A Kind of Blue Apologetic

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

"If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know" - Louis Armstrong.Well, if ever there was someone to ask about jazz in our circles, it's Dr. William Edgar, Apologetics Professor at Westminster Theological Seminary, President of the Huguenot Fund, and gifted jazz pianist. Dr. Edgar's interests extend far beyond the walls of Van Til Hall to French culture and the arts. But we have more to chat about than berets, baguettes, and piano keys. He recently published a book, Does Christianity Really Work?, as part of a series that asks the "big" questions of the faith. Dr. Edgar offers helpful insights into the common barriers of the skeptic and the Christian seeking the unsaved. One of his boldest critiques: "many Christians enjoy life inappropriately", weakening an otherwise bold witness for Christ.The Alliance has a few of copies of "Does Christianity Really Work?" by Bill Edgar that we are giving away. Sign up for your chance to win.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count.
0:21.7	With Carl Truman, Todd Pruitt, and Amy Bird, Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:30.6	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:36.8	Music Well, welcome to Mordification of Spin.
0:47.0	It's a great pleasure to have on the show today.
0:49.8	Well, it's not a great pleasure to have my usual co-hosts.
0:52.9	Amy Bird and that other guy.
0:55.2	What's his name, Amy?
0:56.1	Tom.
0:56.6	Tom.
0:57.2	Tom.
0:57.6	It's great to have, well, great to have Amy, almost great to have Tom.
1:03.9	And as a special guest, we have my long-standing colleague and dear friend from Westminster Theological Seminary, Professor William Edgar,
1:13.2	better known as Bill Edgar, who is Professor of Apologetics, an accomplished jazz musician,
1:19.9	and a winsome and very helpful author of some excellent books covering everything from culture through to evangelism.
1:28.7	And we want to talk to him today about his forthcoming book, Does Christianity Really Work?
1:37.0	Bill, welcome to the show.
1:38.5	Thanks, Carl.
1:39.1	Great to be with you.
1:40.7	So does it work?
1:41.7	Well, first of all, I would want people know this is a new series that
1:45.3	dr. Edgar has contributed to from Christian focus it's if the series is called the big 10 you
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