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Andrew Arndt

Andrew Arndt is the lead pastor at New Life Church East Campus in Colorado Springs, CO and cohost of the Essential Church podcast.

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Andrew Arndt

Andrew Arndt is the lead pastor at New Life Church East Campus in Colorado Springs, CO and cohost of the Essential Church podcast.

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To Us a Child: A Christmas Sermon

A Christmas sermon from Rev. Andrew Arndt

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A Christmas Sermon

A Christmas sermon from Andrew Arndt, pastor of New Life East in Colorado Springs, CO

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To See the Face of God is to See Mercy

Marilynne Robinson's account of mercy and providence offered in 'Reading Genesis' is a rich feast that will lift your eyes toward the merciful face of God.

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The Cross in Our Calling: A Reflection on Mary's Magnificat - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Mary is chosen for the sacred work of bearing the Incarnate Son of God, and the unforgettable words we know as The Magnificat come tumbling out: And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God […]

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What Can Contemporary Christians Learn from the Desert Fathers and Mothers? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I am a working pastor. That means that I have joined the company of those for whom the care of souls is the sum and substance of the job description. It is our life’s preoccupation, our central work.

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Revisiting the Sacrifice of Isaac - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

J. Richard Middleton. Abraham’s Silence: The Binding of Isaac, The Suffering of Job, and How to Talk Back to God. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2021. 272pp, $26.99. Did Abraham pass the test in Genesis 22? And does it matter for how […]

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Book Review: Sanctifying Interpretation by Chris E. W. Green - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“God does not save us from interpretation but by it and for it.”[1] So claims Chris Green in the second edition of his marvelous book Sanctifying Interpretation: Vocation, Holiness, and Scripture. (Those familiar with the first edition of his book […]

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To Open or Not to Open? A Humble Plea - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in […]

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The One God of Katherine Sonderegger - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“Theology awakens a grateful heart.”[1] Thus the first words of Katherine Sonderegger’s remarkable Systematic Theology fall. I began reading theology years ago out of a longing to know the Lord. Desire drove study. It still does.

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How Not to Talk About Pastoral Ministry During a Plague - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I’m generally not one to complain about tone when assessing a book or article; I don’t love the foray into hopeless subjectivity that such a move (to me, anyhow) usually represents. But there are times when tone matters and you […]