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Lessons from the Downfall of Ravi Zacharias | Mere Orthodoxy

I interviewed Ravi Zacharias on radio in October of 1997. He could not have been more gracious. My show ran from 5-6 pm on Saturdays. I always called my guests a few hours before to make sure they were ready […]

Jared MichelsonFeaturedChurch

Preaching as Confession - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

‘Three Vicars Talking’ is not what one expects to hear on BBC radio. The Reverends Richard Coles, Kate Bottley, and Giles Fraser pull back the curtain on the strange world of Anglican ministry, offering their audience a raw, unfiltered look […]

J. Chase DavisFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Missiology After Liberalism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Christians concerned with contextualizing the gospel (i.e. thinking and living missionally) should consider the liabilities of the culture and society they inhabit. The excesses and vulnerabilities of various cultures are places where the gospel should come to bear. In western […]

Jacob SimsFeaturedChurchEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

From the Ashes - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Despite formidable remnants of power, the western late-modern system and its globally imperial philosophies are collapsing under the weight of their internal inconsistencies and increasingly visible external shortcomings. For evidence of our collectively culpable failure, one need only look to […]

Madison PierceBibleFeaturedChurch

Advent IV: The Coming(s) of Christ and Our Hope | Mere Orthodoxy

Hebrews is not an obvious place to turn for Advent reflections, but in its discussion of Christ's coming it offers us a reminder of the grounds of our hope.

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsCultureTheologyChurchMere Fidelityreligion

“Divided We Fall,” with David French

“Divided We Fall,” with David French

Myles WerntzFeaturedChurch

Advent II: Expectant Waiting - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

As 2020 has lingered on, I have watched as marker after marker of a year’s progression have been overtaken by an endless sea of sameness: one weekend blurs into the next, one Zoom call into the next. The rhythms of […]

Brad EastFeaturedChurch

Advent I: The Face of God - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The deepest desire of the people of God is to see the face of God. The Psalmist gives voice to this desire in the form of exhortation: “seek his face always” (105:4). The invocation of Israel’s priests answers this desire […]

Susannah Black RobertsTheologyChurch

The Time is Near - Radio Free Thulcandra

I’ve never written about this before, but today is the first Sunday of Advent, and it’s also both C.S. Lewis’ and Madeleine L’Engle’s birthday, and so I am going to try to describe something – at least to start. I […]

Susannah Black RobertsTheologyChurch

The Time is Near - Radio Free Thulcandra

I’ve never written about this before, but today is the first Sunday of Advent, and it’s also both C.S. Lewis’ and Madeleine L’Engle’s birthday, and so I am going to try to describe something – at least to start. I […]

Brad EdwardsFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

The Church of Individualism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Mark Sayers defines secularism as the pursuit of “the fruits of the Kingdom without the King.” It’s a beautifully succinct summary of a culture with a historical amnesia of it’s once-upon-a-time countercultural Christian foundations built to support the social virtues […]

Andrew ArndtFeaturedChurch

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 […]