Sproul had addressed the recently announced Ashley Madison data breach in a July 22, 2015, blog entry that highlighted 'the biblical truth that our sins will find us out', but without the acknowledgment made in August. As a result, Ligonier Ministries suspended him until July 2016. In August 2015, Sproul wrote in his personal blog that he had briefly visited the Ashley Madison website in 2014. In 2014 he was named Rector at Reformation Bible College as well as the Chair of the Department of Theology and Philosophy. In 2010, Sproul was appointed a Teaching Fellow and Associate Professor of theology, philosophy, and apologetics at Ligonier Academy in both the Bible college and D.Min. From 2009 to 2010, he worked as a teacher for Veritas Press, which specializes in Christian educational texts. Sproul planted Saint Peter Presbyterian Church in Bristol, Virginia in 1996 serving as senior pastor until 2001, then as Associate Pastor of Education until 2010.

Sproul served as executive editor of Every Thought Captive, a monthly magazine published by Highlands Ministries. In 1996 he moved to Meadowview, Virginia where he founded Highlands Study Center (later renamed Highlands Ministries). In 1989 Sproul began working for Ligonier Ministries in Orlando, Florida.

in theology from Whitefield Theological Seminary (2001). Sproul holds degrees from Grove City College (Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Literature, 1986) and Reformed Theological Seminary (Master of Arts in Theological Studies, 1991) and received his D.Min.

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