S3 18: Reading Scripture Devotionally, Intelligently, and Faithfully With Courtney Doctor
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Courtney Doctor is the Director of Women's Initiatives at The Gospel Coalition. She joins us this week to discuss the vital importance of discipleship and the heart-transforming power of God's Word. She shares the value of "life-on-life" discipleship, where authenticity and humility can grow as we help one another follow Jesus in everyday life. We also talk about how Scripture is vital for cultivating the kind of knowledge of God and love for God that transforms us and motivates us to live for Him.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where each week we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Sarah Stone Street. |
| 0:13.0 | And I'm Erin Kunkel. Glad you're here. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome back to the Strong Women podcast. |
| 0:22.7 | Our guest today, Courtney Doctor, is the Director of Women's Initiatives at the Gospel Coalition. |
| 0:28.5 | And I am so excited for you guys to hear her story. |
| 0:32.4 | She talks to us a lot about how God has used significant moments and significant people to deepen her faith and |
| 0:40.0 | enrich her love of the word and her desire to teach that to others. Her story really demonstrates |
| 0:47.5 | how life-on-life discipleship impacts us so much. And I come very close to convincing her to be a mentor, but she's too far away. |
| 0:57.4 | I'm so glad that you have joined us today, and I am thrilled for you to hear Courtney's story. |
| 1:06.5 | Courtney, thank you so much for joining us today. I'm so glad you're here. Thanks for having me. Okay, we like to start at the very beginning and kind of find out a little bit about your background. So where did you grow up? Grip in Wichita, Kansas from fourth grade on. My parents are still there. I was born in St. Louis. So we lived there for kind of the first, you know, few years. but all of my formative years were Wichita, |
| 1:28.0 | Kansas. |
| 1:28.9 | Okay. |
| 1:29.2 | And now you're in Chattanooga or right outside of Chattanooga. |
| 1:32.0 | We are. |
| 1:33.1 | So tell us about your family growing up, Courtney. |
| 1:35.7 | Was it a Christian home that you grew up in? |
| 1:39.4 | You know, we were churchgoing, and I think my mom had a faith that led her to make sure we were in church. |
| 1:49.0 | But compared to where my parents are now in the Lord, it wasn't the vibrant faith that they have now. |
| 1:54.4 | So it was a little bit more moralistic. |
| 1:58.1 | They certainly wanted my brother and me to be good people. And a lot of those |
| 2:02.5 | morals and values were based in biblical ethics, but it really wasn't about Jesus. And so I think |
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