Daily Faith with Philip Cameron: Special Guest Pastor Jason Daughdrill
About this episode
Pastor Jason Daughdrill of Gateway Church in Shelbyville, Tennessee joins Philip Cameron for a candid, Spirit-led conversation about one of the most urgent threats facing the modern church: the culture of offense. Drawing from Matthew 24, Jason makes a striking observation — "offense is the fertile ground for false prophets to blossom." When believers get caught in their feelings rather than exercising discernment, they become vulnerable to voices that simply validate their emotional state rather than speak truth. The conversation moves from the turbulent headlines of the day — political upheaval, cultural mockery of Christ, and the ongoing Olympics controversy — to the deeper question of how Christians should respond. Jason challenges the church to stop reacting to the world and start responding to heaven: "I only do what I see my Father doing." He also unpacks the enemy's rebranding of first-century apostasy as "deconstruction," warning that church hurt, when left unhealed, becomes a recruitment tool for false teaching. With pastoral warmth, Jason reminds viewers that healing begins with identity: "My scars don't define me — His do." He also recommends the book Hope After Church Hurt by Joe Dobbins of Twin Rivers Church in St. Louis. For more from Pastor Daughdrill, visit gtwchurch.com.
Part of our Offence collection of conversations.
Quotes worth sharing
“The first 40 years of my life I learned Jesus as King. The last two years I've learned he's kind. And seeing his kindness and his goodness has changed me in a way that I can't imagine. My scars don't define me, his do.”
“Offense is the fertile ground for false prophets to blossom. When people get offended, they get into feelings. They check out logic, they check out discernment. They're caught in their feelings, and they will listen until they hear someone that's saying what validates their emotional state. False prophets are thriving today because offense is thriving today.”
“You'll only get to fight Goliath when you've taken care of the sheep. You'll only get to take the next step of battle in your life when you've been faithful where you are.”
What's Discussed
Pastor Jason Daughdrill of Gateway Church in Shelbyville, Tennessee discusses the dangerous link between offense and false prophecy, citing Matthew 24 to argue that offended believers abandon discernment and gravitate toward voices that confirm their feelings. He challenges Christians to respond to heaven rather than react to the world, referencing Jesus' model in John 5. Jason addresses the enemy's rebranding of first-century apostasy as "deconstruction," recommends Joe Dobbins' book Hope After Church Hurt (Twin Rivers Church, St. Louis), and closes with a reminder that identity rests in Christ's scars, not our own. Visit gtwchurch.com.
- Responding to Culture Without Sinning
- Reacting to Heaven Not the World
- How Our Reactions Determine Our Healing
- Offense as Fertile Ground for False Prophets
- Deconstruction as Rebranded Apostasy
- Hope After Church Hurt
- Your Scars Don't Define You — His Do
Scripture in this episode
Episode Transcript
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Intro
Philip:Hey, welcome to Daily Faith Today. My name is Philip Cameron, and I am delighted you're joining us. We have got an important program. I've got a guest today that is in the cusp of doing something great for God. Every time you do something for God, opposition comes, stuff happens, because the one thing the devil hates and despises is someone that has enough courage to stick his head up over the parapet of the wall and believe God for something bigger than where he is. And Jason Daughdrill is with us today, and he is going to share with you how God can work in your circumstance.
Philip:I know someone's watching today and you're going through a battle and a struggle, and you're thinking, do you know where I am, Lord? He knows your name. He knows where you live. He knows how much hair you got left on your head, and he's redeemed you and called you by your name. And he makes no mistakes in your life, and he wants you to overcome where you are right now. Let me tell you something, you'll only get to fight Goliath when you've taken care of the sheep. You'll only get to take the next step of battle in your life when you've been faithful where you are.
Philip:And we are just so excited to have Jason with us. And I believe that God's gonna bless us today, and bless you if you're watching this on social media. You can hit the share button. One thing I discovered is that when they put our programs on, they give us a code. And that code determines how much people get to see the show. They can cut the signal down, they can take it out to nothing, or boost you. And we learned that — I was surprised when I heard it — and one of the best ways to get around their restrictions is by you sharing it. So if you could do that today, it would be a great help also.
