So far the best thing about the Mortification of Spin podcast has been the occasional appearances—an odd word for a aural medium—of Aimee Byrd. One of these days she might just roller-skate right over to Philadelphia and then whammo! Certainly they are proving that podcasting is not as easy as it sounds. Nevertheless, I commend to you their latest episode, “Worse Than Unhelpful.” Despite themselves the boys have stumbled into some significant insights into the nature of late modern discourse, particularly among evangelicals, including the abuse of Matthew 18 and the invocation of pious sounding phrases to silence dissent and criticism.
R. Scott Clark
R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He has taught church history and historical theology since 1997 at Westminster Seminary California. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007.
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Aw, thanks Scott. I’ll have to step my rollerblading up a few notches—look out, Philly.
Actually, I’m surprised the population of West Virginia hasn’t rushed north (with banjos) to beat up on Todd and Carl.
It was interesting seeing the “trouble” the two caused by naming names in their podcast “Tribe Hopping.” The shrieks extended to “The Aquila Report.”
“Pious-sounding phrases” – sort of like the Christian version of political correctness: abusing the Ninth Commandment to silence criticism and dissent.