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Welcome to the Gospel Coalition Podcast, equipping the next generation of believers,

pastors, and church leaders to shape life and ministry around the gospel.

On today's episode you'll hear a keynote message from JD Greer, originally given at

TGC's 2023 conference.

This evening now if you have an actual paper of Bible with you.

You want to hold it up there?

My pastor, my little Baptist church growing up

used to say the sweetest sound that he ever got to hear

was the sound of the ruffling of the pages as people open their Bibles to the

passage. As a pastor of a church full of millennials and gensiers I never ever

get to hear that sound. I see the warm glow of God's word on your faces and I'll take it

I'll take it however you're going to get there. The church that I pastor and

privileged to pastor in Raleigh Durham has been blessed with a lot of college students.

They say that within about 20 minutes of our central campus,

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