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Book Review: The Wonderful Decree by Travis James Campbell

Campbell's book asks many good questions, but a lack of clarity about key terms and concepts hurts the argument at a number of key points.

Brandon McGinleyFeaturedCurrent Politicshealth

The Perpetual Motion Machine and the Pandemic | Mere Orthodoxy

The virus unsettles our sanitary security, but the effect is magnified by its jamming the economy. We must confront questions we thought were behind us.

Matthew LaPineFeatured

Seeing Jack: The Prodigal in Marilynne Robinson's "Gilead"

What do you do when a prodigal returns but does not repent? How are you to look at the ambiguous physical return of the prodigal?

Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCurrent Politics

Public Reasoning in a Pandemic: Responding to Reno, Moore, & Littlejohn

Christian intellectuals must instruct everyone in their moral reasoning about the pandemic but also must guide our leaders in their public responsibilities.

Brad LittlejohnFeaturedCurrent Politicshealth

"No Wealth but Life": Moral Reasoning in a Pandemic | Mere Orthodoxy

Christian freedom means love of neighbor. What does this mean in the face of pandemic and recession? The same as it has always meant.

Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured

On Being 'Pro-Life' in a Pandemic - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

What does it mean to be ‘pro-life’ when we’re in the midst of coronavirus and our economy is crashing as we try to contain it? The question has received some attention in recent days, in part because of our President’s […]

Bill MeloneFeaturedAnthropology

The Tribe of Ishmael: Whiteness and Christian Identity

Does Peter's sin in Galatians 2 include a kind of racism? Our answer to the question will inform our attitude toward 'whiteness' in American evangelicalism.

Jake MeadorFeatured

Augustine Amongst the Strong Gods | Mere Orthodoxy

R. R. Reno's "Return of the Strong Gods" makes a devastating critique of Popper's open society but is insufficiently critical of the strong gods themselves.

E. J. HutchinsonFeaturedCurrent Politicshealth

Learning in Quarantine | Mere Orthodoxy

We must do our work. We must do it in unfavorable conditions. We must do it before the specter of Death’s hooked and gnarled finger.

Steven WedgeworthFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Reasonable Service: Outreach, Evangelism, and Ethics in the PCA

The recent controversy concerning Memorial Pres is possibly a natural function of the way many in the PCA think about outreach, evangelism, and ethics.

Jonathan CioranFeaturedCurrent Politics

Grift Before the Storm: Three Days at CPAC 2020 | Mere Orthodoxy

For three days at a hotel in Maryland, surrounded by conservative elites and MAGA celebrities, the triumph of Donald Trump this November seemed inevitable.

David BeauchampFeaturedCurrent Politics

How Should Christians Respond to the Coronavirus? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?” So he answered and […]