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The Monica Swanson Podcast - boy mom, build strong families, Biblical worldview, women’s wellness

What is Christian Deconstruction? (And how should we respond to it?) with Alisa Childers

The Monica Swanson Podcast - boy mom, build strong families, Biblical worldview, women’s wellness

Monica Swanson and Christian Parenting

Parenting, Kids & Family, Kids & Family:parenting

5.0971 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Alisa Childers is back with a conversation I want every Christian parent to hear! A movement called “spiritual deconstruction” is sweeping through our culture, our churches, and (maybe especially) our universities. It is confusing and complex. It is leading young people away from the church and dividing families. In today's interview, Alisa offers us Biblical and historical context for deconstruction, and a truth-centered, loving way to respond to it.I first heard of the term “deconstruction” from my two sons who attended a Christian college, and who had friends “deconstructing” the faith their parents raised them with. My hope is that this conversation might help more parents understand the deconstruction movement, and be inspired to raise their kids to be critical thinkers as they develop their own, rock-solid faith (and thereby avoid “deconstruction.”) If any listeners have family members or friends who are part of the deconstruction movement, I hope this interview offers wisdom and hope. Please share this interview with your friends. Find links to the book “The Deconstruction of Christianity” (with a free chapter download) in show notes. The book will release at the end of January, 2024.Today’s episode: www.monicaswanson.com/Alisa-Childers General podcast page: www.monicaswanson.com/podcastLooking for new science or math homeschool curriculum? All of my boys have used DIVE/Shormann Math for Bbile-based, short-but-thorough science and math lessons, through AP level! Go to diveintomath to learn more! The Monica Swanson Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual resources to help you grow into the parent you want to be, visit www.christianparenting.org Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Christian parenting.

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Aloha friends and welcome to the Monica Swanson podcast powered by

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Christian parenting I am Monica Swanson mom to four boys wife to Dr

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Dave podcast host and author of Boy Mom, Raising Amazing, and the newly released

0:27.3

Becoming Home Schoolers.

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Here on the podcast it is my goal to bring you practical advice and biblical wisdom for raising amazing kids and

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building strong families.

0:37.4

You can always find show notes over at Monica Swanson.com forward slash podcast.

0:42.3

I'm so glad you're here and I hope you'll be encouraged.

0:47.0

Aloha friends, welcome back to the podcast. I'm truly honored that you

0:57.0

take time to hang out with me here and today's episode is such an important one.

1:01.8

I really think this is worth every minute of

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your time. I believe that every Christian parent needs to tune in to the topic that

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we're talking about today. I have Elisa Childers with me to talk about the

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deconstruction of Christianity. There's a movement called deconstruction that if you

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haven't heard about it's important that you know about and that you understand it from a biblical

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perspective. This movement is sweeping through our churches, through our culture,

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through our universities, especially. I first heard about it when my sons came home from their Christian college and

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told me that some of their friends were air quote deconstructing their faith and I was

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like what in the world is that? Well it's become quite a common thing and honestly it's a really scary thing that concerns me for our next generation.

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So I am really grateful that Elisa and Tim Barnett together wrote a book called The Deconstruction of Christianity,

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which takes a really deep dive into what's going on and will be really helpful if you want to understand this topic.

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