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Praying with Paul

Renewing Your Mind

Release Date: 10/09/2025

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Renewing Your Mind

Will we ever escape the misery we face in our continuing failure and sin? Today, R.C. Sproul encourages weary Christians with invigorating words of hope from the book of Romans. Request R.C. Sproul’s commentary on the book of Romans with your donation of any amount:   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the Romans commentary ebook with your donation:   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...

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Renewing Your Mind

What should be the posture of our hearts and minds when we pray to the Lord? Today, R.C. Sproul teaches that prayer ought to begin on a note of adoration for God. With your donation of an amount, request The Valley of Vision, a book of Puritan prayers to help enrich your own prayer life. You’ll also get digital access to R.C. Sproul’s video teaching series Prayer and the accompanying study guide: Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation:   Meet Today’s Teacher:   R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier...

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Renewing Your Mind

Every Christian’s pilgrimage in this world will one day come to an end. Today, Derek Thomas describes Christian’s arrival at the Celestial City in The Pilgrim’s Progress and presents lessons we can draw from this happy ending. For your donation of any amount, receive The Pilgrim’s Progress book by John Bunyan, together with Derek Thomas’ video teaching series on DVD. You’ll also get lifetime digital access to this 19-message series and its study guide:   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Get the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation:   Meet...

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Renewing Your Mind

The Puritans called the Lord’s Day “the market day of the soul,” when God’s people are strengthened and refreshed on their journey toward heaven. Today, Derek Thomas explores John Bunyan’s illustration of the Delectable Mountains. For your donation of any amount, receive The Pilgrim’s Progress book by John Bunyan, together with Derek Thomas’ video teaching series on DVD. You’ll also get lifetime digital access to this 19-message series and its study guide:   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Get the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation:   Meet...

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Renewing Your Mind

God’s people are not immune to doubt, discouragement, and depression. But even in these dreaded times, we have hope in Christ. Today, Derek Thomas explores one of the darkest yet most profound scenes in The Pilgrim’s Progress. For your donation of any amount, receive The Pilgrim’s Progress book by John Bunyan, together with Derek Thomas’ video teaching series on DVD. You’ll also get lifetime digital access to this 19-message series and its study guide:   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Get the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation:   Meet Today’s...

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Renewing Your Mind

While some dangers in the Christian life are easy to spot, others are subtle and insidious. Today, Derek Thomas considers the seductive temptations of Vanity Fair in The Pilgrim’s Progress. For your donation of any amount, receive The Pilgrim’s Progress book by John Bunyan, together with Derek Thomas’ video teaching series on DVD. You’ll also get lifetime digital access to this 19-message series and its study guide:   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Get the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation:   Meet Today’s Teacher:   Derek Thomas is a...

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Renewing Your Mind

During difficult times, Christians can be vulnerable to temptation and doubt. Today, Derek Thomas brings encouragement from The Pilgrim’s Progress, the classic book by John Bunyan: God will not desert His people. For your donation of any amount, receive The Pilgrim’s Progress book by John Bunyan, together with Derek Thomas’ video teaching series on DVD. You’ll also get lifetime digital access to this 19-message series and its study guide:   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Get the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation:   Meet Today’s Teacher:  ...

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Renewing Your Mind

Sin still influences our choices as Christians. Yet we can have hope to overcome. From his exposition of the book of Romans, today R.C. Sproul lays out principles for gaining victory against indwelling sin. Request R.C. Sproul’s commentary on the book of Romans with your donation of any amount:   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the Romans commentary ebook with your donation:   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...

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Renewing Your Mind

Before you pray, there are a few things you need to remember. Today, R.C. Sproul helps us understand several simple yet critical elements of God-honoring prayer. With your donation of an amount, request The Valley of Vision, a book of Puritan prayers to help enrich your own prayer life. You’ll also get digital access to R.C. Sproul’s video teaching series Prayer and the accompanying study guide: Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation: Join us at one of our upcoming Renewing Your Mind Live events:     Meet...

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Renewing Your Mind

Romans 3:28 teaches that we’re justified by faith apart from works. But James 2:26 says faith apart from works is dead. Can these passages be reconciled? Today, R.C. Sproul explains the relationship between faith and good works. Get a Reformation resource bundle with your donation of any amount: The Legacy of Luther book, R.C. Sproul’s teaching series Luther and the Reformation (DVD plus digital messages and study guide), and his Justified by Faith Alone teaching series (digital messages and study guide):   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request The Legacy of Luther ebook, the...

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Christian maturity is marked by an increasing dependence on the Lord. And this dependence expresses itself in prayer. Today, Joel Kim identifies four elements of the Apostle Paul’s prayers to instruct our own prayer life.

Get lifetime digital access to Joel Kim’s new video teaching series, Everything in Christ: Paul’s Letter to the Colossians, plus the digital study guide, for your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4337/offer
 
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
 
Joel Kim is president and assistant professor of New Testament 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