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Jake MeadorChurchEconomics

The Puritan Society - Commonplaces

Early American history scholar Francis Bremer describes the Puritan doctrine of the commonwealth.

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: The Incarnation - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In the final show of 2016, Matt, Alastair, and Derek consider whether God would have become incarnate had Adam not sinned, and the value of thinking about such hypotheticals. Thanks to all of our listeners for your support this year. This […]

Jake MeadorEconomics

Demonic Rapaciousness - Commonplaces

Russell Moore on the role that money and business play in the decadence of American life.

Jake MeadorEconomics

Demonic Rapaciousness - Commonplaces

Russell Moore on the role that money and business play in the decadence of American life.

Jake MeadorChurch

Losing a Majority Mindset - Commonplaces

Russell Moore on the consequences that seeing ourselves as a majority has had on American Christians.

Jake MeadorChurch

Losing a Majority Mindset - Commonplaces

Russell Moore on the consequences that seeing ourselves as a majority has had on American Christians.

Matthew LoftusCulture

If our enemy is modernity, aren't immigrants and Muslims on our side? - Doctors Without Boredom

Individualistic atomism is a juggernaut that an authoritarian nationalism won't hold back.

Matthew LoftusCulture

If our enemy is modernity, aren't immigrants and Muslims on our side? - Doctors Without Boredom

Individualistic atomism is a juggernaut that an authoritarian nationalism won't hold back.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: The Four Loves, on Charity

Mere Fidelity: The Four Loves, on Charity

Jake MeadorChurch

Tradition Doesn't Solve the Problem of Christian Unity - Commonplaces

Philip Schaff explains why appeals to church tradition do not actually provide a sound basis for Christian unity or buffer against divisiveness.

Jake MeadorChurch

Tradition Doesn't Solve the Problem of Christian Unity - Commonplaces

Philip Schaff explains why appeals to church tradition do not actually provide a sound basis for Christian unity or buffer against divisiveness.

Jake MeadorFamily

Hauerwas on the Politics of Sex - Commonplaces

An excerpt from Hauerwas's "Sex in Public" in which he takes on the trend of "open marriages"