Is faith deconstruction the end of your faith — or the beginning?

If you grew up in church and something started feeling off — like the Christianity around you didn't match the Jesus you read about — this is for you. In this episode, we share the moment our questions started, why doubt isn't failure, and how to rebuild a faith big enough to hold mystery, grief, and justice.

We discuss what deconstruction is and what it isn't, Adam Grant's Think Again hierarchy (cult leader → learner), Fowler's Stages of Faith (why stage 4 questioning is maturity, not rebellion), Jesus in Mark 2:13-17 redefining sin as a failure to bother to love, betrayal trauma in the church, the horseshoe of shame after purity culture, and why some people walk away while others stay to rebuild.

Plus: why Sean Duffy's "Great American Road Trip" reality show perfectly captures the fear of being "brainwashed" by college, and why Dolly Parton's radical hospitality might be the best sermon you'll hear this week.

This is a 3-part series tied to Dr. Carter's 7-week sermon series at The Loft - links below.

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Show Notes:

1. Think Again by Adam Grant https://adamgrant.net/book/think-again/ 
2. Hierarchy of Thinking Styles https://wheatandtares.org/2022/07/13/adam-grants-thinking-styles/ 
3. The Religion of Whiteness- https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-religion-of-whiteness-9780197746288 
4. Singers of Soul- https://www.instagram.com/singersofsoul/?hl=en 
5. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/cities-terminate-flock-contracts-at-record-pace-in-august/ 

It feels like the end times - Christian Nationalism, war in Iran, and we can't even trust that our food is safe to eat anymore. A lot of people are carrying summertime sadness and doom-loop anxiety. Given this, what does eschatology actually teach, and how does bad end-times theology fuel fear?

In this episode, we unpack eschatology (the study of the end times) beyond Left Behind theology. We map pre-millennial vs. amillennial vs. realized eschatology, explain why Revelation is resistance literature, not a prophecy chart, and trace how apocalyptic fear is used to justify Christian Nationalism, war, and "invasion" rhetoric about immigration — and how a progressive eschatology of hope teaches salvation as a way of life lived in community. We get honest about doomscrolling, heat waves, and why tech billionaires build bunkers while the rest of us just feel tired — and offer 3 practices to hold sadness without spiraling.

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CHAPTERS: 0:00 Cold Open - Why Everything Feels Like the End 4:45 Book Contest Winners! 7:10 Why Everything Feels Apocalyptic 13:47 What Is Eschatology & The Dangers of Misinterpreting Revelation 18:33 Reading Revelation as a Resistance Narrative 24:55 Different Ways of Thinking About Eschatology (The End Times) 29:26 Premillennialism vs Postmillennialism 40:50 How fear-based Eschatology fuels Greed, Christian Nationalism & War 51:10 Hope as practice: salvation as a way of life 1:06:24 Shout Out to Michael - Our Listeners Give Us Hope

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In this episode, we unpack the Texas Senate race between State Rep. James Talarico and State Attorney General Ken Paxton as a theological case study, rather than a political race. Both say they were sent by God - they're reading the same Bible, and yet, two very different Christianities emerge.

In their own words:

"I truly believe that God just delivered me, not because I'm a great person because God is sovereign and he does what he wants to do." — Ken Paxton

"Scripture says you can't love God and hate other people. You can't love God and abuse the immigrant. You can't love God and bully the outcast. You can't love God and oppress the poor." — James Talarico

Can both be faithful readings of the same Jesus?

We trace the debate through: • Providence vs. partnership — is God delivering election results, or inviting us into co-creation? • Christian Nationalism on the ballot — why Talarico called the Texas Ten Commandments bill "idolatrous, exclusionary, and arrogant," and why Rev. Blair calls it "not about the content, it's about the imposition of belief." • The Civil War as a Theological Crisis — how pro-slavery Christians proof-texted "slaves, obey your masters" while abolitionists asked what God reveals about human flourishing, and why we're having the same fight 160 years later. • The sin of dehumanization — "Unless and until we address the sin of dehumanization, we're going to have the same argument over and over again"

