REFORMCON2016 | Reformed Game Show w/ White, Samson, Durbin, and Les

Team Selection and Game Setup

Our very special guests choose two additional team members to join them on stage. Jeff, please choose two members, anybody that you like out there, to join you to be on your team. Les, if you wouldn't mind grabbing two people, not the same people that Jeff's choosing, to come and be on your team.

Good choice. Strong choices. Strong. No excommunication during all this. So please state your name so we know who we are playing with. We already know you two. Alan Hampton. Alan Hampton, everybody. Daniel Shepard.

Daniel Shepard. Sean Cornell. Sean Cornell. Joy. Joy the girl. Yes, yes. Clapping is good around here, yes. So first round may look very similar to a game show that you're all familiar with called the Family Feud.

We are the Family of Christ Feud. Ha, ha, ha. You have to face each other. Yeah, you have to face each other. I believe there's both, yeah, they're both on. I'm gonna read a question. You're gonna tap in as quickly as you can.

There has been an audience polled. It may be some of the people right here today. And we've taken their top answers. You're gonna try to give me the top answer. If you happen to get the better answer than the other, then your team has the opportunity to answer the rest of the questions.

Are you familiar with these rules? Yeah. Where do we have to put our hands to start? I'd like you to put it here. Here, yeah, yeah, here. Like that? Behind the back? Behind the back, behind the back, behind the back.

I think that's how it works on the show. Is my mic on? Yeah, it's good. Good luck, Les. Good luck. I'll do it against me. Ha, ha, ha. Good luck to you both. Question number one. Good luck? God's graces to you both.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Much better. Thank you, Dr. White. Thank you. A blessed providence, a blessed sovereign providence upon you both. Yes, yes. Glory, yes. Question number one.

Shh. Affectual grace for this side. Blessed providence on the, hey, that's good team names. Yes, okay. Question number one. Which living theologian, would you guess, has the best singing voice?

It, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Very good, Les. Very good. Go ahead, give us your answer.

You're pulling the audience. I'm gonna say James White. James White. That is the number two, number two highest answer. Wow. Number two highest answer. Jeff, you do have an opportunity to see if you can get the next highest answer.

Ligon Duncan? You are absolutely wrong. Okay. Please be seated. Les, have a seat. Do you pass or play? You should play. That's correct. We only have a few minutes. Okay, yes. Oh, you're gonna play! Give him a round of applause.

Yes. Yes, so you got the number two correct answer. There are five remaining answers. Which living theologian, would you guess, has the best singing voice? Mr. Sampson. John MacArthur. John MacArthur is correct.

That's number six. Number six on our poll, number six. Very good, very strong. John Piper. John Piper is also on there, yes. Yes. Hey, no bickering, okay? You've gotten three of the six. You have three opportunities to get something wrong.

You get three X's. You've done great so far, yes. All right, your answer. R .C. Sproul, Jr. Ooh. Good try, good try. That's one X. You get two more X's, and then it's off to them. R .C. Sproul, Sr. You are correct!

So far, just to recap, you've got R .C. Sproul, Sr., James White, John Piper, and John MacArthur. There are two remaining answers on my little piece of paper. Mr. Sampson. Scott Oliphant. I'm sorry, that is a very good guess, but you're incorrect.

This is your last strike, if you happen to strike. Jeff Durbin. And he has a horrible voice, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I love you, but it's not good. Okay, this is their chance to steal. You only have to get one, you get one guess, and if the one person that you guess is on my list, you get all the points, which is a lot of points.

Question for the... So, is it, on the list, is everybody that everyone put down?

Yeah, everybody here today, or last night, per se. Then I know one of the answers. Don't tell me, don't tell me that you cheated, just give an answer. I'm just gonna guess, because I know the crowd,.

And I know some people in the crowd. Your mom? My mom? No, it says on there, I know that went in.

My mother is not on here. No, no, no, no. We polled the audience, and it was the top six answers. Does that help you? Do you want to try again? Because my mom is definitely not on here. I think they did.

