Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we're going to be talking to Lee McDermott, pastor of New Spring Church in Greenville, South Carolina.

If you listen to Prep Episode 2, you heard the story of how Lee challenged me to read the Bible all the way through and how it changed my life.

At the time I'd been in full-time ministry for a few years as a musician and a writer and a speaker,

and Lee had mentioned that I should say very little on stage until I'd read the whole Bible. I was deeply

convicted by the challenge to fill my head and my heart with all of God's words

before attempting to say much about it on stage. I still count that conversation

as one of the most important ones of my life.

If it weren't for him, I never would have launched D-group, the discipleship and Bible study ministry I lead,

which has now touched every populated continent and is even in Spanish.

And I definitely wouldn't have started the Bible Recap. populated continent and is even in Spanish.

And I definitely wouldn't have started the Bible Recap because I never would have fallen in love

with God and His Word.

So of course, I'm incredibly excited for you to hear from Lee and catch His passion for the

word of God because it's definitely

contagious.

We did this interview over the phone so it's not the best quality, but I promise you what it lacks

in audio quality, it more than makes up for in wisdom quality and quantity. So let's jump into the interview now.

Lee McDermott, welcome to the Bible Recap. We are so excited to have you. Why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Well, first of all, what an honor, and I'm just so grateful for you.

You and I've been friends for so long.

I think, you know, just, you know, to introduce myself to your, your listeners I've been the on staff at

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