Sharing the Good News
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Jesus sends His church to make disciples of all nations. But He does not send us alone. Today, W. Robert Godfrey considers Christ’s promise to be with us as we fulfill our corporate responsibility of evangelism and discipleship.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
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 | I'm with you always is an encouraging thing to say. |
| 0:03.1 | But isn't it somewhat more encouraging to know that Jesus isn't just with us always? |
| 0:08.4 | He's with us every day. |
| 0:10.6 | That's the promise here. |
| 0:12.4 | Wherever you go, all the places you go, I'm with you. |
| 0:16.3 | And I'm with you as the one who is in control. |
| 0:26.1 | Music with you as the one who is in control. As we share the good news and seek to fulfill the Great Commission, there is even more good |
| 0:32.1 | news. |
| 0:32.9 | We are not alone. |
| 0:34.3 | Jesus is with us. |
| 0:36.7 | Welcome to the Wednesday edition of Renewing Your Mind, and today Ligonier's Chairman, |
| 0:42.2 | W. Robert Godfrey reflects on the Great Commission and Jesus' work to build his church. |
| 0:49.0 | One moment in church history that we often reflect on is the Lord's work of Reformation in the 16th century. |
| 0:56.0 | While in the 17th century, Reformation truths were under attack, and in response to that |
| 1:02.0 | attack came what are often called the Five Points of Calvinism. |
| 1:06.0 | Read a new translation and pastoral commentary on that response to the attack in Dr. Godfrey's |
| 1:13.1 | book, Saving the Reformation. Simply make a donation of any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org, |
| 1:19.6 | and we'll get a copy in the mail for you. But respond today as this offer ends at midnight. |
| 1:26.4 | Well, here's Dr. Godfrey on the church's work of evangelizing the nations |
| 1:30.3 | and making disciples of all peoples. |
| 1:36.3 | As I pondered what we call the Great Commission at the end of Matthew's Gospel, |
| 1:42.3 | I thought how there's nothing guilt-inducing in the Great Commission. |
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