Obadiah's Warning: How Pride Blinds Us to Injustice-- And How God's Wrath Reveals His Love w/ Matt Walker Thrift

Holy Heartbreak Podcast by Ryan Dawn Holland

Episode notes

In this episode, Ryan Dawn sits down with Pastor and author Matt Walker Thrift to dive deep into the overlooked but fiery book of Obadiah. What starts as a story about an ancient nation’s downfall becomes a mirror—showing us what pride, silence, and spiritual complacency can still do today.

Together, they explore how Edom’s pride became the gateway to injustice, how unchecked ego leads to complicity, and why God’s wrath is actually a radical act of love:

  1. A defense of the oppressed
  2. A warning to all of us who might become the oppressor

This conversation takes a sharp, honest look at fallen leadership, spiritual pride, and the danger of standing by instead of speaking up—but it doesn’t leave us there. It also offers the hope of humility, ... 

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