The End of the Christian Life

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Todd Billings is professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, MI, and a minister in the Reformed Church in America. He’s the author of Rejoicing in Lament: Wrestling with Incurable Cancer and Life in Christ, but his most recent book—The End of the Christian Life: How Embracing Our Mortality Frees Us to Truly Live—is today’s topic. As Todd surveyed his former students and friends in ministry, he learned that—for many—the topic of death and walking alongside the dying is the greatest challenge pastors face in ministry. It’s increasingly evident that we live in a death-denying culture, so how can we help people to think through our inevitability of mortality? Join us for a deeply thoughtful conversation as we consider how the secular culture has twisted and softened the meaning of death--even changing the words we use to discuss it. Register for the opportunity to win a copy of Todd’s book, The End of the Christian Life. The copies are a generous gift from our friends at Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group. Show Notes ·A Secular Age by Charles Taylor

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0:00.0	This podcast is sponsored by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals,
0:04.0	proclaiming biblical doctrine to foster a reformed awakening in today's church.
0:08.6	Stay tuned for more at the conclusion of today's program. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:36.1	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:41.3	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:58.7	You are listening to Mortification of Spin.
1:03.6	My name is Todd Pruitt, and I am joined as always by my co-host Carl Truman.
1:18.0	And today we are delighted to have a special guest with us, Todd Billings, who is the author of a wonderful new book that I've been really enjoying digging into.
1:21.5	It's called The End of the Christian Life, How Embracing frees us to truly live. Dr. Billings is a professor
1:34.1	of reformed theology at Western Theological Seminary, which is in Holland, Michigan. He is also
1:39.2	author of Rejoicing and Lament from several years ago. And Todd was with us to talk about that book when it came out.
1:47.1	Now, that book is more of a theological and biographical reflection that he provides us.
1:54.8	And it's a wonderful, wonderful meditation on suffering in this life as Christians.
2:01.8	And this book is different, though related, in terms of the fact that Todd helps us deal with the reality of death,
2:12.1	or as the Puritans would say, Memento Mori, or think about your mortality, think about your death.
2:19.3	Todd, thanks so much for joining us today.
2:22.3	Really appreciate your time.
2:24.3	It's great to be with you and be back with you.
2:27.3	Yeah, yeah.
2:29.3	So kind of tell us a little bit about where this book comes from, the why behind this book.
2:38.6	Why is, and for our audience who may not be aware of your story,
2:43.8	tell us a little bit about the place in your own life where this book comes from.
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