CHAPTERS: 0:00 Cold Open 4:25 Two Visions of Christianity in Texas 11:32 The Theology of Providence 18:30 James Talarico - Exegesis, Not Culture War 22:05 Unpacking Ken Paxton's Theological Claims 26:04 How Whiteness is framed as Divine 37:02 The Dangers of Divine Election Allied with Political Power 48:02 The Roots of the Talarico & Paxton Theological Debate Are In The Civil War 1:00:00 The Debate US Christians Refuse to Have - Christianity & Dehumanization 1:14:40 Good News! A Victory for Gender-Affirming Care

Show Notes

1. Ken Paxton and James Talarico- https://religionnews.com/2026/08/13/paxton-talarico-tap-contrary-versions-of-god-and-christianity-in-appeal-to-texas-voters/
2. White Too Long by Robert P. Jones- https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/White-Too-Long/Robert-P-Jones/9781982122874
3. Undoing Conquest by Kate Common- https://orbisbooks.com/products/undoing-conquest-ancient-israel-the-bible-and-the-future-of-christianity
4. The Civil War as Theological Crisis by Mark Noll- https://uncpress.org/9781469621814/the-civil-war-as-a-theological-crisis/
5. Maine Protects trans healthcare for youth- https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/maine-continues-gender-affirming-care

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Is wellness culture actually spiritual, or just another consumer trend? If you identify as spiritual but not religious, there is no shortage of wellness trends promising peace and health without the "baggage" of religion. But when you remove the religious meaning from practices like yoga, you are left with a pretty shallow spiritual practice.

This week we sit down with scholar and author Liz Bucar to dig into her new book, Beyond Wellness. Liz's argument: wellness culture — Goop, energy healing, "manifesting your best life" — runs on Protestant theology with the "god" quietly removed. To go mainstream, every wellness practice had to be "Protestantized": individualized, interior, something you do alone.

We go deep on:

* The "Not God" problem — Liz's candid story about her father's alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous, and why the hardest and most theological step in recovery is simply admitting I am not the higher power.

*Why individualism fails us — Liz's case that real community isn't just who shows up for you, it's who you show up for, and that comes with actual obligation Tech-bro eschatology — how a pessimistic belief that "AI is going to kill us all anyway" quietly gives billionaires permission to stop being ethical right now

* Race, whiteness, and wellness culture — why Liz naming her own entitlement as a white scholar matters, and how that framing lands differently than when marginalized voices are forced to do it alone

* Discomfort vs. danger — the distinction that growth requires sitting in discomfort, and that our instinct to avoid it is really a desire for control

This conversation also continues a real dialogue between our two projects: our take on one of Liz's Substack essays shaped an earlier episode of ours on State Rep. James Talarico — and Liz wrote a follow-up essay directly responding to what we said. Read both: "What if Trevor Noah is right about..." and her response, "Your Eschatology Is Showing."

Chapters: 0:00 - Cold Open & The Hidden Religious Roots of Wellness Culture 5:18 - Meet Dr. Liz Bucar, author of Beyond Wellness 7:25 - Social Media & The Evolution of Theological Discourse 11:44 - Why We Need to Talk About Religious Appropriation 16:00 - How Do We Navigate Boundaries in Spiritual Spaces? 20:42 - Defining "Religion" in the Modern Era 33:12 - The Radical Act of Accepting That You Are Not God 56:34 - Detaching Shame from Our Relationship with Food 1:08:30 - Closing thoughts & Good News!

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1. Show notes: Liz Bucar can be found on Instagram and TikTok as @LizBucar, and you can subscribe to her Substack at https://lizbucar.substack.com/. You can find all of her books on her website at https://www.lizbucar.com/books.
2. Brian Johnson's religious roots- https://religionunplugged.com/news/2025/2/4/bryan-johnson-says-he-wants-to-live-forever-what-does-he-really-want
3. Crime Rates fall in New York City- https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/PR009/nypd-fewest-murders-shooting-incidents-shooting-victims-recorded-history-the
4. NYC Affordable Housing- https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/mamdani-affordable-housing-lift-tracker

We're celebrating 100 episodes 🥳 and marking it with a book giveaway! And by discussing the kind of accusation that led us to start this podcast in the first place. If progressive Christians disagree with conservative Christians about what the core of the faith requires, does that make us not Christian?

