{"podcast":{"title":"Renewing Your Mind","slug":"renewing-your-mind-1047998","podcast_index_feed_id":1047998,"rss_url":"https://renewingyourmind.ligonier.org/rss","website_url":"https://renewingyourmind.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/0/1/d/201d49eea665b33927a2322813b393ee/3000x3000_RYM_2024_Subsplash_Asset_low_res_500kb.jpg","author":"Ligonier Ministries","episode_count":120,"summary":"Renewing Your Mind is the daily podcast of Ligonier Ministries. R.C. Sproul launched this outreach to help Christians gain a deeper understanding of who God is as their minds are renewed according to His Word. Listen to today's message to dig deeper into Scripture and apply its timeless truth to your life.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T14:17:18.678654+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/renewing-your-mind-1047998"},"episode":{"title":"The Beatitudes: Blessed Are the Persecuted","slug":"the-beatitudes-blessed-are-the-persecuted","published_at":"2026-05-03T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/renewing-your-mind-1047998/the-beatitudes-blessed-are-the-persecuted","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/renewing-your-mind-1047998","url":"https://renewingyourmind.org/2026/05/03/the-beatitudes-blessed-are-the-persecuted","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/renewingyourmind/rym20260503.mp3?dest-id=668712","summary":"Have you ever been slandered for your devotion to Jesus? Christians are promised opposition from the world—together with blessing from God. From his sermon series in the gospel of Mathew, today R.C. Sproul examines Christ's blessing for those persecuted for righteousness' sake. Get R.C. Sproul's commentary on the gospel of Matthew with your donation: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/ Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the Matthew 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. Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts","meta_description":"Have you ever been slandered for your devotion to Jesus? Christians are promised opposition from the world—together with blessing from God. From his sermo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1584,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/renewing-your-mind-1047998/episodes/the-beatitudes-blessed-are-the-persecuted/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/renewing-your-mind-1047998/the-beatitudes-blessed-are-the-persecuted.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}