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Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedEvangelicalismCulture War

Evangelicalism's Flight 93 Moment: Reflections on the Nashville Statement

The larger problem with the Nashville Statement may well be the disregard its signers have for their conservative, thoroughly orthodox critics.

Gracy OlmsteadFeaturedBloggingCurrent Politics

The Christian Journalist in the Era of Fake News | Mere Orthodoxy

The rise of fake news has contributed to a crisis of public trust. Combating that crisis requires something from both journalists and their readers.

Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured

Mere Fidelity: Orthodoxy and Sexual Ethics - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

And…we’re back. After a long summer break, we have returned. We skip all the niceties and how are yous and plunge in to recent discussions about the relationship between ‘orthodoxy’ and sexual ethics. The Nashville Statement makes an appearance, of […]

Joseph MinichFeaturedEducationCulture War

A Case Against Binding Consciences in the School Debates

Christians should not issue blanket statements condemning all public schools. The reality is much more complex and such declarations are not helpful.

Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured

Why I Won't Sign the Nashville Statement | Mere Orthodoxy

The chief failing of the Nashville Statement is that it fails to exalt the whole Christian picture of sexuality and thus becomes ineffective and ad hoc.

Guest WriterBibleFeatured

Patience and Hermeneutics: On Brian Zahnd, Marcion, and Origen

Mark Randall James explains how Marcionism is as much about a lack of hermeneutical patience as it is a willful rejection of sacred texts.

Guest WriterBibleFeatured

Paul and the Slave Girl: Racism and the Great Gospel Narrative

Joseph Torres' brief overview of redemptive history as outlined in Scripture helps explain why it is valid to call racism 'heretical' or 'satanic.'

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

On Trump and Repentance - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

As is my rule with these things, I’ve taken a few days to hold off on publishing anything on Charlottesville. That said, it’s been a couple days now and for several reasons I think it’s a good time to post […]

Paul D. MillerFeaturedCurrent Politics

Social Conservatism,Tribal Nationalism, and the Evangelical Voter

What was social conservatism, and why did evangelicals adopt it as their political creed? What has become of the movement under President Donald J. Trump?

John SheltonFeaturedEconomics and Business

On John Locke and His Woke Catholic Critics | Mere Orthodoxy

Far from being the ideological progenitor of all that plagues contemporary economic thinking, John Locke actually echoes Thomas and anticipates Marx.

Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured

Orthodoxy, Sex Ethics, and the Meaning of Nature - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

James K.A. Smith’s recent criticism of those who have made a particular sexual ethic a criterion of ‘orthodoxy’ has generated a minor kerfuffle, as these things go. My friends and Mere Fidelity collaborators Derek Rishmawy and Alastair Roberts have both […]

Tessa CarmanFeatured

You, Too, Can Be a Badass, My Daughter | Mere Orthodoxy

The modern fairy tale cynically reduces all stories to a grasping after power. In so doing, it guts the genre of its beauty and liveliness.