1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,600 S1: Welcome to a Friday conversation at the Radio Backyard Fence. Oh, 2 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:11,920 S1: this is going to be so good. As soon as 3 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,080 S1: I heard the story about Carl and what was written 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,520 S1: on the inside cover of his Bible, I thought, I'll 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,439 S1: bet there's somebody else who has a story like this, 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,000 S1: and there's probably somebody who needs to hear the encouragement 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,000 S1: that these stories are going to bring. So we're going 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,479 S1: to talk with Carl and then it's your turn. The 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:32,199 S1: question today is what is written in your Bible? Did 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,640 S1: someone write something inside the cover, or do you have 11 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,159 S1: a letter or a card that you keep, maybe as 12 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,680 S1: a bookmark? And every time you see it, it gives 13 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:45,640 S1: you a warm memory of someone else. 26 years ago, 14 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:50,360 S1: someone wrote something inside Carl's Bible. Tell me your story 15 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,800 S1: written in your Bible, written on your heart. That's our topic. 16 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:55,720 S1: Straight ahead on the program. From the heart to the 17 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,520 S1: heart for the heart. We begin with a thank you 18 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,270 S1: to Ryan McConaughey doing all things technical. Tricia is our producer. 19 00:01:01,270 --> 00:01:04,670 S1: Lisa is helping out. Josh answering your calls. Steven is 20 00:01:04,670 --> 00:01:08,309 S1: in the chair today. And since it's Friday. That's right. 21 00:01:08,310 --> 00:01:11,470 S1: It's time for the fabulous Fabry Friday. Sy what does 22 00:01:11,470 --> 00:01:14,630 S1: it do? Chris I'll tell you. One we oxygenate your blood. Two, 23 00:01:14,670 --> 00:01:19,190 S1: we get your endorphins going. Three, we raise your serotonin level. Four, 24 00:01:19,190 --> 00:01:24,070 S1: we promote lymphatic drainage and. Five, we stimulate your parasympathetic system. 25 00:01:24,069 --> 00:01:26,910 S1: That's why we call it the five lung languages. We 26 00:01:26,910 --> 00:01:30,350 S1: also stimulate your vagus nerve. We help you release acetylcholine. 27 00:01:30,350 --> 00:01:34,030 S1: And don't you dare forget what it does to cortisol dissipation. 28 00:01:34,230 --> 00:01:36,589 S1: Take in four seconds of air through your nose right now. 29 00:01:36,870 --> 00:01:39,789 S1: Hold it for seconds. And then as you release that 30 00:01:39,790 --> 00:01:41,830 S1: air through your mouth, push on the left side of 31 00:01:41,830 --> 00:01:44,030 S1: your rib cage to get rid of all that bad 32 00:01:44,030 --> 00:01:47,510 S1: carbon dioxide. Give a sigh today for the first Bible 33 00:01:47,510 --> 00:01:50,110 S1: you ever received with your name, the date, and the 34 00:01:50,150 --> 00:01:53,230 S1: giver of that Bible. Give a sigh for the missionary 35 00:01:53,230 --> 00:01:55,590 S1: family you pray for every time you see the thank 36 00:01:55,630 --> 00:01:59,090 S1: you note they sent from a faraway land. Sigh for 37 00:01:59,090 --> 00:02:02,210 S1: the cursive writing you can barely make out. Written by 38 00:02:02,210 --> 00:02:05,570 S1: a grandmother or grandfather. And the warm feelings when you 39 00:02:05,570 --> 00:02:08,850 S1: see this between the pages of your Bible. Give a 40 00:02:08,850 --> 00:02:11,850 S1: sigh for the obituary you have as a bookmark. Tattered 41 00:02:11,850 --> 00:02:13,970 S1: and worn. Give a sigh for the signature of the 42 00:02:13,970 --> 00:02:16,490 S1: pastor who wrote something in the Bible you were given 43 00:02:16,490 --> 00:02:20,450 S1: as a wedding present, but fail at today's fabulous Fabry Friday. 44 00:02:20,490 --> 00:02:24,130 S1: Sigh is brought to you by what's written in your Bible. 45 00:02:25,169 --> 00:02:27,290 S1: Before we get to our topic. So today is the 46 00:02:27,290 --> 00:02:30,170 S1: last day of Founder's Week. Don't miss it. Did you 47 00:02:30,169 --> 00:02:33,690 S1: hear Doctor Tony Evans last night? Doctor Rick Nelson, the 48 00:02:33,690 --> 00:02:36,609 S1: newly inaugurated president of Moody, is going to be speaking 49 00:02:36,610 --> 00:02:39,530 S1: at the final session this evening. We have a link 50 00:02:39,530 --> 00:02:42,489 S1: for you to see that the live stream there and more. 51 00:02:42,850 --> 00:02:47,250 S1: So you can participate@chris.org. And if you say, I don't 52 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:50,370 S1: know what Founder's Week is, just trust me. Go there, 53 00:02:50,610 --> 00:02:54,889 S1: go there, participate, click through, go to Chris Fabry live.org. 54 00:02:55,410 --> 00:02:58,600 S1: And another bit of information. We have one week or 55 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,400 S1: so before the end of October. Next Saturday we wave 56 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:06,320 S1: goodbye to October and and invite November in. And this 57 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,919 S1: month we've had Christmas in October because our thank You 58 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,000 S1: is a gift devotional that will take you deep into 59 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,600 S1: the love of God for you that was shown in 60 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,640 S1: In God's Greatest Gift. Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth has written a 61 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:24,640 S1: 31 day devotional. Listen to what she says. We look up. 62 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:29,200 S1: But Jesus looked down not only to see us, but 63 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:33,799 S1: to be like us, to live like us, and to 64 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:38,240 S1: make his home with us. He stooped down to love us, 65 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,880 S1: to be near us, to rub shoulders with us, and 66 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:46,240 S1: to be one of us, to know us and care 67 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:50,720 S1: for us. Let me send you this devotional, Consider Jesus 68 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:53,400 S1: by Nancy. I want you to get it in time 69 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,950 S1: so you can enjoy it all through the Christmas season. 70 00:03:55,950 --> 00:04:02,190 S1: Call today 86695 Fabri or go to Chris Fabri live.org. 71 00:04:03,190 --> 00:04:05,350 S1: Give a gift of any size. We are nearing our 72 00:04:05,350 --> 00:04:09,070 S1: financial goal. If a few people gave a $50 gift today, 73 00:04:09,070 --> 00:04:11,790 S1: we would be right there. So help us out here 74 00:04:11,790 --> 00:04:19,190 S1: in the last waning days of October. Eight. 669532279. Or 75 00:04:19,190 --> 00:04:22,950 S1: go to chris.org. And thanks for your support of the 76 00:04:22,950 --> 00:04:27,270 S1: Radio by Carrot fans. Last week was the inauguration of 77 00:04:27,270 --> 00:04:31,390 S1: Doctor Rick Nelson at Moody Bible Institute. And beside him 78 00:04:31,750 --> 00:04:35,670 S1: on the stage were four the four living presidents of 79 00:04:35,670 --> 00:04:39,470 S1: the school that D.L. Moody founded. And in that ceremony 80 00:04:39,510 --> 00:04:42,150 S1: is kind of a charge to the new president. There 81 00:04:42,150 --> 00:04:45,909 S1: was a story told about a moody student who came 82 00:04:45,910 --> 00:04:50,349 S1: to Moody in the late 1980s, and his audacity to 83 00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:54,460 S1: ask to take the then president, Doctor Stowell, to dinner 84 00:04:54,700 --> 00:04:58,380 S1: one evening. And that story is the basis for our 85 00:04:58,380 --> 00:05:01,900 S1: question today. What's written in your Bible? The former student's 86 00:05:01,940 --> 00:05:05,660 S1: name is Carl Bastian. That's all I'm going to say 87 00:05:05,660 --> 00:05:09,300 S1: about him for now. But Carl, aren't you Doug Bastian son? 88 00:05:10,420 --> 00:05:13,580 S2: I am, and he will be so happy to hear 89 00:05:13,580 --> 00:05:14,419 S2: you say that. 90 00:05:15,620 --> 00:05:16,620 S1: You give him a hug. 91 00:05:16,620 --> 00:05:19,099 S2: Jokes that he. He hoped I would be known as 92 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:22,340 S2: his son, but instead, he's known as my dad. So, uh, 93 00:05:22,339 --> 00:05:23,260 S2: thanks for doing that. 94 00:05:23,580 --> 00:05:26,780 S1: I'm going to let you tell this story. And, uh, 95 00:05:26,779 --> 00:05:28,940 S1: if you go to our Facebook page, you can see 96 00:05:28,940 --> 00:05:32,260 S1: a picture of what was written in Carl's Bible. As 97 00:05:32,260 --> 00:05:34,300 S1: I understand it, you didn't know they were going to 98 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:36,580 S1: tell this story in the ceremony last week and you 99 00:05:36,580 --> 00:05:38,980 S1: started getting messages on your phone. Is that right? 100 00:05:39,540 --> 00:05:42,420 S2: I did, I did not know and, uh, was very 101 00:05:42,420 --> 00:05:47,859 S2: excited that we've got yet another amazing, godly president for MBI. Um, 102 00:05:47,860 --> 00:05:51,260 S2: but no, I started getting text messages and tagged in 103 00:05:51,260 --> 00:05:53,760 S2: Facebook posts and the first one I thought was a 104 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,919 S2: mistake because it just said, uh, love, love your story. 