The Importance of Holiness
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Once we encounter the holiness of God, our lives will never be the same. Today, R.C. Sproul begins his classic series on God’s holiness, addressing how essential this attribute is for understanding who God is and who we are.
Request the new 40th-anniversary edition of R.C. Sproul’s book The Holiness of God, plus lifetime digital access to both the classic teaching series and the extended teaching series, with your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/3885/donate
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.
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 | There's only one characteristic of Almighty God that is communicated in the superlative degree |
| 0:07.5 | from the mouths of angels where the Bible doesn't simply say that God is holy, or even that |
| 0:16.3 | he's holy, holy, but that he is holy, holy, holy. |
| 0:28.0 | The holiness of God is central to everything we do at Ligoneer Ministries and on renewing |
| 0:35.8 | your mind. R. C. Sprole founded Ligoneer Ministries and on Renewing Your Mind. R.C. Sproul founded Ligineer Ministries |
| 0:38.7 | in 1971, and our mission is to proclaim, teach, and defend the holiness of God in all its |
| 0:46.1 | fullness to as many people as possible. Welcome to the Monday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:52.6 | I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. The messages you'll |
| 0:56.8 | hear this week are from R.C. Sproles' classic series, The Holiness of God. Even today, it's this |
| 1:03.4 | teaching from Dr. Sprole that is often referenced as people's first exposure to R.C. Sprole and the |
| 1:09.8 | ministry of Ligonier. |
| 1:11.5 | So consider who you'll share today's episode with, inviting them to listen all week. |
| 1:17.6 | 2025 is a milestone year for the holiness of God. |
| 1:21.9 | It was 40 years ago this year that the Holiness of God book was first published. |
| 1:26.7 | So when you give a donation of any amount this week at Renewing Your Mind.org |
| 1:31.9 | in support of the proclamation, teaching and defense of God's holiness, |
| 1:36.9 | in addition to digital access to both the original and extended editions |
| 1:41.5 | of the Holiness of God teaching series, |
| 1:49.8 | we'll send you a limited edition 40th anniversary copy of the Holiness of God. |
| 1:52.7 | Perhaps respond multiple times this week, |
| 1:56.1 | as you consider who you could give this landmark book to as your way of spreading the truth of who God is. |
| 2:00.0 | Well, here's Dr. Sprawl on the importance of holiness. |
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