What Is Truth?
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Truth is more than mere preference or opinion. It is grounded in the character of God Himself. Today, R.C. Sproul identifies our Christian responsibility to bear witness to the truth in an age of deception and relativism.
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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 ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Our task as Christians is to maintain a consistent testimony to the truth of God, |
| 0:07.6 | to the whole truth of God, and to nothing but the truth of God. |
| 0:12.8 | So help us, God. |
| 0:24.9 | Truth is important, but it seems to be a rare commodity today, whether it's the downplaying of truth because that's just your truth, |
| 0:28.9 | or a complete disregard for truth and the embracing of falsehood. |
| 0:33.3 | God's people must stand in contrast and be people of truth |
| 0:36.8 | because we follow the one who is the |
| 0:39.2 | way, the truth and the life. This is the Tuesday edition of renewing your mind, and for the rest of the |
| 0:45.9 | week you'll hear a series from R.C. Sprawl, simply titled Truth, on the importance of truth |
| 0:51.6 | in our thinking, our speech, and even in how we live. |
| 0:55.5 | To help equip you to know the truth of the Christian faith, this week when you give a donation |
| 1:00.1 | of any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org, or when you call us at 800-435-4343, in addition to |
| 1:08.4 | lifetime digital access to Dr. Sproul's Truth series, we'll send you a copy of his book, Everyone's a Theologian, where he lays out the foundational truths of Christianity and a thin-line ESV Bible. |
| 1:21.9 | This offer is while supplies last, so please respond today. |
| 1:26.7 | So what is truth, and why is it so important? Here's Dr. Spraw. |
| 1:33.1 | The United States of America was treated to the trial of the century with the case of O.J. Simpson, |
| 1:43.1 | and in that case, we saw such a huge number of people testify that it caused such a |
| 1:52.9 | protracted lengthening of that trial that we still are somewhat amazed at what transpired in that |
| 2:00.6 | event. |
| 2:01.4 | And during the trial, we saw the same scenario happen again and again and again as each |
| 2:07.2 | witness came forward to testify. |
| 2:09.5 | We went through the ritual that is done in the American courtroom where the witness is |
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