Well, it's time for another installment of our deserted island series and on this episode we are joined by Dr Derek Thomas.

Dr Thomas is the senior minister at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina.

He is also a professor of theology for Reform Theological Seminary.

He's an adjunct professor in the D-min program here at Ligonier. And he's also an author.

He's an avid fan of the opera, and he is a very good friend.

Dr Thomas, welcome to five minutes in church history.

Thank you Steve, I'm not sure I want to be on this island, but thank you so much.

Here I said you're a good friend, and now I'm going to leave you on a deserted island.

Well, this isn't just any island.

This is a rather theologically astute island.

We have a Bible. We have the works of Augustine, we have Luther and

Calvin and Edwards, and now. What other five books would you like to take along with you?

Well, being abandoned on an island,

and I'm not a great DIY guy,

and I definitely would miss my music so I really do want a CD player and some CDs but if you're going to limit me to books

I mean the first one would have to be

Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. I read it when I was 16. I went to a local

bookstore, bought a paperback version of it and I began reading it and I just never put it down and read it over a couple of days from beginning to end and I've read it every year since then.

That's impressive.

It would be perfect for a dozen island.

So we have Lord of the Rings.

How about number two?

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