A Time for Confidence
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In an age of confusion and cultural upheaval, where can we place our confidence? Today, Stephen Nichols shows us that no matter what is happening in our time, it is a time for confidence in the Lord.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
Stephen Nichols is president of Reformation Bible College, chief academic officer for Ligonier Ministries, and a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow. He is host of the podcasts 5 Minutes in Church History and Open Book. He has written more than twenty books, including Peace, A Time for Confidence, and R.C. Sproul: A Life and volumes in the Guided Tour series on Jonathan Edwards, Martin Luther, and J. Gresham Machen. He is coeditor of The Legacy of Luther and general editor of the Church History Study Bible.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | Here is the singular truth that abides. It's the same truth that Augustine used as his anchor |
| 0:06.4 | when Rome was falling. And it is this singular truth. His kingdom is forever. That's the reality. And so no matter what is happening in our |
| 0:18.0 | time, it's a time for confidence. |
| 0:26.0 | Do you feel confident as you look around at the state of the world, |
| 0:31.0 | even the state of the church. Are you encouraged? We all see the headlines and |
| 0:35.8 | the changes in society as people call that which is evil good and that which is good evil. |
| 0:42.4 | Ligonier Min's state of theology survey |
| 0:45.0 | reveals the biblical illiteracy of even those who profess to be Christians. |
| 0:50.0 | But over the next three days, Stephen Nichols will remind us that despite our |
| 0:55.1 | circumstances, it is a time for confidence. This is the Monday edition of |
| 1:01.0 | renewing your mind, and I'm glad you're with us. |
| 1:04.7 | To say that the pace of change is rapid may be an understatement. |
| 1:08.8 | If we're honest, it can be exhausting, even discouraging. But when we remember where it is that we're to place our |
| 1:15.3 | confidence, we remember that this truly is a time for confidence. Here's Stephen Nichols, |
| 1:21.4 | president of Reformation Bible College, |
| 1:23.6 | and Allegheny Ministries Teaching Fellow, to start this three-day study. |
| 1:27.6 | We're talking about confidence, |
| 1:32.1 | a time for confidence. |
| 1:34.0 | But I don't want to start in the 21st century. |
| 1:37.0 | I want to go back to the Church Fathers. |
| 1:39.0 | So let's tell a tale of two Church Fathers. You all remember of course you're Charles Dickens, a tale of two cities. |
| 1:47.0 | It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. |
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