Extreme political ideology is creating conflicts in our society. ... For example, one family I worked with believed that ventilators killed more people than COVID-19.

But in the aforementioned examples, these church bodies are warping biblical precepts with popular political and cultural activism. These shifts from the scriptural to the secular aren’t new.

IDEAS My political beliefs are entirely rational. Yours are obviously nuts. Persuading someone on ‘the Other Side’ has gotten harder than ever because we’re rarely speaking the same language.

News that the June 14 shooting of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses was politically motivated triggered a torrent of online speculation about the gunman's political beliefs.