Alistair Begg. Alistair Begg. And that is wrong, so this team wins, yes, yes. The remaining two answers were Doug Wilson, and Joel McDermott. It said your best guest, so, you know. Okay, now we need Dr. White, please stand.

Mr. Sampson, please join us. God's providential grace to you both. Thank you, thank you very much. Question number two. Which podcast plays the best music? Plays the best music?

Yes. Yeah, he talked to you, it's okay. It talked to me. I will be killed if I don't see, if I don't say Apollogia. Gia. Gia. That is correct, Dr. White. That is the number one answer.

That was the number one answer. So now, very good. So now you have the chance to decide whether you'd like to pass or play. There's only three more answers. Which podcast plays? Okay, all right, here we go.

Which podcast plays the best music? We've already heard the number one answer, which was Apologia Radio. I'm going to say the Reformed Pubcap. That is correct! That is the number two, the number two answer.

Timby, there are two answers remaining. Urban Theologian? Yes! Yes! Sorry, gentlemen, I'm sorry. There's one last answer, so you still have hope. And grace and faith, and yes. Okay. There's one answer remaining.

So far, it's been said Apologia Radio, the Reformed Pubcast, and Urban Theologian. There's one answer remaining. The Dividing Line. Yes! The Dividing Line. That was the top number three, the number three best podcast.

Yes, okay. So next, we need you guys up for the last and final question. Come, come. I'm sorry, please, Alan and Sean. Forgive me, brothers. Forgive me, yes, okay. Last question. Are you ready? You look so good.

I mean, very official, the way you stand. Okay. What is the first hymn you heard your child sing, you recognized your child singing? Yes. Amazing Grace. That is the number one answer! At this point in the game, let me remind you that we have one win over here, and one win over here.

So this is kind of, this is it. Although we have two more rounds of game, but this is the last of the family, the family, the reformed family feud, the family of Christ feud, if you will. So you've got the number one answer.

There's three answers remaining on this question, okay? So you got Amazing Grace. Let me repeat the question. It is, what is the first hymn you recognized your child singing? Were you gonna play? I'm sorry, did you decide whether you wanted to play or pass?

That's right, they all belong to Jesus. Okay, yes. So you decided to play. Yes, or play. To the elect, yes. Jesus loves me. Jesus loves me, that's the number four answer, yes! Very good, very good. There are two remaining answers.

You've got Amazing Grace and Jesus Loves Me. There's two remaining answers. Les, do you feel good about this? No, I don't. Okay. Doxology. I'm sorry, but that is one of my favorites. Mr. Samson. Holy, holy, holy.

Ooh, that's also good, but I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Okay, you've got two X's. This is your last chance. Okay, okay, okay. Nothing but the blood. Ooh, also good, but I'm sorry, sorry. So this is your chance to steal, gentlemen and lady.

You have one chance. You have one shot. There's two remaining answers on the board. Father Abraham. Oh, the wind goes over here! Yes, that was a good try, good try, yes. The remaining answers were Victory in Jesus and Be Thou My Vision.

Hey, hey, this was the audience that was polled. You can't get mad at them. Round two of our game is something beautifully known as Finish That Lyric. Let me move these mics a little closer to you. You're going to have to remember some very popular 90s Christian pop music.

Why do you laugh? That's my favorite. 90s Christian pop music. Is this close enough for you? You want it closer? Yeah, 90s CCM Christian pop music. Oh, I have your whiteboards here, yes, yeah. You're gonna need to write your answer.

When I, we're gonna play the song. Is my producer, my producer's ready, and you guys are gonna need a mic as well. So we're gonna play the song for the entire audience. To hear, they're going to have to finish that lyric.

You're only gonna have a few seconds because we're running out of time. Quickly, quickly, children, okay. So what you will hear, what you will hear is a beautiful 90s Christian pop music. We're only gonna play a few lines of the song.

You're going to have to finish the remaining portion of that lyric. Your whiteboard's backwards, Pastor Jeff.

If I write on there, it won't erase. What happened to that?

Is that correct, producer? She says yes, yes, that is correct. That's not one of the questions for the game though. Okay, all right, please play our first song.

Let it shine good for all men Let them see good works of men Let them glorify the Lord I thought this was Christian.

