Did We Fall in Love with a System or a Person?

Reclaiming the Red Letters

I struggled to read my Bible for a long time after I started deconstructing from the church theology I grew up with. I felt stuck, like I just couldn’t even flip open the cover and look at the pages inside. It didn’t feel like a sanctuary; It felt like a minefield of weaponized proof-texts, high-stakes guilt trips, and theological traps designed to catc…