Bully Pulpit: How to Choose a Good Church

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2014

⏱️ 12 minutes

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What do you look for in a good church? Bouncy castles, a good social network, a place to land a good business deal? Those may be fun, but there’s more to it than that. Don't forget about good preaching and a robust confession. Listen to Bully Pulpit with Carl, Todd, and Aimee to learn more. If you want to really understand something, one of the best things you can do is study its origin, or beginning. This is true of nations. If you want to understand why America is as it is today, what its institutions are about, how its self-identity formed, then you have to go back and learn about its birth in the Revolutionary War, its struggle as a colony seeking independence, its ideal of equality under God, its pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness. Click here to download this free message.

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0:00.0	This is Mortification of Spin, a bully pulpit from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:11.8	We can continue only with your help.
0:14.3	Visit Mortification ofspin.org to make a donation or call 1-800-488-1888 what do you look for in a good church bouncy castles a good
0:26.2	social network or a place to land a good business deal those may be fun but there's more to it than
0:31.6	that keep listening and after the podcast i'll give you details on how to receive a free pdf booklet
0:40.0	welcome to mortification of Spin Bulley Pulpit, the shorter podcast of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. I'm Kyle
0:45.8	Truman, Professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary and Pastor of Cornerstone Presbyterian
0:50.5	Church, and I'm here with my two co-belligerents, Todd Pruitt, pastor of PCA Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia,
1:00.7	and Amy Bird, housewife theologian from West Virginia. It's a short podcast, so we're going to cut straight to the chase.
1:08.8	The issue before us today is what should we look for in a good church?
1:14.1	Are we looking for bouncy castles? Are we looking for a good social network, a place to be
1:19.6	able to cut a good business deal over coffee after the morning service? Or are there other things
1:25.5	that should be driving analysis, our assessment of churches
1:30.4	we may visit when we are looking to settle among a specific body of God's people?
1:36.0	Todd, you're a former Southern Baptist guy.
1:38.9	I know all about this.
1:39.8	I know all about this.
1:40.9	I know all about this.
1:43.1	So what you're looking for is a pastor with a great wardrobe and a kick-in worship band.
1:47.7	You get that and you found a good church.
1:49.7	Don't forget the goatee.
1:51.2	Goatee.
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