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The Friday Focus #9: Baptisification, Democratic Resilience, and

Hey friends,
Happy Friday!
A bit of a shorter post this Friday. Earlier this week I talked about Biden's pardon of his son Hunter, an attempted coup in South Korea, and what they mean for the stability of democracy.
Here’s everything else I wanted to share this week:

Baptisification Takes Over (17 minutes): This prescient article from decades ago excellently explains the process by which the evangelical church has metastasized into something unrecognizable. Baptisification is effective at driving recruitment, but its tribalistic nature sows the seeds of the church's demise.
Are we exaggerating populism’s threat to democracy? (12 minutes): It's easy for those of us constantly watching the news to fall into a cycle of doomerism about the future of our republic. But this book review makes some very strong points about why we might not need to feel to much despair. A great follow-up to Tuesday's post.
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