The deconstruction post: guilt, vocation, and Shoney's
The hosts return to the musician's deconstruction post, postponing the full 'walking away from Jesus' segment to next week. Mike (speaker-2) argues guilt is a free-range commodity: you either earned it (repent and walk out) or stole it (you're a fool), and nobody can put guilt on you without your acceptance. Ben (speaker-0) warns about Christianity as a vocation: musicians and church staff who see how the sausage is made can taint their faith when bosses or expectations fail them, especially artistic types who expected stardom. Mike's Shoney's analogy: you can't keep eating at a restaurant where someone vomited by your table and then act surprised it turned foul, but you also can't rewrite the whole history as nothing but vomit. They land on loving God and loving people as the narrow road out of self-focus.
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