A Model of Submission
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Roman Catholics and Protestants often sharply disagree about the mother of Jesus. Yet there is one thing we can all agree on. Today, R.C. Sproul demonstrates Mary's significance as a model of submission to God.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
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| 0:00.0 | Mary's first words of the angel is, behold, the maid servant, the handmaid of the Lord. |
| 0:07.1 | Whatever the Lord says, whatever the Lord wants, whatever the Lord requires, so be it. |
| 0:19.9 | When we read that account in the Gospel of Luke, we're forced to ask ourselves, would we |
| 0:25.6 | respond as quickly and faithfully as Mary did? |
| 0:29.6 | Hi, this is the Wednesday edition of renewing your mind. |
| 0:33.2 | I'm Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 0:35.2 | This week, ahead of the Advent season, you're hearing several messages from R.C. Sprole's series |
| 0:41.3 | on Mary. |
| 0:42.7 | Roman Catholics and Protestants disagree strongly with regard to the mother of Jesus, |
| 0:48.2 | and the controversy has really clouded her place in the Christmas story. |
| 0:52.8 | But as Dr. Sprawl will point out today, we should |
| 0:55.8 | see Mary as a model of submission. Before we get to that message, let me remind you that if you'd |
| 1:03.2 | like to do a more detailed study on the life of Mary and what we can learn, request the entire |
| 1:09.2 | series when you donate at renewewing Your Mind.org. |
| 1:13.1 | But be quick as this offer ends tomorrow. |
| 1:16.3 | Thank you so much for your generous support. |
| 1:19.1 | Well, here's Dr. Sproll on Mary and her submission. |
| 1:25.1 | As we continue now with our study of the role of Mary in the scripture and in the life of the church as a model and paragon of virtue and godliness for us, |
| 1:38.4 | I want to continue briefly with a little bit of the discussion we had yesterday when we looked at the controversies |
| 1:46.8 | that have developed historically between Protestants and Roman Catholics over the role |
| 1:52.3 | of Mary. |
| 1:53.2 | And I mentioned that at Vatican 2, Pope Paul, the 23rd, insisted that the debates over the role of Mary be settled in the context of the church's |
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