Cultivating Assurance

Our assurance of salvation can increase or diminish over time. Why does this happen? And what should we do about it? Today, Joel Beeke considers reasons why a Christian may lose a sense of assurance and how it can be renewed. Request Assurance of Faith, Joel Beeke’s video teaching series, with your donation of any amount. We’ll send you the DVD and give you lifetime digital access to the series and study guide:  https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4339/offer Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Get the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation:  https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Meet Today’s Teacher: Joel Beeke is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and a pastor at Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, MI. 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

Meditating on the Bible is the primary road God provides for our pursuit of holiness, spiritual growth, and assurance of faith. Today, Joel Beeke looks at four spiritual disciplines that help us cultivate our assurance. Request Assurance of Faith, Joel Beeke’s video teaching series, with your donation of any amount. We’ll send you the DVD and give you lifetime digital access to the series and study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4339/offer   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Get the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global    Meet Today’s Teacher:   Joel Beeke is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and a pastor at Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, MI.   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

Since we live under grace, we’re no longer slaves to the law. Yet God’s law still plays an important role in the Christian life. From his sermon series in Romans, today R.C. Sproul explains our relationship to the law as people justified by faith alone. Request R.C. Sproul’s commentary on the book of Romans with your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4345/offer   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the Romans commentary ebook with your donation:  https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Tune out the noise and tune in to RefNet, Ligonier’s free 24/7 internet radio app. Download today and start listening: http://refnet.fm/app 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

Since we live under grace, we’re no longer slaves to the law. Yet God’s law still plays an important role in the Christian life. From his sermon series in Romans, today R.C. Sproul explains our relationship to the law as people justified by faith alone. Request R.C. Sproul’s commentary on the book of Romans with your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4344/offer   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the Romans commentary ebook with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Tune out the noise and tune in to RefNet, Ligonier’s free 24/7 internet radio app. Download today and start listening: http://refnet.fm/app 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

Jesus holds the keys of death and hell. Even if the whole world should oppose us, our eternal hope rests safely in His hands. Today, W. Robert Godfrey draws lessons from Christ’s letters to the churches in Ephesus and Smyrna. For your donation of any amount, get W. Robert Godfrey’s video teaching series Blessed Hope: The Book of Revelation. You’ll receive the series on DVD, plus lifetime digital access to all 24 messages and the study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4344/offer   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request digital access to the video 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

The gospel of Jesus Christ is a theology that sings. Today, Joel Kim explains the relationship between doctrine and doxology. Knowing the truth of our glorious Redeemer should stimulate us to a life of joyful praise. 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   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation of any amount: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global    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

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   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation of any amount: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global    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

Jesus Christ is enough. This was Paul’s message to the Colossian Christians when false teachers threatened their confidence in the Lord. Today, hear a message from Joel Kim’s new teaching series as he lays out the importance of understanding the sufficiency of Christ. 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   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation of any amount: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Learn more about becoming a Ligonier Ministry Partner:  https://renewingyourmind.org/partner   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

Not one soul will escape the accountability of God. But there is hope for all who flee to Christ for the forgiveness of their sins. Today, R.C. Sproul articulates the essence of the gospel as it is confessed in the Apostles’ Creed. Request R.C. Sproul’s Basic Training video teaching series on DVD, lifetime digital access to all 6 messages, and a thinline ESV Bible with your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4336/offer   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request digital access to the Basic Training video teaching series 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

The Holy Spirit is not an impersonal force but the third person of the Trinity. Today, R.C. Sproul teaches on the role of the Spirit in our individual lives and in the corporate life of the church. Request R.C. Sproul’s Basic Training video teaching series on DVD, lifetime digital access to all 6 messages, and a thinline ESV Bible with your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4336/offer   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request digital access to the Basic Training video teaching series with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Join us at one of our upcoming Renewing Your Mind Live events. Learn more and register: http://renewingyourmind.org/events    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