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Leah Libresco SargeantFeaturedChurch

Keeping Vaclav Benda's Door Open

I don’t think there’s anyone better to explain to Rod Dreher where he went wrong in his recent posts about the death of George Floyd than Rod Dreher. When I wrote to him (Update #8 in that linked post), I […]

M H TurnerFeaturedChurch

The Search for Anglican Identity

Recent responses to Turner's first essay raise the question of why the idea of Anglican identity is so contested in the first place.

Caleb WaitPoliticsCultureChurchMere FidelityGuns

"God and Guns in America," with Dr. Michael Austin

How should Christians think and act with respect to guns and gun ownership? Dr. Michael Austin (Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Kentucky University and Senior Fellow of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Jake MeadorChurchGenderSexuality

Summarizing the PCA Committee Report on Human Sexuality

This piece is a brief summary of the PCA's AIC report on sexuality

James WoodFeaturedChurch

Two Cheers for Gregory's Augustinian Civic Liberalism

There is much to commend in Eric Gregory's vision of Augustinian liberalism. Unfortunately, his political vision marginalizes the church in very odd ways.

Caleb WaitThe GospelCultureTheologyChurchMere Fidelity

What is The Gospel™?

What exactly is the gospel? Is it merely the message that Jesus is king, or is the forgiveness of sins and justification also constitutive to the gospel? The entire cast

Paul ShakeshaftFeaturedChurch

The Via Media of George Herbert

George Herbert's verse presents a model of Anglicanism that is neither Reformed nor Anglo-Catholic. It is more a settled disposition than an ideology.

Paul OwenFeaturedChurch

Is Anglicanism a Gateway to Catholicism?: A Defense of Anglo-Catholicism

The Oxford Movement wasn't an innovation in Anglican liturgy, but actually an attempt to return to an older Anglicanism that had existed from the beginning.

Caleb WaitCultureTheologyChurchpastoringMere Fidelityministry

"The Care of Souls," with Dr. Harold Senkbeil

Amidst life's demands and pastoral burnout, how does a pastor care for a soul? Dr. Harold Senkbeil joins Matt and Derek to discuss his recent book, The Care

Andrew ArndtFeaturedChurch

How Not to Talk About Pastoral Ministry During a Plague

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 […]

Christopher MyersFeaturedChurch

The Stripped Altar and the Body of Christ

Just as Jesus will not feast again until all his people are gathered together, so the church now fasts until our congregations can come together again.

Brandon McGinleyPoliticsFeaturedChurch

The Church Speaks to the World: On Pope Francis's Urbi et Orbi Blessing

Pope Francis's benediction was a signal that the Roman Church wishes to speak not with the world but to the world—and to call it to life in Christ.