Burk Parsons
Stephen Nichols
W. Robert Godfrey
Michael Reeves
Sugel Michelén
Miguel Núñez
Derek Thomas
Sinclair Ferguson
+4
Interview on Saving the Reformation (Optional Session)

In this session, Nathan W. Bingham interviews Dr. W. Robert Godfrey on his book Saving the Reformation.

Questions:

  1. How did the Synod of Dort save the Reformation? (01:18)

  2. Why do so many people today lack knowledge of church history? (04:24)

  3. What can we learn from the Synod of Dort about the threat of false teaching? (07:49)

  4. How should we respond to Arminians today? (08:54)

  5. What would you encourage an Arminian to read as he or she studies these issues? (10:25)

  6. The canons are very practical, even addressing the eternal fate of children who die in infancy. Can you expand on the relevance of the canons to our everyday life? (14:40)

  7. The Synod of Dort uses very strong language. How does this instruct our defense of the faith today? (16:51)

  8. The canons condemn “curiosity.” What do they mean by curiosity, and how does it apply today? (18:48)

  9. What did you mean when you said, “If predestination is not a comfort to the people of God, it has not been rightly understood or taught”? (20:48)

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.

You may be interested in these resources.

More from this teacher

W. Robert Godfrey

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.