Christianly

Brad Andrews

About Christianly: In a world drowning in noise, you are invited to rediscover what it means to think and live Christianly - not as passive observers but as discerning witnesses who interpret our age through the lens of God's eternal truth (1 Chronicles 12:32; Matthew 10:16). Drawing from A.W. Tozer's challenge for prophetic insight to interpret not only the past but the present, Christianly seeks to cultivate wisdom, patience, and spiritual maturity in an anxious age - to weigh the times carefully, anchor our hearts in Scripture, and engage culture with both courage and compassion, shaped by allegiance to Christ above all.

  1. 1d ago

    Ep35: Christians Should WANT Righteous Power: And Why Political Neutrality Is a Myth

    In this week's episode of Christianly, we continue a month-long conversation about Christians, the church, and politics as the November midterm elections approach. In this episode, we look at a recent Gospel Coalition article by Pastor J.D. Greer titled "Why I Am Not a Christian Nationalist" to examine how Christians should relate to politics, culture, and civil government. We describe how Greear conflates two distinct kinds of authority: the church's authority to define Christian doctrine and the state's authority to regulate public conduct and that the possibility of government abuse is not an argument against the legitimate use of it but rather a call to define its proper limits. We also contend that Christ's lordship is universal and extends to every area of life, including the public square. This means that the church's retreat or apathy toward it does not result in neutrality but creates a vacuum filled by competing worldviews. Yes, the church's mission is to proclaim Christ, make disciples, and worship God but the implications of that mission extend into every area of life, including culture and a subset within that culture, politics. The culture war and the spiritual war described in Ephesians 6 are, at this point in history, nearly indistinguishable, and opting out of one is effectively surrendering in the other. [Picture courtesy of Gemini AI] Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:19 - The content of Greear’s article, "Why I'm Not a Christian Nationalist" 6:58 - So what is Christian Nationalism? 8:47 - The culture war is a proxy for the spiritual war of Ephesians 6 11:55 - Objection #1: An outsized fear about power 13:49 - Objection #2: The impossibility of political neutrality 17:23 - Conclusion 23:33 - Outro About Christianly: Your weekly dose of cultural clarity and bold theology under Christ’s crown from @bradandrews. In a world drowning in noise, you are invited to rediscover what it means to think and live Christianly as discerning witnesses who interpret our age through the lens of God's eternal truth (1 Chronicles 12:32; Matthew 10:16). Christianly seeks to cultivate wisdom, patience, and spiritual maturity in an anxious age - to weigh the times carefully by anchoring our hearts in Scripture and engaging culture with both courage and compassion with an allegiance to Christ above all. Scripture applied, idols shaken, saints formed. Drops every Friday.  Producer: Tyler Robins

  2. Oct 9

    Ep34: Christians Should Talk MORE About Politics? And Why the Church Should Lead that Convo

    In this week's episode of Christianly, we begin a month-long conversation about Christians, the church, and politics as the November 3 midterm elections approach. In this first podcast, we respond to @BobTheBaptistTV’s recent warning that online political content is fracturing Christians and creating division within local churches. We affirm that the answer is not to retreat from difficult conversations, but to bring them back into the life of the local church, where Christians can learn to submit their convictions to Scripture and receive the pastoral accountability that online echo chambers cannot provide. In this episode, we champion the idea that the local church must become a place where Christians are equipped to think biblically about politics before the algorithms and influencers do the discipling for them. But we should not be surprised, then, when the fruit of this effort results in our churches becoming more politically engaged. A church that takes every corner of Christ’s lordship seriously will not remain timid or suspicious when politics touches the lives of its people. And that may make the church look very different from the politically apathetic church of the past few generations: more discerning, more engaged, and a whole lot saltier in a culture that desperately needs the preservative nature of God’s grace. [Picture courtesy of Gemini AI] Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:13 -  29:28 - Outro About Christianly: Your weekly dose of cultural clarity and bold theology under Christ’s crown from @bradandrews. In a world drowning in noise, you are invited to rediscover what it means to think and live Christianly as discerning witnesses who interpret our age through the lens of God's eternal truth (1 Chronicles 12:32; Matthew 10:16). Christianly seeks to cultivate wisdom, patience, and spiritual maturity in an anxious age - to weigh the times carefully by anchoring our hearts in Scripture and engaging culture with both courage and compassion with an allegiance to Christ above all. Scripture applied, idols shaken, saints formed. Drops every Friday.  Producer: Tyler Robins