Thank you, thank you, Dr. White. Thank you, brother, yes, for your editorial commentary. But that was not the correct answer. You have a moment to write down the next, yes, the next few words. That's because somebody interrupted.

But we do forgive you, brother. Is there any possible way to play it again? They say yes, okay, we're gonna play it again. Go ahead.

Let it shine good for all men Let them see good works of men Let them glorify the Lord

You have a few seconds to commence amongst yourselves to discuss what the words, the lyrics are that are next in the line. You don't need these anymore. Now you're just gonna write it on your whiteboard.

We think it was Or maybe

Those are all very good ideas. Last problem, he's got it. Okay, please turn around your whiteboards for the entire audience to see. And this team, what was it again? Oh! No, that was effectual grace. Okay.

Blessed Providence says, we have no idea. That is incorrect, I'm sorry. And over here with effectual grace is...

Newsboys were known for profuse cursing.

Profuse cursing gets the point! Yes! No, it doesn't. That's not even close. No. Okay, but good try. Good try. Let's... So, so far it's 0 -0. Let's try the next song. Please go right ahead. You broke my dreams.

You broke my mind. I just can't seem to find a reason to believe.

There clearly were no Christians in the 90s. Well taken.

Well taken, Dr. White. Yes. You know, I'll give you half a point if you can even tell me the name of the song or the artist. Don't help them in the audience, though. I see that some of you do know the answer.

Please keep it to yourselves. And you may flip your boards. Praise you... And I just want to praise him! No! No. No. Can anybody in the audience name me who that musician was? That's right, it's Mary Mary.

Do you know the name of the song? Shackles! That is correct. A point for the audience. Yes! Yes. Yes, the audience is winning. They're winning. Okay. Can we play the third song? Hopefully you'll do better with this, Les.

Or everybody else. Okay, go ahead. Hopefully that one is a little better. Maybe. Okay, if you are ready, you may flip your white boards. Let's see, let's see. Here we have Colored People, There's a Man.

The name of the song is Colored People.

The name of the song is Jesus Freak. But that's very close. Very close. I need a scalp. I need a scalp. But There's a Man is fairly close to the lyrics. Let's see what we've got over here. Saw a man with a tat on his big fat belly.

That is correct! Alright! I thought this was a Christian. That is correct, it was DC Talk. We've got one last song, and we're going to play it for you now.

To my father's house.

It's a big, big house. With lots and lots of room. With lots and lots of room.

Hey, please write down an answer. It seems they've chosen a new answerer. That's good. That's good. Hold on, hold on. Don't flip your board yet. Alright, you may both flip your board now. A big, big yard.

Very good. Let's see what we've got over here. A big, big yard where we can play football. Well, how much... We were ready to write more. You were ready to write more, then why didn't you? If that's what it takes.

And we're going to give the point over here. Alright, fine. You can both have points. In Jesus' name. We're going to go and move on to round three. Since this is the last round, I need you to take this seriously.

Finish That Lyric: 90s Christian Pop Songs

This round is called Humdinger. Why are you laughing? Humdinger is exactly what it sounds like. I'm going to be showing... Exactly what it sounds like. I'm going to be showing them the name of a hymn, a real hymn.

Not 90s Christian... Right? These are real hymns. And you're going to like them. And then your teammates are... Oh, first let me say, you have to choose a guesser. One guesser between the four of you.

One guesser between the four of you. You're the guy. Are you ready, Les? I guess you're the guesser. And who's your guesser on this end? Dr. White. Dr. White, very good. Well, you know what? Let's have the guesser continue to sit actually in the first seat.

So, Pastor Jeff, if you wouldn't mind moving. And then who is the guesser over here? Oh, I'm going to have you hum them a famous hymn. A hymn. A hymn you should all know. Well, okay. And then who are my helpers to help count during this round?

Come on up, please. Yes. All of you, all the remaining of you are going to be humming. So, you're going to have to come over here. I apologize. No, the other three of you. Yeah, you're going to come to me.

