The Lightlings

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Today, R.C. Sproul reads his children's tale that captures the Bible's story of redemption. Sinclair Ferguson and Colin Buchanan also join us to share about a song and book inviting children to come to Jesus.

Request two children's books with your donation of any amount: The Lightlings by R.C. Sproul and Jesus, Strong and Kind by Sinclair Ferguson: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4527/offer

Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Get The Lightlings ebook with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global

Meet Today's Speakers:

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.

Chris Larson is president and chief executive officer for Ligonier Ministries.

Sinclair Ferguson is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow, vice-chairman of Ligonier Ministries, and Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary.

Colin Buchanan is a Christian musician in Australia.

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

Transcript

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0:00.0	Today, on renewing your mind, R.C. Sprawl reads his children's book, The Lightlings.
0:05.8	Here's a preview.
0:07.5	After the lightlings left the garden, the king began to remove his light from that garden.
0:13.8	And the garden soon became cold and covered with weeds and thorns and sticky briars.
0:21.6	It was awful living in the dreadful darkness all the time, where the only light they ever saw
0:26.6	was in barely lit shadows that danced in the forest.
0:30.6	In fact, they couldn't tell the difference anymore between night and day.
0:46.3	Most of us know John 316, but do you know John 319? The light has come into the world, and people love the darkness rather than the light
0:51.3	because their works were evil. As you'll hear today on a special
0:56.1	edition of renewing your mind, not everyone is afraid of the dark. Some are afraid of the light.
1:03.4	R. C. Sprole was committed to bringing the truth of Scripture to the next generation, and he had a
1:09.0	wonderful ability to do that through his stories.
1:12.3	The Lightlings, which you'll hear him read today, is one of my favorites.
1:16.6	You can request your own copy when you give a year-end donation in support of renewing
1:21.2	your mind and reaching the next generation at renewingyourmind.org.
1:25.9	We'll also send you a second children's book
1:28.6	written by Ligonier's Vice Chairman Sinclair Ferguson.
1:32.6	It's called Jesus Strong and Kind.
1:35.8	You'll hear from Dr. Ferguson later in today's episode.
1:39.0	So that's two children's books
1:40.5	when you donate before midnight tonight
1:42.7	at Renewing Your Mind.org.
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