  3. Oct 2

    Ep33: The LGBT Surge Was Just a Fad? It Seems So. Why the Boom is Going Bust

    In this week's episode of Christianly, we first look at the ongoing assault on an evangelical church in St. Paul, Minnesota, since the January 18 invasion of Cities Church by anti-ICE protestors. What does a faithful Christian witness look like when the church is confronted by a hostile public culture? And have modern evangelicals imbibed a theology of personal faithfulness without equipping Christians for engagement in the public square? Second, we examine new CDC data showing a sharp decline in lesbian, gay, and bisexual identification among younger American teens. What happened to the dramatic cultural trajectory many assumed was permanent? Within this story, we also inspect the claims of evangelical voices who have attempted to rethink historic Christian teaching about sexuality because of this supposed trend. Lastly, we turn to Sheila Gregoire and Kristin Du Mez's discussion of Elisabeth Elliot and the broader effort to reinterpret traditional Christian womanhood. What does the attempt to deconstruct her legacy reveal about her critics and their assumptions about biblical womanhood? Three stories but one larger question: what happens when Christians lose the ability to recognize the cultural forces shaping the church, the family, and the next generation? [Picture courtesy of CDC] Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:13 - The Christian Public Square: Did We Leave a Generation Unprepared? 11:43 - A New Survey Shows the LGBT Boom Is Fading Among Teens: Was it Just a Fad? 20:50 - The New Rules for Christian Heroes: Why Are They Coming for Elisabeth Elliot? 29:28 - Outro About Christianly: Your weekly dose of cultural clarity and bold theology under Christ’s crown from @bradandrews. In a world drowning in noise, you are invited to rediscover what it means to think and live Christianly as discerning witnesses who interpret our age through the lens of God's eternal truth (1 Chronicles 12:32; Matthew 10:16). Christianly seeks to cultivate wisdom, patience, and spiritual maturity in an anxious age - to weigh the times carefully by anchoring our hearts in Scripture and engaging culture with both courage and compassion with an allegiance to Christ above all. Scripture applied, idols shaken, saints formed. Drops every Friday. Producer: Tyler Robins

  4. Sep 25

    Ep32: Wokeism Isn’t Over: And Why Compliance or Condemnation is the Future

    In this week's episode of Christianly, we take a hard look at three cultural flashpoints that reveal the growing pressure to signal allegiance and conform to the approved cultural script. First, a recent Converse ad has been accused of racism but is it real or invented? And what happens when accusations become more powerful than evidence? Then we dive into the Ed Sheeran and Macklemore controversy, where free speech and the demand to publicly choose a side collide for all to see. Finally, we turn local with the ongoing controversy regarding the potential of a mosque in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow and a Tulsa World opinion piece conflating religious liberty with unbridled acceptance of a religious and political movement antithetical to Western civilization. Across all three stories, the same challenge emerges: Christians need enough wisdom to distinguish truth from accusation and enough courage to resist the approval cycle. In short, wokeism isn't taking a vacation. The pressure is still here. The church needs more Christians who will think, speak, and stand faithfully under Christ's crown, no matter the cost. [Picture courtesy of indy100] Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:14 - The Converse controversy and the power of manufactured outrage 12:07 - The Ed Sheeran Tour, Macklemore, and the cultural demand for public allegiance 23:13 - The Broken Arrow mosque debate and the challenge of Christian discernment 33:51 - Outro About Christianly: Your weekly dose of cultural clarity and bold theology under Christ’s crown from @bradandrews. In a world drowning in noise, you are invited to rediscover what it means to think and live Christianly as discerning witnesses who interpret our age through the lens of God's eternal truth (1 Chronicles 12:32; Matthew 10:16). Christianly seeks to cultivate wisdom, patience, and spiritual maturity in an anxious age - to weigh the times carefully by anchoring our hearts in Scripture and engaging culture with both courage and compassion with an allegiance to Christ above all. Scripture applied, idols shaken, saints formed. Drops every Friday.  Producer: Tyler Robins

