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Life, Not Survival

Life, Not Survival

A Christian ethic for the next four years

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Chris Gehrz
Dec 19, 2024
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I’ve been trying to stay hopeful about what the next four years will mean for this country. But just for today, indulge me my nightmares — as someone whose mind keeps ricocheting between the European past and the American future.

We’re not about to inaugurate a Hitler or Stalin, maybe not even a Mussolini or Franco. Our version of democracy may yet avoid…

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