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1973, 1982, 1998, 2015 by R. C. Sproul
Published by Baker Books
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.bakerbooks.com
Ebook edition created 2015
Ebook corrections 02.19.2021
Previous edition published in 1998 as Renewing Your Mind
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ISBN 978-1-4934-0019-5
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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I believe...
in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord;
who was
conceived by the Holy Ghost;
born of the virgin Mary;
suffered under Pontius Pilate;
was crucified, dead, and buried;
he descended into hell;
the third day he arose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from whence he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in...
the Holy Ghost;
the holy catholic church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.
Amen.
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
The Apostles Creed
Preface
1. Confess or Profess?
2. God-Talk
3. Spiritual Genetics
4. Of Chaos and Dignity
5. The Man Who Is the Issue
6. The Virgin Had a WHAT ?
7. Suffering Servant for Me
8. Grave with a View
9. There for Us
10. A Theology of the Future
11. Inward, Onward, and Upward
12. Mighty Army or Milling Rabble?
13. Victors, Now and Forever
Notes
About the Author
Among other Books by R. C. Sproul
Back Cover
Nothing is as radical as a new mind, and a new mind is a matter of theology . To be conformed to the thinking of this world is to think with its forms or structures. To be transformed is to think beyond the forms of this world. And the power for this transformation is the renewed mind. It means a new set of beliefs. A renewed mind means a major reorientation of what we believe .
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 believe the things he believes, to love the things he loves, and to eschew the things he denies.
What We Believe is an updated version of what was previously titled Renewing Your Mind . That book was itself a revised, updated version of the first book I ever wrote. It originally appeared under the title The Symbol , and later as Basic Training in the Christian Life. It was called The Symbol because it follows the outline of the classic symbol of the Christian faith, the Apostles Creed.
This ancient creed summarizes the cardinal tenets of Christian belief, including those affirmations of the confessing church that capture the very essence of Christian thought and faith. It boldly declares that there is truth that is foundational to life, a truth that cannot be compromised without the peril of falling into the abyss of meaninglessness.
Any creed can be affirmed by the lips without being embraced by the heart. But once a creed is embraced by the heart, the mind is captured by it. The mind held captive by the Word of God is a transformed and transforming mind. It is a new mind that yields a new life.
To be a Christian is to be one who believes. The content of that faith is at once radical and liberating. It is the truth that sets us free.
R. C. Sproul
Chapter 1 Confess or Profess?
. The apostle Paul describes the newness of life in several passages, among them Romans 6:4; 2 Corinthians 5:1416; Galatians 6:1415; Ephesians 2:10, 15; Colossians 3:910. Read Romans 8 to see just how radical Paul believes this new creation to be.
. Claudia Wallis, Faith & Healing: Can Prayer, Faith and Spirituality Really Improve Your Physical Health? A Growing and Surprising Body of Scientific Evidence Says They Can, Time , June 24, 1996, http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984737,00.html.
. In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an evil spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice, Ha! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you arethe Holy One of God! Be quiet! Jesus said sternly. Come out of him! Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him (Luke 4:3335; compare with Luke 8:28).
. See Psalms 1:2; 16:3; 35:9; 37:4; 43:4; 111:2; 112:1; 119:16, 24, 35, 47, 70, 77, 92, 143, 174.
Chapter 2 God-Talk
. Enneads 6.9.34.
. Herman Melville, Moby Dick (New York: Oxford University Press, 1955), 161.
. Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will , trans. (Westwood, NJ: Revell, 1957), 6668.
. Emil Brunner, The Christian Doctrine of God: Dogmatics: I (London: Lutterworth, 1958), 123.
. Helmut Gollwitzer, The Existence of God as Confessed by Faith (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1965), 153.
Chapter 3 Spiritual Genetics
. For a more detailed discussion of the New Testament meaning of brotherhood, see von Soden, Adelphos , in Kittel, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985).
. Geerhardus Vos, Biblical Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1948), 96.
Chapter 4 Of Chaos and Dignity
. Edward J. Carnell, An Introduction to Christian Apologetics (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1948), 22.
. Herbert W. Richardson, Toward an American Theology (New York: Harper & Row, 1967), 123.
. Ibid.
Chapter 5 The Man Who Is the Issue
. The views for which Paul C. McGlasson was so severely censured can be found in his book Another Gospel: A Confrontation with Liberation Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994). A similar book by a former student of Rudolf Bultmann offers insights into the academic research and publication and New Testament scholarship biases. See Eta Linnemann, Historical Criticism of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1990).
. See Norval Geldenhuys, Commentary on the Gospel of Luke , The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1951).
. Oscar Cullmann, The Christology of the New Testament (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1959), 182.
. Ibid., 166ff.
. Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics , vol. 4 (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1956), 230ff.
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