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title: "Here’s Why I Wrote My New Book, “Bully Pulpit”"
canonical: "https://michaeljkruger.com/heres-why-i-wrote-my-new-book-bully-pulpit/"
pubDate: "2023-02-20T08:53:29.000Z"
updatedDate: "2023-04-14T18:07:39.000Z"
author: Michael Kruger
description: "Since the release of my new book, Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church (Zondervan, 2022), I have done a ton of podcasts. Some of the most enjoyable have been with Collin Hansen at Gospelbound podcast, Warren Cole Smith at World Magazine, and Sean McDowell and Scott Rae at Think [...]"
tags: [Counseling, Pastoral Ministry]
---

[![](https://5mt.michaeljkruger.com/2022/08/Bully-Pulpit-Book-Cover-400x609.jpg)](https://amzn.to/4150CrL)Since the release of my new book, [*Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of*](https://amzn.to/4150CrL)[*Spiritual Abuse in the Church*](https://amzn.to/4150CrL) (Zondervan, 2022), I have done a ton of podcasts. Some of the most enjoyable have been with Collin Hansen at [Gospelbound](https://youtu.be/STzYvDhKLm4) podcast, Warren Cole Smith at [World Magazine](https://wng.org/podcasts/a-conversation-with-michael-kruger-s11-e5-1666932305), and Sean McDowell and Scott Rae at [*Think Biblically*](https://5mt.michaeljkruger.com/2023/02/confronting-spiritual-abuse-with-michael-kruger-1.mp3)podcast.

But in nearly all these podcasts, the first question I get is: “Why in the world did you, as a NT scholar, write a book about spiritual abuse?” And that’s a fair question. Nearly all my prior publications have been fairly academic and mostly on text/canon issues.

So, here’s a video giving my answer to this question!

https://player.vimeo.com/video/792258548?dnt=1&app_id=122963