How to Study the Bible
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Do you want to be spiritually mature? Then you must make diligent use of the means God has provided for your growth. Today, R.C. Sproul identifies the study of Scripture as the most essential means toward our maturity in Christ.
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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 | The Scriptures have been breathed out by God. |
| 0:04.0 | The supreme source for the content of Scripture is not some person who's spinning out |
| 0:10.0 | yarns and myths from his own perspective, but the claim that the Apostle is making here, the |
| 0:16.0 | apostolic claim, is that the source of Scripture is God himself, that God breathes it out. |
| 0:26.6 | The Bible isn't a book of advice or the collected writings of wisdom from successful people in history. |
| 0:34.6 | It's the very Word of God. It's objectively true. We need to |
| 0:39.3 | heed its message and instruction. Yet studying the Bible isn't always easy, especially for |
| 0:45.3 | a new Christian. Well today on renewing your mind, R.C. Spraw will explain why we should study |
| 0:51.3 | scripture, and he offers his advice on which books to read first and in what order. |
| 0:57.0 | Welcome to the Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 1:02.0 | Today's message is from Dr. Sproul's 10-part series, Five Things Every Christian Needs to Grow. |
| 1:09.0 | And until midnight tonight, we'll unlock lifetime digital |
| 1:13.1 | access to this series, plus send you a copy of his book of the same name. So respond now with a |
| 1:19.6 | donation in support of renewing your mind while there's still time at renewingyourmind.org. |
| 1:25.7 | And if you live near Houston, Texas, I'd like to remind you to register for Renewing Your Mind.org. And if you live near Houston, Texas, |
| 1:28.3 | I'd like to remind you to register for Renewing Your Mind live in Houston. |
| 1:32.9 | It's next month, March 17, |
| 1:35.6 | and we'll enjoy an evening of teaching, |
| 1:37.8 | fellowship and giveaways with other Renewing Your Mind listeners |
| 1:40.8 | and our guest teacher, Joel Beakey. |
| 1:43.9 | You can learn more and register at teacher, Joel Beaky. |
| 1:50.0 | You can learn more and register at Renewing Your Mind.org slash Houston. |
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