How to Study the Bible
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 1 March 2025
⏱️ 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 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 | The supreme source for the content of Scripture is not some person who's spinning out |
| 0:06.5 | yarns and myths from his own perspective, but the claim that the Apostle is making here, |
| 0:12.0 | the apostolic claim, is that the source of Scripture is God Himself, that God breathes it out. |
| 0:30.8 | It's not uncommon to hear Christians say that they are waiting for that still small voice of God as they're looking for direction and guidance in life. |
| 0:34.3 | But God has spoken, and he has spoken loudly and clearly in his word. Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, |
| 0:41.7 | and welcome to the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind. As Christians, we should want to grow |
| 0:48.3 | in the grace and knowledge of God. But how do we do that? Well, on Saturdays, you'll be hearing messages from R.C. Sproles |
| 0:55.8 | series, Five Things Every Christian Needs to Grow, where he will lay out God's design for |
| 1:01.3 | Christian growth and maturity. You can jump ahead and request digital access to the entire |
| 1:07.7 | series, plus the companion book also titled Five Things Every Christian |
| 1:12.2 | Needs to Grow, when you give a donation of any amount before midnight tonight at |
| 1:17.4 | renewingyourmind.org. |
| 1:19.9 | One of the ways God grows us is through His Word. |
| 1:23.8 | Have you read the Bible all the way through? |
| 1:26.2 | Perhaps, like me, when you first read it, you got stuck in Leviticus or Numbers. |
| 1:31.3 | Well, today, R.C. Sprawl will lay out an effective plan for reading the Bible to help us |
| 1:36.8 | grow in our Bible study. |
| 1:39.3 | Here's Dr. Sprawl. |
| 1:42.3 | Today we're going to begin with the first of these five means of grace, and that is to do with how we |
| 1:49.3 | study the Bible. And to start, I want to look first of all at what the Bible says about the |
| 1:57.1 | importance of Bible study. So I'll direct your attention initially to Paul's second |
| 2:04.2 | letter to Timothy to the third chapter. Now, it's important for us to understand the context |
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