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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

How to Deconstruct Your Faith (with John Marriott)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Christian, Talbot, Church, Culture, Biola, Think Biblically, Christianity, Sean Mcdowell, Scott Rae, Religion & Spirituality

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to say that someone is deconstructing their faith? Can that be a good thing, or is it the first step in someone eventually abandoning their faith? How do you help someone to re-examine their faith in a constructive way? Join us as Scott interviews his co-host Sean McDowell and his co-author Dr. John Marriott, of the new book, Set Adrift.Dr. John Marriott serves at Biola University as the Research and Program Coordinator for the Biola University Center for Christian Thought a...

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What does it mean to say that someone is deconstructing their faith? Can that be a good thing? Or is that the first step towards someone eventually abandoning their faith?

0:11.0

How do you help someone re-examine their faith but to do it in a

0:14.4

constructive way? When answer these questions in more with my co-host, Sean McDowell, who's co-author

0:19.5

Dr. John Marriott, of a new book called Set Adrift.

0:23.5

I'm your host Scott Ray, and this is Think

0:25.0

Biblically from tablet School of Theology

0:27.2

at Biola University.

0:28.3

So Sean, you're sort of my guest today.

0:30.4

Yeah, this is kind of fun.

0:31.3

This will be great.

0:32.2

I need to put you on the hot seat like I don't always get to do. When you said host, I almost jumped in and said, and co-host, I had to restrain myself.

0:39.0

Appreciate you doing that. John, welcome, great to have you you with us John's been a colleague at

0:43.2

Talbot for many many years he's taught apologetics in our philosophy program

0:48.0

for a long time taught church society for me on several occasions the author of five books on this subject of people who are

0:56.4

deconstruct in their face. So Sean why don't you start with you. Why did you and

1:01.9

John set out to write this book and why is this why is

1:05.1

issue so important to you? Well I got to give John the credit for the idea for this

1:09.9

book he's written four other books on deconstruction that I've read we've talked about on

1:14.5

deconstruction I consider him the expert he's done a lot of the hard work five

1:19.2

six seven years just

1:23.8

writing his coat tail.

1:24.8

Well, yeah, there you go.

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