Gospel & Politics: Ben Watson

Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This week on Ask the Pastor features a conversation between Pastor J.D. Greear and Ben Watson. Watson is a former NFL tight end as well as a writer, speaker, and activist. He is a college football studio analyst with the SEC Network, and he serves as VP of Strategic Relationships with the Human Coalition, one of the largest pro-life and pro-women’s organizations in the country.

A glimpse inside this episode:

* The pro-life movement is fundamentally about justice.
* Children have inherent value from the moment of conception.
* Roe v. Wade's overturn is a step, but not the end of the fight.
* Compassion is crucial in discussing pro-life issues.
* Voting is just one aspect of activism.
* Both political sides lack a complete solution for human flourishing.
* Church unity is essential despite political differences.
* Engagement in the pro-life movement can take many forms.
* Believers should seek to understand each other's perspectives.
* Faith should guide political identity over party affiliation.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greer. I am your host, Matt Love.
0:12.7	We are in the middle of our gospel and politics series that we've been doing the last few weeks.
0:19.7	And we have a great special guest that is going to be talking to J.D. in this video.
0:26.2	This podcast, his name is Ben Watson.
0:29.2	You guys might have heard of him because he is a former NFL tight end.
0:34.7	He is a writer.
0:35.5	He's a speaker.
0:36.1	He's an activist.
0:37.3	He's a college football
0:38.6	studio analyst with the SEC Network. And he serves as the vice president of strategic
0:44.9	relationships with the human coalition, which is one of the largest pro-life and pro-women's
0:50.4	organizations in the country. And so along with his wife, Kirsten Benjamin is the founder
0:55.3	of the Watson Seven Foundation, which is a nonprofit that focuses on strengthening families. And they
1:01.7	live in Georgia with their seven children. I think that's probably the Watson Seven.
1:06.4	So today you're going to hear a conversation between Ben Watson and Pastor J.D.
1:11.3	That centers on one of the issues that Ben is most passionate about, and that is the pro-life movement.
1:18.0	So we're going to go ahead and just dive straight into this conversation.
1:20.9	It's going to be great.
1:21.8	So take a listen.
1:26.6	Welcome to another of our gospel and politics conversations where we're just trying to unpack
1:31.8	what does it mean to think Christianally when it comes to some of the big issues of the day
1:35.5	in a way that errs neither on the side of culture wars or cowardice.
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