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So I have one dear friend who, you know, he'll read books, but, you know, he wants to go and watch soccer and Formula One racing.

That's his big thing.

And he is very easily bored when I get all sort of abstract and stuff.

And we're very different, but we are good friends.

So that certainly is important, that trust.

You know, he will tell me I was really bored in that, so he's pretty a direct guy.

I'm crushed, I go and cry in a corner and brush myself down and think, yeah, you're right.

It's about being willing to say, okay, how am I going to address the needs of a whole congregation?

Welcome to help me teach the Bible. I'm Nancy Guthrie. Help Me Teach the Bible is a production of the gospel coalition sponsored by Crossway and not-for-profit publisher of the ESV Bible Christian books and tracks. Learn more at crossway.org. This podcast has always been all about

equipping people to become better at teaching the Bible. And that's really our whole focus today.

My guest today is Mark Menel, who is director for Langham preaching for Europe and Caribbean. Mark,

thank you for being willing to help us teach the Bible. Thank you very much for having me.

Mark is actually here in the States right now, so we're getting to sit around to my kitchen

table to have our conversation. So Mark, why don't you tell people why you are in the States?

What have you been doing?

So I started last year doing the Doctor of Ministry program at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis.

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