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Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

Is “Voting Blue” the First Sign of Losing Faith?

Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In another special episode, Pastor J.D.  addresses the question: “Is ‘Voting Blue’ the First Sign of Losing Faith?”

The conversation explores a question Pastor J.D. was asked recently about whether “voting blue” is a harbinger of losing your faith.

Key Takeaways:

    • Silence on moral issues can lead to distrust.
    • The character of leaders matters to faith communities.
    • Inconsistencies in beliefs can alienate younger members.
    • The church’s political stance affects its moral authority.
    • Transparency is crucial for maintaining faith.
    • Younger people are seeking authenticity in leadership.
    • The future of the church depends on addressing these issues.

Dive more into this conversation with Pastor J.D.’s new book, Everyday Revolutionary, which explores how ordinary believers can live out the gospel in ways that transform their communities.

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0:00.0

Well, hey, everybody, welcome to Ask the Pastor.

0:09.2

I am Matt Love.

0:10.5

I am here with Pastor J.D. Greer.

0:14.5

And we have a great question today.

0:17.0

Jady, this is kind of, I guess, a little bit different than sometimes we're doing the podcast.

0:20.9

You were actually asked a version of this question on a recent podcast you were on called

0:24.9

The Bully Pulpit with some friends of yours.

0:27.5

Dean and Sarah and Andrew Walker.

0:29.6

Yeah.

0:30.3

And you were, I think you were talking a little bit about Everyday Revolutionary book that

0:33.1

that just came out a month or so ago.

0:36.7

But Dean and Sarah on that podcast was talking about the fact that when he looks at some of the people in his church, students that go off to college, one of the biggest, like the two biggest indicators that there may be straying from walking with God or kind of are on a path that might lead them to that.

0:53.3

The two biggest indicators, one is that they become sexually active. The other one was that they start kind of voting

0:59.9

or maybe kind of blue democratic policies become more feeling to them. Yeah. Yeah, they kind of

1:07.5

start leaning blue. And those are kind of signs that they might be on the path to stepping away from the

1:13.7

faith.

1:14.5

And I know you spoke to some elements of that on the podcast, but I know there was a lot you

1:18.4

probably didn't get to talk about.

1:19.7

And so I guess I'm just curious to hear you unpack that.

1:23.0

Do you feel like voting blue or leaning blue is a step down the path of unbelief or a step down the path

1:31.1

of kind of going away from faith? Yeah, well, I mean, just for the sake of those that didn't get

1:35.1

to hear the podcast, my friend Dean and Sarah, Pastor, I love and respect, think a lot alike

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