I think, therefore, I am.

Descartes was not doing all of this, simply to prove to the world that René Descartes existed.

What he was searching for was a starting point for the pathway to certainty, to the pathway to a truth that really matters for everybody.

He was looking for a rational intellectual foundation for affirming, not the existence of Descartes,

but the existence of God.

Even if you haven't taken a course in philosophy, most people have heard René Descartes'

famous assertion, I think, therefore I am.

Although we may have heard it, that doesn't mean that we necessarily understand what he meant

and what factors led him to that conclusion.

But that's what R.C. Spruill will consider on this Thursday edition

of renewing your mind. God made us in his image, and he created us with minds that can think

and senses that can perceive. But how trustworthy are our senses when it comes to discovering

truth? Although we generally assume their reliability,

this is a question that has been wrestled with by philosophers

that's helpful to consider the relationship

between our minds and our senses.

Before we get to today's message,

I would like to invite you to join us next April in Orlando

for Ligeneier Ministries'

2025 National Conference on the theme, I will build my church.

And when you visit Ligeneer.org slash 2025 today, you can secure the early bird rate for you and your family.

Well, here's Dr. Spoul on the mind and the senses.

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