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Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Christendom and the Privilege of the Church

Mere Fidelity: Christendom and the Privilege of the Church

Jake Meador

On GK Chesterton and Chicken Vindaloo

Reading GK Chesterton for the first time can be a bit like eating chicken vindaloo after a lifetime of hamburgers and mac and cheese.

Jake MeadorCulture War

The Politics of the Christmas Truce | Mere Orthodoxy

For one day in 1914 thousands of soldiers laid down their guns and stopped trying to kill each other. It was the Christmas Truce. But it lasted only a day.

Matthew Lee AndersonCulture War

Naive Young Evangelicals and the Illiberal DNA of the Gay Rights Movement - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The gay rights movement is illiberal and young evangelicals are naive about where it could end.

Jake MeadorCulture War

Fatigue from the Culture War That Never Was

Stories of evangelicals struggling with fatigue from the culture war have been getting a great deal of attention. But "culture war" may be the wrong term.

Matthew Lee Anderson

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

What role does the resurrection play in ethics? How should Christians think about the natural law?

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: The Cross in the Gospels

Mere Fidelity: The Cross in the Gospels

Jake MeadorLiteratureLord of the RingsJ. R. R. Tolkien

What I Saw in the Shire--JRR Tolkien and the Love of Little Things

JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings shows us many truths, not the least of which is the life-giving power of loving small things.

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: The Spirituality of Work - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

How does work integrate into our spiritual lives?  How should Christians approach their work?  Nancy Nordenson, author of Finding Livelihood, joins Alastair and Derek to talk about the kinds of rhythms we need in order to work well. If you enjoyed the […]

Jake Meador

The Law and the Burden of Love in Harry Potter

Love in Harry Potter is not simply sentiment, it is a choice, a willing toward the good of the beloved. And this love will pay any cost to save the beloved.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Can Christians Ever Support War?

Preston Sprinkle joins Mere Fidelity to discuss whether Christians can ever support war.

Jake MeadorPoliticsTelevision

The Narrow Vision of House of Cards | Mere Orthodoxy

For all their dissimilarities, there is one important and d