Unhitched?

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Is “out with the old, in with the new” something you can do with parts of the Bible? The crew takes a look at a statement made by Andy Stanley, suggesting that Christians “unhitch” the Old Testament from their faith. Meanwhile, Carl digs into his historical archives and pulls a file of someone who made the same statement some 1,850 years ago.Imagine what Paul and the apostles would have had left if they had “unhitched” from the Old Testament and the Jewish historical tradition; what would Jesus have been talking about with the men on the road to Emmaus if He had done the same?Can we completely ditch the Ten Commandments, and affirm that Jesus gave only one command: to love one another? Listen in to hear how Stanley’s statements play out when the whole counsel of the Bible is considered.ResourcesGod Dwells Among Us by G.K. Beale and Mitchell KimFrom Eden to the New Jerusalem by Desmond AlexanderWe recommend God Dwells Among Us as one of the best resources on this topic, and we’re pleased to give away a few copies. Register for the opportunity to win one.The copies are a generous gift from our friends at InterVarsity Press.Congratulations to the winners of Journeys with Jesus: Every Path in the Bible Leads us to Christ from our episode The Making of a Minister.Andrew M. - Savage, MNFranklin S. - Cincinnati, OHSuzanne M. - Elk Grove, CAAbigail R. - Beltsville, MDDavid M. - Athens, GA

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman, Todd Pruitt, and Amy Bird.
0:25.5	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:30.6	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:32.9	Thank you. Well, you are listening to Mortification of Spin.
0:46.4	My name is Todd Pruitt, and I am joined, as always, by Amy Bird and Carl Truman.
0:51.8	And thank you so much for listening in today.
0:54.5	What we want to talk about has to do with the Christians' relationship with the Old
1:00.3	Testament or whether the Old Testament is still relevant for Christians.
1:05.3	Now, a lot of Christians struggle with this.
1:07.0	They'll read the Old Testament and they will see a whole variety of laws that seem to be
1:13.5	obscure, outdated, maybe really strange. And I'm not talking about the Ten Commandments,
1:19.7	but I'm talking about some of the Levitical laws and the ceremonial laws that just seem very obscure,
1:26.6	very strange. And that will cause people problems.
1:30.3	They'll look at the dietary laws and wonder why we don't do those things anymore.
1:34.3	They'll look at some of the actions that God took against some of the pagan nations,
1:42.3	and they'll wonder if that God is consistent with Jesus, as he
1:46.1	is revealed in the New Testament. And the whole thing causes some Christians to stumble and
1:51.6	wonder, what do we do with the Old Testament? How do we read it? How do we understand it? Would it be
1:56.9	easier just to avoid it and focus on the New Testament?
2:01.9	Well, interestingly, Andy Stanley, who is pastor of what many believe is the second largest church in America, North Point Church in Atlanta, Georgia, has recently made some headlines once again for some things that he has preached.
2:19.3	And for his newest book.
2:26.7	His newest book is called Irresistible, reclaiming the new that Jesus unleashed for the world.
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