Trumping the Law of Liberty?

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Smoking or nonsmoking, Democrat or Republican, Trump or never Trump, yoga or stretching? The crew is visiting some hot button issues today! Are Christians allowed to have differing opinions on these topics?God’s Word neither commands nor prohibits smoking nor does it tell us what political party to vote for. But it does give us some guiding principles that allow us to use wisdom when making decisions. But what if a Christian brother has a different view than you?The irony of this episode is that our hosts might have some different opinions about these issues too! Todd gives us three helpful questions to ask ourselves before we think that anything goes just because we are in Christ.Listen to this fun, but very intense discussion on biblical principles and how the Apostle Paul, Aristotle, and the young Michael Allen can help us.The Mortification of Spin Crew is no celebrity in any sense, but we’re giving away some fun posters signed by our hosts. You can sign up for a chance to win one!Show NotesWestminster Confession of Faith chapter 20WinnersWe’re also happy to announce the winners of Rediscovering the Holy Spirit, the giveaway for the show “Charismatics, a Challenge for the Reformed in 2018”. If you haven’t got a copy, please visit our Reformed Resources. There is still time to purchase one.Steven M. from Walton, NYRob G. from Roslyn, PALynda O. from Memphis, TN

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count.
0:21.7	With Carl Truman, Todd Pruitt, and Amy Bird, Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:30.6	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:36.8	Music Welcome to Mortification of Spin.
0:46.2	I'm here as usual with my two co-hosts, Todd Pruitt and Amy Bird.
0:51.6	Today we're going to talk about the issue of Christian liberty, a party perennial
0:56.8	in the Christian world that comes up again and again, sometimes in political context, sometimes
1:02.4	in social context, sometimes merely in an ecclesiastical context, but an area where Christians
1:08.4	are bound to have important disagreements.
1:11.9	And I want to start off by asking a very simple question.
1:15.0	Todd, martial arts and yoga, gateway to Satanism, can Christians legitimately engage in these clear proto-diabolical activities?
1:27.0	Well, obviously, your question is rhetorical because the answer is so obvious, so plainly obvious.
1:33.0	Any participation in martial arts, yoga, any of the satanic stretching, as I call yoga, is a gateway into Satanism.
1:42.2	That's quite obvious.
1:43.9	And I'm sure everyone here agrees.
1:46.4	Are we really going here?
1:47.6	We are really going here.
1:48.7	Amy, can a Christian legitimately engage in yoga?
1:52.1	And if so, why?
1:52.8	Yes.
1:53.2	I mean, it depends on what kind of yoga you're talking about.
1:55.6	I mean...
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