In 2025, the average American Christian now spends four to six hours each day under the influence of digital algorithms. Without ever calling it “discipleship,” these platforms often become the loudest voices shaping what believers see, how they feel, and whom they trust. They train Christians on both the right and the left to view their neighbors not as brothers and sisters in Christ, but as threats.

The system is built for this. Outrage, fear, and moral offense keep people scrolling. So progressive-leaning believers are continually shown content that paints conservatives as hateful, oppressive, or indifferent to suffering. At the same time, conservative-leaning Christians are fed a steady stream of videos and commentary depicting progressives as godless, unbiblical, or bent on destroying the Church. Each side is handed a steady diet of the other’s worst moments.

With enough repetition, hearts begin to harden. A single clip starts to stand in for an entire group. A stranger’s anger redefines an entire community. And neighbors who once shared potluck meals, prayer requests, and baptism stories are quietly recast as enemies.

What the algorithms rarely show are the better, truer stories: the conservative grandmother caring for her immigrant neighbors, the progressive couple opening their home to vulnerable children, the small church praying faithfully for leaders they didn’t vote for, the believer who chooses friendship over politics.

And so, without anyone announcing it, a different gospel begins to form—one that replaces love with suspicion and humility with certainty. Scripture is slowly crowded out by slogans. Prayer is replaced by posts. And the Church forgets that its true enemy has never been flesh and blood.

Maranatha,

Jordy