Bully Pulpit: Cut to the Creed

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2014

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

What do humanism and creedless Christianity have in common? And what's the need for a creed anyway? The gang throw out their two cents and discuss an article about Bart Campolo, who recently renounced his Christian faith and declared himself an agnostic humanist. Serious blind spots and weaknesses in luke-warm, doctrine-lite theology are exposed on this week's episode, where we find that ethics without doctrine and without Christ simply cannot answer the question of evil, among other universal dilemmas. It's a touchy topic, but thankfully our sensitive, smooth-talking Todd "Barry White" Pruitt sets the tone and keeps it cool.If you have enjoyed this Bully Pulpit, then you will benefit from Creeds, Confessions, and Catechisms by Kenneth Jones. Visit Reformed Resources for your free audio download! Barry & Todd: Separated at Birth?

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, bully pulpit, a casual conversation about things that count,
0:23.6	with Carl Truman, Todd Pruitt, and Amy Berg.
0:27.3	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:32.3	This week, Todd, Amy, and Carl will answer the question,
0:35.5	Can we hold on to the ethics of Christianity without the doctrine of Christianity?
0:41.7	Keep listening. We'll find out what happens when we think we can.
0:45.5	At the end of the podcast, we'll tell you how to download a free MP3, creeds, confessions, and catechisms by Reverend Ken Jones.
0:57.6	Well, today we want to start our program a slightly unusual way by answering a question
1:02.3	we've received from one of our five avid listeners.
1:07.2	This is from Barbara.
1:09.7	We won't give her address away, as we don't want her being victimized by people.
1:14.5	But she asks this question, Pastor Todd cracks me up with his soft sensitive speech pattern.
1:22.2	Does he do that just to sound more sensitive than Dr. Truman?
1:26.1	It's hard.
1:26.5	Any comments on that? You sensitive, man, you. It's hard. Any comments on that?
1:28.5	You sensitive, man, you.
1:30.1	That's exactly why I do it.
1:34.2	Wow, my soft, sensitive speaking pattern.
1:38.5	I've been told I have a face for radio, but I've never been told I have a voice for radio.
1:50.0	I'm actually quite flattered by that. Carl, Amy, do you think I have a soft, sensitive voice? Well, you know, I give you calls in the evening to help tuck my kids into bed. You know, you reading the story and saying the prayers just helps lull them to sleep a lot better than than my voice.
2:01.9	That's right.
2:03.1	You are the sort of PCA's answer to Barry White.
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