God Is Love
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The love of God cannot be divorced from His other attributes, such as holiness, sovereignty, and justice. Today, R.C. Sproul helps us avoid common misconceptions so we can better understand the Bible's teaching that "God is love."
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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 | Our problem is not so much that we tend to think of God as a God who has no love, but rather |
| 0:07.1 | the problem that we find in the culture of our day is a view of God that carries with it |
| 0:14.7 | a cheap view of love and a sense of love by which all the other attributes of God are removed or stripped from |
| 0:25.7 | his character and swallowed up by one attribute which is the attribute of love. |
| 0:39.3 | The idea of love has been so distorted today that not only is it often overly romanticized |
| 0:46.0 | and sentimentalized, but it has also been perverted to condone and justify sin. |
| 0:52.6 | And when it comes to theology, as you just heard from R.C. Sprole, many use the love of God |
| 0:58.0 | to try and eclipse his other attributes. So this week on renewing your mind, we'll be taking |
| 1:03.5 | the time to consider the love of God from a biblical perspective. And as this is a new week, |
| 1:09.9 | we have a new resource offer for you as well. Build |
| 1:13.5 | your Bible study library when you request Dr. Sproul's complete 11-part series on the love of God, |
| 1:19.7 | when you give a donation at Renewing Your Mind.org. We'll send you the DVD and give you lifetime digital |
| 1:26.8 | access to the messages and the study guide. |
| 1:30.3 | Well, when you think of the love of God, what Bible verses come to mind? |
| 1:34.3 | John 316? What about 1 John 4.8, where we're told God is love. |
| 1:42.3 | As this is a text that is foundational and is often misunderstood, that's where we'll |
| 1:47.7 | begin this week's study. Here's Dr. Sprawl. I wonder how many of you ever saw the Hollywood |
| 1:57.8 | movie entitled Elmer Gantry. |
| 2:02.2 | Or perhaps you read the book upon which it was based, |
| 2:05.6 | which is an American classic written by Sinclair Lewis. |
| 2:09.3 | If you've ever seen that film, |
| 2:11.6 | you know that the stars in the movie were Bert Lancaster |
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