Questions & Answers with Garner, Reeves, Strain, and Thomas

A questions and answers session with David Garner, Michael Reeves, David Strain, and Derek Thomas. This message is from Crucial Questions, our 2026 National Conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL30acyfm60fWMnNBncG5S8U2KO-CeQO9a 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 Questions: - Intro 0:00 - How would you counsel a person struggling with the assurance of salvation and their ability to persevere to the end? 1:31 - How can we lovingly confront family members who claim to be saved but exhibit no fruit of sanctification? 4:34 - How can we prevent ourselves from thinking that our position in Christ is predicated upon our performance? 7:21 - When does a thought become sinful? 10:24 - Why are many young people leaving evangelical churches for Roman Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy? What should we say to them? 13:50 - What counsel should parents give an adult child who is angry at God because life is not turning out as expected? 19:52 - One of our sons has rejected our faith and conservative values since college. How can we love and reach out to him? 22:08 - In a day when many believe that a woman’s dignity requires the right to do whatever a man can, how can we best reaffirm the true, biblical value of womanhood? 25:50 - Why is it important to know and understand Reformed theology? 34:28 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: https://www.ligonier.org/about/who-we-are/what-we-believe/