Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology in Iraq.

My guest today is Josh Butler, who is a teaching pastor with the Willamette family of churches in the Portland area and the author of several really incredible books.

His most recent book is God is On Your Side, which is a book that's the topic of our conversation, a book that really comes out of a lot of personal pain, really,

and challenges that Josh has been through over the years.

And he took all of those challenges back to the gospel of John and experienced God in fresh new ways.

And that's what we talked about in this book.

Also, stay tuned for our extra innings conversation where I talked to Josh

about what it was like getting canceled in the wake of his book, Beautiful Union. So,

without further ado, please welcome back to the show, the one and only, Joshua Ryan Butler.

Well, well Josh Ryan Butler's great to see you again it's been it's been a minute I don't know when's last time we talked

I mean we talked a lot offline but I don't know when's that somebody

we've actually seen each other sort of face to face via a screen

totally man it's been a bit it's good to see you again. Yeah. How is your new ministry

post up and back in Portland? You've been there for over a year now?

Yeah, totally. So been back in Portland about a year and a half two years and um dude yeah i love it so

a teaching pastor with the willamette family of churches here it's a five churches here in the

Portland area that are um dude just amazing it's been just beautiful i think being back home uh for those

who don't know we were in Arizona for five years and

then came back here about two years ago now.

And, man, all of our family and longtime friends and everything are here.

So, dude, it's good to be good to be back in the hometown.

You feel like, is Portland, that feels like home to you, right?

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