Death to Deconstruction 13: Turn Off Cable News and Go Local
When I was in my early twenties, I used to watch a lot of cable news. I was very interested in politics and being on the right side of...
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Matt Edwards
- Sep 13
- 4 min
Death to Deconstruction 12: Theodicy through Hospitality, Fidelity, and Humility
Is it wrong to stab someone with a knife? Surgeons do it all the time. Why is it okay for surgeons to stab people when it is considered...
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Matt Edwards
- Sep 1
- 3 min
Death to Deconstruction 11 - Why I Read the Bible
When I was a senior in high school, I read the Bible from cover to cover for the first time. It changed my life. I was struck by its...
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Matt Edwards
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Death to Deconstruction 9--Self Denial
The seeker-sensitive church of the 1990s emphasized teaching people how Jesus met their “felt needs.” Jesus will make you a better...
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Matt Edwards
- Jun 14
- 4 min
Death to Deconstruction 8--Hypocrisy
A few months ago, I was having lunch with a friend who used to be a pastor, but who had been wounded and is now undergoing the process of...
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Matt Edwards
- Jun 9
- 2 min
Death to Deconstruction 7--Public but not Political
“The gospel is inherently political.” People throw this phrase around today uncritically. But is it true? I think what they mean by it is...
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Matt Edwards
- Jun 7
- 3 min
Death to Deconstruction 6--Politics
The nastiest letters I get about my sermons are when I challenge political ideology. In 2006, during the height of the Bush...
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Matt Edwards
- May 10
- 4 min
Death to Deconstruction 5--Does God Care?
When my wife was pregnant with our second child (my daughter, Avery), we wondered together what she would look like. Would she have red...
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Matt Edwards
- May 5
- 4 min
Death to Deconstruction 4--The Problem of Evil
Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? This question plagues us. It plagued the authors of the Bible (Habakkuk 1:13)....
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Matt Edwards
- May 3
- 5 min
Death to Deconstruction 3--What Is the Bible and How Do We Read It?
The other day, I got a text from my wife: “Zack’s art class ends at 5:45.” What does this mysterious text mean? Well, it depends. Perhaps...
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Matt Edwards
- Apr 28
- 3 min
Death to Deconstruction 2--Biblical Illiteracy
I love the Bible. It is an amazing book (or, collection of books, really). I think what I love most about the Bible is that it is raw....
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Matt Edwards
- Apr 26
- 3 min
Death to Deconstruction by Joshua Porter
When I was in my early twenties, I started to feel a radical disconnect between my values and those of mainstream evangelicalism. We were...
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Matt Edwards
- Apr 21
- 4 min
CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM 12—REMEMBER YOU WERE A SLAVE
In The Case for Christian Nationalism, Stephen Wolfe hopes to “enliven in the hearts of Christians a sense of home and hearth and love of...
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Matt Edwards
- Apr 19
- 5 min
CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM 11—TRUE DOMINION
In The Case for Christian Nationalism, Stephen Wolfe hopes to “enliven in the hearts of Christians a sense of home and hearth and love of...
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Matt Edwards
- Apr 14
- 6 min
CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM 10—ALIENS AND STRANGERS
In The Case for Christian Nationalism, Stephen Wolfe hopes to “enliven in the hearts of Christians a sense of home and hearth and love of...
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Matt Edwards
- Apr 12
- 2 min
CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM 9—A LOVE THAT TRANSCENDS BLOOD TIES
In The Case for Christian Nationalism, Stephen Wolfe hopes to “enliven in the hearts of Christians a sense of home and hearth and love of...
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Matt Edwards
- Apr 7
- 3 min
CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM 8—THE GOOD LIFE
In The Case for Christian Nationalism, Stephen Wolfe hopes to “enliven in the hearts of Christians a sense of home and hearth and love of...
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Matt Edwards
- Apr 5
- 4 min
CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM 7—DOMINION THROUGH SACRIFICE
In The Case for Christian Nationalism, Stephen Wolfe hopes to “enliven in the hearts of Christians a sense of home and hearth and love of...
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Matt Edwards
- Mar 31
- 4 min
CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM 6—WHO IS KING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
Christian Nationalism 5—Who Is King in the Kingdom of God? In The Case for Christian Nationalism, Stephen Wolfe hopes to “enliven in the...
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Matt Edwards
- Mar 29
- 5 min
CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM 5—CHRIST OR MAYBERRY?
In The Case for Christian Nationalism, Stephen Wolfe hopes to “enliven in the hearts of Christians a sense of home and hearth and love of...
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