Teer Hardy
@teerhardy.bsky.social
husband, father, pastor & podcast host of Crackers and Grape Juice. Theology & homebrewing are what I do. Opinions are mine. www.teehardy.com
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Teer Hardy
@teerhardy.bsky.social
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Brewing Theology | Teer Hardy | Substack
Brewing Theology - taking a few of the best ingredients to brew up a theology that points towards the Grace of God and away from things that don’t matter. Click to read Brewing Theology, by Teer Hardy...
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Hi everyone. I’m a pastor, podcaster, and writer. Much of my ministry and theology is influenced by my two kids and amazing wife. I share much of my writing on Substack. Be sure to subscribe.
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The Kingdom of God is like October baseball. For after the long season, when the grind seemed endless and the crowds grew weary, a new light dawned. The ballpark filled again. The air turned crisp…
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The Parable of October
“Lord, are you saying the Kingdom of God is like Camden Yards in October?”
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September 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Kingdom of God is like October baseball. For after the long season, when the grind seemed endless and the crowds grew weary, a new light dawned. The ballpark filled again. The air turned crisp…
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The truth is, we don’t need more stylish churches with clever logos and shallow theology. We need barbershop churches. Places where people are known. Where trust is trimmed and shaped over years. Where you can sit down without a word and still be seen.
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Blessed Are the Well Groomed (And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves)
A theological reflection on betrayal, barbershops, and the Gospel according to Bluto
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June 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The truth is, we don’t need more stylish churches with clever logos and shallow theology. We need barbershop churches. Places where people are known. Where trust is trimmed and shaped over years. Where you can sit down without a word and still be seen.
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This is not just a parade. It’s a procession of fools—holy fools—who believe that love is stronger than death, that peace is more powerful than violence, and that a borrowed donkey is somehow the ride of a king.
The Cost of Discipleship | Humility on Hooves
The Journey of Discipleship Begins with the Donkey Ride
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April 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is not just a parade. It’s a procession of fools—holy fools—who believe that love is stronger than death, that peace is more powerful than violence, and that a borrowed donkey is somehow the ride of a king.
The ones who rise before the sun and sit behind the wheel long after the rest of us have gone home. The ones who carry our children, our neighbors, our elders, our hurried and our weary from stop to stop and place to place.
A Prayer for the Ones Who Carry Us
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April 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The ones who rise before the sun and sit behind the wheel long after the rest of us have gone home. The ones who carry our children, our neighbors, our elders, our hurried and our weary from stop to stop and place to place.
Christian nationalism is what happens when we stop following Jesus and start trying to use him.
Giving Up Christian Nationalism for Lent | The King Who Rides a Donkey
A Palm Sunday reflection for those who've had it with golden calves draped in red, white, and blue
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April 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Christian nationalism is what happens when we stop following Jesus and start trying to use him.
We are not disciples because of our individual accomplishments but because of the grace of God working through the church. The church is where we are molded into the image of Christ—not through our own efforts or achievements, but through the power of God's transformative grace.
The Cost of Discipleship | The Individual
Between Us and the World Stands Christ the Mediator
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April 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We are not disciples because of our individual accomplishments but because of the grace of God working through the church. The church is where we are molded into the image of Christ—not through our own efforts or achievements, but through the power of God's transformative grace.
The gospel has never been about securing political dominance; it has always been about faithful discipleship to Christ, regardless of our position in the world.
Giving Up Christian Nationalism for Lent | The Church Beyond Our Borders
Lent as the Season of Reconsideration
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April 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The gospel has never been about securing political dominance; it has always been about faithful discipleship to Christ, regardless of our position in the world.
If waste and fraud are the targets of DOGE, then why haven’t we seen anyone charged with fraud?
March 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If waste and fraud are the targets of DOGE, then why haven’t we seen anyone charged with fraud?
Let the world have its politics, its empires, and its temporary powers. We have something greater: the crucified and risen Lord, whose kingdom knows no borders and whose love is for all people. It is time to live as if we believe it.
