1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,320 S1: Hi, friends. This is Janet Partial. Thanks so much for 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:06,600 S1: downloading the broadcast and I hope what you hear will encourage, edify, equip, enlighten, 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,119 S1: and get you out there into the marketplace of ideas. 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:11,160 S1: But before you go, let me tell you about this 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,640 S1: month's truce tool. It's written by Robert Morgan, who is 6 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,800 S1: one of my very favorite authors. Through the story of 7 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,400 S1: Zechariah and Elizabeth, we are reminded that God remembers us 8 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,160 S1: and keeps his promises. And what Robert does is he 9 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,920 S1: does a deep dive into Scripture around the birth of 10 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,840 S1: the Messiah and helps us discover the glorious, victorious life 11 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,400 S1: that awaits us in Christ. And in this book, he 12 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,840 S1: reminds us that God has appointed you for this very 13 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,200 S1: special time, that God works grace into your grief, that 14 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,760 S1: God wants to use you, whatever your age. That God 15 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,920 S1: can eradicate fear from your heart, and that God desires 16 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,959 S1: your help in raising up a new generation to serve him. 17 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,519 S1: It is, in a word, a fabulous book, and I 18 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,240 S1: hope you'll want to get a copy. We're listener supported radio, 19 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:53,880 S1: and it's my way of saying thank you. When you 20 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,480 S1: give a financial gift of any amount to in the market. 21 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:58,840 S1: So to get your copy of God Hasn't Forgotten you, 22 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:04,220 S1: just call 877. Janet 58, that's 877. Janet 58. Give 23 00:01:04,220 --> 00:01:06,060 S1: a gift of any amount and we'll send you a copy. 24 00:01:06,060 --> 00:01:09,700 S1: Or you can do it online in the market with janet.org. 25 00:01:09,740 --> 00:01:11,740 S1: Scroll to the bottom of the page. There's the cover 26 00:01:11,740 --> 00:01:14,060 S1: of the book. Make your donation and I'll send you 27 00:01:14,060 --> 00:01:16,860 S1: a copy of God Hasn't Forgotten You. You also might 28 00:01:16,860 --> 00:01:19,420 S1: want to prayerfully consider becoming a partial partner. Those are 29 00:01:19,420 --> 00:01:21,660 S1: our dear friends who give every single month at a 30 00:01:21,660 --> 00:01:24,380 S1: level of their own choosing. You will always get the 31 00:01:24,380 --> 00:01:26,259 S1: truth tool for the month, but in addition to that, 32 00:01:26,260 --> 00:01:29,340 S1: you will get a weekly newsletter comprised of my writing 33 00:01:29,340 --> 00:01:32,420 S1: and an audio piece just for my partial partners. So again, 34 00:01:32,420 --> 00:01:35,100 S1: thank you in advance for financially supporting in the market 35 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:38,660 S1: with Janet partial because it keeps us moving forward. Eight seven, 36 00:01:38,700 --> 00:01:41,619 S1: seven Janet 58. Or online at in the market with 37 00:01:41,620 --> 00:01:45,300 S1: Janet partial dot o r g. Now please enjoy the broadcast. 38 00:01:45,940 --> 00:01:47,460 S2: Here are some of the news headlines we're watching. 39 00:01:47,780 --> 00:01:50,100 S3: The conference was over. The president won a pledge. 40 00:01:50,140 --> 00:01:52,220 S4: Americans worshiping government over God. 41 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:55,940 S5: Extremely rare safety move by a major 17 years. 42 00:01:55,940 --> 00:02:14,480 S4: The Palestinians and Israelis negotiated Hi friends. 43 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,800 S1: Welcome to In the Market with Janet Partial. Thanks so 44 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,400 S1: much for choosing to spend the hour with us. I've 45 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,639 S1: invited my husband, Craig Partial to join me this hour 46 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,080 S1: because on Friday, Good Friday, we have some special programming 47 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,160 S1: that really takes a look at the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. 48 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,799 S1: So today we decided to flip and have the kind 49 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,560 S1: of conversations we usually reserve for Friday today. Craig, of course, 50 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,960 S1: is not only my husband, but he's a constitutional attorney 51 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,000 S1: and he's a very, very, very studied student of the 52 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,440 S1: Word of God. And that's perfect because what we do 53 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:47,000 S1: on Fridays, ordinarily today's Thursday, of course, is that we 54 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,160 S1: take the whole truth of the whole gospel and apply 55 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:50,880 S1: it to the whole world around us. And this kind 56 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,360 S1: of picks up on conversation I had earlier this week 57 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,120 S1: with Doctor George Barna. That was Tuesday. If you want 58 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,460 S1: to hear that whole conversation. I believe it was Tuesday. 