Stephen J. Nichols on R.C. Sproul

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Stephen J. Nichols on R.C. Sproul

February 15, 2021

Life and Books and Everything

Life and Books and EverythingClearly Reformed

Stephen J. Nichols is President of Reformation Bible College, Chief AcademicOfficer for Ligonier, and host of the 5 minutes in Church History podcast. He’s the co-editor of Crossway’s Theologians of the Christian Life series, and the reason he joins us for this episode is his new biography of R.C. Sproul.

Life and Books and Everything is sponsored by Crossway, publisher of Journey to the Cross: A 40-Day Lenten Devotional by Paul David Tripp.

Best-selling author Paul David Tripp invites us to set aside time from the busyness of our lives to focus on the suffering and sacrifice of Jesus. Each of the short readings in Journey to the Cross encourages us to abide in the abundant joy found in Christ as we encounter the Savior more fully and follow him more faithfully during this Lenten season.

For 30% off this book and all other books and Bibles at Crossway, sign up for a free Crossway+ account at crossway.org/LBE.

Timestamps:

Recommended Devotional for Lent [0:00 – 1:17]

Not THAT Stephen Nichols [1:17 – 4:05]

Meeting R.C. Sproul [4:05 – 11:12]

Shaping Influences on R.C.: Pittsburg, Gerstner, Berkouwer, Vesta [11:12 – 16:57]

Gravity and Gladness [16:57 – 23:21]

Ligonier Valley Study Center [23:21 – 30:31]

The Big Break [30:31 – 36:56]

Controversies [36:56 – 39:31]

Jim Boice [39:31 – 42:44]

Evangelicals and Catholics Together [42:44 – 49:04]

Classical Apologetics [49:04 – 53:59]

Favorite Book of R.C. Sproul [53:59 – 56:13]

Quick Questions [56:13 – 1:06:49]

Books and Everything:

Journey to the Cross: A 40-Day Lenten Devotional, by Paul David Tripp

R.C. Sproul: A Life, by Stephen J. Nichols

The Holiness of God, by R.C. Sproul

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