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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 Meador

Who says memorialism isn't "sacramental"? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Is the problem with evangelicalism and art a function of our sacramentalism or reflective of deeper cultural shortcomings?

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Sanctified by Grace Blog Tour: Mortification, Vivification

We're continuing our review of Sanctified by Grace with a brief review of John Webster's essay on mortification and vivification.

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Sanctified by Grace Blog Tour: Election

We're reviewing Suzanne McDonald's essay on election in our first post with the Sanctified by Grace blog tour.

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Announcing Davenant House - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

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 […]

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Leaving Difficult Churches III: On Online Communities

If you're leaving a difficult church, don't look to the internet or online communities to make it better.

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On Loving and Hating Places - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

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 […]

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Is Not Voting in an Election Nihilistic?

To say that not voting in an election is nihilistic may suggest a shrunken imagination.

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On InterVarsity and Black Lives Matter | Mere Orthodoxy

Michelle Higgins made headlines with her talk on Black Lives Matter at the Urbana conference. But are evangelicals actually listening?

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Neo-Anabaptists and the Benedict Option | Mere Orthodoxy

There is a Hauerwasian component to Rod Dreher's Benedict Option which needs to be discussed further before we can truly evaluate the merits of the BenOp.

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Fatherhood and Carrying the Fire | Mere Orthodoxy

My father has taught me more than anyone else about the meaning and power of fatherhood.

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On the Chestertonian Oldness of Star Wars

The new Star Wars movie works so well precisely because it is in fact a very old film in all the most important ways.

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Brief Update

Brief Update