How to Renew Your Mind: Biblical Keys to Christian Transformation | Dr. Gifford and Jonny Ardavanis
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🗓️ 7 January 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Discover the biblical foundations of mind renewal and spiritual transformation with Dr. Gifford as he unpacks key passages from Romans 12, Ephesians 4, and 1 Thessalonians. Learn practical strategies for engaging with Scripture, the importance of community in spiritual growth, and how prayer shapes our thought life.
In this powerful interview, Dr. Gifford explores:
- Why mind renewal is fundamental to Christian sanctification
- Practical ways to saturate your daily life with God's Word
- The role of church community in spiritual transformation
- How to overcome common struggles through mind renewal
- The connection between prayer and biblical meditation
Perfect for Christians seeking deeper spiritual growth, biblical counselors, and anyone wanting to understand how to practically apply Scripture to daily life. Learn why the battle for the mind is essential to living out your faith and becoming more like Christ.
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| 0:00.0 | Dr. Gifford, thanks so much for sitting down. |
| 0:09.0 | I want to talk to you about how we renew our mind. |
| 0:13.0 | We know that the Christian life is a battle for the mind. |
| 0:16.0 | Peter says, prepare your minds for action. |
| 0:19.0 | Ephesians 423 says that we are to be renewed in the spirit of our mind. |
| 0:23.1 | Romans 12 says, do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. |
| 0:28.2 | I think it would be fair to say that someone is not ready to live the Christian life unless they've taken a serious inventory of their mind |
| 0:36.0 | and understands fundamentally that the Christian life, while we are |
| 0:39.6 | positionally changed by Jesus Christ at the moment of faith, we are sanctified and progressively |
| 0:45.2 | transformed. And that largely has to do with the way that we feed our mind, the truth of God's |
| 0:51.7 | word through His Holy Spirit. So I just want to talk to you about |
| 0:54.6 | the renewing of your mind and want you to react to it. Why is it so important that we understand |
| 0:59.3 | that concept biblically? Explain what that is. I've been changed. My heart's been made clean, |
| 1:05.7 | but there are still remnants of sin. So maybe just explain what did it means to renew our mind |
| 1:10.1 | and why it's so important. |
| 1:11.4 | Good. Well, some of it's anthropology that you're bringing up where we're talking about your capacities |
| 1:17.7 | have changed at the moment of salvation. So you had a darkened mind. I had a darkened mind before we |
| 1:24.2 | were in Christ. The scripture says it was corrupt, defiled, but we had a mind. |
| 1:29.3 | Nevertheless, it was calloused, but we had a mind. But regeneration actually brings with it a transformation |
| 1:35.8 | so that your mind is renewed. So we could say the Christian has the mind of Christ, 1st |
| 1:43.0 | Corinthians, to 16 or so. |
| 1:46.1 | So what does that mean? |
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