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Mortification of Spin

Wide-eyed and Puka-shelled

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4879 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Gallantly riding in from the White Horse Inn, our guest, Michael Horton -- author and fellow podcaster -- shares his thoughts on reformed theology and how he came upon it garbed in silk and laden with puka shells. Join the usual Spin Team as they discuss some of the nuts and bolts of the reformed faith, ponder how to "get the Gospel right" and discover Dr. James Boice's fascinating role in Horton's 'journey' to reformed theology. This week the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals would like to offer Michael Horton's new book Calvin on the Christian Life as a free giveaway.. Enter to win!

Transcript

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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.

0:26.5

Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.

0:31.2

This week, the crew talks to Michael Horton of the White Horse Inn about being mentored by James Boyce,

0:39.6

the holiness of God, and his recent book on John Calvin. Make sure you keep listening after the podcast for an opportunity to

0:45.8

win a book by Michael Horton.

1:02.0

Well, welcome. Today we're broadcasting from a psychiatrist office somewhere in California.

1:10.3

And the reason is that we're privileged to have on the program, Michael Horton of Whitehorse Inn and Westminster Seminary in California fame.

1:12.2

Welcome to the program, Mike.

1:13.2

Thank you, Carl.

1:16.0

You already have me white-knuckled with nervousness.

1:22.5

Well, so you should be, because normally we do a psychological profile of people before they come on the program.

1:26.5

But we didn't manage to get the Myers-Briggs-type test to you in advance.

1:28.0

So I'm going to ask you a series of questions.

1:31.8

Just give you two words, and you have to choose the better of the two.

1:33.4

You ready?

1:34.4

No.

1:37.2

IPA or Zinfandel?

1:38.3

Zinfandel.

1:41.2

Okay.

1:44.0

Fox News or MSNBC? That's like death by firing squad or hanging

1:48.3

Beatles or Rolling Stones

1:50.6

Instant Coffee or Starbucks

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