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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.

David FrankFeaturedEconomics and BusinessFormation

The Case for Donating Your Stimulus Check - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

During a pandemic, it always feels dark. Many future unknowns await us. But we can learn from an unknown Jewish prisoner who penned this line in a poem he wrote within his concentration camp cell.

Nathan CantuFeaturedHealth and MedicineFormation

Prudence, Paranoia, and Loving Our Neighbor | Mere Orthodoxy

In order to love our neighbors well, the church must commit itself to faith in Christ and the prudent practice of neighborly love.

Guest WriterFeaturedFormation12 Days of Christmas

12 Days of Christmas: January 2 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, […]

Katelyn Walls SheltonFeaturedFormation12 Days of Christmas

12 Days of Christmas: January 1, Feast of the Holy Name - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with […]

John SheltonFeaturedFormation12 Days of Christmas

The 12 Days of Christmas: December 31 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.” “And behold, I am coming […]

Guest WriterFeaturedFormation12 Days of Christmas

12 Days of Christmas: December 30 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives […]

Matthew WilcoxenFeaturedFormation12 Days of Christmas

12 Days of Christmas: The First Sunday After Christmas - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven […]