United in the Truth
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Christians must maintain unity in the truth, not at the expense of truth. Today, R.C. Sproul illustrates why true harmony in the church can never come from compromising sound doctrine.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939-2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God's Word. He 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 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.
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| 0:00.0 | The church is always plagued with errors, or at least members who are in error, in their thinking and in their belief. |
| 0:08.0 | But when an error becomes so serious that it threatens the very life of the church, when it begins to approach a doctrinal mistake that affects the essentials of the Christian faith, then the church |
| 0:23.7 | has had to rally to stand up and say, this is not what we believe, and that this false |
| 0:30.0 | belief is heresy and cannot be tolerated within the visible church. |
| 0:35.8 | Music within the visible church. |
| 0:48.2 | R.C. Sprole often reminded us that, yes, doctrine divides, but doctrine also unites. |
| 0:53.2 | We must find our unity in the truth, and not in error or indifference. |
| 0:57.2 | Welcome to Renewing Your Mind. This is the Tuesday edition. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. True unity is always found in the truth, which is why |
| 1:05.1 | Ligner Ministries is so careful with the teaching that appears in our discipleship resources, |
| 1:10.6 | where they're here on Renewing |
| 1:12.1 | Your Mind, our vast podcast and teaching series libraries, the articles and books we publish, |
| 1:18.5 | and at the events that we host. So when you support Ligeneer Ministries and Renewing Your Mind, |
| 1:23.9 | you can know that you're supporting the spread of trusted and faithful Bible teaching. |
| 1:28.9 | And if you do support us today, with a donation at Renewing Your Mind.org, we have two resources |
| 1:34.2 | for you as our way of saying thanks. You can learn more about that offer at renewingermind.org. |
| 1:41.5 | As you and I face pressure from society to shrink back from our beliefs, it's vital out of our love |
| 1:48.1 | for the Lord and for the purity of the bride of Christ that we seek unity in the truth. Here's Dr. Sprold |
| 1:54.5 | to explain. We're looking at the doctrine of the church, the bride of Christ. |
| 2:02.4 | How do we understand the characteristics of a church? |
| 2:07.1 | We've looked at the ancient creeds which declared the four qualifications for the Church |
| 2:13.5 | of Christ, that it is one holy, Catholic, and apostolic. And we've begun this study by looking, |
| 2:22.7 | first of all, at this concept of the oneness or the unity of the church. And in our first session, |
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