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Why did Jesus speak in parables?
He actually answers that question Himself, or gives one answer to it, when He tells the parable of the sower and the soils and His disciples don’t get it. They come to Him and say, “What was that all about?” …Read More
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How should I preach the doctrines of grace?
I think, pastorally, one must always recognize that in some of these areas people do not have the paradigms to be able immediately to take in what scripture teaches. Sometimes they have been taught in a way that is contrary …Read More
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What are the essential qualities of a Christian?
Think for example about what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13. Here is a church where certain gifts are being held up before the people as indications of a kind of super-spirituality. And basically what Paul says in 1 Corinthians …Read More
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How do I know that I am elect? How do I know my faith is genuine?
The way in which we come to know our election is through faith in Christ. So we must never try to bypass Jesus Christ, because, for example, as Paul says in Ephesians 1, we are chosen in Christ before the …Read More
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Who is your favorite woman of the Reformation and why?
I suppose my favorite woman is Jeanne d’Albret who was the queen of Navarre and the mother of the man who became Henry IV of France. She was a very well-educated and learned woman. She was a very pious woman. …Read More
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How do you define a false teacher?
SPROUL: When is a false teacher a false teacher? It’s when he teaches falsehood. MOHLER: Amen. I would just add that I think there is in the New Testament a clear reservation of that title not just for one who …Read More
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How do you explain the doctrine of election to an unbeliever?
The first thing I would say is that it is not the place to begin in talking to an unbeliever. The second thing is that since the reality of election is grasped only by faith, that’s what we really need …Read More
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What are apocryphal books, and should Christians read them?
I’m a Presbyterian, and the confession of faith that the denomination I’m in uses is the Westminster Confession of Faith. In its first chapter it makes a comment on the apocryphal books, which basically is that they have no more …Read More
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Is eternal punishment in hell fair?
The concept of eternal damnation is postulated on the basis that the crime that is committed by transitory human creatures is a crime against One who is infinite in His perfection. In fact, I’m saying that there is almost an …Read More
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Will Christians who have been forgiven answer for their sins in judgment?
First of all, let me try and put it this way: When we are justified, we are justified with the righteousness of Jesus Christ. What that means–if you can begin to take it in–is that when you stand before God …Read More
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What is your theological background, and how has it shaped your view of history?
I’ve written a little book about my own personal spiritual journey. I was raised in a Methodist family, and it was in high school that I fell in amongst the Dutch Reformed and started going to a Reformed church. That …Read More
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Why should we pray if God has planned all things?
In a way that’s a form of a bigger question that sometimes people who ask that question don’t ask, which is, “If God has planned all things, why should we do anything?” And we understand that what we do as …Read More
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Why should I become a formal church member?
By however a church does it, and churches do it in different ways, what we are actually doing by becoming a formal member is saying “I’m committing myself to you. I’m committing myself to the Lord, and I’m committing myself …Read More
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How should the North American and global church pray for and serve each other?
LOPES: I think one of the ways that churches in the Global South can help the Western church is to remind them of the need to remain faithful to Scripture. I know there are exceptions, but as you look as …Read More
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What is the greatest challenge in the church today?
I think the greatest challenge in the church today is probably no different from any day, and that is that if we really believe in God and His sovereignty we’ll learn to pray together. One of the things that has …Read More
