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Ashley HalesFeaturedFormation

That Word Does Not Mean What You Think it Means: Freedom, the Aridity of Grace, and a More Spacious Life - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I was overwhelmed with the limits on my time and body: with four small children aged 6 and under, and as the primary caregiver, I was the sun around which they orbited. My limbs and body were the rays that […]

Kirsten SandersFeaturedFormationJournalJournal 1

On Christian Hope - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. — Psalm 90:1–20 I have often […]

Ali KjergaardFeaturedFormation

Sailing and the Christian Life - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“But here and there it shines out with a great and flashing beauty, like a light set upon a high place above the stormy or tranquil waters where we voyage. And the sceptic will say: is the beacon for me, […]

Josh FenskaFeaturedEvangelicalismFormation

Thin Discipleship - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

co-authored with Bob Stevenson We are experiencing a crisis in American evangelicalism. Responses to issues such as partisan politics, police brutality, or the pandemic demonstrate deep “fault lines” — as one author has recently argued. One explanation argues that these […]

Grace HammanFeaturedEthicsFormation

Know Thyself: What Medieval Christians Teach Us About Humility - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“Are Americans humble?” a family member asked as I explained part of my dissertation on medieval humility to him. “Um… I don’t really think so. Not generally,” I awkwardly mumbled. This answer was unsatisfactory; firstly, because I bungled it. Secondly, […]

David MooreFeaturedChurchFormation

Lessons from the Downfall of Ravi Zacharias | Mere Orthodoxy

I interviewed Ravi Zacharias on radio in October of 1997. He could not have been more gracious. My show ran from 5-6 pm on Saturdays. I always called my guests a few hours before to make sure they were ready […]

Joshua HeavinFeaturedFormation

Announcing "Passages": A New Podcast from Mere Orthodoxy - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

(originally published on the Passages podcast home page) “O gladsome light, pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed! Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the […]

Denton KnightFeaturedFormation

When the Grass is Greener - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

When we returned to West Point this past July, we did not expect to end up restricted to the same five-mile radius for the rest of the semester. Yet the potent combination of COVID-19 and military force protection measures resulted […]

Sahr MbriwaFeaturedEvangelicalismFormation

An Unbelieving Church - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Author and psychiatrist, Curt Thompson, once remarked “we become what we pay attention to.” Reformulated as a question, it becomes arguably the guiding question we need today, namely who are you becoming? In a time of political crisis and social […]

Brad EastFeaturedCurrent PoliticsFormation

Be Fearful as Christ was Fearful | Mere Orthodoxy

Christ condescends to our fears. We need not hesitate to join him in the Garden where death’s shadow lies. For if we kneel with him, he will raise us up.

Harold SenkbeilFeaturedFormation

When You Bear Your Cross, Christ is Your King | Mere Orthodoxy

Jesus would be easier to follow if he would leave out that part about the cross. But that’s the thing about Jesus: he’s inseparable from his cross.

Jake MeadorFeaturedFormation

Keep Christianity Weird | Mere Orthodoxy

Weird Christianity, as defined in Tara Isabella Burton's NYT column is a welcome movement in the American church. But dangers to it abound on all sides.