Reconstructing Faith with Trevin Wax – Détails, épisodes et analyse

For two seasons now, we've looked at the credibility crisis facing the church today and some of the challenges that stand in the way of our attempts to renew and restore the church's witness. We've heard guest after guest give us truth and point us toward hope. We've talked about rolling up our sleeves and finding our place on the wall, doing whatever we can for the church to reconstruct, to rebuild, to restore, to renew. On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he asks the question: What if we're not up to the task of rebuilding the witness of the church?

Connect with Trevin 

     • on Twitter: @TrevinWax

     • on Facebook

     • subscribe to Trevin’s email newsletter

Have a question you want to ask Trevin? Send it to resources@namb.net.  

Nothing alters a terrain like water. In severe cases, like flooding from hurricanes and storms, or mudslides in the mountains, or a tsunami overtaking everything in its path, water can leave a landscape totally transformed. But even in mild cases, wind and waves can leave behind noticeable changes to the scenery. Waves affect the landscape of the church also. There are subtle echoes of movements that have shaped churches across the country, regardless of denomination. You might not see them, but they’re there, shaping how we worship. Cultural currents carve out different streams. Movements rise and fall, personalities come and go, and ministry philosophies shift, leaving the terrain transformed. On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he asks the question: What waves have shaped the landscape of evangelicalism?

Connect with Trevin 

     • on Twitter: @TrevinWax

     • on Facebook

     • subscribe to Trevin’s email newsletter

Have a question you want to ask Trevin? Send it to resources@namb.net.  

In the United States, we are experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in the history of our country. Recent research shows about 15 percent of American adults — that’s 40 million people — have stopped going to church, and all of this, within the past 25 years. It’s a drop that has affected every region in the country, every theological tradition, every age group, every ethnicity, every education level, every income bracket. You might look at the data and assume that we’re headed for a non-religious, non-spiritual kind of culture in the next thirty years. But the religiously unaffiliated—the fastest-growing religious demographic in the United States—are often still religious in personal and privatized senses, only that their religious identities are in flux, mixing and matching various practices.

On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he discusses what rebuilding looks like in the aftermath of this massive cultural decline in churchgoing.

Connect with Trevin

• on Twitter: @TrevinWax
• on Facebook

Have a question you want to ask Trevin? Send it to resources@namb.net.

The continuing decline of institutional trust represents a seismic shift in our culture and society today. Some of that distrust is warranted. In season one, we looked at the credibility crisis facing the church on several fronts. We’ve considered the rot that’s in the church—rot that needs to be removed. But some of our institutional distrust comes from an overly idealistic expectation of what institutions can provide, and from the acids seeping into all areas of our culture, slowly dissolving the structures of the past.

On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he asks the question: how do we rebuild in the aftermath of so much institutional turmoil and destruction?

Connect with Trevin

• on Twitter: @TrevinWax
• on Facebook

Have a question you want to ask Trevin? Send it to resources@namb.net.

In the first season of Reconstructing Faith, we looked at the credibility crisis facing the church today in a number of areas. In season two, we’re looking at specific challenges to rebuilding the church’s witness today. We’ll be talking about the decline of church attendance, the disappearance of institutional trust, the crisis of masculinity, the pervasiveness of pornography, new gender ideologies, spiritual burnout, even AI. As always, we will lean on insights from church history and the church around the world as we work toward a healthier body of Christ. Season two episodes will begin dropping soon. If you haven’t already, subscribe now to receive notifications once season two begins.

As you look at the church today, you may ache for the church. But maybe you ache because you love…. You love the church and know she can be better than this. And you love Jesus and know He deserves a Bride whose beauty showcases His. We’ve experienced a season of humiliation and pain, in which the Lord has seen fit to expose our sins and failures. But tragedies and disasters have a way of clearing the mind of clutter and focusing the heart.

As we bring this season of Reconstructing Faith to a close, Trevin Wax talks with Tim Keller, Ajith Fernando, and Jen Wilkin–several servants of the church with insight into how we might see renewal in the days ahead. These are constructive voices who want to see the church strengthened and built up. So, together, let’s clear the debris and focus on what’s central. Let’s prepare for the adventure of reconstruction and repair.

Episode 12: Season Finale: It’s Time to Rebuild Discussion Guide

Connect with Trevin

• on Twitter: @TrevinWax
• on Facebook

In this series, we’ve been addressing the church’s credibility crisis, reflecting on the challenges of today while learning from church history and the church around the world. In this special episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he addresses some of the questions that you have sent in.

Connect with Trevin

• on Twitter: @TrevinWax
• on Facebook

We’ve seen that there’s rot in the house of the Lord. Some of the rooms are dilapidated. In need of reconstruction and repair. It’s good to remind ourselves that the ultimate goal of addressing these challenges is not so we can reconstruct a healthier house, a more enduring edifice, for ourselves only. It’s so we can beckon others toward the light, toward wholeness, toward the salvation found only in Christ.

On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he considers the legacy of C.S. Lewis (including a tour of Lewis’ home in Oxford) and how the task of rebuilding the witness of the church is intertwined with the task of apologetics and evangelism.

Episode 10: The Credible Apologist Discussion Guide

Connect with Trevin

• on Twitter: @TrevinWax
• on Facebook

Have a question you want to ask Trevin? Send it to resources@namb.net.

So far, in this podcast, we’ve looked at various ways the church’s credibility has been harmed by a lack of consistency between our beliefs and our behaviors. These are the big issues that make headlines, that draw attention, that spark conversation. But what if there’s a problem so prevalent, so pervasive, so all-encompassing that we have a hard time even seeing it? What if a church filled with Christians quietly devoted to the American Dream is the silent scandal of the church?

On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he explores how the church can adopt disciplines that mold and shape hearts that chase a bigger dream – the dream of God’s kingdom, announced by Jesus Himself.

Episode 9: The Silent Scandal Discussion Guide

Connect with Trevin

• on Twitter: @TrevinWax
• on Facebook

Have a question you want to ask Trevin? Send it to resources@namb.net.

The stain of sexual abuse is one of the biggest reasons the church faces a crisis of credibility today. There’s mold in the house of the Lord. And with righteous anger and determination, we’ve got to say: this rot must be removed. On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he challenges the church to respond in ways that bring healing and restoration, out of a place of deep contrition and repentance.

Episode 8: The Stain Discussion Guide

Connect with Trevin

• on Twitter: @TrevinWax
• on Facebook

Have a question you want to ask Trevin? Send it to resources@namb.net.