The Internal Domestic Assault Democracy

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"There is a much more threatening and present aa of a scary, low brow version of it," he says. "You can't understand january sixth unless you understand the presence of a very conservative, militaristic form of at least ostensible christianity." 'We have to literally invade it with violence and force and take over,' one protester told CNN's John Sutter on January 6.

Liberal democracy is under military threat abroad, and intellectual threat in America. And many of these domestic attacks are coming from within Christianity. So should Christians care about defending democracy? What are the connections between our Christian faith and America’s form of self-government? This week David and Curtis dive headlong into this deep and fascinating issue, including some history, some theology, and some critical guidance for why we Christians must indeed care about the state of our democracy and its institutions.

Show Notes:

-French Press: “A Christian Defense of American Classical Liberalism”

-Sarah Repucci & Amy Slipowitz (Freedom House): “Democracy Under Siege”

-From John Adams to Massachusetts Militia, 11 October 1798

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