105 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:58,960 S2: And when I clicked on it, I was like, what? 106 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,840 S2: So I had to listen to it. And then I 107 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,240 S2: was like, oh, what a blessing to have that incredible 108 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:09,159 S2: story about my favorite Joe in the world being told, 109 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,240 S2: and to see him be sitting there on the stage. I, 110 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,840 S2: I thought it was such a blessing. And if he's listening, hey, 111 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,320 S2: I will take him to lunch again sometime. And a 112 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:22,279 S2: little nicer than McDonald's. Um, if our paths could ever cross, 113 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,839 S2: it would be, it would be the, the summation of 114 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:25,919 S2: my ministry life. 115 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,080 S1: The thing that I remember from that McDonald's that you 116 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,440 S1: took him to is that they would have coupons in 117 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:35,239 S1: the Moody student, the newspaper for buy one, get one 118 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,960 S1: free of just about any of the meals. So I'm 119 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,240 S1: back with you. I understand what's going on. So. So 120 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,680 S1: take me back to you. You come to Moody in 121 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:48,839 S1: 1988 and this is in 1990 when this happens. Start 122 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:50,080 S1: us off. What did you do? 123 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,070 S2: Well, if I start at the beginning, I was born. 124 00:06:53,070 --> 00:06:54,990 S2: They slapped me and my parents said, you're going to 125 00:06:55,029 --> 00:06:59,670 S2: Moody Bible Institute. Um, I, I've been a moody guy, um, 126 00:06:59,790 --> 00:07:02,990 S2: from the youngest age, um, story we don't probably have 127 00:07:02,990 --> 00:07:07,589 S2: time for, but my parents met there moody bridal couple and, uh, 128 00:07:07,589 --> 00:07:11,750 S2: I met my wife there and I was enjoying, um, Moody. 129 00:07:11,750 --> 00:07:15,150 S2: I never got the senioritis. I was ready for ministry, 130 00:07:15,150 --> 00:07:17,950 S2: but I, I was, I knew this was a unique 131 00:07:17,950 --> 00:07:21,390 S2: season of life that would never be replicated. Getting to 132 00:07:21,390 --> 00:07:24,390 S2: live in a community like that, um, you know, with 133 00:07:24,390 --> 00:07:27,470 S2: chapels and lessons and everything. Um, but one of my 134 00:07:27,470 --> 00:07:30,790 S2: many jobs to work my way through school was valet parking. 135 00:07:30,790 --> 00:07:32,590 S2: I worked for a company and I valet parked at 136 00:07:32,590 --> 00:07:35,550 S2: different places. And I don't know, is it still there? 137 00:07:35,990 --> 00:07:38,950 S1: You know, they tore it down, but I know exactly. 138 00:07:38,990 --> 00:07:39,830 S2: Oh, what a shame. 139 00:07:39,870 --> 00:07:42,270 S1: I know exactly what you're talking about. And then the, 140 00:07:42,270 --> 00:07:46,230 S1: the wait staff that would abuse you when they gave you. 141 00:07:46,230 --> 00:07:49,510 S2: Your my wife was new from the Philippines, my girlfriend 142 00:07:49,550 --> 00:07:52,900 S2: then and could not believe when they said, hurry up 143 00:07:52,900 --> 00:07:55,500 S2: and eat and get out of here. We have other customers. Um, 144 00:07:55,540 --> 00:07:58,540 S2: and she was just, she thought this was America, you know, 145 00:07:58,580 --> 00:08:00,700 S2: when we first went there. But anyway, I was valet 146 00:08:00,700 --> 00:08:04,980 S2: parking there and um, because in that network of valet, 147 00:08:05,020 --> 00:08:07,580 S2: you could keep your tips. Uh, well, you couldn't keep 148 00:08:07,580 --> 00:08:09,340 S2: your tips. You put them all into a pot and 149 00:08:09,340 --> 00:08:12,460 S2: then they split them evenly. Uh, the, there could be 150 00:08:12,460 --> 00:08:16,980 S2: some dishonesty. So they put the moody student in charge of, um, 151 00:08:17,020 --> 00:08:19,300 S2: of where the cars went and collecting the tips because 152 00:08:19,300 --> 00:08:22,340 S2: they figured we were honest and, uh, Joe stole drives 153 00:08:22,340 --> 00:08:26,500 S2: in and his Ford Taurus and um, I as being the, the, 154 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:29,580 S2: the lead got to pick where the cars went. Most 155 00:08:29,580 --> 00:08:32,900 S2: cars went across the street into a parking garage. Um, 156 00:08:32,900 --> 00:08:35,340 S2: but some of the fancy ones, there were some prime 157 00:08:35,340 --> 00:08:37,820 S2: spots for them and I was able to tell these guys, hey, 158 00:08:37,860 --> 00:08:39,900 S2: park it right there. And they're like the Ford Taurus. 159 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:43,380 S2: I was like, yes, that's my president's car. And, um, 160 00:08:43,380 --> 00:08:45,980 S2: and so I, I, I drove it to that little 161 00:08:45,980 --> 00:08:49,010 S2: spot and I, I, you know, I was like, I'm 162 00:08:49,010 --> 00:08:53,770 S2: sitting where Joe Stohl sits, you know, and, um, and I, 163 00:08:53,770 --> 00:08:56,370 S2: I adored him, just looked up to him so much. 164 00:08:56,370 --> 00:08:58,929 S2: So I left a note in his car saying, if 165 00:08:58,970 --> 00:09:02,490 S2: you'd ever like to go out in a 1979 white Vette, 166 00:09:02,570 --> 00:09:07,209 S2: here's my room number. And then I put PS Chevette and, um, 167 00:09:07,250 --> 00:09:11,010 S2: he came out and, um, and, uh, tipped me and 168 00:09:11,010 --> 00:09:13,530 S2: left and I wondered if he would see the note. 169 00:09:13,530 --> 00:09:18,530 S2: So a funny anecdote that's not on my web story or, uh, 170 00:09:18,530 --> 00:09:22,530 S2: was mentioned in the chapel's next presidential chapel on Tuesday. 171 00:09:22,530 --> 00:09:25,410 S2: I was in the throng around the president hoping to 172 00:09:25,410 --> 00:09:28,130 S2: get a word in. He points at me and he goes, Carl, 173 00:09:28,570 --> 00:09:32,650 S2: I got your note and I'll be calling you. And then, uh, 174 00:09:32,650 --> 00:09:36,130 S2: so everyone looks at me like, what? He knows your name. And, um. 175 00:09:36,130 --> 00:09:38,010 S2: And then he said, uh. When I got up there 176 00:09:38,010 --> 00:09:39,650 S2: to my turn, he said, did you get to keep 177 00:09:39,650 --> 00:09:42,130 S2: that tip? And I said, no, we turn them all 178 00:09:42,130 --> 00:09:44,450 S2: in there. And he goes, I thought. So he pulls 179 00:09:44,450 --> 00:09:48,350 S2: his wallet out and he gives me five bucks And, um, 180 00:09:48,510 --> 00:09:51,709 S2: and so the students are all like, we're half paying attention. 181 00:09:51,710 --> 00:09:53,990 S2: Why is the president giving Karl five bucks? So I 182 00:09:53,990 --> 00:09:55,710 S2: told my friends, well, he was hard up the other 183 00:09:55,710 --> 00:09:59,190 S2: day and I spotted him a fiver. Um, but it 184 00:09:59,190 --> 00:10:01,550 S2: was so much fun. Uh, and I anticipated I knew 185 00:10:01,590 --> 00:10:04,310 S2: he was busy. Uh, a little time went by, and 186 00:10:04,309 --> 00:10:07,429 S2: then one day my roommate answers the phone and he's like, Karl, 187 00:10:07,710 --> 00:10:12,110 S2: it's the president. And I said, Bill Clinton. And he goes, no, 188 00:10:12,150 --> 00:10:16,950 S2: not that president, the president of our college. And, um, 189 00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:19,670 S2: so we made arrangements. I picked him up at the 190 00:10:19,670 --> 00:10:22,750 S2: arch and, um, we went to the McDonald's because I 191 00:10:22,750 --> 00:10:24,910 S2: was the house magician there and I got free food. 192 00:10:24,910 --> 00:10:27,670 S2: I could I that was every girl I took on 193 00:10:27,670 --> 00:10:29,790 S2: a date, all the ones that didn't marry me. I 194 00:10:29,830 --> 00:10:31,230 S2: took the McDonald's, you know. 195 00:10:31,750 --> 00:10:34,190 S1: Okay, wait a minute, wait a minute. So your study, 196 00:10:34,230 --> 00:10:36,710 S1: what do you study? What's your major at Moody? And 197 00:10:36,710 --> 00:10:38,150 S1: what do you think you're going to do? 198 00:10:39,110 --> 00:10:41,510 S2: You know, at that time, I started as a as 199 00:10:41,550 --> 00:10:45,189 S2: a Christian education. They didn't have children's ministry focus then, 200 00:10:45,470 --> 00:10:48,980 S2: but growing up as a PK, um, and, and a 201 00:10:48,980 --> 00:10:51,780 S2: mom who ran the kids ministry, uh, early on felt 202 00:10:51,780 --> 00:10:54,540 S2: like this isn't for me because this sounds terrible to say, 203 00:10:54,540 --> 00:10:56,980 S2: but I feel like I know this stuff. So I 204 00:10:57,020 --> 00:10:59,500 S2: switched to Bible theology because you're never going to say, 205 00:10:59,500 --> 00:11:02,100 S2: I know, I know, I know all this. And so 206 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:04,939 S2: I switched to Bible theology. Uh, so I married my 207 00:11:04,940 --> 00:11:08,700 S2: Christian education degree. That's what Sarah got. And, um, and 208 00:11:08,700 --> 00:11:10,140 S2: so we're, we're a great team. 209 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:14,420 S1: Okay. So Karl Bastian is with us today. He took 210 00:11:14,420 --> 00:11:19,220 S1: Doctor Joe Stowell in his 79 Chevette to a McDonald's 211 00:11:19,220 --> 00:11:22,980 S1: in the middle of Chicago. McDonald's fancy McDonald's. It was 212 00:11:22,980 --> 00:11:24,820 S1: the rock and roll McDonald's million. 