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Mere Fidelity: Evangelical Blind Spots with Collin Hansen
Collin Hansen is Editorial Director at The Gospel Coalition and author of the new book Blind Spots, wherein he attempts to help evangelicals overcome some of the major faultlines in the movement by...
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Mere Fidelity: Should Women Preach?
John Piper answered “no.” Our own Andrew Wilson responded “yup.” Tom Schreiner weighed in with his “nope.” And then Andrew said “Still yes, mate.” We discuss. Enjoy. If you enjoyed the show (AND ONLY...
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Mere Fidelity: Pentecost and the Prophetic Gift of the Spirit
Having just celebrated Pentecost, we consider the role that the frequently overlooked ‘prophetic’ gift of the Spirit plays in the life of the church. Articles to consider include Peter Leithart’s...
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Special Feature: Why I am Opposed to Gay Marriage
Preface “I will always love you.” Many of us don’t remember the first time we felt such a sentiment; some of us may have never felt it at all. If we first encountered it in our youth, as most do, we...
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Our Culture of Reading and the End of Dialogue: An Essay
View image | gettyimages.com Christians are a people of the book, a people whose lives are formed and shaped by their encounters and interactions with a God whose works have been manifested in the...
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The System Behind Abortion: Planned Parenthood’s Dehumanizing Rhetoric
Some matters in this world are complicated: some deserve careful deliberation, time, and the opportunity to work through our emotions before coming to a reasonable judgment of things. I have long...
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The End of Sexual Ethics: Love and the Limits of Reason
Dianna Anderson (no relation) recently penned a very spirited critique of my recent essay on why I am opposed to gay marriage. I had been notified about the essay a while ago: in fact, a reader asked...
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Anthony Kennedy was *Almost* Right: Post-Obergefell Thoughts on Where We Go Now
Anthony Kennedy was almost right. While his inventive reading of the Constitution in Obergefell vs. Hodges has been widely and panned by both liberals and conservatives, his transcendentalizing of...
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The Distortions of Progressive Christians: How Religious Liberty is in Danger
“You are asking me to walk in the way of a well-known betrayer, one who sold something of infinite worth for 30 pieces of silver. That is something I will not do.” So said Baronelle Stutzman, a...
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A Resignation Letter
Let me get this out of the way, so no one else has to say it: “Farewell, Matthew Lee Anderson.” Effective immediately, I am stepping down as Lead Writer of Mere Orthodoxy and handing full control of...
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The Undead Religious Right: Why I Cannot Support Ted Cruz
It is a well-known story: The Religious Right first galvanized around Ronald Reagan in 1980. Their ascent was over by 1988, when Pat Robertson’s failed campaign divided its constituency and the Moral...
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Against Donald Trump: Why Evangelicals Must Not Support Trump
The rise of Donald Trump among some evangelicals is an understandable, even if unsettling phenomenon. The alienation and despair that he has both fostered and exploited is a pervasive feature of some...
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Evangelicalism After Trump: The Moral Bankruptcy of the GOP
I am putting together a series of posts about evangelicalism after Trump with a particular focus on our political future after the nomination of Donald Trump by the Republican party. This first post...
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The New Evangelical Scandal Republished
Note from Jake Meador: In early 2009 after the election of Barack Obama, Matthew Lee Anderson published his “New Evangelical Scandal” essay in Houston Baptist University’s journal The City. The essay...
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The Evangelical Capitulation: Prayer Documents from their Meeting with Trump
Today, over 1,000 members of the Religious Right met with Donald Trump. It was pitched as a ‘conversation’; it was very clearly a campaign rally for the Republican nominee. Over 1,000 members were...
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There is no Pro-Life Case for Donald Trump
We are now in the 12th hour of the conservatism’s life in this election cycle, which means it is as good a time as any to revisit the question of how I plan to proceed through American political life...
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Mere Fidelity: Understanding the Meritocracy
This week, Derek, Alastair and Andrew consider Helen Andrews’s essay on our meritocracy. Andrews is one of the liveliest and most compelling young writers of our day, and her essay is a fascinating...
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To Sow or to Reap: Four Theses on Social Conservatism (#1)
Note from Jake: This series was first published four years ago by Matthew Lee Anderson in the months leading up to the 2012 election. I had tentative plans to do a similar series this year,...
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Mere Fidelity: Examining Populism
This week, Matt returns to the show and foists his questions about our current populist movements upon his reluctant dialogue partners Andrew and Alastair. Hilarity ensues. If you enjoyed the show,...
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End the Hostilities Against Elites: Four Theses on Social Conservatism (#2)
Note from Jake: We are re-publishing Matt’s old series from the fall of 2012 on social conservatism: Part 1 Thesis: For social conservatism to thrive, it needs to end its hostility toward elite...
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