#284 An Ex-Progressive Christian Speaks out on Deconstruction and Evangelical Culture, with Dave Stovall

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Alisa Childers

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

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🗓️ 26 January 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Dave Stovall, former guitar player for Audio Adrenaline and Wavorly joins the podcast to talk about how he began to deconstruct while touring in contemporary Christian music. His deconstruction took him into progressive Christianity, where he found himself befriended by a local pastor. They began to study the Bible together, and Dave began his journey back into the historic Christian faith. Today he is a husband, dad, and local worship leader. Dave shares his story and offers some key insights into what caused him to start doubting the Evangelical faith he grew up in, and what ultimately persuaded him to lose faith in progressive Christianity. ------------------------------------------------------------------This video is sponsored by:FOUNDATION WORLDVIEWFoundation Worldview creates curriculum series that will empower your child to thinkBiblically in a deceptive world. Go to www.foundationworldview.com (http://www.foundationworldview.com/) for more information! Use my code: ALISASEVEN WEEKS COFFEETaste the Coffee that is Saving Lives.Go to www.sevenweekscoffee.com (http://www.sevenweekscoffee.com/) for more information.Use my code: ALISAGOOD RANCHERSGood Meat DeliveredGo to www.goodranchers.com/alisa (http://www.goodranchers.com/alisa) for more information.Use my code: ALISA--------------------------------------------------------------------To Purchase the new CD, “Beauty from the Ash”, go to www.alisachilders.com/music (http://www.alisachilders.com/music)There you can get the CD, backing tracks, string charts, rhythm charts and stems.Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/alisachilders (http://www.patreon.com/alisachilders)To order “Another Gospel”: www.alisachilders.com/another-gospel/ (http://www.alisachilders.com/another-gospel/)To order “Live Your Truth": www.alisachilders.com/live-your-truth-and-other-lies/ (http://www.alisachilders.com/live-your-truth-and-other-lies/)To order “The Deconstruction of Christianity”: https://alisachilders.com/the-deconstruction-of-christianity/ (https://alisachilders.com/the-deconstruction-of-christianity/)For Alisa's Merch: https://alisachilders.creator-spring.com (https://alisachilders.creator-spring.com/)To see what gear Alisa uses to record her podcast, go to:https://kit.co/alisachilders (https://kit.co/alisachilders)Potential Sponsors: https://alisachilders.com/sponsor-request-form/ (https://alisachilders.com/sponsor-request-form/)Product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission.

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0:00.0	One of the last interviews I did, the person interviewing me, said, you said in your book,
0:05.5	that you used to view evangelicals as gay hayden, Bible thumping, Republican voting,
0:12.1	K-love listening, people, simple-minded people, I think that's what I said.
0:17.3	And that's how I viewed people, because I went from feeling like I belonged to not feeling like I belonged with the evangelical Christian crowd, to feeling like I was better than them and smarter than them.
0:41.9	Well, hey, everyone. I'm so glad you joined us for an episode of the Elisa Childers podcast.
0:51.5	Our hope here is to equip Christians to identify the core beliefs of historic Christianity, discern its counterfeits, and proclaim the gospel with clarity, kindness, and truth.
0:55.0	And we are going to have a conversation with Dave Stovall, singer-gatarr player with bands like audio adrenaline and Waverly.
0:59.0	We're going to be talking about his story of deconstructing into progressive Christianity,
1:04.2	but ultimately being disciples back and reconstructing to a historic faith as he was
1:08.9	disciples by a local pastor. we're going to get into
1:12.0	the anatomy of a deconstruction. And the reason I want to do that is I really want to help our audience
1:18.2	to understand what's going on in the mind of somebody who's deconstructing. What were Dave's triggers?
1:24.2	What was his growing up like? What kind of a faith did he have before he deconstructed?
1:29.4	And then what were the sticking points for him that caused him to go into progressive Christianity?
1:34.0	Now, he's written his whole story in a new book, and that's called Losing My Faith in Progressive
1:39.1	Christianity. And I really want to recommend you guys get this. I wrote the forward for this book.
1:43.9	I was so honored to get to do that
1:45.5	because I think it's a really important story for everyone to listen to, both for the church to understand what's going on,
1:52.7	both in deconstruction and progressive Christianity, but I also think it's a gentle challenge to progressive Christians out there,
1:59.1	maybe to question the conclusions that they've
2:01.1	come to as well. Now, if you are watching us on YouTube, you see that we are here in a beautiful,
2:07.4	brand new podcast studio. I have to give a shout out to my husband who has spent hours and
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