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Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism

The Tedium of Worldview Analysis | Mere Orthodoxy

Christians should be relentlessly serious people who care about truth wherever they find it. In contrast, Christian worldviewism wants only to win a debate.

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

what it costs our kids - Doctors Without Boredom

Tara Ann Thieke describes the ugly side of childcare and the harms parents do to themselves and their children.

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

what it costs our kids - Doctors Without Boredom

Tara Ann Thieke describes the ugly side of childcare and the harms parents do to themselves and their children.

Brewer EberlyFeatured

The Good, True, and Beautiful and the Oscars | Mere Orthodoxy

The problem with the Oscars is not that they value beauty over truth, but that their understanding of beauty is wrong.

JF ArnoldMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Echoes of Exodus

Mere Fidelity: Echoes of Exodus

Matthew LoftusFamily

the life of an expat parent - Doctors Without Boredom

Rachel Pieh Jones describes the split-open feeling of raising children abroad.

Matthew LoftusFamily

the life of an expat parent - Doctors Without Boredom

Rachel Pieh Jones describes the split-open feeling of raising children abroad.

Susannah Black RobertsFeatured

Movie Review: A Wrinkle in Time | Mere Orthodoxy

If Christianity has been erased in the movie, the particular flavor of Madeleine L’Engle’s Christianity is in danger of being erased in the hot takes.

Matthew Loftus

Sandra McCracken, "Songs From The Valley" - Doctors Without Boredom

Sandra McCracken's latest EP is another wonder of songwriting.

Matthew Loftus

Sandra McCracken, "Songs From The Valley" - Doctors Without Boredom

Sandra McCracken's latest EP is another wonder of songwriting.

Matthew LoftusCulture

why can't white Christians take black Christians at their word? - Doctors Without Boredom

White Christians seem to have real difficulties taking their brothers and sisters of color at their word when it comes to racism. Why?

Matthew LoftusCulture

why can't white Christians take black Christians at their word? - Doctors Without Boredom

White Christians seem to have real difficulties taking their brothers and sisters of color at their word when it comes to racism. Why?