#405 5 Lessons from 2025

2025 has been a somber year with a rise in politically motivated violence–including the public assassination of Charlie Kirk–and heightened tensions and conflict around the world. 2025 has also been an encouraging year with a comeback of creation order (i.e., women’s sports and the Skrmetti case allowing states to take cross-sex hormones and transition surgeries off the medical menu for minors), a renewed opportunity for and interest in church-state partnership, and the sparks of spiritual renewal. Here are five lessons from 2025. Key Sources/Interviews: Os Guinness – Our Civilizational Moment: The Waning of the West and the War of the Worlds Indiana State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla – The National Debt Crisis and How to Respond Birjan Crispin – Gen Z, Gen Alpha, and Christian Citizenship Tim Goeglein – Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream Andrew Walker – What Do I Say When Pastors and Politics; Review of Key 2025 SCOTUS Decisions Pew – Religion Holds Stead in America National Debt Clock Click Here to Watch on YouTubeThe post #405 5 Lessons from 2025 first appeared on The Good Citizen Project.