21 - How to Change the World (Steve Bezner)

In this episode of What is Good, we are excited to share with you a message from pastor Steve Bezner. It was recorded on March 3rd, 2025, during our Advocacy Day conference where he was one of our keynote speakers. After being introduced by our CLC director, Katie Frugé, Steve challenges us to understand the roles of Gospel and government in seeing the Kingdom of God realized "on earth as it is in Heaven."

TIMESTAMPS:

0:35 - Katie introduces Steve Bezner

1:30 - How to Change the World: Opening Prayer & Intro

4:45 - We need a theory of change

7:35 - Two Prongs: Gospel and Government

8:00 - Prong One: The Gospel of the Kingdom
   11:18 - Community living in radical obedience to Jesus
   14:30 - The Church creates a colony of life in a culture of death

26:13 - Prong Two - The Usefulness of Government
   29:57 - The Church's prophetic voice
   33:27 - Christian participation

36:00 - Conclusion: Love Defiantly

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