Peter Wehner
Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum
Writer for The New York Times and The Atlantic
Worked in Reagan and Bush41 administrations and Bush43 White House
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- "It’s not so much that we know every ethical line [Christopher] Foyle draws is the exact right one; it’s rather that we know he’s doing the best he can to pursue justice....Foyle’s moral compass can’t be demagnetized." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- "any number of regimes, though they fall short of the German Reich, act in ways that are morally problematic or even wicked. Collaboration and capitulation—the selling of a soul—take many forms, including in America." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- Here's an example of disordered loves: When there are "large swaths of Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals, men and women who worship Jesus with their lips while giving priority to Trump and the MAGA movement in their heart." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- The Virtue of Integrity. My latest in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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- "For Trump to get on the wrong side of a MAGA conspiracy is highly unusual, and it explains why, for the first time, his base is upset with him. Trump is on the wrong side of what is, for them, sacred." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- "Trump has lit the flames of dozens of conspiracy theories during his time in politics...His transgressions, his lawlessness, even his cruelty were vivifying to his supporters. Having created that movement, Trump is discovering there’s no 'off' switch." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- Trump Discovers MAGA Has No ‘Off’ Switch www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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- Reposted by Peter WehnerBy @peter-wehner.bsky.social, an important article. I like to think that, if Americans knew about PEPFAR, they would support it, and even be proud of it. Not all of them, obviously -- but the great majority. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- Reposted by Peter WehnerAn important, compelling, and ultimately damning piece by @peter-wehner.bsky.social. The views Wehner attributes to right-leaning evangelicals regrettably apply to many Catholics as well. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- Reposted by Peter WehnerI just read this article. Great work fr @peter-wehner.bsky.social.
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[Not loaded yet] - "I found recently in the work of a 17th-century Welsh Catholic writer Augustine Baker a wonderful image: the soul without God, the soul cut off from God, is like a whale stuck in a pond. It longs for the ocean, he said. It can’t be in the depths where it belongs." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
- "But very often the God who’s being attacked and questioned by the Dawkinses and the Graylings and the Pullmans of this world is a God I don’t believe in, either." Rowan Williams in his @nytimes.com with me. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
- Rowan Williams is among the most important religious thinkers in the world. I spoke to him about his faith journey; why God allows innocents to suffer; the New Atheists & Dostoyevsky; what makes Jesus a compelling figure & what it means to pastor people through grief. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
- Jesus Has ‘More to Say Than Any Human Language Can Carry’: A Q&A With Rowan Williams www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
- "We must stand up against the bully in the Oval Office." By John Danforth, a Republican/former Senator who has maintained his principles and integrity. That makes him a rarity these days. www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
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- Reposted by Peter WehnerThis vibrant Hubble image of the globular cluster Terzan 12 shows how interstellar dust in the Milky Way scatters light, reddening the cluster's stars and highlighting the complex interplay between starlight, age, and cosmic dust Spectacular 💫😲💫💙💫✨💫 Credit: NASA, ESA, ESA/Hubble, Roger Cohen (RU)
- I had a delightful, wide-ranging conversation with @monacharen.bsky.social on her superb podcast The Mona Charen Show. Among other things, we talked about the modern history of conservatism/the GOP and ways to understand evangelicalism and what's gone terribly wrong.
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- "As disinformation increases, and as more and more individuals and institutions go silent, it becomes ever more important for truth tellers to speak up, if only to assure those who don’t believe the propaganda that they’re not losing their mind." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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- This is the kind of competence and wisdom that embodies MAGA world; and especially Trump & Company. Only the best... www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
- Reposted by Peter WehnerJust found out NIH has officially canceled our grant, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease in Black Americans. I cannot even put into words how angry I am. The truth is they are canceling it because it has Black in the title. That's it, there is no other reason to do this.
- "There is an important psychological component to all of this as well. Trump’s vindictiveness—relentless, crude, and capricious—has reshaped the emotional wiring of many otherwise good and decent people." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- "Jonathan Rauch wrote to me that one thing that’s surprised him is, among Trump’s supporters, 'the sheer energy that’s generated by transgression. The joy of breaking stuff and hurting people. It’s a million-volt battery.'" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- "There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- "the great civic danger posed by Trump: the habits of his heart become the habits of our hearts; his code of conduct becomes ours. That we delight in mistreating others almost as much as he does. That vengeance becomes nearly as important to us as it is to him." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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- Reposted by Peter WehnerWorthwhile, detailed analysis. TLDR: 1, low-information, low-propensity voters trend strongly Trump/GOP, which is new; 2, Dems don't know how to reach them; 3, young men are a huge problem for Dems (but you knew that); 4, voters are pissed off at Elon, an opportunity. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...
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- Reposted by Peter Wehner"The roots didn’t go deep, the affections of the heart were not won over. Then the wind came and just blew a lot of it away." Writer @peter-wehner.bsky.social on a lack of "love of Jesus" that led many US Christians to make politics and Trump their religion faithangle.podbean.com/e/jon-rauch-...
