Learning to be teachable with A.J. Swoboda
Susie Larson Live
Faith Radio
4.8 • 836 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In a world marked by mind-numbing entertainment, polarization, and a decreasing desire to humbly learn from those we dislike, the posture of your heart could not be more important. Professor and theologian A. J. Swoboda shares from his book, "A Teachable Spirit: The Virtue of Learning from Strangers, Enemies, and Absolutely Anyone."
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Originally aired April 28, 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Susie Larson. |
| 0:01.1 | Here's the podcast from Susie Larson Live. |
| 0:03.4 | Enjoy the conversation. |
| 0:06.1 | You're listening to an encore presentation of Susie Larson Law. |
| 0:09.6 | Welcome to Sissy Larson Live. |
| 0:23.3 | Always, always so honored to get to spend this time with you. |
| 0:26.6 | In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully |
| 0:30.5 | inspire you in your faith walk, that deepen your understanding of God's Word, and that |
| 0:35.1 | heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life. |
| 0:38.6 | Years ago, I read these words from author and pastor Francis Franjupain. He said this, |
| 0:43.0 | you cannot grow beyond your ability to receive correction. Think about that. You cannot grow |
| 0:49.1 | beyond your ability to receive correction. And yet, we live in an increasingly unteachable world. |
| 0:56.0 | We love our echo chambers. We prefer only to hear what we want to hear. But to what degree are we |
| 1:01.6 | stunting our own growth so that we can stay comfortable? I want you to think about that again. |
| 1:05.5 | To what degree are you and I stunting our own growth so we can stay comfortable. Are we brave enough to learn from |
| 1:11.6 | others? Are we humble enough? And what is God asking of us? That's the topic of our show today. |
| 1:17.2 | Dr. A.J. Swaboda returns to the program to talk about his stellar new book, a teachable spirit, |
| 1:22.0 | the virtue of learning from strangers, enemies, and absolutely anyone. We'll get them on in just a moment, |
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