Questioning God, Questioning Your Picture of God

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Curtis: deconstruction, ultimately is a healthy and necessary part of christian maturity and growth. Curtis: When you're questioning god, you have to also question your picture of god. And it could be that your picture ofgod was incorrect or too narrow and not reflecting the capacious reality of god. He says if done in a way that actually is a noin hasa, has a degree of openness to hearing from god amidst all that,. even as you mightbe shaking your fist at god.

In a follow up to last week’s Deconstructing Faith episode, David French and Curtis Chang dive into the sometimes murky and contradictory political views of Christians. All too frequently, the political stances we think are biblical are actually just cultural.

Why are most Christians’ political stances so predictable? For example, why do many believers who care about abortion not care as much about systemic racism? Or vice versa?

Tune into today’s episode as Curtis and David tackle the fascinating interaction between politics, culture, and the Bible… and end with a surprising take on abortion and systemic racism.

Show Notes:

-More in Common - The Hidden Tribes of America

-Paul D. Miller - The Role of Social Science in ‘Deconstructing’ White Evangelicalism

-Kristen du Mez - Jesus and John Wayne

-Jemar Tisby - The Color of Compromise

-George McKenna - On Abortion: A Lincolnian Position (circa 1995, but still relevant)