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When Pastors Step Into Politics (Ep. 205) [The Outstanding Podcast]

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4.6949 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Colorado pastor Chase Davis joins The Washington Stand’s Jared Bridges and host Casey Harper to talk pastoral duty and political engagement. When Colorado passed House Bill 251312—undermining parental rights and advancing a liberal agenda—Pastor Davis knew he couldn’t stay silent. He shares his journey into the political fight, the role of the fear of the Lord, and how pastors can wisely address politics from the pulpit and with their congregations.

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So we were trying to help him, like, understand how to live as a Christian in a context like ours with wisdom, but also clarity.

0:09.5

And he was in a workplace where he was employed by, I believe, a tech company, and they were doing mandated pronouns.

0:15.8

You know, you had to put pronouns in your email signature, and you had to use other people's pronouns.

0:19.1

And he refused, and they fired him.

0:21.5

Outstanding is a production of the Washington Stand,

0:23.8

your source for news and commentary from a biblical worldview.

0:27.3

Welcome to the Outstanding podcast, the podcast where we take on issues in the politics and news from a biblical worldview.

0:34.6

I'm your host, Casey Harper.

0:37.1

Here's a question, should pastors get involved in

0:40.7

politics? Maybe you want them to, maybe that's the last thing on your mind. Well, we have a pastor

0:46.2

on the show today who did just that and is taking some fire. Pastor Chase Davis, he's the lead pastor

0:52.4

of the ministry of the Well Church in Boulder, Colorado.

0:55.6

He's also an author. He wrote Trinitarian Formation, a theology of discipleship in light of the father, son, and spirit.

1:02.5

And he hosts the podcast Full Proof Theology.

1:05.2

We also have here in studio, Jared Bridges.

1:07.7

He's a pastor himself, an editor-in-chief of the Washington stand. So it was great to

1:12.7

have both of you in here with this today. Great beer. Thanks for having me. Sure. I want to start

1:18.6

with you, Pastor Davis, I guess I'll call you, who has a Texas flag in the background, which is

1:25.7

great news for me. I'm a Texan. Jared's a Tennessean,

1:29.3

but I think we have a lot of common southern grit and stand up for what we believe in,

1:36.3

which really comes in handy for this topic. And that's kind of what got you in the center of

1:40.7

this story about a pretty controversial Colorado law. Can you tell us about what the

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