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Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 26 October 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Where can Christians turn for help when our ongoing battle against indwelling sin leaves us exasperated? From his exposition of the book of Romans, today R.C. Sproul offers needed counsel, encouraging us not to despair in our struggle with the flesh.

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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

Transcript

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0:00.0	For what I am doing, I do not understand.
0:03.0	Paul expresses some confusion.
0:07.0	He's perplexed, not by some abstract theological mystery
0:12.0	that is bothering his cranium.
0:15.0	What is perplexing him here is his own behavior.
0:19.0	He says, sometimes I don't understand myself.
0:27.6	For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.
0:35.6	You can sense Paul's exasperation, can't you?
0:39.3	Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm Nathan W. Bingham.
0:45.3	I've always been grateful for Paul's transparency there, because I can't count the number of times I felt the same frustration.
0:52.3	Can you relate? If you can, there is hope for us.
0:56.9	There is no reason to despair. There are so many foundational truths contained in this one
1:03.0	letter of the Apostle Paul. So if you'd like to study all of Romans, be sure to request
1:08.0	R.C. Sproles' hardcover commentary when you give a donation at
1:11.9	Renewing Your Mind.org before midnight tonight.
1:16.0	Well, here's Dr. Sproll in Romans Chapter 7 as we continue this short series.
1:23.8	Romans 7, beginning at verse 14, through the end of the chapter.
1:32.4	For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.
1:40.9	For what I am doing I do not understand.
1:44.6	For what I will to do that I do not practice.
1:49.0	But what I hate that I do.
1:52.6	If then I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good, but now it is
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