The Influence of CJ on the Church

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There was a point close to seven, eight years after I had kind of removed myself from that church culture where I saw even then that myself and many others had thought of CJ in quasi mystical slash divine terms. And so why then does he exercise a particular role in you? There's the family connection. But what was his personal influence on you and why you had to deconstruct that? It's hard to talk about. Not because it's uncomfortable, painful, but because it's complicated and it's maybe something I haven't even worked through enough.

Jon Ward, senior political correspondent for Yahoo News, joins Curtis to talk about his process of deconstructing - and reconstructing - his life as a follower of Jesus. Jon draws on his recently released book, Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation, to dissect the spiritual, social, political, and emotional dimensions of his years growing up as an insider in the evangelical world. Jon also provides a fascinating account of why his life as a journalist has been so crucial to his faith. Curtis offers the Biblical basis for why deconstruction - properly understood - is necessary for every generation of believers.

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