The Duality of Man
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 4 May 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
What makes up the "real" you? Your soul? What about your body? Today, R.C. Sproul explores the relationship between body and soul to deepen our understanding of what it means to be made in the image of God.
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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 | For the Greek anti-physical viewpoint, redemption ultimately is redemption from the body. |
| 0:08.0 | Plato called the body the prison house of the soul. |
| 0:11.0 | And so the highest hope for man would be the disintegration |
| 0:14.9 | and destruction of the body so that the soul could be released to live in |
| 0:19.3 | pure contemplation unencumbered by any influences of that which is physical. |
| 0:25.0 | Christianity teaches redemption of the body. |
| 0:29.0 | That in heaven we will have glorified bodies, |
| 0:32.0 | but we will still be creatures who are body and soul. |
| 0:37.0 | You and I are made in the image of God. It's why all people have dignity. But how does our body relate to the image of God? Are we suggesting that God has a body because we do and |
| 0:54.8 | we're made in his image and how should we treat our bodies? You're listening to |
| 0:59.8 | the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W Bingham. As we seek to answer |
| 1:06.7 | the question, who am I? Or what does it mean to be human? We must address the body and the relationship between body and soul. |
| 1:15.0 | The world has gone to the extreme of thinking that through mutilating the body, |
| 1:20.0 | they can actually change the answer to the question of one's identity. |
| 1:24.0 | But many wrong views of the body and the soul have also crept into the church. |
| 1:29.0 | That's why this series, a shattered image, and Dr. Sproel's's book The Hunger for Significance and |
| 1:35.2 | needed today to help bring clarity and you can request both at renewing your |
| 1:40.0 | mind.org. So what is the relationship between body and soul and what is the biblical view of the body? |
| 1:48.0 | Here's Dr Sprawl. |
| 1:50.0 | In the last night of Jesus' life when he gathered with his friends in the upper room to celebrate the Passover, |
| 2:00.0 | you remember in the course of that discussion, Philip turned to Jesus and said, |
| 2:08.0 | Show us the Father and it suffiseth us. |
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