Ask Ligonier Live with Michael Reeves (January 2024)

On Thursday, January 18th, Michael Reeves joined us live online to answer your biblical and theological questions.

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Questions:

1. What is your counsel, advice, to this upcoming generation? (1:07)
2. James 2:26 says that 'faith without works is dead.' What are the works that are referred to in that text? (4:01)
3. Where did Jesus go when He died? (8:13)
4. How can I defend the doctrine of limited atonement? (10:12)
5. What purpose do the creeds and confessions of faith have in the church and in the life of a Christian? (14:18)
6. I'm curious what your thoughts are on the various analogies that people use to try and explain the Trinity? Do you use analogies to explain the Trinity or should they not be used at all? (21:31)
7. How are we to understand what true biblical fear is when we are told that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom? (25:45)
8. What is the eternal functional subordination of the Son? Why is this doctrine wrong? (34:32)
9. How was Jesus born without the sin of Adam since He was truly man? (36:42)
10. What is your favorite book about church history? (38:56)
11. What advice would you give to a Christian that's trying to dip their toe in the Puritan waters and they're struggling a little bit? (41:00)
12. How may we appropriate God's promises to Israel in the Old Testament to ourselves in the New Testament era? (44:21)
13. How can we affirm that God is unchanging yet the Son goes from having one essence to two when He takes on humanity in the incarnation? (47:26)
14. I just started my Mdiv seminary degree last year. Do you have any advice for me in my theological studies? (49:39)
15. Speaking of studying, what subjects or books are you currently studying? (53:06)
16. How does a Christian protect against mere formalism or externalism and ensure that their heart is actually engaged in worship? (55:15)
17. Why does God refer to "us" in the opening chapters of Genesis in the plural? Is God talking to the angels or is this a reference to the Trinity? (58:44)

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/about/who-we...