One Flesh

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Carl is on his very best behavior today—his boss is in the house!David Ayers is professor of sociology, and interim provost of Grove City College. He joins us, not to talk about Carl’s performance at work (which could be very interesting), but about his own recent work: Christian Marriage: A Comprehensive Introduction.What makes this book distinctive? David addresses marriage, not simply from a philosophical perspective, but sociologically as well. He looks at the definition and the purpose of marriage, going back to God’s original design, as stated in major orthodox confessions and doctrinal standards.Adding a bit of heat to the mix, the conversation turns to the place of children in marriage, and a few suggestions on how to make wise decisions regarding a prospective spouse. You’re also about to find out Carl’s new “suggested” title and position at the college. As always, the podcast is worth the price of admission!We’re happy to offer you the opportunity to win a free copy of Christian Marriage: A Comprehensive Introduction. Register now! The books are a generous gift from our friends at Lexham Press.

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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. Well, welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count.
0:49.2	My name's Carl Truman, a professor of Grove City College, and I'm here with my usual co-hosts, Amy Bird,
0:55.1	the housewife theologian, and Todd Pruitt, PCA pastor from Harrisonburg, Virginia.
1:00.6	I've got a special guest today. David Ayers, who is currently the interim provost at the place
1:08.6	where I work, Grove City College. So is, I'm going to say,
1:12.7	is in some sense my boss, no, is my boss. David is the man who has the power of life and death
1:18.6	over me professionally. But we're not interested in interviewing David today relative to his
1:24.2	assessment of my own professional skills or his role at Grove City College.
1:29.3	We want to look at David's new book, Christian Marriage, a comprehensive introduction.
1:35.3	What makes David interesting is that he's probably one of only four or five conservative Christian sociologists in the entire universe.
1:48.2	And therefore, his approach to this topic is interesting on the grounds that it's not simply
1:54.5	addressing the issue of marriage in a philosophical direction. He's also interested in the sociological context and the
2:06.3	sociological significance of the moment we're now living at, both for society as a whole and
2:12.5	particularly for the Christian Church. So, David, it's a great pleasure to have you on the program today.
2:20.6	Well, it's a real delight to be here.
2:22.8	And as I mentioned earlier, you know, I also have to preface these because of the interim
2:27.8	provost role that I'm speaking for myself as a scholar and as a Christian layperson,
2:33.4	by the way, with great passion on these
2:34.9	subjects. But nevertheless, I don't speak for the college. I speak for myself. So that's important
2:41.9	distinction to make. Yeah. I wanted to, you know, before we get into the questions, Todd.
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