213 00:11:24,860 --> 00:11:27,620 S2: Dollars in decor. So just to be clear, yes. 214 00:11:27,780 --> 00:11:31,300 S1: And and he was the staff magician there at that, 215 00:11:31,340 --> 00:11:33,900 S1: if you can believe this. So all of this comes 216 00:11:34,300 --> 00:11:37,020 S1: all of this works together. Let me take a quick break. 217 00:11:37,020 --> 00:11:39,740 S1: We'll come back with Karl. I'll tell you exactly what 218 00:11:39,740 --> 00:11:44,100 S1: he is doing now. And if you're in children's ministry 219 00:11:44,100 --> 00:11:47,770 S1: in any sense, you might be helped by what he 220 00:11:47,770 --> 00:11:51,050 S1: has been doing for the last 30 plus years. We've 221 00:11:51,050 --> 00:11:55,490 S1: got a link to Karl's information right there, Chris. fabriclive.org. 222 00:11:55,770 --> 00:12:08,170 S1: And your stories coming up straight ahead. This is Chris 223 00:12:08,210 --> 00:12:10,450 S1: Fabry live on Moody Radio. Thanks a lot for joining 224 00:12:10,450 --> 00:12:15,770 S1: us today. I'm asking this question, what's written in your Bible? 225 00:12:16,010 --> 00:12:19,810 S1: Do you have anybody that wrote something? Maybe they presented 226 00:12:19,809 --> 00:12:21,770 S1: you with this Bible, and they wrote a note in 227 00:12:21,809 --> 00:12:24,970 S1: there at the beginning of it. Or you have some 228 00:12:24,970 --> 00:12:28,770 S1: kind of a note, a letter, a card, something that 229 00:12:28,770 --> 00:12:31,010 S1: you keep there. And every time you look at it, 230 00:12:31,050 --> 00:12:34,810 S1: something happens on the inside. What's written in your Bible 231 00:12:34,809 --> 00:12:40,850 S1: is the topic today. Here's the number (877) 548-3675. I want 232 00:12:40,850 --> 00:12:43,559 S1: to hear from you. Number of people answered this question 233 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,960 S1: on Facebook. I know we're going to have fun today. 234 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,199 S1: I just want to hear what's written in your Bible. 235 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:53,000 S1: Either the written on the front cover like Karl had, 236 00:12:53,240 --> 00:13:00,760 S1: or later inside. (877) 548-3675. Now a little bit of information 237 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:05,320 S1: that I didn't know. And for anybody who is saying, 238 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,040 S1: I went to edu in Chicago and they didn't tear 239 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,280 S1: it down. Well, the one that was the one that 240 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:14,240 S1: Karl was doing the valet for is no longer there. 241 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,040 S1: But there's one in Streeterville. I guess they moved it 242 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:22,640 S1: to Streeterville. So. So if Ed is listening now, we know. Sorry. 243 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:26,560 S1: We talked about that demise. Uh, Karl Bastion was a 244 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:30,400 S1: student at Moody. He he gave this note to then 245 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,120 S1: Doctor Joseph Stoll. He said, I want to take you 246 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,520 S1: to dinner. He gets Doctor Stoll. They drive down to 247 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:40,680 S1: the rock and roll McDonald's just a few blocks south 248 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,220 S1: of the Moody Bible Institute. What happens Carl? 249 00:13:45,580 --> 00:13:48,820 S2: Well, we went there. We had a great time. Um, 250 00:13:49,059 --> 00:13:53,380 S2: he was so approachable and so real. And, um, and 251 00:13:53,380 --> 00:13:55,980 S2: we had some funny stories. I'd had a really funny 252 00:13:56,020 --> 00:13:59,380 S2: thing happen in my pen pal relationship with a missionary 253 00:13:59,380 --> 00:14:02,420 S2: kid in the Philippines who's now my wife. Um, she 254 00:14:02,420 --> 00:14:06,100 S2: was not here yet. And, um, and he shared a 255 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:08,900 S2: very funny, very personal story, one that I'm not going 256 00:14:08,940 --> 00:14:11,780 S2: to repeat because not just because it was shared with 257 00:14:11,780 --> 00:14:14,059 S2: me and I don't have his permission. Um, but at 258 00:14:14,059 --> 00:14:18,260 S2: the end of our wonderful laugh, laughter filled time, I said, 259 00:14:18,260 --> 00:14:21,420 S2: everyone's gonna say, hey, you've had lunch with the president. 260 00:14:21,420 --> 00:14:24,020 S2: What did he what did he say? And he was like, oh, 261 00:14:24,660 --> 00:14:27,740 S2: I so I said, I need a presidential proclamation of 262 00:14:27,740 --> 00:14:30,580 S2: some sort. And I said, I brought my Bible. You know, 263 00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:32,460 S2: I don't worship the Bible, but it would mean a 264 00:14:32,460 --> 00:14:35,220 S2: lot to me if you would sign my Bible. And, 265 00:14:35,220 --> 00:14:37,580 S2: and that's, that's where, you know, you can see on 266 00:14:37,580 --> 00:14:40,180 S2: my blog and I think you posted it as well, um, 267 00:14:40,220 --> 00:14:41,930 S2: that he wrote in my Bible and he took the 268 00:14:41,930 --> 00:14:44,290 S2: time to do it. He said, Carl to a young 269 00:14:44,290 --> 00:14:49,210 S2: man whose heart burns for God. Uh, don't let the 270 00:14:49,210 --> 00:14:52,010 S2: fire die. And then here's the key thing that had 271 00:14:52,010 --> 00:14:54,130 S2: such a profound impact on my life. He said, be 272 00:14:54,170 --> 00:14:58,010 S2: God's man in God's place always. He signed it. He 273 00:14:58,010 --> 00:15:01,410 S2: put Proverbs 423 below his signature. And, uh, and then 274 00:15:01,410 --> 00:15:04,450 S2: he gave me a mini presidential sermon. And he said, Carl, 275 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:06,890 S2: in ministry, you're going to have hard times. You're going 276 00:15:06,890 --> 00:15:09,570 S2: to have good times, you're going to have struggles. Um, 277 00:15:09,610 --> 00:15:12,090 S2: but all that matters at the end of every day 278 00:15:12,090 --> 00:15:15,970 S2: is asking yourself these two very important questions. AM I 279 00:15:16,010 --> 00:15:18,890 S2: who God wants me to be? And am I where 280 00:15:18,930 --> 00:15:21,290 S2: God wants me to be? And I can tell you, 281 00:15:21,290 --> 00:15:24,410 S2: there's been many times anyone in ministry knows that ministry 282 00:15:24,410 --> 00:15:26,570 S2: is not easy. You go into it thinking, oh, I'm 283 00:15:26,570 --> 00:15:28,650 S2: working at the church. It's going to be rosy, but 284 00:15:28,650 --> 00:15:32,090 S2: you're dealing with broken people that are maturing in their faith. 285 00:15:32,090 --> 00:15:35,050 S2: Everything doesn't go perfect because, you know, Jesus said he 286 00:15:35,050 --> 00:15:37,530 S2: came for the, you know, like a doctor to the 287 00:15:37,530 --> 00:15:40,840 S2: people who need help. And. And in those times when 288 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,040 S2: I've had to ask myself, am I who God wants 289 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:44,840 S2: me to be? And there's been times where the answer 290 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,760 S2: was no. And I've had to do corrective things in 291 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,120 S2: my heart and in my life. And then also, are 292 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,440 S2: you where God wants you to be? And that's, that's 293 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:57,720 S2: led to ministry transitions. Um, because, you know, I just 294 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,640 S2: so appreciate having that metric, um, that has guided me 295 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:07,280 S2: through difficult times and been celebratory during the good times. Yeah. 296 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:11,760 S1: I love his signature to his cursive is just flawless, 297 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:12,320 S1: isn't it? 298 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,560 S2: Oh, it's fantastic. And I still have that Bible. It's 299 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:19,240 S2: very tattered. I used it from high school through Bible college, and. 300 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,960 S2: And honestly, I was afraid of losing it. Um, now 301 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,480 S2: that it's got that special note in it. So, uh, 302 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:26,880 S2: it has a special place in my office. 303 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:31,640 S1: So now, you know, that's what's written in Carl's Bible. 304 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:35,200 S1: AM I who God wants me to be? AM I 305 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,710 S1: where God wants me to be? That's that's a question. 