The episode you're about to listen to was released back when the mere Christians podcast was called the call to mastery

Now if you love mere Christians, you're still going to love these older episodes because the majority of each

conversation focuses on how the gospel influences the work of our guests. With that disclaimer out of the way, please to the call to mastery. I'm Jordan Rayner. This is a

podcast for Christians who want to do their most exceptional work for the glory of God and the good of others.

Every week, I host a conversation with a Christ follower

who's pursuing world-class mastery of their craft.

We talk about their path to mastery, their daily habits,

and how the Gospel of Jesus Christ influences their work. Today's guest is one of my best friends, one of the best student

pastors and preachers and disciple makers I know. His name is Ryan Sweat. He's been

on staff at Beach Church in Jacksonville Beach, Florida for eight years and he's truly exceptional at what he does.

Guys, this is a super fun episode.

If you've ever been curious about what your host was like when he was in the sixth grade,

you're about to find out.

And I can't believe we did not cut this out of different things. We talked about a lot of different things. We talked

about why Ryan is encouraging middle schoolers and high schoolers to scatter into the world of work and not simply gather a church.

We talked about how practically Ryan's church is seeking the prosperity of their city, the entire city and not just their church. And finally at the top of this

episode we ran down our top three things that we love to make fun of on

Christian podcasts.

Hopefully nobody's offended by this.

I know I've said all of these things on the call to mastery to my shame.

Please enjoy this great episode with my friend Ryan Sweat.

Ryan Sweat.

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