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Jake MeadorCultureChurchFormation

Becoming the Given: Christian Belonging After the Therapeutic

The therapeutic has emerged as a 'secular methodism' of sorts which we use as an attempt to cope with a world without stories, meaning, or belonging.

Dave Strunk and Ben RuyackFeaturedChurch

The Four Quadrants of Church Life in the Gray Zone - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Any pastor of a church over 70 people[1] has to develop some kind of rhythm or strategy with which they encourage their church into greater fruitfulness in Christ. For better or ill, we’ve been calling these things ‘programs’ for some […]

Jake MeadorChurchCommunities

Decadence, Joe Rogan, and Non-Anxious Authority - Commonplaces

I’m an old-cohort millennial or, if you like, part of the Oregon Trail generation. I graduated college in 2010. At that time, I was definitely aware of transgenderism, for example, because I was an English major and I worked at […]

Jake MeadorChurchCommunities

Decadence, Joe Rogan, and Non-Anxious Authority - Commonplaces

I’m an old-cohort millennial or, if you like, part of the Oregon Trail generation. I graduated college in 2010. At that time, I was definitely aware of transgenderism, for example, because I was an English major and I worked at […]

Brad EdwardsFeaturedCultureTechnologyChurch

The Church Amongst the Counter-Institutions - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I watched The Social Dilemma far later than most people not living under a rock. I expected a serious documentary that forecasted serious consequences with a tone of (even more) serious urgency and fear to drive the point home. If […]

Joshua HeavinFeaturedChurchEvangelicalismFormation

The Church Will Not Be Consulted - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In recent years it has become increasingly popular for churches of differing sizes, locations, and denominational traditions to make use of consultant services to find new ministers and staff for Christian institutions. If you browse the denominational job boards of […]

Jake MeadorHistoryChurch

The American Church in the Fourth Republic

The problems facing the church at the dawn of America's fourth republic are unlike those that have confronted her at earlier moments in American history.

William E. Boyce and K. J. DrakeBibleFeaturedChurch

The Case for Pew Bibles - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Do pew Bibles matter? Churches of all styles have had to ask this question in recent years. The increase of church plants using secular spaces for worship means that church planters must contemplate the extra weight, hassle, and expense of […]

Gillis HarpTheologyChurch

Against Aesthetic Medievalism in Anglican Worship

Christians should resist the temptation to remix liturgical elements based on taste without understanding the historic reasons for liturgical choices.

Daniel K. WilliamsChurch

How John MacArthur Changed American Preaching

John MacArthur's approach to expository preaching was once uncommon, but through decades of consistency he helped reintroduce it to the American church.

Stu KernsChurchJournalSpring 2025

The Final Apologetic

The mark that proves that Jesus came from God the Father is Christian love. So why do often find that love so immensely challenging?

Derek RishmawyCultureChurch

How to Disagree Well

Sharp disputes in the life of any church won't be solved by emoting or catastrophizing, but only by making arguments and maintaining strong trust.