In the Shadow of the Rock

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Though pastoral duties call Todd away from the podcast today, Carl nonetheless enjoys a pleasant conversation with Geoffrey Thomas. Our guest is a seminary professor and conference speaker who served over 50 years behind a pulpit in Aberystwyth, Wales. Geoffrey’s outstanding autobiography, In the Shadow of the Rock, recalls the friendships gained and lessons learned over decades of ministering the Word. Thomas recalls some of his favorite teachers (John Murray, Cornelius Van Til, et al.), his formative years in the pastorate, and the tale of a close (automotive) encounter with the late J.I. Packer! Thomas’ joy is evident throughout as Carl delights in interviewing one of his heroes. Don’t miss it! Congratulations to our winners of a free copy of In the Shadow of the Rock: *Chris S. of Bowie, MD *Keith W. from Guelph, Ontario *Tim R. from Cumming, GA

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by the new book, The Heart of the Cross, by Dr. James Boyce and Dr. Philip Reichen,
0:07.2	available now on a beautiful hardcover gift edition from P&R Publishing.
0:11.8	Visit PRPBooks.com and hear more at the conclusion of today's program. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:41.3	Mortification of Spin is a podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:46.3	Let's join this week's conversation. Welcome to Modification of Spin. My name's Kyle Truman. I'm a professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College in beautiful Western Pennsylvania.
1:09.0	Normally I'd be here with my co-host, Todd Pruitt,
1:12.7	but Todd, as a faithful working pastor, has found himself all the way at the last minute to deal
1:19.6	with a pastoral issue within his congregation. So I am flying solo today, but not totally solo. I'm going to be the interviewer, but we happen to
1:30.3	have a special guest. I first met this gentleman. I think it was in 1988 in the tiny
1:38.3	Derbyshire village of Stanton Lees, where the minister at the time, the Reverend Holland, had an annual Bible conference
1:46.2	where he would get a faithful expositor to come in and do a series of sermons on a particular
1:52.1	Bible passage or a particular theme. And a friend and I went and we camped in the field
1:58.0	by the chapel and went and listened to this gentleman preach over a series of nights
2:05.6	and both became, if it's appropriate to say that you're a fan of a minister, both became fans of this minister.
2:11.6	The man I'm about to interview has an influence in the Ukraine at this point because my friend at the time was
2:19.3	inspired in part to go into the ministry because of this man's faithful ministry.
2:24.3	He is one of the funniest people I know. I get his weekly newsletter which reads like,
2:32.3	for those of you who are old enough to remember the magazine Punch,
2:36.1	it reads like the diary column from Punch. He's an amusing man. He has that great gift of not
2:42.8	taking himself too seriously, and yet he has had a huge impact. There are numerous, many people
2:49.6	who look to this man, humanly speaking, for their souls,
2:53.8	and indeed for their calling to the ministry.
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