The Power of Being There

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

After revealing some details of their personal lives, Carl and Todd get down to business. Seems a disturbing phenomenon is plaguing churches all over the country. Since the lockdown, many Christians have become too comfortable with worshipping from home over a screen…dressed in their jammies, eating donuts, and—quite possibly—not really worshipping at all. Does it really matter? What are people missing by not going back to church as restrictions are slowly being lifted? Our favorite duo discuss the meaning and importance of “being bodily present” for the different traditions like the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and the Protestant. Is there any place for live streaming, and any reason not to physically gather for worship? It’s time to weigh in. Oh, and notice who’s playing the optimist this time! Today's program originally aired 9/30/20.

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0:00.0	This podcast is sponsored by the Davenant Institute.
0:03.7	Online at davenant institute.org.
0:06.4	Hear more at the conclusion of today's program. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:34.8	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:40.0	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:52.9	Welcome to Mortification of Spin. My name's Carl Truman, professor at Grove City College in
0:58.4	beautiful Western Pennsylvania, here with my friend and co-host the Reverend Todd Pruitt,
1:04.5	pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in what he describes, and I have no reason to doubt him as the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Man, I am on a role. I know where you live and I know which church you serve at. After all these years, I'm getting. I feel very important. Word perfect on that. Word perfect. Yeah. I'm kind of touched, actually. Actually, Cruella DeVille provides me these wonderful cue cards that I just read across the screen.
1:32.7	And let me, I want to make an observation here, Carl, before you bring us into the subject for today.
1:38.9	I just want to let our listeners know before Carl says something crass about it. We're recording remotely
1:46.3	through the wonderful gifts of technology, and I happen to be wearing a sleeveless t-shirt,
1:52.2	but I have an observation here. Todd, some things cannot be unimagined. I really don't
1:57.9	think the listeners needed to know. It's a sleeveless T-shirt.
2:01.6	You know, the only thing exposed are my gorgeous arms.
2:05.6	But I do, I have an observation as I'm watching Carl through this wonderful gift of technology,
2:10.6	that Carl must have a banjo nearby.
2:13.6	Do you have a banjo nearby?
2:15.6	Ah, you've blown my new secret.
2:18.3	You've seen my picks on my fingers.
2:21.3	I see the banjo picks on your finger.
2:23.3	I know what banjo picks are.
2:24.3	Let me just show you.
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