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Zack HolbrookPoliticsFeaturedCulture War

The World We Have and the World We Want | Mere Orthodoxy

A properly Christian political witness consists as much in the manner of our action as it does in the content of our ideas.

Jake MeadorFeatured

Post-Liberalism and American Racism | Mere Orthodoxy

To suggest that our nation's oppressed minorities have been faithful liberals, as Adam Serwer recently did, is a dramatic bit of historic revisionism.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

On the Liberal's Incoherence: Responding to Charles C. W. Cooke

The use of power to advance defined ends is inherent in any political system. The post-liberals merely want to be honest about that and advance good ends.

Guest WriterFeatured

Ten Fun Things to Do This Summer Other Than Going to War with Iran

If you want to do something pointless and expensive, don't go to war with Iran. Just buy a sailboat, take it into Chesapeake Bay, and deliberately sink it.

Hannah AndersonFeatured

Book Review: My Father Left Me Ireland by Michael Brendan Dougherty

Dougherty's book is a triumph because it successfully disentangles true culture from kitsch, helping us identify what it is we ought to love in our homes.

Jake MeadorFeatured

Book Review: Dignity by Chris Arnade - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

One of the most important explorations of political theology in recent years is Andrew Willard Jones’s book Before Church and State. Jones’s argument is that our modern social norms, including our political system, are built on the idea that conflict […]

Jake MeadorPoliticsFeatured

Can Justice Be Saved? Faith, Hope, and Love in a Political Key

Matthew Lee Anderson recently delivered three lectures at Biola University on justice which are now available online for viewing.

Guest WriterFeatured

Christian Political Theology in an Age of Discontent | Mere Orthodoxy

For a political theology to actually be a Christian political theology it must have Christian ideas about ontology and teleology built into the system.

Justin HawkinsFeaturedCurrent Politics

The War of All Against One: Why Christians Should Not Be Populists

Working from the thought of Rene Girard, Justin Hawkins explains how populism fails to measure up as an authentically Christian political theory.

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Are America's Megachurches Too Big to Fail? | Mere Orthodoxy

What happens when a community becomes so large that it is not able to do the very thing it was originally intended to do?

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Can Social Conservatives Lead? | Mere Orthodoxy

Rusty Reno is right to say that social conservatives should lead. But do we have the will to do so? And will we lead in a way that actually leads to life?

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.