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Jake MeadorChurch

The Future of Protestantism Full Roundup - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Normally this would go up over at Notes, but we wanted to be sure that everyone sees the full roundup of responses (so far) to last week’s Future of Protestantism event at Biola. There figure to be more responses in […]

Jake Meador

Tolkien and Violence | Mere Orthodoxy

Tolkien's treatment of violence was complex, recognizing that violence could be both heroic and depraved, serving the life of a place or undermining it.

Jake MeadorChurch

On Church Membership and Theological Disagreement | Mere Orthodoxy

We often mistakenly believe that church membership ought to be determined chiefly or exclusively on the basis of theological disagreement.

Matthew Lee AndersonChurch

The Future of Protestantism Video

The Future of Protestantism video at Torrey Honors of Biola University is now online. Matthew Lee Anderson reflects on it.

Jake MeadorPolitics

The Politics of Tolkien | Mere Orthodoxy

George RR Martin's critique of the politics of Tolkien, while somewhat understandable, misrepresents Tolkien on a foundational level.

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice

The Future of Protestantism: Online and at Biola April 29th

The Future of Protestantism at Biola University on April 29th is a must-see event for theology minded people.

Chris KrychoArtEvangelicalsFilm Reviews/Hollywoodnoah

Noah: A Theological-Aesthetic Rorschach Test

For evangelicals, Noah works as a sort of theological-artistic Rorschach test. We seem to find it in what we expect given its origins and our disposition.

Kevin WhiteFormation

Words for the Anxious Soul - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Worry and anxiety are common problems. So much of what we say to ourselves and others to help only hurts. What words speak well to the anxious?

Matthew Lee AndersonSocial Justice

Further thoughts on World Vision

World Vision changed its policy on hiring workers in same-sex marriage. Matthew Lee Anderson responds with lots of tweets.

Jake Meador

An Interview with Dan Siedell on Faith and Art - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Dan Siedell is an art critic and curator who has written extensively on art's relationship to faith and Christianity.

Matthew Lee AndersonSocial Justice

On whether Christians should keep supporting World Vision

World Vision has changed its policy to support same-sex marriage. Should Christians continue supporting the children they have funded?

Chris KrychoembodimentAnthropologyHermeneutics

God Become Man: Towards a Richer Theology of the Incarnation

Though the idea we ought to "incarnate" Christ to the world as Christ "incarnated" the Godhead to us is attractive, it misses something much better.