It's okay. Come over here. And the other three of you... No, you're not collaborating. Come here. Okay. We don't know. You're guessing, correct? I'm going to help you with the rules. Come on over. And you're the guesser.

Is this correct? Very good. And Dr. White, very good. So, I'm going to be showing you... Don't look at the answers, though. I'm going to be showing you the name of a hymn. For example... This one. You see this?

Yes. You and you... You don't have to see it yet. Please bear with me. And you are going to run over to Dr. White and hum this hymn. Hum this hymn. Hum this hymn to him. And then he has to guess and hopefully get it correct.

The Hummus Hymn. The Hummus Hymn. It's Peruvian. Yes, and so you're going... If you need to, but you're going to run quickly and hum to him because you want to get through as many of these as quickly as possible.

Well, you can whistle. Would you like to whistle? You can whistle. Whistle or hum. It's a whistle humdinger. Yes. So, you're going to run over to your teammate who's the guesser. You, the guessers, are never going to move.

You're going to stay right there and you're going to have to guess what hymn they are humming you. And I have my point-takers, yes, that are going to make sure that you got the answer correctly. Are you able to see the hymns?

I'll hold them up afterwards so you can see them. They're just guessing the name of the hymn you're humming or whistling the hymn to them. As you get it correct, your next person is then, the next person in line...

Oh, sorry. They can't see me. That's what matters. Dr. White, you're going to be okay. And then the next person in line is going to, after, let's say, Jeff is able to get Dr. White to correctly answer what the hymn is, then you, my dear friend, will be able to run over and be humming the next hymn to him.

Does that make sense? The hymn to him. The hum to him. Okay. So, we're doing this at the same time? Yes. Are we guessing the same hymn? Maybe. Don't get any cheating in your head. Okay. Okay. So, you'll be able to run over and hum the hymn.

Exactly. Jeffrey got it. Okay. We win. All right. That's... No. Okay. Where's my other counter on this side? You're the only... Well, good luck, brother. Okay. Yes. Okay. So, ready? On your mark... You got a little bit of a head start.

Maybe we start at this level. He doesn't have a microphone. You know, someone's going to fall off this stage and break a leg. You know what? I don't need this mic. Again. So, you'll be able to take it with you.

I'm the first timer. Okay.

On your marks... Get set... Go! Hum. Hum. Hum. Hum. Hum. Hum. Hum. Hum. You hear me saying it. Yeah, yeah. And we also hear him. Wait a minute. Pause. Pause. Okay. If he called it first... And then the other guy hears it, that doesn't make much sense.

Fine. I'll give you separate hints. Oh, so... Oh, okay. So, I got it first. Yeah. I've heard you. Okay. Whoever got it first. All right. That makes more sense. Ah. Okay. What are you going to do about passing?

So, we gave a point to Dr. White. Okay. I'm also humming into a microphone, which means that Dr. White can hear my humming. So, are we doing this staggered now? I thought I thought both of us were doing the same time.

Okay, so who's the next person who's humming. Okay. It's it's done it's dead. What was it? Oh Good grief, that's not a him. Excuse me. I him is in the Trinity hymnal. Right by definition. I Don't know about you, but I have nightmares about people I Infest a baird in German.

Before the throne of God above I don't know. What was it? Oh, you're kidding me. Before the throne of God above I. Yeah, what is it in Christ alone? Okay. All right instead before a throne of God above, okay.

Mm-hmm. Yes, you were that's what I just said that sound a little bit more like a John Denver Closer to me. I can't hear you. Did he get it.

Sorry. And what was our point total. Six to five that was there duck the the Blessed Assurance, what are you guys called? Blessed Providence one. Okay. Now they won this round 39 to 33. That's the that's the total ladies and gentlemen Congratulations to Blessed Providence.

You are the way. Give a round of applause. Yes. Yes now our two special guests. I didn't. I don't think I mentioned this there actually is a prize for you. You guys don't get anything, but they do. You get to pick out an apology a t-shirt from our back table.

Yes. Congratulations, you're going home with an apology a t-shirt. Yes. Yes, and these guys have to pick out two. And we thank you for joining us in our redeemed reformed family game show. Thank you.