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R. C. Sproul: A Life
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Introducing the First Biography of the Life and Ministry of R. C. Sproul
R. C. Sproul (1939–2017) was a pastor, a professor, an author, and the founder and president of Ligonier Ministries. His contributions in the areas of biblical studies, theology, worldview and culture, Christian living, and church history continue to be held in high regard. In R.C. Sproul: A Life, Stephen J. Nichols offers an in-depth look at Sproul’s life and ministry—his childhood; his formative seminary education; his marriage and partnership with his beloved wife, Vesta; his influence on broader American evangelicalism; and his many friendships with key figures such as James Montgomery Boice, John MacArthur, John Piper, J. I. Packer, and Chuck Colson. This biography details the profound impact Sproul had on the lives of many during his lifetime, and highlights the various ways his legacy continues to influence countless pastors and students worldwide.
512 pages
Prologue: The Great Escape
Chapter 1: Pittsburgh
Chapter 2: Ecclesiastes 11:3
Chapter 3: Student Professor Pastor Teacher
Chapter 4: Ligonier
Chapter 5: Inerrancy
Chapter 6: Apologetics
Chapter 7: Holiness
Chapter 8: Stand
Chapter 9: Holy Space, Holy Time
Chapter 10: A New Reformation
Chapter 11: Doxology
Chapter 12: A Glorious Savior, a Great Salvation
R.C. Sproul Timeline
Books by R.C. Sproul
Crucial Question Booklet Series Titles by R.C. Sproul
Ligonier National Conference Themes and R. C. Sproul Lecture Titles
Representative Teaching Series by R.C. Sproul
Selected Sermons Series Titles Preached by R.C. Sproul at Saint Andrew’s Chapel
“This theologically rich, warm, and personal look at a rare servant of the Lord is masterful. The range of R. C.’s vast interest and contribution, along with the irresistible charm of his personality, require a biographer who is a church historian, theologian, and very close friend. Stephen Nichols is the best choice, as this account demonstrates. He has brought to the pages a story truly revealing R. C.—an account that lives and breathes the man we loved as our teacher and friend. There will be other biographies of R.C., but I cannot imagine any that would come close to this one.”
John MacArthur, Pastor, Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, California; Chancellor Emeritus, The Master’s University and Seminary
“This book is worth your time because it celebrates a man worth remembering. R. C. was a masterful theologian who could so easily squeeze sweetness from what others considered dry doctrine. His sermons and books beautifully adorned the gospel, but so did his life. It’s what I love about Stephen Nichols’s remarkable work. He takes us behind the scenes to reveal the true makings of this great saint of the twentieth century, why his words endure, and why we are inexorably drawn to his live-large character. I’ve always admired R. C. Sproul for his razor-sharp mind; now, with this biography, he’s printed on my heart. Thank you, Stephen Nichols, for helping the reader fall in love with this lion of a man, my friend, the good Doctor Sproul.”
Joni Eareckson Tada, Founder, Joni and Friends International Disability Center
“I couldn’t put this book down, for it doesn’t just tell the fascinating story of a life well lived; it takes you on R. C.’s own journey. Through it you see where the fire came from. Through it you get the thrill of soaking up his passion for the gospel of Christ, for biblical truth, and for the beauty of God in his holiness. But my hope for this book is not that it might provide a nice reunion for those of us who knew and loved R. C.; my prayer is that the Lord might use it to inspire more faithful Reformers, more God-fearing defenders and proclaimers of the faith, more like R. C. Sproul.”
Michael Reeves, President and Professor of Theology, Union School of Theology, UK
R. C. Sproul: A Life
Having only known of RC Sproul since his passing in 2017, I’d only really known him as one of the founders of Ligonier, a teacher of the 5 Solas, a chalkboard wielding lecturer, and a Biblically dramatic preacher. However, after reading his biography by Stephen J. Nichols I’ve come to know his life and ministry a lot more clearly. His commitment to the Reformed Evangelical faith is noteworthy and Nichols looks both chronologically and thematically at different arenas of this battlefield theologian.
At 11 or so chapters, I read it in the span of a week, around 1+1/2 chapters a day, but the chapters are further divisible with distinguished section headings if you wanted to tackle it across several months. I found it particularly helpful to intersperse the book with some of RC’s lectures and sermons pertaining to the topics discussed, allowing me to be told about him while also hearing what he said directly.
R. C. Sproul: A Life
Having only known of RC Sproul since his passing in 2017, I’d only really known him as one of the founders of Ligonier, a teacher of the 5 Solas, a chalkboard wielding lecturer, and a Biblically dramatic preacher. However, after reading his biography by Stephen J. Nichols I’ve come to know his life and ministry a lot more clearly. His commitment to the Reformed Evangelical faith is noteworthy and Nichols looks both chronologically and thematically at different arenas of this battlefield theologian.
At 11 or so chapters, I read it in the span of a week, around 1+1/2 chapters a day, but the chapters are further divisible with distinguished section headings if you wanted to tackle it across several months. I found it particularly helpful to intersperse the book with some of RC’s lectures and sermons pertaining to the topics discussed, allowing me to be told about him while also hearing what he said directly.
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