In the Wilderness

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In this episode of Mortification of Spin, Carl and Todd are joined by their friend, Michael Morales, professor of biblical studies at Greenville Theological Seminary. Together, they discuss Michael's much-anticipated 2-volume commentary on the Book of Numbers, an often-overlooked by preachers and students of the Bible. According to Carl, "If Michael Morales writes it, you need to read it." Discussing its significance in the biblical narrative and its implications for understanding the covenant community, Morales shares insights on how the Book of Numbers serves as a foundation for ecclesiology and its connections to Christ and the church today. The Torah really is the foundation of all of our theology. – Michael Morales Tune in for a rich conversation that aims to illuminate the depths of this vital text! Perhaps, like Todd, you'll renew your enthusiasm for this middle book of the Pentateuch after listening to their conversation.

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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. Welcome to Mortification of Spin. My name's Carl Truman. I'm professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City, Western Pennsylvania. And I'm here with my long-standing friend and colleague, the Reverend Todd Pruitt, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Todd, how long have we been doing this podcast?
1:12.3	Carl, we go back to the early days of podcasting. You might say that we're pioneers of us.
1:18.7	We are. I actually think that President Trump might owe his election to us because no Truman and Pruitt, no Joe Rogan.
1:27.6	It's as simple as them.
1:28.5	That's right.
1:29.1	Well, today's a very special day on the podcast,
1:31.7	because it's not very often that Todd Pruitt can actually boast to be the hairiest man on the podcast
1:37.7	in terms of what's on top of his head.
1:40.4	But today we have a guest who, say, is as follicly challenged as I am myself.
1:47.0	He's been on before.
1:48.8	It is, he is the professor of biblical studies at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
1:55.2	It is, of course, our old friend Michael Morales, who's written a number of very interesting and very helpful books on the Old Testament
2:03.5	and has crowned his achievements recently by writing a massive two-volume commentary on what is,
2:12.9	I am sure, everybody's favorite book of the Old Testament, the book of numbers. So great to have you on
2:20.9	the podcast, Michael. Thank you for having me. It's great to spend time with you and Todd. Yeah,
2:26.8	and it's great to have somebody like you writing on Book of Numbers. I always feel in my own
2:30.9	field of Reformation history, I was always glad for those guys who crunched all the
2:35.0	sociological data in the 16th century because it meant that I didn't have to bother.
2:40.0	Very glad that we have people writing on the books of numbers, the book of numbers.
2:45.0	Let's kick off.
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