Renewing Your Mind: Basic Christian Beliefs You Need to Know
Overview
“When a person embraces the Christian faith and says with assurance, ‘I believe…,’ then that person has truly embarked upon life,” writes R. C. Sproul. “This book is about living that life to the fullest, about renewing your mind so that your thinking conforms to the mind of Christ.” What do all true Christians believe about God the Father? About Jesus Christ, the Father’s only Son and our Lord? Or about the church, salvation, and eternal life? Renewing Your Mind provides a matchless introduction to “the basic Christian beliefs you need to know.” R. C., a leading theologian, is also a gifted communicator of biblical truth to people of all ages.
Top Highlights
“The renewed mind is initiated by the immediate, sovereign, supernatural work of God, the Holy Spirit, in regeneration. It is developed by the continued operation of the Spirit in the soul and by feeding upon the Word of God. It is the conformity of the believer to the person of Christ. And to have the mind of Christ is to think like Jesus. It is to love the things he loves and to eschew the things he denies.” (source)
“Because faith does not exist in a vacuum of understanding, Christians need credal statements that summarize the connection between thinking and acting faith.” (source)
“Believing and obeying are acts in which I take part. I am willing or salvation never happens. God intervenes or I am never willing.” (source)
“Faith must be lived in the context of a world of unbelief.” (source)
“Apostles’ Creed begins with the statement ‘I believe.’ Then the believer goes on to summarize in broad strokes the extent of that belief. The Holy Spirit does not call us to faith in general, but to faith in particular—to faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ.” (source)
- Title: Renewing Your Mind: Basic Christian Beliefs You Need to Know
- Author: R. C. Sproul
- Edition: electronic ed.
- Publisher: Baker
- Print Publication Date: 1998
- Logos Release Date: 2000
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Apostles’ Creed; Theology, doctrinal › Popular works
- ISBNs: 9781441242501, 0801058155, 9780801058158, 1441242503
- Resource ID: LLS:42.110.47
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:20:02Z
R. C. Sproul (1939– 2017) was a respected teacher, theologian, pastor. He was the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries where he served as executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Sproul held degrees from Westminster College, Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary, Free University of Amsterdam, and Whitefield Theological Seminary. He taught at several colleges and seminaries including Reformed Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary. He served as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, in Sanford, Florida. Sproul’s teaching can be heard daily on the ‘Renewing Your Mind’ radio broadcast which plays in over 40 countries.
Sproul wrote over 70 books and articles including the classic The Holiness of God and several theological articles in Tabletalk magazine.