God the Trinity
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Is the Trinity too mysterious to have any impact on our lives? Today, Sinclair Ferguson explores the doctrine of the Trinity, explaining its importance for understanding who God is and who we are as people created in His image.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
Sinclair Ferguson is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow, vice-chairman of Ligonier Ministries, and Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary.
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 | God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit one God. |
| 0:05.0 | And we are those who are named for Him. |
| 0:09.0 | We are those who are being brought into his family. |
| 0:13.0 | Our baptism is a naming ceremony. |
| 0:16.0 | We have a natural name. |
| 0:18.0 | But now we are being given a new name, the name of the family of God. |
| 0:29.1 | We need to be careful as we articulate the doctrine of the Trinity. It can be very easy to fall |
| 0:34.5 | into heresy, as you'll hear today. So why bother? Well, the doctrine |
| 0:38.8 | of the Trinity is not a doctrine that is for the realm of academics only. To quote Sinclair |
| 0:43.9 | Ferguson, it is an intensely practical doctrine. So stay with us today on renewing your mind, |
| 0:50.2 | as Dr. Ferguson explains. This week, you're hearing messages from his brand new series, Theology for All. |
| 0:58.0 | If you missed yesterday's message, be sure to go back and listen or watch wherever you get your podcasts |
| 1:03.6 | or on our official YouTube channel. |
| 1:06.3 | We have a growing community there from all around the world. |
| 1:10.2 | We'll hear Sinclair Ferguson on God, the Trinity. |
| 1:15.8 | We have thought a little about the way in which the way we think biblically, |
| 1:21.8 | theologically, doctrinally, is going to influence the way we live. And we're going to come today to what I think is |
| 1:29.6 | perhaps the most profound doctrine of all in the Bible, the doctrine of the Trinity. I wonder if |
| 1:37.3 | you've ever noticed when Moses encounters God, he essentially asks two questions. They're actually the two most fundamental questions of all. |
| 1:47.0 | The first one is, who are you? |
| 1:50.0 | And the second is, who am I? |
| 1:53.0 | And I've already hinted that these two questions belong together. |
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