David Nadler — Des Moines Pastor, Teacher & Author
David Nadler is a pastor, teacher, and author based in Des Moines, Iowa. For more than three decades, David has pursued a single question: what does the Bible actually say when you let it speak for itself? His teaching strips away the accumulated assumptions of modern religious culture and returns to the text on its own terms, a practice he calls engaging the Kingdom on a pure and attainable level.
David founded Pulse 101.7, a Des Moines radio station, and has spent years teaching and speaking on faith, family, and intentional living to audiences in Des Moines, Iowa and beyond. He and his wife, Burnadette, are rooted in their community and in each other, living out the kind of Kingdom life David writes and teaches about.
Books by David Nadler
David Nadler has authored five books exploring authentic spirituality, Kingdom theology, and the questions most people are afraid to ask out loud.
A Story About a King
Set against the 1970s counterculture, A Story About a King follows Dave, a man whose life becomes intertwined with the deep, restless questions of his friend James. Over conversations that span decades, they move through poetry, music, philosophy, loss, and faith, not toward easy answers, but toward the right questions. What does God want me to know? What does He want me to do? The book is drawn from real friendship and real experience, and it offers what most spiritual writing avoids: the honest, unsettled feeling of someone actually working it out. For anyone navigating loss, searching for meaning, or wondering whether faith can survive contact with real life, *A Story About a King* is a companion, not a lecture.
My Curious Journey
My Curious Journey is a brief, direct visit into what authentic engagement with God can look like, separate from the noise of modern religious pursuit. Beginning with the premise that story is valuable, David Nadler takes a non-mainstream approach to spirituality and offers something rare: a path that feels both honest and attainable. The book also introduces FourthStream.com, where David continues this conversation with a more extensive exploration of Kingdom spirituality.
Kingdom
The journey of life is exciting on so many levels: the challenges, the unexpected twists in the road, our choices, the people, and the circumstances. In Kingdom, David Nadler advocates a decidedly unique perspective on personal success and writes with a hope that you, with him, will succeed in your quest for a satisfied mind.
The Turbulence of Imperfection
We live within a great paradox. We work hard to control the circumstances of our lives, yet so much is dictated by forces outside our reach. In *The Turbulence of Imperfection*, David Nadler works through the essays and stories that matter most: why disappointment seems to wait around every corner, how the heart copes with chaos, what we owe each other in the form of comfort and reassurance, and what happens at the end of the journey. Imperfection resides everywhere. This book doesn’t look away from that.
Mentored by God
There is a three-father paradigm within which we all live: the father who raised you, the father you are or will be, and the Creator Father who is eternally consistent in His fathering. *Mentored by God* helps you make sense of the relationship between your dad, your own kids, and God, and why understanding all three changes how you see yourself.
All five books are available on Amazon
FourthStream
FourthStream is David Nadler’s primary teaching platform, a video-based resource for anyone who wants to go deeper into Kingdom spirituality at their own pace, on their own schedule, without the trappings of institutional religion. This site is the hub for that work.
FourthStream.com is built and maintained by David’s son John Nadler, a Des Moines web designer and digital producer. John runs SageMaven, a Des Moines design and photography studio.