Contributor

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.

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Andy Crouch on race, power, and culture making

Andy Crouch is on a podcast spree hitting on important topics like race, power, and culture making.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

addiction: the devil you can measure and the devil you can't

What if addiction is a spiritual power, a hole between our brains and a demonic nether world?

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This is war! Now put down your sword and pick up your ear trumpet.

On "loving and serving" when the LGBT agenda is hostile to Christian faith.

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Is the Benedict Option a "Safe Space"?

LGBT issues are pretty triggering for Christians. How do we deal with threats to religious liberty without giving in to hyperbole?

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Civics is not LARPing

We should oppose Trump's presidency, not resist it. More importantly, we should cultivate civic character.

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Sympathy for the Trump Voter

Do Trump voters require our sympathy? Not really. But we can't just dismiss them, either.

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Paul's Letter to American Christians, The Alternate Ending

The alternate ending to a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr sermon contains some important words on grace we need to hear today.

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Go to Church LOL: An Impertinent Catechism

If the church is as bad as so many of those outside it think it is, is there even a point in going? Matthew Loftus says there is.

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I love candy, but I'm glad my wife won't let me eat it all the time

If you eat intellectual junk food, you will get moral diabetes. Which leads to cultural amputations and political dialysis. And terrible-analogy insulin.

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What Wendell Berry Gets Wrong About Wendell Berry

Don't let the particulars of Wendell Berry's vision hinder you from learning from the principles.

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If our enemy is modernity, aren't immigrants and Muslims on our side?

Individualistic atomism is a juggernaut that an authoritarian nationalism won't hold back.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

Make the healthcare system better with this one weird trick!

There are a lot of things that are broken about the American healthcare system. I think one the main problems can be summed up by observing that most parts of the system are not really designed to make people healthy, take […]