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Right Now Counts Forever: 2021 National Conference

2. Questions & Answers with Kim, MacArthur, and Nichols

64:15

3. The Holiness of God & His People

John MacArthur

38:47

4. The Centrality of the Family

Joel Kim

39:59

5. Questions & Answers with Godfrey, Kim, and Thomas

36:20

6. The Body of Christ

Burk Parsons

26:22

7. A Conversation on Life and Ministry

40:18

8. Glorifying God in Our Bodies

W. Robert Godfrey

43:03

9. The Providence of God

Derek Thomas

43:42

10. Achieving an Eternal Glory

Derek Thomas

48:37

11. Questions & Answers with Godfrey, Nichols, Parsons, and Thomas

13. R.C. Sproul’s Life and Ministry

31:44

14. Interview on The Church in Africa (Seminar)

27:26

15. Serving God in the Digital Age (Seminar)

Nathan W. Bingham

Serving God in the Digital Age (Seminar)

31:01

16. Preaching and Pastoral Ministry (Seminar)

29:05

17. Interview on The Necessity of Reforming the Church (Seminar)

30:06

18. Teaching the Truth (Seminar)

26:30

19. Discipling the Next Generation (Seminar)

Christian LivingChristian Living\Life IssuesLife Issues\SufferingSuffering

Achieving an Eternal Glory

Derek Thomas

The pain of suffering in the moment seems intense and unbearable, but our experience of suffering has lasting consequences beyond our present ordeals. As Romans 5:3–5 tells us, “Suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” The Lord uses suffering to conform us to the image of Christ and to equip us to persevere in faith until the end. In this session, Dr. Derek Thomas considers the role of suffering in the Christian life and how God works in it to benefit us for eternity.

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Derek Thomas

Dr. Derek W.H. Thomas is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is featured teacher for the Ligonier teaching series Romans 8 and author of many books, including Heaven on Earth, Strength for the Weary, and Let Us Worship God.

The Providence of God

Derek Thomas

Chosen in Christ: God’s Eternal Plan of Redemption

Derek Thomas

Chosen in Christ: God’s Eternal Plan of Redemption

The Words of Eternal Life

Derek Thomas

Suffering

Resources about keeping in step with the Spirit and maturing in Christlikeness, including: beauty and goodness, compassion, conscience, contentment, godliness, hope, humility, joy, love, peace, strength, thankfulness, and unity.