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Mere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity

From the Mere Orthodoxy Podcast Network: thoughtful weekly conversations about theology, the culture, and the church, hosted by Matthew Lee Anderson, Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, and An...

Episodes

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The Old Testament's Fingerprints on Acts

Send Us A Message Derek and Alistair discuss the ways in which the Old Testament is used in the book of Acts: by the author in structuring t...

56:29Oct 28, 2026

Replay: Martin Luther and the Rule of Faith, with Dr. Todd Hains

Send Us A Message For generations of evangelicals lacking good catechesis, Martin Luther is often seen as a primitive, unsophisticated, or b...

54:55Oct 21, 2026

How to Handle Difficult Bible Passages

Send Us A Message Have you ever encountered a passage of the Bible that confused you? Sometimes we get hung up on a book's origin, wrestle w...

52:45Oct 14, 2026

Resisting Therapy Culture, with Matthew Loftus

Send Us A Message Therapy culture (not therapy itself) has gotten way out of hand. Too many of life's normal vicissitudes are treated as men...

64:36Oct 7, 2026

Finding Happiness That Lasts

Send Us A Message Andrew Wilson returns to the podcast! He joins Brad and Alastair to discuss the idea of Christian happiness, not only in t...

70:46Sep 30, 2026

Why Is The Gospel of John So Unique?

Send Us A Message Derek and Alastair unpack just what makes the Gospel of John so unique and different from the other gospels. They identify...

54:18Sep 23, 2026

Remembering Wendell Berry

Send Us A Message Brad East and a panel of special guests gather to remember the life, work, and unique legacy of Wendell Berry, who recentl...

74:21Sep 16, 2026

The Four Senses of Scripture, with Dr. Patrick Schreiner

Send Us A Message Dr. Patrick Schreiner joins Derek and Alistair to discuss the four ways that the church fathers read Scripture and how we...

58:34Sep 9, 2026

In Defense of Evangelicalism with Bonnie Kristian

Send Us A Message Bonnie Kristian, deputy editor at Christianity Today, joins Derek, Brad, and Alistair to talk about why evangelicals are s...

73:54Sep 2, 2026

Postliberal Theology, Explained

Send Us A Message Derek, James, Brad, and Alistair discuss the major and minor figures of the very influential Yale School in post-liberal t...

77:04Aug 26, 2026

What Is A Man?

Send Us A Message Is there any hope of recovering real masculinity? Not the toxic type you hear about or the shallow performative type of ma...

57:42Aug 19, 2026

Examining Nolan’s Odyssey

Send us Fan Mail In what may be a Mere Fidelity first, the guys discuss a current popular movie--The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan. It's said...

51:54Aug 12, 2026

Replay: The Struggle of Prayer

Send us Fan Mail Matt, Derek, and Alastair discuss the struggles and misconceptions surrounding prayer: how prayer becomes burdensome, praye...

44:29Aug 5, 2026

Replay: Conservatism, with Dr. Yoram Hazony

Send us Fan Mail What hath Enlightenment Liberalism wrought? According to Dr. Yoram Hazony, chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation, it has...

63:56Jul 29, 2026

Measuring Wealth

Send us Fan Mail How can each subsequent generation both be making more money and be considerably less wealthy? The answer is obvious. The s...

53:20Jul 22, 2026

Replay: The Fractured Republic with Yuval Levin

Send us Fan Mail One of conservatism's brightest policy minds, Yuval Levin, joins us to talk about his book *The Fractured Republic.* — Mere...

55:22Jul 15, 2026

Divided We Stand: On Denominations

Send us Fan Mail How often do you think about denominations? Is this the way Jesus meant for the church to be? Are we actually united withou...

63:11Jul 8, 2026

How to Read Outside Your Tradition

Send us Fan Mail If you only read what you know you'll agree with, how will you learn? But if you read something from another theological tr...

45:53Jul 1, 2026

How Theology Nerds Are Made

Send us Fan Mail Derek and Brad interview each other about their foundational theological influences. Which thinkers gave them that spark? H...

63:11Jun 24, 2026

Magnifica Humanitas with Brad Littlejohn

Send us Fan Mail Last month Pope Leo XIV published his first encyclical, titled Magnifica Humanitas, which addresses generative AI and the c...

61:11Jun 17, 2026