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In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Devin Maddox, the Trade Books Publisher at B&H Publishing Group. In this conversation, they talk about how to build a library.
- What have you been reading recently?
- Do you prefer print, digital, or audiobooks?
- Have you read everything in your library?
- What are some of your favorite books?
- What book would you tell your 20 year old self to read?
QUOTES
“You’ve got to have a Bible intake strategy”
“I ask three questions: do I want my kids to have this? Would I want to give this book away as a gift? Would I find this book useful again to reference in my work?”
“The best books we ought to give to our friends and order another one.”
“That’s what the blank pages in the front and back are for, they are there for you to take notes.”
“I look at books as little missionaries that we get to send into other people’s lives.”
“When you read a lot, you learn to read quickly and comprehend better. It’s deliberate practice.”
“Most books, I’m reading the first and last sentence of every paragraph and then figuring out, do I want to read this paragraph.”
“It says a lot about you, not only what books you read, but what books you re-read.”
“There are some books that ought to be beautiful.”
“I’m a reader because my parents were readers.”
“I really do think leaders need to be reading fiction.”
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Unfinished Agenda: An Autobiography by Leslie Newbigin
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The Content Trap by Bharat Anand
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Gospel of the Kingdom by George Eldon Ladd
A Theology of the New Testament by George Eldon Ladd
Created in God’s Image by Anthony A. Hoekema
Center Church by Tim Keller
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Seven Practices of Effective Ministry by Andy Stanley
Next Generation Leader by Andy Stanley
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Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership by Ruth Hailey Barton
Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Green Hills of Africa by Hemmingway
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography by Eberhard Bethge
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Leading Change by John Kotter
Simple Church by Thom Rainer
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell
The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni