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Cameron ShafferBibleTheologyChurch

Renewing Public Protestantism: Seminaries

The church is in decline because it has pastors who may know techniques, but do not know God’s revelation. And now neither does the church.

Mark McDowellChurchHistory/Church History

What the Reformation Teaches About How to Address Ecclesial Abuses

The Reformation was not purely a movement of theological reform, but was also a movement of moral reform combatting ecclesial abuses.

Jake MeadorFamilyChurchMarriageSexuality

Inane Evangelical Gender Debates, Briefly Summarized

On why we never ask deeper questions and instead mostly yell at heavily bearded conservative men on Twitter for making creepy comments about yoga pants

T. M. SuffieldCultureChurch

It's Time to Build Counter-Institutions

A time of social breakdown and decay is a fraught time in which to build new institutions—and yet that is precisely the work such a moment calls for.

Matt RossiChurch

A Conference for Taking Counsel Together

The Radical Vocation conference will provide Anglicans with a chance to gather together and imagine a brighter future for the Christian movement.

David ChoiChurchImmigration

Becoming an Asian-American Church

The English Ministry model of youth outreach adopted by churches of Asian immigrants in the US is failing. And so far its successor has not been found.

Jake MeadorChurch

The Point of Church Isn't to Make You Feel Whole

Vanity and self-absorption are some of the surest ways I know to undermine church life and hinder the work of God in local congregations.

M H TurnerFeaturedChurch

Why Is Anglicanism a Gateway to Catholicism? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

By M. H. Turner If you have been an Anglican in North America for more than a decade or two, there is an experience you have almost certainly had. You have known someone who got up one day and jumped […]

Jake MeadorChurch

People Aren't Avatars for All the Good and/or Bad Things - Commonplaces

Here’s a bit of PCA trivia for you. In the last two years, three of the denomination’s most influential pastors have gone home to be with the Lord. They are Frank Barker, Harry Reeder, and Tim Keller. Of the three, […]

Jake MeadorChurch

People Aren't Avatars for All the Good and/or Bad Things - Commonplaces

Here’s a bit of PCA trivia for you. In the last two years, three of the denomination’s most influential pastors have gone home to be with the Lord. They are Frank Barker, Harry Reeder, and Tim Keller. Of the three, […]

Joshua HeavinFeaturedChurch

On Taking Small Children to Church - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Regular church attendance is probably not convenient for anyone. Consistent and whole-hearted participation in the divine liturgy, an active work of service and attentiveness to God and others, a demanding labor beyond passive observation as an audience, is not something […]

Jake MeadorChurchCommunities

Stop engaging swarms. - Commonplaces

There is a simple reason that many neo-fundamentalists and progressive evangelicals keep swarming, harassing, and slandering people on social media: It keeps working. If it works, why would they stop? If you want them to stop, you need to ignore […]