Worshipping with Calvin

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Terry Johnson shows up at the Spin's "totally awesome" worship band practice. Terry is the pastor of Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah and has written Worshipping with Calvin: Recovering the Reformed Ministry and Worship of Reformed Protestantism.The crew turns down the instruments, shuts off the spotlights and smoke machine, and listens intently as Terry makes the connection between theology and worship, tracing back to the Reformation period and the solas. He talks about the proper balance of freedom and form, and what the church is supposed to do when gathered on Sundays.Why should you worship with Calvin? Find out, as you join the conversation. Show NotesWorshipping with Calvin by Terry JohnsonServing with Calvin by Terry JohnsonLeading in Worship by Terry JohnsonHughes Oliphant OldSign up for the opportunity to win a free copy of Terry’s book, Worshipping with Calvin. The copies are a generous gift from Evangelical Press.

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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. Welcome to the Mordification of Spin, a regular podcast of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:49.6	I'm here with my usual co-hosts, Amy Bird and Todd Pruitt.
1:03.3	We have a special guest on the program today, the Reverend Terry Johnson of Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, Georgia.
1:13.5	Terry, according to his bio on the webpage, was born and raised in L.A., from a Baptist background, played baseball, studied at Trinity College,
1:19.0	Bristol, which is about 40 miles from where I grew up, so it's an exceptionally good quality part of England, I have to say, and also at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts,
1:25.5	and is ordained as a minister in the PCA.
1:29.9	There you go.
1:30.4	Terry, great to have you with us today.
1:32.7	Thank you.
1:33.5	Honor to be a part of this.
1:35.2	Well, what we want to talk to you today about Terry is worship.
1:38.7	It's been something of a theme in your life and in your writings at Cornerstone Presbyterune Church where I pastor,
1:45.8	we give away your little book on leading in worship to all of the students that we have
1:50.4	who lead worship for us on occasion. Why worship, Terry? What is it that attracted you to this topic?
1:56.5	Why do you consider it to be so important? Well, I think it was a result of becoming reformed in my theology,
2:04.3	actually. I was brought up, not reformed, but brought up in a fine Christian home and attended
2:10.3	a fine Christian church. But I think that my views of God were relatively trite, I think, and it wasn't until I began to read reformed
2:21.3	thought. For example, reading Jack Packers knowing God had a huge impact on me. And he really
2:28.9	exploded a lot of the categories that I had for thinking about God. He blew up the box, I guess, I might say,
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