By Jeffrey Mindler, Research Assistant There is a widespread movement sweeping through the American church today, one that claims to be recent in nature, but upon further investigation is an old phenomenon dressed in postmodern clothes. This movement is called...
We all find it difficult to maintain hope when hope has been dashed. For many people walking away from the faith, God didn’t come through when they felt they needed him most. For some, it was the constant efforts to conceive a baby for years upon years that petered...
No one likes to be intimidated or pressured. I remember standing in the middle of a circle of men in a warehouse with two of my classmates from Bible college one summer day in 1986. The men had discovered that we were Christians preparing for gospel ministry (or to be...
“Do not be deceived; bad company corrupts good morals” (1 Cor. 15:33). The second reason I have observed for professing Christians to deconstruct their faith is that they expose their hearts and minds to error (for my definition of deconstruction and the various...
See the first post in this series here. New posts drop every Friday. Types of Deconstruction As I unpack my Ten Reasons Christians Are Deconstructing Their Faith, let me make a few introductory comments. My original post created a little firestorm on Facebook in a way...
I have been observing former students, classmates, and friends deconstructing their faith for years. I have been grieved, puzzled, and angered (at the Evil One) at the loss of once-professing brothers and sisters in Christ. By “deconstructing,” I mean they...