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Christian rapper Lecrae stirred up conversation on Twitter<\/a> last week, encouraging his followers to think more thoughtfully about \u201cdeconstruction.\u201d \u201cA lot of Christians are afraid of \u2018Deconstruction.\u2019 I\u2019ve personally gone thru it and let me give you food for thought,\u201d he wrote. He then went on to detail two types of deconstruction that are meant by the word. The first he noted to be a \u201chealthy\u201d form of deconstruction, \u201cusing scriptures to deconstruct unhealthy ideas and practices. Christ himself did this by deconstructing the Pharisees interpretation of scripture. \u2018You have heard it said but I say\u2026\u2019 using Scripture to challenge things.\u201d Lecrae wrote that this way of deconstruction uses Scripture to analyze the culture and interprets the Scriptures on the merits of the Word itself.<\/p>\n

The second form of deconstruction he defined as, \u201cusing culture to challenge scripture. This often leads to culture taking precedence over scripture.\u201d He also added that, \u201csadly people begin to deconstruct themselves out of the faith. We begin to question the Bible because it doesn\u2019t line up w\/ culture. Unhealthy.\u201d He cited this as the type of deconstruction many millennials partake in. He also wrote that this type of deconstruction usually stems out of some form of \u201cchurch hurt\u201d such as \u201cracism\u201d or \u201csexism\u201d being perpetrated against them by \u201cchurch folks.\u201d Lecrae highlighted the danger of this type of deconstruction, saying, \u201cSo people look OUTSIDE of God for answers and find themselves being thrown around by every wind and wave of doctrine. I\u2019ve been here.\u201d<\/p>\n

He encouraged his followers who were struggling to follow the healthy deconstruction, noting, \u201cLastly deconstruction is only part 2 of a healthy faith. The goal is not to tear everything down and live there. First is construction, then deconstruction, then reconstruction. Reconstruction leads to a stronger faith where you\u2019ve thrown out unhealthy views & see Christ clear.\u201d He ended writing that his own faith has only grown stronger since his deconstruction and reconstruction. Lecrae has faced some criticism over the past year for his views on deconstruction and living out faith. He was previously criticized for performing at a benefit for then-candidate Raphael Warnock, a pro-abortion pastor. Lecrae later clarified<\/a> that he had been under the impression that the benefit was \u201cbipartisan\u201d and did not endorse Warnock.<\/p>\n

Deconstruction has been a hot button topic amongst Christians, with some disagreeing that the first type that Lecrae describes is really deconstruction while the second type is the more prominent form being pushed in most deconstructionist circles. John Cooper of Skillet took \u201cVeggieTales\u201d creator Phil Vischer to task<\/a> earlier this year after Vischer criticized Cooper and apologist Alisa Childers on his \u201cHoly Post\u201d podcast for overreacting against deconstruction and failing to look at the issue in a nuanced way. Vischer disagreed with Cooper and Childers\u2019s stance the deconstruction always leads to relativism and pushed for a certain type of deconstruction that sounds very similar to Lecrae\u2019s first definition. However, even Vischer, noted the difficulties in the terminology, stating he would prefer to call his \u201cgood\u201d type of deconstruction \u201cre-examining my inherited traditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cooper responded calling Vischer\u2019s and his guest\u2019s attitudes as \u201csmug\u201d and \u201celitist snobbery.\u201d \u00a0He also criticized Kaitlyn Scheiss, who was also on the podcast when Vischer discussed Cooper and Childers, for saying Christians could still learn from those who have left the faith. \u201cNo, you can\u2019t learn about God from people who have deconstructed and left Christianity. That would mean they have wisdom, and the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,\u201d he asserted. He also pointed out some of the podcast\u2019s noncommittal stances to issues like abortion and sexual morality. He warned that the podcast\u2019s laissez-faire attitude towards deconstruction was leading them into dangerous territory. He ended, warning his audience, \u201cDon\u2019t be belittling this deconstruction movement, whatever you want to call it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christian rapper Lecrae stirred up conversation on Twitter last week, encouraging his followers to think more thoughtfully about \u201cdeconstruction.\u201d \u201cA lot of Christians are afraid of \u2018Deconstruction.\u2019 I\u2019ve personally gone thru it and let me give you food for thought,\u201d he wrote. 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