Since the election, conservative evangelical handwringing over the future has reached something of a fevered pitch. Al Mohler has been the loudest voice, pronouncing the election a “disaster” for social conservatives, a point that was repeated by my friend Denny Burk. And then Mohler repeated the point for the NY Times. I could dig out the lamenting tweets I've seen, but frankly I haven’t the time. My friend Gary dubbed it “freak out panic end of the world despair,” which to me about sums things up. Your mileage might vary.
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Matthew Lee Anderson
Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.