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Matthew LoftusCulture

"For G-d So Loved Haiti" - Doctors Without Boredom

There is so much here in this long essay about the controversial Pentecostal preachers of Haiti and the traditional Vodou practices: I asked [the pastor] whether he had founded Shalom to combat Vodou in the country, and he shook his […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

performance improvement: if all you measure is garbage, you will get garbage - Doctors Without Boredom

Everybody thinks performance improvement for doctors. The problem is deciding what you're going to measure.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

performance improvement: if all you measure is garbage, you will get garbage - Doctors Without Boredom

Everybody thinks performance improvement for doctors. The problem is deciding what you're going to measure.

Guest WriterFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Today's World Would Not Be Strange to Paul: On Church Discipline

When Paul wrote to the Corinthians on discipline and sexual sin he was writing to people who lived in a world that was in many ways like our own.

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurch

The Crisis in Christian Discipline and the Opportunity Before Us

American Christianity's moral witness has been badly weakened at a time when we could provide a confused, fracturing world with a hopeful alternative.

Guest WriterFeatured

The Confusions and Dangers of a Church of Mercy | Mere Orthodoxy

Wesley Hill reviews Ross Douthat's book "To Change the Church," arguing that Pope Francis's call to mercy is both admirable and potentially revolutionary.

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: Theophanies, with Vern Poythress - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Rev. Dr. Vern Poythress is professor of New Testament interpretation at Westminster Theological Seminary. He is also the author of the newly published Theophany: A Theology of God’s Appearing. He joins the show to discuss God’s appearances in Scripture, and […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

spend time with poor people, be friends and neighbors - Doctors Without Boredom

I love it when Eve Tushnet gets on her soapbox about poverty and virtue, and this great piece about the much-touted “success sequence” is no exception: The people I speak with believe they have a responsibility—there’s that word again—to achieve […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

spend time with poor people, be friends and neighbors - Doctors Without Boredom

I love it when Eve Tushnet gets on her soapbox about poverty and virtue, and this great piece about the much-touted “success sequence” is no exception: The people I speak with believe they have a responsibility—there’s that word again—to achieve […]

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

New Davenant release: God of Our Fathers - Commonplaces

Both of these things are true: I have spent my entire life in the church. I didn’t really know the traditional view of the doctrine of God until the last couple of years.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

New Davenant release: God of Our Fathers - Commonplaces

Both of these things are true: I have spent my entire life in the church. I didn’t really know the traditional view of the doctrine of God until the last couple of years.

Matthew Loftus

"I can’t work for justice and righteousness if I don’t have love in my heart." - Doctors Without Boredom

D.L. Mayfield reflects on a recent podcast on missionaries that unfortunately gets stuck in the swamp of mockery and criticism without love.