Chief Scottish Man

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Carl and Todd sit down to chat with an old friend. Sandy Finlayson is the library director and professor of Theological Bibliography at Westminster Theological Seminary. Carl leads the conversation by describing the genesis of the Free Church of Scotland and the men who led what was called “The Great Disruption.” Among them, we find Thomas Chalmers, one of the main leaders of the movement and the subject of Sandy’s academic interest. In the Church of Scotland, who had the right to call a minister to the congregation–the state, the head of the church, or the parishioners? The many different opinions on the subject led to some denominational schism. Even if Scottish history is not your cup of tea, you will appreciate—and enjoy learning about—the Scotsman Thomas Chalmers’ public and private life, and about Presbyterian heritage. We are giving away some free copies of Chief Scottish Man. Register for the opportunity to win one! The copies are a generous gift from our friends at Evangelical Press Books.

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by reformation sites.com.
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0:06.3	Hear more at the conclusion of today's program. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:34.1	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:39.3	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:42.3	Welcome to Mortification of Spin. My name's Carl Truman. I'm professor of biblical and religious
0:58.6	studies at Grove City College in beautiful, western Pennsylvania, here with my old friend, Reverend Todd
1:05.4	Pruitt, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. That's a PCUSA congregation, Todd?
1:12.7	No, no, we're still PCA, but you know, you never know.
1:15.9	I was going to say, it's going to be a pretty fine distinction, but we'll allow you to still be PCA.
1:20.6	It's more an aesthetic distinction early.
1:22.8	It's an aesthetic.
1:23.3	Okay, yeah, he's PCA, PCA pastor in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
1:28.6	And I'm here with a former colleague and good friend of mine, Sandy Finneson.
1:33.5	I was going to call you the Reverend Sandy Finnesson there, but you are actually the irreverent
1:37.1	Sandy Finnisson.
1:38.5	Sandy was one of my elders when I was pastor at Cornerstone, Presbyterian Church, in Ambela,
1:44.0	in Pennsylvania.
1:45.2	Also, librarian at Westminster Theological Semery.
1:48.4	We were colleagues for many years.
1:51.2	And Sandy and I share a denominational background.
1:55.6	Both of us served as elders in the Free Church of Scotland.
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