Giving Up Christian Nationalism for Lent | The Body of Christ in a World of Nations
Rejecting Christian Nationalism to Embrace Christ’s Kingdom
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March 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Let the world have its politics, its empires, and its temporary powers. We have something greater: the crucified and risen Lord, whose kingdom knows no borders and whose love is for all people. It is time to live as if we believe it.
This on the coattails of Congress reduxing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps 40 million low-income Americans afford food.
The most vulnerable people in our communities will suffer as a result of this cruelty.
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The most vulnerable people in our communities will suffer as a result of this cruelty.
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USDA halts millions of dollars worth of deliveries to food banks
The halt in deliveries comes after the Trump administration separately slashed $1 billion for schools and food banks to buy food from farms.
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March 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This on the coattails of Congress reduxing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps 40 million low-income Americans afford food.
The most vulnerable people in our communities will suffer as a result of this cruelty.
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The most vulnerable people in our communities will suffer as a result of this cruelty.
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Talking about the cosmic nature of the incarnation with Jordan Daniel Wood and @jasonmicheli.bsky.social. CGJ is back!
March 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Talking about the cosmic nature of the incarnation with Jordan Daniel Wood and @jasonmicheli.bsky.social. CGJ is back!
Republicans controlling both houses of congress and attempting to blame democrats for a possible shutdown is laughable at best. The GOP needs to use Trump’s “mandate” and start legislating or come back to reality and leave the cult behind.
March 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Republicans controlling both houses of congress and attempting to blame democrats for a possible shutdown is laughable at best. The GOP needs to use Trump’s “mandate” and start legislating or come back to reality and leave the cult behind.
"The sun lingers longer, but at what cost? We rise in darkness, disoriented and bitter, yawning through our days, cursing the hour we have lost. Coffee is not enough. Determination is not enough. Only your mercy, O God, can sustain us."
Sunday Morning Prayer
A Prayer for the Curse of Daylight Savings
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March 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"The sun lingers longer, but at what cost? We rise in darkness, disoriented and bitter, yawning through our days, cursing the hour we have lost. Coffee is not enough. Determination is not enough. Only your mercy, O God, can sustain us."
Lent is a season of dying so that resurrection might come. As we begin this journey, may we have the courage to let go of our grip on power—so that we might, at last, take hold of the cross.
Giving Up Christian Nationalism for Lent
The Temptation of Power – Fasting from Control
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March 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Lent is a season of dying so that resurrection might come. As we begin this journey, may we have the courage to let go of our grip on power—so that we might, at last, take hold of the cross.
The hope we carry into Lent, and into every season of discipleship, is that Jesus’ love is not contingent on our success. It is not dependent on our ability to get it right the first time. Jesus sees us. Jesus loves us. And Jesus calls us deeper.
Looked Upon with Love
The Love That Sees Us as We Are
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March 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The hope we carry into Lent, and into every season of discipleship, is that Jesus’ love is not contingent on our success. It is not dependent on our ability to get it right the first time. Jesus sees us. Jesus loves us. And Jesus calls us deeper.
You do not play sides as I do because You are the God of all creation. You care for faraway lands and for the cul-de-sac a few blocks away. You insist on peace even when all I see is war. You call me to pray not just for the children who suffer but for those who make them suffer.
Evening Prayer
A Prayer for Peace When Peace Feels Impossible
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March 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You do not play sides as I do because You are the God of all creation. You care for faraway lands and for the cul-de-sac a few blocks away. You insist on peace even when all I see is war. You call me to pray not just for the children who suffer but for those who make them suffer.
It is downright offensive to think of God extending mercy to the person we despise the most until we realize that is how Jesus loves us, not because we deserve it or have earned it but because God does not know any other way.
The Impossible Ask
But I Don’t Want to Forgive My Enemies
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February 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It is downright offensive to think of God extending mercy to the person we despise the most until we realize that is how Jesus loves us, not because we deserve it or have earned it but because God does not know any other way.
