Our hearts are broken for the victims of the attacks in Uvalde and  Buffalo. In this episode we discuss the typical "thoughts and prayers"  response, the 2nd amendment, and the biblical calling to weep with the hurting and stand for justice.   Welcome to All Things Reconsidered - where we navigate through deconstructing and reconstructing our faith together. Brandon McAlpine   and Joey Trieb are exfundamentalist exvangelical Christians who have deconstructed away from Bible literalism and...

Our incredible Patrons submitted several questions on our Discord and we spent some time in this episode covering some of them! We also spend some time in the beginning looking back on one year of podcasting.   Welcome to All Things Reconsidered - where we navigate through deconstructing and reconstructing our faith together. Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb are exfundamentalist exvangelical Christians who have deconstructed away from Bible literalism and other harmful theology like that...

Ethan Patruno from Crime Brought To Light shares a true story of a pastor who starved her church and taught parents to abuse their children. While going through the terrible details and the mysterious ending, we discuss some of the beliefs that can create abusive church environments.   Follow Ethan and Crime Brought To Light - https://linktr.ee/crimebroughttolight   Welcome to All Things Reconsidered - where we navigate through deconstructing and reconstructing our faith together. Brandon...

Welcome to SEASON TWO of All Things Reconsidered. We kick this new  season of by bringing back one of our favorite guests Pastor Brian Zahnd to talk about a better way to read the book of Revelation. This is one of our favorite conversations so far and we are excited for you all to  listen in.   Welcome to All Things Reconsidered - where we navigate through  deconstructing and reconstructing our faith together. Brandon McAlpine  and Joey Trieb are exfundamentalist exvangelical Christians...

The news of Russia invading Ukraine is leading many Christians to wonder if this war was prophesied in the Bible and if this is all part of the "end times".  Brandon and Joey discuss what "sin" really is and what the Christian response to war should be.  The guys call on Christians to stand with Ukraine, repent for the sin of warfare, and to stop spreading "end times" fear. PLEASE support the people of Ukraine by donating to the Ukraine Crisis Fund:...

Christians have been attempting to predict the end of the world for a long time. Maybe we've been reading the Bible wrongly? In this episode, Brandon and Joey explore some of the misunderstandings about Jesus and the book of Revelation that has caused Christians to be obsessed with End Times violence.   Welcome to All Things Reconsidered - where we navigate through deconstructing and reconstructing our faith together. Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb are exfundamentalist exvangelical...

Are our church experiences really "Spirit Led"? Evangelicals spend a lot of time talking about "being led by the Spirit". This week Brandon and Joey discuss how deconstructing this concept has impacted both their worship and prayer.    Welcome to All Things Reconsidered - where we navigate through deconstructing and reconstructing our faith together. Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb are exfundamentalist exvangelical Christians who have deconstructed away from Bible literalism and other...

This week Brandon and Joey welcome Pastor Cole Burks (our pastor) onto the podcast to give his thoughts on deconstruction and how the church can better serve the deconstructing community.   Welcome to All Things Reconsidered - where we navigate through deconstructing and reconstructing our faith together. Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb are exfundamentalist exvangelical Christians who have deconstructed away from Bible literalism and other harmful theology like that Rapture, Creationism,...

We sit down with Shaley, a survivor of a "Christian" mass wedding cult that targets college students and sets them on track to marry the cult leader. While Shaley was spiritually vulnerable and looking for relationships in college, she found herself spending 3 years in a cult that had her sleep deprived, working past exhaustion, drinking miracle healing water, worshipping the leader as the Messiah, and preparing to be married to him. Now having woken up and escaped, Shaley shares what she...

Our guest today is April Ajoy, Tiktok famous Exvangelical and host of the Evangelicalish Podcast. We talk about how both Christian Nationalism and difficult life situations fueled our deconstruction from Evangelicalism, and April shares some details on what her faith looks like today. We also had fun laughing at our absurd fundamentalist childhoods.    Follow April Ajoy! https://www.tiktok.com/@aprilajoy https://www.instagram.com/aprilajoy/?......

Happy New Year! In today's episode Brandon and Joey talk about the Christian Calendar (and surprising no one they are about a month late on starting), Epiphany and Liturgy. They discuss how things like the Christian calendar and liturgy have been left behind by the Charismatic Fundamentalist church and why we should observe it.   Welcome to All Things Reconsidered - where we navigate through deconstructing and reconstructing our faith together. Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb are...

In a Christmas themed Mystery Mug, Joey Trieb and Brandon McAlpine become soldiers in the War on Christmas... for the other side! Then they continue the holiday fun by weighing in on the Christian parents Santa Claus controversy, looking back on church Christmas productions, and reviewing their most hated Christmas carols and movies. Brandon claims victory in a particularly heated battle over the movie "The Santa Clause", but sense Joey is the one writing this description: Joey was right....