59 00:02:58,500 --> 00:03:01,180 S1: Let me just double check. Yep, it was Tuesday. And 60 00:03:01,180 --> 00:03:04,859 S1: it's your opportunity to hear the latest iteration of his 61 00:03:04,860 --> 00:03:08,459 S1: American Worldview Inventory. He's been doing this for quite some time. 62 00:03:08,460 --> 00:03:12,340 S1: He founded the Cultural Research Center. It's under the auspices 63 00:03:12,340 --> 00:03:15,660 S1: of Arizona Christian University. He's also a professor there. And 64 00:03:15,660 --> 00:03:18,500 S1: what he does, this man whose name is synonymous with 65 00:03:18,500 --> 00:03:22,299 S1: surveys and data, a calling, a calling is he takes 66 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:23,940 S1: a look at the church particularly. He looks at the 67 00:03:23,940 --> 00:03:26,500 S1: culture at large, but he's very interested in the church 68 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:29,260 S1: and even more interested in people who make the proclamation 69 00:03:29,260 --> 00:03:32,900 S1: that they are born again, Bible believing, spirit filled Christian. 70 00:03:32,900 --> 00:03:37,339 S1: So very tight specificity here in this last iteration. They 71 00:03:37,340 --> 00:03:39,460 S1: generally are, by the way, not warm and fuzzy. They're 72 00:03:39,460 --> 00:03:41,900 S1: a wake up call to the church pastors, in particular 73 00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:44,900 S1: youth leaders, moms and dads that we are not doing 74 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:47,860 S1: a very good job of passing down the torch of 75 00:03:47,860 --> 00:03:50,460 S1: the gospel of Jesus Christ. And this last one talks 76 00:03:50,460 --> 00:03:53,660 S1: about whether or not Christians have a biblical worldview that 77 00:03:53,660 --> 00:03:56,650 S1: impacts what they believe and how they behave on certain 78 00:03:56,650 --> 00:03:59,170 S1: issues out in the culture. And we get an F, 79 00:03:59,210 --> 00:04:01,450 S1: we're just doing a terrible job. We aim in. And 80 00:04:01,490 --> 00:04:03,890 S1: on Sunday, something I say here often, and we don't 81 00:04:03,890 --> 00:04:06,330 S1: have a clue when Monday rolls around. You mean that 82 00:04:06,330 --> 00:04:08,530 S1: book isn't just relegated for the pews and my yellow 83 00:04:08,570 --> 00:04:12,090 S1: magic marker on Sunday morning? No, it's a lamp unto 84 00:04:12,090 --> 00:04:14,690 S1: your feet and a light unto your path. You hide 85 00:04:14,690 --> 00:04:17,730 S1: that word in your heart so you don't sin against him. 86 00:04:17,770 --> 00:04:21,450 S1: Every word of that book is profitable. It is for 87 00:04:21,450 --> 00:04:26,929 S1: our edification. It's inspired, inerrant, transcendent, immutable. And yet we 88 00:04:26,970 --> 00:04:29,010 S1: don't let it apply. So when you get into conversations 89 00:04:29,010 --> 00:04:32,770 S1: like abortion and homosexuality, well, people just kind of slide 90 00:04:32,770 --> 00:04:35,210 S1: right off. They forget what the Word of God says 91 00:04:35,570 --> 00:04:37,570 S1: for a myriad of reasons. A couple of things I 92 00:04:37,570 --> 00:04:39,850 S1: think that Doctor Barna has discovered, and you may have 93 00:04:39,850 --> 00:04:41,850 S1: as well, is that we're much more interested in having 94 00:04:41,850 --> 00:04:44,490 S1: people like us. And so when you have to say, 95 00:04:44,490 --> 00:04:46,530 S1: But God says this is a sin, you can say 96 00:04:46,529 --> 00:04:48,130 S1: it full of love. You can say it with grace. 97 00:04:48,130 --> 00:04:49,969 S1: You can say it in the most winsome way. But 98 00:04:49,970 --> 00:04:53,890 S1: ultimately it's saying, no, it's God. This is not permissible. 99 00:04:53,990 --> 00:04:56,470 S1: This breaks God's heart. It breaks God's law and it 100 00:04:56,470 --> 00:05:00,110 S1: is absolute sin. In fact, it's why tomorrow we will 101 00:05:00,110 --> 00:05:02,669 S1: celebrate the crucifixion. I know it's hard to say celebrate, 102 00:05:02,670 --> 00:05:04,309 S1: but when you stop and think about it, you really 103 00:05:04,310 --> 00:05:06,550 S1: have to celebrate what was done. You and I will 104 00:05:06,550 --> 00:05:09,229 S1: never fully comprehend it. Let's just be honest with one another. 105 00:05:09,430 --> 00:05:13,590 S1: He who had no sin became sin for us. He 106 00:05:13,589 --> 00:05:17,510 S1: didn't put on a backpack of sin. He became sin. 107 00:05:17,510 --> 00:05:23,029 S1: All of the evil, demonic, horrible, vile things that constitute sin, 108 00:05:23,070 --> 00:05:25,469 S1: even the little ones we think like God sees sins 109 00:05:25,470 --> 00:05:27,750 S1: and degree. Sin is sin, by the way. But he 110 00:05:27,750 --> 00:05:30,190 S1: became all of that. It is why a holy God 111 00:05:30,230 --> 00:05:32,550 S1: had to look the other way, and Jesus on the 112 00:05:32,550 --> 00:05:34,910 S1: cross would cry out, My God, my God, why have 113 00:05:34,910 --> 00:05:37,870 S1: you forsaken me? Because God couldn't change his character. He 114 00:05:37,870 --> 00:05:41,550 S1: couldn't become unholy. And look at that which was utterly unholy. 