Philip:And you can hit the little bell that turns on notification so you know when Daily Faith is on the air. We are here to bless you. We want to be a part of your daily faith walk with the Lord Jesus. Also on YouTube, it's really simple: youtube.com/dailyfaith. And you can go there, and by doing so you're helping us. The more folk join us there — we haven't been talking enough about that, but we wanna start growing and developing that. And also the main address, the place where we begin everything here, is at DailyFaith.tv. All the shows we do are there, cataloged there. And I promise you, there's hardly a circumstance that you're going through that we haven't spoken about on Daily Faith.
Philip:And so if you go to DailyFaith.tv, there's also a giving page. If you're gonna be a part of our mission program and our tremendous outreach — it's a brand new video that just came over last week — I want to share with you what our kids, our orphan kids, are doing. Listen, we care for orphan kids that are at the point of being trafficked, and we rescue them and put them back in school and share the gospel with them. And these kids that no one else wanted are turning into missionaries. And all through the summertime they've been having camps and having incredible impacts in little villages where no one goes and no one knows about — no streets, no sidewalks, no nothing. And these kids that God has redeemed through our ministry, through your help, are turning into missionaries.
Philip:So we've got some great things. Also on that Daily Faith page, we have got a whole bunch of brand new merchandise, and every year we take a whole new line of T-shirts out. And we'll go to churches — I'll preach in churches — and we've got a product table. And there are people that follow us. In fact, last Sunday I was in Georgia, and this couple drove many, many miles to come between services — two services. And they came in and bought all the T-shirts, the new line of T-shirts, and were back in time for their own church. And I thought, now there's dedication. So today I'm sure they're wearing the new stuff that we have for Orphans Hands. So if you would, if you could help us just by telling folks, we can continue to expand Daily Faith. Listen, I'm delighted to have you. I want you to meet my friend. Welcome to Daily Faith.
Philip:Welcome, welcome to Daily Faith. My name is Philip Cameron, and I am delighted to have you with us. We have got a great guest today that is blessed of the Lord. And I believe God's gonna use him to speak to your heart. I know in my life, when I travel and as I just experience life, God puts people in your life. He'll drop folk into your spirit and they can have the right word at the right time to give you the faith and the confidence to keep on believing. And I believe that today Jason's gonna have a rhema word for you in the name of Jesus.
Philip:As you know, our ministry has been — 35 years ago I adopted a wee boy in Romania in an orphanage. He was only three years old. And the Lord spoke to me. I went in with my dad to look at this place and I had no interest in being there. It was my dad that made me go, and I didn't want to go. Sometimes you can be a reluctant hero. And I walked in, and in this one room there's these like 30 kids, and the building's made of stone walls and stone floors. And it was cold. It was January. It was brutal. In the middle of all this bedlam, all the kids were rocking, because they'd never been cuddled by a mom. And this is how they comforted themselves.
Philip:And in the middle of this mess, there's a wee boy looking at me. And the Holy Ghost spoke to me. He says, that's your son. And I went over and I picked him up out of the crib, covered in his own waste. And I had no idea that when I picked up that wee fella that God was gonna break my heart with missions. And 35 years later and hundreds of trips back and forth across the ocean, God has been so faithful to us. In most recent years, in the last quarter century, we've been in Moldova rescuing girls at the point of being trafficked.
Philip:And we have an amazing place called Vara Village. This village is on the largest lake in the country — that lake is in the background. And this place was built for rich people to have summer vacations at. And they poisoned the lake trying to kill algae, and it killed this project. And it sat unused and unfinished for nine years. And we bought these homes and turned them into the most beautiful homes. I mean, their houses are nicer than my house. And these amazing kids come to us and we tell them, if you're born, God has a plan, you're not a mistake. And we are watching miraculous things happen in their lives.
Philip:And they just make their own videos. We don't have a special production crew over there that we paid to do videos. These are our kids making these videos, and they tell their own stories, and I get to show them to you. And they just sent this last week, and I thought this really blessed me and it would be a blessing to you. Watch this.
Hi everybody, my name is Nigel. And I grew up in this village, and now me and the team of the Orphans Hands, we came here to spend time with kids and we have now a summer camp. And this is the fifth day of our camp — it's the last day. So we are so happy to be here, to invest in these kids. Thank you for helping us organizing this summer camp. When I am looking at the kids' eyes, I see myself, and I'm back in those days when I've been here in their place. I played here and someone studied Bible with me. And I'm so happy — this is such an honor to be back here, to invest in them as someone did it for me.
Dear Orphans Hands friends and family, we are so grateful to be here today in Zue Village. It's the village where we have been doing mission trips for an entire year with the young people from the Vara Village. And this week we have done the camp, and now we're visiting the children who have been with us in the camp this week. We are so grateful to be able to do this. And thank you for giving us the opportunity to be able to do this. Without you, this wouldn't have been possible. Thank you.
