Divine Providence

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In previous generations, Christians were quick to recognize all of life’s circumstances as the unfolding providence of God. Today, R.C. Sproul teaches from the Westminster Confession of Faith to help us recover this biblical outlook.

Get Truths We Confess, R.C. Sproul’s commentary on the Westminster Confession, for your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/3706/truths-we-confess

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.

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	You have natural disasters and catastrophes, and everybody wants to say, oh, well, God is not involved in these things.
0:06.5	If God isn't involved in those things, then we're alone in the universe.
0:10.7	And we are simply at the mercy of impersonal forces that can crush us at any moment.
0:23.1	Where is God when tragedy strikes?
0:26.3	This is a question that has been raised through the ages.
0:29.7	That is a question we need to answer biblically,
0:32.4	because to get the answer wrong is to get God wrong
0:35.4	and not truly understand who he is. Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham and welcome
0:40.6	to the Monday edition of Renewing Your Mind. As you'll hear today, not too long ago, the idea of
0:48.0	providence and an understanding of God's involvement with our day-to-day affairs was much more
0:53.7	widely understood, but not so today.
0:57.0	And for the Christian, misunderstanding Providence can lead to discouragement and despair.
1:03.1	This week, R.C. Sprole is teaching from the Westminster Confession of Faith's chapter on Providence.
1:08.6	This confession is one of the most precise and comprehensive
1:12.5	statements of biblical Christianity. Dr. Sprole called it one of the most important confessions
1:18.1	of faith ever penned. And when you give a donation of any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org,
1:24.6	to thank you for your support, we'll send you Dr. Sprole's commentary on this confession,
1:29.3	walking you through it chapter by chapter section by section.
1:33.8	Well, here's Dr. Sprole to begin our week in the fifth chapter of the Westminster Confession
1:38.7	of Faith.
1:41.7	We're going to begin the fifth chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith, which focuses on
1:48.8	the doctrine of the providence of God.
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