The Trinity

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Muslims reject the Trinity because they think it suggests there are three gods. But is this what Christians believe? Today, R.C. Sproul and Abdul Saleeb discuss the coherence of the doctrine of the Trinity revealed in Scripture.

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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.

Abdul Saleeb is co-author of The Dark Side of Islam. He pastors a Muslim-convert fellowship in the United States and is intimately involved with churches in the Middle East.

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	Islam is not the only religion that is passionately committed to monotheism.
0:06.3	Historic Judaism is as well.
0:08.8	And I might add to those two world religions in terms of passion for monotheism,
0:13.7	there is no religion in this world more passionately committed to monotheism than Christianity.
0:31.6	Music committed to monotheism than Christianity. Since Christianity and Islam are both monotheistic religions, does that mean we worship the same God?
0:32.6	We'll hear how R.C. Spurl and a former Muslim answer that question today on renewing your mind. Welcome to the
0:41.1	Wednesday edition of Renewing Your Mind, the Daily Discipleship podcast of Ligoneer Ministries. These days,
0:48.3	it's not unusual to have Muslim neighbors, co-workers or friends. In a sense, the mission field has come to us.
0:57.0	That's why it's important to know what Islam teaches and how Christians can engage and share
1:03.0	the gospel. It's also why we're featuring two series this week on the topic of Islam.
1:09.0	You have heard messages so far from a 2002 conversation
1:13.1	between Arsi Sprol and former Muslim Abdul Salib. If you'd like to hear the entirety of that
1:19.8	conversation, it's an eight message study. Give a gift today at Renewing Your Mind.org or by calling
1:26.7	us at 800-435-4343 and we'll unlock the series
1:31.8	for you in the free Ligeneer app. So what do Muslims believe that Christians believe about
1:38.7	God and the Trinity? Let's listen in on that conversation between Dr. Sprole and Abdul.
1:47.0	In our last session, we looked at the objection that Muslims have to the Christian understanding of the fatherhood of God and our being called the children of God.
1:59.0	But we also heard in our first segment
2:02.7	that Abdul mentioned that one of the major stumbling blocks
2:06.6	has to do with the Trinity.
2:08.0	Do you want to set that before us in this session?
2:11.1	Yes, Muslims believe that the essence of knowledge
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