What Can Christians Do and Will It Work?

In this episode of the Good Faith Podcast, Curtis Chang and David French name what's happening to American democracy right now: "Dual State America," where life feels normal—until the Trump administration's lawless prerogative power snaps into place. From the Renee Good case to Orwellian spin and rising political violence, they trace how authoritarianism spreads by redefining reality and daring ordinary people not to resist. French's gut-check: stop waiting for someone else to save the country—do something your grandkids will recognize as courage.

02:40 - What Is The "Dual State"?

06:25 - What Does The Renee Good Shooting Show Us?

11:03 - Potential For Resistance and Change

15:32 - The Dangers of Rotating Elected Authoritarians

20:03 - The "Gradually, Then Suddenly" Collapse

24:30 - What Can Individuals Do?

35:31 - The Risk and Uncertainty of Action

37:10 - Embracing Faithfulness Over Effectiveness

47:27 - Christians and The Integrity of Words

47:58 - What Sustains David French?

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Mentioned In This Episode:

David French: An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
Ernst Frenkel's The Dual State: A Contribution To The Theory Of Dictatorship (pdf)
Ernst Frenkel's Legal Sabotage: Ernst Fraenkel in Hitler's Germany
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letters from a Birmingham Jail
George Orwell's 1984
Re-read the Declaration of Independence
Read The Loosening of American Evangelicalism (article)

David French: Dual State America and Authoritarianism - Renee Good and the Trump Administration