We have all dealt with the shame of not being able to "hear God". Today Brandon and Joey discuss what hearing God looks like in the fundamentalist church vs how they come to view it post deconstruction. (Also they argue about s'mores and Junior Mints...again...sorry)   Welcome to All Things Reconsidered - where we navigate through deconstructing and reconstructing our faith together. Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb are exfundamentalist exvangelical Christians who have deconstructed away...

Thanksgiving can be a difficult holiday for Exvangelical Christians in the midsts of faith deconstruction, both because of grappling with the history of colonization, and because of difficult conversations with family who are unsupportive of our evolving beliefs. Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb give their advice on navigating these relationships while deconstructing, and how we can get away from the white colonizer myths around Thanksgiving to make the holiday focused on indigenous peoples....

As Evangelicals reject expert opinion and spiritual discernment to instead embrace fringe theories, Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb ask: what are our churches teaching, or not teaching, that is causing Christians to be so easily swept up in conspiracies? But before getting into the dangerous and destructive theories of Q-anon and anti-vaxxing, the guys start by answering a surprisingly common request from our viewers, giving their opinion on aliens, UFO's and what their existence would mean...

Steven Furtick has been labeled a heretic over a recent tweet, but is that really justified? The post seems to center around the issue of Total Depravity and whether or not humanity is inherently good or evil. Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb offer their opinions on this issue and discuss what it really means to be a new creation. Then they take turns discussing and laughing at some of the thing we do within non-denominational Christian culture that annoys us. Welcome to All Things...

Today we take a look at some of the scariest movies Christianity has to offer, from Hangman's Curse to a Gary Busey end-of-the-world thriller! We are joined by Austin and Shane from the Nice Boys podcast who show us that the strange world of Christian Horror includes Kirk Cameron, Carman, and Howie Mandel.    Check out the Nice Boys podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4UY7DSBPSOHzgQK4f36kUW Follow the Nice Boys on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/niceboyspodcast/ Welcome to All...

What exactly is "Satan"? Is he a person or a personification? Does he even exist? Brandon and Joey talk about rethinking the concept of the devil and how this can change the way we view everything else.  Welcome to All Things Reconsidered - where we navigate through deconstructing and reconstructing our faith together. Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb are exfundamentalist exvangelical Christians who have deconstructed away from Bible literalism and other harmful theology like that Rapture,...

Spooky Month is the perfect time to talk about that time you might have encountered a ghost! In a very Halloween themed Mystery Mug, we tell our Ghost stories, talk about Ouija Boards, and discuss the most terrifying theology Charismatic kids had to hear. Our own paranormal experiences might be even scarier than the Tribulation! Then later in the show we talk about the Satanic Panic and how it has affected Christian's experience of Halloween. Welcome to All Things Reconsidered - where we...

It's Spooky Month! In part 1 we look at the terrifying and trauma inducing Evangelical tradition - the Hell House! For 30 years, churches across the country have tried to share the love of Jesus through horrific scenes of teenage damnation. Perhaps that wasn't the best strategy...    Welcome to All Things Reconsidered - where we navigate through deconstructing and reconstructing our faith together. Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb are exfundamentalist exvangelical Christians who have...

Are Exvangelicals just looking for an excuse to sin? Do Deconstructed Christians just not like the Bible? We've heard all kinds of theories and opinions about the Deconstructing Faith movement, but are they correct? (Spoiler: No) In episode 22 of All Things Reconsidered, Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb put your pastor's favorite "Deconstruction is just destruction" myths to the test and try to explain what this movement is actually all about.   Check out Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held...

This week we are joined by Brian Zahnd, pastor of Word of Life church and author of When Everything is on Fire. Brian tells us some of his story of reaching success in the Charismatic movement only to leave it behind in search of a deeper faith. Pre-order Brian Zahnd's new book - When Everything is on Fire - https://amzn.to/3lKOJnd Some of our favorite books by Brian Zahnd: Water to Wine - https://amzn.to/3CnMsF6 Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God - https://amzn.to/3zoj8wv A Farewell to...

Check out Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez https://amzn.to/3C6SYzR  What is it about Evangelical church culture that is allowing abuse to flourish? Using the example of the abuse that occurred at Mars Hill by pastor Mark Driscoll, Joey Trieb and Brandon McAlpine try to offer some warning signs of church abuse to watch out for. These include a twisted notion of authority, a lack of accountability, gender hierarchy,...

It's All Things Joey! In episode 19 Brandon McAlpine interviews Joey Trieb on the evolution of his faith. Raised in Charismatic Evangelical Christianity, Joey took the Bible literally, doubted science, looked for the Rapture and eventually fell into dangerous conspiracy theories. But when one nagging question led to another and the faith he grew up in become hijacked by political powers, Joey asked himself "are we sure we're reading the Bible right?" and started deconstructing his beliefs and...