Renewing Your Mind Hagar and Sarah
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Feb 8, 2026 
R.C. Sproul, Reformed pastor and theologian known for clear expository teaching, delivers a sermon on Galatians 4. He unpacks Paul’s allegory of Hagar and Sarah. He contrasts living under the law with gospel freedom. He tells a personal story about preferring familiar bondage and explores guilt, promise, and who truly inherits God’s promise.
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Confronting A Thief On His Birthday
- R.C. Sproul recounts grabbing a jewelry thief who ran into him on his 24th birthday.
- The thief confessed he preferred jail because he couldn't cope in free society.
Law Creates Bondage, Not Freedom
- The law's repeated 'thou shalt not' drives people into bondage rather than freedom.
- Paul warns that reverting to the law buries believers under guilt instead of freeing them.
Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, And The Promise
- R.C. Sproul retells Abraham and Sarah's struggle with barrenness and their scheme involving Hagar.
- Ishmael becomes the son 'according to the flesh' while Isaac is the promised son born through God's promise.
