology writing on the internet today. He is the Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics and Technology, and writes at The Frailest […]

Guest WriterJames SmithBook ReviewsJeff Bilbro

Book Review: Awaiting the King by James K. A. Smith

Jeff Bilbro reviews James K. A. Smith's new book "Awaiting the King" and has one key question: Can the church liberalism needs survive the liberal order?

Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics

On the City and the Gods: A Lost Chapter of Aristotle | Mere Orthodoxy

Greg Forster argues that a truly liberal city can only exist when people have partial, though not complete, agreement on the will of the gods for the city.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Confessions, Book IV

Mere Fidelity: Confessions, Book IV

Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedEthicsCurrent Politics

The Adoption Tax Credit Is Not (Necessarily) Pro-Life | Mere Orthodoxy

The uncritical assumption that one must support the adoption tax credit in order to claim the label "pro-life" is overly simple and unhelpful.

Guest WriterFeatured

Find Your Cultured Christian Article Title With This Quiz | Mere Orthodoxy

Need a title for your next earnest Christian thinkpiece? This quiz has you covered.

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: The Reformation, with Carl Trueman - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We’re delighted to have Carl Trueman on the show to talk with us about the sources and effects of the Reformation. Trueman holds the Paul Woolley Chair of Church History and is professor of church history at Westminster Theological Seminary. If […]

Paul D. MillerFeatured

The City and the Gods: The Case for the Liberal Order | Mere Orthodoxy

Paul D. Miller uses a Socratic dialogue to make the case for why we should still stand by the liberal social order.