  5. Sep 18

    Ep31: The Clancy Jurors’ Comments Are Alarming | Reacting to the Clancy Post-Trial Interviews

    In this week's episode of Christianly, we examine what the Lindsay Clancy jurors' own words in their post-trial interviews reveal about our cultural moment. Why did emotion seem to outweigh evidence? How can compassion become detached from truth? And what happens when empathy, personal experience, and even the desire for social change replace the responsibility to pursue justice? We then take the conversation deeper, looking at how our culture has reshaped our understanding of what men and women are and where responsibility, compassion, and courage intersect. We discuss how the answer isn't apathy or emotional numbness but rather biblical faithfulness - compassion tethered to truth and strength governed by love for both Christian men and women. [Picture courtesy of NBC 10 Boston] Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:59 - Reacting to the Clancy juror’s interview comments 25:30 - Why did the jury want to take on responsibility beyond the case? 33:48 - How the Lindsay Clancy jury is a parable 23:17 - Outro About Christianly: Your weekly dose of cultural clarity and bold theology under Christ’s crown from @bradandrews. In a world drowning in noise, you are invited to rediscover what it means to think and live Christianly as discerning witnesses who interpret our age through the lens of God's eternal truth (1 Chronicles 12:32; Matthew 10:16). Christianly seeks to cultivate wisdom, patience, and spiritual maturity in an anxious age - to weigh the times carefully by anchoring our hearts in Scripture and engaging culture with both courage and compassion, with an allegiance to Christ above all. Scripture applied, idols shaken, saints formed. Drops every Friday. Producer: Tyler Robins

  6. Sep 11

    Ep30: The 3 "-Ism's" Reshaping our Culture: How Islamism, Socialism & Feminism Are Rewriting Reality

    In this week's episode of Christianly, we look at three competing cultural movements and the how they are reshaping American public life. First, we consider Kathy Hochul’s embrace of Islamic symbolism and the growing challenge of distinguishing religious liberty from Islamism. Then, in our deep dive segment, we explore why socialism is gaining appeal among young Americans and how legitimate economic concerns are becoming an invitation to deeper government dependency. Finally, we examine the legacy of Gloria Steinem and feminism’s evolving understanding of moral culpability, using the Lindsay Clancy mistrial to consider what happens when personal responsibility is conditioned by feelings over facts. Three movements. Three different histories. One question: what happens when the ideas of our culture collide with the truth of God’s Word? How should we respond? Will we?  Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:38 - Islamism, Religious Liberty, and our Country's Crisis of Discernment 9:42 - Socialism, Financial Instability, and Temptation Towards Gov't Dependency  21:39 - Feminism, Moral Accountability, and the Clancy Mistrial 29:02 - Outro

  7. Sep 4

    Ep29: Eight Ironies in the Lindsay Clancy Case | The Contradictions That Expose Our Culture’s Moral

