Pluralism and Relativism
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
"Your truth" and "my truth" are phrases born out of a society that no longer believes in truth. Today, R.C. Sproul explains the devastating consequences that the ideas of pluralism and relativism have had on our world.
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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 | Floralism says not only are all views equally tolerable, but all views are equally valid. |
| 0:09.0 | And if that's the case, then we're saying if every view has as much validity as the next view, truth is |
| 0:15.9 | slain. You can have truths, but truth is impossible and you realize that once you destroy truths with a capital T even truths aren't true. Does it bother you when you hear someone say well that's just your truth? It seems |
| 0:39.6 | that your truth my truth is the motto of the day. |
| 0:43.5 | And to offend anybody is to make the claim, |
| 0:46.4 | as R.C. Sprawl just called it, |
| 0:48.2 | to knowing the truth with a capital T. |
| 0:52.3 | It's good to have you with us for this Thursday edition of |
| 0:54.8 | renewing your mind. I'm your host Nathan W Bingham. It's not an overstatement to |
| 1:01.0 | say that truth is under attack today. We see it in the world and |
| 1:06.1 | we can also see it in the church. The desire to proclaim, teach and defend truth, the truth about who God is and the truth of His word |
| 1:15.2 | is why renewing your mind was launched almost 30 years ago and why Ligonier |
| 1:20.2 | Ministries does what we do day in and day out. So know that when you support renewing |
| 1:26.2 | your mind and Ligonier, you really are joining what could be called a Fellowship of truth. |
| 1:32.6 | So thank you for your continued prayerful and financial support. |
| 1:37.3 | Your truth, my truth, it's a saying that's born out of a pluralistic and relativistic society. |
| 1:44.2 | And that's our topic today. |
| 1:45.8 | Here's Dr. Sproll. |
| 1:47.1 | In this session, we're going to consider the last of the ideologies that together make up the cultural |
| 1:59.0 | foundation in which we live that we put under the general heading at the beginning of secularism. |
| 2:05.3 | And in this session we're going to be concerned with pluralism and relativism. |
| 2:13.0 | Pluralism and relativism. |
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