William Edgar

Highlights from 2017

Christ the Center — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 05:00:12 +0000

For those of you who’ve been with us for some time know we like to take an hour or so at the end of the year to look back on everything we did. Today, we’ve selected ten clips from the episodes we released in 2017. We spoke with many people and had many fascinating conversations. I hope we’ll pique your interest, and you’ll go back to listen to many of the full conversations represented by these highlights.

2017 was another blessed year at Reformed Forum. We’ve had close to half a million downloads so far this year from 115 different countries. We published our first book, No Uncertain Sound and sent out more than 1,000 copies. We hosted our fourth annual theology conference, this year on the subject of The Reformation of Apologetics. We opened an online store at reformedforum.org/store with merchandise and hard-to-find editions of significant Reformed books—many of them first editions and some even signed by the author.

We’re so thankful for all of you and will continue to try to serve you by providing Reformed theological resources however we can. At the end of this year, please help us out by visiting reformedforum.org/donate. Many of you have already responded generously to our previous appeals, but we can still use your help. Our board has scheduled a strategy summit for this coming year, and we are thinking and praying about our next steps. We would love to move Reformed Forum to the next level, a new chapter in its life of service to the Church. Please help us begin to realize this as we enter 2018.

We’re looking forward to another full year of Christ the Center. January 25 will mark our 10th anniversary. Jeff, Jim, and I recorded that first episode during my first year in seminary—three homes and three children ago. Things have changed over the years, but our mission has stayed the same—to advance Christian education by helping you learn more about Christ and the Reformed tradition that we believe faithfully upholds his gospel.

—Camden Bucey

Episodes

474 — Ryan McGraw, John Owen and Reformed Orthodox Trinitarian Theology
476 — Peter Gurry, The Coherence-Based Genealogical Method
478 — William Edgar, A Biblical Theology of Culture
482 — Scott Oliphint, The Majesty of Mystery
483 — Kevin Chiarot, T. F. Torrance and Apostolic Succession
489 — Charles Williams, The Life and Theology of Augustine
493 — Darryl Hart, Machen and the Media
496 — Brandon Crowe, Fulfillment in Matthew
503 — Bob Cara, Cracking the Foundation of the New Perspective on Paul
510 — Chad Van Dixhoorn, The Westminster Assembly and the Reformation of the English Pulpit

Participants: Brandon Crowe, Camden Bucey, Chad Van Dixhoorn, Charles Williams, Darryl G. Hart, Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy, K. Scott Oliphint, Kevin Chiarot, Peter Gurry, Robert Cara, Ryan McGraw, William Edgar

A Biblical Theology of Culture

Christ the Center — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 05:00:03 +0000

In his book Created & Creating (IVP Academic), William Edgar offers a rich biblical theology contending that Christians must engage in culture. Dr. Edgar is Professor of Apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary. He joins us to speak about this wonderful book.

Its thesis is simple: the cultural mandate, declared at the dawn of human history, and reiterated through the different episodes of redemptive history, culminating in Jesus’ Great Commission, is the central calling for humanity.

Previous Episodes featuring William Edgar

Participants: Camden Bucey, Jeff Waddington, William Edgar

Highlights from 2015

Christ the Center — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 05:00:21 +0000

We ring in the New Year with a retrospective of 2015, bringing to you highlights from twelve of our favorite episodes of the year.

370 — Donald Macleod, Understanding the Atonement
373 — Rita Cefalu, The Sons of God and Daughters of Man in Genesis 6
376 — Vern Poythress, Redeeming Mathematics
378 — Carl Trueman, Luther on the Christian Life
391 — Chris Castaldo, Talking with Catholics about the Gospel
393 — Tony Reinke, Newton on the Christian Life
398 — Bill Edgar, The History and Legacy of the Huguenots
400 — Jim Cassidy, Jeff Waddington, and Camden Bucey, Polemical Theology
403 — Kevin Chiarot, The Unassumed Is the Unhealed
408 — Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., The Eschatological Aspect of the Pauline Conception of the Spirit
411 — Daniel Strange, A Theology of Religions
415 — John Bolt, Bavinck on the Christian Life

Participants: Camden Bucey, Carl Trueman, Chris Castaldo, Daniel Strange, Donald Macleod, Jared Oliphint, Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy, John Bolt, Kevin Chiarot, Richard B. Gaffin Jr., Rita Cefalu, Tony Reinke, Vern Poythress, William Edgar

The History and Legacy of the Huguenots

Christ the Center — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 04:01:06 +0000

Dr. William Edgar details the French Reformation and the Huguenots, connecting it through history in order to teach us about God’s plan for his church amidst struggle. Dr. Edgar is Professor of Apologetics and John Boyer Chair of Evangelism and Culture at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also serves as president of The Huguenot Fellowship, a non-profit organization committed to supporting the Reformation heritage in the French-speaking world.

How Did Evil Come Into the World?

Christ the Center — Fri, 23 May 2014 05:00:30 +0000

Dr. William Edgar discusses the question, How Did Evil Come Into the World?, which is also the title of his recent addition to the Christian Answers to Hard Questions series. Today’s conversation covers the same territory as the booklet, how a good God can be the creator and sovereign of a world now filled with evil, and how scientific developments related to Darwinism and evolution challenge or harmonize with the Biblical account of suffering and sin. Dr. Edgar guides listeners and readers to a view of God and evil that recognizes both the terrible reality of evil and the supreme reality of God’s good plan. Dr. Edgar is Professor of Apologetics and John Boyer Chair of Evangelism and Culture at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelpia, PA. Dr. Edgar serves as part of the Christian Renaissance Foundation, the European Leadership Forum, and the Huguenot Fellowship, among other responsibilities.

Participants: Camden Bucey, Jeff Waddington, William Edgar

Highlights from 2013

Christ the Center — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 05:00:12 +0000

We begin the New Year with a look at some of our best clips from 2013. Listen to the full episodes of the clips we’ve chosen to include by using the following links:

Participants: Camden Bucey, Carl Trueman, Carlton Wynne, Darryl G. Hart, David Gibson, David Murray, James White, Jared Oliphint, Jim Cassidy, John Currid, Jonathan Gibson, K. Scott Oliphint, Lane G. Tipton, Michael Emlet, Nick Batzig, Scott Manetsch, Scott R. Wright, Timothy Brindle, Vern Poythress, William Edgar

Francis Schaeffer’s Christian Spirituality

Christ the Center — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:00:37 +0000

We welcome William Edgar, Professor of Apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA, to the program to reflect upon Francis Schaeffer’s life and thought. Dr. Edgar focuses on Schaeffer’s Christian spirituality in Schaeffer on the Christian Life: Countercultural Spirituality, a unique and welcome addition to the literature on Schaeffer. Having spent time with Schaeffer at L’Abri in Switzerland and having been deeply influenced by Schaeffer’s ministry, Dr. Edgar’s book brings a warm tone to a rich and insightful treatment of the Christian life.

Participants: Camden Bucey, Jared Oliphint, Jim Cassidy, William Edgar