Political Atmosphere
When Outrage Sells, Disciples Choose Peace
How should disciples confront a culture of outrage? They reject contention, wield meekness, and pursue covenant peace.
Tyler Andersen
December 15, 2025
How should disciples confront a culture of outrage? They reject contention, wield meekness, and pursue covenant peace.
Constitutional conflicts can arise when religious language and behavior take an aggressive and domineering posture toward government and society as a whole.
How can society address political violence? By seeking common ground, supporting fair policies, and building community bonds, society can foster peace.
If we can’t even agree about the threatened invasion of a democratic, sovereign nation playing out before us, what does that say about our own condition as an American people?
Dehumanization is wrong. Of course, we all know that … UNLESS we’re talking about Those People who believe truly awful things, right?
It’s increasingly common to hear people argue, with utter sincerity, that half of Americans have gone bonkers. Is that really true? Or is this a paradigm shift in the making?
Early this morning, President Trump stood before the American people on the verge of another astounding upset and accused his opponents of fraud. When will the mounting levels of mutual suspicion and accusation take us past our breaking point as a country?
Domestic peacekeepers are speaking out with everything they’ve got—reminding this country about its historic capacity to hold and work through serious disagreements productively. It’s time to listen before it’s too late.
This Halloween, the trend of American monsterizing is on full-display. Let’s recognize the fantasy in it so we can leave it behind, and avoid the danger it involves for all of us.
Words of timely wisdom from two of America’s many inspired pastors—including encouragement, warnings, and urgent witness to a nation in peril.
When the places we used to find fellowship and connection as a community start to “take a stand” on political issues, where do we go to find that unity again?