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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.

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Steel Manning "First Things" | Commonplaces

R. R. Reno's reactionary writing about COVID-19 is misguided and wrong, but we should take the time to understand why rather than simply mock his arguments.

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Augustine Amongst the Strong Gods | Mere Orthodoxy

R. R. Reno's "Return of the Strong Gods" makes a devastating critique of Popper's open society but is insufficiently critical of the strong gods themselves.

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How One Church is Responding to Coronavirus - Commonplaces

I’ve been really delighted with how well my home church in Lincoln has responded to the coronavirus. When a friend of mine asked about it on Twitter last night, I replied to her tweet: Has anyone's church moved to virtual […]

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How One Church is Responding to Coronavirus - Commonplaces

I’ve been really delighted with how well my home church in Lincoln has responded to the coronavirus. When a friend of mine asked about it on Twitter last night, I replied to her tweet: Has anyone's church moved to virtual […]

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The Latest Controversy in the PCA’s Missouri Presbytery, Explained

Last weekend the Chapel, a secular arts venue owned and operated by Memorial Presbyterian Church, a PCA congregation in St Louis, MO, hosted Transluminate.

Jake Meador

The Latest Controversy in the PCA’s Missouri Presbytery, Explained

Last weekend the Chapel, a secular arts venue owned and operated by Memorial Presbyterian Church, a PCA congregation in St Louis, MO, hosted Transluminate.

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Nations and Nation-States: A Question for National Conservatives - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We need a theory of power to support conservative localism. But that theory cannot consist of simply pretending that nation-states are an unambiguous good.

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Notes on Shepherding the Spiritual Cynic | Commonplaces

Christians who hope to be of some use as neighbors must become comfortable shepherding the spiritual cynic who has seen great evil done in Jesus's name.

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Notes on Shepherding the Spiritual Cynic | Commonplaces

Christians who hope to be of some use as neighbors must become comfortable shepherding the spiritual cynic who has seen great evil done in Jesus's name.

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Sacred Season Episode 6: Lent

Join Erin and Danielle as they discuss the penitential season of Lent and the role of spiritual disciplines in orienting our hearts to the Lord.

Jake MeadorSacred Season

Sacred Season Episode 6: Lent

Join Erin and Danielle as they discuss the penitential season of Lent and the role of spiritual disciplines in orienting our hearts to the Lord.

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The Key Question the Sanders Campaign Must Answer | Mere Orthodoxy

By the end of the Democratic primary we are likely going to be far closer to knowing if ours is a revolutionary age or merely an era of stable decadence.