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Books that should have been TED Talks
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:43:31
Publish Date: 2018-11-12 04:30:33
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Some books should be blog posts, some blog posts should be tweets, some tweets should remain thoughts.

—Devin Maddox (via Twitter)

What happens when you’re reading a book and you think, there’s just not a whole lot here? There’s a whole series of books out there that fit in this category, the ones that have a good idea, but not enough to warrant being an entire book:

  • There’s a big idea that you get entirely in the introduction, and the rest of the book is just restating that big idea.
  • There’s the book that was a sermon (just one), which isn’t enough to flesh out to 200+ pages.
  • There’s the book that started as a TED Talk, and probably should have stayed that way.

Listen in as we share a few of the best/worst of these books, and Barnabas reveals the depths of his love/obsession for Leif Enger, on today’s episode.

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About the hosts

Aaron Armstrong is the author of several books and screenplays, most recently Luther: The Life and Legacy of the German Reformer, Brand Manager of The Gospel Project, and co-host of its podcast, The Hero of the Story.

Dave Schroeder is the VP of Marketing for B&H Publishing Group, contributor to LifeWay Books, and a lover of many books. 

Barnabas Piper is the author of several books, most recently The Curious Christian (B&H 2017), Marketing Manager for B&H Academic, and the co-host of The Happy Rant. 

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