The Sinfulness of Man

Are we basically good people who occasionally make bad choices? Or does the problem of sin go much deeper? Today, Michael Reeves presents the biblical view of sin that drives us to rely on Christ alone for salvation. Get Reformation Truths, Michael Reeves’ video teaching series, for your donation of any amount. You’ll receive the DVD plus lifetime digital access to all 8 messages and the study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4341/donate   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global   Celebrate the Reformation with Ligonier Ministries on October 31–November 1 at our conference in Escondido, CA. Together, we’ll consider the calling of the church to be always reforming according to God’s Word. Learn more: https://www.ligonier.org/escondido Meet Today’s Teacher:   Michael Reeves is president and professor of theology at Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom.   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

Sin can offer momentarily pleasure, but it will never bring genuine and lasting happiness. From his sermon series in Romans, today R.C. Sproul explains why it is impossible for sin to bring true satisfaction to a child of God. 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   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

Those who stand on the stable foundation of Christ and His Word will withstand the coming judgment. Today, W. Robert Godfrey examines how the letters of Revelation encourage Christians to remain steadfast in a compromising world. 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

If you could ask Martin Luther one question, what would it be? Today, R.C. Sproul reads from his children’s book based on a time in the Reformer’s life when Luther’s barber asked him how to pray. Gather the family and listen together. Request The Barber Who Wanted to Pray, the children’s book by R.C. Sproul, with your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4340/offer   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request The Barber Who Wanted to Pray audiobook 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

Have you ever struggled with doubts concerning your salvation? Today, Joel Beeke gives practical advice to help Christians overcome doubt and live in the joy of 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

The Holy Spirit bears witness to genuine believers that they are the children of God (Rom. 8:16). Today, Joel Beeke examines five evidences of the Spirit’s witness in the life of a Christian. 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 Listen every weekday to Things Unseen, Ligonier’s devotional podcast with Sinclair Ferguson: https://ligonier.org/thingsunseen    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

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

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