- Reposted by Peter WehnerI thought this piece was beautifully expressed both through your questions and Professor Wolterstorff’s responses.
- Reposted by Peter WehnerA beautiful and hard found faith. Philosophy, death, grief, worldview... creation, resurrection. As good a public witness to actual, lived Christian experience as I've read anywhere.
- "You said [your son] Eric’s death belongs 'within my story. I struggle indeed to go beyond merely owning my grief toward owning it redemptively.' What does it mean to own grief redemptively?" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/o...
- Thanks @brianzahnd.bsky.social. I'm grateful, too, for your insights into faith and ministry of grace.
- Thanks so much @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social. Nick Wolterstorff's life has embodied integrity, grace and a commitment to justice. And he's shown us how to redeem grief. It was said of Frederick Buechner that he was a good steward of his pain. The same is true of Nick.
- "You said [your son] Eric’s death belongs 'within my story. I struggle indeed to go beyond merely owning my grief toward owning it redemptively.' What does it mean to own grief redemptively?" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/o...
- "How important has philosophy been in your journey toward belief in God? Has your mastery of philosophy made your journey to the Christian faith easier or harder or both?" My @nytimes.com interview with the philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/o...
- "My problem was not with grief with a capital G. My problem was that Eric was dead." My interview with the estimable Christian philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/o...
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- Vance and Musk "are not just 'trolling the libs'; they are giving their public backing to a movement that represents the core convictions of MAGA world. They see in the AfD an undiluted version of MAGA." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- "For Vance and Musk to go so far out of their way to support not just any rising radical movement, but *this* particular party, in *this* particular country, with its deep historical experiences with fascism, is quite telling." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- "The AfD’s approach to politics—nihilism with a touch of Nazi sympathizing—is the [MAGA] model." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- J.D. Vance and Elon Musk’s efforts to help the AfD party win the German election goes beyond trolling liberals. “They see in the AfD an undiluted version of MAGA.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- Reposted by Peter WehnerThe much beloved scholar, teacher, and friend Richard Hays will be remembered at a service of witness to the Resurrection in the Duke Chapel at 3 PM on Feb 28. Look for the livestream link on Caring Bridge. No better companion, no more devoted servant of our Lord.
- "The speed of the cruelty has been stunning." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
- "there is, somewhere in Kenya right now, a mother of three asking, 'If I die, who will take care of my children?' Donald Trump and Elon Musk don’t care. It turns out that millions and millions of people who claim to be followers of Jesus don’t, either." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
- Reposted by Peter WehnerMAGA Christians, supposedly pro-life, stand by as Trump's foreign-aid suspension endangers lives. @peter-wehner.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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- Reposted by Peter WehnerRONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
- Reposted by Peter WehnerPluto Discovered, C. Tombaugh 1930 Distance, 4.67 billion miles Year 248 earth years Atmosphere, Nitrogen Methane & Carbon Monoxide Tallest mountain 9,800' Temp. -369°F Subterranean oceans yes Moons 5, Charon, Nix, Styx, Kerberos & Hydra A 200 lb person on earth would weight roughly 16 lbs on Pluto
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- Reposted by Peter WehnerGod grant that we should be more afraid of sin than of its exposure. Sin hidden or buried within a God-ordained structure (such as a marriage or church) is hardly success.
- "What better way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s birth than to reignite a revolution of service and ingenuity to help solve our public challenges, bring Americans of all backgrounds together — and heal a divided nation." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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- Reposted by Peter WehnerAbsolutely stunning ….Sirius and Orion over Mount Fuji 💫👏💫💙💫🖤💫🤍💫👏💫
- Reposted by Peter WehnerCynicism makes a lot of sense right now. That’s why we should fight not to give in to it. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/cyni...
- “The irony is hard to miss: The movement that for the past half century was loudest in warning about the dangers of cultural decadence is most responsible for electing a president who personifies cultural decadence.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
- "Hitching the evangelical wagon to Donald Trump has meant unhitching it from the life and teachings of Jesus. It’s a bad trade." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
- The sports world, and the wider world, will miss the great Bob Uecker. RIP Mr. Baseball. x.com/MLBNetwork/s...
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- Reposted by Peter WehnerThis is a lovely and loving obituary that describes the Richard Hays that I knew as my teacher and, later, my dean and senior colleague. Thank you, @weshill.bsky.social
- Reposted by Peter WehnerGrateful to have this conversation with @drmoore.bsky.social on the significance and impact of church hurt and what to do when a church hurts people or when you've been hurt by the church. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c36D...
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- Can you exegete the parable @revchrisdavis.bsky.social? Curious minds want to know!
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- Richard Hays was a giant in Biblical scholarship, a beloved professor and a very kind man. Here's an interview I did with him in the last months of his life. May Richard find everlasting peace in the arms of the Lord he loved so much and served so well. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
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- Reposted by Peter WehnerJimmy Carter died today at 100 years old. He was kind to me and prayed for me at a time in my life when I needed kindness and prayer. He didn’t have to do that, and I will always be grateful.
