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Derek Rishmawy

Derek Rishmawy (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is the RUF campus minister at the University of California-Irvine. He contributes to Mere Orthodoxy, Christianity Today, and The Gospel Coalition, and writes at his own blog, Reformedish. He also co-hosts Mere Fidelity and is host of the “What Christians Believe’ Podcast at byFaith. You can follow him on Twitter @dzrishmawy.

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By Derek Rishmawy

Lamb of the Free: A Critical Review

October 15th, 2025|59 min read

By Derek Rishmawy

Holy Ambitions, Large and Small

September 2nd, 2025|6 min read

By Derek Rishmawy

How to Disagree Well

July 14th, 2025|5 min read

By Derek Rishmawy

The Triviality of Pro-Choice Memes

June 30th, 2022|7 min read

By Derek Rishmawy

The God Who Hears Our Laments

April 1st, 2020|5 min read

By Derek Rishmawy

Revisiting the Progressive Evangelical Package

January 14th, 2019|12 min read

By Derek Rishmawy

The Problem with Consequentialism

August 15th, 2018|20 min read

By Derek Rishmawy

The Church Has Always Known Theological Controversy

July 21st, 2017|9 min read

By Derek Rishmawy

The Progressive Evangelical Package

October 15th, 2014|10 min read

By Derek Rishmawy

The Beauty of the Impassible God (Or, Is God an Emotional Teenager?)

January 15th, 2014|7 min read

By Derek Rishmawy

Beliefs Are Not Set in Stone, Except for When They're on Tablets

July 2nd, 2013|7 min read