How Do We Know What We Know?
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
If you took inventory of all the knowledge you've gained in your life, how could you confirm whether you know anything accurately at all? Today, R.C. Sproul explores the science of epistemology, the study of knowledge itself.
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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 | Most of us go through our lives with our own individual way of seeing the world around us |
| 0:06.5 | without ever given a moment's consideration to it. |
| 0:09.8 | But a Christian, I'm convinced, is called to seek the mind of Christ, to seek an understanding |
| 0:16.8 | of his or her world from the viewpoint of the eternal, to see things as best as we possibly can the way God would have us view |
| 0:27.5 | them. So that the things that we affirm are the things that God affirms and the things that we deny would be the things that God |
| 0:34.8 | denies. |
| 0:38.8 | How do you know what you know? In our social media age, we can see a generation of people who |
| 0:48.2 | amplify falsehood sharing memes with quotes attributed to people who never said it, or articles whose headlines |
| 0:56.3 | don't accurately summarize the content of the peace. |
| 1:00.0 | But as Christians, we are to pursue truth in all things, having a worldview that honors God |
| 1:06.1 | and is biblical at every point. |
| 1:09.1 | Welcome to this Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 1:11.7 | I'm your host, Nathan W Bingham. Today we begin a new |
| 1:16.8 | Saturday series with R.C. Sprawl on building a Christian worldview as |
| 1:21.5 | Dr. Sprawl provides a blueprint for thinking. |
| 1:25.0 | And with this new series there's a new resource offer as well |
| 1:29.0 | when you make a donation of any amount at renewing your mind.org. |
| 1:33.0 | In addition to lifetime digital access to this series, |
| 1:37.0 | a blueprint for thinking, will also send you |
| 1:40.0 | Dr. Sproll's comprehensive series, |
| 1:42.0 | The Consequences of Ideas. |
| 1:44.7 | It's his overview of philosophy. |
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