306 00:16:39,710 --> 00:16:43,070 S1: Those two questions you can hang over your life right 307 00:16:43,070 --> 00:16:45,550 S1: now as you're driving down the road, as you listen 308 00:16:45,550 --> 00:16:48,670 S1: to this. You know, this happened back in 1990 and 309 00:16:48,670 --> 00:16:52,190 S1: he put the date there in 1990. But it's speaking 310 00:16:52,190 --> 00:16:57,310 S1: to us all these years later from Carl Bastian. Now, 311 00:16:57,310 --> 00:16:59,910 S1: the rest of Paul Harvey were here. He'd say, now 312 00:16:59,910 --> 00:17:03,750 S1: for the rest of the story, what happened to Carl? 313 00:17:03,790 --> 00:17:08,709 S1: Who's Doug Bastian's son? What happened to Carl after Moody 314 00:17:08,710 --> 00:17:12,669 S1: Bible Institute between then and today? What did you do? 315 00:17:14,310 --> 00:17:17,590 S2: You know, I graduated. Um, I thought I invented being 316 00:17:17,590 --> 00:17:20,310 S2: a children's pastor because my first job, I was offered 317 00:17:20,310 --> 00:17:23,590 S2: coordinator of children's ministry and they had pastors. This was 318 00:17:23,590 --> 00:17:26,350 S2: actually at the Moody Church, and they had pastors for 319 00:17:26,350 --> 00:17:31,110 S2: every age. And I said, can I be the kids pastor? And, um, 320 00:17:31,150 --> 00:17:33,510 S2: and I don't, I think in hindsight, they didn't care 321 00:17:33,510 --> 00:17:35,430 S2: what my title was. Just take care of the kids, 322 00:17:35,470 --> 00:17:38,500 S2: you know? um, in fact, uh, I told that story 323 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:41,340 S2: to one pastor who hired me and he made, I said, uh, 324 00:17:41,340 --> 00:17:43,659 S2: I could have asked to be the emperor of children's ministry, 325 00:17:43,660 --> 00:17:45,780 S2: and they probably would have given it to me. Um, 326 00:17:45,820 --> 00:17:48,020 S2: and so he actually made my door plaque Emperor of 327 00:17:48,020 --> 00:17:50,620 S2: Children's ministry. Um, I left it up for about two 328 00:17:50,619 --> 00:17:54,620 S2: weeks before, uh, anyone think it would go to my head? Um, 329 00:17:55,140 --> 00:17:57,020 S2: you know, but just like I had done at Moody 330 00:17:57,020 --> 00:18:00,580 S2: Church as a volunteer, I had applied for an internship. 331 00:18:00,820 --> 00:18:05,740 S2: Quick story. Uh, Erwin Lutzer, pastor Erwin Lutzer, um, met 332 00:18:05,740 --> 00:18:08,780 S2: with the elders, came back to me and said, um, well, Carl, 333 00:18:08,780 --> 00:18:11,300 S2: we appreciate you applying, but we can't use you as 334 00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:14,220 S2: an intern. And I was crushed. And then, um, he's 335 00:18:14,220 --> 00:18:16,060 S2: a little bit of a jokester. He said we decided 336 00:18:16,060 --> 00:18:19,340 S2: instead to offer you a job and, um, and so 337 00:18:19,340 --> 00:18:21,980 S2: it was a great privilege to be on staff at 338 00:18:22,020 --> 00:18:26,980 S2: Moody Church, uh, walking in the footsteps of D.L. Moody, who, 339 00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:30,659 S2: you know, well, began as a minister to children helping 340 00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:34,220 S2: street urchins. That's right. Uh, Sunday school that even Abraham 341 00:18:34,220 --> 00:18:37,919 S2: Lincoln visited. Um, but I'm preaching to the choir because, uh, 342 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,480 S2: you got a moody audience. So from there, I just 343 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,080 S2: continued to be a children's pastor. And then I read 344 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:47,040 S2: a really powerful book called The Intentional Minister, and it 345 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,639 S2: challenged you to come up with, why did God make 346 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:54,320 S2: you uniquely you today? We would call that a life 347 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:57,960 S2: mission statement. Um, so I actually went on a little retreat. 348 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,800 S2: This was while I was a moody student and decided 349 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:04,360 S2: that the reason God made Carl Bastian, my life mission 350 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,440 S2: was to reach and teach as many children as possible 351 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,280 S2: with the good news of God's love, and in the 352 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:13,520 S2: process to enlist, equip, and encourage others to do the same. 353 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:17,280 S2: So that has been my guiding mission since I graduated Moody. 354 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:19,800 S2: And the first half, you know, reaching kids I did 355 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,840 S2: as a gospel magician, I did as an evangelist, I 356 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,040 S2: did as a children's pastor. But that second half that 357 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,960 S2: God gave me, I was starting to wonder, like, what? 358 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,600 S2: How am I going to enlist, equip, and encourage others 359 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,480 S2: other than like my volunteers at my church? And then 360 00:19:33,550 --> 00:19:35,830 S2: the internet started and oh, I wish we had time 361 00:19:35,830 --> 00:19:38,790 S2: to tell you the funny stories of my first dabblings 362 00:19:38,790 --> 00:19:40,990 S2: on the internet when I had to explain what it was. 363 00:19:41,030 --> 00:19:43,750 S2: You know, George Bush gets teased for saying internets, but 364 00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:47,350 S2: there actually were internets, there were competing internets, and I 365 00:19:47,350 --> 00:19:50,790 S2: had to build the first Chanology site on multiple platforms 366 00:19:50,790 --> 00:19:53,750 S2: until the World Wide Web won. But I realized I 367 00:19:53,790 --> 00:19:57,510 S2: could connect with people around the world. And it wasn't 368 00:19:57,510 --> 00:19:59,630 S2: that I was an expert or a guru. It was 369 00:19:59,630 --> 00:20:03,070 S2: that I was a rookie going help me. And I thought, 370 00:20:03,070 --> 00:20:05,310 S2: maybe if I share what I'm doing, people will share 371 00:20:05,310 --> 00:20:08,790 S2: what they're doing. And it could be a reciprocal relationship. 372 00:20:08,790 --> 00:20:13,310 S2: And so it really took off in those early days@eschatology.org. Um, 373 00:20:13,550 --> 00:20:17,989 S2: and it grew phenomenally. I went full time with it 374 00:20:17,990 --> 00:20:20,550 S2: for a while, but then I missed being in front 375 00:20:20,550 --> 00:20:23,590 S2: of children every week. So I'm back, uh, being a 376 00:20:23,590 --> 00:20:24,550 S2: children's pastor. 377 00:20:25,190 --> 00:20:30,150 S1: So the website is kid ology dot ORG. We have 378 00:20:30,150 --> 00:20:32,260 S1: a link at the website at Chris Fabry live. 379 00:20:32,859 --> 00:20:35,619 S2: It's the study of kids, how they think, how they relate, 380 00:20:35,619 --> 00:20:38,460 S2: how they communicate, how they learn. Um, if people want 381 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:41,780 S2: to get get to kind of see all the different endeavors. 382 00:20:41,780 --> 00:20:45,940 S2: I do cardiologist, which I call myself a cardiologist, cardiologist.com 383 00:20:46,060 --> 00:20:48,660 S2: will point to cardiology and some of the other things 384 00:20:48,660 --> 00:20:51,219 S2: that we do. And the whole idea behind being the 385 00:20:51,220 --> 00:20:55,980 S2: cardiologist was Jesus, um, came to us. He became one 386 00:20:55,980 --> 00:20:58,540 S2: of us. The Apostle Paul said, I've become all things 387 00:20:58,540 --> 00:21:00,820 S2: to all men so that they might be reached. And 388 00:21:00,820 --> 00:21:04,060 S2: to reach kids, you've got to become childlike. You've got 389 00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:06,940 S2: like a missionary in cross-cultural ministry. You've got to learn 390 00:21:06,940 --> 00:21:10,260 S2: their language, learn their artifacts, which is toys, you know, 391 00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:13,900 S2: learn their language of humor and how to talk to them. 392 00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:18,500 S2: And so his heart is equipping people to minister to kids, 393 00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:23,780 S2: almost cross-culturally, within the context of their world. And that that's, 394 00:21:23,780 --> 00:21:24,900 S2: that's my passion. 395 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:28,900 S1: You know, some people see, uh, ministering to children as 396 00:21:28,940 --> 00:21:31,880 S1: kind of a stepping stone that you start here and you. 397 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,960 S1: And there's nothing wrong with that. You know, you move 398 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,040 S1: up to different age brackets and then you become a 399 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:40,119 S1: senior pastor. Um, but it sounded like from the very 400 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,160 S1: beginning at Moody and then you studied at Trinity Evangelical. 401 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:46,800 S1: You have your masters in children's ministry from Trinity that 402 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:51,200 S1: all along the way, what Doctor Stoll wrote in your Bible. 403 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,040 S1: AM I who God wants me to be? AM I 404 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,520 S1: where he wants me to be? This is kind of 405 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:59,359 S1: followed you that this is your niche. This is your lane, right? 406 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,719 S2: Yeah, it's my calling. And I got it at the 407 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,920 S2: age ten when I heard an evangelist, uh, challenge us. Uh, 408 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,639 S2: and I told my mom I wanted to be in 409 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:11,080 S2: children's ministry. And my mom's response was, you start next Wednesday. 410 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,280 S2: And I said, next Wednesday. I said, when I grow up. 411 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,480 S2: And she said, If God's called you to children's ministry, 412 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,159 S2: what's growing up got to do with anything? And, um, 413 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,440 S2: so she, you know, she was led to Christ as, 414 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,320 S2: as a child through a moody student on their PC 415 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,800 S2: w now we call them pcms, you know, practical Christian ministry. 