Bible Basics

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Reformed, Study, Jesus, Preaching, Christianity, Scripture, Spirit, Bible, Holy, Theology, Christian, God, Teaching

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🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Bible can seem intimidating. Yet once we see the big picture, we can better grasp God’s story and our place in it. Today, Stephen Nichols joins Nathan W. Bingham to introduce his new book: an overview of the Bible and its teaching.

Get Bible Basics, the new book by Stephen Nichols, for your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/3944/donate

Meet Today’s Teacher:

Stephen Nichols is president of Reformation Bible College, chief academic officer for Ligonier Ministries, and a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow. He is host of the podcasts 5 Minutes in Church History and Open Book. He is author of many books, including Peace, A Time for Confidence, and R.C. Sproul: A Life. He is coeditor of The Legacy of Luther and general editor of the Church History Study Bible.

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	Today on Renewing Your Mind, a special conversation with Stephen Nichols.
0:04.8	One of the questions we often forget to ask is, what is this text teaching me about God?
0:09.5	And as we understand who God is, that helps us understand who we are and where we fit into his grand scheme.
0:15.3	So we cannot be God-centered enough and God-focused enough.
0:25.7	Music be God-centered enough and God-focused enough. The Bible is a book like no other.
0:28.9	Studying it can be a daunting task for a new believer, and for a season saint, there are
0:34.3	enough riches to mine it for a lifetime.
0:38.1	Stephen Nichols is president of Reformation Bible College, and he is a Ligeneer Ministry's teaching fellow.
0:44.1	You've heard him on renewing your mind before, and if you listen to five minutes in church history,
0:49.0	you hear him every week.
0:50.9	Well, he has written a helpful new book designed to introduce the new Christian to the
0:55.6	contours, structures, and themes of the Bible, and to quickly and simply reinforce those foundational
1:02.0	truths for the mature saint. I was able to sit down with Dr. Nichols to talk about this new
1:07.8	book, Bible Basics, and discuss some of the key themes of scripture.
1:12.6	Before you hear that conversation, today only, you can request your own hardcover copy
1:18.0	of Bible Basics when you give a donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org.
1:24.4	Well, here's my conversation with Stephen Nichols.
1:32.3	Dr. Nichols, it's great to have you with us today on renewing your mind. Yeah, I'm looking forward to this time with you, Nathan. Thanks for having me.
1:35.3	Now, as we're sitting in the studio, we have just returned from Phoenix, Arizona, for Always Ready.
1:41.3	And by the time our listeners hear this conversation, Lord willing, we will have
1:46.1	returned from Canada. Can you remind our listeners what always ready is and why it's important
1:51.6	to reach the next generation? Yeah, these events are wonderful and it's such a privilege to go out
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