1 00:00:02,710 --> 00:00:04,130 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,900 Speaker 2: You are listening to The Beckett Cook Show with your host, 3 00:00:13,140 --> 00:00:17,100 Speaker 2: Beckett Cook. For more information about Beckett and his ministry, 4 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 2: visit his website at beckettcook.com. To help support the podcast, 5 00:00:23,380 --> 00:00:29,950 Speaker 2: visit patreon.com slash thebeckettcookshow. Please consider subscribing to the podcast 6 00:00:30,410 --> 00:00:31,890 Speaker 2: and leaving a five-star rating. 7 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:46,350 Speaker 1: So a friend just messaged me and mentioned Milo Yiannopoulos 8 00:00:46,390 --> 00:00:50,010 Speaker 1: and how he was recently deported from the United States 9 00:00:50,510 --> 00:00:55,430 Speaker 1: back to the UK. And I've been thinking about this 10 00:00:55,470 --> 00:01:00,930 Speaker 1: for a very long time, about how the news is 11 00:01:01,010 --> 00:01:08,030 Speaker 1: just gossip. And the fact that I even know that 12 00:01:08,110 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: Milo was deported is crazy. I don't need to know 13 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:16,980 Speaker 1: that information. How does that affect my life? How does 14 00:01:17,020 --> 00:01:20,380 Speaker 1: that affect my walk with the Lord? How does that 15 00:01:20,819 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: edify me? How does that grow me in Christ? But first, 16 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: a word from our sponsor. It's a colossal waste of time. 17 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: And I know I'm speaking from a place of I 18 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: use social media. I actually use it very sparingly because 19 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: I've come to realize over, I think over the last 20 00:01:46,180 --> 00:01:51,180 Speaker 1: six months or a year, I've just realized 99% of 21 00:01:51,220 --> 00:01:56,260 Speaker 1: social media is just gossip. And not only that, 99% 22 00:01:56,260 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: of the news, of the New York Times is gossip. 23 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:03,419 Speaker 1: For example, the Lindsay case, the Clancy case. there is 24 00:02:03,740 --> 00:02:08,820 Speaker 1: absolutely the woman who murdered her three children. There is 25 00:02:08,940 --> 00:02:14,390 Speaker 1: no reason on God's green earth why that story is 26 00:02:14,450 --> 00:02:17,030 Speaker 1: in my brain. Why do I need to know about 27 00:02:17,050 --> 00:02:21,690 Speaker 1: that story? That story should be between her, her husband, 28 00:02:21,790 --> 00:02:24,489 Speaker 1: and the courts. No one else should know about that story. 29 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,100 Speaker 1: And you may say, oh, well, we need to know 30 00:02:28,139 --> 00:02:32,420 Speaker 1: about women and postpartum. No, that is a private story 31 00:02:33,030 --> 00:02:37,989 Speaker 1: and it should just be kept among those people who 32 00:02:38,010 --> 00:02:42,770 Speaker 1: were involved in that story. Literally, there's no reason for 33 00:02:42,810 --> 00:02:47,610 Speaker 1: me to know that. Why do I need that? And 34 00:02:47,630 --> 00:02:54,210 Speaker 1: the John Galliano story, John Galliano's a famous fashion designer, 35 00:02:54,470 --> 00:02:58,270 Speaker 1: and he was canceled many years ago because of his 36 00:02:58,930 --> 00:03:06,339 Speaker 1: rants at a Parisian where he went off about Jews 37 00:03:06,460 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: and et cetera, et cetera. And he was canceled. He 38 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: was about to have a retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum 39 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:18,030 Speaker 1: of Art in New York. And the New York Times 40 00:03:18,340 --> 00:03:23,210 Speaker 1: has just been furiously writing articles about how he was 41 00:03:23,250 --> 00:03:26,690 Speaker 1: canceled and the show was canceled. It's like, number one, 42 00:03:27,090 --> 00:03:29,870 Speaker 1: I shouldn't even know about that story. I shouldn't know 43 00:03:29,910 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: about John Galliano's psychotic break. There's no reason for me 44 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:41,130 Speaker 1: to know that. And I don't know. The more I'm 45 00:03:41,270 --> 00:03:45,110 Speaker 1: thinking about social media, the more I'm thinking about the news, 46 00:03:45,150 --> 00:03:49,570 Speaker 1: the more I'm thinking about podcasts. I mean, like Tucker Carlson. 