Selfhood, Sexual Identity, and PCA Overtures

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

After a few weeks of solo hosting chores, Carl and Todd are back together and ready to tackle some pressing current affairs. The hot button issues of the day include the notions of “personhood” and “identity” as represented by Revoice, the PCA study committee report, and the opposition to passing overtures 23 and 37 to amend the Book of Church Order. Is the definition of “identity” ambiguous or unclear in the proposed overtures, or are some ministers backpedaling on what they previously affirmed to be true? An objective question requires a clear-cut and unequivocal answer, so Todd poses his queries to Carl, who—literally—“wrote the book” on issues of identity. Check out our previous episode with Fred Greco addressing the PCA Overtures. Congratulations to our winners of Kevin DeYoung’s book, What Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality? Eddie B. from Rocky Mount, NC Chris B. from Camp Hill, PA James C. from Chicago, IL

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0:00.0	This podcast is sponsored by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. Find out more at the conclusion of today's conversation.
0:32.3	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:37.7	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:40.4	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:53.2	Welcome to Mortification of Spin.
0:57.0	My name is Todd Pruitt. I am pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and I am joined as always by my friend Carl Truman, who is a professor at Grove
1:02.7	City College in Western Pennsylvania. Carl, good to see you. How's everything going in Western
1:09.5	Pennsylvania and throughout the world where you are
1:12.3	traveling because of the demand for people to hear your bits of wisdom? How's that going for you?
1:21.2	You know from reading the Twitter commentary on me, Todd, that wherever I go, I spread sweetness and light.
1:26.6	And everybody's life is a little bit happier and a little bit richer having had an
1:31.1	encounter with me.
1:32.4	So it's a burden to bring so much joy to so many people all the time.
1:37.7	But, you know, with God's grace, I'm pursuing the calling to the best of my ability.
1:43.2	That is good to know.
1:45.9	And the accent certainly helps.
1:47.6	Oh, sure.
1:48.2	The accent certainly helps.
1:49.9	It most certainly does.
1:50.8	It most certainly does.
1:51.6	Well, Carl, I want to, I want to talk about something today.
1:55.8	And I'm going to appeal specifically to some of the work you've been really focusing on in recent years.
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