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Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Five Theses on Voting and the Alabama Senate Election - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

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

Reading the Hymns: Joy to the World | Mere Orthodoxy

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

The Offense of the Gospel and the Offense of Roy Moore | Mere Orthodoxy

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

Cells Interlinked: The Quest for Humanity in Blade Runner 2049 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

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

Mere Fidelity: On Community Activism and Matt's Prison BBQ project

Brad LittlejohnFeaturedChurch

What of the Baptists? A Response to Samuel James | Mere Orthodoxy

Brad Littlejohn and Joseph Minich respond to Samuel James' review of "People of the Promise" in Christianity Today.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Rot on the Right: Answering McAllister on Moore | Mere Orthodoxy

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

Mary, Did You Know? A Mere Orthodoxy Symposium

In which contributing writers to Mere O debate the merits of the polarizing Christmas classic "Mary, Did You Know?"

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: Awaiting the King by James K. A. Smith, with David Henreckson - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

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

The Commonwealth and Natural Law: Littlejohn Responds to Dillon

Brad Littlejohn responds to Kyle Dillon's review of his book "The Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed."

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: On Ethics and Technology, with Michael Sacasas - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

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

Book Review: Awaiting the King by James K. A. Smith

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?