The Historical Narrative
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 8 September 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
We have much to learn from the stories in Scripture, but we must be careful that we're learning only what they intend to teach. Today, R.C. Sproul voices the benefits and the challenges of studying the Bible's historical narratives.
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| 0:00.0 | The point of the narrative is to reveal to us the nature of real trusting faith in a sovereign |
| 0:07.6 | God. |
| 0:08.6 | To tell us of the test of Abraham, not of the test of God. |
| 0:13.3 | And so we have to be careful that we don't draw conclusions from narratives that would |
| 0:18.3 | set us in opposition to the rest of the Bible. |
| 0:28.1 | It can be easy to misunderstand the Bible, especially if we interpret single verses or historical |
| 0:34.3 | accounts in isolation from the rest of Scripture. |
| 0:37.7 | But there are simple principles that can help us from falling into error. |
| 0:41.2 | Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and you're listening to the Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:47.6 | Our theme this week has been the Bible. |
| 0:50.2 | Can we trust it? |
| 0:51.2 | How should we interpret it? |
| 0:53.0 | This week we've also made Stephen Nichols' series Why We Trust the Bible, an RC Sproul |
| 0:57.6 | series knowing Scripture available for a donation of any amount. |
| 1:01.8 | And today's the final day, so be sure to request your copies at RenewingRemind.org. |
| 1:08.3 | So how should we interpret the Bible correctly? |
| 1:10.3 | It can be easy to read too much into a passage that really was just an account of an event. |
| 1:16.5 | Today, RC Sproul shares several examples of getting this wrong, and some reminders to help |
| 1:22.1 | us get it right. |
| 1:23.1 | Here's Dr. Sproul. |
| 1:28.6 | In this session, in our series on knowing Scripture, principles of understanding and interpreting |
| 1:34.3 | the Bible, we're going to continue our examination of basic principles that we need to know to |
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