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Coming alongside those who are struggling with loss, illness, and other life difficulties with one-on-one pastoral care, support groups, lay counselors, etc., is part of Scripture’s “bearing one another’s burdens” (Gal. 6:2). But what about disturbing the comfortable?
On Tuesday, April 13, Ligonier Ministries hosted Here We Stand, a free online streaming event celebrating the five-hundredth anniversary of Martin Luther’s stand for God’s word at the Diet of Worms. During this special event, Ligonier Teaching Fellows Drs. Sinclair Ferguson, W. Robert Godfrey, Steven Lawson, Stephen Nichols, Burk Parsons, and Derek Thomas explored the essential truths championed in the Protestant Reformation. Through a series of sessions, these teachers considered the ongoing relevance of the five solas of the Reformation for people of all ages. They were also joine...
In order for Christ to be our second Adam, he had to fight and win on the same battleground where our first Adam lost. The first Adam fell as man; therefore, Christ must stand as man â as one âmade like his brothers in every respect . . . yet without sinâ (Hebrews 2:17; 4:15). No animal and no angel could undo our ancient curse; that task was left for a perfect second Adam. âIf we are to be holy,â Ferguson writes, âthat holiness must be wrought out in our humanity. This is what Christ has accomplishedâ (72). By the Spirit, Christ has become the forerunner of...