115 00:05:41,870 --> 00:05:44,510 S1: But Jesus did it for us. Now, the physical pain 116 00:05:44,510 --> 00:05:46,350 S1: we've talked about, in fact, tomorrow you're going to hear 117 00:05:46,350 --> 00:05:48,510 S1: from a doctor who's going to talk about the physicality 118 00:05:48,510 --> 00:05:51,550 S1: of crucifixion. But in terms of taking on the sins 119 00:05:51,550 --> 00:05:54,370 S1: of the world, we don't have a point of reference. 120 00:05:54,690 --> 00:05:57,290 S1: And so that book is so important for us. We 121 00:05:57,290 --> 00:05:59,529 S1: need to recognize what sin is. And so what we 122 00:05:59,529 --> 00:06:02,050 S1: do when we have these kinds of conversations is we 123 00:06:02,050 --> 00:06:04,250 S1: take a look at what the world is marketing in 124 00:06:04,250 --> 00:06:06,130 S1: the marketplace of ideas, and we compare it to what 125 00:06:06,130 --> 00:06:09,210 S1: is truth found in God's Word. There's not a mistake 126 00:06:09,250 --> 00:06:13,450 S1: in God's Word. It is all God breathed, inspired, and 127 00:06:13,450 --> 00:06:15,849 S1: it has stood the test of time and ages. And 128 00:06:15,850 --> 00:06:18,810 S1: it applies to all people. Again, to repeat myself in 129 00:06:18,810 --> 00:06:22,050 S1: all places and in all circumstances. So here we go. 130 00:06:22,050 --> 00:06:24,250 S1: We're going to pull out the first topic and measure 131 00:06:24,250 --> 00:06:26,250 S1: it up with a straight stick of truth. A prominent 132 00:06:26,250 --> 00:06:29,690 S1: United Methodist agency has released a statement expressing its full 133 00:06:29,690 --> 00:06:34,210 S1: support for sex change surgeries for children, which it affirmed 134 00:06:34,210 --> 00:06:36,890 S1: is the position of the United Methodist Church. Now, again, 135 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:39,090 S1: let me just stop here because we tend to get 136 00:06:39,089 --> 00:06:42,450 S1: loyal with our denominations. These would be the equivalent of 137 00:06:42,450 --> 00:06:45,050 S1: the corporate heads. I will grant you that there are 138 00:06:45,050 --> 00:06:48,970 S1: several Methodist churches where you may have a vibrant Christ preaching, 139 00:06:48,970 --> 00:06:52,310 S1: holding out the word of truth, pastor who's just not 140 00:06:52,310 --> 00:06:54,830 S1: following the dictates of the corporate office of the United 141 00:06:54,830 --> 00:06:57,430 S1: Methodist Church. Bless you for that. Bless that pastor for 142 00:06:57,430 --> 00:07:00,630 S1: doing that. But I'm telling you, the corporate direction, kind 143 00:07:00,670 --> 00:07:02,830 S1: of like the Girl Scouts, right? And maybe if they 144 00:07:02,830 --> 00:07:05,070 S1: weren't supporting Planned Parenthood at the local level, but at 145 00:07:05,070 --> 00:07:07,550 S1: the corporate level, they were pushing real hard. Same idea. 146 00:07:08,350 --> 00:07:12,270 S1: So this missive apparently was penned by one Bishop, Julius Trimble, 147 00:07:12,510 --> 00:07:15,910 S1: the general secretary of the General Board of Church and Society, 148 00:07:15,910 --> 00:07:18,350 S1: which is one of several official agencies of the United 149 00:07:18,350 --> 00:07:21,550 S1: Methodist Church and from the authority of the United Methodist Church. 150 00:07:21,550 --> 00:07:26,150 S1: He oversees the agency's vision, mission and mandate for witness 151 00:07:26,150 --> 00:07:29,870 S1: and action on issues of human well-being, justice, peace and 152 00:07:29,870 --> 00:07:33,510 S1: the integrity of creation. He leads the agency in responding 153 00:07:33,550 --> 00:07:38,910 S1: to critical social issues, facilitating the church's legitimate legislative advocacy, 154 00:07:38,910 --> 00:07:44,350 S1: and coordinates its priorities for the U.S. Congress. So, for example, 155 00:07:44,350 --> 00:07:46,270 S1: you can buy a t shirt that's sold by the 156 00:07:46,270 --> 00:07:49,190 S1: General Board of Church and Society, and it says United 157 00:07:49,290 --> 00:07:52,489 S1: Methodists stand for justice. And then underneath it all the 158 00:07:52,690 --> 00:07:56,010 S1: social justice issues they take a stand for. But in 159 00:07:56,010 --> 00:08:01,130 S1: this statement of the denomination's website titled Protecting Transgender, Civil 160 00:08:01,130 --> 00:08:04,410 S1: and Human Rights, he laments that, quote, state, local and 161 00:08:04,410 --> 00:08:08,930 S1: other government bodies in the US have already enacted anti-transgender legislation, 162 00:08:08,930 --> 00:08:13,370 S1: which he describes as discriminatory, harmful and unjust. And this 163 00:08:13,370 --> 00:08:16,130 S1: statement gets made as United Methodists, we are called to 164 00:08:16,170 --> 00:08:19,530 S1: stand with transgender people, rejecting laws that allow politicians to 165 00:08:19,570 --> 00:08:22,929 S1: dictate their health care decisions, take away their basic freedoms 166 00:08:22,930 --> 00:08:26,730 S1: like access to facilities, and pursue discriminatory practices against transgender 167 00:08:26,730 --> 00:08:30,650 S1: and non-binary people in the workplace or places of business. Now, 168 00:08:31,170 --> 00:08:33,089 S1: let me pause there for a minute and just tell 169 00:08:33,090 --> 00:08:35,570 S1: you that just this week, the United States Supreme Court, 170 00:08:35,570 --> 00:08:38,690 S1: we discussed it earlier, handed down an 8 to 1 decision, 171 00:08:38,730 --> 00:08:41,610 S1: a victory for one Christian counselor out of Colorado by 172 00:08:41,610 --> 00:08:44,170 S1: the name of Kayleigh Childs, who wanted to be able 173 00:08:44,170 --> 00:08:46,130 S1: to say to patients who came to see her, who 174 00:08:46,170 --> 00:08:49,070 S1: were struggling. You don't have to stay that way. Gave 175 00:08:49,070 --> 00:08:51,070 S1: her the same message Paul gives us in the Scripture. 