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I Will Build My Church: 2025 National Conference

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1. Strangers and Exiles

3. Pursuing the Mission of God

Sinclair Ferguson

43:16

4. Questions & Answers with Godfrey, Harrison, Jones, and Nichols

52:45

5. Fighting the Good Fight

Ken Jones

43:24

6. Relying on the Means of Grace

Joel Kim

45:50

7. One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic

W. Robert Godfrey

8. The Chief Shepherd

Derek Thomas

9. Questions & Answers with Ferguson, Kim, Lopes, Reeves, and Thomas

10. Love One Another

Augustus Nicodemus Lopes

11. The Priority of Worship

Michael Reeves

12. Sharing the Good News

W. Robert Godfrey

13. Questions & Answers with Ferguson, Godfrey, Nichols, and Thomas

14. The Power of the Holy Spirit

Sinclair Ferguson

15. Misunderstood Doctrines (Seminar)

16. The Global Church (Seminar)

17. Assurance of Salvation (Seminar)

Michael Reeves

18. Trials and Suffering (Seminar)

Theology\General Theology

Trials and Suffering (Seminar)

Sinclair Ferguson

Christians face trials and suffering on this side of glory. In this seminar, Drs. Sinclair Ferguson and W. Robert Godfrey discuss the Bible’s teaching on suffering and encourage us to remain faithful when we face difficulties of various kinds.

Questions:

How should Christians think about suffering in light of God’s sovereignty and goodness? (1:06)
How can Christians understand suffering without doubting God’s sovereignty or His goodness? (13:45)
How can Christians distinguish between God’s discipline, spiritual warfare, and the ordinary trials that beset us in a fallen world? (25:17)
Can the hope of resurrection and future glory help inform our present sufferings? (33:28)

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.

Sinclair Ferguson

Dr. 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 featured teacher for many Ligonier teaching series, including Not Ashamed: Paul’s Letter to the Romans. He is author of many books, including Saving the Reformation, Learning to Love the Psalms, and John Calvin: Pilgrim and Pastor.