416 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,310 S2: They used to be called work, and she was a 417 00:22:31,310 --> 00:22:35,590 S2: little inner city girl and, um, a student minister to her. 418 00:22:35,590 --> 00:22:37,990 S2: And they divided the kids up and, and he ended 419 00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:40,590 S2: up with just one student and he didn't know this, 420 00:22:40,590 --> 00:22:43,989 S2: but she overheard him being told by the manager of 421 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:47,790 S2: the program, hey, we can put Patty in another class. Um, 422 00:22:47,830 --> 00:22:50,430 S2: you know, because you just have one child. And he said, 423 00:22:50,430 --> 00:22:52,470 S2: I'll come every week. I don't care if it's just 424 00:22:52,470 --> 00:22:56,870 S2: for her. And and she started crying behind this curtain 425 00:22:56,869 --> 00:22:59,790 S2: that divided the different rooms because she couldn't believe that 426 00:22:59,790 --> 00:23:02,990 S2: this young man would come every week just to minister 427 00:23:03,070 --> 00:23:05,590 S2: to her. And that was part of her, the beginning 428 00:23:05,590 --> 00:23:08,270 S2: of her spiritual journey in her life to Christ. All 429 00:23:08,270 --> 00:23:11,230 S2: we know is his name was Jerry. We've never been 430 00:23:11,230 --> 00:23:14,189 S2: able to figure out what moody student it was. Um, 431 00:23:14,510 --> 00:23:17,590 S2: but it's just so incredible to me that he made time, um, 432 00:23:17,790 --> 00:23:20,550 S2: for a little girl. And, uh, she went to Moody. 433 00:23:20,550 --> 00:23:23,270 S2: She met my dad there. He had a, a great moody, 434 00:23:23,270 --> 00:23:27,149 S2: connected gospel salvation story, which I won't get into. And, uh, 435 00:23:27,150 --> 00:23:29,859 S2: and I'm the result of that. So whatever Jerry that was, 436 00:23:29,859 --> 00:23:32,580 S2: which I'll meet in heaven, it's led to a life 437 00:23:32,580 --> 00:23:35,899 S2: of legacy, not just at Moody, but more importantly, in 438 00:23:35,900 --> 00:23:36,540 S2: the Kingdom. 439 00:23:36,780 --> 00:23:40,460 S1: What a fantastic story. And your mom's first name is what? 440 00:23:41,180 --> 00:23:44,020 S2: It's Pattie Bastian. Patti with an I. Okay. Um, and 441 00:23:44,020 --> 00:23:47,100 S2: we and we established, uh, my, my wife and I 442 00:23:47,260 --> 00:23:50,899 S2: a scholarship in her name so that we can continue 443 00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:55,899 S2: to invest in moody students who are open to a 444 00:23:55,900 --> 00:23:59,420 S2: career in children's ministry to encourage them to do that 445 00:23:59,420 --> 00:24:01,300 S2: and to make it easier. You know, I got through 446 00:24:01,300 --> 00:24:04,500 S2: every semester at Moody on an alumni grant. I'd be, 447 00:24:04,540 --> 00:24:07,220 S2: you know, back then you had to have $1,000 to 448 00:24:07,260 --> 00:24:09,660 S2: register for the next semester, and I'd be at 800 449 00:24:09,660 --> 00:24:13,300 S2: or 900. Then you'd spend the semester, you know, paying 450 00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:17,140 S2: your bill. And, um, and every time I got a grant, 451 00:24:17,140 --> 00:24:20,620 S2: all eight semesters and they sometimes were big, sometimes were small. 452 00:24:20,859 --> 00:24:24,740 S2: And I felt like I wanted to pay that back somehow. Um, 453 00:24:24,780 --> 00:24:26,850 S2: so I was just helping moody students. And then the 454 00:24:26,850 --> 00:24:29,490 S2: head of the financial department called me up and said, 455 00:24:29,530 --> 00:24:31,010 S2: you know, it'd be a lot smarter if you did 456 00:24:31,050 --> 00:24:34,330 S2: a grant. I don't know what a grant was. Um, 457 00:24:34,609 --> 00:24:36,570 S2: and so, uh, we raised. 458 00:24:36,570 --> 00:24:39,689 S1: It all goes together. Carl. It all goes together here. 459 00:24:39,690 --> 00:24:43,130 S1: And there's somebody listening who is a children's minister. And 460 00:24:43,130 --> 00:24:50,170 S1: you're you're ready to. It's just really hard. This website, kidology.org, 461 00:24:50,210 --> 00:24:52,649 S1: might be the very thing that you're looking for, somebody 462 00:24:52,650 --> 00:24:57,689 S1: that you know who works with children. What a great story, Carl, 463 00:24:57,850 --> 00:25:00,530 S1: of give all the best to your dad because you 464 00:25:00,530 --> 00:25:02,410 S1: are Doug Bastian's son, right? 465 00:25:03,090 --> 00:25:04,130 S2: That is correct. 466 00:25:05,210 --> 00:25:07,330 S1: God bless you, friend. Thank you for being on with 467 00:25:07,330 --> 00:25:10,890 S1: us today. You can see that picture of Doctor Stoll, 468 00:25:10,930 --> 00:25:14,609 S1: what he wrote and see am I who God wants 469 00:25:14,609 --> 00:25:17,170 S1: me to be? AM I where God wants me to be? 470 00:25:17,210 --> 00:25:19,850 S1: At our Facebook page. But now I'm going to open 471 00:25:19,850 --> 00:25:25,760 S1: the phone lines for you at (877) 548-3675. What was written 472 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:29,560 S1: in your Bible. What do you see there as you 473 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:34,240 S1: open it up, or what note? What card? What picture? 474 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,920 S1: From a missionary. What? What is the thing that's in 475 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,920 S1: your Bible? That when you see it, you pray for somebody. 476 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:49,000 S1: You have this warm feeling of nostalgia. What's in there? Eight. 775483. Six. Seven. 477 00:25:49,040 --> 00:26:05,720 S1: Five more. Straight ahead. Okay. You've heard Carl's story and 478 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,960 S1: what a story. Oh, I just love that. And the picture, 479 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,680 S1: you can see it at our Facebook page of what 480 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,200 S1: Doctor Stowell wrote at the front of his Bible. Now 481 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,399 S1: it's your turn, though. And it's not going to be 482 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,880 S1: a program without you. Because the question is what is 483 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:23,160 S1: written in your Bible? Did someone write something to you 484 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:27,660 S1: inside the cover. Have you written something in there? Do 485 00:26:27,660 --> 00:26:30,900 S1: you have a letter? Do you have a card? Is 486 00:26:30,900 --> 00:26:34,100 S1: there some bookmark that you use? And every time you 487 00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:39,420 S1: see it, you think, ah, yeah, that a memory comes up. 488 00:26:39,980 --> 00:26:44,420 S1: 26 years ago. Doctor Stohl wrote in Carl's Bible. What 489 00:26:44,420 --> 00:26:52,020 S1: about you? Here's here's the number (877) 548-3675. Sum the sum story. 490 00:26:52,020 --> 00:26:54,540 S1: You have something written in your Bible somebody else needs 491 00:26:54,540 --> 00:26:57,219 S1: to hear. Just like we needed to hear what Doctor 492 00:26:57,220 --> 00:27:05,020 S1: Stohl wrote in Carl's Bible. (877) 548-3675. We start with Annette 493 00:27:05,020 --> 00:27:07,500 S1: in Ohio. Annette. Tell me why you called today. 494 00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:09,659 S3: Hi there. Are you still there? 495 00:27:09,900 --> 00:27:10,900 S1: I am still here. 496 00:27:10,980 --> 00:27:14,940 S3: They're good. Okay, good. Well, I bought a John MacArthur Bible, 497 00:27:14,940 --> 00:27:17,700 S3: and I was visiting in L.A. one day and asked 498 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:20,140 S3: him if he'd sign it. And he did. And that, 499 00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:23,770 S3: you know, he's such a superstar pastor, you know, throughout 500 00:27:23,770 --> 00:27:25,969 S3: the centuries. Now that to have his signature on my 501 00:27:25,970 --> 00:27:31,330 S3: Bible means a lot. And he wrote the following thing 502 00:27:31,330 --> 00:27:35,850 S3: he wrote underneath his name, which the date was the 503 00:27:35,850 --> 00:27:43,770 S3: date was November 2008. And he wrote Joshua one eight, 504 00:27:44,130 --> 00:27:49,970 S3: which later became my life verse because it says, you 505 00:27:49,970 --> 00:27:52,970 S3: should always. I'm going to read it real briefly here. 506 00:27:53,250 --> 00:27:53,770 S1: Oh please. 507 00:27:53,770 --> 00:27:58,050 S3: Do. For ministry. Sure. It says this. It says, this 508 00:27:58,050 --> 00:28:01,130 S3: book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, 509 00:28:01,410 --> 00:28:04,730 S3: but you shall meditate on it day and night, so 510 00:28:04,730 --> 00:28:07,730 S3: that you may be careful to do according to all 511 00:28:07,730 --> 00:28:10,330 S3: that is written in it. For then you will make 512 00:28:10,330 --> 00:28:14,209 S3: your way prosperous, and then you will have success. 513 00:28:14,890 --> 00:28:15,290 S4: Mhm. 514 00:28:16,210 --> 00:28:20,170 S1: And that you can live that every day or not 515 00:28:20,170 --> 00:28:21,760 S1: live it every day, right? 516 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,320 S3: That's so true. And I have a ministry that's 25 517 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:29,600 S3: years old, based for women, women in relationships, Titus two ministries. 