Hey friends, welcome back to another episode of theology in the Ra. We are living in some interesting political

times to say the least. Got a little election coming up. Lots of volatility happening in our culture and in the church.

Well, I've been using the phrase exile in Babylon

as a way to describe what I think is a Christian political identity.

And I tease out this identity in my book, Exiles, the Church in the Shadow of Empire.

I actually think the Bible has a lot to say about politics.

Not so much like who to vote for which candidates better which political party we should

support if any but it does talk a lot about how Christians should view themselves in

light of the various empires living in so if you haven't read it yet, check out my book,

Exiles, the Church in the Shadow of Empire. I think you'll like it. My

guest today is my good friend Brad Sarion. Brad is the lead and founding

pastor of Restored Church, LA in Los Angeles, California.

He's married to his wife of 13 years as two children and a passion to help people experience

a love of Jesus so they can enjoy and obey him all of their lives. I wanted Brad to come on the show because he

planted a church I believe nine years ago and it's just a I mean he's a stunning

preacher a very gifted person loves Jesus like crazy is super

humble he's just he's an amazing he's an amazing guy amazing pastor and he's done a

really really good job at planting a church. So for all you church planners out there or

aspiring church planners I think you will love this episode Brad has just a

wealth of wisdom and humility that I wanted him to share with you also

please welcome to the show for the first planted the church now called Restored L.A? I don't know if that was the original name at the beginning or.

Yeah, it was restored. We knew we were going to be up in the San Fernando Valley, which is North LA. We didn't know where we would land, so we just called it restored LA.

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