Contemplating God with the Great Tradition

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Once again Carl and Todd welcome a guest brave enough to make a return visit to the lions’ den. Craig Carter is research professor of theology at Tyndale University and theologian in residence at Westney Heights Baptist Church in Ajax, Ontario. Craig is renowned for producing some very fine work on recovering Trinitarian classical theism and classical metaphysics. His newest book is Contemplating God with the Great Tradition, the follow-up volume to 2018’s Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition. Dr. Carter grounds his theological argument for this book on the doctrine of God as expounded in the book of Isaiah. Why is this section so critical for the retrieval of classical theism in the Protestant tradition and what is its correlation to the Nicene Creed? What exactly is classical theism, and from whom does it encounter resistance? Some may say that classical theism “doesn’t preach,” meaning that it’s irrelevant and impractical for the Christian life. Find out why the professor politely disagrees! We are pleased to give away copies of Contemplating God with the Great Tradition. Register for the opportunity to win one! The books are a complimentary gift from our friends at Baker Academic. Show Notes · Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Western Reformed Seminary,
0:03.8	the Reformed Seminary of the Great Pacific Northwest.
0:07.0	Hear more at the conclusion of today's program.
0:34.4	Thank you. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:39.9	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:42.5	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:55.4	Welcome to Mortification of Spin.
0:56.5	My name's Kyle Truman.
1:00.9	I'm professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College in Western Pennsylvania and an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
1:05.3	And I'm here with my friend, Reverend Todd Pruitt,
1:08.3	ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America, and pastor of
1:12.1	Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
1:16.1	And we're delighted once again to have a guest who has returned for a second bite
1:24.1	of the cherry.
1:25.6	A triumph as Dr. Johnson would no doubt say of hope over experience. But
1:31.3	it's great to have with us today. Professor Craig Carter, Craig is research professor of theology
1:39.3	at Tyndale University and theologian in residence at Westney Heights Baptist Church in Ajax, Ontario.
1:47.2	We interviewed him a year or two ago on his very fine book, interpreting scripture with
1:52.6	the great tradition. He has followed that book with a second volume, contemplating God
1:58.7	with the great tradition, recovering Trinitarian classical
2:01.4	theism, which I think is a substantial contribution to the recovery within Protestant and
2:08.1	evangelical circles of classical theism and classical metaphysics, something that has really
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