518 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,520 S3: And I have a picture of the one who brought 519 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:36,080 S3: that to me. So I'm carrying his scripture around in 520 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:38,200 S3: not only my daily life, but also once a week 521 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,120 S3: at this wonderful study. And that picture also reminds me 522 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,920 S3: of the study that I conduct every week. 523 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,200 S1: So what it. 524 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,280 S3: Keeps in my Bible. 525 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:50,600 S1: Yeah. And then so when, when pastor MacArthur passed away, 526 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,680 S1: just in the last year or so, um, I can't 527 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,360 S1: remember the date of that, that that was probably a 528 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:58,960 S1: marker for you. Right. 529 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,520 S3: My goodness. Yes. And you know, I've been in Cleveland, 530 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:05,920 S3: Ohio since 1977, and I listened to him every day 531 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,400 S3: on the radio and I just didn't. I was baptized 532 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,800 S3: by him. We were married at his church. And every 533 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:13,200 S3: day I would listen to him because I didn't want 534 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,440 S3: to lose my church. You know, that was my church. 535 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,280 S3: And so that's why I went back. I visited and 536 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,260 S3: that's how I got this Bible signed. But just long 537 00:29:20,260 --> 00:29:24,020 S3: story short, the end of the story is that just 538 00:29:24,020 --> 00:29:27,940 S3: recently I found a plant from the McArthur Master Seminary 539 00:29:27,940 --> 00:29:31,380 S3: that's moving or has moved to Cleveland. So I cannot 540 00:29:31,380 --> 00:29:34,580 S3: wait to start. And I'm starting probably next week. 541 00:29:34,580 --> 00:29:36,500 S1: So really, isn't that great? 542 00:29:36,540 --> 00:29:36,940 S4: Yeah. 543 00:29:37,140 --> 00:29:39,980 S1: Oh, Annette, I'm so glad you got to share that today. 544 00:29:40,340 --> 00:29:43,540 S1: And Carl's story was faithful with his story of what 545 00:29:43,540 --> 00:29:46,940 S1: was written. And there you are with doctor McArthur. And 546 00:29:46,940 --> 00:29:49,180 S1: what that me, I can tell this means a lot 547 00:29:49,180 --> 00:29:52,820 S1: to you just in the the, the gentleness of your 548 00:29:52,820 --> 00:29:56,260 S1: voice and the ministry that you have. God bless you, friend. June. 549 00:29:56,260 --> 00:29:59,300 S1: Let's go down to Florida. June is on the line. Hi, June. 550 00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:00,060 S1: Go right ahead. 551 00:30:00,700 --> 00:30:06,020 S5: Hello. Um, this is not something somebody else wrote, but, um, 552 00:30:06,020 --> 00:30:09,780 S5: I have a thing called soap, which where you read 553 00:30:09,780 --> 00:30:12,740 S5: the scripture and then you write down your observation, and 554 00:30:12,740 --> 00:30:15,820 S5: then you write down your application for what you read, 555 00:30:15,820 --> 00:30:18,850 S5: and then you write your prayer. And over the years 556 00:30:18,850 --> 00:30:21,410 S5: I got. So that I'm writing it in my Bible. 557 00:30:21,890 --> 00:30:28,650 S5: And on 92617, I awoke from a dream where I 558 00:30:28,650 --> 00:30:32,330 S5: was trying to escape or get somewhere through the whole 559 00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:37,610 S5: dream and. And in this dream, I was terrified because 560 00:30:37,610 --> 00:30:42,250 S5: all I had was this filthy, rotting, moldy food and 561 00:30:42,250 --> 00:30:46,810 S5: my clothes were so torn and rotten and and moldy 562 00:30:46,810 --> 00:30:49,010 S5: and awful. And yet that's all I had. And I 563 00:30:49,010 --> 00:30:51,890 S5: was willing to fight to die for them because it's 564 00:30:51,890 --> 00:30:56,209 S5: all I had. And when I woke up, God showed 565 00:30:56,210 --> 00:31:00,330 S5: me as I was in the dream, homeless, stinking, carrying 566 00:31:00,330 --> 00:31:03,410 S5: my few filthy possessions and rotting food. I'm reading this 567 00:31:03,410 --> 00:31:06,530 S5: out of my Bible. Then he showed me arriving at 568 00:31:06,530 --> 00:31:10,330 S5: heaven the same way, so desperate to get there with 569 00:31:10,690 --> 00:31:15,090 S5: my filthy, rotting stuff. He lovingly all took it away 570 00:31:15,090 --> 00:31:17,280 S5: from me and sent me to a palace and a 571 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:21,120 S5: banquet and. And that's what happened in this dream. As 572 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:27,040 S5: I'm fighting to save this stuff, this prince guy, this 573 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:29,920 S5: handsome king guy came up to me and he said, here, 574 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:31,680 S5: give me that. And I'm like, no. And I was 575 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,440 S5: ready to fight for my life, to protect it because 576 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,880 S5: it's all I had. And he smiled so lovingly and 577 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:43,040 S5: yet proud of me that that I was willing to 578 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:44,760 S5: fight for it. And he said, no, no, let me 579 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,640 S5: take that. And he called his servants in, and they 580 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,520 S5: came and got me. And. And he said, take her 581 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,640 S5: into the. It. What it meant was like a spa 582 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:56,640 S5: and get her cleaned up and then take her to 583 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,000 S5: the dinner. And he took me to this wonderful dinner, 584 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:04,400 S5: and that's when I woke up. And um, I remember 585 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,520 S5: holding on to that food and fighting protect it. And 586 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:13,000 S5: he was so proud of me. And he's that not 587 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,990 S5: that that morning. I always read when I wake up 588 00:32:15,990 --> 00:32:20,910 S5: in the morning. That morning, I read Psalm 113 as 589 00:32:20,910 --> 00:32:24,790 S5: my part to read. And that's where I wrote all this, 590 00:32:24,790 --> 00:32:28,990 S5: because it says in Psalm 1137, he says, he lifts 591 00:32:28,990 --> 00:32:31,550 S5: the poor from the dust and the needy from the 592 00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:35,030 S5: garbage dump. He sets them among princes, even the princes 593 00:32:35,030 --> 00:32:38,150 S5: of his own people. He gives a childless woman a family, 594 00:32:38,150 --> 00:32:41,430 S5: making her a happy mother. And praise the Lord. And 595 00:32:41,430 --> 00:32:44,830 S5: I was I was really, you know, like, wow, this 596 00:32:44,830 --> 00:32:46,790 S5: is so cool that this happened. So that's why I 597 00:32:46,790 --> 00:32:49,430 S5: wrote it in my Bible. Then two. 598 00:32:49,630 --> 00:32:52,550 S1: You still have it to this day. You still have 599 00:32:52,550 --> 00:32:54,350 S1: that because you probably would have forgotten. 600 00:32:54,550 --> 00:32:56,950 S5: The same thing every year. I read the same thing 601 00:32:56,990 --> 00:33:01,710 S5: on those same dates. And then on two days later, 602 00:33:02,310 --> 00:33:06,310 S5: he had me read this thing, had me read Zechariah three, 603 00:33:07,190 --> 00:33:11,310 S5: which was Joshua's clothing was filthy as he stood there 604 00:33:11,310 --> 00:33:13,790 S5: before the angel. So the angel said to the other, 605 00:33:13,790 --> 00:33:17,060 S5: standing there, take off his filthy clothes and turn to 606 00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:19,820 S5: Joshua and said, see, I have taken away your sins, 607 00:33:19,820 --> 00:33:23,700 S5: and now I'm giving you fine new clothes. Then he said, 608 00:33:23,700 --> 00:33:26,100 S5: they should also place a clean turban on his head. 609 00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:28,900 S5: So they put a clean priestly turban on his head 610 00:33:28,900 --> 00:33:30,940 S5: and dressed him in new clothes, while the angel of 611 00:33:30,940 --> 00:33:33,980 S5: the Lord stood by. And this is two days later 612 00:33:34,340 --> 00:33:38,180 S5: that it had me read that. And and it was 613 00:33:38,180 --> 00:33:42,820 S5: it was so incredible. And, and I, I wrote in 614 00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:46,620 S5: here later, the rotting food was especially meaningful because it 615 00:33:46,620 --> 00:33:50,500 S5: was only a few weeks since we survived Hurricane Irma 616 00:33:50,540 --> 00:33:53,900 S5: down here in Florida, and all of our refrigerated and 617 00:33:53,900 --> 00:33:56,980 S5: frozen food had to be destroyed. It was that same 618 00:33:56,980 --> 00:34:00,100 S5: feeling when you see a full freezer and refrigerator and 619 00:34:00,100 --> 00:34:03,860 S5: everything get dumped into the trash because it's all rotted 620 00:34:03,860 --> 00:34:06,580 S5: and you can't eat any of it, and that's it. 621 00:34:06,580 --> 00:34:09,060 S5: It was all of that just kind of. So every 622 00:34:09,060 --> 00:34:12,500 S5: time I read this, I'm reminded, don't hold on to 623 00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:15,640 S5: what you got here. None of this stuff matters. It's 624 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:20,200 S5: all just filthy, moldy clothes and rotten food to him. 625 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,279 S5: And when you get up there, he's going to. He's 626 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:24,839 S5: going to provide you with this, his servants that are 627 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,680 S5: going to take you into a spa and get you 628 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,600 S5: all cleaned up and make you look like you belong there. 