Mere Fidelity

Send us Fan Mail Should individual Christians be politically active or should the church as an institution be politically active? Join the whole cast and crew as they discuss (and debate) the doctrine of the Spirituality of the Church.

Send us Fan Mail How do we find 'the good' in a world of bad hot takes? Here to help the crew pan for gold is Hannah Anderson. She joins Andrew, Alastair, and Derek to discuss her new book, All That's Good: Recovering The Lost Art of Discernment, and shares how, through discernment, we can not only survive the world but enjoy it.

Send us Fan Mail How do Christians live faithfully in the land of too much (i.e., the suburbs)? In this episode, Dr. Ashley Hales joins Matt, Derek, and Alastair to talk about consumerism, individualism, busyness, and safety, topics that are covered in her new book, "Finding Holy In The Suburbs" (IV Press).

Send us Fan Mail Inspired by the discussion over Andrew's book, Matt, Derek, and Alastair sit down to tackle another ecclesiastical issue: the invisibility of the church.

Send us Fan Mail The crew discusses Andrew's new book and his invitation to have charismatic worship and a high view of the sacraments.

Send us Fan Mail Tucker Carlson recently went on a rant about work, economics and class. So we brought on an expert to talk about it, and about the place of family and the church in responding to shifting economic conditions. Dr. Diane Schanzenbach, economist and Director of the Institute for Policy Research, joins us for a very lively and important conversation. Don't miss this one. (Really....

Send us Fan Mail Paul Gutacker, Director of the Brazos Fellows, joins the show to discuss Buzzfeed's exploration of how millennials became the 'burnout generation.'

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Tim Keller joins the show to talk about his new book on Jonah, *The Prodigal Prophet.*

Send us Fan Mail The crew considers the biblical basis and shape of Advent.

Send us Fan Mail Derek, Matt and Alastair consider the idea of a 'felix culpa,' or 'happy fall.'

Send us Fan Mail Derek, Alastair, and Matt discuss the reasons why we procreate and the reasons we might choose not to--which is the subject of Matt's dissertation.

Send us Fan Mail Matthew Arbo, who Directs the Center for Faith and Public Life at Oklahoma Baptist University, joins us to discuss his book on infertility.

Send us Fan Mail At long last, we reach the end of our discussion of Augustine's *Confessions.*

Send us Fan Mail The Alan Noble disrupts our show by discussing his new book *Disruptive Witness* with Alastair and Andrew.

Send us Fan Mail Alastair, Matt and Derek consider Book 12 of Augustine's *Confessions,* in which Augustine parses 'In the beginning God created the heavens and earth...'

Send us Fan Mail The whole crew gathers to discuss what it means to trust responsibly in a fallen world and in fallen institutions.

Send us Fan Mail Derek, Matt and Alastair take up and read Book 11 of Augustine's *Confessions,* on time and the spiritual life.

Send us Fan Mail The Weirdness of Matthew 27:51–54 by Mere Fidelity

Send us Fan Mail Derek and Alastair talk with Joe Minich about his new book, *Enduring Divine Absence: The Challenge of Modern Atheism*

Send us Fan Mail Alastair, Matt and Derek take up Book 10 of Augustine's *Confessions.*

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Matthew Kaemingk is an assistant professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary. He joins us to discuss his new book *Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear.*

Send us Fan Mail Derek, Matt and Alastair read Book 9 of Augustine's Confessions together, which includes the vision at Ostia and the death of Monica.

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Matt Chandler joins Andrew, Derek and Alastair to discuss his book (with David Roard) *Take Heart.*

Send us Fan Mail Matt, Derek and Alastair read and discussion Book 8 of Augustine's *Confessions.*

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Vern Poythress joins the crew to discuss how we should understand the 'theophanies' that happen in Scripture, which is the theme of his latest book.