Awakening: 2018 National Conference
A questions and answers session with Kevin DeYoung, Sinclair Ferguson, and W. Robert Godfrey.
Questions:
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Is awakening an event or a process? (00:42)
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How do we distinguish genuine awakening from counterfeit awakening? How does awakening in our personal lives differ from awakening in the church? (5:32)
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How does the First Great Awakening compare to the Second Great Awakening? (10:17)
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What is the difference between revival and reformation? How is awakening different from reform? (15:46)
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Does the Holy Spirit regenerate a sinner apart from hearing the gospel and exercising faith and repentance? (21:46)
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How should I deal with prayerlessness in my life? (27:48)
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How should I comfort a loved one who is going through a period of suffering and trial? (32:28)
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Is it a sin to refuse medical treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation, and dialysis knowing that the person will die? (38:47)
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Did God die on the cross? Was His deity affected? (41:16)
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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Kevin DeYoung
Dr. Burk Parsons is senior pastor of Saint Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, Fla., 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.
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