The Knight's Map
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The Knight's Map is the story of Sir Charles, who undertakes a dangerous journey full of bad advice and wrong turns. Will he trust the map provided by the King? Today, hear R.C. Sproul reading his children's tale about the Bible's reliability.
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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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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Renewing Your Mind, R.C. Sprole reads his children's book, The Night's Map. |
| 0:05.2 | Here's a preview. |
| 0:06.9 | Finally, he set out on a journey toward the Great Mountain to find the pearl of great price. |
| 0:15.1 | Along the way, he came upon a man seated at the side of the road. |
| 0:19.2 | His name was Mr. Skeptic. Sir Charles dismounted |
| 0:23.5 | and asked for help and understanding the map. Mr. Skepti quickly pronounced it worthless. Why are you |
| 0:29.9 | reading this old piece of paper? You can't get any direction from this, he said. You need to forget |
| 0:36.4 | about this old map and find your own way. |
| 0:39.3 | And you certainly won't find the pearl of great price. |
| 0:43.3 | You're just wasting your time. |
| 0:51.9 | The world is filled with skeptics. |
| 0:54.7 | You and I are surrounded by them. |
| 0:56.5 | They're online. |
| 0:57.6 | They're in the media. |
| 0:59.0 | And they're in college classrooms. |
| 1:01.1 | And even though they try to suggest to us, and especially to the upcoming generation, |
| 1:05.7 | that the Bible is unreliable, it is trustworthy. |
| 1:10.1 | You're listening to a special edition of renewing your mind, and I'm glad you're with us. |
| 1:14.8 | Serving Christians at every age and stage of the Christian life is part of what we do here |
| 1:19.5 | at Ligonier Ministries. |
| 1:21.2 | And one of the ways that Dr. Sprole did that was through the writing of his children's books. |
| 1:26.3 | Today you'll hear the tale of a perilous journey |
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