Peter Wehner
Articles & Conversations
Speaker’s Bureau
February 19th, 2021 | “Hope and Healing for a Hurting Culture” an Online Conversation with Peter Wehner and Jonathan Haidt
March 1st, 2018 | “A Symposium: The Future of Christian Higher Education” an Evening Conversation in Washington, DC with Peter Wehner, Shirley Hoogstra, and Michael Lindsay
March 15th, 2017 | “The Benedict Option” an Evening Conversation in Washington, DC with Peter Wehner, Rod Dreher, and Kirsten Powers
Related Trinity Forum Readings
“Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell, featuring an original introduction by Peter Wehner
Recent Articles
September 16, 2025 | Awe is Essential, The Atlantic
August 13, 2025 | The Virtue of Integrity, The Atlantic
November 13, 2024 | Don’t Give Up on the Truth, The Atlantic
September 11th, 2024 | Kamala Harris Broke Donald Trump, The Atlantic
June 16th, 2024 | The Motivational Ignorance of Trump Supporters, The Atlantic
March 3, 2024 | Where Did Evangelicals Go Wrong?, The Atlantic
February 6, 2024 | A Rare Moment Americans Could All Share, The Atlantic
November 6, 2023 | Republicans Have Chosen Nihilism, The New York Times
November 3, 2023 | “Why Does God Allow the Innocent to Suffer?”, Plough
February 11th, 2023 | “For Sports Lovers, an Event Like the Super Bowl Is Not ‘Only’ a Game”, The New York Times
February 5, 2023 | “The Institutional Arsonist Turns on His Own Party”, The Atlantic
Recent Podcasts and Conversations
July 31, 2025 | “Can Democrats Really Pull a Reagan? How the GOP’s 1980 Playbook Could Work for Progressives in 2028” for Keen On
July 11, 2025 | “Evangelicals, Abandon PEPFAR, Churches Endorse Politicians, and the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Hurts the Poor”for Christianity Today
July 9, 2025 | “‘Enraging’: Writer slams evangelicals for silence on gutting program to combat AIDS in Africa” for MSNBC
July 7, 2025 | Pete Wehner on Andrew Keen’s Twitter Broadcast
June 26, 2025 | “A Thoroughly MAGA-fied Party” for Arc Magazine
March 31, 2025 | Pete Wehner on the ethical darkness that has fallen upon America on Keen On
March 25, 2025 | Trump’s Destructive Admin is Taking Wrecking Balls to Democracy on Bulwark
January 20, 2025 | Faithful Citizenship in Trump’s Second Term on Comment Magazine
November 26, 2024 | A Conversation with Former Presidential Speech Writer Peter Wehner on Crossroads from National Cathedral
November 20, 2024 | Peter Wehner on how American Self-Renewal is a Wonder of the World on Keen On
November 5, 2024 | Stand into the Storm: Thoughts on Election Day on Comment Magazine
October 16, 2024 | Trump isn’t just fascist to the core, he’s an undisguised fascist to his core on MSNBC
November 1, 2024 | He wants to burn things down: Peter Wehner on why Trump is an ‘enemy of conservatism’ on MSNBC
September 7, 2024 | How Abortion Twisted Up Trump and Evangelicals (With Peter Wehner) on Redeeming Babel
August 6, 2024 | Peter Wehner on the Fate of “His” Republican Party on KEEN ON
July 25, 2024 | Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve on The Bulletin
July 20, 2024 | Trump, Biden, and The Power of Self Reflection (with Pete Wehner) on Redeeming Babel
July 3rd, 2024 | The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America’s Story on The Faith Angle Forum
