Theological Doxology

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The gospel of Jesus Christ is a theology that sings. Today, Joel Kim explains the relationship between doctrine and doxology. Knowing the truth of our glorious Redeemer should stimulate us to a life of joyful praise.

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Meet Today’s Teacher:

Joel Kim is president and assistant professor of New Testament at Westminster Seminary California.

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	At this point, I think Paul cannot help himself. As he talks about the redemption that we have in Christ Jesus,
0:07.0	he pauses to sing a song about Christ Jesus.
0:16.0	Our theology should lead to doxology, the worship and praise of God.
0:23.6	We see this modeled for us in the writings of the Apostle Paul.
0:28.6	Welcome to this Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind, as we conclude several days in Joel Kim's new series, Everything in Christ.
0:40.2	You can continue your time in the Book of Colossians when you request complete access to the series and study guide
0:44.1	at renewingyourmind.org.
0:46.7	Simply give a donation before this offer ends at midnight
0:49.3	and we'll unlock these resources for you in the free Ligonier app.
0:54.5	Still in Colossians, Chapter 1, for the final time, here's Joel Kim.
1:02.5	As I mentioned in a previous lesson, I grew up in a pastor's family, and we often would get
1:08.1	together for evening family worship.
1:11.6	I'm one of five kids, so there are lots of people in the room, even if it's just my family.
1:16.6	And we would sing a song, usually a hymn, and oftentimes the requirement was not about the tune nor the beat,
1:25.6	but as loud as you can you must sing, was the unwritten rule in our family.
1:30.7	And so we found ourselves singing together a lot, not a Van Trapp family by any means,
1:35.3	but at the same time, enjoying the singing, the gift that Lord has given to us.
1:41.8	There was one time we were driving into a national park called a Zion
1:46.2	National Park and seeing these rock mountains. My mom and dad started singing, oh, Lord my God,
1:54.3	when I in awesome wonder. I wonder if you sometimes feel like that. When you understand
1:59.7	something anew, understand the depth
2:03.5	and richness of something, you cannot help but to sing. And we see that in the New Testament a number
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