Questions & Answers: Standing for the Truth
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 16 August 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
What false teachings threaten the church today? How can Christians speak the truth without compromising compassion? Today, the Ligonier Teaching Fellows address biblical and theological questions from guests attending the 2024 Ligonier National Conference.
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Meet Today's Teachers:
Sinclair Ferguson is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow, vice-chairman of Ligonier Ministries, and Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is featured teacher for several Ligonier teaching series, including Union with Christ. He is author of many books, including The Whole Christ, Maturity, and Devoted to God's Church. Dr. Ferguson is also host of the podcast Things Unseen.
W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California. He is the featured teacher for many Ligonier teaching series, including the six-part series A Survey of Church History. He is author of many books, including God's Pattern for Creation, Reformation Sketches, and An Unexpected Journey.
Steven Lawson is founder and president of OnePassion Ministries in Dallas. He is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow, professor of preaching and dean of D.Min. studies at The Master's Seminary, and teacher for the Institute for Expository Preaching. He is author of many books, including The Passionate Preaching of Martyn Lloyd-Jones, John Knox: Fearless Faith, and The Moment of Truth.
Stephen Nichols is president of Reformation Bible College, chief academic officer for Ligonier Ministries, and a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow. He is host of the podcasts 5 Minutes in Church History and Open Book. He has written more than twenty books, including Peace, A Time for Confidence, and R.C. Sproul: A Life and volumes in the Guided Tour series on Jonathan Edwards, Martin Luther, and J. Gresham Machen. He is coeditor of The Legacy of Luther and general editor of the Church History Study Bible.
Burk Parsons is senior pastor of Saint Andrew's Chapel in Sanford, FL, chief editorial officer for Ligonier Ministries, editor of Tabletalk magazine, and a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow. He is author of Why Do We Have Creeds?, editor of Assured by God and John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology, and cotranslator and coeditor of A Little Book on the Christian Life by John Calvin.
Derek Thomas is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and Chancellor's Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is featured teacher for the Ligonier teaching series The Life of Peter and author of many books, including Heaven on Earth, Strength for the Weary, and Let Us Worship God.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | We don't need to put the truth in opposition to compassion. |
| 0:04.1 | There are hard sayings of the Bible and there are hard truths of the gospel. |
| 0:07.8 | But the truth of the gospel is freedom and forgiveness from sin and that is compassion. It's the opposite |
| 0:17.1 | of compassion to say to someone you're better off remaining bound in your sin, the truth of the gospel is full of compassion. |
| 0:27.0 | We're often told that the Q&A times at our conferences are a highlight for the |
| 0:38.3 | attendees as we address their biblical, theological, and practical questions. |
| 0:44.6 | And today on renewing your mind, |
| 0:46.6 | you'll hear Ligner's teaching fellows address questions |
| 0:49.7 | like whether truth and compassion are in opposition and more. This is the Friday edition of |
| 0:56.0 | renewing your mind as we close out a week featuring some of the sessions from |
| 1:00.6 | this year's Ligonier Ministries National Conference. |
| 1:04.0 | Don't forget that you can join us next year in April |
| 1:07.0 | when you secure the Early Bird Discount at ligandir. |
| 1:10.0 | org slash 2025. That way you'll also have an opportunity to submit your questions |
| 1:16.5 | for next year's Q&A sessions throughout his ministry RC Sprawl made it a point to dedicate time to answering your questions. |
| 1:26.0 | He really wanted to help people know who God is and to know his word rightly. |
| 1:30.8 | So today we're offering a resource from Dr. Sprawl to help you understand the hard sayings of the Bible. |
| 1:37.0 | When you give a gift of any amount at renewing your mind.org, |
| 1:41.0 | we'll send you the hardcover edition of his book Hard Sayings and give you lifetime |
| 1:46.4 | digital access to his four teaching series dedicated to the hard sayings of the Bible. This offer ends at midnight. |
| 1:55.0 | Moderated by Ligonier's president and CEO Chris Larson, |
| 2:00.0 | here's our teaching fellows, Sinclair Ferguson, W Robert Godfrey, Stephen Lawson, Stephen Nichols, |
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