Published August 25, 2025
If you’re anything like me, the last five years may have deepened your already existent conservatism. There’s terminology for this you may have seen online; it’s called getting “red-pilled.” Taken from the movie The Matrix, the red pill allows those who take it to see reality for what it truly is, stripped of all its superficial and established narratives. The red pill means embracing the fact that so much of what passes for “normal” is fake, contrived, and geared to make society obedient and unquestioning supplicants to the narratives of elite gatekeepers. Many Christians who “red pill” are simply awakening to the fact that the cultural establishment—legacy media, academia, and entertainment—has not been telling the truth.
Over the last five years, many people have taken the red pill. I should know—I’m one of them. The same is true for a growing chorus of my friends, whose own awakenings fall into the same broad categories: pandemic hypocrisy, media deception, progressive dogma, and political double standards.
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Andrew T. Walker, Ph.D., is a Fellow in the Evangelicals and Civic Life Program at The Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is also the Dean of the School of Theology and Professor of Christian Ethics and Public Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and the founding Managing Editor of WORLD Opinions. He co-hosts The Bully Pulpit, a weekly podcast exploring faith, culture, and politics from a conservative Christian perspective.