June 11th, 2024 | The Trump Era and Evangelical Politics: Insights from Peter Wehner on Faithful Politics Podcast
June 7th, 2024 | Evangelicals Rush to Trump’s Defense After Conviction on CNN News Night
June 5th, 2024 | Pete Wehner on Evangelicals’ Embrace of Trump: Moral Deformity? Blasphemy? Or the Epistemic Twilight Zone? on Talkin’ Politics & Religion Without Killin’ Each Other
May 1st, 2024 | Sacrilege & the Future of the Republican Party with Peter Wehner on Holy Post
April 29th, 2024| Evangelicals Put Their Faith in Trump’s Repugnant Anger (w/Peter Wehner) on Bulwark Podcast
April 13, 2024 | “A Threat to Democracy and Christian Faith”: Inside the Far-Right Embrace of Christian Nationalism on MSNBC
March 29, 2024 | The Devil’s Bible Business on The Bulwark
March 25, 2024 | Peter Wehner as the Conscience of Both American Conservatism and Christianity on Keen On
February 26, 2024 | Bonus Episode: Should You Watch “The Chosen”? on The Russel Moore Show
January 22. 2024 | CNN NewsNight with Abby Philip—Countdown to NH on CNN
January 19, 2024 | Is Politics Killing Evangelicalism? Pt. 2 with Pete Wehner on Apollos Watered
January 13, 2024 | Is Politics Killing Evangelicalism? with Pete Wehner, Pt. 1 on Apollos Watered
December 15, 2023 | Faith and Politics: Navigating the intersection on Premier Unbelievable?
November 15, 2023 | A Polite Zealot on The Bulwark
October 7, 2023 | How to Relate to Those Who Still Support Trump on Good Faith
September 28, 2023 | Who Ya Gonna Call? Candidates debate, PEPFAR languishes, and the Hispanic church grows on Christianity Today’s The Bulletin
July 3, 2023 | Tim Keller and Michael Gerson, A Tribute with Pete Wehner and Jonathan Rauch on Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each Other
June 26, 2023 | Peter Wehner and Jonathan Rauch on ”Morality Is for Trump What Colors Are to the Color-Blind” on Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each Other
June 20, 2023 | Peter Wehner: Evangelical support for Trump raises questions about the movement, Morning Joe on MSNBC
February 11th, 2023 | “Learning to Live in Exile” a conversation with David French and Curtis Chang
July 2nd, 2022 | “How Did We Get Here?” a conversation with the Allender Center
July 1st, 2022 | “The End of Roe and Trump’s Pathology” a conversation with Ted Johnson at The Bulwark
May 12th, 2022 | “Channeling Popular Passions” a conversation with American Purpose and Braver Angels
Other Writings and Published Work
“‘Enraging’: Writer slams evangelicals for silence on gutting program to combat AIDS in Africa 7/9/25
Pete Wehner on Andrew Keen’s Twitter Broadcast 7/7/25
“A Thoroughly MAGA-fied Party” 6/26/25
Pete Wehner on the ethical darkness that has fallen upon America 3/31/25
Trump’s Destructive Admin is Taking Wrecking Balls to Democracy 3/25/25
Faithful Citizenship in Trump’s Second Term 1/20/25
A Conversation with Former Presidential Speech Writer Peter Wehner 11/26/24
Peter Wehner on how American Self-Renewal is a Wonder of the World 11/20/24
Don’t Give Up on the Truth 11/13/24
Stand into the Storm: Thoughts on Election Day 11/5/24
He wants to burn things down: Peter Wehner on why Trump is an ‘enemy of conservatism’ 11/1/24
Trump isn’t just fascist to the core, he’s an undisguised fascist to his core 10/16/24
