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Mitch EastBibleFeaturedFormation

This Is My Body Given for You - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

On the night Christ was betrayed by Judas, Our Lord celebrated the Passover with all of his brothers, including the traitor himself. Other than the disciple Jesus loved, eleven of His chosen men would later abandon him. In light of […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalismFormation

Evangelization After the Secular Sabbath - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

For Christians of a certain age, I expect a certain kind of Christian testimony will sound familiar: You grow up in a home with both of your biological parents (who are married), you grow up in and around the church, […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurchFormation

He is Risen

He is Risen

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurchFormation

Good Friday - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Every year on Good Friday as a rule we go dark with regards to publishing new essays or reviews. Instead, we share a few songs to help people mark Good Friday. I pray that today will be a somber one […]

Jared MichelsonFeaturedChurchEvangelicalismFormation

Power, the Trinity, and Abuse: Notes on the Rise and Fall of Mars Hill - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Predictably, the lessons drawn from Christianity Today’s “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” vary according to the biases of the listener. Some of those ‘deconstructing’ see the Mars Hill saga as increasing conformation of the wholesale bankruptcy of evangelical […]

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 […]