> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://mereorthodoxy.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # "In Search of The Common Good," with Jake Meador - URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/search-common-good-jake-meador/ - Published: 2019-08-27T05:05:10.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-20T19:45:06.000Z - Description: "In Search of The Common Good," with Jake Meador - Author: Mere Orthodoxy - Tags: Caleb Wait, Mere Fidelity How are Christians able to fulfill the Law of Love and be good neighbors in a fragmented age? Jake Meador contributes to answering this question in, "[*In Search of The Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World*](https://www.amazon.com/Search-Common-Good-Christian-Fractured/dp/0830845542?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)." Jake joins Matt and Derek to discuss his recent book and untangle some of the modern presuppositions that have been found a home in the church today. **Timestamps:** Intro + what caused Jake to write this book, and what makes his angle different than other authors \[0:00 - 9:23\] How Jake’s approach is distinctly “Reformed,” and how these presuppositions shape his argument and critique of the current state of the church \[9:23 - 18:20\] The boundaries of the “common good” - \[18:20 - 24:00\] If the virtue of America is that it as a nation is a voluntary community, what are the issues we face in letting this principle go? Will it result in a kind of ethnic nationalism? \[24:00 - 29:09\] What would Jake say to a hypothetical democratic-socialist who thinks his propositions are insufficient? \[29:09 - 36:40\] Does the “common good” infer one most vote for certain political views? \[36:40 - 42:08\] The book’s immediate and practical elements concerning vocation \[42:08 - 49:00\] Tim Keller’s endorsement + conclusion \[49:00 - 50:30\] **Resources mentioned:** Book: "[*In Search of The Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World*](https://www.amazon.com/Search-Common-Good-Christian-Fractured/dp/0830845542?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)" by Jake Meador Book: "[Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis](https://www.amazon.com/Hillbilly-Elegy-Memoir-Family-Culture/dp/0062300555/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?crid=36T8ZS65M8JYO&keywords=hillbilly+elegy&qid=1566923382&s=books&sprefix=hill+bill%2Cstripbooks%2C197&sr=1-1&ref=mereorthodoxy.com)," by J.D. Vance Book: "[*The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation*](https://www.amazon.com/Benedict-Option-Strategy-Christians-Post-Christian/dp/0735213291?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)*"* by Rod Dreher Article: "[Global](https://mereorthodoxy.com/global-economies-immigration-precarious-places/)[ *Economies, Immigration, and Precarious Places*](https://mereorthodoxy.com/global-economies-immigration-precarious-places/)*"* by Matthew Petersen Book: "[*Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics*](https://www.amazon.com/Resurrection-Moral-Order-Outline-Evangelical/dp/0802806929?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)*"* by Oliver O'Donovan Book: "[The Ways Of Judgment: The Bampton Lectures](https://www.amazon.com/Ways-Judgment-Bampton-Lectures-2003/dp/0802829201/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?crid=3QKVKQ1U97ZD8&keywords=oliver+o%27donovan+ways+of+judgment&qid=1566923937&s=books&sprefix=oliver+o%27don%2Cstripbooks%2C192&sr=1-1&ref=mereorthodoxy.com)," by Oliver O'Donovan If you’re interested in supporting the show financially, you can check out our Patreon [here](https://www.patreon.com/merefidelity?ty=h&ref=mereorthodoxy.com). Finally, as always, follow [Derek](https://twitter.com/dzrishmawy?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), [Andrew](https://twitter.com/ajwtheology?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), and [Alastair](https://twitter.com/zugzwanged?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to [Timothy Motte](https://twitter.com/biotrom?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) for his sound editing work. [And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.](http://www.noisetrade.com/thejoyeternal/a-sweet-and-bitter-providence-single?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)