Resilient discipleship is not purely a reactionary measure the church must take against the rising tide (tsunami?) of secularism. Rather, the church must always be edifying the saints for kingdom work. Edification is a construction, building word. What I mean to say is this: The church must seek to build people up into maturity; to give priority to the ministry of disciple-construction.

If you’ve been involved at all in the evangelical conversation that takes place online in the last few years, you’ve heard the word deconstruction. Deconstruction is the word used by those leaving the evangelical faith after they begin taking issue with certain ideas, doctrines, ethical concerns, or cultural aspects of evangelicalism.