{"id":25220,"date":"2026-04-05T12:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=25220"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:23:14","slug":"the-struggle-for-spiritual-growth-developing-christian-character-with-r-c-sproul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=25220","title":{"rendered":"The Struggle for Spiritual Growth: Developing Christian Character with R.C. Sproul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkmGhZY1FBQ?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Do you become frustrated at times when you consider where you are in your spiritual growth? In this message, R.C. Sproul explains the reality of what true growth in Christ requires and what stands in the way of it. <\/p>\n<p>Study Reformed theology with a free resource bundle from Ligonier Ministries: https:\/\/grow.ligonier.org\/?utm_source=youtube&#038;utm_medium=description&#038;utm_campaign=get-started<\/p>\n<p>This message is from Dr. Sproul\u2019s 12-part teaching series Developing Christian Character. Learn more: https:\/\/www.ligonier.org\/learn\/series\/developing-christian-character<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qkmGhZY1FBQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you become frustrated at times when you consider where you are in your spiritual growth? In this message, R.C. Sproul explains the reality of what true growth in Christ requires and what stands in the way of it. Study Reformed theology with a free resource bundle from Ligonier Ministries: https:\/\/grow.ligonier.org\/?utm_source=youtube&#038;utm_medium=description&#038;utm_campaign=get-started This message is from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1192,1194,1175,1186,1190,1185,1187,1191,1196,1176,1193,2608,72,1183,1179,1181,1184,6691,1182,1195,162,1188,1180,1178,1177,1189,2145,583,2146,6419],"class_list":["post-25220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","category-videos","tag-bible-interpretation-and-meaning","tag-bible-quiz-for-adults","tag-bible-quiz-for-kids","tag-bible-study-for-beginners","tag-bible-study-group-discussion","tag-bible-study-lessons","tag-bible-study-topics","tag-bible-study-with-me","tag-bible-trivia-challenge","tag-bible-trivia-facts","tag-bible-trivia-questions-and-answers","tag-character","tag-christian","tag-christian-habits","tag-christian-lifestyle-tips","tag-christian-motivation","tag-daily-christian-routine","tag-developing","tag-faith-based-living","tag-fun-bible-trivia-game","tag-growth","tag-how-to-study-the-bible","tag-living-as-a-christian","tag-new-testament-trivia","tag-old-testament-quiz","tag-online-bible-study","tag-r-c","tag-spiritual","tag-sproul","tag-struggle","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25222,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25220\/revisions\/25222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}