Life in the Kingdom

 

 

Life in the Kingdom (Audio)

 

Sinclair Ferguson

From Ligonier Ministries

 

Jesus did not come to top up our inadequate lives and make us happy. Christ came to break down our old lives and recreate us in His likeness. Today, Sinclair Ferguson begins his explanation of the Sermon on the Mount.

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Sinclair Ferguson

(Born 21 February 1948) is a Scottish theologian known in Reformed Christian circles for his teaching, writing, and editorial work. He is Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary since 2017, commuting from Scotland where he is an assistant minister at St. Peter’s Free Church of Scotland, Dundee.

Ferguson studied at the University of Aberdeen for all of his university education, firstly a master of arts, then a bachelor of divinity, before gaining his Ph.D. During his days as a student, he worshiped at Gilcomston South Church, under the ministry of William Still.

Ferguson was ordained as a minister in the Church of Scotland in 1971, becoming the minister of St. John’s, Baltasound, the most northerly parish in Scotland, on the island of Unst, Shetland. He was the pastor there for 10 years. After this decade on Unst, he was offered a teaching position as a part-time Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia.

He then moved back to his native Scotland in 1997, filling the pulpit at St George’s-Tron Church, Glasgow, succeeding the successful 20-year ministry of Eric Alexander.

In the mid-2000s, he then transferred back to the U.S. to the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, serving as the senior pastor of the historic First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, South Carolina.

Since 25 August 2013, he has served as a preacher and elder at St. Peter’s Free Church, Dundee.

In 2022, a Festschrift will be published in his honor. Theology for Ministry: How Doctrine Affects Pastoral Life and Practice includes contributions from Joel Beeke, Ligon Duncan, W. Robert Godfrey, Michael Horton, Douglas Kelly, Robert Letham, Philip Ryken, and Chad Van Dixhoorn.