Fire in the Streets

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Few of us will forget the hot summer of 2020. The COVID pandemic closed schools and businesses, and—as many Americans were shuttered in their homes—angry mobs took to the empty streets protesting police brutality, perceived inequities, and other burning issues. Some sense of order has since returned, but can we afford to move forward without a careful evaluation of what brought fire to our streets? Our returning guest, Christian philosopher and apologist Dr. Douglas Groothuis, is a prolific author and professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary. His latest release considers what Jesus followers bring to the current debate about race and gender in America, offering insight into the origins and dangers of critical theory. Carl and Todd’s evocative questions foster a conversation you won’t want to miss. Thanks to Salem Books we have our winners of copies of Fire in the Streets: How You Can Confidently Respond to Incendiary Cultural Topics by Douglas Groothuis: *Scott T. from Tomball, TX *Mark S. of Rochester, MN *Kelvin M. from Bronx, NY

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0:00.0	The following is sponsored by the Logos Bible Study platform.
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0:07.9	And hear more at the conclusion of today's podcast. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:36.0	Mortification of Spin is a podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:40.9	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:57.5	Welcome to Mortification of Spin.
1:03.0	My name's Carl Truman, a professor of Grove City College in beautiful Western Pennsylvania, and he is always with my long-term friend, long-term colleague, Pastor Todd Pruitt,
1:10.5	who is a minister of the PCA and pastors of church in
1:14.2	Harrisonburg, Virginia. Hey, Todd, how's it going?
1:17.4	Going well, Carl. Good to see you as always, you know, doing our best to ruffle feathers
1:25.6	every once in a while, you know, tackling subjects that others are afraid to
1:31.4	touch. We are, we happily grab hold of any third rail out there that we might, that might
1:38.1	damage our reputation further. Which is presumably why both of us, our plan B at this point, if we lose our jobs, probably includes the phrase, do you want fries with that?
1:48.5	You've always got to be willing to say those words frequently if you're going to contribute something.
1:54.2	And, of course, our guest today might have to join us with that as well, given his latest book.
2:00.5	Yes, yes.
2:01.9	I guess today is a well-known critic of CRT, and I'm not talking about Carl Russell Truman here.
2:08.6	I'm talking about Critical Race Theory.
2:10.5	It's a real privilege to have on the program today.
2:13.6	Somebody, I think I first had correspondence with this professor probably 25 years ago
2:19.2	when I was editing, I was in the UK and I was editing the journal Thamellios, which is now, of course,
2:25.2	run under the auspices of the gospel coalition. But in those days, was part of the publications
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