What We Believe: 2019 Atlanta Conference
A questions and answers session with Anthony Carter, H.B. Charles Jr., David Hall, and Burk Parsons.
Quetions:
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Why do we have such a hard time understanding the book of Revelation? (00:40)
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Is Jesus still fully human? (05:20)
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Is it Scriptural to pray to the Holy Spirit? (06:13)
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How does our understanding of the Trinity give us assurance of salvation? (08:20)
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How does the statement “God is love” uniquely define our Christian faith? (09:04)
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A popular pastor in Atlanta has recently been called out for rejecting the Old Testament. How might the Apostles respond to this? (12:31)
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I attend an anti-Calvinist college. How can I explain Calvinism to my fellow students and teachers? (18:08)
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It’s been said that the church is the most segregated institution on any given Sunday. How should we address that? (22:10)
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On what basis did God choose the elect? (24:50)
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How do we reconcile the joy and assurance that predestination gives us as believers with the grief and pain that some of our loved ones are not chosen? (27:44)
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How can we witness with gentleness and love and be a comfort to unbelievers? (30:50)
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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Anthony Carter
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.
General Theology
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