Live Conversation with J. Ligon Duncan, III

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