Live Conversation with J. Ligon Duncan, III
Life and Books and Everything
Clearly Reformed
4.6 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Life and Books and Everything, Kevin DeYoung interviews Dr. J. Ligon Duncan, III, chancellor of Reformed Theological Seminary. This interview was recorded live on stage from the Faithful Conference at Christ Covenant on November 7th. Listen and you’ll learn the books and people and places that made Dr. Duncan who he is. You’ll even find out his DJ name.
Timestamps:
Early Life and Conversion [00:00 – 7:16]
A True South Carolinian [7:16 – 10:17]
Encounters with God in Study [10:17 – 15:20]
Taking the Racial Blinders Off [15:20 – 23:08]
Critical Race Theory [23:08 – 27:47]
Reformed Books [27:47 – 31:57]
Covenant Theology [31:57 – 33:08]
Ligon Unplugged [33:08 – 38:50]
Lightning Round [38:50 – 48:27]
Books and Everything:
Knowing God, by Jim Packer
Search the Scriptures, edited by Alan M. Stibbs
Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Reformed Dogmatics: Theology Proper, by Geerhardus J. Vos
Dr. Duncan’s Class on Covenant Theology in the RTS App (iOS | Android)
Favorite Hymn: “How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds,” by John Newton
Systematic Theology, by Louis Berkhof
“Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras,” mvt. 2 from Ein deutsches Requiem, by Johannes Brahms
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings and salutations. Welcome back to Life and Books and Everything. This is Kevin D. Young. |
| 0:14.3 | Next week, hopefully I will be joined again with Justin and Colin as we finish off this season before we take a break for the |
| 0:22.9 | holidays and we'll be interviewing Carl Truman and talking about his excellent new book, The Rise and |
| 0:28.8 | Triumph of the Modern Self. But for today, we have a special interview, and this took place |
| 0:35.1 | about 10 days ago at our faithful conference that was hosted at our church. |
| 0:40.3 | And after his opening address, I took about 45 minutes to interview my good friend Liggin Duncan. |
| 0:46.7 | So I hope you'll enjoy the conversation that Lig and I had a couple of Saturday evenings ago |
| 0:51.8 | in front of some appropriately masked and social distance people at our church. |
| 0:57.0 | And I was able to talk to Liggin about his background, about his love for Clemson football, about critical race theory, |
| 1:06.0 | and, of course, we talked about books. If you're not familiar with Lig, you need to know that he is the Pope of |
| 1:13.9 | Presbyterianism. Well, if there was a Pope, he would get a lot of votes. But he was for many years, |
| 1:19.0 | the senior minister at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi, is now the |
| 1:23.6 | chancellor and CEO of Reform Theological Seminary. So yes, he is my boss. A lot of people |
| 1:29.9 | can say that about Liggin. And in addition to all of those things and writing books and having |
| 1:36.1 | a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, he is, as everyone who knows him, can attest a fine, |
| 1:43.2 | kind Christian gentleman. And he's a good friend to me and to many |
| 1:47.3 | others. So I hope you enjoy this interview with Liggin. Good to have you with us. Well, I don't know if |
| 1:55.9 | this is fun for you, but one of the reasons I do this conference, I started one like it, my last church |
| 2:03.6 | I've been trying to fits and starts to get it going here, but COVID and other things |
| 2:07.7 | interrupt it, but here we are. And for me, I love to be able to bring in friends and leaders |
| 2:16.7 | like Liggin and get to hear and preach, of course, |
| 2:19.9 | and teach. |
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