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Jonathan V. Last

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The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

So Tim, the core of this book is not Christianity, yay, we need more of it. It's the teachings of Jesus Christ, the core doctrines of Christianity. We need more of that.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

So Tim, the core of this book is not Christianity, yay, we need more of it. It's the teachings of Jesus Christ, the core doctrines of Christianity. We need more of that.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

And that what we find again and again in America, but also throughout history, when the church gets corrupt, when it substitutes the gospel of power and life in this world from the gospel of truth and life in the next world, it gets into trouble. Because the appeal of Christianity, it's a counter-cultural religion, it's a radical religion, but it asks people to do three things.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

And that what we find again and again in America, but also throughout history, when the church gets corrupt, when it substitutes the gospel of power and life in this world from the gospel of truth and life in the next world, it gets into trouble. Because the appeal of Christianity, it's a counter-cultural religion, it's a radical religion, but it asks people to do three things.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

And that what we find again and again in America, but also throughout history, when the church gets corrupt, when it substitutes the gospel of power and life in this world from the gospel of truth and life in the next world, it gets into trouble. Because the appeal of Christianity, it's a counter-cultural religion, it's a radical religion, but it asks people to do three things.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

The first is not be afraid. The second is imitate Jesus. And the third is forgive each other. And those are three things that James Madison and the founders also needed people to do for the sake of liberalism. Don't be afraid means it's not the end of the world if you lose an election. Have some faith in the system. You'll learn something from being out of power. You'll come back stronger.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

The first is not be afraid. The second is imitate Jesus. And the third is forgive each other. And those are three things that James Madison and the founders also needed people to do for the sake of liberalism. Don't be afraid means it's not the end of the world if you lose an election. Have some faith in the system. You'll learn something from being out of power. You'll come back stronger.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

The first is not be afraid. The second is imitate Jesus. And the third is forgive each other. And those are three things that James Madison and the founders also needed people to do for the sake of liberalism. Don't be afraid means it's not the end of the world if you lose an election. Have some faith in the system. You'll learn something from being out of power. You'll come back stronger.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

You won't try to steal the election or lie about the election. Imitate Jesus translates into forgive. Treat every person as an end unto themselves, not a means unto an end. Every person has dignity. Treat them with dignity, especially the least of these, especially the minorities. There are some things that government should just never do to minorities and to the weak.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

You won't try to steal the election or lie about the election. Imitate Jesus translates into forgive. Treat every person as an end unto themselves, not a means unto an end. Every person has dignity. Treat them with dignity, especially the least of these, especially the minorities. There are some things that government should just never do to minorities and to the weak.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

You won't try to steal the election or lie about the election. Imitate Jesus translates into forgive. Treat every person as an end unto themselves, not a means unto an end. Every person has dignity. Treat them with dignity, especially the least of these, especially the minorities. There are some things that government should just never do to minorities and to the weak.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

Like, I don't know, grab them off the street and send them to a dungeon in El Salvador for no reason. And the third, forgive each other. That means politics is not about... to use a phrase, retribution. It's not about demolishing and crushing the other side. They're still citizens. They're still your countrymen. You share the country after you win an election.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

Like, I don't know, grab them off the street and send them to a dungeon in El Salvador for no reason. And the third, forgive each other. That means politics is not about... to use a phrase, retribution. It's not about demolishing and crushing the other side. They're still citizens. They're still your countrymen. You share the country after you win an election.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

Like, I don't know, grab them off the street and send them to a dungeon in El Salvador for no reason. And the third, forgive each other. That means politics is not about... to use a phrase, retribution. It's not about demolishing and crushing the other side. They're still citizens. They're still your countrymen. You share the country after you win an election.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

Those are the cores of Republican virtue. So my claim in this book is Christianity would be a as a religion and also could do a lot more to heal the country if it returned to its own Christian roots. A strange thing for a, you know, atheist gay Jew to tell the church. Interestingly, this is kind of resonating more with Christians than it is with secular.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

Those are the cores of Republican virtue. So my claim in this book is Christianity would be a as a religion and also could do a lot more to heal the country if it returned to its own Christian roots. A strange thing for a, you know, atheist gay Jew to tell the church. Interestingly, this is kind of resonating more with Christians than it is with secular.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

Those are the cores of Republican virtue. So my claim in this book is Christianity would be a as a religion and also could do a lot more to heal the country if it returned to its own Christian roots. A strange thing for a, you know, atheist gay Jew to tell the church. Interestingly, this is kind of resonating more with Christians than it is with secular.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

Secular people are, a lot of people say what you say, which is, you know, they, they just still kind of think, wouldn't we be better off if we could be a secular country and make that work? But a lot of Christians are saying, um, Yeah, being more Christ-like is something that the church should do.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

Secular people are, a lot of people say what you say, which is, you know, they, they just still kind of think, wouldn't we be better off if we could be a secular country and make that work? But a lot of Christians are saying, um, Yeah, being more Christ-like is something that the church should do.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption

Secular people are, a lot of people say what you say, which is, you know, they, they just still kind of think, wouldn't we be better off if we could be a secular country and make that work? But a lot of Christians are saying, um, Yeah, being more Christ-like is something that the church should do.