Philip:A village that time and people have forgotten. No streets, no sidewalks, no lights, no indoor plumbing. And our kids go there. They've been going to this village for a year. What we do is we'll go to a village where there's a church, and we will say to the pastor, we are going to bring folk to you as we reach them for Christ. And for a whole year we go to the village, we find all the poor people, all the widows, all the broken, and we go and we minister to them. We have a camp. And our kids, after the camp, went with the kids back to their parents and brought them food and clothes and loved them into the kingdom of God.
Philip:We are growing. In fact, we're about to start a whole new outreach in a whole new city that will require — we're buying two new houses and a farm to help us expand further. This new place is right on the Romanian border, which will be safer for our kids. If the Russians invade our home in Odessa or in Moldova, we can get our kids to Romania rather, which will be safer. We need your help. We need people just like you to stand with us and say, we'll help you on the way, we're gonna stand with you.
Philip:How this is done — all the work you see, all those kids — every girl you see in that video, if the trafficker catches them, it's worth $300,000 a year to the trafficker. Every girl is worth that much. And what we do is we ask folk to give a dollar a day, $30 a month. And I think if they're worth $300,000 a year to the trafficker, I believe they're worth $30 a month to the church. And folk just like you, over the years, have given a dollar a day. And by doing so, you have made all the work that we do in Moldova and Ukraine possible.
Philip:We had a home in Ukraine years before the war broke out. We've been there for seven, eight years now. And our kids are feeding people that are now refugees and have lost husbands. 300,000 soldiers — Ukrainians have died. Half a million Russian boys have died in this horrendous war that seems to have no end. And we just need someone like you that will say, Philip, we'll be a part of this miracle. We'll give a dollar a day.
Philip:And if you can do that, we've had a brochure we've just produced and it's called Rescue, Redeem, Restore. And it shows you pictures of all the kids and them graduating. And I'd love to send this to you as just an information piece, and you can look at it and say, hey, this is what I can invest in and pray for. We need your support, but we sure need your prayers more than that. And the quickest way to give, if you can, is really simple. The Orphans Hands, P.O. Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee 37716. You can also go to DailyFaith.tv — there's a giving page there, and that's like wiring the money to us. And there's also an 800 number: 1-833-Daily Faith. Just type in Daily Faith on your keypad, and a real life person will pick up that phone. And by doing so, you are partnering with us in the Great Harvest.
Philip:Listen, don't curse the darkness. Don't get so upset about what's taking place in the world. Missions is part of who we are. It's part of the church going to all the world and preaching the gospel. Philip, there's a mess in America — I know, but that doesn't give us the excuse to say we can't reach out, because as you cast your bread upon the waters, that's when it returns to us. Press down, shaken together, running over. So please do so, and by doing so you're gonna help and be a part of a miracle taking place.
Philip:I'm delighted to have Jason. I hope I pronounce Jason's name right. Being a Scotsman, I mispronounce most American names, so excuse me — Jason Daughdrill. I think he'll correct me if I'm wrong. He pastors Gateway Church in Shelbyville, Tennessee. And Jason, I hope I didn't butcher your name too badly, and I hope if I have, you've forgiven me already.
Jason Daughdrill:You did a wonderful job. That was great.
Philip:What a relief. Thank you for being on Daily Faith today, and I am excited for you to share with us. In these turbulent moments right now — I mean, if you look back over the last three weeks, let's just take the last three weeks — we've had a president quit as far as running for reelection. We've had a former president shot at and had his ear pierced with a bullet. And then the Secret Service says no, it wasn't a bullet. Oh yes, it was a bullet. We are living in ridiculously turbulent times, and you choose — and God chooses for you — to establish and grow and even enlarge your church, because this is the time to occupy and not retreat.
Jason Daughdrill:No, it is. I mean, there are a few things going on in the world, like you said. Even everything with the Olympics and the talking point — it's crazy, you know, the mockery. And even with all that happening, it was one of those things. I was talking to our church on Sunday, and while I was talking to our church, I was describing to them, hey, obviously Babylon is gonna be Babylon. They're gonna do what they do. The world is gonna do what the world does.
