Summary of Adam S. McHugh's The Listening Life

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#1 The words listen and obey have the same root. In Latin, the word obey would not exist without the word listen. The distinction between listening and doing is the result of human beings tearing asunder what belongs together.

#2 Listening is also about obedience. When we hear a sound that commands our attention, we are forced to listen. Music has the ability to command us, and we obey it.

#3 Listening is never passive, a stall or placeholder until you do something about it. Biblical listening is a full-bodied listening that not only vibrates our eardrums but echoes in our souls and resonates out into our limbs.

#4 Listening is a practice of focused attention. It is a chosen obedience, like soldiers falling into line the moment their commanding officer calls them to attention.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822504875

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The words listen and obey have the same root. In Latin, the word obey would not exist without the word listen. The distinction between listening and doing is the result of human beings tearing asunder what belongs together.

#2

Listening is also about obedience. When we hear a sound that commands our attention, we are forced to listen. Music has the ability to command us, and we obey it.

#3

Listening is never passive, a stall or placeholder until you do something about it. Biblical listening is a full-bodied listening that not only vibrates our eardrums but echoes in our souls and resonates out into our limbs.

#4

Listening is a practice of focused attention. It is a chosen obedience, like soldiers falling into line the moment their commanding officer calls them to attention.

#5

Listening is a vital part of discipleship. It is the beginning of discipleship, and it is important enough to Jesus that he devotes his first parable to it.

#6

Listening is a service of the ear, the mind, and the heart. It is an act of humility, in which we acknowledge that no matter who we are listening to, we come to learn.

#7

We must be careful about how we listen, because life in this world is polyphonous, filled with countless voices that beckon us to do their bidding. We can become selective listeners who are impossible to please because we think that there is always a more appealing