{"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":"Understanding Suffering","slug":"understanding-suffering","published_at":"2026-07-22T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/renewing-your-mind-1047998/understanding-suffering","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/renewing-your-mind-1047998","url":"https://renewingyourmind.org/2026/07/22/understanding-suffering","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/renewingyourmind/rym20260722.mp3?dest-id=668712","summary":"Because God is sovereign, there is a purpose for your pain. Today, R.C. Sproul considers how Christians should understand suffering and how to respond to it faithfully. Get R.C. Sproul's video teaching series Dealing with Difficult Problems when you donate today. You'll receive the DVD, digital access to all 6 messages, and the digital study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/ Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital teaching series and study guide 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":"Because God is sovereign, there is a purpose for your pain. Today, R.C. Sproul considers how Christians should understand suffering and how to respond to…","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/understanding-suffering/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/understanding-suffering.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}