Pragmatism
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
As a worldview, pragmatism focuses on what gets quick results rather than what is true, right, and good. Today, R.C. Sproul addresses this American-born philosophy that comes into direct conflict with the Christian faith.
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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 pragmatmatist is very much worried about being practical. |
| 0:04.4 | But so is the Christian. |
| 0:05.8 | The Christian's also concerned about practice and about being practical. |
| 0:10.6 | But being practical does not mean that you must embrace pragmatism as a philosophy of life. |
| 0:19.6 | In fact, where the |
| 0:23.0 | point of conflict is, |
| 0:25.0 | is that Christianity says that ultimately |
| 0:27.0 | pragmatism as a philosophy |
| 0:29.0 | is the most impractical thing that a person could ever embrace. Is it practical? |
| 0:39.4 | Does it work? |
| 0:40.4 | Have we solved today's problem? These are not bad questions in and of themselves, but |
| 0:46.4 | they are questions at the heart of the worldview that will be exploring today. Pragmatism. This is the Wednesday edition of Renewing Your Mind as we |
| 0:56.8 | continue a week-long study of the worldviews, the isms that have influenced and |
| 1:02.2 | a present in modern society. |
| 1:05.0 | R.C. Sproll recorded this series to help you understand the world we live in, |
| 1:10.0 | to help you engage thoughtfully with those around you, |
| 1:13.0 | and to help you be faithful in a fallen world. |
| 1:16.0 | You'll only hear five messages from this series this week, |
| 1:20.0 | so I would encourage you to request digital access |
| 1:22.0 | to all 12 messages and the study guide by giving |
| 1:26.2 | a donation of any amount at renewing your mind.org. We'll also send you his book on impacting culture and society as a Christian. |
| 1:35.0 | You can find a convenient link to request these resources in the podcast shownuts. |
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