176 00:08:51,070 --> 00:08:54,750 S1: And such were some of you that God can heal 177 00:08:54,750 --> 00:08:57,150 S1: us and forgive us for sin, and he can take 178 00:08:57,309 --> 00:08:59,949 S1: these broken affections, and he can turn them around and 179 00:08:59,950 --> 00:09:02,630 S1: give us a peace that passes understanding. And in the end, 180 00:09:02,630 --> 00:09:04,990 S1: we discover that our identity is not found in what? 181 00:09:04,990 --> 00:09:07,429 S1: Whether we wear pink or blue or have male or 182 00:09:07,429 --> 00:09:10,550 S1: female on our card, our identity is found in him. 183 00:09:10,950 --> 00:09:12,750 S1: So I want to come back to this because this 184 00:09:12,750 --> 00:09:14,270 S1: is a point. Now, again, I'm not picking on the 185 00:09:14,270 --> 00:09:17,750 S1: United Methodists and their corporate offices, but either the Bible 186 00:09:17,750 --> 00:09:21,390 S1: is right or this governmental agency of the United Methodist 187 00:09:21,390 --> 00:09:24,350 S1: Church is right, but they both can't be right. They 188 00:09:24,350 --> 00:09:28,390 S1: stand again for people rejecting laws that allow politicians to 189 00:09:28,429 --> 00:09:31,710 S1: dictate their health care decisions. Well, remember, our own Department 190 00:09:31,710 --> 00:09:33,870 S1: of Health and Human Services put out a very thorough 191 00:09:33,870 --> 00:09:36,790 S1: report that said this is bad for minor children and 192 00:09:36,790 --> 00:09:39,790 S1: it is not something that this current administration supports. Think 193 00:09:39,790 --> 00:09:41,710 S1: about these things. We'll pick it up right after this. 194 00:09:48,690 --> 00:09:51,050 S1: God has appointed you for this time, and he's been 195 00:09:51,050 --> 00:09:54,050 S1: planning something special for you. That's why I've chosen God 196 00:09:54,050 --> 00:09:57,010 S1: Hasn't Forgotten You by Robert Morgan as this month's truth tool. 197 00:09:57,130 --> 00:09:59,490 S1: It's a verse by verse journey through Luke chapter one 198 00:09:59,490 --> 00:10:01,689 S1: that will change the way you see your life. As 199 00:10:01,690 --> 00:10:03,770 S1: for your copy of God Hasn't Forgotten You. When you 200 00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:05,650 S1: give a gift of any amount to in the market, 201 00:10:05,650 --> 00:10:10,650 S1: call 877. Janet 58. That's 877. Janet 58. Or go 202 00:10:10,650 --> 00:10:15,250 S1: to in the market with Janet Parshall. Oh. That is 203 00:10:15,250 --> 00:10:16,970 S1: our brand new truth tool for the month. Written by 204 00:10:16,970 --> 00:10:19,970 S1: Robert Morgan, one of the best authors I always feature, 205 00:10:19,970 --> 00:10:22,410 S1: by the way, he's such an outstanding teacher and he 206 00:10:22,410 --> 00:10:27,890 S1: takes the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth. We sometimes forget 207 00:10:27,890 --> 00:10:30,010 S1: their story, but these were people who thought they had 208 00:10:30,010 --> 00:10:33,250 S1: been forgotten, right? Especially when you think, I've waited so 209 00:10:33,250 --> 00:10:35,410 S1: long to have a child and it hasn't happened. And 210 00:10:35,410 --> 00:10:39,090 S1: so in this wonderful book, what Robert does is he 211 00:10:39,090 --> 00:10:42,250 S1: gives us 25 remarkable ways that God is in fact, 212 00:10:42,250 --> 00:10:46,190 S1: working in you and through you. And I don't know, 213 00:10:46,190 --> 00:10:47,990 S1: a one of us who can't be encouraged by that 214 00:10:47,990 --> 00:10:50,270 S1: kind of a message. So that's this month's crucial to 215 00:10:50,309 --> 00:10:52,830 S1: really encourage you that wherever you are, you need to 216 00:10:52,830 --> 00:10:55,589 S1: be reminded that God hasn't forgotten you. That book is yours. 217 00:10:55,630 --> 00:11:00,990 S1: For a gift of any amount, just call 87758877. Janet 58. 218 00:11:00,990 --> 00:11:02,910 S1: Pledge a gift of any amount and my way of 219 00:11:02,910 --> 00:11:05,350 S1: saying thank you. I'll give you a copy of Robert's book, 220 00:11:05,350 --> 00:11:08,070 S1: God hasn't Forgotten You. You can do this online as 221 00:11:08,070 --> 00:11:11,110 S1: well at In the Market with Janet Parshall. Just scroll 222 00:11:11,110 --> 00:11:13,150 S1: to the bottom of the page and there's the copy 223 00:11:13,150 --> 00:11:14,830 S1: of the book. So let me pick up where we 224 00:11:14,830 --> 00:11:16,829 S1: left off before this goes back. And again, I'm not 225 00:11:16,830 --> 00:11:20,030 S1: picking on the United Methodist Church, its corporate offices. There 226 00:11:20,030 --> 00:11:23,310 S1: are many individual United Methodist churches who have said, no, 227 00:11:23,550 --> 00:11:25,430 S1: they're going to stick to what Scripture has to say, 228 00:11:25,429 --> 00:11:29,110 S1: and they're very faithful. Um, they just retain the name Methodist. 229 00:11:29,110 --> 00:11:31,870 S1: But this is at the corporate level where they are released. 230 00:11:31,870 --> 00:11:35,470 S1: This statement recently giving its full support to sex change 231 00:11:35,470 --> 00:11:38,829 S1: surgeries for children. And a lot of this is emanating 232 00:11:38,830 --> 00:11:41,270 S1: out of the office of the general Secretary of the 233 00:11:41,270 --> 00:11:45,180 S1: General Board of Church and Society. So his name is Trimble. 234 00:11:45,220 --> 00:11:48,220 S1: He points out that there has been an introduction of 235 00:11:48,220 --> 00:11:50,780 S1: a bill on Capitol Hill called the transgender Bill of rights. 