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Can Justice allow for substitution? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Question: In what way is substitutionary atonement and sacrifice just? Problem: Generally, when justice is demanded, it not merely that a payment be made, but that a particular person make the payment. For example, when a woman is found raped […]

TexEpistemology

The Hideous Trap of Existence - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Existence is an unqualified good; it is good in and of itself. Or so goes the story and intuition of many people. After all, what is the alternative? Non-existence. And how could anyone say that not-existing is better than existing? […]

Matthew Lee AndersonHermeneutics

Book Review: Beyond the Bible - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Since I’ve been away from computers this summer, I’ve spent more time reading. One of my main priorities was I. Howard Marshall’s Beyond the Bible: Moving from Scripture to Theology. Beyond the Bible is actually only 60% Marshall (three essays)–it […]

Keith E. BuhlerDevotional

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Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyEpistemology

The possibility of non-empirical ways of knowing

The possibility of non-empirical ways of knowing

Andrew SelbyAnthropologyembodimentTheology and Practice

Spiritual Disciplines - Part 2

Spiritual Disciplines - Part 2

Matthew Lee Anderson

A Wedding Homily - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Dr. John Mark Reynolds has posted the homily from our wedding on his blog–I was planning to also make it the first post for me as well. In essence, Dr. Reynolds said for our wedding exactly what I had been […]

Andrew SelbyBibleEvangelicalismTheology and Practice

Evangelicals Desperately Need to Practice Spiritual Disciplines: an Exhortation from Romans

Evangelicals Desperately Need to Practice Spiritual Disciplines: an Exhortation from Romans

Matthew Lee AndersonBibleChurchTheology and PracticeBook Reviews

Under Review: Listening to the Spirit in the Text

Under Review: Listening to the Spirit in the Text

Andrew SelbyEconomics and Business

Is Aid to Africa Effective? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The German magazine Spiegel ran an article recently attacking the notion that aid to Africa is as effective as commonly conceived. The article argues that aid to third-world African countries fosters an unhealthy dependency and has been proven to be […]

Andrew SelbyChurch

St. John Chrysostom on Romans - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Lately I’ve been reading St. John Chrysostom’s homilies on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. A striking feature of Chrysostom’s writings (Chrysostom means “golden mouth” in the Greek for etymologists out there!) is how evangelical they sound! Yes, I mean […]

Andrew SelbyPolitics

No More "Public Servants"?

No More "Public Servants"?