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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.
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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.
Matthew LoftusBook ReviewsJournalWinter 2026
We should find hope in the fact that it is actually quite difficult to truly embrace pessimism
Matthew LoftusCulture
The reasons for evangelicalism's self-inferiority complex and inability to produce elites are mixed, some are largely good while others are less so.
Matthew LoftusFamilyTechnologyFormation
Dismissing a porn addiction as being a problem of unfulfilled sexual desire radically misunderstands why people turn to pornography in the first place.
Matthew LoftusCultureTechnology
Clean living is more likely to lead to a healthy life. How likely is the question.
Matthew LoftusFeaturedCurrent Politics
You’ve probably heard this one before: a masked gunman bursts into church one day and fires a few rounds into the ceiling. “Everyone who believes in Jesus is getting shot today! Everyone who wants to deny Him can leave!” He […]
Matthew LoftusHealth & MedicineCurrent Politics
The church has traditionally been neither statist nor libertarian in its understanding of how to use public funds for purposes of Christian charity.
Matthew LoftusChurchSocial Trends
Members of mainline denominations as a percentage of the US population have dropped to the single digits. That’s bad news for the poor and vulnerable.
Matthew LoftusBook ReviewsMental Health
Abigail Shrier's 'Bad Therapy' is addressing real and substantial problems, but it's derisive tone and lack of rigor keeps it from being the book we need.
Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture War
Treating children as a prop in the culture war is horrifying enough in itself because that isn't what children are. Even so, it's a lousy strategy anyway.
Matthew LoftusHealth and Medicine
Matthew Loftus responds to critics of his First Things essay on single-payer healthcare
Matthew LoftusFormation
When a 19-year-old is in the cage stage, it's understandable. When a man three times his age still is, it's sad.
Matthew Loftus
How to help people you love quit porn -- including a one-month free trial of Covenant Eyes!
