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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, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

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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, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

Jake MeadorChurchEvangelicalism

American Evangelicalism as a Controversy Generator Machine

The most significant thing about the Alistair Begg affair isn't Begg himself or his advice, but how the affair highlights the weakness of evangelicalism.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

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

Matthew Lee Anderson's book is a call to revel in the delights of existence itself and to recognize the inexhaustibility of the God who calls us to exist.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalism

Reflections on the Evangelical Fracturing, Ten Years In

The reformed charismatic church planting network Acts 29 serves as a model for the evangelical fracturing and can offer us many valuable lessons.

Jake MeadorCurrent Politics

Notes on Staying Sane in an Election Year

Here are five reminders to hopefully help you keep your head and your piety amidst what is likely to be a rancorous and unpleasant year.

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Mere Orthodoxy Best of 2023

Here are our best essays, reviews, and articles from 2023.

Jake MeadorPolitical TheoryPolitical Theology

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

An ongoing series: How That Historical Quote Cited by a Prominent Christian Nationalist Doesn't Actually Mean What They Think it Means.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

23 Books for 2023

Here is our list of 23 essential books to wrap up 2023.

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2023 Eliot Awards

Once again we are honoring the year's best periodical writing with our annual Eliot Awards.

Jake MeadorChurchEvangelicalism

Shepherds are not Technicians

The dominant imaginative models for pastoral ministry in evangelicalism are fundamentally broken.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics

I Thought Political Capture Was Bad

If political capture is bad, then it's not just bad when done on the political right; it's bad on the political left too.

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Growing the Merry Band

We're hoping to raise $100,000 to wrap up our fiscal year and to support our work of independent truth-seeking in Christian media. Will you join us?

Jake MeadorPolitical TheoryFormation

Calendars as Catechesis

Calendars are teachers. And this week our calendar teaches us to give thanks.