Ask Ligonier Live with Derek Thomas (February 2021)

On Thursday, February 4, Dr. Derek Thomas joined us as a special guest on our Ask Ligonier team to answer your biblical and theological questions live online. Study Reformed theology with a free resource bundle from Ligonier Ministries: https://grow.ligonier.org/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=get-started Intro (0:00) Questions 1. What will “normal life” look like in the new heavens and the new earth? (1:40) 2. Do you think Christians long for heaven as they ought to? (3:18) 3. What is worldliness? (4:58) 4. What Bible study resources do you recommend for laypeople? (6:15) 5. Why is there no marriage after the resurrection? (8:04) 6. Is it acceptable for Christians to get baptized twice? (9:04) 7. Who is your favorite preacher? (10:25) 8. Why do some churches say that singing psalms is the only right way to worship the Lord? (12:24) 9. How should we interpret Bible passages that describe God as grieving? (14:30) 10. Since many churches stopped meeting in person in 2020, should Christians start home churches and raise up their own teachers? (17:55) 11. How can we reconcile the doctrine of limited atonement with 1 John 2:2? (22:47) 12. What convinced you to embrace covenant theology and Presbyterianism? (25:43) 13. What would we be missing if our Bibles lacked the book of Galatians? (31:35) 14. What does it mean that we are “justified by faith, not because of faith”? (35:20) 15. In John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, why did it take so long for Christian’s burden to fall away? (38:10) 16. What are some of the greatest challenges facing preachers today? (41:45) 17. Will Christians receive rewards in heaven? (46:20) 18. What is wrong with “Christian” universalism? (48:28) 19. How can I make the book of Leviticus interesting when I read it? (49:30) 20. Why did Jesus not know the time of His second coming? (51:01) 21. Since Christians are new creations and are forgiven in Christ, should they still pray for their own forgiveness? (53:03) 22. Why do all human beings inherit a sinful nature from Adam? (54:28) 23. Should Christians ever pray directly to Jesus or to the Holy Spirit? (56:24) 24. How can I be saved? (58:09) Dr. Thomas is senior minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C., and Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and author of many books, including How the Gospel Brings Us All the Way Home. 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: https://www.ligonier.org/about/who-we-are/what-we-believe/