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-Groop, 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,

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 Terri Lee, 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 listeners, I've been on staff

at New Spring Church for a little over 18 years.

And I was, for 15 years, I was the worship pastor.

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