Questions & Answers with Ferguson, Godfrey, Nichols, and Parsons

A questions and answers session with Sinclair Ferguson, W. Robert Godfrey, Stephen Nichols, and Burk Parsons.

This message is from The Way, the Truth, and the Life, our 2024 National Conference:    • The Way, the Truth, and the Life: 202...  

Questions:

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1. How can a Christian experience freedom from the heaviness of guilt and depression resulting from their sin? (1:21)
2. Is there a difference between election and predestination? (6:44)
3. I’m a relatively new Christian, and I understand that baptism is not essential to salvation. What should compel me to get baptized? (8:25)
4. Does a potential spouse have to believe in the five points of Calvinism to be a compatible partner? (10:54)
5. How can we share the gospel with a gay relative in a way that will continue to foster the relationship? (14:01)
6. How should I respond to a family member who believes that God is evil because “a good God would not allow the world to be the way that it is”? (19:22)
7. Since Scripture tells us that we can grieve the Holy Spirit, does that mean He can experience disappointment or sadness like we can? (24:26)
8. Since God is Spirit and has no physical body, how do we understand passages like Exodus 33 that say Moses saw God’s back? (29:21)
9. How does a Christian mortify sin? How does a Christian resist temptation? (33:41)

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: https://www.ligonier.org/what-we-believe