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The Gospel Doesn't Impart a Lens, but a Life

June 17th, 2025 | 5 min read

By Steven M. Bryan

For some time, I have had a growing sense of unease about the Christian use of words like  "deconstruction," "de-conversion," and the ever-popular polling category, "the nones." I've used the terms myself and have had to make a conscious effort to avoid them when speaking about those who have renounced Christian faith. Such words, I have come to think, owe too much to a secular conception of what happens when a person abandons the faith and rely too little on Scripture’s own witness to the power of the Gospel to transform human lives.

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Steven M. Bryan

Steven M. Bryan is professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.