The Resurrection
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 5 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Mary Magdalene was devastated to discover that Jesus' body was missing from the tomb. But her grief vanished when the risen Lord called her name. From his sermon series in the gospel of John, today R.C. Sproul calls us to share in the joy and proclamation of Christ's resurrection.
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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 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
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| 0:00.0 | Easter is the great impetus for the mission of the church. |
| 0:05.0 | Because he is risen, we go and we tell, and we preach, and we proclaim. |
| 0:16.0 | Buddha is dead. Muhammad is dead, Confucius is dead. But for Christians, we serve a resurrected |
| 0:29.7 | Lord. Jesus Christ, he is risen. Welcome to this Resurrection Sunday edition of renewing your mind. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm Nathan W. Bingham. Today, we'll spend one day in the Gospel of John, hearing John's account of the resurrection of Christ. |
| 0:46.3 | So for one day only, you can request R.C. Sproles' expositional commentary on the entirety of John, |
| 0:53.3 | and you give a donation in support of proclaiming |
| 0:55.6 | the risen Christ to the nations at renewingyourmind.org. |
| 1:00.1 | But this offer ends at midnight, and it won't be repeated next Sunday. |
| 1:04.8 | Well, the Apostle Paul said that if Christ had not been raised, then our faith is in vain. |
| 1:13.2 | As R.C. Sproles said earlier, it's because he has risen that we go and we proclaim our risen Lord. Here's Dr. Sprawl with a Resurrection |
| 1:20.3 | Sunday sermon. Now, the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early while it was still dark |
| 1:32.0 | and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. And then she ran and came to Simon |
| 1:40.5 | Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, they have taken |
| 1:46.1 | away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him. |
| 1:53.0 | Peter therefore went out and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb, and so they |
| 1:58.6 | both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb |
| 2:04.2 | first. And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there, yet he did not go in. |
| 2:15.1 | And then Simon Peter came following him and went into the tomb, and he saw the linen cloths lying there, |
| 2:23.9 | and the handkerchief that had been around his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded |
| 2:30.1 | together in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who came to the tomb first went |
| 2:37.9 | in also, and he saw and believed. For as yet they did not know the scripture that he must |
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