The Shepherd’s Toolbox

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Tim Witmer, one of Carl’s only friends (or so Carl claims), is back on the podcast today to discuss his latest book, The Shepherd’s Toolbox. Designed to complement his well-loved book The Shepherd Leader, Tim’s latest book gathers seven church leaders to show how they and their churches have innovatively addressed specific shepherding challenges. Tune in to hear more and discover why Carl has called Tim “The PCA’s answer to Frank Sinatra.” Thanks to the generosity of our friends at P&R Publishing, we chose three winners for a giveaway of Tim Witmer's book, The Shepherd’s Toolbox. Congratulations to Lowell T. from Roanoke, VA, Clint E. from Cedar Grove, WI, and Courtney B. from Wickliffe, OH! Show Notes: The Shepherd Leader: https://reformedresources.org/the-shepherd-leader-paperback/ The Shepherd’s Toolbox: https://reformedresources.org/the-shepherds-toolbox

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt, a podcast of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:29.2	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:31.6	Thank you. Welcome to Mordification of spin. My name's Carl Truman. I am professor at Grove City College in
0:57.1	beautiful Western Pennsylvania. And I'm here, as always, with my long-standing friend, perhaps my
1:04.5	only friend, the Reverend Todd Pruitt, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Todd,
1:12.8	I got your title. I know. I'm happy about that. You didn't have to hesitate. You knew
1:19.8	immediately what church I serve, all that, all that good stuff. Now, but it has to be read Q cards
1:25.9	better than our current president. There you go.
1:28.3	Well, yes, exactly.
1:29.3	Of course, that's not particularly distinctive as a strength.
1:32.3	But I do have to say, Carl, I mean, certainly you have more friends than me.
1:36.3	I mean, I...
1:38.3	You and I talked not long ago.
1:40.3	You even had the distinction of making a few Muslim friends recently as well,
1:44.4	out on the left coast.
1:46.0	I did. I had the interesting experience slash privilege of being invited to speak at Zatuna
1:52.4	College, which is the only accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the United States.
1:59.2	And its campus is literally across the road from UC Berkeley.
2:04.6	So it was kind of fun to be speaking about LGBTQ stuff within a few feet of Judith Butler's
2:12.2	home territory.
2:14.7	And as I joke with friends, you know, the safest place for me to be in Berkeley is a bit like the Jews in medieval Spain.
2:21.9	It's the Muslim enclave, really.
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