Everyday Revolutionary or Third Way Remix? A Review of J.D. Greear's Latest Book

Conversations That Matter

Jon Harris

Society & Culture

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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My review of J.D. Greear's new book "Everyday Revolutionary."

substack article: https://jonharris.substack.com/p/everyday-revolutionary-or-third-way

PowerPoint: https://www.patreon.com/posts/143983538

J.D. Greear’s new book Everyday Revolutionary promises a bold path forward for Christians in culture, but is it really revolutionary or just Third-Way 2.0 with better marketing?

Jon Harris returns to Conversations That Matter to unpack Greear’s updated playbook: tougher rhetoric on Democrats than the 2010s versions, yet still heavy on non-partisan platitudes and light on hard stands over immigration, criminal justice, or gun control.

Why does Greear insist conservatives must publicly repent of the Right’s sins to maintain credibility?

We applaud the strong “theology of place” and exile framework… then watch it collapse into confusion: activism is supposedly secondary to the gospel, yet suddenly mandatory when the Bible “clearly” speaks as long as it doesn't alienate a particular political party.

From benching George Whitefield over slavery to walking the purple-city tightrope, Harris argues the book ultimately functions as reputation management rather than a call to costly faithfulness.

Is Everyday Revolutionary the renewal the church needs, or a sophisticated toolkit for evangelical shape-shifting? A candid, no-punches-pulled conversation that matters.

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0:00.0	We can't say that someone is necessarily incorrect for voting Democrat.
0:04.6	They may have a moral calculus they're using, which is perfectly valid.
0:08.1	That is, in essence, what the third way accomplishes.
0:12.9	It softens formerly Christian, conservative groups.
0:18.8	It introduces to them the possibility that actually, you know what, you can have a good conscience, be morally consistent, be a biblical Christian, and still vote for the Democrats, because there's some issues they're actually good on. Welcome to the Conversations That Matter Podcast. I'm your host, John Harris.
0:51.8	We are going to discuss the new book by J.D. Greer called
0:55.7	Everyday Revolutionary. I just read it the other day and I have some notes. I have a slideshow I
1:02.5	prepared and I even have a short little article that will be on my substack today. Actually, I should
1:08.5	already have it posted by the time this video is live, and it
1:12.1	will kind of summarize many of the points that I'm about to make. But I will go through more
1:17.2	detail, obviously, in this particular video. And if you are a Patreon, you will have access to my
1:23.0	PowerPoint. And I do appreciate all of those who support me on Patreon. Patreon.com forward slash John Harris podcast.
1:30.3	So with that, let's start here.
1:32.8	I have a video that I want to play for you.
1:35.2	This is from J.D. Greer.
1:36.9	J.D. Greer put this out actually just about a day or two ago.
1:41.7	It's very recent.
1:43.1	And it's a clip of him addressing another podcast
1:49.6	that he was on called the Bully Pulpit podcast, where he backed track on a few things.
1:56.2	You might call it that, and I'll play you that clip as well. But in reaction to this, he is asked by an
2:04.6	interviewer, essentially, is it true that those who go blue, who go Democrat, are potentially
2:12.1	on the path to deconstructing their faith, not being Christians anymore. Is this an off rant from Christianity,
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