236 00:11:50,820 --> 00:11:52,660 S1: I'm here to tell you it won't pass. By the way, 237 00:11:52,660 --> 00:11:55,060 S1: you have to have a majority in both houses. You've 238 00:11:55,059 --> 00:11:57,180 S1: got that eight one decision that just came down from 239 00:11:57,179 --> 00:11:59,580 S1: the Supreme Court. You've got cases being heard at the 240 00:11:59,580 --> 00:12:03,100 S1: Supreme Court about secrecy policies between parents and teachers regarding 241 00:12:03,100 --> 00:12:06,619 S1: their child. You've got reports from HHS coming out, and 242 00:12:06,820 --> 00:12:09,020 S1: you now have several hospitals of their own volition who 243 00:12:09,020 --> 00:12:10,620 S1: have stepped back and said, no, we're not doing this 244 00:12:10,620 --> 00:12:14,300 S1: for minors anymore. And the American Association of Plastic Surgeons 245 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:16,580 S1: was the first bona fide medical group to step forward 246 00:12:16,580 --> 00:12:19,500 S1: and say, absolutely not, we no longer support this. So 247 00:12:19,540 --> 00:12:22,220 S1: in truth, the United Methodist Church corporate office is out 248 00:12:22,260 --> 00:12:24,740 S1: of step on this. And so he wants people to respond. 249 00:12:24,740 --> 00:12:27,380 S1: His call to action is he tells people to call 250 00:12:27,380 --> 00:12:29,780 S1: Capitol Hill and tells them to leave a message asking 251 00:12:29,780 --> 00:12:33,020 S1: them to support it. So, uh, supporting this bill of rights, 252 00:12:33,020 --> 00:12:35,580 S1: what's interesting is that in this entire statement, there's not 253 00:12:35,580 --> 00:12:37,339 S1: a word about the Lord. There's not a word about 254 00:12:37,340 --> 00:12:40,860 S1: the Bible, male and female. He created them both. Same 255 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:44,520 S1: sex sexual activity is wrong. Marriage defined in a place 256 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:48,079 S1: of perfection, male and female. That sexual expression is only 257 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,600 S1: between a husband and a wife within the bounds of marriage. 258 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,120 S1: But as indicated by the statement, this is very much 259 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:58,400 S1: of a political arm of the United Methodist Church. So, Craig, boy, 260 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,880 S1: this story is as old as time, isn't it? Either 261 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:04,000 S1: it's sola scriptura, the primacy of Scripture, or it's you 262 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,400 S1: make it up as you go along. And yeah, there's 263 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,960 S1: that book. We'll have dual reading once every Sunday, but 264 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,160 S1: apply it to our life. No, not really relevant. Let's 265 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,000 S1: let's call Capitol Hill and get them to pass legislation. 266 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,600 S1: First of all, you're not a lobbying organization. You're a church. 267 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,480 S1: And I don't decry anybody getting involved for legislation that 268 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,520 S1: you think comes into alignment with Scripture. But therein lies 269 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:25,120 S1: the rub. I don't hear any biblical defense for taking 270 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:26,559 S1: that position for the UMC. 271 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:30,079 S6: Yeah. You know, if you look at their statement of 272 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:35,439 S6: authority for this particular agency of the United Methodist Church, 273 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,679 S6: this particular agency says that it is in the business 274 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:45,060 S6: of pursuit of, quote, justice. Well, even from a secular standpoint, Janet, 275 00:13:45,059 --> 00:13:48,300 S6: how did they define justice and well-being when the US 276 00:13:48,300 --> 00:13:51,900 S6: Supreme Court in the case recently said, you don't have 277 00:13:51,900 --> 00:13:55,580 S6: a constitutional right to subject children or youth to these 278 00:13:55,580 --> 00:13:59,580 S6: kind of procedures, so their idea of justice is very skewed. 279 00:14:00,140 --> 00:14:04,620 S6: And of course, they're opposing, uh, the scientific community that 280 00:14:04,620 --> 00:14:09,620 S6: is quickly evolving to a position now where it's highly dubious, uh, 281 00:14:09,620 --> 00:14:15,140 S6: to support these kind of procedures. They're also opposing the, 282 00:14:15,340 --> 00:14:22,940 S6: the natural, uh, aspect of DNA and the biology of 283 00:14:22,940 --> 00:14:27,140 S6: sex between two, uh, two sexes, between male and female. 284 00:14:27,260 --> 00:14:30,100 S6: But to your point about the Bible, this ought to 285 00:14:30,100 --> 00:14:34,580 S6: be the centerpiece, shouldn't it, of any Christian denomination. Uh, 286 00:14:34,620 --> 00:14:37,700 S6: and yet, uh, I, you know, I go to the 287 00:14:37,740 --> 00:14:43,000 S6: eighth chapter of John. Jesus says he defines who are 288 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,520 S6: his disciples, and he says that if you abide in 289 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:50,920 S6: my word, you are my disciples, and you'll see the truth, 290 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:54,280 S6: and the truth will set you free. So truth and 291 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:59,440 S6: abiding in His Word, um, is an equation to to 292 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:02,600 S6: be truth finders. So what is the truth of the matter? 