Gig Eva

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Todd and Carl engage in a lively discussion about the cultural influences shaping evangelicalism today. They explore the phenomenon of 'Gig Eva,' a term coined by Carl in an article he recently wrote, to describe the new landscape of evangelical influence that has shifted from traditional conference settings to the informal and often chaotic realm of social media. The conversation touches on the implications of this shift, including the rise of celebrity influencers and the dangers of online discourse. The game is not actually the upbuilding of the church. The game is the upbuilding of personal platforms and excluding those we don't approve of from market share. – Carl Trueman Join them as they navigate these pressing issues and reflect on the true essence of Christian community. We are pleased to award three listeners a copy of Guy Water’s book, How Jesus Runs the Church, courtesy of our friends at P&R Publishing. Congratulations to Grant B. from Hart, MI, Jon M. from Olathe, KS, and Jaime O. from Fayette, AL. Show Notes: To read Carl’s article, “Goodbye ‘Big Eva,’ Hello ‘Gig Eva,’” visit https://firstthings.com/goodbye-big-eva-hello-gig-eva/

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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.
1:08.9	I'm the pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrison Bird, Virginia, and I'm joined, as always, by my friend Carl Truman, who is a teacher at Grove City College currently this year on loan to Notre Dame.
1:13.3	And Carl, what's it like to be the fighting Irish now for a year?
1:16.5	The token Protestant, you mean?
1:18.9	I have my bubblehead in my office.
1:23.6	Are there a lot of fighting songs and drinking songs going on?
1:24.7	These are Irish, right?
1:27.3	I have to say, they're sort of Irish. The football culture is
1:30.0	breadth of, I've never seen anything like it. You'll get 100,000 people coming from outside South Bend on a game Saturday, 20,000 of whom don't have tickets. So 20,000 people just come to, you know, to catch the vibe
1:47.9	or suck up the atmosphere or something. I've never seen anything like that. And they arrive
1:51.5	36 to 48 hours before kickoff. Right. You know, in Britain, if I'm going to a rugby match in
1:58.4	Britain and the kickoff say at 3 o'clock, I turn up at 2.15 to find my seat.
2:04.0	And I'm gone by 5.15.
2:06.9	Right.
2:07.3	Here, it's like a major commitment.
2:12.6	If ever you want to sign of the idolatry of sport in American culture.
2:18.0	Well, it's interesting because, you know, Notre Dame is one of those schools where the football
2:21.6	culture is a major, major, I mean, it's right up there.
2:26.4	Like, you know, you've got University of Michigan.
2:29.3	You've got, well, at one point, University of Penn State and Notre Dame.
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