04/06/2022
"People are, because of much trauma and much disingenuousness on behalf of its leaders, deconverting from a brand that is so watered down and bogged down with baggage and politics that it is no longer useful to those who use it. Like if Tide stopped putting baking soda and bleach in its products and sold you scented water. Some are leaving the name “Christian” behind altogether, others are throwing off marketed faith in favor of a quieter more ancient faith steeped in the beauty of the dance between orthodoxy and orthopraxy. Interestingly enough by creating fear that “deconstruction means deconversion” Childers and others may actually do more harm, by “declaring war on Deconstruction” they may only make it harder on those who are asking questions, not may, will. Sadly, many more may leave the faith altogether because of this foolishness. By making it: “Evangelicalism” or “Bust” you may keep people from find true rest in Christ."
“While many people’s faith was shipwrecked during this time (at Tubingen), my father’s faith actually grew deeper” – David Schaff, The Biography of Philip Schaff, in p…
