The Good Shepherd
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Hired hands may abandon the flock when danger comes. But the Good Shepherd defends His sheep to the death. Today, R.C. Sproul looks to Jesus as the One who laid down His life for His flock, the church.
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we get to today's episode, we want to invite you to Ligonier's 2027 National Conference, |
| 0:06.5 | the glorious attributes of God. |
| 0:09.0 | This event invites Christians from around the world to hear biblical teaching on God's |
| 0:13.9 | holy character. |
| 0:15.3 | When you register today, you'll save 45% with the pre-registration rate. |
| 0:20.6 | This offer ends on Saturday, April 25th. |
| 0:23.8 | You can register today and save at Ligonier.org slash 2027. |
| 0:29.2 | We need to remember that God never promises his people |
| 0:32.6 | that they don't have to go into the Valley of the Shadow of Death. |
| 0:37.1 | We all will enter into that veil at some point. |
| 0:42.3 | But the absolute promise that God gives to his people |
| 0:45.3 | is that he will never send us there alone. |
| 0:49.3 | And I can't think of any place that I would have to be frightened |
| 0:53.3 | if I knew the Lord was with me. |
| 0:57.0 | And so that is our hope as Christians that we can count upon the ultimate shepherd of our souls to be with us no matter what. |
| 1:13.4 | Who is Jesus? |
| 1:15.4 | If you ask a group of people, you're likely to hear a variety of answers. |
| 1:20.0 | But the question we really should be asking is who did Jesus say he is? |
| 1:25.2 | Hello, I'm Lee Webb, and thank you for joining us for this edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 1:30.2 | Today, R.C. Sprole continues his exploration of some of the I.M. sayings of Jesus found |
| 1:36.1 | in the Gospel of John. |
| 1:37.9 | But if you'd like to own the Complete Eight Message Knowing Christ series, we will be glad to send it |
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