Deconstruction
27 conversations where the hosts get into deconstruction.
27 conversations
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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
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Why people walk away — disappointment, ego, and the guilt argument
- What kind of moral mechanism would produce guilt if there is no God?
Nathaniel adds that many walk away quietly without announcements, which makes a host wonder what could convince a real believer otherwise.
From No. 450 · Good News of Narrow Focus
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Derek Webb and the deconstruction interview
- What are the earthly consequences of being spiritually libertarian — of saying 'I don't care what you believe as long as you're cool'?
A host describes a podcast interview with Derek Webb, the former Caedmon's Call singer who renounced Christianity and now frames it as 'deconstruction.'
From No. 395 · How the Church is Solving Every Modern Problem Incorrectly
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Deconstruction conversations with missions friends
- Do I still believe what I believed before I went overseas?
A host recounts a weekend conversation with friends recently back from years-long missions work who brought hurts and deconstruction questions, including whether they still believe what they believed before going.
From No. 504 · Saul, Naturally
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Why cultural Christianity: churches package Jesus, people keep the shape
Ben argues deconstructed Christians often retain the kindness and mercy Christianity formed in them even after leaving the faith, and asks what enables Christianity-as-culture.
From No. 589 · There Must Be A Reason
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Wrestling with hard Scripture: Amalekites, Paul, and 'you know I can't leave, help my unbelief'
The second cluster of midlife-crisis questions comes from actually reading the Bible past the headlines: conquest passages like the Amalekites, slavery, divine judgment, and Paul's harder teachings.
From No. 556 · A Christian Mid-Life Crisis
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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.
From No. 537 · The Bible Confuseth
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Codified beliefs, world-building, and deconstruction
The hosts test the quote: kids are pressed to pick a worldview younger, and pulling it back is hard once beliefs codify.
From No. 466 · Put Your Name On It
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Putting answers over questions
On 'putting answers over questions,' the hosts argue the fear behind the item is real: churches have clammed up when people ask hard questions, and that silence can feed deconstruction.
From No. 458 · 12 to 13 Mistakes From Wildin
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Who would shake your faith?
- Who would shake your faith if they walked away from Jesus?
Ben asks who would hit the hosts hardest if they deconstructed: the Red Collective guys, the Bible Project guys.
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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?
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…
From No. 537 · The Bible Confuseth
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The woman who broke up with Jesus
- How should Christians and churches respond to someone who has broken up with Jesus?
A host reads aloud a Twitter thread from a woman who says she broke up with Jesus: raised by evangelical parents who became pastors, homeschooled through Joshua Harris's "I Kissed…
From No. 475 · Finding Sin, Missing God
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John Cooper responds to Christians leaving the faith
- Should the church make worship leaders and influencers its most influential people?
A host reads long portions of Skillet frontman John Cooper's Facebook post responding to a Hillsong worship musician and Josh Harris leaving Christianity: stop making worship…
From No. 378 · Scrub Your Yellas
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Joshua Harris renounces his book, his marriage, and his faith
- What drives the pattern of celebrity Christians like Joshua Harris falling away?
The hosts discuss Joshua Harris, author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye, who has repudiated the book, separated from his wife, and announced he no longer considers himself a Christian, describing the pattern as deconstruction and falling away.
From No. 377 · Methodist Lutheran Baptist
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Michael Gungor's year of atheism
- Is it a problem that Michael Gungor believes Noah was fictitious?
Ben (addressed by name) reads a long article about Christian-alternative-rock musician Michael Gungor of the musical collective Gungor: he fully embraced atheism in 2012 and no longer literally believes in creation, Adam and Eve, or the flood.
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Takeaway: the brothel thought experiment and 'am I a fool?'
The takeaway question: is any of my identity tied up in a human edifice? The show could stop tomorrow and Jesus is still good.
From No. 601 · Humble Faithful Idiot
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Trusting the mystery, not explaining Eliphaz-style
The landing: never do Eliphaz-style explanations on God's behalf — 'you don't know any of that, shut up.'
From No. 601 · Humble Faithful Idiot
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Prophet-critics: the critique that becomes your god
Ben observes that the people who deconstruct often started as sharp prophet-critics of the church — naming real hypocrisy and political or economic distortions of Jesus — but then…
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Hawk Nelson frontman Jon Steingard walks away from faith
A host reads an article about Jon Steingard (transcript renders 'John Steingard'/'Steiningard'), former frontman of the Canadian Christian rock band Hawk Nelson, who revealed he…
From No. 415 · Youngsters and Hawk Nelson are Bailing on Jesus
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Slimy milk toast and the nones
A host compares the deconstructionist posture to his childhood milk toast — tasty for forty-five seconds, then a bowl of slime — and says that is where these thinkers live.
From No. 395 · How the Church is Solving Every Modern Problem Incorrectly
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Christians worshiping their own version of God
A host relays Derek Webb's observation that many Christians have quietly reconciled their faith into a version of God that Scripture would not recognize — inoffensive, undemanding, requiring no loyalty — and calls it a fair critique worth answering with the whole Bible.
From No. 395 · How the Church is Solving Every Modern Problem Incorrectly