Secularism
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 5 August 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
If we want to be an effective witness for Christ, it's important that we understand the different worldviews and belief systems that our neighbors have. Today, R.C. Sproul helps us identify the secular values dominating our society.
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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 | Jesus calls the Christian to live his life in light of eternity, and that his values are to be |
| 0:07.2 | measured by transcendent norms of eternal significance. Right now counts forever. What you do now has |
| 0:16.1 | eternal significance. We are being pressed upon by every side from the philosophy of the secularist who |
| 0:23.2 | says, bottom line, right now counts for what? Right now. |
| 0:35.0 | As you'll hear today from R.C. Sprol, we are to be missionaries, ambassadors for Christ. |
| 0:41.7 | And those of us living in the West find ourselves in a secular post-Christian society. |
| 0:47.6 | But do we really know what it means to be secular? |
| 0:50.8 | Do we know the underlying worldviews of our neighbors? |
| 0:56.0 | It's great to have you with us for this Monday edition of renewing your mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. This week, you'll hear |
| 1:03.1 | select messages from R.C. Sproles series Christian Worldview, as he considers secularism, |
| 1:09.7 | humanism, pragmatism, and other isms. |
| 1:13.7 | This is a 12-part series, so if you'd like to hear the complete study, |
| 1:18.4 | request digital access to all 12 messages and his companion book on the same topic, |
| 1:24.2 | Making a Difference, when you give a donation of any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org. |
| 1:30.4 | Well, to begin this week's study, here's Dr. Sprawl to help us understand secularism. |
| 1:39.4 | There's a real sense, I think, that every Christian is a missionary. |
| 1:45.7 | If we go back to the New Testament and we see in the Book of Acts, I believe it's in the 8th chapter, that when persecution arose in Jerusalem, we read that all of the Christians were scattered except the apostles. |
| 2:00.5 | And those who were scattered abroad went everywhere |
| 2:03.7 | preaching the gospel. |
| 2:05.7 | That was the way the Christian church was born, not simply with the ministry of the clergy, |
| 2:11.6 | or the apostles, or even of the deacons, but it was the rank and file Christian that took |
| 2:16.9 | the gospel wherever they went in the |
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