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Walking with Someone through Deconstruction: John Marriott

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4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Walking with someone through faith deconstruction? Dr. John Marriott helps you understand what's going on, navigate wisely, and love deeply.

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0:00.0

When someone leaves the faith, they will always say that they're leaving because they no longer

0:03.8

believe that it's true because they just came to the place where they don't think that

0:07.5

the Bible can be the Word of God.

0:09.5

And unfortunately, in the church, I think we have sort of set them up for that crisis

0:14.0

of faith because we haven't done a really great job of letting young people know this is

0:18.9

where the New Testament came from.

0:20.8

Here's why we think this person wrote it.

0:22.9

Here's how it was put together.

0:24.5

This is why we think that it's reliable.

0:26.8

And then they go to university and they hear what would be more the skeptical, critical

0:30.4

side of the history of the Bible.

0:33.3

And they say, what are you kidding me?

0:47.0

Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that

0:51.1

matter most.

0:52.1

I'm Ann Wilson.

0:53.1

And I'm Dave Wilson and you can find us at familylifetoday.com or on the Family Life app.

0:59.7

This is Family Life Today.

1:15.9

You know, as we've already talked about, all the signs of the next generation in their

1:20.6

Christian faith are sort of scary.

1:22.4

There seems to be like they're walking away.

1:24.8

Now, we know that not everybody is walking away.

1:27.4

Our kids aren't all walking away, but when you read the stats, you think, man, it's an

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