On Election Day, Brian From reminds listeners that the midterms matter, but our hope doesn’t rise or fall with the results, because our citizenship is in heaven. He marvels at Karl Bushby completing a 28-year, 31,000-mile walk around the world, then turns to a wave of large church capital campaigns and urges churches to talk about money transparently and wisely in a season of financial strain. He shares a Christianity Today “manifesto for phone-free church,” admitting he’s guilty himself, and discusses YouVersion data showing Psalm 91 was the Bible app’s most searched term this year. In the second hour, Brian reacts to a restaurant worker fired for emptying a Halloween candy bowl, highlights “poll chaplains” who pray and de-escalate tension at voting sites, and shares a Gospel Coalition piece on Martyn Lloyd-Jones’s refusal to trade the gospel for politics during the London Blitz. He reflects on the “church militant” fighting a battle already won, shares Pastor Tara Beth Leach’s hope that the church will confuse both political camps by looking like Christ, and closes in Philippians 1.

<p>On Election Day, Brian From reminds listeners that the midterms matter, but our hope doesn&rsquo;t rise or fall with the results, because our citizenship is in heaven. He marvels at Karl Bushby completing a 28-year, 31,000-mile walk around the world, then turns to a wave of large church capital campaigns and urges churches to talk about money transparently and wisely in a season of financial strain. He shares a Christianity Today &ldquo;manifesto for phone-free church,&rdquo; admitting he&rsquo;s guilty himself, and discusses YouVersion data showing Psalm 91 was the Bible app&rsquo;s most searched term this year. In the second hour, Brian reacts to a restaurant worker fired for emptying a Halloween candy bowl, highlights &ldquo;poll chaplains&rdquo; who pray and de-escalate tension at voting sites, and shares a Gospel Coalition piece on Martyn Lloyd-Jones&rsquo;s refusal to trade the gospel for politics during the London Blitz. He reflects on the &ldquo;church militant&rdquo; fighting a battle already won, shares Pastor Tara Beth Leach&rsquo;s hope that the church will confuse both political camps by looking like Christ, and closes in Philippians 1.</p>

The idea of “the common good” has a rich history within the Christian church. It’s the notion that, as we pursue Jesus in our lives and in the lives of others, we are fulfilling God’s purposes for His creation. This pursuit can be messy. It means rolling up our sleeves and creating space for hard conversations about real issues that impact our lives. Things like parenting, marriage, finances, politics, art, and culture. On The Common Good, Brian From creates space to have these conversations, to sit with the big questions that we all have, to sometimes disagree, but to always look for the chance to create common good, by following after Jesus. Brian welcome listeners to join them in these conversations, to bring their own questions, hopes, and struggles, and to ultimately share in a journey to see God’s design for all of us fulfilled.

<p>The idea of &ldquo;the common good&rdquo; has a rich history within the Christian church. It&rsquo;s the notion that, as we pursue Jesus in our lives and in the lives of others, we are fulfilling God&rsquo;s purposes for His creation. This pursuit can be messy. It means rolling up our sleeves and creating space for hard conversations about real issues that impact our lives. Things like parenting, marriage, finances, politics, art, and culture. On The Common Good, Brian From creates space to have these conversations, to sit with the big questions that we all have, to sometimes disagree, but to always look for the chance to create common good, by following after Jesus. Brian welcome listeners to join them in these conversations, to bring their own questions, hopes, and struggles, and to ultimately share in a journey to see God&rsquo;s design for all of us fulfilled.</p>