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Deserted Island: A Stranded Podcast Host and His Books

5 Minutes in Church History with Stephen Nichols

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, History

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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The tides have turned, and our host is being sent to a deserted island. Today, Lee Webb swaps places with Stephen Nichols in order to ask him this question: Which five books would you bring to a deserted island?

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0:00.0

Welcome back to another episode of Five Minutes in Church History.

0:11.8

My name is not Steve Nichols.

0:15.0

My name is Lee Webb and yes I'm the retired host of renewing your mind and if you've joined

0:22.0

us in previous episodes you know that Dr. Nichols after I retired decided to send me

0:28.0

off to a deserted island and now I've returned to this deserted island.

0:32.6

I brought the books that I chose to take with me to the deserted island now I've returned and

0:37.2

don't you think that turned about his fair play?

0:39.6

I think so. So here I am back in the studio Dr. Nichols welcome to your podcast Five Minutes

0:46.6

in Church History and the deserted island edition.

0:51.1

Thanks for having me Lee. I am very much enjoying this position as guest and not host.

0:56.8

Well it turned about his fair play and you've been warned that you were going to be sent

1:03.1

off to this deserted island and warned Lee I have been waiting for this my whole life.

1:07.3

I can't wait to get to this deserted island.

1:09.6

And so you you've been able now to think about this and select the books that you would like

1:14.6

to take with you. Let's start with the first book.

1:18.1

So the first book I'm going to take is a commentary on the book. It's commentary on Romans.

1:24.0

It is by John Murray the longtime Scottish professor at my alma mater Westminster Theological

1:30.4

Seminary. This way I get to just spend time in Romans and spend time with Murray.

1:36.4

Who's brilliant? I mean he's brilliant at the textual exegesis and exposition at the historical

1:41.0

cultural stuff and especially at the theology of the book of Romans. So I've got a brand new

1:47.3

edition here. It's a nice hardback and I see myself already enjoying this book.

1:52.9

And Romans 828 will be a great comfort to you right today.

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