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In this panel, Albert Mohler, John Piper, Ligon Duncan, Kevin DeYoung, and Mark Dever share stories from the Reformation and biographies that can lend courage to believers today in the face of opposition. May God give us grace to learn from those who have gone before us in the faith, to follow their examples in so far as these brothers and sisters followed Christ.
In this panel, Mark Dever, John MacArthur, Ligon Duncan, and Al Moher discuss the reform that is still needed in the church today. John Calvin once asked, "Everybody agrees that the church requires reform, but how urgent is that need?" At the very core of the church is the love for Christ that pastors ought to pray grows in their own lives and in the lives of their church members.
Is the Reformation over? Ligon Duncan suggests thattheReformation is not over. In fact, "the issues that werethefoundation of the Protestant Reformation are perenniallyimportant,and they're especially important for us in our own dayand time."Giving historical consideration to those issues, Duncanshows howthe issues at the bedrock of the Protestant Reformationapply to usand our churches today.
The key question that kept Luther on his knees was this: How aresins forgiven? In this talk, Dr. Albert Mohler reviews how sins areforgiven in Christ and in Christ alone and how sinners aretransferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light.Martin Luther penned the 95 theses to make this truth clear.
At the heart of Martin Luther's theology is the conviction thathuman beings are totally dependent on God's omnipotent grace torescue us from the bondage of the will by creating and decisivelyfulfilling every inclination to believe and obey. Are the debatesabout the freedom of the will and the bondage of the willperipheral to the church? Were they during the Reformation? Is ourworking added to God's working or is our working God's working?Just how fallen and sinful are human beings? Piper exploressomething of the depths of human depravity in this talk.
Normally, when we consider the Reformers, we consider thetheological revolution they brought about; this consideration isgood and right. One aspect of the Reformers we often skip over,however, is that these men were fundamentally pastors. As such, theReformers lent great pastoral contributions that we can receivemuch encouragement from especially in the midst of our suffering.CJ Mahaney looks to the Reformation and to the book of Job for suchencouragement.
David Platt closed out T4G 2016 by reviewing the lives anddeaths of martyrs from the Reformation and applying their theologyof death and mission to the church today. Putting our pain inperspective, Platt reminded us that "your perspective of earthlyembers changes when you remember that you have been saved from aneternal inferno." Platt continues to call the church to hasten theday of her Lord's return by continuing to share the gospel with thelost and the unreached.
Matt Chandler only gets three words into this sermon'stextbeforestopping to exalt our sovereign God. Encouraging pastorstonot cowto cultural pressures, Chandler exalts in the strengthofGod'somnipotence. Chandler reviews a recent trip he took toRome,where hesaw how the world's strongest empire—which triedtoexterminateChristians—lies in ruins yet Christ's reignsinvictory. Thus,"Christian courage inflamed and informed bytheglory of God will bethe undoing of every empire againstthekingdom of God." Take heart,brothers and sisters.
Mark Dever speaks to why endurance is such a necessary virtuefor the Christian minister. In this talk, Dever aims to exhortpastors to not miss out on the joys of ministry, such as the joy ofresting in the sufficiency of Scripture, the joy of hearing otherspreach better sermons than you, the joy of seeing others converted,and other joys. These joys are part of the fuel God intends hispastors to have to continue in their service. Why aredenominational growth awards paltry substitutes for healthychurches? What are the joys of the spotlight vs. the joy of theelder's chair?
In this talk, focusing on Christ's call to the churches in the first three chapters of Revelation, John MacArthur challenges church leaders and pastors to call their churches to repentance if need be. "We all like calling the nation to repentance," MacArthur suggests, "but what about calling the church to repentance?" Have you ever heard of a church—a whole church—that repented? Have you ever been part of a church that openly, genuinely, and contritely repented for sins against its head—the Lord Jesus Christ?
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