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KTF Weekly Newsletter

Hi everybody,

The newsletter’s going to be off the next two weeks for a mini summer break, but never fear! In lieu of the usual happy arrival in your inbox, We have some great writing and podcasts of us reading said writing coming your way! So stay tuned, and now, on to this week’s highlights!

Jonathan’s Recommendations:

• The latest episode of The Run-Up podcast headed to Iowa, where presidential primary elections will kick off in January, to report on the most important constituency for the Republican Party: evangelical Christians. The host, journalist Astead Herndon, the son of a pastor, is keenly aware of the religious and political enmeshment of American evangelicals. His cultural fluency is on full display in this episode as he interviews evangelical leaders about their outsized political influence and their beliefs about the role of divine authority in determining who sits in the Oval Office. As I listened to the fervency with which the pastors and leaders spoke, I was reminded of how important it is to have diverse voices speaking into my walk with God. The temptation to sanctify our political preferences and power is too great. Certainty is too attractive. Christian Nationalism can feel good and holy to many people, but it is sin, plain and simple.