497: Brad Gray and Brad Nelson — The Lord’s Prayer

Marty Solomon· Host0:00

[upbeat music] This is the Beama podcast with Marty Solomon. I'm his co-host, Brent Billings. Today we are joined by Brad Gray and Brad Nelson of Walking the Text to talk about the Lord's Prayer. They are former pastors, attended all of the same universities, I think, and obviously share the same name. I was going through your guys' bios. I feel like there was maybe a copy and paste error. Like, we've got Cornerstone University, Western Theological Seminary, Jerusalem University College. Is that actually true? Tell us more about who you guys are.

Brad Gray· Guest0:37

It's all true, man. It's all true. So yeah, we, uh, we jokingly have to distinguish ourselves. I'm Brad the Bald, and he is Brad the Hair. [laughs] You know, so that's probably about the only difference that we have. But, um- And this is Brad Gray talking, just to clarify for people. This is Brad Gray talking. Yes, yes. So we, we do distinguish it, especially on podcasts. He normally goes by Nelson, and I'll go by Brad, just to make sure that the audience isn't, uh, isn't confused. But, uh, no, Brent, you got all that information right. We've, we've had a lot of the same, uh, parallel paths and many times on the same path at the same time.

Marty Solomon· Host1:15

Well, Nelson, I'm gonna have to get used to that. Tell us a little bit more about yourself.

Brad Nelson· Guest1:19

Yeah. So I was a pastor for almost twenty years. Ten years in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and then another seven in central Florida as a church planner. And I did my first