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Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured

Mere Fidelity: Orthodoxy and Sexual Ethics - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

And…we’re back. After a long summer break, we have returned. We skip all the niceties and how are yous and plunge in to recent discussions about the relationship between ‘orthodoxy’ and sexual ethics. The Nashville Statement makes an appearance, of […]

Joseph MinichFeaturedEducationCulture War

A Case Against Binding Consciences in the School Debates

Christians should not issue blanket statements condemning all public schools. The reality is much more complex and such declarations are not helpful.

Samuel JamesBook Reviews

Book Review: How to Think by Alan Jacobs

Alan Jacobs's new book, How to Think, is a helpful guide to thinking and arguing carefully in a cultural context that makes doing so difficult.

Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured

Why I Won't Sign the Nashville Statement | Mere Orthodoxy

The chief failing of the Nashville Statement is that it fails to exalt the whole Christian picture of sexuality and thus becomes ineffective and ad hoc.

Guest WriterBibleFeatured

Patience and Hermeneutics: On Brian Zahnd, Marcion, and Origen

Mark Randall James explains how Marcionism is as much about a lack of hermeneutical patience as it is a willful rejection of sacred texts.

Jake Meadorhealth

How Wellness Became an Epidemic - Commonplaces

From The Cut: A lot of the wellness movement addresses aspects of our lives previously considered basic and fundamental, like breathing or sleep. This spring, Arianna Huffington celebrated the tenth anniversary of what she calls her “great blessing.” On April 6, 2007, […]

Jake Meadorhealth

How Wellness Became an Epidemic - Commonplaces

From The Cut: A lot of the wellness movement addresses aspects of our lives previously considered basic and fundamental, like breathing or sleep. This spring, Arianna Huffington celebrated the tenth anniversary of what she calls her “great blessing.” On April 6, 2007, […]

Jake MeadorHannah Anderson

Too Proud to Enjoy the Enjoyable - Commonplaces

Hannah Anderson: We may abdicate positions of power, give away extra material goods, and move into smaller homes. But if we do it out of guilt (and make sure to broadcast our sacrifices loudly enough), our experience of the world […]

Jake MeadorHannah Anderson

Too Proud to Enjoy the Enjoyable - Commonplaces

Hannah Anderson: We may abdicate positions of power, give away extra material goods, and move into smaller homes. But if we do it out of guilt (and make sure to broadcast our sacrifices loudly enough), our experience of the world […]

Jake Meador

A Holy Sigh - Commonplaces

Sibbes: There is never a holy sigh, never a tear we shed, which is lost. And as every grace increases by exercise of itself, so does the grace of prayer. By prayer we learn to pray. So, likewise, we should […]

Jake Meador

A Holy Sigh - Commonplaces

Sibbes: There is never a holy sigh, never a tear we shed, which is lost. And as every grace increases by exercise of itself, so does the grace of prayer. By prayer we learn to pray. So, likewise, we should […]

Guest WriterBibleFeatured

Paul and the Slave Girl: Racism and the Great Gospel Narrative

Joseph Torres' brief overview of redemptive history as outlined in Scripture helps explain why it is valid to call racism 'heretical' or 'satanic.'