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2017 Faculty Conference Question and Answer Panel.

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One of the key outcomes of the Protestant Reformation was the recovery of a biblical ecclesiology, or the doctrine of the church. Luther and other Reformers emphasized the priesthood of all believers over and against the hierarchical systems found in the Roman Catholic Church. 

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There is no shortage of “gospel” things, from gospel music to gospel vacations. But what is the gospel itself and has it become captive to agendas that bear a loose relationship to the redemption in Christ that we find in the Scriptures?  

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The Roman Catholic Church maintains there is an ecclesiastical hierarchy that has the pope as its pinnacle, but Protestant Reformers challenged this notion. They rejected the claims of papal authority and returned Christ to his sole place of preeminence.

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That the Reformation principle of sola scriptura is often challenged in the halls of academia and often ridiculed in popular media should not surprise us. What is surprising, however, is the lack of focus and dependence upon the Bible among churches and believers.

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The church has already read the Scriptures but she has not always read them well. For much of its history the church read Scripture under the influence of powerful assumptions, which blinded her to vitally important truths.

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The Reformation recovered the biblical Gospel, not provisionally, but definitively. We need it today as every generation has needed it.

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Conference attendees talk about their take-aways from the faculty lectures on the Holy Spirit.

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Faculty speakers answer questions related to the Holy Spirit.

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It is through the ordinary means of grace instituted by Christ that the Spirit brings about his extraordinary “new creation” in this present age.

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This session addresses the conviction that the Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary for both the one preaching the sermon and the one hearing it.

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Now in the new covenant the Spirit of God (who empowered Israel’s kings, prophets, and priests) distributes to all believers his diverse gifts, to enable every member of Christ’s body to serve others and foster the growth of the whole church.

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Dr. Estelle discusses the role of the Holy Spirit in the Hebrew Bible: creating and recreating, writing, testifying to, and guiding the Hebrews

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Not only is the Spirit present in our confessions, but we have overlooked a number of insights regarding the person and work of the Spirit as it appears in the confessions.

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Montanus to Joachim of Fiore to Aimme Semple McPherson, Christians have been challenged to expect more from the Spirit. What does church history teach about such expectations and how should we react to them today?

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