Benjamin Watson’s Fight for Life

The Russell Moore Show

Russell Moore

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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When Roe vs. Wade was overturned, Benjamin Watson was happy. But he also felt acutely aware of a complicated truth: millions of people felt devastated by the decision. And so the question became: what’s next? On today’s episode of The Russell Moore Show, Watson—writer, speaker, and former NFL tight end—shares insights into the state of abortion in America. He and Moore talk about the ways that racial injustice relates to abortion. And they discuss how Christians can engage in the pursuit of public justice for women and the unborn alike. Watson, who serves as the VP of Strategic Relationships for the Human Coalition and co-founded the One More Foundation with his wife, talks about his recent book The New Fight for Life: Roe, Race, and a Pro-Life Commitment to Justice. He and Moore consider the gaps in how the church has addressed abortion historically, and what it may look like to do better in the future. And they consider how God might ask Christians to engage in impacting just one person. Resources mentioned in this episode include: The One More Foundation The Human Coalition The New Fight for Life: Roe, Race, and a Pro-Life Commitment to Justice by Benjamin Watson Chris Rock’s “Selective Outrage” comedy special March for Life “Esau McCaulley Makes Grace Plausible” “The Moral Bucket List” by David Brooks Pre-order Russell’s new title, Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America, here! Do you have a question for Russell Moore? Send it to questions@russellmoore.com. Click here for a trial membership at Christianity Today. “The Russell Moore Show” is a production of Christianity Today Executive Producers: Erik Petrik, Russell Moore, and Mike Cosper Host: Russell Moore Producer: Ashley Hales Associate Producers: Abby Perry and Azurae Phelps CT Administration: Christine Kolb Social Media: Kate Lucky Director of Operations for CT Media: Matt Stevens Production Assistance: coreMEDIA Audio Engineer: Kevin Duthu Coordinator: Beth Grabenkort Video Producer: John Roland Theme Song: “Dusty Delta Day” by Lennon Hutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:27.0	This week we have a conversation to seek to do just that.
1:37.0	I am really excited to be joined today by my friend Benjamin Watson who is a former NFL
1:44.4	tight end and a writer activist and speaker. He serves as vice president for
1:50.1	strategic relationships with the human coalition
1:53.0	and with his wife is the co-founder
1:55.3	of the one more foundation, M O-O-R-E,
1:58.8	not M-O-O-O-R-E, but one more foundation.
2:02.4	And they have seven children of various ages well I guess
2:07.6	they would be at various ages unless they were what would that be sept templates
2:11.9	anyway yes What would that be? sept tablets. Anyway, yes.
2:14.0	Some of them are actually the same age, so I mean, you know, some of them are various and
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