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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 MeadorLiteratureLord of the RingsJ. R. R. Tolkien
Tolkien's holy fools teach us a simple lesson: If you would save the world, you must love strawberries and cream.
Jake MeadorTelevision
Flipping the script in House of Cards simply reminds viewers of how limited and derivative the script actually is.
Jake MeadorChurchCurrent Politics
An inverted question of the great question facing Jayber Crow is the chief question facing many contemporary conservatives.
Jake MeadorBible
The failure of the literal hermeneutic doesn't mean evangelicals have lost the battle for the Bible.
Jake MeadorDemographicsCurrent Politics
Three brief observations on the question of social conservatism’s relationship to Donald Trump:
Jake Meador
Is the problem with evangelicalism and art a function of our sacramentalism or reflective of deeper cultural shortcomings?
Jake MeadorFormation
We're continuing our review of Sanctified by Grace with a brief review of John Webster's essay on mortification and vivification.
Jake MeadorBibleFormation
We're reviewing Suzanne McDonald's essay on election in our first post with the Sanctified by Grace blog tour.
Jake MeadorEvangelicalism
One of the long-term interests of Mere Orthodoxy has been trying to revitalize Christian discourse online in ways that move beyond the categories commonly used in conversations about world-view. Though the world-view critics are not always presenting the movement as […]
Jake MeadorEvangelicalism
If you're leaving a difficult church, don't look to the internet or online communities to make it better.
Jake MeadorChurchEvangelicalismFormation
There are a few more things that need to be said as we wrap up this week’s Crump-related fun. (And no, I did not watch last night’s debate so do not ask me about it. I was busy playing Football […]
Jake MeadorCurrent Politics
To say that not voting in an election is nihilistic may suggest a shrunken imagination.
