Mere Fidelity: The Value of Controversy
On this week’s show, Alastair, Matt and Derek consider the nature, ethics, and benefits of theological controversies. We can neither confirm nor deny that recent events played a role in helping us choose this topic. Next week’s show will be...
Evangelicalism’s ‘Flight 93’ Moment: Reflections on the Nashville Statement
What does the Nashville Statement mean? And to whom should we look to help us understand? Conservative evangelicals have been gripped by such questions since the CBMW released the statement two weeks ago. Yet while its advocates and defenders have...
Mere Fidelity: Orthodoxy and Sexual Ethics
And…we’re back. After a long summer break, we have returned. We skip all the niceties and how are yous and plunge in to recent discussions about the relationship between ‘orthodoxy’ and sexual ethics. The Nashville Statement makes an appearance, of...
Why I Won’t Sign the Nashville Statement
The ongoing dispute over the shape and meaning of “evangelicalism’s” understanding of sexual ethics took a sharper, more institutionally focused form yesterday. The CBMW convened what they are calling a “Coalition for Biblical Sexuality,” and released a series of affirmations...
Orthodoxy, Sex Ethics, and the Meaning of Nature
James K.A. Smith’s recent criticism of those who have made a particular sexual ethic a criterion of ‘orthodoxy’ has generated a minor kerfuffle, as these things go. My friends and Mere Fidelity collaborators Derek Rishmawy and Alastair Roberts have both...
A Brief Commendation: The Addicts Next Door
I cannot remember reading an essay that has moved me as much as Margaret Talbot’s devastating New Yorker piece on our opioid crisis. The prose is mostly unadorned, because it can be. Many of the stories Talbot recounts are so...
Mere Fidelity: The Benedict Option, with Rod Dreher
Rod Dreher’s Benedict Option has been one of the most talked about books of 2017, and his blog is one of the most popular socially conservative blogs in the country. Now, the man himself joins us to talk about it. Listen...
Mere Fidelity: The Resurrection of Politics
Matt, Derek, and Mere-O’s own Jake Meador discuss the implications of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ for political theology. (Note: Matt posted the wrong episode before, so please shame him appropriately.) If you like the show, please do leave us...
Mere Fidelity: On Genesis 1, Part Two
We enjoyed our last Bible study on Genesis 1 so much that we decided to do it again. Listen in as Alastair, Matt and Andrew discuss the second half of the chapter. If you like the show, please do leave...
Mere Fidelity: A Bible Study on Genesis 1
Alastair, Derek and Matt get together for a good ol’ fashioned Bible study on Genesis 1. If you like the show, please do leave us a review on iTunes. We are also available on Google Play. If you’re interested in...