The Nature of Wisdom
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Sometimes it’s hard to understand the Wisdom Books of the Bible. Is there a key to help us open these portions of God’s Word and apply them to our lives? Today, R.C. Sproul shares a technique for gaining clarity on these passages.
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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.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | We have these little techniques like rhyme and meter that are a part of our poetic expression, |
| 0:05.1 | but the Jews had another technique that they used in their poetry, and it's very important |
| 0:12.6 | that we understand what it is and how to recognize it when it comes, because it's almost like |
| 0:18.4 | a key that unlocks hidden treasures to us, almost |
| 0:22.0 | an open sesame before the mysterious cave of sacred scripture. |
| 0:33.0 | So what is this key to unlocking the poetry or wisdom literature of scripture? |
| 0:39.4 | Stay with us on this Wednesday edition of renewing your mind, |
| 0:42.8 | as R.C. Spro will walk us through various forms of parallelism. |
| 0:47.9 | And as you'll hear today, once you learn about this technique, |
| 0:51.3 | you will see that it is used throughout the Bible. This week's study on |
| 0:56.5 | wisdom and wisdom literature can be yours when you give a donation at renewingyourmind.org |
| 1:02.5 | or when you call us at 800-435-4343. Your generosity will be used to extend the reach of renewing your mind and fuel the global outreach of Ligeneer Ministries. |
| 1:15.2 | So don't delay. Please give today. |
| 1:18.1 | And to thank you, we'll unlock this complete study in the free Ligeneer app and send you Dr. Sprole's companion book, What is Biblical Wisdom? |
| 1:27.3 | Thank you. Well, here's R.C. Sprole's companion book, What is Biblical Wisdom? Thank you. |
| 1:29.2 | Well, here's R.C. Sprole on the nature of wisdom and the use of parallelism. |
| 1:36.6 | Many times I hear people say to me, R.C., I would like to read the Bible, but every time I try to read the Bible, I just don't |
| 1:45.5 | understand it. |
| 1:46.8 | It's too deep for me. |
| 1:50.1 | I'm always a little bit distressed when I hear something like that and have a little bit |
| 1:55.5 | of difficulty believing it because so much of scripture is historical narrative and it reads like an exciting novel. |
| 2:04.4 | And it's not written for the most part in technical philosophical language that requires some |
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