Welcome to doctrine and devotion, a podcast exploring Christian faith and practice from a

Reformed Baptist perspective. My name is Joe Thorne, I'm the lead pastor of Redeemer

Fellowship in St Charles Illinois. And I'm the lead pastor of Redeemer Fellowship.

You tired? I'm good. You're not tired?

I'm a little tired? A little tired?

A little tired? A little time you preached three sermons and. Man, I don't know how you do it every week.

Well, you mean, your sermons were like 30 minutes longer.

Thorne's two.

They're like, it's like sermonette. It's like what it's like, it's like what it is.

I mean, it was like, yeah.

Listen, when you're done saying what you got to say, and you say it so succinctly and perfectly,

you don't have to add more.

No, I feel like it's more. You don't have to add more.

No, I feel like you don't have to add the fluff.

I mean, you of all people with your booklets ought to know

that you just say what you do say and move on.

You're saying size doesn't matter.

I get it.

I understand. I understand what your point is. The size of the sermon is not important.

I mean, but when it comes to books though, you should be able to add more. But that's either here nor there.

Listen, your sermons were cute. So, you know, I think that no, I mean that's a compliment. Like your sermons were cute, so, you know, I think that, no, I mean that's a compliment, like your sermons were, you know.

Were they as cute as baby Yoda? Oh, jeez. Oh, gosh. You caused a little bit of a stir.

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