Witness Wednesday: Is There A Case To Be Made For Deconstruction Being A Good Thing?

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Jan 28, 2026

Bishop Tom Brown, an Evangelical Orthodox Christian leader who leads campus Q&A, probes whether deconstruction can ever be positive. Conversation covers deconstruction vs. rebuilding, balancing emotions with belief, reaching relativists and agnostics, leading families in postmodernity, and wrestling with suffering, justice, and what Christian obedience truly means.

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INSIGHT

Deconstruction Versus Reconstruction

Deconstruction often means walking away rather than rebuilding, and can become apostasy when it rejects core doctrine.
Bishop Tom Brown warns true redevelopment requires shedding abuses but intending reconstruction.

ADVICE

Let Belief Drive Affection

Make belief the engine of Christian life, not feelings, so truth shapes action.
Cultivate religious affections informed by doctrine so knowledge moves from head to heart.

ADVICE

Share Truth, Trust Conversion

Share the gospel and present Jesus, but trust God to convert people.
Stop evangelism if the listener becomes hostile; be faithful and kind while you can.

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It’s Witness Wednesday! Questions of deep theology and practical application are addressed in a must-hear question and answer segment during Todd’s recent trip to Oklahoma State University. If you want to see the Christian worldview brought to bear in real-time on real-world questions, you’ve come to the right place. Segment 1 • Bishop Tom Brown questions the trend of evangelical deconstruction, and asks if there can be a positive element to it. • Todd explains that most who deconstruct are not interested in putting the pieces back together again. • A young man in the audience asks how we can feel RIGHTLY - how we can balance our emotions without denying them totally. Segment 2 • Laney asks Todd how we can reach the portion of society that isn’t interested in actually finding the truth - and may not think it exists at all. • A young man asks how husbands should rightly lead their families in the era of post-modernity and radical subjectivity that we live in. • Ben asks how to reach the agnostics in society who don’t care what Christianity has to say. Segment 3 • Student Brennan asks about the weighty question of God’s sovereignty and goodness when considered against the pain and suffering that is allowed in this world. • Todd goes in depth showing how the existence of evil in this world, far from disproving God, actually necessitates God’s existence. • Alec asks: how can we dispel the notion in the minds of unbelievers that Christianity is just a bunch of stuff we have to do to get on the “nice list”? Segment 4 • Todd continues his answer to the last question, showing how Christianity is not burdensome but, rather, the most liberating thing for God’s creatures. • Todd is asked a heavy philosophical question about the metaphysical presuppositions of the ancient world, and how Christ shows us truth in every area - even philosophy. • As helpful as apologetics can be in certain circumstances, Todd shows us the primacy of Christ and sharing the gospel in attempting to win souls - not arguments. ___ Thanks for listening! Wretched Radio would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Wretched Radio we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn’t be more thankful for you if we tried!