    In this week's episode of Christianly, we take another look at the Lindsay Clancy case which has continued to capture the attention of our wider culture. Beneath the surface of the headlines and social media debates lies a series of deep spiritual and philosophical tensions that we cannot afford to ignore. This particular episode walks through eight ironies that the case exposes - contradictions that reveal the cracks in our culture's moral logic. And these are not just ironies about one case. They point to deeper issues in the godless moral framework that is shaping our culture and whether it can actually account for the things we know to be true. Join us as we look beneath it all and consider what the Lindsay Clancy case reveals: a culture searching for moral clarity without a fixed moral foundation and why we need more than cultural instinct, therapeutic language, or personal autonomy to make sense of life, suffering, justice, and human dignity. [Picture courtesy of NBC News] Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 3:14 - #1: The Hormone Irony 6:23 - #2: The Calculation Irony 8:55 - #3: The Temporary Psychosis Irony 11:48 - #4: The Remorse Irony 13:48: #5: The Abortion Irony 16:02 - #6: The Empathy Irony 18:21 - #7: The Punishment Irony 20:40 - #8: The Barabbas Principle 23:17 - Outro About Christianly: Your weekly dose of cultural clarity and bold theology under Christ’s crown from @bradandrews. In a world drowning in noise, you are invited to rediscover what it means to think and live Christianly as discerning witnesses who interpret our age through the lens of God's eternal truth (1 Chronicles 12:32; Matthew 10:16). Christianly seeks to cultivate wisdom, patience, and spiritual maturity in an anxious age - to weigh the times carefully by anchoring our hearts in Scripture and engaging culture with both courage and compassion with an allegiance to Christ above all. Scripture applied, idols shaken, saints formed. Drops every Friday.  Producer: Tyler Robins

  8. Aug 28

    Ep28: Lindsey Clancy, Villain or Victim? | The Answer May Reveal More About Us Than It Does Even Ab

    In this week's episode of Christianly, we take a deep dive into the Lindsay Clancy murder trial to not only ask what happened but to examine what the public response to the case reveals about our modern culture. First, we look at the crime itself and the crucial distinction between suffering and moral responsibility. We explore how postpartum challenges, psychiatric illness, medication, and mental health struggles can be real without the need to erase human agency or responsibility. Second, we assess the strange movement that has formed around Clancy - particularly the women who have gathered to defend her - and ask how victimhood culture, untethered empathy, therapy culture, and the search for meaning have contributed to this response. Finally, we step back and consider what the Clancy saga reveals about our broader cultural moment: a society increasingly confused about what it means to be human by looking at the categories of sin, suffering, responsibility, and limits. We confirm that the answer is not to deny suffering or ignore the failures of medicine or society but to recover a biblical doctrine of man. [Picture courtesy of The New Yorker] Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:25 - The Crime: What Actually Happened? 12:03 - The Movement: Why Are Women Defending Lindsay Clancy? 22:05 - The Moment: What Does This Reveal About Us? 30:53 - Outro About Christianly: Your weekly dose of cultural clarity and bold theology under Christ’s crown from @bradandrews. In a world drowning in noise, you are invited to rediscover what it means to think and live Christianly as discerning witnesses who interpret our age through the lens of God's eternal truth (1 Chronicles 12:32; Matthew 10:16). Christianly seeks to cultivate wisdom, patience, and spiritual maturity in an anxious age - to weigh the times carefully by anchoring our hearts in Scripture and engaging culture with both courage and compassion with an allegiance to Christ above all. Scripture applied, idols shaken, saints formed. Drops every Friday.  Producer: Tyler Robins

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About Christianly: In a world drowning in noise, you are invited to rediscover what it means to think and live Christianly - not as passive observers but as discerning witnesses who interpret our age through the lens of God's eternal truth (1 Chronicles 12:32; Matthew 10:16). Drawing from A.W. Tozer's challenge for prophetic insight to interpret not only the past but the present, Christianly seeks to cultivate wisdom, patience, and spiritual maturity in an anxious age - to weigh the times carefully, anchor our hearts in Scripture, and engage culture with both courage and compassion, shaped by allegiance to Christ above all.

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  • Creator
    Brad Andrews
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    35
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Cross & Crown Church
  • Show Website
    Christianly