The Fall of a Hero
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Even our greatest heroes can fall. But our holy God sits enthroned forever in glory. Today, R.C. Sproul looks at the lessons we should learn from the tragic death of King Uzziah.
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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
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Nathan W. Bingham here, host of Renewing Your Mind. Will I see you at Ligonier's |
| 0:06.5 | 26th National Conference in Orlando? April 9 to 11, we'll address some of the fundamental |
| 0:13.1 | questions facing Christians today, questions about God, our identity, and life in a hostile society. |
| 0:21.4 | We'll seek biblical clarity to strengthen our faith and embolden our witness in a world that needs the truth. |
| 0:28.8 | In addition to our teaching fellows, conference speakers include H.B. Charles Jr., Michael Reeves, |
| 0:35.1 | Paul Washer, and more. |
| 0:36.8 | Learn more and register today at Ligonier.org slash 2026. |
| 0:42.3 | Enjoy three days of trusted teaching and rich fellowship with thousands of Christians from around the world. |
| 0:49.9 | That address again is Ligeneer.org slash 2026, And I'll see you for crucial questions, Ligonier's |
| 0:57.0 | 2026 National Conference. |
| 1:00.0 | How much of your confidence, how much of your security, |
| 1:04.0 | how much of your stability is invested in your earthly leaders and heroes. |
| 1:12.9 | What happens when your heroes fall? |
| 1:16.8 | This was the question the people of Israel wrestled with, |
| 1:20.3 | and it was in that crisis that Isaiah met the God and the King of Israel, |
| 1:30.3 | who was altogether holy, who had no shadow of turning in him, no possibility of falling, no possibility |
| 1:38.3 | of disappointing. |
| 1:47.9 | Where do you place your hope? |
| 1:51.5 | As Christians, we should answer, of course, in the Lord. |
| 1:57.8 | We can be tempted to look to other things, other powers, to money as our source of security. |
| 2:02.6 | But anything less than the Lord will fail us, will disappoint. You're listening to the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind, and each week we're currently |
| 2:07.6 | featuring messages from R.C. Sproul's classic, perhaps most well-known series, The Holiness of God. |
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