Bully Pulpit

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Many churches have men in the pulpit who care for the flock, remembering they are "shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood." Their ministries can be a resource for unity, healing, and growth for a congregant. But in recent years, several high-profile cases of abuse have been reported—and there are many more we don't hear about. Often, the victims of such abuse are compelled to suffer in silence. Michael Kruger serves as a professor and president at the Charlotte campus of Reformed Theological Seminary, and he—once again—places his reputation in jeopardy by appearing on this podcast. With his new book, Michael seeks to help leaders and laypersons identify and deal with the problems that may be caused by spiritual abuse in their church. All as Todd continues to proselytize for your conversion to Presbyterianism. Congrats to our winners of a copy of Michael's book, Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church, courtesy Zondervan Reflective: *John H. from Rio Rancho, NM *Pete T. from Mt. Vernon, OH *Jonathan H. from Tampa, FL

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0:00.0	The following is sponsored by Reformation Sites, church websites for a modern reformation.
0:05.4	Visit Reformation sites.com and listen for more at the conclusion of this podcast. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:35.5	Mortification of Spin is a podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:40.3	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:56.8	Welcome to Modification of Spin.
1:02.6	My name is Felt Truman, Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College and went to Pennsylvania.
1:06.8	And I'm here, as always, with my longstanding friend and a host,
1:15.6	Podgwitt, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church, a congregation in the PCA based in... It's Harrisonburg, Virginia, Carl.
1:17.6	I didn't say Charlottesville, Virginia.
1:19.6	My good and long time friend.
1:21.6	Harrisonburg.
1:22.6	How long have you guys been doing this?
1:24.6	Wow.
1:25.6	And the thing is, Carl's been in the pulpit of this church, I think, four times in the last nine years.
1:31.9	These Brits have geography problems, you know, when it comes to...
1:34.7	It reminds me when I introduced John Master to preach for the first time at Cornerstone.
1:39.3	I referred to us my good friend, David Master.
1:43.7	He was polite enough not to correct me.
1:48.4	Well, Carl, so I'm just curious to see how it's going to go when you introduce your good friend, who's our guest today.
1:54.0	Yeah, it's my good friend, Jim Kruger, my good friend Michael Kruger, who is president of reform theological seminary,
2:05.0	the Charlotte Branch in North Carolina, professor of New Testament there, former president
2:12.3	of the Evangelical Theological Society, and author of numerous books.
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