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Mortification of Spin

The Happy Lutheran

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4879 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2013

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

With no students to teach, Steven Nichols, research professor of Christianity and Culture at Lancaster Bible College, joins Todd and Carl on Mortification of Spin to discuss Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Was Bonhoeffer an Evangelical? Was he even a Christian? At what point are his writings helpful for us? Steve demonstrates that Dietrich Bonhoeffer is an important Christian thinker whose life and death lend weight to his writings. Bonhoeffer has earned the right to be heard whether we agree, disagree, love, or hate him.  Show NotesBonhoeffer on the Christian Life by Steven Nichols

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0:00.0

You are listening to the mortification of spin.

0:11.8

I am Todd Pruitt, as always, with Carl Truman.

0:15.5

I'm the pastor of Church of the Savior in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

0:18.5

Carl, of course, is professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary,

0:22.6

as well as a pastor at Cornerstone OPC.

0:27.1

Now, Carl, we were talking just a minute ago.

0:30.1

Cornerstone has recently reached an enormous milestone as far as OPC churches go.

0:36.2

You now have, what, triple-digit attendance, which makes

0:39.6

you a mega-church within the OPC. Is that right? It does. Three out of four Sundays. I think we're

0:45.2

getting triple digits these days. I like to think of myself as the Rick Warren of the Orthodox

0:51.8

Presbyterian Church world. Or the Joel Osteen of the O'P.C.

0:56.2

And I'm sure there are others who think of me in those terms as well, but possibly for less flattering

1:00.5

reasons. Now, Carl, also, I mean, Carl, look, you write a lot of books, you travel the world

1:06.2

teaching and preaching, and you get into, I mean, you were just in Brazil. You are a celebrity.

1:12.5

I'm not a celebrity. You are a celebrity. I'm a truly important person. You are a celebrity.

1:17.4

But you are a celebrity. When I show up places with you, people act like I walk in with this

1:23.9

celebrity. I mean, people come and get your autograph. I don't, I mean, do I have to remind you of

1:28.1

the incident in Louisville, Kentucky? I think the incident in Louisville, Kentucky was predicated purely on

1:33.0

the fact that they didn't want to speak to you. I wanted an excuse to avoid catching your eye

1:37.7

at that point. That could be. That could be. There is an intimidation factor for sure. But you know, you do. You travel. You've

1:45.7

been to Brazil. I mean, you've been really all over the world. You've spoken in Australia, all kinds.

1:52.0

I mean, I read books. I go to Missouri twice a year to see family. But you're the guy. I mean,

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