EP: 412 The Kingdom Manifesto with Brad Gray and Joel Edwards

About this episode

Brad Gray and Joel Edwards discuss the significance of the Lord's Prayer as a kingdom manifesto during Holy Week.

It's Holy Week, and most of us will say the Lord's Prayer at some point over the next few days without ever really hearing it. Brad Gray, author of "Bringing Heaven Here" and a veteran of over fifteen years of biblical study hiking trips in Israel, joins filmmaker and Evolve Studios founder Joel Edwards in the Blurry Basement to walk through The Lord's Prayer that Jesus gave us and show why it's not a formula or a ritual but a kingdom manifesto. Brad walks through how this prayer functions as a chiasm with "kingdom come" at its center, how each line echoes the Exodus narrative, and why the early church prayed it three times a day as a discipleship anchor. This isn't a crusty piece of liturgy. It's the most powerful thing Jesus ever gave us and quite possibly the most underutilized. The conversation also dives into forgiveness as the number one foothold for the demonic, temptation as spiritual warfare language, and prayer as participation rather than just petition. Joel and Brad share the incredible story of making both the film and the series, a journey marked by relentless opposition and miraculous provision at every turn. The crew arrived in Israel the same night Iran launched…

People in this episode

Guests: Brad Gray, Joel Edwards

Topics covered

• Lord's Prayer
• spiritual warfare
• forgiveness
• Exodus narrative
• kingdom manifesto
• prayer

Keywords

• Lord's Prayer
• kingdom manifesto
• spiritual warfare
• forgiveness
• Exodus
• prayer
• Israel
• film

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Bringing Heaven Here

Places: Israel, Iran, Church of the Holy Sepulcher

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