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Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Consider the Source

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

The credibility of a truth claim rests on the credibility of the one who makes it. Today, R.C. Sproul shows that the Christian faith is grounded in the trustworthiness of God Himself.

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0:00.0

God calls his people to pass down the Christian faith to the next generation.

0:04.2

Are you prepared for this high calling?

0:07.0

Hi, Nathan W. Bingham here, host of Renewing Your Mind.

0:10.5

And I'm happy to share that Ligonier has released a new Bible curriculum for children.

0:15.5

It's called Growing in God's Word, and it features 52 lessons to help you guide elementary students through

0:22.7

an overview of scripture. Explore all additions and learning levels today at growing in God's word.org.

0:30.8

Faith, biblical faith, is grounded in the trustworthiness of God himself.

0:43.2

Nothing could be more unreasonable.

0:50.1

Nothing could be more irrational than to doubt a word that comes from God. When I was a kid, and if I was insulted by somebody and I came home because my feelings

1:00.2

were hurt and I was crying and my mother would wipe my tears, I'd say, Richard Hayden said

1:04.5

this about me, and she would say, consider the source.

1:08.8

I didn't know what that meant. She would always say, consider the source. I didn't know what that meant.

1:11.5

But she would always say, consider the source.

1:15.0

She meant when somebody says something, the credibility of what they say is directly related

1:22.9

to the credibility of the person and the character of the person who's making the statement.

1:30.3

Now, it's one thing for me not to believe everything that you tell me because I have had

1:35.3

much experience in my lifetime where people have lied to me. But when was the last time that

1:43.3

God lied to you? So when I don't believe what God says,

1:50.2

I am assaulting the very integrity of the Almighty and to not believe the Word of God is to sin.

2:07.6

And so to believe in God is something, and not just to believe in God, but to believe

2:14.7

God is at the very essence of what it means to be a Christian

2:18.0

person.

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