629 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,839 S1: So I am so glad. I am so glad that 630 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,399 S1: you wrote that. You wrote that down because I was 631 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,319 S1: I was thinking earlier, if you you had that experience, 632 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:43,110 S1: you probably the dream after a week or 2 or 633 00:34:43,110 --> 00:34:46,120 S1: 10 or a year or two, you. You forget some 634 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:50,719 S1: of the things, but you recorded it there. And right 635 00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,880 S1: next to that psalm, it reminds me of, uh, Doctor 636 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,960 S1: Walter Wangerin wrote this famous short story. It's probably the 637 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:01,800 S1: story that he's known, and he wrote novels and other 638 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:06,120 S1: long form stories, but the one that stuck the most 639 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:11,669 S1: in my soul and for many others is Ragman. Ragman. Uh, Going. 640 00:35:11,670 --> 00:35:15,310 S1: Going throughout the countryside. Get new rags for old. Give 641 00:35:15,310 --> 00:35:18,950 S1: me your old. Just like you were saying this. And 642 00:35:19,390 --> 00:35:24,390 S1: the picture of this is the person who takes the dirty, 643 00:35:24,550 --> 00:35:30,630 S1: the dirty clothes, the dirty rags, and gives new spotless rags, 644 00:35:30,870 --> 00:35:36,710 S1: and then gives up himself on the junk heap. You know, 645 00:35:36,750 --> 00:35:40,230 S1: at the end of the of the road near the town, 646 00:35:40,230 --> 00:35:45,110 S1: he gives up himself for those that he has helped 647 00:35:45,230 --> 00:35:49,430 S1: the picture of Jesus himself. Oh, these are good. But 648 00:35:49,430 --> 00:35:52,430 S1: I have room for you. Uh, June, thank you for 649 00:35:52,430 --> 00:35:58,430 S1: your call today. Here's the number (877) 548-3675. Don't let June's 650 00:35:58,430 --> 00:36:01,669 S1: story of make you make you hold back. If you've 651 00:36:01,670 --> 00:36:05,029 S1: got something that's just a few words or if some 652 00:36:05,070 --> 00:36:07,110 S1: if you have a Bible that was given to you 653 00:36:07,110 --> 00:36:10,700 S1: as a child by your Sunday school teacher, You still 654 00:36:10,700 --> 00:36:13,779 S1: have that and you still keep that and are able 655 00:36:13,780 --> 00:36:21,460 S1: to read those words. (877) 548-3675. What's written in your Bible? 656 00:36:21,620 --> 00:36:24,900 S1: Or what is that letter or card that you keep? 657 00:36:25,060 --> 00:36:29,419 S1: Or what did you like? June. Right in your own Bible. 658 00:36:29,460 --> 00:36:46,900 S1: (877) 548-3675 more straight ahead on Moody Radio. It is the 659 00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:49,859 S1: final day of Founder's Week at Moody Bible Institute. And 660 00:36:49,860 --> 00:36:52,980 S1: if you don't know what Founder's Week is, that's okay. 661 00:36:53,180 --> 00:36:58,020 S1: We have a link@chris.org. The new president of Moody, Doctor 662 00:36:58,020 --> 00:37:01,500 S1: Rick Nelson, is going to speak tonight. There's music, there's worship, 663 00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:04,940 S1: there's challenge. And you can find out more about that 664 00:37:04,940 --> 00:37:10,919 S1: at Chris Fabry dot ORG. what's written in your Bible 665 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:15,000 S1: is the question Jill says. My mom has. This book 666 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,359 S1: will keep you from sin, and sin will keep you 667 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,560 S1: from this book. I've seen that a couple of different 668 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:24,960 S1: times from folks who are answering on Facebook. How about you? 669 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,240 S1: Annette in Illinois. Hi, Annette. 670 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:28,960 S6: Hi. How are you? 671 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:30,520 S1: Doing great. Thank you. 672 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:36,080 S6: That's good. Yeah, I have a Bible. My mom bought 673 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:40,239 S6: a lot of Bibles as I was growing up, and 674 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,279 S6: both of my parents have passed away. But my my 675 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:47,880 S6: dad had this Bible, and when I got it after 676 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:52,399 S6: he passed, I opened up the front cover. And on 677 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:59,000 S6: the inside my mom wrote, this Bible belongs to my daughter, 678 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:06,040 S6: Annette Marie Barrett for going to church with me. And this. 679 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:11,070 S6: This is a very special Bible because it's got every 680 00:38:11,070 --> 00:38:14,790 S6: book that was ever written, and it's in this Bible. 681 00:38:14,790 --> 00:38:19,270 S6: It's like a 1800s Bible. So it's very, very special. 682 00:38:20,630 --> 00:38:21,630 S7: And when you see. 683 00:38:21,630 --> 00:38:25,750 S1: Her handwriting, you have your mother's handwriting there in front 684 00:38:25,750 --> 00:38:29,430 S1: of you. There's something that there's something about that, that, 685 00:38:29,469 --> 00:38:32,990 S1: you know, the script that your parents used isn't there? 686 00:38:33,390 --> 00:38:38,629 S6: Yes. When I see her handwriting, it's like she's talking 687 00:38:38,630 --> 00:38:42,310 S6: the words to me. Bingo. Because I can still hear 688 00:38:42,310 --> 00:38:44,110 S6: her voice. Yeah. 689 00:38:44,550 --> 00:38:46,989 S1: Well, and maybe that's one of the things that comes 690 00:38:46,989 --> 00:38:50,509 S1: out of this discussion here today is the power of 691 00:38:50,510 --> 00:38:53,350 S1: words that you can write on a card, on a note, 692 00:38:53,550 --> 00:38:57,989 S1: or a Bible that you give someone a gift. How 693 00:38:58,110 --> 00:39:04,950 S1: that will speak not just for today, but through the years. Um, Annette. 694 00:39:04,950 --> 00:39:07,339 S1: Thank you. Gary is on the line. Gary. What did 695 00:39:07,340 --> 00:39:08,260 S1: you want to say today? 696 00:39:09,100 --> 00:39:12,580 S8: Yes, sir. Um, when I graduated from college, when my 697 00:39:12,580 --> 00:39:15,740 S8: bachelor's degree, my parents asked me what I would like 698 00:39:16,180 --> 00:39:18,700 S8: and my Bible wasn't in the best shape. Now some 699 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:20,660 S8: parents will buy their kids a car or whatever. I 700 00:39:20,660 --> 00:39:23,859 S8: didn't care about anything except a new Bible. And my 701 00:39:23,860 --> 00:39:26,340 S8: pastor at that time said, you want a new Scofield 702 00:39:26,340 --> 00:39:30,380 S8: reference Bible? And so I said, okey doke. So anyway, 703 00:39:30,540 --> 00:39:33,020 S8: that's what they gave me. And on the inside of 704 00:39:33,020 --> 00:39:36,460 S8: the Bible, on the flyleaf cover, they put. We love you. 705 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:39,580 S8: We're so proud of you, Mom and dad. Now, the 706 00:39:39,580 --> 00:39:42,460 S8: reason I'm saying that is that Bible I use so much. 707 00:39:42,460 --> 00:39:45,140 S8: I'm a pastor now, but over the years I used 708 00:39:45,140 --> 00:39:49,339 S8: that Bible so much, especially the book of Romans, to 709 00:39:49,340 --> 00:39:51,899 S8: really get all the doctrines down the pages. I had 710 00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:54,580 S8: to absolutely put Scotch tape on to keep them together. 711 00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:58,700 S8: I do Bible study more 2 to 3 individual Bible 712 00:39:58,700 --> 00:40:00,660 S8: studies during the week, plus the one I do at 713 00:40:00,660 --> 00:40:04,890 S8: church for the congregation. Anyway, cut it short on the story. 714 00:40:05,530 --> 00:40:08,730 S8: I have no children, and within this last year, I 715 00:40:08,730 --> 00:40:11,170 S8: thought about this man that I started when he was 716 00:40:11,170 --> 00:40:15,490 S8: 20 years old, a state policeman, now super guy. And 717 00:40:15,489 --> 00:40:18,850 S8: every week we get together, maybe for breakfast, for supper, 718 00:40:19,170 --> 00:40:22,489 S8: but also for individual Bible study. And while back I 719 00:40:22,530 --> 00:40:25,569 S8: thought about that, about the Bible. And I said to him, 720 00:40:25,570 --> 00:40:29,210 S8: I said, would you like this? He said, I certainly would. 