47 00:03:49,650 --> 00:03:52,870 Speaker 1: Why do I need to know what the drama between 48 00:03:52,930 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens and this person and that 49 00:03:56,780 --> 00:04:04,900 Speaker 1: person is and who's fighting whom? It's absolutely... absurd. And 50 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: if it's not, if it's not edifying you, if it's 51 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:16,669 Speaker 1: not leading people to Christ, if it's not edifying other Christians, 52 00:04:17,470 --> 00:04:23,570 Speaker 1: then there is absolutely no reason for it to be 53 00:04:23,690 --> 00:04:28,190 Speaker 1: in our brains. We should be, as my pastor used 54 00:04:28,330 --> 00:04:32,140 Speaker 1: to say, we should be gossiping the gospel. Like that's Really, 55 00:04:32,500 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: we should be gossiping the good news. All the other stuff, 56 00:04:36,020 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: like I'm just going to read a couple headlines today, 57 00:04:39,020 --> 00:04:41,810 Speaker 1: right now. In the New York Times, there's an article. 58 00:04:43,589 --> 00:04:46,230 Speaker 1: This is a headline in the New York Times. Ex-girlfriend 59 00:04:46,410 --> 00:04:51,230 Speaker 1: of three married billionaire, thrice, I'm sorry, ex-girlfriend of thrice 60 00:04:51,330 --> 00:04:58,070 Speaker 1: married billionaire sues over, quote, broken promises. Now, why in 61 00:04:58,110 --> 00:05:00,650 Speaker 1: the world do I need to know about this person? 62 00:05:03,170 --> 00:05:05,430 Speaker 1: What does that have to do with my life? That 63 00:05:05,550 --> 00:05:09,790 Speaker 1: is gossip. The New York Times is gossiping. That's all 64 00:05:09,830 --> 00:05:14,099 Speaker 1: it is. And it's all to keep us in the 65 00:05:14,190 --> 00:05:19,500 Speaker 1: state of kind of outrage and anger. I mean, I'm 66 00:05:19,700 --> 00:05:25,239 Speaker 1: outraged by the outrage. But I'm just saying we don't 67 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: have to live like this. And I don't even... I mean, 68 00:05:30,770 --> 00:05:31,510 Speaker 1: if I didn't have. 69 00:05:32,970 --> 00:05:35,810 Speaker 1: My show, my podcast. And if I didn't have a 70 00:05:35,870 --> 00:05:40,050 Speaker 1: book coming out in the next year, February of 2027, 71 00:05:40,050 --> 00:05:44,650 Speaker 1: I probably would delete all my social media accounts because 72 00:05:44,670 --> 00:05:48,630 Speaker 1: I find I'm finding more and more that, uh, well, 73 00:05:48,650 --> 00:05:50,860 Speaker 1: I mean, this isn't new news. This is old news, 74 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: but it's just, I'm realizing that it's really, it's really 75 00:05:55,980 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: just kind of this national or international pacifier. And instead 76 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,690 Speaker 1: of going to social media, uh, We should go to 77 00:06:05,190 --> 00:06:09,790 Speaker 1: this book, which is called The Bible, and read that 78 00:06:09,850 --> 00:06:13,310 Speaker 1: instead of social media. And by the way, I'm preaching 79 00:06:13,350 --> 00:06:16,390 Speaker 1: to myself as well. Here's another. Let me look at 80 00:06:16,450 --> 00:06:22,370 Speaker 1: another headline. Let's see. Here's another headline in The New 81 00:06:22,390 --> 00:06:26,630 Speaker 1: York Times right now. Musicians sue AI music company for 82 00:06:26,850 --> 00:06:29,090 Speaker 1: imitating their voices. Okay. 83 00:06:29,110 --> 00:06:29,190 Speaker 2: Okay. 84 00:06:29,670 --> 00:06:33,810 Speaker 1: Again, that story should be between the musicians and the 85 00:06:33,830 --> 00:06:38,099 Speaker 1: AI company, period, and their lawyers. Nobody needs to know this. 86 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: There's no reason that anyone needs to know. Here's, oh, 87 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:51,110 Speaker 1: let's see. Let me find another just pointless headline. We'll 88 00:06:51,150 --> 00:06:55,170 Speaker 1: be right back after this short break. Here's the John Galliano. 89 00:06:55,370 --> 00:06:59,330 Speaker 1: Here's an analysis. This is analysis. This is an opinion piece. 90 00:06:59,860 --> 00:07:04,420 Speaker 1: Was John Galliano ever really canceled? Not by the fashion crowd. 