Paul’s Conversion

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Reformed, Study, Jesus, Preaching, Christianity, Scripture, Spirit, Bible, Holy, Theology, Christian, God, Teaching

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🗓️ 30 June 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

As he traveled to Damascus to persecute Christians, Paul had a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ. Continuing his sermon series in the book of Acts, today R.C. Sproul marvels at the power of God's grace to turn this vicious enemy of the church into one of its greatest Apostles.

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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.

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	Saul's life was turned upside down in that moment on the road to Damascus and because his life was turned upside down by the power of God the Holy Spirit.
0:12.0	So the world was turned upside down.
0:15.4	And so we have been turned upside down
0:18.8	through the testimony that God put in his lips and in his pen that feeds the church even to this day.
0:27.0	There are no boring testimonies. Every soul saved is a miraculous work of God.
0:39.0	Yet the conversion of Saul of Tarsus is dramatic and the record of it in acts should
0:44.8	encourage us to continue to pray for unbelievers, even the most ardent opponents of
0:50.3	Christianity.
0:51.3	Thanks for joining us for this Sunday edition of renewing your mind.
0:55.0	I'm your host, Nathan W Bingham.
0:58.0	Every Lord's Day, we feature sermons from the preaching ministry of R.C. Sproll, who served as the first minister of preaching
1:05.5	and teaching at St Andrews Chapel and founded Ligonier Ministries, which produces this
1:10.7	daily outreach renewing your mind.
1:14.0	We're currently in a short sermon series in the book of Acts,
1:17.2	and if you'd like to study the entirety of Acts,
1:19.9	I encourage you to request a copy of R.C. sprawl's expositional commentary at renewing your mind
1:25.6	dot org with your donation of any amount.
1:29.7	So what happened that turned soul of Tarsus from a persecutor of the church to one who would be persecuted for defending and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
1:40.0	Here's Dr. Sprawl. You recall that when we looked at the martyrdom of St Stephen,
1:48.0	that Saul of Tarsus was briefly introduced
1:52.0	as the one who gave consent to that murderous act and who stood
1:58.4	by and held the garments of those who murdered Stephen.
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