Called to Believe and Obey
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Through hunger, temptation, and trials, Israel learned a vital lesson: Our lives depend not on bread alone but on every word that proceeds from God's mouth. Today, W. Robert Godfrey shows how Deuteronomy calls us to faith and obedience.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California.
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 | The books of the Bible are diverse. There's prophecy, wisdom, poetry, and there are letters. |
| 0:07.0 | We have lots of other books that are much more full of the exposition of the blessings and the grace and the mercy and the goodness of God. |
| 0:16.0 | But we need the Book of Deuteronomy too to remind us precisely that life is serious and that these things matter, |
| 0:23.9 | and to remind us that when the threats are most dire, there is a mediator. |
| 0:37.4 | As Christians today, we can sometimes misunderstand the law of God. |
| 0:42.5 | Sometimes we so emphasize the law that we think keeping it makes us right with God. |
| 0:48.4 | That's what we call legalism. |
| 0:51.0 | Other times, we assume that because we're saved by grace, we can live however we want, |
| 0:56.4 | that the Lord really doesn't care how we live or if we sin. That's what we call antinomianism. |
| 1:03.7 | Well, today on renewing your mind, W. Robert Godfrey helps us understand how Deuteronomy informs |
| 1:09.5 | how we should think about law and grace. |
| 1:13.2 | I hope you've been enjoying this series. |
| 1:15.4 | It's been so helpful to dive deeper into this Old Testament book. |
| 1:19.6 | And while we're only studying a portion of the book, you can study the entirety of Deuteronomy |
| 1:24.4 | where Dr. Godfrey is your guide when you give a gift at renewing |
| 1:28.4 | your mind.org. We'll send you the DVD set, unlock the digital version in your teaching |
| 1:33.6 | library, along with the study guide. Be quick as this offer ends tomorrow. So how does |
| 1:40.3 | Deuteronomy help us understand law and grace? Here's Dr. Godfrey. |
| 1:47.5 | We come now to Chapter 8 of Deuteronomy. |
| 1:50.8 | We're continuing with looking at these warnings that the Lord gave to Israel various ways |
| 1:56.4 | in which he warned them to be careful to keep the law. |
| 2:00.3 | And here in Chapter 8, he's speaking to Israel |
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