Running the Race: A Graduate's Guide to Life

by R.C. Sproul

Invites graduates to consider their spiritual beliefs and how their worldview, and the worldviews of others, will impact their futures, offering tips on how to recognize and bring a life into harmony with God's will.

Genres: Theology

112 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2003

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

[Alyssa Waller · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book. After I had graduated from college back in May 2023, the pastor of the church I have been attending gifted the book to me.

I really love how the late Dr. Sproul writes in a way that is easy to understand. I did spend quite some reading it given that things came up and I put off finishing it. Overall it was an excellent book.

[Lizzie J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mostly a compilation of sections of his other books, but this is still a great little quick read and something that could definitely be useful for teens graduating. It was well done and covered a decent bit of information.