Stephen J. Nichols on R.C. Sproul
Life and Books and Everything
Clearly Reformed
4.6 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2021
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
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.
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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| 0:00.0 | Greetings and salutations. Welcome to Life and Books and Everything. I'm Kevin DeYoung, and I am joined here with Colin Hanson and Justin Taylor, and we will introduce our special guest in just a moment. |
| 0:22.2 | Good to be with you again. |
| 0:24.2 | We have had a great lineup of guests this season, and today is no exception. |
| 0:29.9 | I do want to mention at the beginning, again, thanks to Crossway for sponsoring this episode. |
| 0:36.6 | And it would be appropriate to mention the devotional from Paul David Tripp. |
| 0:43.6 | It's very hard to find good devotionals, really. |
| 0:46.7 | There's a lot out there, but good ones are hard to find. |
| 0:49.1 | But Paul writes Good Ones, |
| 0:51.0 | Journey to the Cross, a 40-day Linton devotional. |
| 0:53.7 | So if you're looking for something during the Linton season, Paul Tripp uses this book to |
| 1:01.2 | invite us to set aside time from the busyness of our lives and think for these 40 days |
| 1:07.4 | on the suffering and sacrifice of Christ. |
| 1:09.4 | Certainly that would be appropriate and would be beneficial. |
| 1:13.0 | So check out that book from Crossway, from Paul Tripp. |
| 1:17.6 | All right, good to have the gang here and our special guest. |
| 1:23.3 | We have Steve Nichols here with us. |
| 1:27.7 | And we're going to talk about this wonderful book, which he's written, R.C. Sproll, A Life. |
| 1:34.6 | Now, Steve, I went online. |
| 1:37.0 | Here's what the Wikipedia page says for Stephen Nichols. |
| 1:41.2 | Stephen Nichols is an American actor recognized for his roles on American daytime soap operas. |
| 1:48.0 | He has portrayed the role of Steve Johnson on NBC's Days of Our Lives. He joined the cast of ABC's General Hospital as Stefan Cassidine from 2009 to 2013. |
| 2:00.0 | He portrayed the role of Tucker McCall on the Young and the |
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