Kamala Harris Broke Donald Trump 9/11/24
How Abortion Twisted Up Trump and Evangelicals (With Peter Wehner) 9/7/24
Peter Wehner on the Fate of “His” Republican Party 8/6/24
Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve 7/25/24
Trump, Biden, and The Power of Self Reflection (with Pete Wehner) 7/20/24
The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America’s Story 7/3/24
The Motivational Ignorance of Trump Supporters 6/16/24
The Trump Era and Evangelical Politics: Insights from Peter Wehner 6/11/24
Evangelicals Rush to Trump’s Defense After Conviction 6/7/24
Sacrilege & the Future of the Republican Party with Peter Wehner 5/1/24
Evangelicals Put Their Faith in Trump’s Repugnant Anger (w/Peter Wehner) 4/29/24
A Threat to Democracy and Christian Faith”: Inside the Far-Right Embrace of Christian Nationalism 4/13/24
The Devil’s Bible Business 3/29/24
Peter Wehner as the Conscience of Both American Conservatism and Christianity 3/25/24
Where Did Evangelicals Go Wrong? 3/3/24
Bonus Episode: Should You Watch “The Chosen”? 2/26/24
A Rare Moment Americans Could All Share 2/6/24
CNN NewsNight with Abby Philip—Countdown to NH 1/22/24
Is Politics Killing Evangelicalism? Pt. 2 with Pete Wehner 1/19/24
Is Politics Killing Evangelicalism? with Pete Wehner, Pt. 1 1/13/24
Faith and Politics: Navigating the intersection 12/15/23
A Polite Zealot 11/15/23
Republicans Have Chosen Nihilism 11/6/23
Why Does God Allow the Innocent to Suffer? 11/3/23
How to Relate to Those Who Still Support Trump 10/7/23
Who Ya Gonna Call? Candidates debate, PEPFAR languishes, and the Hispanic church grows 9/28/23
Tim Keller and Michael Gerson, A Tribute with Pete Wehner and Jonathan Rauch 7/3/23
Peter Wehner and Jonathan Rauch on ”Morality Is for Trump What Colors Are to the Color-Blind 6/26/23
Peter Wehner: Evangelical support for Trump raises questions about the movement 6/20/23
“Learning to Live in Exile” 2/11/23
For Sports Lovers, an Event Like the Super Bowl Is Not ‘Only’ a Game 2/11/23
The Institutional Arsonist Turns on His Own Party 2/5/23
How Christianity Can Be A Healing Force In American Society: Pete Wehner at Calvin University 1/24/23
Peter Wehner on Keen On: The Republican Party’s Moral Crisis 12/28/22
Peter Wehner on The Russell Moore Show: Navigating Friendship and Loss 11/30/22
Peter Wehner on The Bulwark Podcast: Turning on Trump for the Wrong Reason 11/29/22
Peter Wehner on The Faith & Letters Podcast 11/16/22
Peter Wehner on The Bulwark Podcast: Our Unchristian Churches 9/30/22
Peter Wehner: Of Body and Spirit 9/14/22
Peter Wehner on The Lead with Jake Tapper 9/6/22
Peter Wehner on The Briefing Podcast: On the Dangers of “MAGA Fatalism” 9/1/22
Peter Wehner on MSNBC: Rhetoric and Political Violence 8/16/22
Peter Wehner on The Bulwark Podcast: The GOP Thinks Trump Is above the Law 8/9/22
CNN’s Don Lemon Tonight features Peter Wehner 2/7/22
What in the World Happened to Elise Stefanik? 7/26/22
Why They Still Support Trump 7/13/22
How Did We Get Here? 7/2/22
“The End of Roe and Trump’s Pathology” 7/1/22
A Withering Indictment of the Entire GOP 6/29/22
The Moral Desolation of the GOP 6/10/22
No Atheist Has Done This Much Damage to the Christian Faith 5/24/22
“Channeling Popular Passions” 5/12/22
