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Why I am Opposed to Gay Marriage - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Matthew Lee Anderson argues that the permanence that love aspires to cannot be satisfied by gay marriage as it can in different-sex marriages.

Jake MeadorCulture WarFormation

Home, Retreat, and the Benedict Option

If the Benedict Option is to succeed, then we cannot understand it as the creation of retreats. We must instead see it as being about the creation of homes.

Jake MeadorHistory/Church Historychurch historyLawMarcionism

Christian Ethics, Evangelicals, and Functional Marcionism

When evangelicals talk about the Old Testament they can quickly slip into a type of Marcionism, particularly when talking about the Pentateuch.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Pentecost and the Prophetic Gift of the Spirit

Mere Fidelity: Pentecost and the Prophetic Gift of the Spirit

Brett McCrackenCulture

Don Draper is an Ad, Man

Mad Men's Don Draper isn't just an ad man who create ads. He's an ad himself.

Jake MeadorCulture War

Evangelicals and the Search for Credibility - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

There's a certain type of evangelical who thinks our movement's biggest problem is a lack of credibility with non-Christians. Unfortunately, they are wrong.

Jake MeadorLaw

Arguing For and Against Capital Punishment

Arguing For and Against Capital Punishment

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Should Women Preach?

Mere Fidelity: Should Women Preach?

Jake Meadorthe vocation of writingWriting

Bill Simmons, ESPN, and the New Writing Economy

The firing of Bill Simmons by ESPN provides further proof that capital has transformed the work of online writers into little more than marketing.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Evangelical Blind Spots with Collin Hansen

Collin Hansen's Blind Spots focuses on evangelical areas that are overlooked. He joins Mere Fidelity to discuss.

Brett McCrackenHomosexualityTechnologyChurchEvangelicalismTheology and PracticeSexualitySocial MedialgbtqQ BostonRod DreherMichael HortonGabe LyonsQ Ideasgay marriageFormation

What Proximity is Worth

Reflections on Q Boston, healthy disagreement and the importance of relational proximity in a world of disembodied discourse and principles over people.

Jake MeadorCulture War

A Brief Thought on the Benedict Option | Mere Orthodoxy

The Benedict Option may be less about articulating a new response to new challenges and more about returning to classic Christian orthodoxy.