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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, First Things, Books & Culture, The Dispatch, National Review, Comment, Christianity Today, and Plough. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

By Jake Meador

What Can Natural Law Do?

March 5th, 2024|5 min read

By Jake Meador

Initial Notes on Ministry in a Therapeutic Age

March 4th, 2024|11 min read

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What I Saw at the We Who Wrestle with God Tour

February 26th, 2024|7 min read

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American Evangelicalism as a Controversy Generator Machine

February 6th, 2024|7 min read

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You Are Not Those Who Saw the Harbour Receding: On Matthew Lee Anderson's "Called Into Questions"

January 30th, 2024|8 min read

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Reflections on the Evangelical Fracturing, Ten Years In

January 17th, 2024|17 min read

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Notes on Staying Sane in an Election Year

January 8th, 2024|11 min read

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Bible and Theology Reading Plans for 2024

January 2nd, 2024|5 min read

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Mere Orthodoxy Best of 2023

December 26th, 2023|6 min read

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The Christian Nationalists (Still) Can't Read and Why That Matters

December 20th, 2023|11 min read

By Jake Meador

23 Books for 2023

December 18th, 2023|19 min read

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2023 Eliot Awards

December 18th, 2023|6 min read

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Shepherds are not Technicians

December 13th, 2023|9 min read

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I Thought Political Capture Was Bad

December 8th, 2023|5 min read

By Jake Meador

Growing the Merry Band

December 6th, 2023|4 min read

By Jake Meador

Calendars as Catechesis

November 20th, 2023|2 min read

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Why the Raw Egg Nationalist Affair Matters

November 16th, 2023|9 min read

By Jake Meador

Christ or the Pit

November 15th, 2023|5 min read

By Jake Meador

The Mystique of the Pro-Life Movement: On Trump and the March for Life

November 9th, 2023|6 min read

By Jake Meador

The Internet After Twitter

November 3rd, 2023|4 min read