Questions & Answers: Building the Church
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 4 July 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Since Jesus is the One who builds His church, what role do Christians play in this work? Today, several theologians answer questions about the church, discerning God’s will, and bearing witness to Christ.
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Meet Today’s Speakers:
Sinclair Ferguson is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow, vice-chairman of Ligonier Ministries, and Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary.
W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow, chairman of Ligonier Ministries, and president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California.
Stephen Nichols is president of Reformation Bible College, chief academic officer for Ligonier Ministries, and a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow.
Derek Thomas is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | I was converted through a sermon on John 812. |
| 0:02.9 | I am the light of the world. |
| 0:04.5 | He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. |
| 0:09.3 | And that's a great text to be converted through, but it's also a great word to live on. |
| 0:15.0 | He is promised he'll be with you, and he will keep you to the end. |
| 0:25.2 | Music you and he will keep you to the end. Welcome to the Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:28.6 | I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 0:31.6 | As we live the Christian life following the light of the world, we have questions, some of them practical, like, how do I |
| 0:40.0 | know the will of God for my life? Others are more theological, like what or who does the |
| 0:45.7 | world refer to in John 316? And I think it's because thoughtful Christians have questions |
| 0:52.4 | that our Q&A sessions at conferences are so popular. |
| 0:57.0 | Today, you'll hear one of the Q&As from our 2025 National Conference, and our teachers |
| 1:02.7 | will address both finding the will of God and John 316. Well, with a new conference session, |
| 1:09.2 | it means there's a new resource offer as well. |
| 1:12.3 | And today only, when you give a donation of any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org, |
| 1:17.6 | we'll send you R.C. Sproles' year-long devotional through the Book of Romans. |
| 1:22.8 | So request this hardcover devotional on Paul's magnum opus |
| 1:26.7 | when you respond at renewewing Your Mind.org |
| 1:29.7 | before midnight tonight. |
| 1:32.3 | Here's the Ligonier's president and CEO Chris Larson, moderating a Q&A with Sinclair Ferguson, |
| 1:39.5 | W. Robert Godfrey, Stephen Nichols, and Derek Thomas. |
| 1:45.0 | In classical reform theology, what is the most historically orthodox and accepted interpretation of Matthew 1618? |
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