There’s a Better Way to Debate Abortion 5/17/22
A Christian Response to Suffering 4/15/22
A Glimpse Into a Fearful, Angry, Imaginary World 3/30/22
Bill Barr Embraces the Darkness 3/9/22
Courage and Honor in Ukraine 3/2/22
Trump Is Obsessed with Being a Loser 2/7/22
Biden Undermined Faith in Elections 1/29/22
Why It Matters That Support for Israel Among Young Evangelicals Is Falling 1/25/22
What’s Happening on the Left Is No Excuse for What’s Happening on the Right 1/20/22
The Gospel of Donald Trump Jr. 12/26/21
Why Jesus Never Stopped Asking Questions 12/23/21
Philip Yancey’s Message of Grace 11/25/21
The Evangelical Church Is Breaking Apart 10/24/21
Biden’s Long Trail of Betrayals 8/18/21
You’re Being Manipulated 7/9/21
Will Christian America Withstand the Pull of QAnon? 6/18/21
Can Religion Be a Healing Force in Society? 6/15/21
The Scandal Rocking the Evangelical World 6/7/21
An Interview with Dr. Francis Collins 6/2/21
Trump Is Marching Down the Road to Political Violence 5/20/21
In Liz Cheney vs. Donald Trump, Guess Who Won 5/12/21
The Battle Cry for a Post-Trump GOP 5/3/21
The GOP Is a Grave Threat to American Democracy 4/26/21
Why Is Jesus Still Wounded After His Resurrection? 4/3/21
The Man Who Refused to Bow 2/27/21
If Republicans Don’t Disown Trump, He Will Continue to Own Them 2/14/21
The Moral Inversion of the Republican Party 2/4/21
The End of Trump Can Be the Beginning of America 1/22/21
Christians as a Cultural Minority (Again) 12/6/20
Many Republicans Own This Insurrection 1/7/21
Some Republicans Have Finally Found a Line They Won’t Cross 1/4/21
Cowards are Destroying the GOP 12/31/20
The Forgotten Radicalism of Jesus Christ 12/24/20
Trump Is Losing His Mind 12/20/20
Trump’s Most Malicious Legacy 12/7/20
Choose Repair, Not Revenge 11/16/20
Trump Lives in a Hall of Mirrors and He’s Got Plenty of Company 11/2/20
Biden May Be Just the Person America Needs 11/2/20
Evangelicals Made a Bad Bargain With Trump 10/18/20
Now Comes the Reckoning 10/5/20
How to Win a Debate With a Bully 9/24/20
Does the Debt Matter? 9/24/20
Why Trump Supporters Can’t Admit Who He Really Is 9/4/20
Conservatives Have Only One Choice in 2020 8/24/20
Donald Trump Is a Broken Man 7/21/20
The Cost of the Evangelical Betrayal 7/10/20
We Can Find Common Ground on Gay Rights and Religious Liberty 6/22/20
Listening to Robert F. Kennedy 7/13/20
Trump Has Made Alternative Facts a Way of Life 6/13/20
The Malignant Cruelty of Donald Trump 5/26/20
Jonathan Haidt Is Trying to Heal America’s Divisions 5/24/20
Evangelicals: A Review 5/7/20
The President Is Unraveling 5/5/20
The Party of the Aggrieved 4/21/20
‘I Feel Like I’m Handing Out Life Jackets of Hope in a Sea of Despair.’ 4/10/20
The President Is Trapped 3/25/20
NIH Director: ‘We’re on an Exponential Curve’ 3/17/20
The Trump Presidency Is Over 3/13/20
What Pete Buttigieg Understood 3/2/20
A Profile in Courage 2/5/20
The Downfall of the Republican Party 2/2/20
There Is No Christian Case for Trump 1/30/20
Christmas Turns the World Upside Down 12/24/19
White House Oral History: Peter Wehner 5/1/15
Christian Doomsayers Have Lost It 12/6/19
The Moral Universe of Timothy Keller 12/5/19
Are Trump’s Critics Demonically Possessed? 11/25/19
The Exposure of the Republican Party 11/13/19
