Preview: three questions, the bison episode, and a deconstruction post
- What passages of scripture did you once understand and then lose again on the next read?
- What top memory and what lasting, day-to-day takeaway do you bring home from your mission trip?
- What about the God we know and the Jesus we follow is making people walk away calling it religious trauma?
Ben (speaker-0) previews the show: Mike's question about scripture passages that keep slipping away, his own question for Dan, Mike, and in-studio guest Aiden about their recent Mexico and Zimbabwe mission trips, and a social-media post from a musician deconstructing his faith. He gives the complaint line (515) 517-0085. The hosts riff on Mike's earlier 'bison episode,' joking about whether bison are in heaven.
More on Deconstruction
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Deconstruction: Nicodemus, demolition, or examination?
- Is deconstruction like what Jesus did to the Pharisees, or is it more destructive, and why?
Mike's question: when Jesus showed up and presented a reality of following Yahweh that was completely foreign to the Pharisees, was that deconstruction, and is modern deconstruction like that or more destructive?
From No. 460 · 14 to 25 Mistakes From Wildin’
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Putting teaching over conversation
- When is 'just having a conversation' really avoidance of what Scripture says?
The 'teaching over conversation' item gets another false-dichotomy verdict: people learn from teaching and then talk about it, so do both.
From No. 458 · 12 to 13 Mistakes From Wildin
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Don't take macro action based on micro analysis
- Am I taking macro action based on micro analysis?
A host introduces his principle — 'don't take macro action based upon micro analysis,' or 'don't take broad action based upon narrow analysis' — and the room tests it across examples.
From No. 450 · Good News of Narrow Focus
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Grace for deconstruction: separating church culture from the faith
- Has anyone ever approached you about deconstruction and asked for help?
A host admits the word 'deconstruction' irritates him but offers a grace-filled reading: many who use the term come from large celebrity-pastor church cultures where the culture…
From No. 450 · Good News of Narrow Focus