Political violence, like the mass shooting at a Knoxville church in 2008, hits differently when you are present for it. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

A conservative activist shot and killed at an Utah college campus. A gunman fatally shoots a Minnesota legislator and her husband, and mortally wounds their beloved dog. Judges and legislators increasingly get threats — and in 2020 a judge’s son was murdered when an assailant came to their door. Roughly 140 law enforcement officers were injured in the Jan. 6, 2021, politically-motivated assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Political violence rightly offends us to the core when we read about it. The lessons are stronger and clearer, however, when it directly comes to your life. This happened to me, my wife, and our church congregation on

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