The Presidency Deserves Respect—Even When the President Does Not 10/29/19
Trump Betrayed the Kurds. He Couldn’t Help Himself. 10/15/19
What’s the Matter With Republicans? 9/30/19
Trump Is Not Well 9/9/19
The Joe Walsh Challenge 8/28/19
Trump’s Words Are Poison 8/6/19
For Conservatives Critical of Trump: Talking to Peter Wehner 8/2/19
George Will Changes His Mind—But Stays True to His Convictions 7/28/19
The Deepening Crisis in Evangelical Christianity 7/15/19
Interview: A Conservative’s Vision: Let’s Make Politics Great Again 6/24/19
Trump Is Betting That Anger Can Still Be Power 6/19/19
Trump’s Sinister Assault on Truth 6/18/19
Interview: Culture War vs. Culture Care 6/12/19
Interview: A Political Renewal? 6/11/19
Politics Is Not Total War 6/1/19
The Genius of Stephen Curry 5/14/19
David Brooks’s Journey Toward Faith 5/7/19
Why Jesus on the Cross Is No Mere Symbol 4/19/19
Pete Buttigieg’s Very Public Faith Is Challenging Assumptions 4/10/19
The Democratic Party is Radicalizing 4/3/19
Religion and Polarized Politics: An Interview with Melissa Rogers and Peter Wehner 3/12/19
It’s a Blessing to Bear Your Friend’s Burden 3/3/19
Republicans Sink Further Into Trump’s Cesspool 2/27/19
Republicans Got Us into This Mess, and They Have to Get Us out of It 2/8/19
What I’ve Gained by Leaving the Republican Party 2/6/19
The Uncommon Power of Grace 12/23/18
The Full-Spectrum Corruption of Donald Trump 8/25/18
Interview: What’s Left of the Right? Summer 2018
The Example of Charles Krauthammer 6/21/18
The Great #MeToo Awakening 5/12/18
Why I Am Still Grateful 3/30/18
Trust, Facts and the Post-Truth Political Moment March 2018
Trump’s White House Is a Black Hole 3/3/18
The Bible Has Long Deserved a Museum. Now It Finally Has One. 1/15/18
How Can I Possibly Believe That Faith Is Better Than Doubt? 12/25/17
Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital Is Recognizing Reality 12/14/17
Why I Can No Longer Call Myself an Evangelical Republican 12/9/17
Restoring the Spirit of Liberty at Home and Abroad Fall 2017
A Call to Patriotism in America 10/24/17
Going Against the Republican Herd 10/21/17
Seeing Trump Through a Glass, Darkly 10/7/17
A Humble Political Influencer Gets His Crowns in Heaven 8/28/17
Behold Our ‘Child King’ 8/26/17
Evangelicals, Trump and the Politics of Redemption 8/11/17
Declaration of Disruption 7/4/17
Where Is the Republican Leadership? 5/10/17
Mr. Trump Goes to Washington 4/28/17
Interview with Peter Wehner: Hardwired for Hope 4/17/17
The Quiet Power of Humility 4/15/17
After Great Pain, Where Is God? 3/25/17
The Battle for the Soul of Conservatism 2/26/17
Why I Cannot Fall in Line Behind Trump 1/21/17
Eight Was Enough 1/14/17
Obama’s Attack on Israel 12/28/16
Humanizing Jesus 12/23/16
Moderation is Not a Dirty Word 12/17/16
The Republican Party Is Being Refashioned 11/13/16
Is There Life After Trump? 11/5/16
In Defense of Politics, Now More Than Ever 10/29/16
Republicans Who Care about the Future of the Party Should Ask These Questions 10/24/16
The Ego-Driven Life 2016
Politics and the English Language: An Introduction 10/4/16
The Political Magic of C.S. Lewis 9/24/16
Longing for Uplift 9/19/16
The Comprehensive Case Against Donald Trump 9/11/16
George Orwell’s Fierce Modesty 9/7/16
