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Ben ChristensonFeaturedEconomics and BusinessFormation

Waiting Tables as Soul Craft - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

During college, I became convinced I would become a consultant. I wasn’t pre-Med and didn’t want to join the Peace Corps, so this seemed to be the best (and only other respectable) option. I listened with childlike wonder as consulting […]

Brad LittlejohnFeaturedEthicsEconomics and BusinessJournalJournal 3

A Theology of Money - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Among the many sayings of Jesus that have echoed down through the ages, few have continued to sound so loudly or uncomfortably in our ears as his warning, “You cannot serve both God and Mammon.” But this does not keep […]

Ana SiljakFeaturedHistoryCulture Warhealth

Purity Culture - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood.” (Matthew 27:24) Our contemporary culture has […]

Brandon D. SmithBibleFeatured

In Defense of Premodern Exegesis | Mere Orthodoxy

The fourfold method of interpreting Scripture favored by many church fathers is often misrepresented and misunderstood by its modern critics.

Jake MeadorFeatured

The Reality of Fear and the Presence of Reality: Suffering and Cultural Renewal - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

These are the remarks I gave as part of my plenary lecture at this year’s Eighth Day Institute Symposium in Wichita, KS. You can learn more about EDI’s work and sign up to support them as a member by visiting […]

Gillis HarpTheologyChurch

Against Aesthetic Medievalism in Anglican Worship

Christians should resist the temptation to remix liturgical elements based on taste without understanding the historic reasons for liturgical choices.

Tessa CarmanFamilyCultureFormationJournalSpring 2025

Why I Don't Like the Term "Homeschool"

All of life is education, regardless of what sort of formal schooling your children participate in.

Joel KurzPoetryJournalSpring 2025

Siloam

A poetic meditation on hurt and healing

Jake MeadorCultureJournalSpring 2025

Concerning Fr. Edmund Campion

The tragic story of the martyrdom of Fr Edmund Campion is a good place to begin in thinking about religious liberty.

Daniel K. WilliamsChurch

How John MacArthur Changed American Preaching

John MacArthur's approach to expository preaching was once uncommon, but through decades of consistency he helped reintroduce it to the American church.

Anthony ScholleCultureBook ReviewsFormationJournalSpring 2025

"Get Good at Being Gods": Entrepreneurialism and Idolatry

Erik Baker's history of entrepreneurialism is wide-ranging, sometimes too much so. But the moments of greatest clarity are memorable and pack a punch.

John EhrettCultureBook ReviewsJournalSpring 2025

Whose Fictions? Which Authority

Somewhat surprisingly, the biggest problem with Steven D. Smith's 'Fiction, Lies, and the Authority of Law' is that it isn't radical enough.