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Matt Edwards
Sep 15, 20232 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20236 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20235 min read
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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