91 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,140 Speaker 1: This may be the end of the Costume Institute's exhibition 92 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: of the designer's work, but it's not likely to be 93 00:07:12,420 --> 00:07:18,050 Speaker 1: the end of his career. So, what? Like, why do 94 00:07:18,130 --> 00:07:21,570 Speaker 1: I need to know that? There's no reason. And, uh, 95 00:07:23,470 --> 00:07:28,410 Speaker 1: let's see if I can find any other pointless stories. Um. 96 00:07:32,290 --> 00:07:35,610 Speaker 1: There's a story, you know, a Canadian car theft epidemic 97 00:07:35,830 --> 00:07:40,270 Speaker 1: fueled by Russian sanctions. Like that should be a local 98 00:07:40,350 --> 00:07:44,030 Speaker 1: story in Canada, maybe so they can like protect their 99 00:07:44,070 --> 00:07:48,500 Speaker 1: own cars, you know, or put a, uh, whatever, lock 100 00:07:48,540 --> 00:07:53,460 Speaker 1: them up. But, uh, that doesn't, I, again, it doesn't 101 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,060 Speaker 1: help me. It doesn't, I don't need to know that information. 102 00:07:57,460 --> 00:08:01,820 Speaker 1: There's no reason I should know it. Uh, And I love, 103 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:03,700 Speaker 1: you know, in the New York Times every day, they 104 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: have a section called Catch Up on Today's Biggest Stories. 105 00:08:09,260 --> 00:08:14,679 Speaker 1: A generational clash in Massachusetts, rising borrowing costs and Yo-Yo 106 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: Ma's expanding reach. And I think this is kind of 107 00:08:21,180 --> 00:08:25,980 Speaker 1: like important news, important breaking stories. And it's, again, I 108 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: would say 95% of the stories in the New York 109 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 1: Times is gossip. 99% of the posts on social media 110 00:08:37,660 --> 00:08:42,340 Speaker 1: is gossip. And I just want to read Philippians chapter four, 111 00:08:44,370 --> 00:08:50,410 Speaker 1: where Paul says the following. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, 112 00:08:50,470 --> 00:08:53,990 Speaker 1: whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever 113 00:08:54,050 --> 00:08:57,910 Speaker 1: is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, 114 00:08:58,090 --> 00:09:01,069 Speaker 1: if there's anything worthy of praise, Think about these things. 115 00:09:01,950 --> 00:09:05,070 Speaker 1: What you have learned and received and heard and seen 116 00:09:05,270 --> 00:09:09,309 Speaker 1: in me. Practice these things and the God of peace 117 00:09:09,370 --> 00:09:16,590 Speaker 1: will be with you. This social media, the news, it's 118 00:09:18,290 --> 00:09:22,589 Speaker 1: all there to rob us of our peace. And Satan 119 00:09:23,270 --> 00:09:28,550 Speaker 1: loves it. Satan loves that we're all scrolling, doom scrolling, 120 00:09:29,380 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: He loves that we're anxious. He loves that we're distracted. 121 00:09:33,870 --> 00:09:36,210 Speaker 1: He loves that we're not reading our Bibles. He loves 122 00:09:36,270 --> 00:09:40,449 Speaker 1: that we're not communing with the creator of the universe. 123 00:09:40,750 --> 00:09:45,030 Speaker 1: He loves that we're ignoring our time with the most 124 00:09:45,750 --> 00:09:51,850 Speaker 1: amazing person of all time, Jesus Christ. I mean, why? 125 00:09:52,610 --> 00:09:57,130 Speaker 1: Satan loves us. I always say this. I say this 126 00:09:57,170 --> 00:09:59,079 Speaker 1: about other things, but Satan is laughing all the way 127 00:09:59,100 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: to the bank. And so I urge all of you, 128 00:10:03,740 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm, and I urge myself to just stop 129 00:10:08,820 --> 00:10:13,290 Speaker 1: and gossip the gospel. Just gossip the gospel. Don't talk 130 00:10:13,330 --> 00:10:16,110 Speaker 1: about other people. Don't talk about Milo. Don't talk about 131 00:10:16,130 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: Tucker Carlson, whatever. Just gossip the gospel. That's my final word. Wait, 132 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,660 Speaker 1: don't touch that dial. Please like and subscribe. And also, 133 00:10:28,740 --> 00:10:32,620 Speaker 1: please consider becoming a patron on Patreon. For as little 134 00:10:32,660 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: as $ 5 a month, you can really help us out 135 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:38,340 Speaker 1: on the show. The link is below. And we so, 136 00:10:38,420 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: so appreciate it. Thank you. 137 00:10:42,620 --> 00:10:44,980 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to this episode of The Beckett 138 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:50,310 Speaker 2: Cook Show. Your support makes this content possible. 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