Kharis Publishing Releases Against the Current: Following Jesus in a Nation Adrift - A Timely Pastoral Guide for Christians Navigating Faith, Politics, and a Divided America

2026 | Kharis Publishing | ISBN: 978-1-63746-699-5 | LCCN: 2026936750 At a moment when American Christianity is more politically fractured than at any point in modern history, Kharis Publishing has released Against the Current: Following Jesus in a Nation Adrift by Tyler Sansom, Lead Pastor, filmmaker, and storyteller.
This is not another book about which political party Christians should support. It is a clear-eyed, historically grounded, and pastorally warm guide to the deeper problem: how millions of sincere believers have slowly allowed political identity, cultural fear, and national loyalty to displace their allegiance to Jesus, and how they can find their way back.

The book arrives in a moment of acute need. Polls consistently show that American Christians are among the most politically polarized groups in the country. Congregations are splitting, friendships are fracturing, and the public witness of the church is being defined by party affiliation more than by the Sermon on the Mount. Into this environment, Tyler Sansom brings neither condemnation nor retreat. He brings a metaphor that reorients the entire conversation: two rivers, The River of Life flowing from the heart of God, and the Current of Culture flowing from the heart of human ambition, have been running side by side through American history for four centuries. The question Against the Current asks is a simple but urgent one: which current are you actually swimming in?

A Book the American Church Has Been Waiting For

The landscape of Christian nonfiction is full of books that diagnose political idolatry from a safe distance. Against the Current is different because its author has lived inside the tension he describes. Tyler Sansom is a pastor who has sat across tables from believers on every side of the political spectrum. He has watched sincere faith merge with cultural fear until the two become indistinguishable. He has felt the pull himself, and he writes not as a critic above the fray but as a fellow traveler trying to stay in the right river.

That credibility is what makes the book effective across ideological lines. It does not tell conservatives they are wrong or progressives they are right. It tells Christians that the Kingdom of God does not move left or right; it moves downward, into humility, repentance, and love. The result is a book that readers from opposite ends of the political spectrum are endorsing with equal enthusiasm, which is itself a sign that something important is happening in its pages.

'Against the Current reminds us that the Kingdom of God doesn't sway left or right. It calls only for our obedience to our Creator. A must-read for anyone who's tired of arguing politics.' - Justen Overlander, Producer, The Chosen, The Shift, I CanWhat the Book Covers

Organized across four parts, Against the Current moves with purpose from diagnosis to restoration. Part One, The Drift, traces the origins of American faith from the earliest settlers through the Cold War, showing where the waters of Christian conviction and national ambition first began to merge. Part Two, The Fusion, examines the modern collision of faith and politics, from the rise of the Moral Majority to the 21st-century culture wars, asking the honest and uncomfortable question of how much of what Christians call conviction is actually fear dressed up in scriptural language. Part Three, The Reversal, does not simply expose the problem; it charts a practical way upstream. These chapters offer concrete spiritual rhythms for living as disciples before voters and for re-centering a Jesus-first identity in a noise-saturated world. Part Four, The Renewal, closes with prophetic hope, reminding the church that revival has never begun in the halls of power but in the quiet spaces where God's people choose to swim against the tide.

Each chapter closes with structured reflection questions, making the book immediately useful for small groups, Sunday school classes, seminary courses, and ministry leadership teams navigating polarized congregations. The bibliography demonstrates serious historical and theological research throughout, while the prose remains accessible to any thoughtful reader regardless of academic background.

'In a time when Christianity is increasingly being defined by political parties rather than the person of Jesus, Against the Current offers a much-needed breath of fresh air. This book provides wisdom, language, and hope.' - Kristy Robison, President/CEO of Teach To Transform

About the Author

Tyler Sansom is not a commentator writing from a studio. He is a working pastor, filmmaker, and nonprofit leader who has spent his career building creative communities of faith. As Lead Pastor of First Capital Christian Church in Indiana, he leads a congregation that has grown to span multiple sites and extend its reach globally through the Church Anywhere initiative. He has produced and directed multiple films, each addressing real social issues faced by real people. He teaches the way he writes, with narrative clarity, theological depth, and a refusal to flatten complex questions into political talking points.

His authority on the intersection of American Christianity and cultural identity is not theoretical. It has been forged in years of pastoral ministry, congregational leadership through seasons of national division, and the ongoing work of helping ordinary believers live with what he calls clarity, compassion, and courage in a noisy world. He is, in the truest sense, a pastor writing for the people he serves, which is why this book reads less like an argument and more like a conversation between trusted friends at a table that has room for everyone.

'Tyler Sansom brilliantly illustrates how Christians are called to be disciples before political commentators. He has written a book that could actually heal the political divide with a sensible and biblical overview of how America began to fracture.' - Daniel Roebuck, Actor, Producer, Director, Endorsements from Across the Spectrum

Few Christian books in recent memory have attracted endorsements as broad as those Against the Current has received. Justen Overlander, Producer of The Chosen, calls it a must-read for anyone tired of arguing politics. Demetrios Troy, actor on The Chosen, describes it as a book that illuminates the past and calls readers toward the narrow gate regardless of tradition or political background. Kaleb Ort, Major League Baseball pitcher, praises its ability to show that loving Jesus must remain more important than loving any political party or trending ideal. Kristy Robison, President and CEO of Teach To Transform, describes it as the book ministry leaders navigating polarized spaces have been waiting for. Together these voices confirm that Against the Current is speaking to a need that crosses every demographic line in the American church.

Book Details

Title: Against the Current: Following Jesus in a Nation Adrift

Author: Tyler Sansom

Publisher: Kharis Publishing (an imprint of Kharis Media LLC)

Genre: Christian Nonfiction - Christian Living / Theology and Culture / Spiritual Formation / Religion and Politics / Church History

ISBN-13: 978-1-63746-699-5 | ISBN-10: 1-63746-699-4

LCCN: 2026936750

Structure: 4 Parts, 19 Chapters, Foreword, Introduction, Bibliography

Ideal For: Pastors, ministry leaders, small groups, seminary courses, politically exhausted believers, anyone navigating faith in a divided culture

Stop Drifting. Start Swimming Upstream.

If you have ever felt spiritually homeless in a world that wants to put your faith on a ballot, this book was written for you. Get your copy of Against the Current today and begin the journey back to a Jesus-first life.

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