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The Declaration of Independence’s Radical Promise of Equality for All
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David J. Bobb and Tony Williams. Divided Over the Declaration: How an Enduring Debate Sustains the Vision of America. Diversion Books, 2026. $34.00. 336 pp.
Two hundred and fifty years ago this week, a...
America250 Forum, Day 3: Giving Thanks as American Christians
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Our calling as Christians is to be in the world but not of it (John 17:16). We hear and say this so often, it verges on a cliché. But what does this calling mean for us as American Christians on the ev...
America250 Forum Day 2: The Weight of History
Our calling as Christians is to be in the world but not of it (John 17:16). We hear and say this so often, it verges on a cliché. But what does this calling mean for us as American Christians on the eve of America’s 250th birthday? Or, to p...
The Secret Place
Winn Collier’s award-winning biography on Eugene Peterson (of blessed memory) begins with a story about Eugene’s son, Eric, entering his dad’s study to let him know that breakfast was ready:
Eric turned the knob slowly, silently. He peer...
When the Lights Go Out
Lost baby birds are not very important.
The world does not tend to wait for them, and doesn’t even pause as it might for other pieces of earthly life we must bear. A little fledgling, barely feathered and incapable of flight, that has fall...
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Forming Christians in the Church to participate in the culture for the common good.
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Visiting Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center working on reproductive bioethics. Technically Human is a publication about the moral limits of reprotech & what it means to be human.
"overly eager staff member" @americanfreedom with a bow tie, an M.Div, & some bylines | married @annakateshelt | dad x 4 | @senmikelee, @dukeu, & @uva alumnus
Editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy, contributing editor at Plough
Pilgrim seeking the beatific vision. Writer of essays, novels, book reviews. Contributor at Mere Orthodoxy, Mockingbird, 1517, and elsewhere. Researching the English Reformation. Servant of the Secret Fire. \ud83d\udd25
Happy pastor of an ordinary church. Writing a book on Sex, Masculinity, and Virtue with Baker Books. Published in The Gospel Coalition, Mere Orthodoxy, and 9Marks.
A(n almost fully trained) theologian who loves science and good stories - Fuller Grad, Aberdeen Student - published in Christianity Today, Mere Orthodoxy, Inkwell, Christ & Pop Culture, Front Porch Republic, Peer, and Fare Forward.
Nadya Williams is Books Editor at Mere Orthodoxy and Interim Director of the MFA in Creative Writing at Ashland University. She is the author of three books, including Christians Reading Classics (Zondervan Academic, 2025).
Daniel K. Williams teaches American history at Ashland University and is the author of several books on American religion and politics, including The Politics of the Cross: A Christian Alternative to Partisanship.
I teach and practice family medicine at a mission hospital in Kenya. I have an actual newsletter (a family/ministry one) you can access at http://eepurl.com/MCign
Assistant Professor of History at Regent University. Married to @tcarman.
My name is Daniel, a doctoral student in Biblical studies. Enneagram: 10 Myers-Briggs: PBJ. Coastal Elite.
⛰️ Adirondack transplant to the Midwest \ud83c\udf3e. Acquisitions Editor at Baker Books. Law & Liberty Fellow; Ciceronian Society. ✍️: First Things, Law & Liberty, Modern Age, Mere Orthodoxy, The American Mind, Ad Fontes.
Pastor & poet. Walnut Creek PCA
IR grad student who sadly cannot mind her own business and consequently ended up in DC trying to imagine a different way to be a Christian in politics. Missing my English classes, Substack will have to do for now. Be honest, be kind.
Writer, attorney, husband, dad. Author of "Martin Luther's Theology of Antitrust" (2025).
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