Flourishing in God's Word

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In this episode, Todd Pruitt and Carl Truman welcome back Lydia Brownback, the director for women's resources at Crossway and a well-known author. They dive into Lydia's journey from seminary to writing and teaching, and how the Lord wove all of these experiences together in her life to prepare her for the work she is now doing. Isn't it true that what He is doing in our lives is always preparatory, in some way or another? – Lydia Brownback Lydia shares her insights on the growth of women's ministries, as well as the inspiration that led her to write her popular book, Flourish: How the Love of Christ Frees Us From Self-Focus. She also addresses the topic of loneliness, something experienced by everyone at some point in their lives, and how churches can address this common issue with their members. The goal is to incorporate everybody into the larger body so that it feels like family, whatever your stage of life. – Lydia Brownback Tune in for an engaging conversation covering a wide range of topics that is sure to be insightful and encouraging. We are pleased to offer three copies of Lydia Brownback’s book, Flourish: How the Love of Christ Frees Us from Self-Focus, to our listeners, thanks to the generosity of Crossway Publishers. Enter here for the opportunity to win. Show Notes: Check out more of Lydia’s books at Reformed Resources! https://reformedresources.org/books/authors/lydia-brownback/

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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. You are listening to Mortification of Spin. My name is Todd Pruitt. I'm the pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. And I'm joined, as always, by my good friend Carl Truman, who is a professor at Grove City College in Western Pennsylvania, world traveler, well-known author, in-demand speaker, all of the things you can't say about me,
1:13.5	you can say about Carl. Well, Carl, it's good to see you.
1:16.9	That's good to see you, too, Todd.
1:18.7	Carl, do you feel like maybe you're especially virtuous because you're still friends with me?
1:26.6	I like to stay in touch with the little people, you know.
1:30.6	That's good.
1:31.1	It keeps me humble.
1:32.1	So, yes, yeah, very much.
1:33.8	You're very helpful in my sanctification.
1:37.3	Yeah.
1:38.3	I always look at, I can look at you and think, Lord, I thank you that I'm not like other men,
1:43.5	especially this Todd Pruitt guy over here.
1:47.0	Yeah, one of my adult sons refers to Carl as Todd's famous friend. So, you know, that's, that's what you're known, you know, as around my house.
2:00.0	Famous in Grove City, population of 3,000, I think.
2:03.6	Right, right. Well, Carl, today, we have a returning guest. We love it when people actually
2:10.4	come back and visit us again. But Lydia Brownback is with us. Many of our listeners
2:16.7	will know Lydia by her books and her Bible
2:20.9	studies. She is the director for women's resources at Crossway. Of course, a wonderful Christian publishing
2:27.9	house. And as I said, author of books and many other Bible study resources. I know at my church. Her resources are used
2:39.0	and very much appreciated by our director of women's ministries and by women in our church.
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