Deconstruct | Reconstruct Resources

We’ve curated a list of resources to help you dig deeper into the content of the message.

*Please Note: Traders Point does not necessarily endorse everything produced by authors of these sources, including content on online platforms. These resources are simply meant to be helpful tools for the topics covered in this series.

Week 1: Isn’t The Bible Interpreted to Fit an Agenda?

BOOKS

• Death to Deconstruction by Joshua Porter

• Unbreakable: What the Son of God Said About the Word of God by Andrew Wilson

• Evidence That Demands a Verdict by Josh and Sean McDowell

• The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament by Sandra Richter

• God Wrote a Book by James MacDonald

• Can We Still Believe the Bible? by Craig Blomberg

ONLINE RESOURCES

The Bible Project Podcast Series: The Paradigm

Week 2: How Can Jesus Be the Only Way?

BOOKS

• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
• Who Was Jesus? by N.T. Wright
• The Reason for God by Tim Keller
• The Jesus I Never Knew by Phillip Yancey
• Evidence That Demands a Verdict by Josh and Sean McDowell

Week 3: Why Does God Care Who I Sleep With?

BOOKS
- Loveology by John Mark Comer
- Love Thy Body by Nancy Pearcey
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel by Christopher Yuan

ONLINE RESOURCES
2-Part Message from Significant Other Series:
- Sexual Formation: Part 1
- Sexual Formation: Part 2

Traders Point Website: LGBTQ Conversation Resources

Week 4: What About Gender Dysphoria and the Transgender Movement?

Books
Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say by Preston Sprinkle

Love Thy Body by Nancy Pearcey

Understanding Gender Dysphoria by Mark A. Yarhouse

Strange New World by Carl R. Trueman

Online Resources
Podcast Episode: Gender Identity

Traders Point Website: LGBTQ Conversation Resources

Week 5: What About the Oppression of Minorities, Women, and Others?

Books

United: Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity by Trillia J. Newbell

One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love by John M. Perkins

The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes by Nancy Pearcey

The Reason for God by Tim Keller (chapter 4)

Online Resource //

Article: Jesus, Women, and Ministry

WEEK 6: What About Church Hurt And Hypocrisy?

BOOKS

Church Hurt by Jerome Gay, Jr.

Death to Deconstruction by Joshua Porter

ONLINE RESOURCES

Article: How I Got Over My Church Hurt (Without Losing My Faith)

Podcast Episode: Raised to Stay After Church Hurt

Podcast Episode: Healing from Church Hurt

FAMILY RESOURCES

For Parents //

• So the Next Generation Will Know: Preparing Young Christians for a Challenging World
• Traders Point Resources for Parents
  
  

For Teenagers or Older Kids //

• Can I Ask That?: 8 Hard Questions about God and Faith – Student Guide*
  *Parents and Mentors: Access the Leader Guide here

• Can I Ask That Volume 2: More Hard Questions About God & Faith – Student Guide*
  *Parents and Mentors: Access the Volume 2 Leader Guide here

• 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) about Christianity

• How We Read the Bible: 8 Ways to Engage the Bible with Our Students

• Living in a Gray World: A Christian Teen’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality

For Kids of All Ages //

• If I Could Ask God Anything: Awesome Bible Answers for Curious Kids

• Case for Christ for Kids

• The Big Book of Bible Questions

• God’s Design for Sex Series (4-book series, with a book for each age group: preschool, young elementary, preteen, and teen)

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