Mark Driscoll famously attacked deconstruction, or Deconstruction, with the caricature that the goal is to reduce everything to its nub so it may be dismissed. He used the schtick to strike fear in those who dared question what they had been taught, particularly at Mars Hill.

We all know how that turned out. Just this week, I listened to a sermon where Driscoll was the illustration for the need to deconstruct what preachers say. “God hates sin and the sinner.” It is as if the Serpent returned upon hearing that “God so loved the world” and whispered in the congregation’s ear, “Did Jesus really say he loved the world?”

My friend Greg Hortin joins me for another conversation on deconstruction, or Deconstruction. When we listen to policymakers and elected officials, how do we discern what they are saying, or not, with the words they choose? This has become important in Oklahoma, given the rhetoric of our State School Superintendent and his constant use of “woke ideology.” Listeners need to interrogate the language - that is, deconstruction or Deconstruction.

Spurred by remarks and actions from Oklahoma State School Superintendent Ryan Walters, Greg Horton posted to his Facebook Page about Indoctrination. We take up the subject as it relates to Public education in Oklahoma. 

*Greg suggested I add a warning that he uses some salty language. Some editing has occurred. Some words remain. 

Maina Mwuara talks about religion reporting, its difficulty, and its reception. As a Southern Baptist, Maina, discusses these subjects with a view to the annual meeting of the SBC in June in Anaheim, CA. 

What was the legal issue that gave rise to Critical Race Theory?

Mark Horne recently published, Solomon Says: Directives for Young Men. 

We share a conversation over the pursuit of wisdom as the way forward for all human beings in our world