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Renewing Your Mind Through the Word of God
Christians are continually being influenced by the messages, values, and ideas surrounding them. Romans 12:1–2 calls believers not to be conformed to the world but to be transformed through the renewing of their minds.In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins explains how the Word of God reshapes the believer’s thinking, desires, decisions, and conduct. He considers the difference between external behavior modification and the inward transformation produced by God through His truth.Dave also provides three practical ways Christians can pursue a renewed mind: consistently reading Scripture, evaluating their assumptions according to God’s Word, and meditating on biblical truth. Because believers are united to Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit is actively renewing them and conforming them to Christ through the Word of God.Listen or Watch
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- What Romans 12:1–2 teaches about renewing the mind.
- The difference between conformity to the world and biblical transformation.
- Why Christian growth involves more than external behavior modification.
- How Scripture reshapes our beliefs, desires, priorities, and decisions.
- Why Christians must evaluate cultural ideas through the Word of God.
- Three practical ways to pursue a renewed mind.
- How the Holy Spirit uses biblical truth to conform believers to Christ.
Key Scriptures
- Romans 12:1–2
- Colossians 3:16
- Psalm 119:11
- 2 Corinthians 10:5
Renewing Your Mind Through Scripture
Every Christian is being shaped by something. The question is whether our thinking is being formed primarily by the values of the surrounding culture or by the truth of God’s Word. Biblical transformation takes place as believers submit their thinking to Scripture and learn to view every area of life through the lens of divine revelation.Renewing the mind requires intentional engagement with Scripture. Christians need to read God’s Word consistently, examine their beliefs and assumptions according to biblical truth, and meditate on Scripture so that it takes deep root in the heart.Ultimately, this transformation is grounded in the gospel. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, believers are forgiven, united to Christ, and progressively transformed by the Holy Spirit. As God’s Word shapes the mind, it also reshapes the believer’s desires, decisions, relationships, worship, and daily life.Listen to More Anchored in the Word
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Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah, and lives in beautiful Southern Oregon. He is a writer, editor, and speaker who loves Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology.
Dave serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries and the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine. He is the Host and Producer of the Equipping You in Grace Podcast and a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word.
He is the author of The War of Worldviews: Truth, Lies, and the Battle for the Christian Mind (Theology for Life, 2026), Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age and The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021).
You can connect with Dave on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, or subscribe to his newsletter.
When he is not engaged in ministry work, Dave enjoys spending time with his wife, going to movies, sharing a meal at a favorite restaurant, or playing a round of golf with friends. He is also a voracious reader, particularly of Reformed theology and the Puritans, and is often found working through a stack of new books from a wide range of Christian publishers.
Dave earned his M.A.R. and M.Div. from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
