Semper Reformanda: 2025 Escondido Conference

A questions and answers session with Christopher Gordon, Stephen Nichols, and Derek Thomas.

Questions:

1. Can you get remarried after you get divorced? What if you are the guilty party of adultery? (0:26)
2. Should we condemn Martin Luther’s later writings for antisemitism? (4:51)
3. Many young people are interested in Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Is the Reformed church growing with the youth who are looking for the historical church? (11:56)
4. Why shouldn’t our worship service look like a rock concert? (16:36)
5. How can churches begin holding a second, evening worship service on the Lord’s Day? (26:55)
6. Why do many Christians say to unbelievers, “Jesus loves you”? Should they say that? (29:54)
7. What is the difference between how Calvinists and Arminians preach the gospel? (36:30)
8. Since Samson was to never touch a dead body, why did he kill a thousand men with a donkey’s jawbone? (42:14)
9. What constitutes a missionary? (44:04)

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.