Evangelical Popes, Too Big to Fail

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Aimee is away, and the boys are feeling empowered today, tossing out random thoughts from the dark recesses of their man cave. Pope Francis’ holy hand slap brings up the topic of unquestionable authority and the lack of accountability among the legions of little evangelical “popes” running around. Elsewhere, 2020 starts with the announcement that James MacDonald will be back preaching once again after being found unfit for ministry and getting fired from his church. What does that say about looking up to high-profile personalities regardless of their character? Such Pope-like personalities exist in their respective traditions in different parts of the world. So, our conversation is taken to the other side of the pond, as the Englishman explains the scandals surrounding the Evangelical Anglican Church in the UK and the catastrophic consequences that it may bring. How do you counsel people who have been disillusioned by the evangelical leaders in their lives? Light a candle and listen in! Show Notes ·The holy hand slap ·Philip Schaff ·J. Frank Norris ·Jonathan Fletcher ·St Helen Bishopsgate Evangelical Anglican Church, London Register for the opportunity to win a free copy of Ordinary by Michael Horton. The copies are a complimentary gift from our friends at Zondervan.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, the casual conversation about things that count count with Carl Truman, Todd Pruitt, and Amy Bird.
0:25.4	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:30.5	Let's join this week's conversation. You are listening to the Mortification of Spin.
0:46.6	My name is Todd Pruitt, and I'm joined by my friend and co-host Carl Truman.
0:51.1	Now, this is a very special podcast because Amy could not be with us for this
0:55.3	recording. And so that leaves limitless opportunities for Carl and I to explore all kinds of
1:01.7	topics at this point without the interference of a hysterical woman. Am I right?
1:06.0	Yes. Well, we should be honest, of course. We've actually told her we're recording this time
1:09.5	tomorrow in order to trick her. And we're getting in in quickly before she turns up.
1:14.9	Nice, yeah, yeah, well, that's good. So just kind of let everybody know where we are. No, but Amy,
1:19.3	wherever you are, we miss you. I'm sure you're doing something that's very important.
1:23.2	Carl, I wanted to ask you a question. Have you seen the video of Pope Francis rather angrily
1:31.7	slapping the hand of that poor pilgrim there in Rome? Oh, yes, yes. That was quite startling to see that.
1:39.2	For those who haven't seen it, the Pope is coming along his, you know, and there's a line of people
1:43.5	all reaching out to touch the hem of his garments and to touch his hand.
1:46.8	And one particularly enthusiastic pilgrim, a lady grabs hold of his hand and doesn't let it go.
1:55.8	And Pope Francis at that point turns into a scowling, very angry man, slaps her hand several times
2:04.6	angrily and yanks his arm away.
2:07.6	And the look on his face is like everybody's crankiest uncle at that point.
2:12.6	What do you make of that moment?
2:15.6	Well, on one level, I can sort of understand why being grabbed hold of by random people would be quite annoying.
2:21.5	It's hardly exceptional for that to happen to the Pope.
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