We live in a day when people say theology doesn't matter.

What counts is feeling good, being ministered unto in our psychological needs,

having a place where we can feel the warmth of fellowship and have a sense of belonging and of relevance.

We don't need doctrine, we're told.

We need life. But the heart of reformed theology

is the affirmation that theology is life, because theology is the knowledge of God.

One of the most transformative seasons of my life as a Christian was when I began to see in Scripture what is commonly called Reformed Theology. R.C. Sproles' series and his books were answering my questions, and suddenly I could see how all of Scripture fit together.

As Dr. Sprold just said, theology is life, and that was my experience.

So what exactly is reformed theology?

I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and that's what we'll tackle this week on renewing your mind.

R. C. Sprawl was a theologian, and he dedicated his ministry to helping people know who God is,

not who we might want him to be, but who he is as he has revealed himself in Scripture.

And this week's series, What Is Reform Theology, helps lay out the main distinctives of these life and worldview-changing beliefs.

You'll hear just a few of the messages from this series this week, but you can request

the complete series on DVD, along with digital access to the messages and study guide, and a copy of What is Reform Theology, The Book?

Simply give a donation in support of renewing your mind

and spreading the truths of Reform Theology to the global church

at Renewing Your Mind.org.

But what is Reform Theology?

Here's R.C. Sprawl to begin this week's study.

A few years ago, a professor from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, north of Boston,

Dr. David Wells, published a book that fell like a bombshell on the playground of the nation's

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