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Matthew Lee AndersonCulture War

The Work of the Church: Once more Around the "Countercultural" Question

Matthew Lee Anderson continues the conversation about the work of the Church and the use of "countercultural" rhetoric in evangelical circles.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Lament and the Church

Theologian Todd Billings discusses Lament and the role it has in the church.

Matthew Lee AndersonCulture War

The Hope of the Church and the World: Once more on "Countercultural" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The hope of the Church does not like primarily with being 'counter-cultural,' but in the orientation towards the person, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: Our Culture of Public Shaming - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

What should we make of our new culture of public shaming? Mere Fidelity discusses a growing trend .

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: Living through the Church's Exile - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

What does it mean that the church is in exile? Or that it should be countercultural? The Mere Fidelity guys discuss.

Chris KrychoJerram BarrsBook Reviews

Speak the Truth in Beauty: A review of 'Echoes of Eden'

Jerram Barrs' 'Echoes of Eden' aims to provide both that clear aesthetic and a pattern to follow.

Matthew Lee AndersonCulture War

Writing as though History Happened: On Being Countercultural Christians - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Evangelicals claim to be countercultural. What does a counter-cultural Christianity mean, though? Matthew Lee Anderson considers.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: The Skeletons in God's Closet

Joshua Ryan Butler's book The Skeletons in God's Closet tackles hell, judgment, and holy war. The Mere Fidelity guys discuss it with him.

Jake Meadorharry potterBook Reviews

The Forgetfulness of Love in Harry Potter

One of the less discussed points in Harry Potter is the forgetfulness of love, a theme Rowling develops in Harry, Hermione, Neville, and Luna.

Jake MeadorPoliticsEthics

The Demands of Love in Harry Potter | Mere Orthodoxy

Love in Harry Potter is not primarily a feeling or emotion, but rather an orientation to the world that transforms everything one looks at.

Jake Meador

Curiosity & Love in the Harry Potter Books | Mere Orthodoxy

Curiosity often takes a vicious form in the information age. But the Harry Potter series shows how curiosity can be a virtue when practiced rightly.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Christmas

Mere Fidelity: Christmas