Dia-Logos: Seeking Christ's Perspective on the News
Nov 4, 2026 · 19 min · 8 segments
Across Europe, starting with high school blockades in France and spreading through Germany, Belgium, Serbia, and beyond, a wave of protests has erupted. Driven largely by Gen Z, demonstrators are…
Richard BairdGuest
Brad KirstenHost
So let's do what we do here, dear Logos, and see Christ's perspective on what's happening.
What biblical perspective can you share as we reflect on the last few weeks from what's happened and started in France and has moved throughout Europe? And for those of us that continue to ask, where to from here?
And when people are not listened to, there's going to be results which are not always pleasant.
Um, so I look at the protests and I'm going, mm, what is this revealing about the hunger of the human heart and the hunger of the human heart? I look at these protests and I think I'm going, mm, there's a longing for peace.
And let's not forget that when Jesus did the commission, he said, go and make disciples of what? Not of people, but of all nations.
And so we really need to explore what that means further, that we would be engaged in obeying that mandate that we've been given to disciple the nations so that there is what it is that people are looking for.
Yeah, and Richard, I'm quite excited to see where it goes from here, from the quiet revival side, and also just to see what happens.
Are people going to be listened to? Is this just going to be a blame game where politicians are going to point fingers and say, you've acted unruly, and therefore we're not going to pay you any attention, or will there be change? I think all eyes are really on what's going on, both in the physical and in the spiritual.
I think what's tragic is, you know, in terms of the violence and the looting, that's always a minority.
And that always gets honed in on because the march has started out as being peaceful, peaceful protests.
And you will get others that jump on the bandwagon and use it for their own ends.
So let's do what we do here, dear Logos, and see Christ's perspective on what's happening.
What biblical perspective can you share as we reflect on the last few weeks from what's happened and started in France and has moved throughout Europe? And for those of us that continue to ask, where to from here?
And when people are not listened to, there's going to be results which are not always pleasant.
Um, so I look at the protests and I'm going, mm, what is this revealing about the hunger of the human heart and the hunger of the human heart? I look at these protests and I think I'm going, mm, there's a longing for peace.
And let's not forget that when Jesus did the commission, he said, go and make disciples of what? Not of people, but of all nations.
And so we really need to explore what that means further, that we would be engaged in obeying that mandate that we've been given to disciple the nations so that there is what it is that people are looking for.
Yeah, and Richard, I'm quite excited to see where it goes from here, from the quiet revival side, and also just to see what happens.
Are people going to be listened to? Is this just going to be a blame game where politicians are going to point fingers and say, you've acted unruly, and therefore we're not going to pay you any attention, or will there be change? I think all eyes are really on what's going on, both in the physical and in the spiritual.
I think what's tragic is, you know, in terms of the violence and the looting, that's always a minority.
And that always gets honed in on because the march has started out as being peaceful, peaceful protests.
And you will get others that jump on the bandwagon and use it for their own ends.
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