A Continuing Reformation: Pittsburgh 2021 Conference
A questions and answers session with Drs. Stephen Nichols and Burk Parsons.
Questions:
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What is the greatest challenge facing the church today? (0:17)
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How do we speak to the need for Christians to return to church in this post-COVID culture? (10:22)
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Can you address the doctrine of justification by faith alone in light of James 2:24? (12:59)
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Is repentance an aspect of faith, or is faith a good work? (19:15)
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What changes us as we read and ponder Scripture—is it Scripture, or is it the Holy Spirit? (24:35)
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Some members of my church believe in the continuation of the sign gifts. How would you lovingly persuade them that these gifts ceased after the canon of Scripture was written? (28:42)
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How and when was the canon of Scripture established, and by whom? (38:32)
Note: Answers given reflect the views of the individual speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Dr. R.C. Sproul and Ligonier Ministries. Here is our Statement of Faith.
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Stephen Nichols
Dr. Burk Parsons is senior pastor of Saint Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, Fla., chief editorial officer for Ligonier Ministries, executive 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.
Christianity and Culture
Resources about the doctrines of grace, including: irresistible grace, limited atonement, the perseverance of the saints, total depravity, and unconditional election.
