Gospel & Politics: Brooke Medina

Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

This week on Ask the Pastor features a conversation between Pastor J.D. Greear and Brooke Medina. Brooke is a member of the Summit Church and serves as Vice President of Communications for the John Locke Foundation. She’s been published in numerous outlets including The Hill, Entrepreneur, Washington Examiner, WORLD, Daily Signal, FEE, and others.

A glimpse inside this episode:

* Economics is fundamentally about human action and dignity.
* Understanding economics through a Christian lens is crucial.
* Private property ownership is essential for a well-ordered society.
* Disagreement among Christians on economic issues is natural and necessary.
* Welfare programs need to be structured to encourage economic mobility.
* Ideas have consequences; bad ideas can harm individuals.
* Christians should engage in political discourse with charity.
* Free speech in the digital age presents new challenges for Christians.
* The church should encourage members to enter all spheres of influence.
* We must be witnesses of truth and grace in the public square.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Ask the Pastor.
0:08.9	I am Matt Love.
0:10.0	And I'm not actually technically here with J.D. Greer because we are doing a gospel and politics series for the last few weeks.
0:16.6	J.D.'s been having these conversations with different leaders and thinkers and just processing some of these big topics that are really coming up as we enter into this political season.
0:27.5	So this week we're continuing that series with a special guest who is actually a member of the Summit Church, Brooke Medina.
0:33.3	Brooke, like I said, attend summit as a member of summit serves as the vice president of communications
0:38.5	for the John Locke Foundation. She has been published in numerous outlets. And J.D.'s going to
0:44.0	share a little bit more about that in just a minute. But basically, she knows a lot about economic
0:48.5	philosophy. So, cool topic, cool person. This entire series has been really helpful and has brought up a lot of helpful
0:54.6	things for a lot of people. So I hope that you are able to engage and just enjoy this conversation
0:59.5	with Brooke. Let's kick it over to JD. I am delighted to talk with my friend and a person
1:09.7	who lives here in Raleigh, member of the Summit Church, Brooke Medina.
1:12.2	We are appropriately dressed in red, white, and blue. So we are a nice little flag up here to talk about economics in America.
1:20.9	Brooke is the vice president of communications for the John Locke Foundation, where she oversees their strategic communications, marketing efforts.
1:28.7	She engages with the press and the public. She manages a team of communications, design. So she's
1:33.8	very involved at all levels. She's a graduate of Regie University, where she got a major in government
1:40.4	and a minor in English. Brooks' writing has been published in outlets such as The Hill, entrepreneur, Washington
1:46.8	Examiner, and World Magazine.
1:49.2	And so it's always a delight when I'm reading it.
1:51.3	I'm like, oh, I know the person that wrote that.
1:52.9	It's Brooklyn,ina.
1:53.7	She also contributed to a book that I own edited by Jason Facker, who's been also a guest
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