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Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics
It’s election day in Alabama. If recent electoral trends are a reliable metric, today’s election is probably a preview of what we can expect to see more and more often in the years to come: a wildly unqualified Republican candidate […]
Guest WriterFeaturedChurch
Steven Wedgeworth's close reading of "Joy to the World" argues that the hymn works as both an Advent hymn and a Christmas hymn.
Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics
A seminary professor living in Birmingham, AL discusses the differences between the offense of the Gospel and the many offenses of the Roy Moore candidacy.
Jeremiah WebsterFeatured
By Jeremiah Webster and Zach Boyd Lamenting modern cinema is easy. Optimus Prime never really dies. Second rate superheroes, revived against their will, become a name. CGI bristles, indulges in the excess of “because we can, that’s why.” Nothing explodes […]
Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity
Mere Fidelity: On Community Activism and Matt's Prison BBQ project
Brad LittlejohnFeaturedChurch
Brad Littlejohn and Joseph Minich respond to Samuel James' review of "People of the Promise" in Christianity Today.
Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics
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
In which contributing writers to Mere O debate the merits of the polarizing Christmas classic "Mary, Did You Know?"
Matthew Lee Anderson
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
Brad Littlejohn responds to Kyle Dillon's review of his book "The Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed."
Matthew Lee Anderson
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
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?