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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 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 MeadorBook Reviews
It’s that time of year, so here’s my list of my ten favorite (new to me) books from 2019: Unbelief and Revolution by William Groen van Prinsterer This is the book to give your Protestant friend who is deeply suspicious […]
Jake MeadorSacred Season
Join Erin and Danielle as they explore the first season of the liturgical year—Advent—and ask what it teaches us about remembering and waiting on the Lord.
Jake MeadorFeatured
Harris offers a devastating indictment of the late capitalist order, but because he lacks an account of personhood he struggles to define an alternative.
Jake MeadorSacred Season
The liturgical seasons can come alongside us as Christians to provide a framework for knowing more of God, ourselves, and parenting little ones.
Jake MeadorFeaturedChurch
The relationship between divine law and ecclesial authority articulated by Cardinal Burke sounds strikingly similar to Protestant teaching on the matter.
Jake MeadorChurch
To begin, if you aren’t following Tara Ann Thieke on Twitter, you should remedy that. She’s great. This post is inspired by a list she posted on Twitter awhile back which we have been discussing intermittently in Mere O Slack […]
Jake MeadorFeatured
In which the Angelic Doctor analyzes Darlene Zschech's popular worship song "Breathe."
Jake MeadorEconomics
Somewhat improbably, the reformist Republican critique of market-states may actually be more trenchant than the moderate Democratic critique.
Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics
Running a leftist campaign may not be electoral suicide; it may be a reasoned choice based on a belief that political persuasion is still possible.
Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism
The Reformation was not only concerned with theological reform, but also moral reform. It called a decadent church, choking on its own power, to repent.
Jake Meador
I’m co-teaching a class at my church on the sacraments right now. One benefit is that I have a reason to go back over the old reformed confessions. Here is the Belgic Confession (1561) on the Eucharist:
Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics
Schmitz argues that democracies force their members to choose between liberty and Christianity. Historic Protestantism says this is a false dichotomy.
