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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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On Pro-Life Incrementalism | Mere Orthodoxy

The incrementalists assume that we have a sustainable social order and we can win through small, slow victories. But do we have a sustainable social order?

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Should We Expand the Scope of the Abortion Debate? - Commonplaces

Should "pro-life" activism encompass other concerns beyond banning abortion or is the movement best served by focusing more narrowly on abortion?

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Should We Expand the Scope of the Abortion Debate? - Commonplaces

Should "pro-life" activism encompass other concerns beyond banning abortion or is the movement best served by focusing more narrowly on abortion?

Jake MeadorCommunities

What makes a theological statement "individualistic"? | Commonplaces

Affirming Adam as the federal head of humanity is obviously a good thing to do, but it does not prove that a person or theology is not individualistic.

Jake MeadorCommunities

What makes a theological statement "individualistic"? | Commonplaces

Affirming Adam as the federal head of humanity is obviously a good thing to do, but it does not prove that a person or theology is not individualistic.

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurch

The End of Christendom: Notes on the Burning of Notre Dame - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The burning of Notre Dame is a great loss to the global church. But in the burning is a call to those of us living through such days: We must rebuild.

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Whose Reaganism? Which Republicanism? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The rhetoric and the actual policies passed by Reaganites seldom aligned. When we condemn Reaganism, what are we condemning? The ideas or the policies?

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Apologies, Power, and Martyrdom in a Decadent Age | Mere Orthodoxy

It is clear that mainstream conservatism is a moral abyss. But why is that? One reason: Many of its leaders can imagine nothing worse than losing power.

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism

The Surprising Humanity of the Westminster Confession

Though reformed Christians are not often the ones we turn to for spiritual guidance, their confessions show that the tradition has great devotional depth.

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Will Complementarianism Die with the Baby Boomers? | Mere Orthodoxy

The complementarian movement may not outlast its founding generation, but the underlying issues it attempted to address have not gone anywhere.

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Ben Sasse Heightens the Contradictions | Mere Orthodoxy

Much of Ben Sasse's work has been dedicated to preserving principled liberalism. But the failure of his recent bill shows why that may not be possible.

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Book Review: The Dignity Revolution by Daniel Darling - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It is inherent to sin’s nature to rationalize itself. This is hardly a new insight. After all, the almost immediate response of Adam and Eve in the aftermath of the world’s first sin was to justify themselves by shifting the […]