The Metaverse Church

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Keeping up with all that’s happening in the evangelical world is a real challenge! Today our intrepid hosts tackle one of the latest examples of dysfunction at the intersection of church and culture. This week’s head-shaker comes courtesy of Life Church, pastored by Craig Groeschel. It’s the newest, super-cool, and innovative approach to “doing church”: the metaverse. Yes, it’s virtual reality (VR) church, where one can “worship” from the comfort of home wearing jammies and goggles while being represented in the “sanctuary” by a personal graphic avatar. What is the metaverse, and what do its creators say is its primary purpose? What are the critics saying about VR and its effects on individuals and society? Are there biblical implications when a church creates a virtual reality campus? Todd and Carl discuss the deep human needs of physical presence and personal interaction no virtual experience can fulfill. Congratulations to our winners of a free copy of A Place to Belong, Learning to Love the Local Church by Megan Hill: *Bill B. from Olathe, KS *Nord Z. from Camden, IN *Daniel K from York Haven, PA

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0:00.0	Today's podcast is sponsored by Western Reformed Seminary.
0:04.0	Visit WRS.edu and listen for more at the conclusion of today's podcast. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:34.5	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:39.8	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:53.2	You are listening to Mortification of Spin. My name is Todd Pruitt, and I am pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
1:03.0	And I'm joined as always by my friend and colleague and successful book author.
1:09.2	Best selling book, always.
1:10.4	Best selling. I know. We selling book, I know.
1:13.3	There aren't enough superlatives, Carl, to capture.
1:17.2	And you need to call on Dr.
1:18.7	Truman.
1:19.2	Let's get a bit of respect, man.
1:20.7	Well, what I was thinking, what I was thinking is that since you and I have known
1:25.9	each other for us for a long time, we could keep it fairly casual.
1:29.7	And I could call you instead of Reverend Dr. Truman.
1:33.0	I could call you Reverend Dr. Carl Truman.
1:35.1	That's about as familiar as I'm happy with your being at this point.
1:38.8	Well, I appreciate that.
1:40.7	So I am joined as always by my friend and co-host to the Reverend Dr. Carl Truman, to the rest of you, the Reverend Dr. Truman.
1:49.3	So, Carl, there are a lot of goings on right now in the world of evangelicalism.
1:56.2	And I wanted to kick off, first of all, with a bit of a discussion about something that has come up just recently about a new innovation from Life Church TV,
2:08.8	pastored by Craig Groshell. If you all are not familiar with Craig Groschell, then you're just not with it.
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