We're not okay. For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the point. Writing for the

Atlantic, Kinta Jurisect argues that the politics of rage are seeping into every corner of life.

The New York Times, for example, reported over 500 health officials had quit their job since the

pandemic, citing threats and intimidation. According to an Education Week survey, 60% of school

administrators say their employees were threatened with violence over the school's handling of COVID.

In 2021, the FAA logged 6,000 reports of unruly passengers as compared to 150 in 2019.

Now, to be sure, Juris-Sex political bias here is obvious, but the problem she's describing is still real. During the

cultural hostilities of the first century, the Apostle said to let our words be gracious, season

with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. That's not just advice,

that's instruction. In today's world, we won't be able to avoid conflict over important issues,

but the stands we take have to be the right ones and how we take them reflects who we really serve.

People, to paraphrase Paul, are not our enemies. They're our objective. I'm John Stone Street.