Renewing Your Mind

During a period of spiritual decline, Israel needed a leader who would be set apart and strong. Today, W. Robert Godfrey depicts the expectation surrounding Samson's rise to the office of judge. Get The Life of Samson, W. Robert Godfrey's video teaching series on DVD, with your donation. You'll also gain digital access to all 10 messages and the study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/ Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Meet Today's Teacher: W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California. 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

Do you want to be spiritually mature? Then you must make diligent use of the means God has provided for your growth. Today, R.C. Sproul identifies the study of Scripture as the most essential means toward our maturity in Christ. Get R.C. Sproul's book Five Things Every Christian Needs to Grow, plus the digital companion teaching series, with your donation: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/ Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the ebook and digital teaching series with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Do you live near Houston, TX? Gather with us on March 17 for a night of Bible teaching and fellowship: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/houston 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

In a world that claims all roads lead to God, how can Christians dare to believe that Jesus is the only way? Today, R.C. Sproul helps us to answer this criticism and to show that the gospel truly is good news. Request a Christian apologetics bundle with your donation. We'll send you the book A Field Guide on False Teaching, plus R.C. Sproul's video teaching series Defending Your Faith. You'll also get digital access to all 32 messages, the study guide, and his 4-message series Christian Evidences: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/ Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the ebook, both digital teaching series, and the digital study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global 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

How can we explain the existence of evil? Skeptics argue that this question destroys Christianity. Today, R.C. Sproul explains that the problem of evil actually requires the existence of a good God. Request a Christian apologetics bundle with your donation. We'll send you the book A Field Guide on False Teaching, plus R.C. Sproul's video teaching series Defending Your Faith. You'll also get digital access to all 32 messages, the study guide, and his 4-message series Christian Evidences: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/ Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the ebook, both digital teaching series, and the digital study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global 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

Everyone knows there is such a thing as right and wrong. Why, then, do so many people say that morality is entirely relative? Today, R.C. Sproul shows how skepticism, in its attempt to escape accountability, brings only emptiness. Request a Christian apologetics bundle with your donation. We'll send you the book A Field Guide on False Teaching, plus R.C. Sproul's video teaching series Defending Your Faith. You'll also get digital access to all 32 messages, the study guide, and his 4-message series Christian Evidences: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/ Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the ebook, both digital teaching series, and the digital study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global 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

Can you prove that God exists? Is that even something we can possibly prove? Today, R.C. Sproul equips Christians to defend their faith as he explains the necessity of a Creator to account for the world. Request a Christian apologetics bundle with your donation. We'll send you the book A Field Guide on False Teaching, plus R.C. Sproul's video teaching series Defending Your Faith. You'll also get digital access to all 32 messages, the study guide, and his 4-message series Christian Evidences: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/ Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the ebook, both digital teaching series, and the digital study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global 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

Should Christians pay taxes to wicked rulers? From his sermon series in the gospel of Mark, today R.C. Sproul unfolds Jesus' teaching about the responsibilities we have toward the state. Get R.C. Sproul's commentary on the gospel of Mark with your donation: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/ Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the Mark commentary ebook with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global 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

In the book of Judges, God's people desperately needed a faithful and godly leader. Today, W. Robert Godfrey discusses God's sovereign provision for His people in seemingly uncertain times like these. Get The Life of Samson, W. Robert Godfrey's video teaching series on DVD, with your donation. You'll also gain digital access to all 10 messages and the study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4609/offer Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Meet Today's Teacher: W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California. 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

As recipients of the Lord's redeeming love, Christians must manifest the love of God in our relationships and our behavior in the world. Today, R.C. Sproul discusses "agape," the Bible's supreme concept of love. Get R.C. Sproul's Loved by God video teaching series on DVD with your donation. You'll also receive digital access to all 11 messages and the study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4607/offer Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Do you live near Houston, TX? Gather with us on March 17 for a night of Bible teaching and fellowship: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/houston 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

Does God love everyone in the same way? Today, R.C. Sproul teaches on the doctrine of predestination, showing that our election is bound up with a special love that the Lord has for His chosen people. Get R.C. Sproul's Loved by God video teaching series on DVD with your donation. You'll also receive digital access to all 11 messages and the study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4607/offer Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global 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

By covenant oath, God has committed His love to those He has redeemed in Christ. Today, R.C. Sproul describes the steadfast nature of the Lord's love for His covenant people. Get R.C. Sproul's Loved by God video teaching series on DVD with your donation. You'll also receive digital access to all 11 messages and the study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4607/offer Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global 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

