Interrogate the Language

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.