Things Unseen

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In a world of distractions, Christians must fix their focus on knowing Christ and His Word. Today, hear about Sinclair Ferguson’s daily devotional podcast—and his new book, Things Unseen—created to help God’s people look to the Lord and live by faith.

You can be among the first to receive Sinclair Ferguson’s new yearlong daily devotional, Things Unseen. Request the book with your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/3762/things-unseen

Meet Today’s Teacher:

Sinclair Ferguson is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow, vice-chairman of Ligonier Ministries, and Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is featured teacher for several Ligonier teaching series, including Union with Christ. He is author of many books, including The Whole Christ, Maturity, and Devoted to God’s Church. Dr. Ferguson is also host of the podcast Things Unseen.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.

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	Devotion is actually driven and enhanced by doctrine.
0:05.4	And I personally don't think it would be enormously helpful to us
0:09.6	to have a long series of devotionals that simply left us feeling better about ourselves.
0:28.4	As we approach the end of 2024 and look to the year ahead, many of us are considering questions,
0:33.5	like what Bible reading plan will I use in the new year, or what devotional will I read?
0:39.1	And today, on this special edition of renewing your mind, you'll hear highlights from a conversation I had with Sinclair Ferguson about his popular devotional podcast, Things Unseen. And I'm pleased to
0:45.6	announce that Dr. Ferguson's year-long podcast is now available as a hardcover book. Things Unseen
0:53.2	with Sinclair B. Ferguson launched in 2023.
0:57.3	Five days a week for a full year, he shared brief, thoughtful reflections on the Christian
1:03.0	life. You can follow the podcast by searching for Things Unseen wherever you listen to podcasts.
1:09.2	And to further help you to look not to the things that are seen,
1:12.6	but to the things that are unseen, this podcast is now available as a hardcover devotional.
1:18.5	If you'd like a copy for your devotional reading in 2025, you can request this brand new
1:24.1	resource when you give a year-end gift of any amount at renewingyourmind.org
1:28.9	or when you call us at 800-435-4343. This is a one-day-only offer, so be quick.
1:37.2	When Things Unseen first launched in 2023, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Ferguson
1:43.2	and ask him about the name of the podcast
1:45.4	and his heart behind this daily devotional.
1:51.7	Essentially what I've done as I've begun to prepare these podcasts is to try to take a theme for each week
1:59.1	that will enable us to follow through an idea for five
2:03.9	days, just for a few minutes every day. And I think hopefully give us pause moments in our lives
2:13.9	that we can focus our attention on the things that are unseen that you'll remember
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