Bully Pulpit: A Man and His Book

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2015

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

This week the spin's all about Thomas Oden and his latest book, A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir. Oden, once a man deep in radical, liberal ideals passionately opposed to orthodoxy, confesses a stunning conversion to orthodox evangelical Christianity, and at the coaxing of the most unlikely person. Carl, Aimee, & Todd discuss many fascinating stories of Oden's life and the array of renowned theologians, politicians, leaders, and icons he's rubbed shoulders with along the way. His humble accounts occupying these pages are shocking and showcase an intellectual man with a pastor's heart. It's a page-turner the gang suggests you read in 2015. This week the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals would like to give away free copies of the Reformed Biography Series, a collection of teachings on four prominent theologians in church history. For an opportunity to win a copy of this audio set, enter the giveaway.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, bully pulpit, a casual conversation about things that count,
0:23.9	with Carl Truman, Todd Pruitt, and Amy Bird. Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from
0:30.8	The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. We all find a certain degree of intrigue when thinking
0:36.0	about the lives of important men.
0:38.4	That's why on this episode of Mortification of Spin, the crew will talk about the life and work of theologian Thomas Oden.
0:45.7	At the end of the podcast, we'll tell you how to enter a giveaway for free audio from the Alliance.
1:00.8	Well, welcome to Mortification of Spin Bullie Pulpit.
1:01.9	My name is Todd Pruitt.
1:05.2	Glad to be here with you as always, with Carl Truman and Amy Bird.
1:08.9	And we're here to talk to you today about a man and his book.
1:15.0	This year, Thomas Oden, the theologian, published his biography entitled A Change of Heart, a Personal and Theological Memoir. And the three of us have been
1:20.1	reading it and profiting from it. If you're unfamiliar with Thomas Oden, he's been around for most of the 20th century. He's been a public
1:30.7	intellectual and theologian professor and writer and has contributed a great deal, although
1:38.5	oftentimes we don't know him and know what he's contributed. He's nevertheless contributed a
1:42.3	great deal to the theological discussion within the broader context of evangelicalism.
1:48.2	His story is fascinating on a number of counts.
1:51.9	He came to prominence as a young theologian in the radical tradition, radically theological
1:58.6	as well as social and political,
2:02.1	was a part of the student peace and pacifist movements of the 1950s,
2:06.3	complete with banjo and Woody Guthrie songs,
2:09.8	and went through a startling transformation, really a kind of spiritual conversion,
2:16.2	where he left his radicalism and embraced
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