Christ Our Ransom
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Jesus came to give His life "as a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45). But what kind of ransom did He pay—and who received the payment? Today, R.C. Sproul addresses this question and considers what the atonement of Christ accomplished.
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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 | The crisis of which Jesus preached was the crisis of an impending judgment of the world, |
| 0:06.2 | at which point God is going to pour out his wrath against the unredeemed and the ungodly, |
| 0:15.7 | the impenitent, and that the only hope of escape from the wrath of God was how? |
| 0:22.6 | To be covered by the atonement of Christ. |
| 0:31.6 | At the center of the good news of the gospel |
| 0:35.6 | is what Christ accomplished on the cross. |
| 0:39.1 | To get this wrong, to distort it, is to destroy the gospel message. |
| 0:44.2 | Christianity with no cross is no Christianity at all. |
| 0:49.3 | Welcome to the Wednesday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:52.4 | I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 0:55.5 | R. C. Sprawl, the founder of Ligonier Ministries, spent his entire ministry helping people |
| 1:01.1 | understand the cross of Christ. And in this week's series, he dedicated six messages |
| 1:07.0 | looking at the cross from different angles to help you in your devotion and love for the |
| 1:12.3 | Lord as you see the beautiful scope of God's grace and to help you defend the biblical testimony |
| 1:18.2 | of Christ's work on the cross against those who deny or downplay this monumental, essential, |
| 1:25.1 | and central truth of Christianity. |
| 1:28.4 | So don't forget that you can own this series, Dr. Sproul's book, The Truth of the Cross, |
| 1:33.7 | and his book Holy Week, when you give a donation in support of renewing your mind at |
| 1:38.9 | renewingyourmind.org. But be quick as this offer ends tomorrow. |
| 1:44.8 | Well, Jesus told his disciples that he came to give his life as a ransom for many. |
| 1:50.2 | What was this ransom? |
| 1:52.0 | And to whom was it paid? |
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