Unquiet: When Righteous Anger Refuses Silence
Righteous Anger in a Nation That Has Forgotten Its Foundations
Something has been stirring inside me for a long time. I knew it. I felt it. And yet, I mostly kept quiet—choosing my words carefully, speaking only to those who were safe to engage. Not because they always shared my beliefs or passions, but because “some men, you just can’t reach” (Cool Hand Luke, 1967).
On September 10, 2025, I finally put a name to what I had been feeling.
I am angry.
I have been angry for a long time.
This is what we, as mothers, understand as Momma Bear.
My family calls it Momma Jess—a fierce protector of truth and justice.
This is not hateful rage. What I feel is righteous anger.
There are many descriptions and theological explanations of righteous anger, but here is the brief and blunt truth: it is the anger that rises from the deepest place of the soul as grief over sin—sin against God and against His Holy Word.
On September 10, 2025, something fractured further—both in an already broken world, and within me.
And I stopped giving a flying biscuit about offending people who are actively offending God.
I am not a righteous woman. I am flawed. I sin. I strive to follow God righteously—and I fail. Often.
But I know the difference between wrestling with my own sin and witnessing a generation—within a nation built on the Word of God—openly and unapologetically giving Him the middle finger.
It should go without saying, but I will say it plainly: I love God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit with all my heart. I gave my life to Jesus at eight years old—alone, at night, in my bedroom—holding an old 1960s Bible, crying as I read. I remember glancing at my soon-to-be-born baby sister’s crib and coming face-to-face with the reality of what Jesus did so that I might be free.
I would face death in defense of His Name.
I love my family—so deeply that at times it steals my breath. I would lay down my life to protect them without hesitation.
I love the United States of America. I believe in the purposes and principles upon which our Constitution was created to govern a sovereign people. I love her deeply enough that I would give my life to protect the blessing of freedom and independence.
The United States is a Judeo-Christian nation.
You may disagree. That is fine. Disagreement does not erase truth or fact.
The United States is a Judeo-Christian nation because:
The Christian ethic (New Testament): Love your neighbor as yourself—whether that neighbor is friend or enemy.
The Judeo law (Old Testament): Government exists to protect people, punish those who break the law, prevent the destruction of property, and hold both citizens and elected officials accountable.
Many people claim the Holy Bible is not politically relevant. I would suggest those people have either not fully read it—or did not understand what they read.
From the very first page, Scripture makes a political declaration: The Lord is God. The Lord is One. There is only one King of Kings.
This is not Allah of the Quran. Allah is solitary, remote, unknowable. YHWH—the God of the Holy Bible—is personal, loving, relational. He created the universe and remains actively involved within and among His human creation. This distinction matters.
I could expand on this in theological depth, but that is not the purpose of this essay.
That truth alone is a direct challenge to every human power structure. In the ancient world, kings claimed divine authority. Scripture shatters that claim: Pharaoh is not sovereign. Caesar is not ultimate. Empires rise and fall under God—because God is the God of all nations.
This is not partisan politics. It is political theology.
When Jesus said, “Render unto Caesar,” that passage is often used to argue the Bible is apolitical. In reality, it does the opposite. Jesus acknowledges Caesar’s limited authority while denying him ultimate authority.
Coins belong to Caesar.
Human allegiance belongs to God.
That is not retreat—it is boundary-setting.
I am not interested in partisan games. I do not care who is on the Left or the Right.
I do care that this beautiful, free nation is preserved.
Whether people who have lived under America’s freedoms acknowledge it or not, we are among the most blessed nations on earth. And we are blessed only because we were built—brick by brick—by a people standing firmly on the Holy Bible and Judeo-Christian principles.
You are free to come here and be Buddhist.
You are free to come here and be Muslim.
You are free to come here and be atheist.
What you are not free to do is uproot the foundations of a Judeo-Christian nation.
You may come and enjoy these freedoms—freedoms you will not find elsewhere—but assimilation is required. Otherwise, another nation may better suit you. No one has the right to force their belief system onto this one.
I know how this world ends. No nation escapes that reality.
Until then, if you cannot live within the United States as a Judeo-Christian nation of independence and freedom—while still practicing your own beliefs—then this may not be the nation for you.
“I thank God that I have lived to see my country independent and free. She may long enjoy her independence and freedom, if she will. It depends upon her virtue.”
—Samuel Adams