God’s Transcendence and Poverty Alleviation

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The Spin Team—yes, the fashion guru, the pastor to the “furries,” and the lead singer of the punk band “Feminist Outrage Machine”—have not one, but two special guests today! Kelly Kapic and Brian Fikkert, both at Covenant College, have authored Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty isn’t the American Dream.Becoming Whole brings further insight into topics explored in Brian’s book, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor, by giving the reader a greater picture of what it means to live a good life in light of God’s transcendence.Is economic growth the solution for the world’s problems? How can the Church be a good and faithful neighbor: helping the poor, without compromising the truthfulness of the Gospel while simultaneously avoiding the pitfalls of Christian liberalism? Can we proclaim a form of good news that has nothing to do with this physical world today? Don’t miss a truly fascinating discussion! Show Notes·When Helping Hurts by Brian FikkertWe’re happy to give away a few copies of Becoming Whole. Register for the opportunity to win one!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, the casual conversation about things that 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.
0:32.7	Thank you. Well, welcome to Mordification of Spin.
0:45.1	My name's Kyle Truman.
0:46.1	I'm professor at Grove City College in Western Pennsylvania.
0:49.2	And I'm here with my usual co-hosts, Todd Pruitt, PC PCA pastor to the furries, I think, wasn't that?
0:57.8	Yeah, I ran into them in Washington, D.C.
1:00.4	Yeah, and they were very appreciative of the pastoral care you provided.
1:03.5	They were very excited, especially the reindeer I shared an elevator with.
1:07.9	I remember the reindeer text.
1:09.5	I had tears rolling down my eyes with the photo, particularly.
1:13.1	The gift that keeps on giving.
1:14.5	And also with Amy Bird, the housewife theologian and lead singer of the punk band Feminist Outrage Machine.
1:21.1	That's right.
1:23.3	We are delighted today to have, well, actually, a man vying with Michael Allen for the most frequent appearances on our podcast.
1:32.6	And somebody, I think, who's coming on for the first time.
1:35.2	A good friend of ours, Kelly Capik, who is, as listeners will know, professor of theological studies at Covenant College, where he has taught since 2001. His career was actually given a tremendous start, I believe, by the external examiner
1:50.1	of his PhD in London, so nearly 20 years ago now. And his colleague, Brian Fickett, who is the
1:58.1	founder and president of the Chalmers Center at Covenant College,
2:01.8	as well as a professor of economics and community development at Covenant College.
2:06.8	And just say the Chalmers, of course, is named after Thomas Chalmers, the great 19th century.
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