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And and find those"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3201.89,"endTime":3207.59,"body":"there as well. We need to listen"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3207.59,"endTime":3209.12,"body":"to the voices of the rest of the"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3207.59,"endTime":3209.12,"body":"world."},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3209.449,"endTime":3212.389,"body":"Imagine, yes, we"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3209.449,"endTime":3212.389,"body":"do. So go to langem.org, to find"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3212.779,"endTime":3216.769,"body":"a lot of those and those books,"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3212.779,"endTime":3216.769,"body":"I highly recommend your new"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3216.769,"endTime":3219.169,"body":"book, The Great Story and The"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3216.769,"endTime":3219.169,"body":"Great Commission for those of"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3219.169,"endTime":3224.419,"body":"you who would like to read, it's"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3219.169,"endTime":3224.419,"body":"fantastic to get us grounded in"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3224.419,"endTime":3228.199,"body":"the whole story of the mission"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3224.419,"endTime":3228.199,"body":"of God of the old story of, of"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3228.199,"endTime":3231.679,"body":"the Bible. And then what is the"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3228.199,"endTime":3231.679,"body":"the Great Commission have for us"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3231.679,"endTime":3234.919,"body":"today? And how we could actually"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3231.679,"endTime":3234.919,"body":"play our part within that story."},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3234.919,"endTime":3238.189,"body":"So it's a fantastic book. Is"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3234.919,"endTime":3238.189,"body":"there anything else that you'd"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3238.189,"endTime":3242.299,"body":"like to connect people into? At"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3238.189,"endTime":3242.299,"body":"this time?"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3245.179,"endTime":3247.249,"body":"No, thank"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3245.179,"endTime":3247.249,"body":"you, Joshua. Just thank you for"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3247.249,"endTime":3250.819,"body":"the recommendation that was"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3247.249,"endTime":3250.819,"body":"published by Vega, and a lot"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3250.819,"endTime":3255.559,"body":"shorter than prisoner Watkins"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3250.819,"endTime":3255.559,"body":"book about maybe dating or then"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3255.769,"endTime":3259.249,"body":"moving on to the other one. But"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3255.769,"endTime":3259.249,"body":"yeah, I think I would just say"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3259.249,"endTime":3262.279,"body":"to people only to get into the"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3259.249,"endTime":3262.279,"body":"Bible, but treated as a whole"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3262.339,"endTime":3266.779,"body":"hadn't read it as a whole. And"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3262.339,"endTime":3266.779,"body":"understand that we are on"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3266.779,"endTime":3270.649,"body":"mission for God, this is the"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3266.779,"endTime":3270.649,"body":"story of God in his world,"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3271.34,"endTime":3273.26,"body":"Chris, well,"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3271.34,"endTime":3273.26,"body":"thank you so much. This is a"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3273.29,"endTime":3277.46,"body":"great conversation. I loved"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3273.29,"endTime":3277.46,"body":"being able to speak with you and"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3277.67,"endTime":3281.87,"body":"for someone that I've really"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3277.67,"endTime":3281.87,"body":"admired your writing and what"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3281.87,"endTime":3285.53,"body":"you have done for for many"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3281.87,"endTime":3285.53,"body":"years, and I've gotten a lot out"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3285.53,"endTime":3289.31,"body":"of it. And it actually shifted"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3285.53,"endTime":3289.31,"body":"the way that I actually see my"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3289.31,"endTime":3293.96,"body":"role in life and how I enter"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3289.31,"endTime":3293.96,"body":"into the story of God. I just"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3293.96,"endTime":3296.57,"body":"want to thank you that it was"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3293.96,"endTime":3296.57,"body":"really a privilege to talk to"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3296.57,"endTime":3300.65,"body":"you and hopefully, others can"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3296.57,"endTime":3300.65,"body":"now see themselves within this"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3300.65,"endTime":3305.96,"body":"big part of God's story, and"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3300.65,"endTime":3305.96,"body":"know which story they're living"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3305.96,"endTime":3308.09,"body":"in. So thank you so much for"},{"speaker":"Joshua Johnson","startTime":3305.96,"endTime":3308.09,"body":"this conversation."},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3309.53,"endTime":3310.67,"body":"Thank you,"},{"speaker":"Christopher Wright","startTime":3309.53,"endTime":3310.67,"body":"Joshua. Thank you"}]}