Following Christ

by R.C. Sproul

Following Christ

Genres: Christian Living, Christian, Discipleship, Nonfiction, Christianity

392 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1991

About the author

Dr. R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, an international Christian discipleship organization located near Orlando, Fla. He was founding pastor of Saint Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, Fla., first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Ligonier Ministries began in 1971 as the Ligonier Valley Study Center in Ligonier, Pa. In an effort to respond more effectively to the growing demand for Dr. Sproul’s teachings and the ministry’s other educational resources, the general offices were moved to Orlando in 1984, and the ministry was renamed.

Dr. Sproul’s radio program, Renewing Your Mind, is still broadcast daily on hundreds of radio stations around the world and can also be heard online. Dr. Sproul produced hundreds of lecture series and recorded numerous video series on subjects such as the history of philosophy, theology, Bible study, apologetics, and Christian living.

He contributed dozens of articles to national evangelical publications, spoke at conferences, churches, and academic institutions around the world, and wrote more than one hundred books, including The Holiness of God, Chosen by God, and Everyone’s a Theologian. He signed the 1978 Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy and wrote a commentary on that document. He also served as general editor of the Reformation Study Bible, previously known as the New Geneva Study Bible.

Dr. Sproul had a distinguished academic teaching career at various colleges and seminaries, including Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando and Jackson, Miss. He was ordained as a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.

Reviews

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a practical primer on theology, written in a way that I can understand, mostly.
Applying it is another matter ...
Sproul rejects simplistic answers. For example, the question about why God created man so that he could sin is often answered: If that had been the case, man wouldn't be a creature capable of loving God but would have been an automaton. But if that were the case, Sproul says, what of heaven? Don't we agree that we will be incapable of sinning in heaven? Will we be mere automatons in heaven?
When you read Sproul, you feel like you're in the presence of a patient, careful teacher.

[Sarah Fowler Wolfe · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an excellent, simple and very practical book on the Christian life. (Flag: it was NOT originally published in 1920, as RC Sproul was not alive in 1920!)