Why Do We Kill Each Other?

Why do people, both on the political left and right, get so angry that they decide to kill political figures with whom they disagree? Why is it happening in America even more, lately? Why do people murder state lawmakers in Minneapolis, and kill Christian political activists in Utah, and nearly succeed in slaying presidential candidates—all in the past 15 months?

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Gospel Purity and Political Alliances

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“Politics and religion sometimes collapse into each other. Christianity and the Republican party become so enmeshed in someone’s mind that they forget they have more in common with a ‘woke’ Christian who is genuinely converted and living for Christ than with their redneck, gun-loving MAGA neighbor who has rejected the gospel.” - P&D

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Our Real Enemy in the Culture Wars Is Nihilism

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“It’s this lack of belief in the good, true, and beautiful that leads us down the paths of perpetual power struggle, to thirsting for nothing beyond the will to power, and to a dark abyss. We must not lose sight of that as we search for answers to what ails us.” - Dispatch Faith

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Learning in Culture-War Time

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“If our study of often small Bible details can stand up to the reality of eternal hell, it can stand up to anything. To admit that we can retain our interest in Bible study under the shadow of these eternal issues, but not under the shadow of a flaming hot culture war would be to admit that our ears are closed to the voice of reason and very wide open to the voice of our nerves and our mass emotions.” - Mark Ward

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