If our faith leads us to seek power rather than serve, if it makes us comfortable while ignoring the suffering of others, if it justifies hatred rather than love, then it is no longer the faith that Jesus preached. And Jesus has one thing to say to us when that happens, “Woe to you.”
The Sermon Stands Among Us
Listen now | The Savior Who Comforts the Afflicted and Afflicts the Comfortable
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February 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If our faith leads us to seek power rather than serve, if it makes us comfortable while ignoring the suffering of others, if it justifies hatred rather than love, then it is no longer the faith that Jesus preached. And Jesus has one thing to say to us when that happens, “Woe to you.”
In a region where people spend their days arguing about what is best for the nation and world. where neighbors hold conflicting views on policy and leadership, snow reminds us of something deeper: peace is possible.
Be Still and Know: The Sacred Quiet of a Snow Day
A Rare Pause in D.C. That Reminds Us of God’s Presence
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February 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
In a region where people spend their days arguing about what is best for the nation and world. where neighbors hold conflicting views on policy and leadership, snow reminds us of something deeper: peace is possible.
The Church must be the one place where people can be lonely no more, where the divisions of the world do not define us, where the table of communion is larger than any political ideology. If the Church cannot be this, then what are we even here for?
Lonely Together: The Church, Community, and a Divided Nation
Reclaiming Community in an Age of Isolation and Partisan Division
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February 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Church must be the one place where people can be lonely no more, where the divisions of the world do not define us, where the table of communion is larger than any political ideology. If the Church cannot be this, then what are we even here for?
When the state co-opts faith, it ceases to be prophetic and becomes an idol of power.
Christian Nationalism and the Illusion of Persecution
The loss of religious privilege is not persecution.
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February 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
When the state co-opts faith, it ceases to be prophetic and becomes an idol of power.
It is the height of hypocrisy for a leader to stand at a prayer breakfast and speak of bringing God back into our lives mere days after cutting funding for humanitarian aid and supporting policies that contribute to suffering and displacement, particularly in Gaza.
Every Breakfast Is an Opportunity to Pray
How Christian Nationalism Has Distorted the Purpose of the National Prayer Breakfast an Opportunity to Pray
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February 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It is the height of hypocrisy for a leader to stand at a prayer breakfast and speak of bringing God back into our lives mere days after cutting funding for humanitarian aid and supporting policies that contribute to suffering and displacement, particularly in Gaza.
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Country music fans mad at Beyonce…. Do you realize it was mediocre white dudes that completely bastardized the genre? You cranked up Jason Aldean and now you’re a “purist?” Sit down.
February 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Country music fans mad at Beyonce…. Do you realize it was mediocre white dudes that completely bastardized the genre? You cranked up Jason Aldean and now you’re a “purist?” Sit down.
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The primary problem with American evangelicalism is not that it is too evangelical, but that it is far too American.
The values and aspirations of the American empire are given religious sanction in the evangelical church. This the very opposite of what it means to be a prophetic people.
The values and aspirations of the American empire are given religious sanction in the evangelical church. This the very opposite of what it means to be a prophetic people.
February 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The primary problem with American evangelicalism is not that it is too evangelical, but that it is far too American.
The values and aspirations of the American empire are given religious sanction in the evangelical church. This the very opposite of what it means to be a prophetic people.
The values and aspirations of the American empire are given religious sanction in the evangelical church. This the very opposite of what it means to be a prophetic people.
The Church is not incidental to Christ’s work; it is His work, His presence extended across time. The Church exists not only to address human needs or shape society but to bear witness to the eternal reality of God’s kingdom breaking into the world.
The Church as Christ’s Body
If the Church isn't conservative or liberal, what is it?
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February 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Church is not incidental to Christ’s work; it is His work, His presence extended across time. The Church exists not only to address human needs or shape society but to bear witness to the eternal reality of God’s kingdom breaking into the world.