Gospel & Politics: Joseph Backholm

Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week on Ask the Pastor features a conversation between Pastor J.D. Greear and Joseph Backholm. Joseph is a Senior Fellow for Biblical Worldview and Strategic Engagement at Family Research Council. He combines extensive legal, political, and policy experience with a love for the way biblical truth cultivates human flourishing.

A glimpse inside this episode:

* Politics is the process through which we make decisions.
* Christians should engage in politics as a blessing.
* Avoiding difficult conversations can hinder important discussions.
* Evaluate political choices based on biblical principles.
* Political parties should not overshadow our allegiance to Christ.
* Parents should teach children about the complexities of human nature.
* Election seasons provide unique opportunities for disciple-making.
* Sober-mindedness is crucial in political discourse.
* Confirmation bias can lead to being misled in politics.
* Good politics reflects a love for our neighbors.

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0:00.0	Okay, everybody, welcome in to Ask the Pastor.
0:10.6	I'm Matt Love.
0:11.5	This is the last week of this series.
0:14.3	We've been kind of starting this season off with gospel and politics,
0:18.6	diving into a lot of really helpful topics in this season,
0:21.8	where we're getting ready to vote and to just see God, hopefully, work through the political
0:28.8	process and to try to represent the kingdom of God well in that process. So I hope this whole
0:33.7	series has been really helpful for you. And just hearing J.D JD talk to some of these people has allowed you to really process
0:39.3	some of these things more deeply.
0:41.0	And so we're finishing up this week with a special guest, Joseph Backholm, who is a member
0:46.2	of the summit.
0:46.9	He is a senior fellow for biblical worldview and strategic engagement at Family Research
0:52.1	Council.
0:52.6	We've had some really impressive job titles in this series.
0:56.7	He combines extensive legal and political and policy experience with a love for the way
1:02.3	biblical truth cultivates human flourishing, which just makes him, I think, a great person to chat
1:06.4	with.
1:06.7	So JD's going to share a little bit more about Joseph, and we'll go ahead and let them dive into that conversation right now.
1:16.8	Today, I have the privilege of talking with a friend, Joseph, back home.
1:20.6	Joseph is a guy I've known for a while, and apparently it is the black shirt day because we both showed up wearing black shirts,
1:25.1	but he is the senior fellow for biblical worldview and strategic engagement at the Family Research Council. Previously, Joseph worked at the
1:32.0	Colson Center for Christian Worldview, where he served as the legal counsel. That is a group that
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