Category: The Church

Conversations in a Crisis: Part VIII: Disagreement in the Body of Christ (with Rev Benjamin Miller)

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Part I: The Good and the Right
Part II: Improving Our Deliberation
Part III. Reforming Our Political Imaginaries
Part IV: On Submission to Government
Part V: Trust, Suspicion, and Authority
Part VI: Considering Resistance
Part VII: Models for Resistance
Part VIII: Disagreement in the Body of Christ
Part IX: The Experts and the Rulers
Part X: Living Within Our Limits

Faced with our challenge of remaining faithful within and addressing our various contemporary societal crises with wisdom, Christians and churches are fracturing over our differing approaches and postures. My friend Ben Miller suggested that we have a series of conversations, to help us to pursue greater clarity on the principles, virtues, duties, and practices that can equip Christians to meet such difficult times with prudence, insight, and courage.

Saving Evangelicalism, with Tim Keller

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Tim Keller joined Matt, Derek, and me for our longest ever Mere Fidelity episode, an inspiring insight into his vision for evangelicalism.

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‘What Are Christians For?’ with Jake Meador

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Jake Meador recently joined me for a conversation about his provocative and insightful recent book, What Are Christians For? Life Together at the End of the World. Now he is on Mere Fidelity for another discussion of the issues that he raises within it.

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Evangelical Elites

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Matt, Derek, and I give the people what they want, with a spirited discussion of evangelical elites. The subject has been heavily debated recently, by people such as Mark Galli, Michael Wear, Carl Trueman, and John Ehrett.

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Micro-Christendoms, an Interview with Dustin Messer

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We have a special episode this week, as Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, and I are joined by Dustin Messer and Richard Bledsoe to discuss micro-Christendoms and Christian witness to neighbourhoods.

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‘Ministers of Reconciliation,’ with Dr Matthew Kim

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Mere FidelityAndrew Wilson and I were joined by Dr Matthew Kim to discuss a new book to which he is a contributor: Ministers of Reconciliation: Preaching on Race and the Gospel.

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