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Matthew Loftus

Matthew grew up in a family of 15 children and completed his medical training in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2015, he and his family have lived in East Africa, where he currently teaches and practices Family Medicine at a mission hospital. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Atlantis, and Mere Orthodoxy and his first book is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press. You can learn more about his work and writing at www.matthewandmaggie.org.

By Matthew Loftus

How to Think About Using Government Funds for Christian Charity

March 4th, 2025|10 min read

By Matthew Loftus

The Great Dechurching Will Hurt Poor People

May 28th, 2024|6 min read

By Matthew Loftus

An Insubstantial Book for a Weighty Problem

March 12th, 2024|8 min read

By Matthew Loftus

You Can’t Reclaim the Culture by Having More Kids

February 13th, 2024|6 min read

By Matthew Loftus

conservative Christian single payer health care: critiques & responses

May 1st, 2023|11 min read

By Matthew Loftus

“Look at this ear I cut off, Lord!”

April 14th, 2023|7 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Covenant Eyes

January 25th, 2023|2 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Christian Moral Pedagogy and Penumbrae of Power

December 13th, 2022|9 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Rich Christians in an Age of Competing Obligations

November 21st, 2022|16 min read

By Matthew Loftus

What the Body Needs

November 2nd, 2022|6 min read

By Matthew Loftus

four theses on immigration

September 30th, 2022|4 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Kichijiro Was Right

September 6th, 2022|6 min read

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By Matthew Loftus

The Right Thing Has a Real Cost: Abortion Politics and Social Welfare

May 16th, 2022|7 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Who’s Going to Clean the Toilets in Your Utopia? Anna Neima’s The Utopians

May 13th, 2022|13 min read

By Matthew Loftus

why “education doesn’t work”

April 20th, 2022|5 min read

By Matthew Loftus

the liberal order and its haters

April 6th, 2022|7 min read

By Matthew Loftus

The Batman: LA Confidential meets Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

March 29th, 2022|2 min read

By Matthew Loftus

More Than Lip Service: Reviewing Two Books on Holistic Healing

March 15th, 2022|8 min read

By Matthew Loftus

patriotism good, nationalism bad?

February 28th, 2022|6 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Trauma, Attachment, and Self-Care: What Everyone Should Know

November 12th, 2021|17 min read