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Mortification of Spin

The Making of a Disciple

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4853 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Vanhoozer joins the team for a conversation about his latest book Hearers and Doers: A Pastor’s Guide to Making Disciples through Scripture and Doctrine. Kevin is the Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a prolific author. In Hearers and Doers, Kevin draws the connection between doctrine, discipleship and pastoral ministry for spiritual wholeness.Is discipleship an optional part of Christianity? Tune in for this fascinating conversation about the cultural secularization of the idea of wellness (as opposed to the biblical definition), and its relationship to discipleship.Show NotesC.S. Lewis institute - http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/Is There a Meaning in This Text? By Kevin VanhoozerBiblical Authority After Babel by Kevin VanhoozerThanks to our friends of Lexham Press, we’re giving away copies of Hearers and Doers. Register for the opportunity to win one!

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0:00.0

Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count.

0:21.9

With Carl Truman, Todd Pruitt, and Amy Bird, Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.

0:30.8

Let's join this week's conversation. Well, you are listening to the Mortification of Spin.

0:46.5

My name is Todd Pruitt.

0:47.7

I'm pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley,

0:51.4

and I'm joined as always by the housewife theologian Amy Bird and by Grove City College's own Carl Truman.

1:00.0

And we are excited today.

1:02.3

We always have special guests, and today is no exception.

1:06.7

Our guest is Dr. Kevin Van Hooser.

1:09.5

Dr. Van Hooser is the research professor of systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

1:15.4

He is also a prolific author, everything from more technical academic volumes to very pastoral, more popular audience books.

1:26.7

And so he produces both kinds of books and we're thankful for that.

1:32.2

But Dr. Van Hooser, thank you so much for joining us today. Thank you for the invitation.

1:37.4

Well, your newest book is called Peerers and Doers, a pastor's Guide to Making Disciples through

1:43.2

scripture and doctrine.

1:44.9

Now, you know, that, that subtitle, you know, just resonates with a lot of us, pastors,

1:51.2

particularly those of us in the Reformed tradition who like to fancy ourselves as carrying a lot

1:57.0

about doctrine.

1:58.3

And if you're a pastor, of course, you want to make disciples.

2:00.1

So I was immediately drawn to the book, of course, you want to make disciples. So I was

2:01.2

immediately drawn to the book, not just because you wrote it, but I was very interested to hear

2:06.5

your thesis and where you were going to go in unpacking this idea in terms of how we make

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