“Gospel-centered” desserts: transforming the culture, or confusing Gospel categories? This “excessively Kuyperian” approach to the Christian life seems to seek to make a vocation Christian, instead of one being a Christian in a vocation. We do not need to “Christianize”…
How does God speak to us today? How do we understand the sufficiency of God’s Word? Carl, Aimee, and Todd take Sarah Young’s popular devotional “Jesus Calling” to task. In it, Young claims to need more than Scripture to hear…
With many states moving to legalize marijuana churches may now and certainly will soon have to deal with congregants smoking pot. Does the Bible allow for use of substances like marijuana? What part does a Christian’s freedom play in the…
Sin. Loss. Deprivation. Law. Grace. Aimee, Todd, and Carl are joined by author and counselor Barbara Duguid on this installment of Mortification of Spin. Barbara is author of the book “Extravagant Grace,” and grace is the topic at hand. How…
The Spin team hit up their local Christian bookstore to browse the shelves and peruse the contents of some popular books. Based on the message of these books, the American Church is in danger of forgetting the truth of the…
What is the purpose of a robust theology if it cannot serve to practically help the believer? How does that theology play into God’s sovereignty through our suffering? Aimee, Todd, and Carl talk with pastor and cancer survivor Paul Wolfe…
This edition of the Mortification of Spin marks the inauguration of a new game: Bully Pulpit Challenge! Carl, Aimee, and Todd respond to a listener’s email asking for a critique of an interview that “pastor” Carl Lentz gave recently. In…
Aimee, Carl, and Todd like to push buttons, and this week’s installment of the Mortification of Spin is no different as they discuss sexual ethics. Our current cultural milieu is one which exalts sexual behavior, and to speak out against…
On this installment of Bully Pulpit, Aimee, Todd, and Carl discuss the multi-generational nature of the Bride of Christ. How do we reconcile the fact that different generations seem to want different things from a church? Is it true that…
Aimee, Carl, and Todd are joined in the studio via the internet by Gloria Furman, author of Glimpses of Grace, published through Crossway, and blogger over at Domestic Kingdom. As a pastor’s wife serving in Dubai, a major city in…