Do you desire to do great things for God but feel like you’re falling short?

Brent talks with Ryan Tinetti about his new IVP book ‘The Quiet Ambition: Scripture’s Surprising Antidote to Our Restless Lives’.

Ryan is a pastor who now serves as a professor of practical theology at Concordia Seminary. He’s the author of ‘Preaching by Heart’ and writes the regular column, ‘The Preacher’s Toolbox’ on 1517.org.

• (0:50) Quiet ambition;
• (1:55) Quiet desperation;
• (3:05) What is ambition?
• (4:20) Quiet quitting;
• (5:40) Parable of the talents;
• (7:15) Was Jesus ambitious?
• (8:55) Paul’s ambition;
• (11:35) What does quiet ambition look like?
• (13:20) The Greco-Roman world and ambition;
• (14:40) Hobbits;
• (16:00) Minding our own business;
• (18:00) Working with our hands;
• (21:15) Walking gracefully to outsiders.

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.preachingbyheart.com/what-we-do

www.amazon.com/Quiet-Ambition-Scriptures-Surprising-Antidote/dp/1514011891

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