How to Handle a Faith That is Set Adrift | with Dr. Sean McDowell

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

When a fellow Christian confides in you that they're "deconstructing", what do you say and what kind of advice do you give them? Or even worse, what if YOU aren't sure what to believe anymore? It can be normal to wrestle with lingering doubts, but this slow and steady process of disillusionment often causes many people in our culture today to completely walk away from the truth of the Christian faith. So when this happens, what's the best way to help someone tackle those doubts without shipwrecking the saving grace of Jesus Christ?

Our friend and Biola apologetics professor, Dr. Sean McDowell, is no stranger to struggling with doubt. In this week's podcast episode, Sean joins Frank to talk about overcoming his own season of deconstruction and how his new book (co-authored with John Marriott), 'Set Adrift: Deconstructing What You Believe Without Sinking Your Faith' can help others learn how to deconstruct in a safe way. During the episode, Sean and Frank address questions like:

How does Sean define the term deconstruction?
What are social imaginaries and how do they impact our worldview?
What role does social media play in the deconstruction movement?
What are the possible risks and benefits that can come along with deconstructing?
How should Christians respond when a loved-one decides to deconstruct?

Being the son of one of the most well-known and well-respected Christian apologists, Josh McDowell, didn't stop Sean from questioning if Christianity is really true. If you're in the process of deconstruction, what's your angle? Are you searching for the truth or avoiding it? Listen as Sean will encourage you to approach self-doubt with reconstruction as the end goal, allowing truth to reign supreme.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Does truth exist?
0:03.4	Because you have faith, does that make this book cool?
0:05.6	Does God exist?
0:07.4	So when someone says there is no truth,
0:09.8	if you apply the claim to itself, what should you say?
0:12.6	Is that true?
0:15.3	They don't think Christianity is true.
0:18.4	They're talked out of it.
0:20.1	You know why they're talked out of it?
0:22.1	Because they've never been talked into it.
0:24.3	Cross-exemining skeptical and atheistic views.
0:28.1	Welcome to Cross-exemining with Dr. Frank Turek.
0:32.8	Ladies and gentlemen, when people ask me,
0:34.8	Frank, how did you become a Christian?
0:37.3	I normally say that I always believed in God growing up.
0:41.0	I knew there had to be some kind of first cause,
0:44.0	but I didn't really know who Jesus was.
0:48.1	I was brought up in a Catholic home.
0:49.8	I went to Catholic high school, but I never really got,
0:53.6	and perhaps it was just my fault.
0:55.3	I just never really got the whole Jesus thing.
0:57.3	Who was Jesus?
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