Who Is the Truth?
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
How we think about God will determine how we think about the world and our place in it. Today, R.C. Sproul explains the essential role that theology plays in forming a Christian worldview.
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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 | Christians need to understand that sense perception, the testimony of history, the testimony of archaeology, |
| 0:07.7 | and the function of reason itself are tools that God has given his people to stabilize and solidify that faith and trust that we have in him. |
| 0:20.0 | Our faith in God is a reasonable faith. It is not an |
| 0:24.0 | irrational leap in the dark. Christians are to be a thinking people, not afraid of science, history, |
| 0:36.9 | or reason, always seeking, as Romans 12 says, |
| 0:40.9 | to have our minds renewed and not being conformed to the skeptical thinking of our day. |
| 0:46.6 | This is the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind, and we're currently working our way |
| 0:51.3 | through R.C. Sproul's series, A Blueprint for Thinking. |
| 0:55.6 | In a time when feelings are elevated, for some, thinking is almost unchristian, and the message |
| 1:01.8 | from the world is that there's your truth and my truth. We need to be reminded of the importance |
| 1:07.7 | of Christians also loving God with all of their minds. This series, |
| 1:12.9 | A Blueprint for Thinking, is such a reminder, and we'll give you digital access to it, plus |
| 1:18.5 | send you a special edition DVD set of Dr. Sproul's 35 message overview of philosophy when you |
| 1:25.0 | give a donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org. |
| 1:29.6 | Well, here's a passionate message from Dr. Sprole that expresses his design that Christians |
| 1:34.7 | would truly think, thinking about who God is as he's revealed in Scripture, the holy and |
| 1:41.2 | sovereign God of the universe. |
| 1:46.0 | When I was a seminary student in Pittsburgh a hundred years ago, |
| 1:50.0 | I had a close personal friend whose name was Jim Tate. |
| 1:55.0 | And Jimmy was one of those fellows that had a terribly difficult time coping with seminary education. |
| 2:05.7 | He was an athlete, he was bright, personable, and really one of the most spiritually oriented |
| 2:13.8 | students at our institution. |
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