Hit Man Wanted

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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It seems like a never-ending story, but there’s more disturbing news about the saga of a certain celebrity pastor. The crew finds cover in the bunker, and “takes a shot” at commenting on the allegations that this high-profile reverend tried to hire…a hit man. You can’t make this stuff up!Who is immune to excesses and abuse of power in ministry? Could congregants be enabling the abusive behavior of their leaders? The trio shines a light on the total depravity of the human heart, and reviews the temptations that haunt the leaders of churches from 12 to 12,000.Show Notes7 Reasons Not to Send Nude SelfiesGoodFellasWe’re giving away a great resource on the topic! Register for the opportunity to win a copy of Liberating Ministry From the Success Syndrome by Kent and Barbara Hughes. The copies are a complimentary gift of our friends at Crossway.

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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. Welcome to the Mordification of Spin.
0:45.1	My name's Kyle Truman.
0:46.3	I'm a professor at Grove City College,
0:49.0	and I'm here with my two regular co-hosts,
0:51.6	Amy Bird, the housewife theologian,
0:54.0	and the right Reverend Todd
0:56.4	Pruitt, Archbishop in the PCA in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
1:01.9	Good to be with you both.
1:03.2	Well, it's good to be with you, Coral, as always.
1:05.8	I know you're lying, but I appreciate this.
1:10.3	Well, Todd and I can finally be in the same room together again.
1:13.9	And we've gone through a reconciliation process.
1:18.6	It's been arbitration.
1:21.0	There have been various threats of murder exchanged, that sort of thing.
1:26.1	There was one rumor that a hitman had been hired, but...
1:30.3	Which, interestingly enough, brings us to the topic of the day.
1:33.8	It does, doesn't it?
1:35.3	Even in my...
1:36.3	Some years ago, until I just gave up, because the people who needed to listen had too
1:41.0	much vested interest in not listening.
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