Paul Maxwell's deconversion announcement

• Why are prominent Christian writers and musicians publicly announcing they are no longer Christian?

The hosts read a Christian Post article on former Desiring God writer Paul Maxwell — PhD in theology, author of The Trauma of Doctrine, now a fitness professor — announcing on Instagram that he is no longer a Christian and feels 'full of joy for the first time.' The hosts diagnose the pattern: people hit a rub point with something God says they can't do, and negating God feels like freedom from responsibility.