Mere Fidelity - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Great panel of hosts, fantastic guest queue - every episode is intellectually stimulating and fascinating, yet there is always pragmatic application and a practical, down to earth focus. Edifies me, and helps me love God and neighbor with my heart, soul, mind (and strength if I’m listening while jogging, haha)…Perhaps the best part of this podcast is how charitable convos are, and that while the hosts take their guests and content seriously, they don’t take themselves too seriously. Refreshing!

I really enjoy this podcast. I love both the depth and lightheartedness with which they address theological and cultural questions, and they consistently choose such worthwhile questions to discuss and authors to host. I invariably come away having learned a lot and been highly entertained while doing it. I especially love that they give air time to genuine disagreements, among themselves or between themselves and their guests in a very cordial yet sharpened and purposeful way. This is a skill nearly everyone could probably get better at in our current culture. In addition, I love that they honor the contributions of thoughtful feminine authors on culture and theology. I can happily listen to more episodes of this podcast consecutively than any other show.

I listen to a lot of Christian podcasts and pay close attention to the interviewees. After listening to the latest episode with Tim Keller and the episode with Dr. J Richard Middleton, I have to say this is one of the best podcasts for intellectual consideration of the Bible, theology, and culture for everyday life in the church and world—especially for people in evangelical or post evangelical spaces. This podcast was not my go to, but I think I’ve been converted to a regular listener.

Great way to keep up with what’s going on in American Christianity! The hosts have great personalities, and quality guest speakers!

For a long time, this podcast was my favorite. Recently (because of their sponsors?) they’ve moved to interviews with rather weak authors, and the pushback/engagement is soft. The podcast used to be somewhat intellectually rigorous and stimulating, but now it’s a big pillow fight, an extended infomercial for the latest evangellyfish pop-theology publication. It’s losing its edge. It’s disappointing to me, because I’ve been a faithful listener since the beginning.