The Need to Read
Doctrine and Devotion
Joe Thorn & Jimmy Fowler
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Jimmy and Joe are back talking about why reading is important and how to get the most of what we read. What is the value of reading fiction, history, politics, and theology? And the guys give 8 ways to get the most of what you read:
1. Know Your Goal
2. Choose Wisley
3. Get Oriented
4. Read Prayerfully
5. Read Carefully
6. Mark it Up
7. Take Notes
8. Share What You're Reading
Be sure to check out our episode, The Need for Preachers and Teachers.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This week's sponsor is Leganere Ministries, one of our favorite ministries and resources for the Christian life. |
| 0:05.8 | Stay tuned for more information about how you can get hooked up with Table Talk magazine. Welcome to Doctrine and Devotion, a podcast exploring Christian faith and practice from a |
| 0:27.5 | Reformed Baptist perspective. My name is Joe Thorne. I'm the lead pastor |
| 0:31.1 | of Redeemer Fellowship in St Charles Illinois. And I'm Jimmy Fowler, Elder Canda of Redeemer Fellowship in St Charles, Illinois. |
| 0:32.8 | And I'm Jimmy Fowler, Elder Canda at Redeemer Fellowship. |
| 0:35.2 | What's up, baby? |
| 0:36.2 | Ooh, I'm feeling good. |
| 0:37.2 | Yeah, man, it's a good week, good day. |
| 0:39.2 | Man, I love Wednesdays, especially when we meet like the Elders meeting. |
| 0:43.0 | Elders meeting. |
| 0:44.7 | Really good. |
| 0:45.7 | You know what? |
| 0:46.7 | We only were able to deal with two issues. |
| 0:48.9 | Yep. |
| 0:49.9 | Because they were significant and they mattered. But how good did it feel dealing with those two issues. |
| 0:55.7 | I thought it felt real good and it was more important than the agenda like we have an agenda |
| 0:59.6 | we have an agenda we follow the agenda it is very important but I like that the |
| 1:04.2 | elders are flexible enough to say you know what we can only deal with these two things |
| 1:07.9 | and that's what we're gonna do if it just felt really good you know what |
| 1:10.5 | it feels so good it was right you know what there weren't two things were three things that were dealt with actually oh what was the third |
| 1:17.0 | We voted on the elders voted on whether or not to present Jimmy as an elder I feel like that one more formality. Oh, there is no formality son. We had to discuss, we had things to discuss. You guys are really good at process and procedures. |
| 1:28.8 | Yeah, I will tell you what, yeah, you were nervous. I got a picture of you peeking in on the vote. Oh, you were peeking in on the vote. |
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