Responding to Culture Without Sinning
Jason Daughdrill:They're under the influence of the prince of this world. It's what happens. But I don't care who it is — if someone talks about my mother, I'm gonna be upset because I love my mother. Well, I love my Jesus. And if somebody mocks or ridicules Jesus, I'm gonna be upset about it. You can be angry and sin not. But the thing the Lord just captivated me with on Sunday was, as I was saying that — hey, it's okay to be upset, be angry but sin not, that whole thing — the Lord just challenged me in my spirit and said, I hope my people will be as passionate about how they project my image as the world is desecrating it.
Jason Daughdrill:So in other words, the world is showing a desecrated image. It's our responsibility to be image bearers and reflect the true image and nature of God. And it is — how I've learned in my life through experience is the reaction to a circumstance — the answer is in the reaction. Most of the trouble of my life hasn't been the initial act, it's been my wrong reaction to the initial act. And that multiplies things and exacerbates the whole issue. So you're right, we've got to be angry and sin not in a circumstance.
Jason Daughdrill:And I think our response says a lot, obviously. Jesus spoke a lot about how you treat your enemies, about loving them, praying for those who persecute you. It doesn't mean we roll over and don't act like we're not upset about something. We can speak out, have a voice, say this is wrong, I don't appreciate this, this is not right. We can make a decision not to watch the Olympics, if that's what it is. But then it gets dynamic — do we punish the athletes who've trained all year because of what the committee did? So there's a lot of dynamics to that. But at the end of the day, I think it comes down to: if we really want to change the world, we don't march to the beat of reacting to what the world is doing.
Reacting to Heaven Not the World
Jason Daughdrill:It's not what Jesus did. Jesus said, I only do what I see my Father doing. So he didn't react to the world. He responded to heaven. And I think for us as his people, if we can have a response to heaven and let the Lord be the catalyst for our actions, then that's what's gonna be transformational.
Philip:40 years ago, we built the Bible school in Scotland, and there was a dear friend that came from Australia. His name was Robert Owen. And one day he and I were working in one of the offices and he was working with an old saw, and the saw jumped and cut his finger. And I went, oh, I screamed. And he looked at me and he said, shut up. And he put the wound against his pant leg. And he said, I've learned — I've had lots of cuts — I've learned how I respond to the cut determines how quickly it heals.
Philip:He said, if I respond, oh my God, then the wound is worse. If I just put it against my jeans and let the thing seal for a second — he says, go get me a bandaid, I'll be fine. And I was in a panic because it was a cut. And he wrapped that thing up and went right back to sawing. And he said, I learned if I respond to a cut, the bigger my response to it, the bigger the wound is in my life.
Philip:And boy, I know there are people watching just now. And Jason and I had no discussion as to what we're talking about. This is one of the reasons I like doing this, because the Holy Ghost can intervene in our affairs. You are going through a circumstance right now, and you're being cut and you've been battered in that circumstance, and the devil is waiting for you to overreact. And if he can get you to hit the panic button, then you'll do more damage than he's just done to you. And that's why you've gotta say, I am not responding, I'm gonna stay in peace. And if you do that, then God will minimize the damage in your experience and in your life.
How Our Reactions Determine Our Healing
Jason Daughdrill:That's so good. And I think sometimes, if we're not careful, we get addicted to the reaction. And so what happens is we never want to enter into wholeness, because we're addicted to the feeling — sometimes being really low can make you feel really high. And I think sometimes — I believe it's when Jesus asked the lame man, do you want to be healed? — as a pastor, I look out and I see people there, and I have to ask them, do you want to be healed? Do you want to be whole? Is your reaction something that's addicted to the feeling you get, and even the excuse and the crutch you sometimes use for what you've been through?
Jason Daughdrill:And you know, something I've learned, Philip, over the last two years — the first 40 years of my life I learned Jesus as King. The last two years I've learned he's kind. And seeing his kindness and his goodness has changed me in a way that I can't imagine. So it's not that he doesn't want to heal me. He does. He loves me. He's for me. And also to understand that all the things I've been through — my scars don't define me, his do. And leaning into that has been transformational.
Philip:Say that again. Say that again.
Jason Daughdrill:My scars don't define me, his do.
Philip:Boy, that is the truth. And we're living in a culture right now where everyone gets an offense, everyone takes offense. And we're gonna boycott Target, we're gonna boycott this, and so they boycott us over what we stand for, and we boycott them over what they stand for. And this vicious circle keeps on going. And I saw Sean Hannity one time, and he says, I've never asked anyone to boycott those on the other side, because that doesn't win any arguments. And the church — our job as the church — is not to cause offense by being offensive. The Bible says we've gotta be quick to forgive, slow to anger, full of mercy. And if you show that, when your turn comes, the seeds of mercy and kindness and grace — in our ministry, in my life, I practice what I call a culture of kindness.
