The Liberating Power of Deconstruction: Rebuilding Faith Around Jesus (Live Episode)

Voxology

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2017

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Discover why so many are rethinking their faith and how deconstruction can actually catalyze a deeper, more authentic walk with Jesus. Recorded live with audience participation, this episode captures powerful personal stories of disorientation, doubt, and rediscovery. Mike Erre and Andy unpack the rise of Christian deconstruction, challenge the pitfalls of "faith-as-performance," and advocate for a reconstructive faith centered on the radical way of Jesus, not religious systems.

Whether you’re post-evangelical, spiritually curious, or navigating your own crisis of faith, this conversation holds space for pain, honesty, humor, and hope.

Key Takeaways:
• Deconstructing the Faith – Why more Christians are walking away from inherited religious systems while seeking a more truthful, lived-out spirituality.
• Stages of Faith – Exploring concepts like spiritual orientation, disorientation, and reorientation through frameworks from Brueggemann and Fowler.
• The Normalcy of Doubt – Why skepticism, grief, and disillusionment are not spiritual failures but invitations to deeper transformation.
• Following Jesus vs. Following a System – How a Paul-centered gospel often replaces a Jesus-centered way of life, and why that distinction matters.
• Why Reconstruction Matters – The power of rebuilding a durable, honest faith after deconstruction, rooted in the person of Jesus rather than tradition or certainty.
• Audience Stories – Live testimonies of deconstructing journeys—from confronting toxic evangelical cliches to having a loved one come out, losing a spouse, struggling with infertility, or simply encountering a more human Jesus.

Guest Highlights:
This episode features live participation from audience members who courageously shared moments that sparked their personal faith deconstruction and, for many, the beginning of reorientation toward Jesus.

Resources Mentioned:
• Stages of Faith by James Fowler
• Walter Brueggemann’s framework of Orientation / Disorientation / Reorientation (as seen in the Psalms)
• Real Time with Bill Maher – Discussion surrounding Christian public image and its portrayal
• Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John – Emphasis on grounding and reconstructing faith in the Gospels
• The Vox Podcast – Previous episodes addressing church hurt, LGBTQ+ inclusion, and systemic critiques

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Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford

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0:00.0	All right, ladies and gentlemen, hello internet.
0:14.2	We are coming to you live.
0:16.1	Make some noise.
0:17.4	World headquarters in Placentia, California, in front of a live studio audience of, I would say what, 50 people, 60 people.
0:27.4	I would say half of them are here by choice.
0:30.7	The other half were lured in by the free giveaways.
0:34.4	Yeah, thank you, Patreon.
0:35.4	We pay people to come in their live show.
0:36.9	Yes, so thank you to our Patreon supporters.
0:39.3	They pay for beer and a facility.
0:41.3	So thank you.
0:43.3	We are also recording on Facebook live.
0:45.3	So if you want to see what this looks like, because let me tell you, there is such a difference
0:49.3	between hearing it with your imagination and seeing how unattractive we are in person.
0:57.3	So you can check that archive out on Facebook Live.
1:00.1	So anyway, this is April 20th, which I don't remember.
1:02.9	There's some sort of big stoner holiday today.
1:06.5	And I don't even understand why.
1:09.2	My friends of San Francisco were legitimately complaining and freaking out.
1:13.0	Like parents of children, they're like, I hate today more than any day of the year.
1:17.4	Yeah.
1:17.8	Because they're like, it's like 10,000 zombies walking around San Francisco.
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