Cancelled for a Tweet: The Cost of Biblical Courage | Dr Aaron Edwards

Most pastors say they value both truth and compassion. Dr Aaron Edwards thinks that framing is already the problem.In this episode of The Examined Faith, Tuppy Morrissey speaks with theologian, author, and preacher Dr Aaron Edwards — a man who lost his academic post for a tweet, and hasn't stopped talking since.In this episode:Why "pastoral" and "bold" are not opposites — and what shepherds actually do to wolvesThe slow drift of evangelical institutions: how churches and colleges get absorbed into the systems they set out to resistAaron's firing from Cliff College, the Twitter mob that preceded it, and what it taught him about cowardice in the churchKierkegaard as prophet: why a 19th-century Danish philosopher is still the best diagnosis of nominal Christianity — and why he's harder to read than he should beSocial media as the new Areopagus: why Christians need to speak where it costs somethingMarc Guehi, Kaka, and what genuine public witness looks like — and doesn't look likeRaising seven children in the faith: Psalms, arrows, and telling a five-year-old the truthAaron's Substack, That Good Fight, is at aaronedwards.substack.com. His forthcoming books include a study of David's mighty men and the battle for Christian masculinity.https://www.faithwave.app/