Abraham Kuyper and Faithfulness in a Changing World
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
How can Christians remain faithful in a rapidly changing society? Today, W. Robert Godfrey appeals to the Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper to address our responsibility to honor God in the family, the church, and the state.
To learn more about the life and work of Abraham Kuyper, read W. Robert Godfrey's article "Pressing Forward by Looking Back." https://tabletalkmagazine.com/posts/pressing-forward-by-looking-back/
Get R.C. Sproul's 'The Consequences of Ideas' 35-Part DVD Series for Your Gift of Any Amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/2577/the-consequences-of-ideas
Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind.org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up next on renewing your mind, Christians who are really gripped by the gospel |
| 0:05.5 | are gripped by a love of God that wants to advance the truth and goodness in society |
| 0:12.8 | and tries to encourage those with power to see what is good and true and helpful. |
| 0:20.0 | If you read the headlines or watch the news with any regularity, you're probably perplexed. |
| 0:31.5 | If not downright angry about what's going on in our culture today, the pace of moral decline |
| 0:37.5 | in this country and around the world is breathtaking. |
| 0:41.3 | Ligonier teaching fellow Dr. W. Robert Gottfried has taken a particular interest in this cultural |
| 0:46.8 | shift. He sat down recently with our president and CEO Chris Larson to talk about how we should |
| 0:52.9 | think and live as Christians of conviction during these trying times. |
| 0:58.6 | As a noted church historian, Dr. Gottfried looks back to help us look forward. |
| 1:04.1 | It's a pleasure to be able to sit down with you, Dr. Gottfried. Thank you for being with |
| 1:11.0 | us today. And thank you for coming alongside of Ligonier Ministries these past few years |
| 1:16.7 | of course not just as a teaching fellow but also as our board chair. |
| 1:20.1 | I depend upon you often for counsel and guidance and I know that the ministry has been greatly |
| 1:24.9 | helped by your continued service and being able to see the ministry continue to grow and |
| 1:30.1 | expand even some years now after Dr. Sproul went to be with the Lord. |
| 1:35.0 | Well, it's been a great pleasure for me to first work with Dr. Sproul with the board |
| 1:40.1 | and the teaching ministry and then after the Lord took him home to be able to help in a small |
| 1:46.0 | way and to encourage the vision that RC set so thoughtfully and profoundly and I'm thrilled |
| 1:54.0 | to be able to see how faithfully Ligonier has continued that ministry. |
| 1:58.3 | Well, we're thankful for your faithful ministry as well for many years as president at Westminster |
| 2:04.1 | Seminary California there in Escondito. But what some of our listeners may not know is |
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