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Jake MeadorChurchEvangelicalism

Are Millennials Joining High Church Traditions? | Mere Orthodoxy

The story of millennials joining high church traditions is becoming more common in the traditionalist blogosphere--but is it telling the whole story?

Derek RishmawyTheologyTheology and Practiceattributes of Godimpassibility

The Beauty of the Impassible God (Or, Is God an Emotional Teenager?)

What does it mean for God to be impassible? More importantly, what does this mean for the Incarnation?

Matthew LoftusSexualitysexual ethics

The Poisonous Fruit Of The Randian Sexual Paradise

Christian sexual ethics is not about creating autonomous couplings that boost families to the middle class but communities that support one another.

Michael HendrixPoliticsCulture

Millennial Insecurity Runs Washington D.C. - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Washington D.C. runs on millennial insecurity. For every job a millennial leaves, fifty want to take over.

Matthew Lee AndersonSocial Trends

Belated thoughts on the Duck Dynasty Kerfuffle

Duck Dynasty people said some controversial thinga about homosexuality. Matthew Lee Anderson comments on them.

Jake MeadorChurch

The Invisible Anglicanism of CS Lewis | Mere Orthodoxy

One of the most important and neglected themes in recent tributes to him is the Anglicanism of CS Lewis. Both evangelicals and Catholics tend to miss it.

Kevin WhiteReading the Hymns

Reading the Hymns: God Moves In a Mysterious Way

Reading the Hymns: God Moves In a Mysterious Way

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

The Joy of Christmas: A Meditation - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Christmas is a season of joy and sorrow, of suffering and death and life and light. This meditation by Matthew Lee Anderson explores these themes.

Matthew Lee AndersonSociety

When a Gay Man and an Evangelical Walked into a Bar

Matthew Lee Anderson, an evangelical, and John Corvino, a gay man, had a public discussion on gay marriage.

Matthew Lee AndersonMarriage

The Questions of Gay Marriage: How serious a concern is homosexuality?

Gay marriage is a difficult subject. Here we take up the questions of gay marriage and whether the Bible thinks homosexuality is important.

Matthew Lee AndersonCulture War

On Joseph Bottum's Enchantment and Public Arguments

Joseph Bottum has suggested that conservatives should pursue enchantment rather than pursue social ethics. But what if social ethics are enchanted?

Matthew Lee AndersonEconomics and Business

Why Young Evangelicals should Support Hobby Lobby - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Young evangelicals have been tepid in support of Hobby Lobby. Yet their own commitments on business means they should support them.