11. Deserted Island Top 5: R.C. Sproul
5 Minutes in Church History with Stephen Nichols
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 7 December 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
If you were stranded on an island, you'd have a lot of time to read. Today on our journey back through the archives, Dr. Stephen Nichols challenges Dr. R.C. Sproul to name the five books that he would bring with him to a deserted island.
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| 0:00.0 | As you know, we've been re-airing episodes here on Five Minutes in Church History, while |
| 0:04.9 | I sent myself off to a deserted island to catch up on some reading. |
| 0:10.1 | I have really enjoyed those episodes where we take someone to a deserted island and leave |
| 0:14.9 | them, and I suspect you have too. |
| 0:17.3 | So we reached back into the archives to pull clearly my favorite, and it was time with |
| 0:23.3 | our C-Sprull. |
| 0:25.8 | Welcome back to another episode of Five Minutes in Church History. |
| 0:29.1 | We have a very special episode for you today. |
| 0:32.4 | Today I am joined by none other than Dr. RC-Sprull. |
| 0:36.4 | So first let me just say welcome, Dr. Sprull. |
| 0:39.2 | Thank you, Steve. |
| 0:40.2 | It's great to be with you as always. |
| 0:41.8 | I'm glad to have you on our show. |
| 0:43.8 | Well, I thought for our show together, we would like to have you share with our listeners |
| 0:49.4 | since it's Five Minutes in Church History. |
| 0:52.3 | What would be your top five books in Church History? |
| 0:56.4 | Now let me sort of paint the picture for you. |
| 0:58.7 | We'll have you on a deserted island, and this is not your average island. |
| 1:03.2 | This island already comes equipped with the Bible, and it comes equipped with Calvin's |
| 1:07.0 | Institutes. |
| 1:08.3 | So apparently the exiles who'd been here before you are rather theologically literate. |
| 1:12.9 | So we've got the Bible, we've got Calvin's Institutes, we've got the works of Edwards, |
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