Criticism and Compliments
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 15 February 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In a moment, we can utter a harsh word that scars our spouse for years. Today, R.C. Sproul considers the powerful effect of our tongues—both to build up and to tear down.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He 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 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 | One time I split my head open on a rock. |
| 0:02.4 | Dr. came and he took some metal clamps and squeezed them in the top of my head. |
| 0:06.1 | In a couple of days, I was fine. |
| 0:07.9 | But an insult, a thoughtless word, can penetrate where no stone can ever reach |
| 0:13.2 | or no stick can ever touch because it can get to the soul. |
| 0:22.7 | The words we use have incredible power to encourage and build up, but also to wound and tear |
| 0:29.5 | down. |
| 0:30.7 | Today, on this Saturday edition of renewing your mind, R.C. Sprole will look at the |
| 0:35.2 | profound impact our words can have on the relationship between husband and wife. |
| 0:41.3 | These messages on Saturday are from his series, The Intimate Marriage. |
| 0:46.0 | And if you'd like to own this series, to work through it with your spouse, |
| 0:49.6 | and to go a little deeper with the use of the study guide, |
| 0:52.7 | we'll send you the DVD and unlock the messages |
| 0:55.5 | and study guide in the free Ligonier app when you give a donation of any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org |
| 1:02.2 | before midnight tonight. Well, here's Dr. Sproul to continue this study with a message titled |
| 1:08.0 | Criticism and Compliments. |
| 1:17.6 | Once again, I'd like to welcome you to this series of lectures on Christian marriage. In the last time that we were together, we talked about the problems of sexual harmony and adjustment in marriage. |
| 1:25.6 | And in that discussion, I mentioned that according to the |
| 1:29.5 | recent polls and the surveys that have been taken among the researchers, the number one reason |
| 1:35.0 | given in the United States for the breakdown of marriage has been the problem of sex. |
| 1:41.4 | And I said at that time that I was going to challenge that at some point in our discussions, |
| 1:46.5 | and this is the time for the challenge. Before I give the challenge and put the gauntlet down, |
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