293 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,440 S6: The truth of the matter is Jesus in the Gospels 294 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:11,360 S6: reinforced in the beginning, he says, reciting what Genesis tells 295 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,880 S6: us also that God created them, man and woman. There's 296 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:21,280 S6: absolutely no scientific or legal justification for its pursuit of 297 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:26,360 S6: this position. But there is absolutely contrary evidence throughout Scripture 298 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,520 S6: that it is unbiblical, that they are not in the word, 299 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:33,600 S6: that they are not abiding in what Jesus confirmed, which 300 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,880 S6: was confirming the Old Testament and the Genesis account of 301 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:43,420 S6: creation as definitive between two sexes. So what? Upon what, 302 00:15:43,620 --> 00:15:49,700 S6: what foundation are they building? This particular idea. All I 303 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:54,380 S6: can see, Janet. I'd love to hear some justification for it. 304 00:15:54,380 --> 00:15:56,780 S6: So there would be an actual debate on it. But 305 00:15:56,780 --> 00:16:00,620 S6: there's it's beyond debate because they are not advancing any 306 00:16:00,620 --> 00:16:04,300 S6: argument from Scripture at all as a basis for this. 307 00:16:04,340 --> 00:16:07,660 S6: In fact, just the opposite. Everything, all the evidence in 308 00:16:07,660 --> 00:16:09,660 S6: the Bible is contrary. 309 00:16:09,940 --> 00:16:13,460 S1: Mhm. Well, and if you're approached, I mean, this is 310 00:16:13,460 --> 00:16:17,620 S1: revelatory of, I think, your entire idea and belief of 311 00:16:17,620 --> 00:16:21,020 S1: the primacy of Scripture, uh, the inerrancy of Scripture, the 312 00:16:21,020 --> 00:16:24,260 S1: application of Scripture. So plug out transgender rights and plug 313 00:16:24,260 --> 00:16:27,820 S1: in some other issues. If your political posture doesn't come 314 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:30,740 S1: into alignment with the Word of God, then it's either 315 00:16:30,740 --> 00:16:32,740 S1: a bad church or it's bad politics. How do you 316 00:16:32,740 --> 00:16:33,780 S1: determine the difference? 317 00:16:34,980 --> 00:16:39,160 S6: Well, you start with the presumption. You should. If you're 318 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,840 S6: a follower of Christ, that you abide in His Word. 319 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,360 S6: And in the same gospel of John, it begins with. 320 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,640 S6: In the beginning was the word, and the word was 321 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,800 S6: with God, and the the. And the word ends up 322 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:55,960 S6: coming to us in the form of, uh, Jesus, the 323 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,920 S6: Son of God, who was the, uh, the Word of 324 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:03,800 S6: God made flesh among us so that he could redeem us. 325 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,720 S6: The whole idea that we are thinking about and ought 326 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,919 S6: to be praying about and absorbing right now is his 327 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:13,879 S6: sacrifice on the cross. That's why he came to redeem us, 328 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:15,520 S6: because we couldn't redeem ourselves. 329 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,240 S1: MM. This is in the market with Janet Partial. That's 330 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,040 S1: topic number one. We're going to turn the page, take 331 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,480 S1: up another one that's made headlines this week and see 332 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,159 S1: whether or not, well, it comes into alignment with the 333 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,400 S1: Word of God and whether or not. And we did 334 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:31,160 S1: have a conversation yesterday with Chad Roberts about how to suffer. Well, 335 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,080 S1: do we suffer well for the cause of the cross? 336 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:35,740 S1: We'll give you an example right after this. 337 00:17:47,940 --> 00:17:52,100 S7: They said my conduct is detrimental to the team. Right? 338 00:17:52,460 --> 00:17:55,899 S7: Why didn't they just say, uh, we we don't agree 339 00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:59,980 S7: with his stance on LGBTQ. Why didn't they say that? Well, 340 00:18:00,020 --> 00:18:02,300 S7: how how is it how is it conduct detrimental to 341 00:18:02,340 --> 00:18:04,340 S7: the team? What did I do to the team? What 342 00:18:04,340 --> 00:18:07,260 S7: did I do to the players? I did nothing but 343 00:18:07,260 --> 00:18:10,459 S7: but but practice with them. Play with them. Pass the 344 00:18:10,460 --> 00:18:13,980 S7: ball to them. Good teammate to them. Say good job. 345 00:18:14,180 --> 00:18:19,619 S7: Good shot. I said I said uh uh good job, 346 00:18:19,619 --> 00:18:23,300 S7: good job, good pass. Way to way to play bro. Right. 347 00:18:23,980 --> 00:18:27,740 S7: I said these things to my teammates was never detrimental 348 00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:31,540 S7: to them. So why is it that the NBA and 349 00:18:31,540 --> 00:18:34,760 S7: the Chicago Bulls say that I'm detrimental to the team? How? 350 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,879 S7: Because I because I had because I believe and and 351 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,520 S7: the truth because because I know Jesus is the way, 352 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:47,359 S7: the truth and the life. How. How is my conduct 353 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:51,280 S7: detrimental to the team? Because of what I believe? Because 354 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:52,520 S7: of what the truth is. 355 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:55,920 S1: Well, that young man has had quite the week and 356 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,400 S1: he's made headlines all over the globe right now. That 357 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,720 S1: is Chicago Bulls guard Jaden Ivey. You know, there's an 358 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,040 S1: interesting segue here. And before we get into the story 359 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:05,280 S1: and I'm going to spend quite a bit of time 360 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,960 S1: talking about this, because this is a Sunday school class 361 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:09,959 S1: for the rest of us. And whether or not we 362 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,240 S1: are ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and whether 363 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,320 S1: or not the position we've been granted in life supersedes 364 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:17,639 S1: our position as a son or daughter of the Most 365 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,440 S1: High King. And whether or not we're going to stand 366 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,240 S1: for the gospel, you know, I'm, I'm praying. I hope 367 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,000 S1: you are too, against any assault against our Nigerian brothers 368 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,760 S1: and sisters on Easter. There were 30 that were slaughtered. Oh, 369 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,919 S1: I saw some of the photos. They were just hatching. Uh, 370 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,750 S1: by Muslims who can't stand them, not for what they've done, 371 00:19:34,750 --> 00:19:37,189 S1: but because they're Christians. So we have brothers and sisters 372 00:19:37,190 --> 00:19:39,149 S1: around the globe that are paying a price every day 373 00:19:39,310 --> 00:19:41,590 S1: for being unashamed of the gospel, for saying I am 374 00:19:41,590 --> 00:19:44,790 S1: his and he is mine. And yet we see this 375 00:19:44,790 --> 00:19:48,070 S1: young man who has this position great contract, you know, 376 00:19:48,109 --> 00:19:51,709 S1: superstar who gets to play for a professional team, basketball, baseball, football. 377 00:19:51,750 --> 00:19:54,149 S1: I mean, that's that 1% of athletes out there. And 378 00:19:54,150 --> 00:19:57,429 S1: yet this man was taken in to the Chicago Bulls. 379 00:19:57,590 --> 00:20:00,270 S1: But he said something. He got waived this week. And 380 00:20:00,270 --> 00:20:02,190 S1: we'll explain that later. What that means. He got waived 381 00:20:02,190 --> 00:20:05,390 S1: after he called out the NBA for the celebration of 382 00:20:05,390 --> 00:20:07,470 S1: Pride Month. By the way, this is just a couple 383 00:20:07,510 --> 00:20:10,030 S1: of days into April. Pride month isn't even until June, 384 00:20:10,030 --> 00:20:12,150 S1: so I don't even know why the NBA was pushing 385 00:20:12,150 --> 00:20:15,869 S1: it in April. But the Bulls announced Ivy's departure on Monday, 386 00:20:15,869 --> 00:20:18,230 S1: and they put out on X this with a picture 387 00:20:18,230 --> 00:20:19,990 S1: of the logo of the bull and said. The Chicago 388 00:20:19,990 --> 00:20:24,230 S1: Bulls announced today that the team has waived guard Jaden 389 00:20:24,230 --> 00:20:28,590 S1: Ivey due to conduct detrimental to the team. That's what 390 00:20:28,630 --> 00:20:31,409 S1: Jaden was just talking about. And so this came after 391 00:20:31,410 --> 00:20:34,930 S1: he posted a video criticizing the NBA's promotion of Pride Month, 392 00:20:34,930 --> 00:20:36,649 S1: which is June. Can I hit the pause button for 393 00:20:36,650 --> 00:20:38,570 S1: a minute? I want you to connect the dots and 394 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:43,090 S1: think holistically. Isn't it interesting that also last week we 395 00:20:43,090 --> 00:20:46,730 S1: told you that the Finnish Prime Minister, the wife of 396 00:20:46,730 --> 00:20:49,610 S1: a minister who for 30 years. Close to 30 years 397 00:20:49,609 --> 00:20:53,370 S1: now closer to 20, probably has been haunted by the 398 00:20:53,369 --> 00:20:56,890 S1: government of Finland because she put out a pamphlet about 399 00:20:56,890 --> 00:21:00,449 S1: human sexuality, male and female. He created them both. Sexual 400 00:21:00,450 --> 00:21:02,369 S1: expression only between a man and a woman within the 401 00:21:02,369 --> 00:21:07,090 S1: bounds of marriage. 