When did God begin to love His people? He didn't. His perfect love has no beginning and no end. Today, R.C. Sproul explains that we experience God's redeeming love by being included in the eternal love of the Father for His Son. Get R.C. Sproul's Loved by God video teaching series on DVD with your donation. You'll also receive digital access to all 11 messages and the study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4607/offer Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Get Renewing Your Mind in your inbox each day so you never miss an episode. Sign up for the daily email: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/email 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

The love of God cannot be divorced from His other attributes, such as holiness, sovereignty, and justice. Today, R.C. Sproul helps us avoid common misconceptions so we can better understand the Bible's teaching that "God is love." Get R.C. Sproul's Loved by God video teaching series on DVD with your donation. You'll also receive digital access to all 11 messages and the study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4607/offer Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global 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

Would you choose to be a slave even after you've been set free? That's what Christians are doing whenever they turn to the law to earn God's favor. From his sermon series in Galatians, today R.C. Sproul reminds us why only the gospel can give us freedom from guilt. Get R.C. Sproul's commentary on the book of Galatians with your donation: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4577/offer Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the Galatians commentary ebook with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global 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

Samson is a fascinating character who has puzzled students of the Bible for centuries. Today, W. Robert Godfrey explains how we can gain clarity by studying Samson's life in the broader context of the book of Judges. Get The Life of Samson, W. Robert Godfrey's video teaching series on DVD, with your donation. You'll also gain digital access to all 10 messages and the study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4609/offer Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Gather with Christians around God's Word at one of Ligonier's upcoming events: https://www.ligonier.org/events Meet Today's Teacher: W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California. 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

Do you love the law of God? Or does it seem a harsh burden? Today, Sinclair Ferguson demonstrates how the gospel helps us see the law as a gift and respond to it correctly. Donate and we'll send you The Whole Christ—Sinclair Ferguson's book, study guide, and video teaching series on DVD. You'll also get the digital edition of the study guide and streaming access to all 12 messages: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4606/offer Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and digital study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Do you live near Houston, TX? Gather with us on March 17 for a night of Bible teaching and fellowship: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/houston Meet Today's Teacher: Sinclair Ferguson is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow, vice-chairman of Ligonier Ministries, and Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. 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

Happiness is often fleeting. Yet true joy endures. Today, R.C. Sproul shows us the source of deep, full, and lasting joy: living in communion with Jesus Christ. Get digital access to two teaching series from R.C. Sproul with your donation: Anger and Joy. We'll also send you two titles from his Crucial Questions booklet series—Is Anger Always a Sin? and Can I Have Joy in My Life?: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4605/offer Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request both digital teaching series and the ebook editions of both Crucial Questions titles with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Bring your teen to Always Ready: North Florida on February 7. This youth conference will explore why we can put our trust in God, His Word, and His gospel: https://www.ligonier.org/northflorida 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

We need grace to share the joy of others while our own hearts are sorrowful. Today, R.C. Sproul addresses one of the greatest hindrances that can keep us from experiencing the fullness of joy. Get digital access to two teaching series from R.C. Sproul with your donation: Anger and Joy. We'll also send you two titles from his Crucial Questions booklet series—Is Anger Always a Sin? and Can I Have Joy in My Life?: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4605/offer Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request both digital teaching series and the ebook editions of both Crucial Questions titles with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global 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

Until we understand our anger, we won't be able to control it. Today, R.C. Sproul asks penetrating questions to help us uncover the root causes of our anger, manage our emotions wisely, and cultivate self-control. Get digital access to two teaching series from R.C. Sproul with your donation: Anger and Joy. We'll also send you two titles from his Crucial Questions booklet series—Is Anger Always a Sin? and Can I Have Joy in My Life?: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/ Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request both digital teaching series and the ebook editions of both Crucial Questions titles with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Bring your teen to Always Ready: North Florida on February 7. This youth conference will explore why we can put our trust in God, His Word, and His gospel: https://www.ligonier.org/northflorida 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

What makes you angry? Can anger ever be a good thing? Today, R.C. Sproul examines a surprising command in Scripture. Hear him explain the crucial biblical distinction between righteous indignation and sinful wrath. Get digital access to two teaching series from R.C. Sproul with your donation: Anger and Joy. We'll also send you two titles from his Crucial Questions booklet series—Is Anger Always a Sin? and Can I Have Joy in My Life?: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/ Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request both digital teaching series and the ebook editions of both Crucial Questions titles with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Bring your teen to Always Ready: North Florida on February 7. This youth conference will explore why we can put our trust in God, His Word, and His gospel: https://www.ligonier.org/northflorida 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