Philip:A culture of kindness. And if we could get a culture of kindness within the church, within our ministries, within how we interact with people, we could find a whole lot more positive reaction back our way than we do sometimes when we want to beat someone up. Because people know they've sinned. You don't have to tell a sinner that he's sinned. You just gotta tell him how to get out of the mess they're in. And the only way to do that is by showing kindness and grace to them.
Philip:And boy, that is the truth. When they threw the woman in front of Jesus — she was caught in the act of adultery, caught in the act. So I doubt if she had much clothes on, because that's just the nature of it. And they throw this half naked or totally naked woman in front of Jesus, and they all say, the law says she's got to die. And he goes down on his knees and he begins to write in the sand. He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone. And they all — the Bible says, beginning at the eldest, they all left. Do you know why the oldest guys left first? Because they had the most stuff, they had the most junk in their closets, skeletons. And the young boys wanted to kill the woman. And the old boys are going, let's go, put down the stone, let's go. And I believe that's how God's calling us in these days.
Jason Daughdrill:I agree with you. And something you said about offense — it's interesting in Matthew 24, Jesus warns about offending a little one. And Jesus worrying about, with children, or it could be interpreted as young believers. But when you go over into Matthew 24, Jesus says many will be offended, will hate one another, betray one another. Then it says many false prophets will arise. So think about this — offense is the fertile ground for false prophets to blossom.
Offense as Fertile Ground for False Prophets
Jason Daughdrill:And so what happens is when people get offended, they get into feelings. They check out logic, they check out discernment. They're caught in their feelings, and they will listen until they hear someone that's saying what validates their emotional state.
Philip:Affirm their offense.
Jason Daughdrill:Yeah, confirms their offense. And so false prophets are thriving today because offense is thriving today.
Philip:That is profound. And I know what I'm always aware of when we have a conversation — I'm always aware of the third person in our conversation, someone sitting watching us. And I know we are living in crazy days when false prophets are everywhere. I mean, it's crazy. And offense attracts the false word into your life wherever it comes from. And if you are mad, then the devil looks and says, boy, I can send a whole bunch of stuff and junk and crash and debris into their lives to clog them up. Because what the devil's looking for is how to destroy the church. It's the church the devil's after.
Philip:It's not Wall Street. It's not the systems of man. The only thing the devil wants to do is to silence the church, restrict the church, tie the church down. And offense is one of the quickest ways. I've been preaching in this country for 50 years, and how many churches I've seen destroyed by someone getting mad over the most ridiculous, silly thing. And destruction of a whole ministry takes place.
Jason Daughdrill:No, you're absolutely right. And I think even with understanding the whole aspect of — as a church or as a business, if you are not doing as well as you want to do and you wanna do better, you rebrand and you relaunch. I believe the enemy is rebranding and relaunching what used to be called first century apostasy. We've rebranded it as deconstruction. And so now you have these deconstructionists, you have hurt — but nobody talks about Walmart hurt. Nobody talks about Cracker Barrel hurt. The enemy is marketing and branding and relaunching because he wants to try to take the church out.
Deconstruction as Rebranded Apostasy
Jason Daughdrill:And again, I have a friend of mine, Joe Dobbins, who pastors an incredible church — I'd love to connect you with him — in St. Louis, Twin Rivers. I'd love to get him on Daily Faith. And he just wrote a book called Hope After Church Hurt. And it is one of the best books I've ever read because it's addressing — it's already a Christian bestseller right now. It's addressing the issues that we're really facing in our day. And I know there are people that have — and if anyone has experienced church hurt and this genuine abuse — I just wanna say as a pastor, I'm sorry you experienced that in the house of the Lord. I'm sorry that someone misrepresented Christ to you, but I pray that you'll give the church a chance to love you and to be a part of a healing community that's there for you.
Philip:And we tend, when we are hurt, to amplify and magnify and focus on the hurt. And the devil's there — he's the accuser of the brethren. I mean, that's what he does. His expertise is accusation. He's a prosecutor. And the wonderful thing is that God's grace and God's mercy and God's kindness is so available. And if you're watching today — I just so feel this — that you've been hurt, and the devil's trying to make you pull the offense trigger and get yourself all wound up. And all you'll do is waste years of your life wandering in a wilderness, missing the presence and the love and the calling of God in your life. It isn't worth it.
