In this episode of the Thinking Matters Podcast we have a varied and deeply interesting discussion with Brendan Malone. Brendan was the main keynote speaker at all five our of Confident Christianity Conferences this year. He is Director of LifeNet NZ & the increasingly popular YouTube Channel Left Foot Media. Brendan lives in Cantebury with his wife Katie and their five children. Brendan shares his story of coming to Faith and the many ways God has worked in His life over the years culminating in where he is today. He discusses with us the affect tragedy can have on our faith, the doors that God opened for him over the years and how those opportunities shaped and prepared him for where he is now as a cultural missionary.

Brendan’s channels: Left Foot Media – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/LeftFootMed…
Monday Night Live – YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0w…
The Dispatches | Podcast on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/04DlgKR…
The Little Flock | Podcast on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/68gzkhc…

Discussion: How can we live counter-culturally in a secular world?

In this section we discussed how and why our culture has changed over the past 15-20 years; the importance of the Church using it’s voice as it did in the past; what may have caused the Church and Christians to have gone silent; are we in the end times?; the importance of re-establishing the celebrations found in the Christian Calendar such as Lent and Advent, and what these do to build flourishing families and societies.

Basic Liturgical Calendar: The Liturgical Calendar | Faithward.org https://www.faithward.org/the-liturgi…

Books Brendan Recommends:

  • The Classics – Man’s Search for Meaning
  • Victor Frankl
  • The Benedict Option and Live Not By Lies
  • Rod Dreher