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== Education and personal life == | == Education and personal life == | ||
Sproul was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the second child of Robert Cecil Sproul, an accountant and a veteran of [[World War II]] and his wife, Mayre Ann Sproul (née Yardis).<ref name="Legacy">{{Cite web|title=Robert "R.C." Sproul|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/orlandosentinel/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=187536237|website=Legacy.com|access-date=December 16, 2017}}</ref><ref name="TGC">{{Cite web|author1=Taylor, Justin|title=R.C. Sproul (1939–2017)|url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/r-c-sproul-1939-2017/|website=The Gospel Coalition|date=December 14, 2017}}</ref> Sproul was an avid supporter of the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] as a youth, and at the age of 15, he had to drop out from high school athletics in order to support his family.<ref name="TGC"/> He obtained [[academic degree|degrees]] from [[Westminster College, Pennsylvania]] (BA, 1961), [[Pittsburgh Theological Seminary]] ([[MDiv]], 1964), the [[Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]] ([[doctorandus|Drs.]], 1969), and [[Whitefield Theological Seminary]] (PhD, 2001). He taught at numerous colleges and seminaries, including [[Reformed Theological Seminary]] in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] and in [[Jackson, Mississippi]], and [[Knox Theological Seminary]] in [[Ft. Lauderdale, Florida|Ft. Lauderdale]].<ref name="Sproulbio">{{Cite web |url= http://www.ligonier.org/about_founder.php |title= Dr. R.C. Sproul – The Founder and President of Ligonier Ministries. |access-date= July 30, 2008 |publisher= Ligonier Ministries |archive-date= September 15, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080915074819/http://www.ligonier.org/about_founder.php |url-status= dead }}</ref> | Sproul was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the second child of Robert Cecil Sproul, an accountant and a veteran of [[wikipedia:World War II|World War II]] and his wife, Mayre Ann Sproul (née Yardis).<ref name="Legacy">{{Cite web|title=Robert "R.C." Sproul|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/orlandosentinel/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=187536237|website=Legacy.com|access-date=December 16, 2017}}</ref><ref name="TGC">{{Cite web|author1=Taylor, Justin|title=R.C. Sproul (1939–2017)|url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/r-c-sproul-1939-2017/|website=The Gospel Coalition|date=December 14, 2017}}</ref> Sproul was an avid supporter of the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] as a youth, and at the age of 15, he had to drop out from high school athletics in order to support his family.<ref name="TGC"/> He obtained [[academic degree|degrees]] from [[Westminster College, Pennsylvania]] (BA, 1961), [[Pittsburgh Theological Seminary]] ([[MDiv]], 1964), the [[wikipedia:Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam|Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]] ([[wikipedia:doctorandus|Drs.]], 1969), and [[Whitefield Theological Seminary]] (PhD, 2001). He taught at numerous colleges and seminaries, including [[Reformed Theological Seminary]] in [[wikipedia:Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] and in [[wikipedia:Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson, Mississippi]], and [[Knox Theological Seminary]] in [[wikipedia:Ft. Lauderdale, Florida|Ft. Lauderdale]].<ref name="Sproulbio">{{Cite web |url= http://www.ligonier.org/about_founder.php |title= Dr. R.C. Sproul – The Founder and President of Ligonier Ministries. |access-date= July 30, 2008 |publisher= Ligonier Ministries |archive-date= September 15, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080915074819/http://www.ligonier.org/about_founder.php |url-status= dead }}</ref> | ||
One of Sproul's mentors was [[John Gerstner|John H. Gerstner]], being one of his professors at [[Pittsburgh Theological Seminary|Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary]]. The two of them, along with Arthur Lindsley, another of Gerstner's students, co-authored the book ''Classical Apologetics'' in 1984. Sproul's ministry, Ligonier Ministries, made recordings of Gerstner teaching various courses on theology and the Bible. [[John Frame (theologian)|John M. Frame]] records that Gerstner was Sproul's "main intellectual influence."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Frame |first=John M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pefwrQEACAAJ |title=A History of Western Philosophy and Theology |publisher=[[P&R Publishing]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-62995-084-6 |location=Phillipsburg, NJ |pages=536–537 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721005156/https://books.google.com/books?id=pefwrQEACAAJ |archive-date=July 21, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> | One of Sproul's mentors was [[John Gerstner|John H. Gerstner]], being one of his professors at [[Pittsburgh Theological Seminary|Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary]]. The two of them, along with Arthur Lindsley, another of Gerstner's students, co-authored the book ''Classical Apologetics'' in 1984. Sproul's ministry, Ligonier Ministries, made recordings of Gerstner teaching various courses on theology and the Bible. [[John Frame (theologian)|John M. Frame]] records that Gerstner was Sproul's "main intellectual influence."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Frame |first=John M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pefwrQEACAAJ |title=A History of Western Philosophy and Theology |publisher=[[P&R Publishing]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-62995-084-6 |location=Phillipsburg, NJ |pages=536–537 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721005156/https://books.google.com/books?id=pefwrQEACAAJ |archive-date=July 21, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||