Renewing Your Mind

Things Unseen

Dec 29, 2025
Sinclair Ferguson, a Reformed theologian and teaching fellow at Ligonier Ministries, discusses his daily devotional podcast and book, Things Unseen. He emphasizes the importance of focusing on eternal, unseen realities through five-minute daily reflections. Sinclair encourages listeners to immerse themselves in Scripture, particularly the Gospels, to grow in their knowledge of Christ. He argues that doctrine supports genuine devotion and warns against relying on private revelation, inviting everyone to join in a yearlong journey of faith.
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ANECDOTE

Childhood Resolutions Reframed

  • Sinclair Ferguson recalls writing ten New Year resolutions as a boy in Scotland and finding it hard then to list ways to improve.
  • He now proposes one Christian resolution: to know Christ and the power of his resurrection.
ADVICE

Make A Gospel Your Primary Focus

  • Read and reread one of the four Gospels regularly to know Christ as he was and is today.
  • Use the rest of Scripture to frame and understand the Gospel portrait of Jesus.
ADVICE

View Life Through One Lens

  • See every activity and circumstance as another avenue to know Christ better.
  • Let that single lens simplify decisions and shape growth in joy and trial alike.
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