Brad Edwards

The Reason for Church: A Conversation with Brad Edwards Podcast Episode · defragmenting · 09/17/2025 · 1h 10m

In 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩, @bradedwards.bsky.social exposes subtle but potent assumptions about institutions & individualism that distort our view of the church’s goodness/beauty. He joined me to talk about them in this episode. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

YouTube video by J29 Coalition Politics, Identity, and the Church: A Conversation with Brad Edwards

I LOVE Brad Edwards' new book (Lots of Keller in there.)

I got a chance to chat with him about it on the J29 Coalition podcast. This conversation was fun and encouraging.

youtu.be/7xYA0ocqRrs?...

@bradedwards.bsky.social
@zondervanacademic.bsky.social

“We’ve subsisted on individualism’s crappy food court for so long that we’ve long lost our appetite for two essential ingredients of healthy belonging: obligation and sacrifice.” @bradedwards.bsky.social, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩

Release day! Can’t wait to dig into this from @bradedwards.bsky.social

“(Un)civil religions are more than an erosion of civil discourse; they are an intensification of sociocultural conflict that makes politics ripe for being repurposed as a source of social and religious identity.” @bradedwards.bsky.social, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩

Thanks to @bradedwards.bsky.social and Zondervan Reflective for this. I’ve been anticipating it since I heard about it. This calls for another conversation!

Oh good night that’s petty… unreal.

Sorry, I must be missing something here re: the context…What did the White House order my former branch…?

Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!

"There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the Incarnation." #Christmas #Incarnation

~ Madeleine L'Engle

Denver's Glowing Reputation as "Christmas City of the World" How this city got lit for the holidays over a century ago.

Invention of Outdoor Lights Made Denver "Christmas City of the World"

Walking Through Deconstruction has broken into the top 100 of Adult Christian Ministry books. Still a month and a half to go until release.

Wow, that cover is fantastic...

Thanks so much Jeff!!!

This is outstanding.

Here’s a non-exhaustive list of folks I find encouraging.

@cahutch1990.bsky.social
@pastakeith.bsky.social
@bradedwards.bsky.social
@trueconsolation.bsky.social
@oalannoble.bsky.social
@thebibleinverse.bsky.social
@kirkemiller.bsky.social
@karenswallowprior.bsky.social

Pre-order link in bio! 4/4

(Apologies it this is redundant for recent migrants from the "other" site)

If we don't see church any differently than our non-Christian neighbors, why would they ever accept our invitation to join us on SUN morning?

And if we can’t even describe the truth, goodness, & beauty of life in the Body of Christ, what do we think we're inviting them into?

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In our anti-institutional culture, many Christians seem to believe that the most spiritual thing they can do is follow God by following their heart - right out of church.

But that's not Christianity, it's Individualism. And it's why we're coming apart at the seams.

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🚨 Big News! 🚨 The Reason for Church will release 4/22 via Zondervan Reflective!

Also, I'm honored & beyond grateful to have Michael Keller's Foreword setting the tone. His dad's (Tim Keller) vision for the #Church as a refuge of Gospel sanity & renewal inspired this work & saturates every page.1/4

Much appreciated, sir!

Out of the mouth of babes... lol