‘Jesus is worth it’ Why I’m encouraged by Lecrae’s deconstruction
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George Luke2024-01-09T11:26:00
Christians have nothing to fear from deconstruction, says George Luke. The rapper Lecrae’s wrestling with US evangelicalism and race prove it
“I went on a journey and found out that Jesus is worth it,” the rapper Lecrae declares in the latest episode of his podcast series, The Deep End. “But some of the infrastructures that people have built around Jesus should be burnt to the ground.”
Say what? He’s calling for infrastructures to be destroyed? That sounds scarily like that ‘deconstruction’ thing that has so many conservative Christians up in arms nowadays.
Well, that’s because it is. The 53-minute video is Lecrae detailing his deconstruction journey, which began back in 2016.
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