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Brad EastFeaturedChurch

Five Theses on Preaching | Mere Orthodoxy

All that a sermon is meant to do is use human words to convey God's written word which, by the Spirit's grace, draw people toward a deeper love of God.

Matthew LaPineFeaturedChurch

On Being a Church for the Weak | Mere Orthodoxy

Healthy churches must be churches in which downward mobility is a normal part of the community's life, in which the community is attentive to the weak.

Susannah Black RobertsWorkHistoryChurch

On Rebuilding - Radio Free Thulcandra

Yesterday, I guest-adjuncted for a friend’s class of Baylor students, who are on a sort of NYC Study Abroad semester (Yes, NYC is Abroad from Texas. Texas, after all, is on the continent.) The class was meant to be a […]

Susannah Black RobertsWorkHistoryChurch

On Rebuilding - Radio Free Thulcandra

Yesterday, I guest-adjuncted for a friend’s class of Baylor students, who are on a sort of NYC Study Abroad semester (Yes, NYC is Abroad from Texas. Texas, after all, is on the continent.) The class was meant to be a […]

Joshua HeavinFeaturedChurch

The Church's One Foundation and the Fire at Notre Dame

The church will endure even when her great treasures fade. But will today's church be capable of creating our own treasures to give to those who follow us?

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurch

The End of Christendom: Notes on the Burning of Notre Dame - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The burning of Notre Dame is a great loss to the global church. But in the burning is a call to those of us living through such days: We must rebuild.

Ruben AlvaradoFeaturedChurch

What Kuyper Gets Wrong: On the Problem with Denominationalism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Once upon a time, the state shared the public square with the church. The central location of the church building in every European town is mute testimony to this state of affairs. But those days are long gone. Nowadays there […]

Jonathan LeemanFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Baptist Sacramentology and the Concern with Donatism

Jonathan Leeman responds to Gavin Ortlund's concerns about implicit Donatism in Baptist thought as well as his other criticisms of closed membership.

Guest WriterFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

There is One Baptism But Not One Baptist View of Baptism

Gavin Ortlund responds to Jonathan Leeman's criticism of his arguments for some version of open membership practices in Baptist churches.

Jonathan LeemanFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Church Membership and the Definition of Baptism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

(1: Gavin Ortlund’s Initial Post, 3: Gavin Ortlund’s Response, 4: Jonathan Leeman’s Final Response) Gavin, Thank you for the opportunity to interact with you on this matter. I’m grateful for you and our partnership in the gospel, and I remember your time […]

Guest WriterFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Can We Reject Paedobaptism and Still Receive Paedobaptists?

It should be possible for Baptists to both have defined membership practices in their church and to receive those baptized as infants into full membership.

Jonathan LeemanFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Evangelicalism, Christian Identity, and Church Membership

Many evangelical institutions have an alarming tendency to function as if the local church were an afterthought or an add-on to the Christian life.