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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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 9, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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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