The Church Is One
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 27 May 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Jesus prayed that His followers would be one (John 17:21). Yet to many onlookers, the church appears fractured and divided. What are we to make of this? Today, R.C. Sproul addresses the true basis of the unity of Christ's church.
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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 more pluralism comes into the church the greater the level of |
| 0:05.8 | toleration and the greater the possibility of visible unity, organizational and structural unity. |
| 0:14.0 | However, there's always a price tag for that. |
| 0:17.0 | And historically, the price tag has been doctrine. |
| 0:35.0 | There are many Christian denominations from the outside looking in, the people of God, the bride of Christ, could appear fractured. How are we to think about that, especially in light of Jesus' prayer in John 17, |
| 0:40.0 | that his people would be one. |
| 0:43.0 | This is the Monday edition of Renewing Her Mind. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm your host, Nathan W Bingham. |
| 0:49.0 | The New Testament describes the Church as the Bride of Christ. Until Thursday, Arsema The do that further you can request this week's 10-part series along with Sinclair Ferguson's |
| 1:05.4 | book in the year of our Lord which provides reflections on each century of church history when |
| 1:11.6 | you give a donation of any amount at renewing your mind |
| 1:14.4 | dot org. To begin this week's study here's Dr Sproll on the unity of the church and |
| 1:20.7 | the challenges of pluralism. |
| 1:26.1 | In the 17th chapter of John's Gospel, |
| 1:29.0 | Jesus gives the most extensive prayer that is recorded for us in the New Testament. |
| 1:38.2 | And it is a prayer of intercession in which he prays for his disciples and for all who believe through the |
| 1:48.5 | testimony of the disciples and consequently that prayer is called Jesus High Priestly Prayer. |
| 1:59.1 | Now one of the central themes of that prayer was that Christ prayed to the Father that his people might be |
| 2:10.0 | one. It was a prayer for Christian unity and he went on to say that he prayed that |
| 2:18.8 | we might be one even as he is one with the father. |
| 2:25.3 | So that the unity of the people of God, |
| 2:28.8 | the unity of the church is to reflect and mirror the same kind of unity that exists between the father and the |
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