Life after Death?
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 3 April 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
What lies on the other side of the grave? Is the notion of an afterlife merely a superstitious hope? Today, R.C. Sproul considers the topic of life after death.
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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 | What Jesus is saying here, ladies and gentlemen, is this, I know where I'm going, and I'm going there to prepare a place for you, and you can't follow me there right now. |
| 0:09.5 | You still have some time to live out. |
| 0:11.6 | You still have a vocation to fulfill. |
| 0:13.1 | But there is a moment when you will join me in my father's house. |
| 0:27.2 | Therefore, he says, let not your heart be troubled. |
| 0:38.9 | From millennia, humanity has been plagued by the question, is there life after death? |
| 0:41.1 | Philosophers have asked this question. |
| 0:45.3 | A child asked this question, perhaps after the death of a grandparent. |
| 0:47.2 | I know I did when I was young. |
| 0:48.5 | Perhaps you did too. |
| 0:51.1 | So, is there life after death? |
| 0:55.6 | Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and thanks for joining us for the Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind. Growing up is an unbeliever myself, experiencing the loss of family members |
| 1:02.9 | and family friends. In a real sense, I was driven by this question, is there life after death? |
| 1:10.3 | But even as a Christian, we sometimes need encouragement, |
| 1:13.7 | especially when we face suffering and perhaps face death. And so today, R.C. Sprole will show us |
| 1:20.2 | where he turned to find encouragement. Here's Dr. Spraw. |
| 1:26.9 | Where am I going to be a hundred years from now? |
| 1:31.8 | Have you ever asked yourself that question? |
| 1:35.7 | Because as soon as we extend the calendar beyond the immediate future and roll it out into |
| 1:43.1 | a hundred years from now, we are asking the question that Job asked, |
| 1:47.9 | if a man dies, will he live again? It's a question that the human race seems to be preoccupied with. |
| 2:00.7 | It's not simply a question raised by religious people, but in a question of the human race seems to be preoccupied with, it's not simply a question |
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