What Is the Standard of Truth?
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Ever since the garden of Eden, Satan has been sowing doubts about God’s Word. Today, R.C. Sproul examines these assaults on the truth and appeals to the trustworthiness of Scripture.
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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.
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 | Luther was saying that the only written source in this world that has the level of authority |
| 0:08.3 | to actually bind the conscience of a person is the Bible. No written document of men, no confession |
| 0:17.6 | of faith, no creedal statement, can bind the conscience absolutely. |
| 0:23.6 | The only person that has that kind of authority to simply utter the words and say, so let |
| 0:30.6 | it be said, so let it be done, is God himself. |
| 0:35.6 | Since the Garden of Eden, the himself. |
| 0:40.3 | Since the Garden of Eden, the serpent has sought to cast doubt on the trustworthiness of what God has said. |
| 0:46.3 | In the 16th century, Martin Luther fought the battle is our standard the scriptures or church traditions. |
| 0:53.3 | And in more modern times, theological liberalism has attacked the Bible, |
| 0:57.9 | stripping the meaning from essential portions. |
| 1:00.8 | And even practically, day-to-day, you and I can be tempted to look elsewhere |
| 1:05.2 | other than the Bible as we navigate and live the Christian life. |
| 1:10.0 | You're listening to Renewing Your Mind as we begin a week of study with R.C. Sprawl, |
| 1:15.5 | considering the trustworthiness and the authority of the Bible. |
| 1:19.4 | And this week only, you can own Dr. Sproles' series, Hath God Said, |
| 1:24.1 | and receive his title, Can I Trust the Bible, |
| 1:26.6 | when you give a donation of any amount |
| 1:28.7 | at Renewing Your Mind.org? Well, when it comes to what we believe, how we should live, |
| 1:35.1 | and the decisions we make, it's vital for us to know what authority or what standard we're |
| 1:40.0 | looking to. As we begin this new area of focus this week, R. C. Sprole will take us back to the |
| 1:46.0 | 16th century to help each of us see how important your answer is to this question. What is |
| 1:52.5 | the standard of truth? Here's Dr. Spraw. The Christian Church has been on this planet now for almost 2,000 years. |
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