Aug 31, 2026 · 57 min · 12 segments
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Justin DeanHost
I mean, most heresy kinda begins with taking one or two Bible verses either out of context or ignoring a whole bunch of, uh, other Bible verses, and it seems like that's kinda what l- loser theology does, is it takes every passage that talks about either suffering or losing or turning the other cheek or whatever, and kind of acts like that's all the Bible says for the Christian.
Just, "Just do it this way." [clears throat] And it's a, it creates an absurd doctrine, right?
I know the goal for business is to make money and to do good in the world, but you're a Christian, therefore you should lose money.
And it's just absurd, but then it gets applied in the church, specifically to, you know, the culture wars or winning culture or, or pushing back on culture, and it kind of takes our initiative away.
Um, I've, I, I think for a while I was, I was prone to believe this as well, you know? We're in a time where it's difficult to believe, it's difficult to win, and so I just gotta have, have this loser mentality where we sit back, and hopefully a few people come to our church, and you know, we just stay faithful to the Lord while the rest of it kinda goes to hell.
And you're, you're saying, "No, that's not, that's not what the Bible teaches," and you're, you're pushing back against that theology, um, in your book.
So you, you quoted there Russell Moore saying that, that, you know, the Bible Belt...
I mean, most heresy kinda begins with taking one or two Bible verses either out of context or ignoring a whole bunch of, uh, other Bible verses, and it seems like that's kinda what l- loser theology does, is it takes every passage that talks about either suffering or losing or turning the other cheek or whatever, and kind of acts like that's all the Bible says for the Christian.
Just, "Just do it this way." [clears throat] And it's a, it creates an absurd doctrine, right?
I know the goal for business is to make money and to do good in the world, but you're a Christian, therefore you should lose money.
And it's just absurd, but then it gets applied in the church, specifically to, you know, the culture wars or winning culture or, or pushing back on culture, and it kind of takes our initiative away.
Um, I've, I, I think for a while I was, I was prone to believe this as well, you know? We're in a time where it's difficult to believe, it's difficult to win, and so I just gotta have, have this loser mentality where we sit back, and hopefully a few people come to our church, and you know, we just stay faithful to the Lord while the rest of it kinda goes to hell.
And you're, you're saying, "No, that's not, that's not what the Bible teaches," and you're, you're pushing back against that theology, um, in your book.
So you, you quoted there Russell Moore saying that, that, you know, the Bible Belt...
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