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Jake MeadorChurch

Evangelicals and Catholics Together in 2018 - Commonplaces

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 | Mere Orthodoxy

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 | Mere Orthodoxy

We should be friends, quoth Potiphar's wife.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalism

On the Pence Rule - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

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

Mere Fidelity: Matt Chandler, on Christian Courage

Matthew Loftus

when churches commodify diversity - Doctors Without Boredom

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

Matthew Loftus

when churches commodify diversity - Doctors Without Boredom

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 - Doctors Without Boredom

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 Loftus

more questions than answers in the death of a journalist in South Sudan - Doctors Without Boredom

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 - Doctors Without Boredom

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

Matthew LoftusEthics

ends and kinds in creation - Doctors Without Boredom

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

Joseph MinichFeaturedEvangelicalism

On Doubting Well | Mere Orthodoxy

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.