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Modern, Yet Faithful: Lessons from Herman Bavinck - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Herman Bavinck was the son of a conservative Reformed preacher, born in 1854 in a relatively small town (Hoogeveen) in a small, low-lands country (the Netherlands).

Jake MeadorChurch

On Actually Reading What People Actually Say - Commonplaces

Here are excerpts from interviews or brief writings on issues of sexuality, sin, and concupiscence from three pastors: Pastor A: Interviewer: It sounds like you’re saying that original sin is culpable sin, but then it produces something that is not […]

Jake MeadorChurch

On Actually Reading What People Actually Say - Commonplaces

Here are excerpts from interviews or brief writings on issues of sexuality, sin, and concupiscence from three pastors: Pastor A: Interviewer: It sounds like you’re saying that original sin is culpable sin, but then it produces something that is not […]

Jake MeadorChurchBook Reviews

How to be an Evangelical Influencer (Apparently) - Commonplaces

Endorse a book you didn’t actually read. Capitulate to a Twitter mob demanding you retract your endorsement for the book that you didn’t actually read. Call the book’s argument, which is almost identical to things you’ve said in your own […]

Jake MeadorChurchBook Reviews

How to be an Evangelical Influencer (Apparently) - Commonplaces

Endorse a book you didn’t actually read. Capitulate to a Twitter mob demanding you retract your endorsement for the book that you didn’t actually read. Call the book’s argument, which is almost identical to things you’ve said in your own […]

Jake MeadorChurch

Wild Christianity - Commonplaces

Kingsnorth has a must-read in First Things: Everybody is talking these days about the decline of the West, and with good reason. Some people think that Christianity should have something to say about this: that as the faith was the rock […]

Jake MeadorChurch

Wild Christianity - Commonplaces

Kingsnorth has a must-read in First Things: Everybody is talking these days about the decline of the West, and with good reason. Some people think that Christianity should have something to say about this: that as the faith was the rock […]

Jake MeadorChurch

Evangelistic Postures - Commonplaces

(Note: I’m going to be using the short hand from Mike and Skyler’s six-way fracturing article throughout this piece. So if you haven’t read it, start there.) The core problem facing the preservation or formation of conservative Protestant coalitions right […]

Jake MeadorChurch

Evangelistic Postures - Commonplaces

(Note: I’m going to be using the short hand from Mike and Skyler’s six-way fracturing article throughout this piece. So if you haven’t read it, start there.) The core problem facing the preservation or formation of conservative Protestant coalitions right […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurch

Toward a Renewed Public Protestantism: The Beginnings of a Manifesto - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In his book Bad Religion, Ross Douthat suggests that the 1950s were the high water mark for Christianity in America. Amongst other things, church attendance was at its peak and each of America’s four defining ecclesial traditions were relatively strong. […]

Bruce ClarkFeaturedChurchFormation

Epiphany: How an Enchanted World Drew Outsiders to God - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A number of years ago, a wise parent shared with me an insight for which I have been repeatedly grateful: One reason God gives us children is so that we adults can [re]discover nature. This has proven true on numerous […]

Brad EastFeaturedChurch

Stream Off - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Let me tell you the story of a church. Not a megachurch, but not small either. Across two services on a given Sunday, 400-600 folks in the pews. Nothing fancy about the church. You’ve never heard of it. But a […]