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A Christian Case for Gun Control | Mere Orthodoxy

Mere O guest writer Bernard Howard offers four theses on Christianity and guns, making the case for why Christians can support gun control.

Guest WriterCurrent Politics

The Worst Way to View Our Politics: The Lesser of Two Evils

Donald Norman argues that the lesser of two evils method of voting isn't simply wrong-headed, but does actual harm to the church's witness.

Guest WriterEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics

Idylls of the Right: Donald Trump and the Religious Right

Donald Trump's triumph over the religious right has an Arthurian feel to it, as Trump slays the movement that, through its own failure, helped birth him.

Jake MeadorCurrent Politics

If the American church is dying it's because we deserve to.

Rick Santorum's craven endorsement of Donald Trump is the latest reminder that the American church isn't just dying; it's committing suicide.

Samuel JamesEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics

The Culture War Is Interested in You - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Last summer, David Brooks wrote that the social conflicts “oriented around the Sexual revolution” were over. Legal same-sex marriage and the declining influence of traditional Christianity had combined, he wrote, to put the goals of the culture wars of the last few decades out […]

Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics

Evangelicalism After Trump: The religious left isn't coming.

Ruth Graham's latest in Slate is both useful and interesting, but misunderstands the current political mood amongst evangelicals.

Brad LittlejohnEconomics and BusinessEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

Evangelicalism After Trump: Revisiting Economics

The rise of Donald Trump provides an opportunity for evangelicals to return to more basic questions, such as the right ordering of political economies.

Guest WriterEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

Evangelicalism After Trump: The case for staying in the GOP

Stephen Wolfe explains why any attempted third party movement amongst evangelicals would be doomed to fail from the start.

Steven WedgeworthEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

Evangelicalism After Trump: Escaping the GOP

Steven Wedgeworth argues that the ascent of Trump offers a fantastic opportunity for evangelicals to develop a genuinely evangelical alternative to the GOP.

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

Evangelicalism After Trump: The Moral Bankruptcy of the GOP

The ascent of Donald Trump makes one thing clear: The GOP has lost all moral credibility with evangelical voters.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

Religious Extremism and Religious Liberty - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

One reader (perhaps we can call him Mere O’s very own Professor Kingsfield?) of Friday’s post raised another possible mechanism that could be used by courts or legislatures to target conservative religious groups: the fear of “religious extremism.” Jake — […]

Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

Hope, History, and the American Church After Obergefell - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It’s a truth universally recognized by anyone who has ever talked about the BenOp that a person who expresses concern about the church’s future is in want of a person to quote Tertullian at them. Sorry, is that cheeky? Here’s […]