Unity in Christ
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 11 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
While the gospel grants us peace with God, we also obtain peace with one another through our union with Christ. From his sermon series in Ephesians, today R.C. Sproul explains how Jesus unites believing Jews and gentiles in His church to form a new humanity.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
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.
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 | The building is organic, but it grows into a holy temple. |
| 0:05.4 | You had the foundation, and then you had the cornerstone. |
| 0:09.5 | But what makes up the rest of the building? |
| 0:11.9 | Who are the stones, the bricks that are knit together to make this magnificent building? |
| 0:18.6 | We are, as the Apostle Peter said, we are the living stones that Christ uses to knit together, and he's |
| 0:28.2 | taking Gentile stones and Jewish stones and knitting them together to build together |
| 0:36.0 | a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. |
| 0:44.3 | One of the beautiful truths of the gospel is the reality that not only are believers united to Christ, |
| 0:53.3 | but as a result, we also have union with each other. |
| 0:57.5 | Christians have unity in Christ. It might not always appear that way, as we are all in different |
| 1:04.2 | stages of our growth in Christ-likeness, and that's precisely why we need to be reminded of it, |
| 1:10.2 | recognizing each other as brothers and sisters, |
| 1:13.6 | living stones being knit together. |
| 1:17.6 | Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind, where each week we feature the preaching and teaching ministry of R.C. Sprawl. |
| 1:25.6 | Last week, we started a short series in Ephesians |
| 1:29.3 | on how there can be peace between sinners and our holy God, |
| 1:33.3 | and peace between Jew and Gentile. |
| 1:37.3 | Although we'll only be considering a short portion of Ephesians, |
| 1:40.3 | you can study all of Paul's letter |
| 1:43.3 | when you request Dr. Sproul's commentary on Ephesians. All of study all of Paul's letter when you request Dr. Sproul's commentary on |
| 1:45.7 | Ephesians. All of Dr. Sproul's teaching on this book was brought together to form this final |
| 1:51.5 | commentary in his expositional commentary series. You can own a copy when you give a donation |
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