This post is about Christian deconstruction and how it relates to Christian unity.

What is Spiritual Deconstruction, part 4 is an article claiming that much deconstruction would not happen if the gospel was not just talked about, but lived out by Christians everywhere loving our enemies and those with whom we disagree.

When I was in middle school, I could not go anywhere without someone telling me I looked like “that kid on the Wonder Years”.  Ya know, the show in the late 80’s and early 90’s about the family in the turbulent 1960’s and 70’s and specifically through the eyes of young Kevin Arnold (Played by Fred Savage).  It’s a coming of age series that shows Kevin go through his first love, become increasingly less innocent, and always has his best friend Paul at his side.

I remember the first time I found out that a close friend of mine was deconstructing his faith.  We were close.  Very close.  He moved with his family away from New England to the underbelly of the Bible Belt – the South.  He, like me, had befriended Rob Bell literature in all of its glory, and as time went on, he began to really hold on to some of the main tenets of Rob Bell’s theology, which as his books rolled on and he left his church, became more and more loosely affiliated with Christ.

But through all of that reading and searching, as I still do, and as I still attempt to spiritually minimalize, I was always anchored to the gospel, not only by definition, but by every lifestyle choice I wanted to make.  yes.  I believe with everything I have that the crucified and risen Jesus, died for my sins and has been enthroned as the true Lord of the world.  So I’ve been called to salvation, not because of anything I’ve done, but because of the sheer grace of God, I’ve been lead to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ as the risen Lord.  And I can and should now share that good news with others who I spend time with.