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Josh FenskaFeaturedEvangelicalismFormation

Thin Discipleship

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

“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

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

(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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, […]