The Duality of Man

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 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 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 media 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

Transcript

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0:00.0	For the Greek anti-physical viewpoint, redemption ultimately is redemption from the body.
0:08.4	Plato called the body the prison house of the soul.
0:11.6	And so the highest hope for man would be the disintegration and destruction of the body so
0:16.7	that the soul could be released to live in pure contemplation, unencumbered by any influences
0:23.2	of that which is physical. Christianity teaches redemption of the body, that in heaven
0:29.6	we will have glorified bodies, but we will still be creatures who are body and soul.
0:48.0	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,
0:53.6	and we're made in his image?
0:55.4	And how should we treat our bodies?
0:57.8	You're listening to the Wednesday edition of Renewing Your Mind.
1:01.5	I'm Nathan W. Bingham.
1:03.5	As we seek to answer the question, who am I?
1:07.3	Or what does it mean to be human?
1:09.6	We must address the body and the relationship between the body
1:14.1	and the soul. The world has gone to the extreme of thinking that through mutilating the body,
1:20.6	they can change the answer to the question of one's identity. But many wrong views of the body
1:25.9	and the soul have also crept into the church.
1:29.3	That's why this series, A Shattered Image, and R.C. Sproles' book, The Hunger for Significance
1:35.3	are needed today to help bring clarity. And you can request both this week when you give a
1:42.3	donation in support of renewing your mind at renewing
1:45.5	your mind.org.
1:48.0	So what is the relationship between body and soul?
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