A lone gunman targeted Republican lawmakers at a Washington, D.C. baseball field on Wednesday, adding to a disturbing trend of political violence this year. The nation’s college campuses are increasingly unstable and our rhetoric is growing more heated and desperate, prompting urgent calls from many, including our BreakPoint This Week hosts, to calm down and regain civility.

The Southern Baptist Convention’s denominational gathering saw overtures toward racial reconciliation and condemnation of white supremacy, something Ed Stetzer says is vital, given that group’s history.

And John Stonestreet suggests the over-the-top protests by pro-choice activists like those in Ohio this week betray a movement losing relevance.