Dealing with Criticism

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Todd and Carl sit down today to engage in a candid discussion about the complexities and challenges of pastoral ministry, particularly in relation to suffering and criticism. Suffering is not a bug within the ministry system; it's actually going to be a feature of ministry. – Todd Pruitt They explore the insights of the Apostle Paul, especially from his letters to the Corinthians, and how his experiences can guide modern pastors through their own trials. With humor and sincerity, they delve into the necessity of being open-hearted in ministry, the burden of criticism, and the importance of maintaining a gentle spirit in the face of adversity. Join them for a thoughtful conversation that aims to encourage both pastors and those who support them. We are pleased to award three listeners a copy of Joel Beeke and Nick Thompson's book, Pastors and Their Critics, courtesy of P&R Publishing.* Congratulations Taylor K. from Greer, SC, Bree B. from New London, NH, and Vester G. from Myrtle Beach, SC! *The book originally mentioned on the podcast, New Life in the Wastelands, is out of print.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt, a podcast of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:29.2	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:31.6	Thank you. Welcome to Modification of spin. My name's Carl Truman, regular co-host, along with my friend,
0:56.6	the Reverend Todd Pruitt. I'm a professor at Grove City College in Western Pennsylvania,
1:01.6	and Todd is the pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, located in the
1:10.4	beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Good to see you again, Todd.
1:14.3	Good to see you, Carl. How's everything in your world? Where have you been most recently?
1:19.5	Well, I'm on, I'm on a transition moment. I'm staying at Grove City College permanently.
1:25.1	But for the next academic year, I'm actually going to be the Bush family
1:28.9	visiting research fellow at the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government
1:34.6	at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend. Excellent. Better dining than you get in slippery
1:42.7	rock, Pennsylvania.
1:46.4	Well, that's good.
1:53.3	You know, Great Bend is, you know, the former RV capital of the world as well.
1:54.3	That's their other claim to fame. I've seen the museum as we've driven along the road.
1:57.3	I offered my wife an afternoon a romantic date at the RV Museum. And there you go.
2:03.1	Some reason she wasn't interested. I think, um, I think for your time at Notre Dame, it would be
2:11.3	great. If you would walk around campus with a t-shirt with Martin Luther on the front and you know with like simil
2:19.2	eustace at piccata or solo scriptura yeah do that that would be great i have my luther bobblehead
2:25.5	already for my office so i'm having to leave i have this magnificent iron bust of luther that was
2:32.3	cast for the 300th anniversary of the 95
2:36.0	theses that sits on my mantle shelf here. My wife has forbidden me from taking that to
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.