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On Blood Sport and the Image of God | Mere Orthodoxy

Is it possible to reconcile a robust doctrine of man being made in the image of God with the American love affair with MMA?

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Work and Pray - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Tim LeCroy explains how the rhythms of work and prayer reinforce one another as part of Christian spiritual formation.

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Patience and Hermeneutics: On Brian Zahnd, Marcion, and Origen

Mark Randall James explains how Marcionism is as much about a lack of hermeneutical patience as it is a willful rejection of sacred texts.

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Paul and the Slave Girl: Racism and the Great Gospel Narrative

Joseph Torres' brief overview of redemptive history as outlined in Scripture helps explain why it is valid to call racism 'heretical' or 'satanic.'

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In Praise of Cultural Christianity | Mere Orthodoxy

Far from undermining the preaching of the Gospel, cultural Christianity helps to promote it by creating material conditions that are more conducive to it.

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Book Review: The Evangelicals by Frances FitzGerald

Frances FitzGerald's book is a fascinating history of the Christian Right, but it offers little insight about the future of evangelicalism.

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Book Review: "The Boatman: Henry David Thoreau's River Years

The Boatmen tells of Thoreau's later years after his time at Walden and shows both why Thoreau is intriguing and why he is tragically flawed as a thinker.

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Book Review: The Long, Long Life of Trees by Fiona Stafford - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I’m pleased to publish this book review by Kayla Snow. Any book written with the expressed intention of moving its readers to stop reading is one that piques my curiosity. When that book is about trees, I am especially intrigued. […]

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Ben Sasse, James K. A. Smith, and Smuggling in Virtue | Mere Orthodoxy

One of the chief questions about Ben Sasse's civil catechesis project is how it can actually take hold in a society that has limited basis for embracing it.

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The Oppressive Church Has Tried to Get Independent Teachers Under Their Authority Since the Beginning - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Ephesus – AD 52 – Darkest Timeline Caius and Nikola linger in the front room, waiting for Justus to finishing tidying up. The house church had just finished their Sunday meeting, and they needed to get home before dark.

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Family Worship: The Voice of Rejoicing in the Christian Home

Family worship is an occasion where the "voice of rejoicing" can be heard in a Christian home. We should never lose sight of that basic fact.

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Family Worship as Spiritual Formation | Mere Orthodoxy

Family worship is an important aspect of a family's spiritual formation because it provides a regular time when they worship together.