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Matthew Loftus

New Gods and Old Demons - Doctors Without Boredom

Alan Jacobs is exploring how Wink's Powers and Gaiman's Gods interact, and I couldn't be more excited.

Chris KrychoDevotional

The Rhythms of Family Worship - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Any program for recovering the vitality of the Church—whether the Benedict Option or some other—must have as one of its goals that ministers work “to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: The Benedict Option, with Rod Dreher - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Rod Dreher’s Benedict Option has been one of the most talked about books of 2017, and his blog is one of the most popular socially conservative blogs in the country. Now, the man himself joins us to talk about it. Listen […]

Matt MillerDevotional

Singing as Part of Family Worship | Mere Orthodoxy

Matt Miller and his family have leaned heavily on hymnody as a primary part of their evening family worship with their younger children.

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism

Indexing Political Theologies: Six Christianity and Culture Strategies - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

One of the smarter criticisms I’ve read of Rod’s book comes from Doug Wilson’s initial post about it in which he raises the question of whether we are moving into a time of extended testing under an established regime hostile […]

Guest WriterDevotional

Family Worship: The Voice of Rejoicing in the Christian Home

Family worship is an occasion where the "voice of rejoicing" can be heard in a Christian home. We should never lose sight of that basic fact.

Jake MeadorFeatured

Gangs of New Jerusalem: Act 1 | Mere Orthodoxy

The Reformed Katholic Krewe and Tradinista Apostles are preparing for war. Meanwhile, the Gospel Disciples enforcer is fed up with the Woke Feelings Havers.

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: The Resurrection of Politics - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Matt, Derek, and Mere-O’s own Jake Meador discuss the implications of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ for political theology. (Note: Matt posted the wrong episode before, so please shame him appropriately.) If you like the show, please do leave us […]

Susannah Black RobertsFeaturedHistory

Polis/Counter-polis: On the Civic Benedict Option - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The best approach to the Benedict Option will recognize the secular as a true good and work to preserve it as an essential part of community life.

E. J. HutchinsonDevotional

On Family Worship and Failure - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The latest post in our series comes from Eric Hutchinson.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: On Genesis 1, Part Two

Mere Fidelity: On Genesis 1, Part Two

Guest WriterDevotional

Family Worship as Spiritual Formation | Mere Orthodoxy

Family worship is an important aspect of a family's spiritual formation because it provides a regular time when they worship together.