Why Reformed Covenant Theology Matters

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Carl and Todd sit down with Harrison Perkins, pastor of Oakland Hills Community Church and lecturer at Westminster and Edinburgh Theological Seminaries, to discuss his insightful new book, Reformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic Introduction. Why is the study of covenant theology significant, and how can it shape our understanding of the Bible and the Gospel? This is a framework for understanding the way that we relate to God – more specifically, the way He relates to us – with clarity, with assurance, with ways to understand how grace can be free. But also, now we are in this ongoing walk with the Lord…how can we bring these things together, and do so well, without undermining one side or the other? – Harrison Perkins Tune in to learn how this theological framework can deepen your faith and understanding of the Bible. Thanks to the generosity of Lexham Press, we are pleased to offer three copies of Reformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic Introduction to give away to our listeners. Register here for the opportunity to win.

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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 Mortification of Spin. My name is Todd Pruitt. I'm the pastor of Covenant to Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and I'm joined, as always, by Carl Truman, who teaches at Grove City College in Western Pennsylvania. And Carl, good to be with you. This is unusual because we've had a kind of a day of recording in
1:12.4	person, which we don't get to do much. So we've recorded about, I think, what, six or so?
1:17.6	Sixth or one today. Yeah, yeah. And which means by this time, I'm winding down and really not
1:23.5	putting much effort in. Yeah, I'm fed up your company. Well, yeah, exactly. Just count in the minutes to it get home. Exactly. Exactly. So I make no promises about this,
1:33.9	this last episode, if it's going to turn, you know, violent at any point or, or that kind of thing.
1:42.7	But we do have an editor who will watch over us and take care of our reputations as
1:49.0	best he can.
1:50.8	But Carl, in all seriousness, it's good to see you and always fun to hang out.
1:59.4	Now, you travel because you're always in demand. You know,
2:02.9	you're a very popular sought after influencer. Let's say. You're a social media influencer.
2:11.4	Like a reformed Kim Kardashian. Something like that. Yes, exactly, exactly. And you're going to be going to to utah soon and you like
2:22.1	get a gift bag at this thing where they have like uh various lotions and um scented candles and that kind
2:30.2	of thing right yes yeah that's an ordinary life for an OPC. Sure, sure. Yeah, exactly.
2:36.5	And speaking of which OPC, I feel very outnumbered now in this particular episode because I'm going to be
2:43.9	talking with two OPC ministers. And so I don't know if that means I have to be especially downcast or in a foul mood.
2:54.5	Or what does that mean for me in terms of my overall disposition? I always say that for an OPC
3:00.2	minister, you need to be in touch with two emotions, anger and indignation. If you've got those down,
3:06.4	you're in. I've got that down exceedingly well.
3:10.8	I know Danny Olling is now going to send me an email complaining about that comment.
3:14.3	That's okay. Inside OPC politics, it's fascinating. Well, anyway, we are very thankful to have our guest, Harrison Perkins.
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