Deep Dive Spirituality with Dr. Brian Russell
In this week’s episode, Dr. Len Sweet shares deep insights from his new book Contextual Intelligence: The Ancient Secret to Mission on the Front Lines, practices for sustaining excellence over a lifetime, semiotics, and holiness in the 21st century.
Bio:
Author of more than two hundred articles, 1500+ published sermons and sixty books, Leonard Sweet’s recent publications include the groundbreaking textbook on preaching, Giving Blood: A Fresh Paradigm for Preaching, the best-seller From Tablet to Table, The Bad Habits of Jesus, and the fall 2019 release of the twenty-year successor to SoulTsunami, Rings of Fire: Walking in Faith Through a Volcanic Future.
Len often appears on the “50 Most Influential Christians in America” listings, and in 2010 was selected by the top non-English Christian website as one of the “Top 10 Influential World Christians of 2010”.
His “Napkin Scribbles” podcasts can be accessed on leonardsweet.com or spotify. His Twitter and Facebook microblogs are ranked as some of the highest in the religious world.
Len works with graduate students at four institutions: Drew University, where he has occupied the E. Stanley Jones Chair, George Fox University, Tabor College, and Evangelical Seminary, where he currently holds the Charles Wesley Senior Professorship of Doctoral Studies. In 2015 he launched his own homiletics resource preachthestory.com. One of the most sought-after speakers in the religious world today, he resides on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands.
Selected Books by Len:
Contextual Intelligence (co-authored with Michael Beck) https://amzn.to/3nox6sH
Giving Blood: A Fresh Paradigm for Preaching https://amzn.to/36qKw07
Rings of Fire https://amzn.to/36k2YYc
From Table to Table https://amzn.to/3kqxQvg
The Bad Habits of Jesus https://amzn.to/2JRezGI
Trilogy on Jesus mention during interview:
Jesus Manifesto: Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ (w/Frank Viola): https://amzn.to/3ki6c3D
Jesus: A Theography (w/Frank Viola) https://amzn.to/2ImLfan
Jesus Speaks: Learning to Recognize and Respond to the Lord’s Voice (w/Frank Viola) https://amzn.to/38Ajy9g
Other books by Dr. Sweet: https://amzn.to/3lyXVJO
Connect with Len:
leonardsweet.com
Preachthestory.com
Twitter: @lensweet
Previous Episodes with Len’s co-author on Contextual Intelligence Michael Beck
Episode #24 https://youtu.be/U8r8c-F8oAQ
Episode #2 https://youtu.be/u4fgeEuHKo0
Connect with Brian:
Twitter: @briandrussell
IG: @yourprofessorforlife
Deep Dive Spirituality Group Coaching: deepdivespirituality.com
Business or Life Coaching: drbrianrussellcoaching.com
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