Mere Fidelity
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Mere Fidelity
From the Mere Orthodoxy Podcast Network: The Podcast reflecting on God's Word and our world. Thoughtful weekly conversations about theology, the culture, and the church, hosted by Derek Rishmawy and Alastair Roberts. Featuring Andrew Wilson, Brad East, James Wood, and Joseph Minich.
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Replay: The Age of AI with Jason Thacker
When students started turning in papers written by artificial intelligence, educators were caught flat-footed. We knew that machines would replace man...
The Fall Before The Fall with Philip G. Porter
What if death's presence in the cosmos is not native to creation but a wound running all the way down to its foundations, inflicted before Adam ever r...
What 'Headship' Really Means with Dr. Lyndon Jost
Derek Rishmawy, James Wood, and Alastair Roberts welcome Dr. Lyndon Jost, author of Transfiguring Headship: A Figural Theology of Gender. Jost argues...
Resisting Doomerism and Cultivating Hope
Derek Rishmawy and Alastair Roberts take up the problem of Christian doomerism in an age of AI development, geopolitical instability, and algorithmic...
Spiritual Formation: A Close Examination
Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, Brad East, and James Wood trace the evangelical spiritual formation movement from Richard Foster through Dallas Will...
A Generous Ecclesiology with Myles Werntz
Hosts Derek Rishmawy and Brad East are joined by Myles Werntz to discuss his Christianity Today Award of Merit-winning book, Contesting the Body of C...
Paul and the Resurrection of Israel with Dr. Jason Staples
Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts and Brad East talk with Dr. Jason Staples about his book 'Paul and the Resurrection of Israel.' The discussion explor...
The World Is The Wrong Shape For Women with Leah Sargeant
Derek, Brad, and Alastair talk with Leah Sargeant about her book The Dignity of Dependence. They discuss why the world is built for male bodies, how p...
Post-Liberalism: RETVRN, Retrieval, or Revolution?
Post-liberalism has escaped the internet and entered mainstream politics—but what does it actually mean? Derek, James, and Alastair map three competin...
What Is A Sermon, Anyway?
Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, and Brad East discuss the nature of preaching, exploring its purpose, context, and the role of the preacher. They di...
How Do We Change Our Minds?
Derek Rishmawy and Alastair Roberts discuss how minds actually change—through paradigm shifts, careful arguments, or accumulated experience. They expl...
Jesus and The Law of Moses with Paul T. Sloan
Derek Rishmawy and Brad East engage with Paul T. Sloan, an expert in early Christianity, to discuss his book 'Jesus and the Law of Moses.' The convers...
Welcome, Reality Respecters
In this episode of Mere Fidelity, Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, and James Wood engage in a deep conversation about the evolving landscape of evang...
Do You Need Penal Substitution?
Derek Rishmawy and Brad East engage in a conversation about the complexities of atonement, particularly focusing on penal substitution. They explore t...
Reflecting on Charlie Kirk
In this episode of Mere Fidelity, Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, James Wood, and Joseph Minich engage in a deep and sobering discussion about the r...
The Tabernacle, The Temple, and the Church
Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, and Brad East explore the theological significance of the tabernacle and temple in the Old Testament, discussing the...
Are You Scared Of Ambition?
Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, and Brad East engage in a discussion about the concept of 'holy ambition' within the context of ministry. They explo...
Replay: What Difference Does A Doctrine of Creation Make?
This is a rerelease of a previous episode.
In response to a listener question, Derek, Matt, and Alastair go deep on the doctrine of creation. Th...
Two Cheers For Modernity!
Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, James Wood, and Joe Minich explore whether modernity deserves our praise or criticism. They examine the goods and ch...
Are We Disenchanted? Should We Be Enchanted?
Alastair, Joseph, Brad, and Derek explore the themes of enchantment and disenchantment in theology and culture. They reflect on Charles Taylor's analy...
Should I Stay Or Should I Go (From My Denomination)?
In this episode of Mere Fidelity, Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, Brad East, and James Wood engage in a deep conversation about the complexities of...
Can You Really Read The Bible Like That?!
This episode of Mere Fidelity is about the boundaries and controls on theological and typological biblical interpretation - essentially asking "what a...
AI, The Infinite Work Day, And The Finite Pastor
In this episode of Mere Fidelity, the hosts engage in a deep discussion about the implications of artificial intelligence on society, the church, and...
Is "Covenant" Overused?
In this episode of Mere Fidelity, the hosts engage in a deep discussion about covenant theology, exploring its significance in scripture and its role...
The Deep Weird of the Book of Daniel
Andrew Wilson and Alastair Roberts explore the Book of Daniel, moving from familiar stories to complex apocalyptic visions. They discuss interpretive...
After 'After Virtue' with Jason Blakely
In this episode, Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, and Brad East are joined by political theorist Jason Blakely to explore the life, work, and legacy...
This Is Bavinck's Moment with Dr. John Bolt
Mere Fidelity hosts Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, and James Wood interview Professor John Bolt about completing Herman Bavinck's Reformed Ethics t...
The Counterculture That Became The Culture
Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, and Joseph Minich explore the Jesus People movement of the 1970s—from hippie communes to Calvary Chapel—and its last...
Your Vocation Isn't Radical Enough
Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, and Brad East discuss why so many Christians today feel stuck, anxious, or overwhelmed by the idea of "calling." The...
Hath Pope Leo XIV Jurisdiction Here?
Mere Fidelity is back! Welcome to Mere Fidelity 2.0: A Mere Orthodoxy Podcast. Hosts Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, Brad East, and James Wood dive...
The One Thing Necessary
A lot can happen in ten years. A lot has happened in ten years. In this, Matt's final episode as a Mere Fi co-host, the guys reflect on the changes, c...
Mere Christian Hermeneutics with Kevin Vanhoozer
Is it literally possible to read the Bible literally? Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer joins Derek, Alastair, and Matt as the penultimate guest of 2024 to talk abo...
Widening Gap
When a prominent Biblical theologian changes his position on the legitimacy of same-sex marriage, it prompts numerous questions for Derek, Alastair, a...
Broken Bonds, with Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi, Mere Fi's snarkiest online critic has written a novel—a historical novel—about the heroes of the Reformation. Matt and Alastair bring...
The Last Roman Philosopher, with Dr. Tom Ward
On October 23rd, 524, Boethius, the last of the Classical philosophers and the first Medieval Man, was executed. Today, 1,500 years later, his work, e...
When Politics Becomes Heresy, with Dr. Tim Perry
Dr. Tim Perry returns to Mere Fidelity with a (as Matt calls it) "spicy" book about how ancient heresies have structured the political witness of mode...
Mortal Goods, with Dr. Ephraim Radner
Politics has inflated beyond the realm where it can order our finite, common, physical lives. What is the natural realm of politics? How is it delimit...
Hot Takes Taken Cold
In a recent podcast appearance (not here, thank God), N.T. Wright made some, shall we say, controversial remarks that caused quite a stir in the Evang...
Fishy Numbers in the Bible
How seriously should we take statistical numbers given in the Bible? If you need more of a prompt than that to listen to the Mere Fi cast and crew tal...
Spiritual-Not-Religious: Orphic Mysteries and Modern Attitudes, with Dr. Michael Horton
Do you assume that being "spiritual but not religious" is a fad of modernism? Think again. It goes way, way back into history. Dr. Michael Horton join...