Philip:And boy, time is almost gone. Give us one more nugget before we leave, will you? Because I want folk to get in contact with you.
Hope After Church Hurt
Jason Daughdrill:Yeah, I would just wanna say this — you're enough. You don't have to earn God's love. You're enough. Whatever you do is out of his love, and already as a son and daughter. You're not trying to get him to love you or to smile at you or to care about you. He is already there. And when he forgave you, he forgave you. Hallelujah. It's enough. His work, his grace is sufficient. And he puts an underline underneath your circumstance — you are blessed of God, my friend.
Philip:And I'm telling everyone now online — I want to have you, if you'll come back, that is. I'd love to have you more on Daily Faith, please, because you bless me. I love a mind that thinks. Jason pastors Gateway Church in Shelbyville, Tennessee. And I'd love for you to get in contact with him — www.GTWchurch.com. And I know he's got some great teaching online there, and he's about to build and expand his building and grow even further. And I believe that the blessing of God is on his life. And if you're anywhere in that area, you need to avail yourself to get there and get under the spout where the glory comes out. That's an old Pentecostal thing that I learned.
Philip:Jason, thank you so much for being with us. And as I said, please come back with us in the future. You've blessed my heart today. Thank you so much.
Jason Daughdrill:Truly an honor, sir. Thank you again.
Philip:Thank you for watching Daily Faith. Help us in our ministry in Ukraine and Moldova, and God will bless you in return. We'll see you again. Bye-bye.
For over 25 years, the Cameron family has been changing the lives of orphans in Romania and Moldova — from providing running water, flushing toilets, and clean wells, to coal for heat, new windows, as well as food and clothing. They champion the physical needs of the orphans in these broken and desolate countries. Many of Moldova's orphans are saved from the horrors of trafficking through homes founded by the Camerons. And in the process, orphans become daughters and sons. They come to know their heavenly Father and are forever changed by the love of Jesus. God helped the Camerons lift these amazing young men and women out of darkness, now no longer orphans. They wanna return and invade that very same darkness with the light of Jesus Christ. The Orphans Hands equips these daughters and sons to become missionaries. Your monthly gift of $31 will allow us to rescue and take in more girls and boys, saving them from the hell of human trafficking. Your monthly partnership will allow us to care for those in the Orphans Hands homes in Moldova and Ukraine. If you want to join Philip and Chrissy in taking care of these precious young people, please contact us today by calling 1-833-Daily Faith. You can also give by going online to www.dailyfaith.tv, or by writing to Post Office Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee 37716. So many lives depend on what we do. Thank you for loving the lost.
Common questions
What did Jason Daughdrill say Christians should do when something like the Olympics opening ceremony mocks Jesus?
Jason said it's okay to be upset and even speak out — you can be angry and sin not. But his bigger challenge was that Christians should be just as passionate about projecting an accurate image of God as the world is about desecrating it. Instead of just reacting to what the world does, he believes believers should respond to heaven, doing what they see the Father doing rather than marching to the beat of the world's provocations.
Why does Jason Daughdrill think false prophets are thriving so much right now?
Jason pointed to Matthew 24, where Jesus warns that many will be offended and betray one another — and then false prophets arise. His take is that offense is the fertile ground for false prophets to blossom: when people get offended, they abandon logic and discernment and get caught in their feelings, making them easy targets for anyone who validates their emotional state.
What does Jason mean when he says 'deconstruction' is just rebranded apostasy?
Jason argued that the enemy has taken what used to be called first-century apostasy and relaunched it under the modern label of 'deconstruction.' He noted that no one talks about being hurt by Walmart or Cracker Barrel the same way — the enemy is strategically marketing church hurt to try to pull people away from the church.
What was the big personal shift Jason described about how he sees Jesus?
Jason shared that for the first 40 years of his life he knew Jesus as King, but over the last two years he discovered that Jesus is also kind. That revelation of God's kindness and goodness changed him deeply. He also offered the line that became a key moment in the conversation: 'My scars don't define me, his do.'
What was Jason's closing encouragement for people who feel like they have to earn God's love?
Jason's final word was simply: 'You're enough.' He stressed that God's love isn't something you have to earn — everything you do flows out of already being a son or daughter. His grace is sufficient, and when he forgave you, that forgiveness is complete.
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