How a Marrow Grew
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Do we need to forsake our sin before we can come to faith in Christ? Today, Sinclair Ferguson introduces us to a controversy from church history that shows how important it is that we understand the gospel rightly.
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| 0:00.0 | Controversy erupted in 18th century Scotland |
| 0:03.0 | over a book titled The Marrow of Modern Divinity. |
| 0:06.6 | Twelve pastors became the focus of the dispute. |
| 0:09.6 | One of the things the Marrow of Modern Divinity |
| 0:12.8 | did for this group of men and for their preaching |
| 0:17.2 | was to set them free from some of the misunderstandings |
| 0:22.1 | of the gospel, which they had inherited |
| 0:25.1 | from the kind of teaching and preaching |
| 0:26.9 | that they themselves had heard. |
| 0:29.1 | It was called The Marrow Controversy, and it may not be something |
| 0:39.1 | that comes up in daily conversation around your house, |
| 0:41.7 | but it is quite relevant, and you'll find out why today |
| 0:45.8 | here on Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:47.6 | Welcome, we're glad that you could be with us. |
| 0:50.3 | Dr. Sinclair Ferguson begins his teaching series titled The Whole Christ. |
| 0:55.2 | The Scottish Creed at the heart of this controversy |
| 0:57.5 | caused quite a stir, and we can see that the questions it raised |
| 1:01.0 | three centuries ago are still being asked today, |
| 1:04.3 | and one of those questions is this. |
| 1:06.6 | How do we present Christ to unbelievers |
| 1:09.2 | if we claim that he died only for the elect? |
| 1:13.1 | Our teacher is Dr. Sinclair Ferguson. |
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