The Knowledge of God, the Fear of the Lord

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

As international best-selling author Carl Trueman enjoys a few days among the “jet set” in Rome, faithful pastor and co-host Todd Pruitt sits down with guest Michael Allen. Dr. Allen serves as professor of systematic theology and academic dean at Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando. Despite his better judgment, Allen returns to the podcast to chat about his two newest books, released concurrently. Today’s conversation touches on themes guiding each book, including how the fear of the Lord should influence theological method and how the knowledge of God is communicated through the Word of God. Thanks to T&T Clark Publishers for providing two copies of Dr. Allen’s The Fear of the Lord: Essays on Theological Method for giveaway, and congratulations to our winners: Diane S. from Franklin, TN and Jakub N. from Knoxville, TN.

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0:00.0	Today's podcast is sponsored by the Davenant Institute and Davenant Hall, reimagining theological education.
0:07.0	Visit davenanthall.com and hear more at the conclusion of this podcast. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:36.8	Mortification of Spin is a podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:41.6	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:58.2	Welcome to Mortification of Spin.
0:59.4	My name is Todd Pruitt.
1:04.9	I'm the pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, located in the breathtaking Shenandoah Valley.
1:07.0	And I feel sorry for anyone who does not live here.
1:10.5	Now, normally I am joined by my friend Carl Truman.
1:14.9	Today, though, Carl is not able to be with us because he is traveling the world.
1:21.8	Carl lives a very cosmopolitan life, only the kind of life that a best-selling author can afford.
1:28.4	And so he's jet-setting about Europe and all points glamorous, I'm sure, and just being a
1:35.4	man about town in places like Rome.
1:37.7	So, Carl, our best wishes to you.
1:41.4	But what's great about today and about this particular recording is that I think
1:45.8	Carl would have only been an encumbrance to the discussion. I think that he would have probably
1:50.3	just proved to be a distraction. We have with us, one of our favorite guests, he keeps agreeing
1:58.1	to come back, which you've got to respect any man who takes these
2:01.9	sorts of risks. But our guest, once again, is Michael Allen. Now, Michael Allen is a professor
2:08.3	of systematic theology. He is the John Dyer-Tremble professor of systematic theology at
2:12.9	Reform Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida.
2:19.4	Michael, great to have you with us.
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