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Say, won't he do it? Yes, he will.

Won't he do it? Yes, he will. He'll take a stone.

Make you still.

Welcome to Susie Larson Live. Always, always so honored to get to spend this time with you.

In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk,

that deepen your understanding of God's Word, and that heightens your awareness of his very

real presence in your life. Years ago, I read these words from author and pastor Francis Franjupay,

and he said this, you cannot grow beyond your ability to receive correction. Think about that. You cannot grow beyond your ability to

receive correction. And yet, we live in an increasingly unteachable world. We love our echo chambers.

We prefer only to hear what we want to hear. But to what degree are we stunting our own growth

so that we can stay comfortable? I want you to think about that again.

To what degree are you and I stunting our own growth so we can stay comfortable?

Are we brave enough to learn from others?

Are we humble enough?

And what is God asking of us?

That's the topic of our show today.

Dr. A.J. Swaboda returns to the program to talk about his stellar new book, a teachable spirit, the virtue of learning from strangers, enemies, and absolutely anyone. We'll get them on

in just a moment, a couple quick announcements. Sometimes life feels overwhelming, and if it's the case

for you, we'd love to stand with you. We are a praying team here at Faith Radio. You can share

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pray tab and send your prayer request in. We take those seriously and we intercede for each other

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