721 00:40:29,530 --> 00:40:31,770 S8: So I gave it to him and he can see. 722 00:40:31,810 --> 00:40:33,489 S8: I said, you can see where the pages are the 723 00:40:33,489 --> 00:40:37,210 S8: dirtiest from oil on the skin. Uh, what I really 724 00:40:37,210 --> 00:40:39,690 S8: focused in on what I have marked. And then the 725 00:40:39,690 --> 00:40:41,730 S8: other I have another Bible. When I was ordained as 726 00:40:41,730 --> 00:40:44,009 S8: a pastor that the church gave me at that time 727 00:40:44,010 --> 00:40:46,370 S8: and wrote in, and I figure I'll probably give that 728 00:40:46,370 --> 00:40:49,609 S8: to him as well. But I look for people that 729 00:40:49,610 --> 00:40:52,250 S8: are growing in the Lord, and they're not just going 730 00:40:52,290 --> 00:40:55,650 S8: to put something on a shelf. Yes. And so I'm 731 00:40:55,690 --> 00:40:58,810 S8: just blessed the Lord. I praise him for the opportunities 732 00:40:59,450 --> 00:41:01,410 S8: to be able to do things like this, to have 733 00:41:01,410 --> 00:41:02,770 S8: a part in their life. 734 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:07,879 S1: Pastor Gary, Pastor Gary. I love that. And again, that 735 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,000 S1: might be one of those things that comes out of 736 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,759 S1: a discussion like this. The giving, not just a by, 737 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:15,600 S1: you know, a new Bible is a great thing to give, 738 00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:19,440 S1: but to give a Bible that you have gone through 739 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:23,640 S1: and that you're looking, uh, talking through, you know, you're 740 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:27,640 S1: writing through, noting through. I've heard this, I think it 741 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:32,319 S1: was Michael Card and a guest mentioned the other day. Uh, yeah. Yeah, 742 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,759 S1: it was, um, who's the fellow who's going to be 743 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:40,280 S1: singing at the, uh, summit on. Yeah. Aaron Cheuse thank you. Ryan, 744 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:43,840 S1: you're my memory. Uh, Aaron said that he is going 745 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:48,560 S1: through the Bible and, and taking notes, writing notes, and 746 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:53,360 S1: then giving it to his children, his one of his sons, 747 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,520 S1: and then doing that for another Bible. What a gift. 748 00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,239 S1: What a gift. Pastor Gary. Thank you. Jeannie says, I 749 00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:04,460 S1: have a sweet note from my dad who passed away. 750 00:42:04,460 --> 00:42:08,620 S1: It is a treasure to me. What's written in your Bible? 751 00:42:08,660 --> 00:42:12,020 S1: Here's what the two Michaels I asked this question yesterday, 752 00:42:12,020 --> 00:42:15,380 S1: and here's what Mike V and Doctor Redlich had to say. 753 00:42:15,540 --> 00:42:18,180 S9: It's not a Bible I use every day anymore, but 754 00:42:18,219 --> 00:42:20,140 S9: it was the first Bible I ever bought was a 755 00:42:20,140 --> 00:42:25,820 S9: King James Version. Thompson chain reference Bible. And it's funny. 756 00:42:25,860 --> 00:42:27,820 S9: I still grab it and look at it and stuff, 757 00:42:27,820 --> 00:42:33,779 S9: but my wife made a little card for me 90 758 00:42:33,780 --> 00:42:36,819 S9: days before we got married, and she stuck it in 759 00:42:36,860 --> 00:42:39,060 S9: my Bible, and I didn't know she had done that. 760 00:42:39,060 --> 00:42:42,660 S9: And I discovered it the next day or something. And 761 00:42:42,660 --> 00:42:45,620 S9: she just, you know, talks about how much she loves 762 00:42:45,620 --> 00:42:48,100 S9: me and can't wait for us to be married so 763 00:42:48,100 --> 00:42:51,340 S9: we can be together all the time. And every time 764 00:42:51,340 --> 00:42:54,779 S9: I use my chain reference Bible, which actually is with 765 00:42:54,780 --> 00:42:58,379 S9: some frequency, I see that card there and it makes 766 00:42:58,380 --> 00:43:01,010 S9: me smile and it makes me love her all the more. 767 00:43:02,210 --> 00:43:03,170 S10: I love it. Doctor. 768 00:43:03,770 --> 00:43:06,010 S11: Well, I really don't have any things that I've tucked 769 00:43:06,010 --> 00:43:09,129 S11: in my Bible there. There is a verse that I 770 00:43:09,170 --> 00:43:11,649 S11: wrote in the front of my Bible, and I've written 771 00:43:11,650 --> 00:43:14,690 S11: in the front of every Bible I've ever had, and 772 00:43:14,810 --> 00:43:17,890 S11: it always gives me encouragement. It says, I assure you. 773 00:43:17,930 --> 00:43:20,250 S11: Jesus said, there is no one who has left house 774 00:43:20,250 --> 00:43:24,130 S11: brother or sisters, mother or father or children or fields 775 00:43:24,130 --> 00:43:26,690 S11: because of me. And the good news who will not 776 00:43:26,730 --> 00:43:31,050 S11: receive a hundred times more now at this time, houses, 777 00:43:31,050 --> 00:43:35,650 S11: brothers and sisters, mothers and children and fields with persecutions 778 00:43:36,050 --> 00:43:38,530 S11: and eternal life in the age to come. But many 779 00:43:38,570 --> 00:43:41,290 S11: who are first will be last and the last first. 780 00:43:41,450 --> 00:43:45,090 S11: That's Mark 1029 through 31. That always gives me encouragement, 781 00:43:45,090 --> 00:43:48,450 S11: and it's a really meaningful verse to me. And it 782 00:43:48,489 --> 00:43:51,290 S11: gave me I wrote it in my very first Bible, 783 00:43:51,810 --> 00:43:56,080 S11: and I got a new American standard back in 1973 784 00:43:56,080 --> 00:44:00,280 S11: or 4. Wrote it in there. I had another Bible 785 00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:01,759 S11: before that, but that was the first one I ever 786 00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:04,960 S11: bought for myself and and wrote it in there. And 787 00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:07,360 S11: I've written in every Bible I've ever used ever since. 788 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:11,359 S1: So there's Doctor Van Landingham, this note from Sue that 789 00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:15,480 S1: he still has what Doctor Redneck wrote himself as a 790 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:19,880 S1: reminder and an encouragement to him. You've heard Carl's story 791 00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:23,040 S1: with Doctor Stowell saying, am I who God wants me 792 00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:26,840 S1: to be? AM I where God wants me to be? 793 00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:29,480 S1: And then these other stories. Thank you for calling in. 794 00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:32,160 S1: Camille says this. My first Bible was given to me 795 00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:36,879 S1: by my in-laws on my 18th birthday in 1971. It 796 00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:40,040 S1: has my name imprinted on it, and my father in 797 00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:43,600 S1: law wrote, inside the reading of this Bible will keep 798 00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:46,319 S1: you from sin. Sin will keep you from reading this 799 00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:51,120 S1: Bible with the Scripture. Second Chronicles 714 written underneath. They 800 00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:53,240 S1: could tell from my words that I didn't know Christ 801 00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:55,799 S1: as my Savior. They prayed for me and I kept 802 00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:59,660 S1: going to church with my wonderful Baptist raised husband. I 803 00:44:59,660 --> 00:45:02,020 S1: thought the Bible was beautiful, but I had not been 804 00:45:02,020 --> 00:45:04,500 S1: exposed to reading the Bible and didn't even know how 805 00:45:04,500 --> 00:45:08,700 S1: to look up scripture. In 1975, a wonderful team from 806 00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:10,779 S1: our church came out to visit and they presented the 807 00:45:10,780 --> 00:45:14,100 S1: gospel to me and my eyes were opened. I joyfully 808 00:45:14,100 --> 00:45:18,500 S1: accepted Christ. They mentored me and got me involved in 809 00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:21,980 S1: Bible study. As my kids grew up, I learned Bible 810 00:45:21,980 --> 00:45:25,819 S1: stories right along with them. I've spent my life at 811 00:45:25,820 --> 00:45:29,380 S1: Jesus feet. I drank up many Bible studies over the years. 812 00:45:29,380 --> 00:45:32,180 S1: I love to read it once a year, all the 813 00:45:32,180 --> 00:45:35,020 S1: way through, and have read just about every translation. And 814 00:45:35,020 --> 00:45:39,460 S1: many study Bibles. The last few years I've been facilitating 815 00:45:39,460 --> 00:45:42,700 S1: Bible study at church. My husband and I have led 816 00:45:42,739 --> 00:45:46,940 S1: marriage groups and done premarital counseling for several couples. My 817 00:45:46,940 --> 00:45:50,460 S1: husband teaches Sunday school and several times I've assisted him. 818 00:45:50,860 --> 00:45:53,580 S1: And just in that, she goes on to talk about 819 00:45:53,580 --> 00:45:57,690 S1: her children, their spouses, the granddaughters now, and the importance 820 00:45:57,690 --> 00:46:04,049 S1: of reading the Bible. That's what Moody Bible Institute that 821 00:46:04,050 --> 00:46:07,489 S1: middle name is all about. Not just so that you 822 00:46:07,489 --> 00:46:12,730 S1: can recite the verses or know all 66 books in order, 823 00:46:12,730 --> 00:46:16,489 S1: but so that you get this book from in on 824 00:46:16,530 --> 00:46:20,410 S1: these pages, these words on these pages, into your heart, 825 00:46:20,410 --> 00:46:23,930 S1: so that by his power you can live it out. 826 00:46:24,130 --> 00:46:28,450 S1: And that's what Founder's Week celebrates every year. Tonight is 827 00:46:28,450 --> 00:46:31,770 S1: the last session and you can find out more. We 828 00:46:31,770 --> 00:46:34,170 S1: have a link so you can see the live stream 829 00:46:34,170 --> 00:46:40,410 S1: of it at Chris Fabry live.org. Chris Fabry live.org. What 830 00:46:40,410 --> 00:46:44,049 S1: will Chuck Swindoll say on Monday? Join us then. Have 831 00:46:44,050 --> 00:46:47,609 S1: a great weekend. Chris Fabry lives production of Moody Radio, 832 00:46:47,650 --> 00:46:50,010 S1: a Ministry of Moody Bible Institute.