Under the Dark Spell of Trump, Jerry Falwell Jr. Is Damaging Public Christian Witness 8/25/16
Beware of Blind Spots 7/19/16
Can We Find Our Way Back to Lincoln? 7/16/16
The Theology of Donald Trump 7/5/16
The Indelible Stain of Donald Trump 6/10/16
Republicans’ Delusional Hopes 6/8/16
The Imagination of C.S. Lewis 6/1/16
Making the Case for the Good Life 5/23/16
Donald Trump’s Aggressive Ignorance 5/17/16
Why We Shouldn’t Fight Dirty 5/2/16
Friendship in the Age of Trump 4/23/16
Let’s See Trump in All His Ugliness 4/21/16
Trump Remains a Threat to Conservatism 4/13/16
Our Great Easter Hope 3/28/16
The Man the Founders Feared 3/19/16
The Party of Reagan Is No More 3/10/16
A Conversation: How Can Evangelicals Support Trump? (part 1) 3/7/16
A Conversation: How Can Evangelicals Support Trump? (part 2) 3/7/16
What Wouldn’t Jesus Do? 3/1/16
Rebuilding a Marriage Culture in 21st-Century Black and Latino America 2/29/16
The Passing of a Supreme Court Giant 2/14/16
Certitude and Seeking the Truth 1/25/16
Why I Will Never Vote for Donald Trump 1/14/16
The Christmas Revolution 12/25/15
The Closing of Barack Obama’s Mind 12/4/15
Reclaim Republicanism for the Conservatives 12/2/15
Paul Ryan’s Voice of Calm Reason 11/30/15
President Obama’s Hypocrisy on Syria 11/27/15
Our Bitter and Graceless President 11/18/15
How Christians Can Flourish in a Same-Sex-Marriage World 11/5/15
The Promise of Speaker Paul Ryan 10/30/15
Why Ben Carson’s Nazi Analogies Matter 10/20/15
Advice to the Next President 10/15/15
Seeking President, No Experience Necessary 10/3/15
Will the Trump Madness Now End? 9/17/15
Clinton, Trump and the Politics of Self-Destruction 9/3/15
Is Hillary Clinton Finished? 8/19/15
Why Civility is a Democratic Virtue 8/3/15
Our Morally Disoriented Times 7/30/15
A Glimpse Into the Culture of Death 7/20/15
Obama’s Worst Mistake 7/15/15
President Donald Trump? Just Say No 7/8/15
How an Act of Grace Changed the Republican Party 7/5/15
A Welcome Tipping Point for Republicans and the Confederate Flag 6/24/15
Conservatives and Climate Change 6/22/15
Jeb Bush Makes His Case 6/18/15
Have You Ever Been Wrong? 6//6/15
Have Democrats Pulled Too Far Left? 5/27/15
Counting Up Obama’s Cataclysmic Foreign Policy Failures 5/26/15
Police Lives Matter 5/14/15
Sorry, Media, but Hillary is Incompetent 5/4/15
Hillary Clinton’s Tangle of Corruption 4/21/15
Take Them at Their Word 4/20/15
The Culture Wars v. the Culture of Life 4/17/15
Hillary Clinton’s Campaign and the Coming Culture Wars 4/11/15
Why Evangelicals Should Love the Pope 4/4/15
Politics in an Age of Epic Transition 3/30/15
Conservatives and the Need for an Appealing Governing Philosophy 3/13/15
Government Is Not The Enemy 2/28/15
God, Our Rights, and the Modern Liberal Mind 2/16/15
Brian Williams, His Fall from Grace, and the Need for Grace 2/11/15
Obama’s Words v. Reality 1/26/15
The Smartest Guy Ever to Be President Isn’t Quite As Smart As He Thinks 1/24/15
Needed: A Republican Agenda for the Middle Class 1/20/15
MLK and the American Founding 1/19/15
Conservatives in Name Only 1/14/15
“What We Have Loved, Others Will Love, and We Will Teach Them How” 1/6/15
A Christian Defense Of Israel 12/26/14
The Mood of America 12/12/14
Putting the “Torture Report” In Historical and Moral Context 12/10/14
Suffering Through the Prism of Faith 12/5/14