A new report from Religion News Service shows Republican politicians questioning whether Democratic clergy are "real" pastors or "real" Christians at all. This is an old tactic, and in this episode we discuss this specific story and how to respond to the accusation that if you're a progressive Christian then you're not a real Christian. We unpack the theological history behind who gets to claim "real" Christianity, and rearticulate the vision that's carried this podcast for 100 episodes: progressive theology isn't a departure from 2,000 years of Christian history. It's rooted in it.

Whether you've been with us since episode one or you just found us this month, this one's for you.

📚 Book Giveaway! 📚Leave a comment on YouTube describing one thing you've learned from listening to this podcast over the last 100 episodes. We'll select 5 random commenters to win a book selected by a member of the pod with a personal note. We will announce the winners on our August 14th episode.

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Chapters 0:00 Cold Open/When Your Faith Is Questioned 3:58 Intro & Celebrating 100 Episodes 10:31 Why Do Conservatives Question Our Faith? 18:53 Deconstructing Conservative Views of the Christian Way of Life 28:28 Why Progressive Ideas Feel Threatening 42:39 Book Giveaway! 44:50 Why We Started This Podcast 58:25 The Mission and Vision of Our Podcast & What's Next 1:04:20 Good News & Closing

This episode is for all of our book lovers! We're big readers here, and we're always getting questions about what we're reading and what we would recommend. Join our biggest readers: Rev Blair, Dr. Carter, and Julia - as we discuss our faves from fiction to nonfiction, political to fluff, old and new. And drop your faves in the comments! (*Frequent listeners will know that Julia's 'pastor' status is a hotly debated inside joke on the pod, but Julia is currently getting her MDIV so she is pursuing the educational path of a pastor)

Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro/ Audiobook Vs. Physical 6:50 - Julia's Fav Fiction 12:00 - Blair's Fav Fiction 16:00 - Dr. Carter's Fav Fiction 22:00 - Julia's Fav Nonfiction 25:30 - Blair's Fav Nonfiction 29:00 - Dr.Carter's Fav Nonfiction 41:00 - Good News!

Show Notes: -Book Publisher's Lawsuit: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/106RoOj7pQS_sevr0KVa-ftU6-QdnIo1zlsYVuPaB7-0/edit?usp=sharing

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What does the Bible say about billionaires and wealth accumulation? Quite a bit, actually! In this episode, we discuss economic inequality and the rising demand for wealth taxes, and explain why hoarding wealth is a sin and what Christians should do about it.

Dr. Carter is a fan of Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics and his documentary "How to Get Filthy Rich" helped inspire this episode. During our conversation, we examined his economic arguments for a wealth tax before addressing the strongest theological and social counterarguments, including conservative interpretations of the Parable of the Talents, private property as a divine gift, and the question of whether wealth taxes even work.

From James 5 to Jubilee to the California ballot box, loving our neighbors must include supporting policies that prevent wage theft and wealth hoarding.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro/ Cold Open

4:30 - Sick Kids are WMD's

7:09 - Hoarding Wealth Is A Sin

19:46 - The Prosperity Gospel

22:50 - Gary Stevenson Documentary

32:37 - Why Do Working Class People

Defend Billionaires?

41:36 - Jubilee Exists Beyond The Bible

45:08 - Proposed Wealth Taxes in the US & UK

48:41 - Zakat (Muslim Economic Principles)

53:46 - Responses To Common Theological Arguments Against Taxes

1:10:00 - What Can Local Churches Do

1:18:14 - Closing

Show Notes:

- Data center moratorium: https://www.reuters.com/world/new-york-becomes-first-state-impose-data-center-moratorium-2026-07-14/

- Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel by Kate Bowler: https://garyseconomics.org/

- This link is to Gary's YouTube page and his four-part (~1h45min) "Understand The Economy" course: ​​https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXuOBKrmFYbKytq9mkcd62sJPb6w12vpU&si=cAzbGDHpOuSF5-Go

- Gabriele Zucman, French economist whose most recent book, We Need To Tax Billionaires," was released in May: https://gabriel-zucman.eu/

- Our previous episode on the book Poverty, by America: https://youtu.be/W5o8x1OzATM

- What is a jubilee?: https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/living-economies/opinion/2002/10/01/it-shall-be-a-jubilee-unto-you

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If you've been involved in political discourse at all over the last month, you've doubtless heard the panicked predictions or joyous celebrations (depending on who you're listening to) about the Democratic Socialists of America. But who are these Socialists? What do they stand for, why is it surprisingly Biblical - and what does this mean for the future of the Church? We actually have a few DSA members here at the pod, so enjoy this deep dive and let us know what you think in the comments.

Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro/ Cold Open 5:00 - What Is The DSA? 23:00 - When Did The Church Forget About Socialism? 35:00 - Break 36:00 - The Theology Of Solidarity 40:00 - Christianity And Capitalism 45:00 - Christian Socialism 55:00 - Prophetic Imagination 1:02:00 - Good News!

Show Notes: - Democratic Socialists keep winning primaries: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/01/mamdani-new-york-democratic-socialist - Mamdani and The DSA: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/nyc-primary-results-analysis-mamdani-dsa/ - Mayor sleeps at a homeless shelter: https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/first-person-mayor-coffman-sleeps-at-aurora-homeless-shelter-to-gain-insight/ - Democratic socialists ride wave of momentum in primaries from New York to Colorado: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/01/mamdani-new-york-democratic-socialist - Mamdani and the DSA Just Sent a Seismic Message: The Revolution Is Here to Stay: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/nyc-primary-results-analysis-mamdani-dsa/ - Democratic Socialists of America: https://www.dsausa.org/

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Bethany Christian Services, the nation's largest Protestant adoption and foster care agency, has decided that all staff, board members, foster families, and adoptive families must sign a belief statement defining marriage as "a covenant between one man and one woman." The change takes effect in June 2027(happy pride!)

Obviously, this is unacceptable. But somehow, Bethany Christian Services is defending their discrimination with the Bible. How can they make this claim without the cognitive dissonance breaking their brain? Why did they make this change? What does the Bible actually say about this, and what will the effect be on our society? What will the effect be on these children? Join us to break down this insanity and more, and learn about what you can do to fight back.

Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro/ Cold Open 6:00 - Bethany Christian Services Homophobia 20:00 - Evangelical Christianity + Adoption 28:00 - The Statement Of Faith 40:00 - "Biblical Family" 49:00 - Olmstead Decision 1:04:00 - Good News :)

Show Notes:

• Bethany Christian Services Commits to Homophobia Over Helping Kids 1: https://religionnews.com/2026/06/22/is-bethanys-break-with-lgbtq-people-a-bellwether-for-foster-care/
• Source 2: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-adoption-giant-reverses
• ACLU Statement On Olmstead: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-statement-on-doj-memo-threatening-the-right-to-community-living-for-people-with-disabilities
• Overview of Olmstead Decision: https://thearc.org/blog/doj-opinion-on-olmstead-threatens-the-right-of-people-with-disabilities-to-live-in-the-community/
• Lost In America: ‎Lost in America - Apple TV
• RFK Says kids should go to "wellness camps" https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5798733/rfk-jr-addiction-treatment-centers
• Coral Reef Resilience: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-identify-swaths-of-coral-reefs-that-might-be-able-to-withstand-climate-change-offering-new-avenues-for-conservation-180988976/

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What if the story of Jacob wrestling with God has always been a story about identity, transition, and transformation — and we just didn't see it? In this episode, Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter brings a queer theological lens to Genesis 32, unpacking what happens when Jacob refuses to let go of a divine being until he receives a blessing. At the center of this story isn't just a wrestling match; it's a name change. A transition. A declaration from God: "You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel."

These transitions have always been present in Scripture but often go unseen: the stories of Abram becoming Abraham, Simon becoming Peter, Saul becoming Paul — these are stories of transition and transformation. They have always been there.

This episode is for anyone who has wrestled with who they are — and needs to hear that God is with them in the limping, in the transition, and in the resurrection into who they are truly called to be. Happy pride, and we hope you enjoy this little bonus ep!

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