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Matthew Lee AndersonSocial Trends

Friendship, Opposition, and Chick-Fil-A

Chick-Fil-A's defense of traditional marriage caused an uproar among Christians. Friendship and opposition are possible if we love the truth.

Matthew Lee Anderson

Sexual Politics and our Soft Despotism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Sexual politics can lead to a soft despotism, as contrary sexual views are denied legitimacy in the public square by the sexual orthodoxy.

Cate MacDonaldEducation

I Went to Wheatstone. You Should Too.

Wheatstone Academy provides a week of Socratic pursuit of the true, the good, and the beautiful. You should attend.

Matthew Lee AndersonSocial Trends

Candor, the Religious Liberty Fight, and Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat suggests that those who oppose religious liberty should have candor. But the fight against religious liberty needs vagueness.

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

A Survival Guide for the Upcoming Political Onslaught - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We are faced by a political onslaught. This is a survival guide for you to get through it without losing your soul.

Matthew Lee AndersonSocial Trends

The New Puritanism: Chick-fil-A and Boycotts

People want to boycott Chick-fil-A because on behalf of gay rights and against traditional marriage. But this is a form of a new Puritanism.

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitical Theologypeter leithartStanley Hauerwas

Between Babel and Beast: Reviewing Peter Leithart's Political Theology (Pt. 2)

Peter Leithart's Between Babel and Beast is an impressive political theology that follows up Defending Constantine. This is our review.

Brett McCracken

When Your Social Media Feeds Get You Down

Social media can become negative and insular quickly. But Christians should play differently online.

Cate MacDonaldFormation

On Leaving Home: Vocation, Eternity, and Texas - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

What prompts us to leave home? In light of eternity, only a sense of vocation and calling and work will prompt us to move.

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitical Theologypeter leithartrevelationdefending constantine

Between Babel and Beast: Reviewing Peter Leithart's Political Theology (Pt. 1)

Between Babel and Beast is Peter Leithart's political theology that develops his work in Defending Constantine. Part one of our review.

Matthew Lee Andersonc.s. lewisSexualitySemanticsJared Wilson

Sex, Submission, and Evangelicals: Doug Wilson's Controversial Words

What has sex to do with submission? Unpacking Doug Wilson's controversial remarks about sex and how evangelicals relate to it.

Chris KrychoArtMusicGüngörEvangelicalism

Evangelical Tracts and Real Art: Gungor and Creation's Goodness

Evanglicals struggle with art. But Gungor's Ghosts upon the Earth points toward creation's goodness and so shows a way forward.