There is a fight for the spiritual heart of America going on all around us—and there always has been—but lately it’s become impossible to ignore. As parts of this country descend further into madness, the common thread is unmistakable: a rejection of God and His truths at every turn.

Scripture warns us exactly where this leads. When people do whatever is right in their own eyes, instead of submitting to the true definition of right and wrong that God gives us, they inevitably begin calling evil good and good evil. That path never ends peacefully. It ends in chaos, dysfunction, and—far too often—bloodshed.

We saw a vivid example of this in 2020. Under the banner of moral self-righteousness, entire cities burned. Small businesses were ransacked and destroyed. Well-meaning people had their sympathy weaponized against them, pressured into turning a blind eye to destruction while working tirelessly to brand themselves as “anti-racist,” which in practice often meant self-loathing disguised as virtue.

Now, it’s happening again.

Many conservatives had their eyes opened over the last five years to how hollow and destructive this ideology really is. Yet some are once again being pulled back into the lie that social justice and activism can replace God, true justice, and real morality. They can’t. And they never will.

The threats to America’s spiritual heart are many, and most are openly championed by the left: attacks on truth about gender and sexuality, attacks on the family, open hostility toward Christians and Jews, the weaponization of sympathy, and the normalization—even celebration—of obscene violence against anyone who disagrees. The list could go on and on.

Still, there have been real wins. With conservative leadership returning to office, we’ve seen truth spoken aloud again.

Trans identification among young adults is down dramatically. Part of that is almost certainly because leaders are telling the truth again and everyday Americans are pushing back against lies more boldly than ever. Another part may be that young people are finally recognizing a painful reality: trying to change your gender is not a solution to mental illness—it often makes it worse.

Either way, it’s a win for the health of the nation. And there are others. Revivals are breaking out on college campuses. Church attendance is climbing. More people are opening the Bible to see what it actually says. And as always, when light advances, darkness fights back harder. The enemy is angry.

We’re seeing that backlash in the growing normalization of political violence against conservatives—on social media, in workplaces, and even among aspiring or elected officials.

Florida made the right call this week by revoking the nursing license of Lexie Lawler, who made vile and violent wishes toward Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is expecting her second child.

It’s especially disturbing when healthcare professionals display this kind of hate-fueled madness. These are people entrusted with unbiased care, yet too many have abandoned that responsibility entirely.

Here’s another healthcare professional offering deeply disturbing “tips” for people who want to resist ICE.

She even encouraged single women to go on dates with ICE agents and drug their food. That’s not activism—that’s pure evil.

This isn’t a deranged individual shouting nonsense on a street corner. This is someone who completed higher education, passed exams, passed interviews, and became a functioning member of society—while convincing herself she’s on the right side of history by advising colleagues to assault ICE agents with syringes.

This is what a spiritual war looks like. A fight for our nation’s soul—literally.

When you reject God, you lose the ability to distinguish right from wrong, because you’ve rejected the only one who ever defined those categories correctly.

And if you think it can’t get worse, meet Elliot Forhan. He’s running to be the next attorney general of Ohio, and his idea of a winning campaign promise is openly calling for the death of Donald Trump. Not metaphorically. Not rhetorically. Literally. Listen.

He says it with a smile, as if plotting the death of a former president—who has already survived two near-successful assassination attempts—is just another casual Thursday.

This war didn’t begin with conservatives. It began with the family.

The family is one of the most powerful institutions God ever created, and the elites know it. That’s why they’ve spent decades trying to dismantle it. The consequences have been devastating for everyone except those same elites. Thomas Sowell warned about this repeatedly.

Destroy the family, and you create chaos and dysfunction. Chaos breeds dependence, and dependence on government has never ended well anywhere in human history.

You’re meant to depend on God and be interdependent with your family—not reliant on distant bureaucracies.

Entire generations have now been raised to believe the nuclear family and marriage offer no real benefit, that social media and government can replace them. Is it any wonder they’re more easily brainwashed and controlled by systems that don’t care about them?

We saw it again with the anti-ICE movement. It didn’t care about Alex Pretti. It encouraged him to obstruct ICE agents until he was harmed, because what it wanted was a martyr. You know who did care about Alex? His parents. And they begged him not to do it.

Millions of Americans—especially women—are being sold the lie that their worth and purpose can be found in social activism. Women tend to be more sympathetic by nature, and that beautiful trait is being ruthlessly weaponized against them.

Allie Beth Stuckey cuts through the noise with clarity.

It’s not a message you’ll hear often online, but it’s one that desperately needs to be shouted from the rooftops.

There’s one more looming threat to Christianity that deserves attention, and it isn’t partisan. It’s artificial intelligence.

Israeli historian Yuval Harari recently warned about this at the World Economic Forum.

Let’s be clear: AI isn’t inherently evil, and it isn’t automatically anti-Christian. But it can quietly undermine authentic faith—not by attacking it outright, but by replacing the things faith depends on.

Christianity is about relationship: seeking God for wisdom, wrestling with truth, growing through obedience, repentance, and community. AI offers instant answers, constant availability, and comfort without surrender. When people turn to a screen before they turn to prayer, Scripture, or spiritual counsel, the soul is slowly retrained. It feels efficient, not rebellious—but faith was never built on efficiency. It was built on trust.

AI can also short-circuit spiritual growth. Faith is formed through struggle, waiting, silence, and unanswered prayers. AI fills every gap. But being informed is not the same as being transformed.

Christianity is embodied. God came in the flesh. We gather in person. We confess face to face. AI pushes life further into the virtual, making real church and real accountability feel unnecessary.

And then there’s truth. AI blends perspectives. Christianity proclaims truth. Jesus didn’t say He was one option—He said He is the truth. A culture shaped by AI may slowly come to see conviction as intolerance and doctrine as negotiable.

The real danger isn’t persecution—it’s replacement. Replacing prayer with prompts, wisdom with synthesis, and surrender with control. The question isn’t whether Christians will use AI. It’s whether they’ll remember who they’re meant to rely on first.

At the end of the day, this isn’t about politics, platforms, or personalities. It’s about who we serve. A nation can survive bad leaders and even thrive under good ones—but it cannot survive abandoning God. The chaos we’re witnessing is the fruit of that rejection. The answer isn’t louder activism or smarter technology. It’s repentance, humility, and a return to truth. If America’s heart is going to be healed, it won’t be by replacing God—but by turning back to Him.