1,000% spot on biblical. And she has. 402 00:21:07,290 --> 00:21:09,330 S1: They have been relentless, like a dog on a bone 403 00:21:09,330 --> 00:21:11,210 S1: going after this woman. Well, she was charged with hate 404 00:21:11,210 --> 00:21:14,810 S1: crimes last week and that means some fines. That means 405 00:21:14,810 --> 00:21:17,530 S1: a reputation. And yet she will not recant and she 406 00:21:17,530 --> 00:21:20,369 S1: will not retreat. And she dared do the same thing. 407 00:21:20,410 --> 00:21:22,610 S1: Pause before I go back to the Jaden Ivey story. 408 00:21:22,810 --> 00:21:24,930 S1: I've said this a thousand times before. I think this 409 00:21:24,930 --> 00:21:28,090 S1: makes my point with eloquence. What is it about human 410 00:21:28,090 --> 00:21:31,310 S1: sexuality that has become the tip of the spear against 411 00:21:31,310 --> 00:21:34,910 S1: whether or not God's Word is right and true and good. 412 00:21:35,390 --> 00:21:37,430 S1: All I can figure, and I've thought about this a lot, 413 00:21:37,470 --> 00:21:40,950 S1: is that apparently the church capital C universal, the Word 414 00:21:40,950 --> 00:21:44,270 S1: of God, more to the point, is the last bastion 415 00:21:44,310 --> 00:21:47,030 S1: of saying no because God loves us. You know, if 416 00:21:47,030 --> 00:21:49,230 S1: we look at God as a protector, as the Shepherd 417 00:21:49,230 --> 00:21:53,629 S1: that Scripture requires describes him as we have sheep, and 418 00:21:53,630 --> 00:21:55,830 S1: I have to tell you, we have a protective corral 419 00:21:55,869 --> 00:21:57,990 S1: around the sheep for their safety. We don't want them 420 00:21:57,990 --> 00:22:00,870 S1: to be attacked by coyotes or wolves. We even put 421 00:22:00,869 --> 00:22:03,070 S1: a couple of donkeys with them, because donkeys are known 422 00:22:03,070 --> 00:22:05,190 S1: as keepers of the herd, and they'll stomp to death 423 00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:07,670 S1: any coyotes that come in there. I know that those 424 00:22:07,670 --> 00:22:09,310 S1: sheep never look at us and going, those people are 425 00:22:09,310 --> 00:22:11,750 S1: so mean. They keep us in this lot all the time. 426 00:22:11,910 --> 00:22:15,109 S1: They have safety. We watch them lie down, chew their 427 00:22:15,109 --> 00:22:18,590 S1: cud slowly side to side. They have an absolute dream 428 00:22:18,590 --> 00:22:22,149 S1: life living on our farm. But they know that we 429 00:22:22,150 --> 00:22:25,790 S1: protect them. If we could see God's corral as protection 430 00:22:25,990 --> 00:22:29,410 S1: as opposed to punishment. Would it change our perspective on 431 00:22:29,410 --> 00:22:31,890 S1: who he is and how much he loves us? And 432 00:22:31,890 --> 00:22:34,890 S1: because there's a no at the front of this sexuality 433 00:22:34,930 --> 00:22:38,090 S1: spear that the Bible pushes back on out of love, 434 00:22:38,250 --> 00:22:41,410 S1: out of compassion, out of protection. There's a way that 435 00:22:41,410 --> 00:22:43,810 S1: seemeth right unto man, but the end therein is death. 436 00:22:43,810 --> 00:22:46,130 S1: The Bible tells us man is doing what's right, and 437 00:22:46,130 --> 00:22:48,209 S1: I use that as a universal. Ladies, you don't need 438 00:22:48,210 --> 00:22:50,610 S1: me to flesh out and say male and female every time. 439 00:22:51,010 --> 00:22:53,129 S1: There's a way that seemeth right on demand, but the 440 00:22:53,130 --> 00:22:54,930 S1: end therein is death. And so God is saying, don't 441 00:22:54,930 --> 00:22:57,129 S1: do it that way. I'd like you to do it 442 00:22:57,170 --> 00:22:58,570 S1: my way, because it's going to be better for you 443 00:22:58,570 --> 00:23:01,330 S1: and it's going to be protective of you. So again, 444 00:23:01,369 --> 00:23:06,609 S1: pushing this gay stuff through the NBA and Ivy puts 445 00:23:06,609 --> 00:23:11,770 S1: out a criticism exactly like Rodney Robinson who did this 446 00:23:11,810 --> 00:23:14,689 S1: in Finland. And he said in his video post, the 447 00:23:14,690 --> 00:23:19,370 S1: world can proclaim LGBTQ right. They proclaim Pride Month in 448 00:23:19,369 --> 00:23:21,649 S1: the NBA. They proclaim it. They show it to the world. 449 00:23:21,650 --> 00:23:25,210 S1: They say, come join us for Pride Month to celebrate unrighteousness. 450 00:23:25,210 --> 00:23:28,310 S1: They proclaim it. They proclaim it on the billboards, they 451 00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:31,429 S1: proclaim it in the streets. Unrighteousness. So how is it 452 00:23:31,430 --> 00:23:34,590 S1: that no one can speak, can't speak? How is it 453 00:23:34,590 --> 00:23:38,190 S1: that one can't speak righteousness? Who are they to say 454 00:23:38,190 --> 00:23:41,230 S1: that this man is crazy? So in response to his release, 455 00:23:41,270 --> 00:23:43,389 S1: Ivy posted another video saying that the bull should be 456 00:23:43,390 --> 00:23:45,750 S1: honest rather than saying he was detrimental to the team. 457 00:23:45,750 --> 00:23:47,510 S1: And you just heard him say that. How was I 458 00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:49,750 S1: ever detrimental to the team, I would say. Nice shot bro. 459 00:23:49,790 --> 00:23:51,470 S1: You know, and he was supporting the team. He never 460 00:23:51,470 --> 00:23:55,070 S1: said anything derogatory. He just said you shouldn't support unrighteousness. 461 00:23:55,109 --> 00:23:57,350 S1: Now when we come back, I want Craig to give 462 00:23:57,350 --> 00:23:59,310 S1: a deep dive on this. I've got lots of audio. 463 00:23:59,350 --> 00:24:03,190 S1: What's interesting to me is the people who are responding 464 00:24:03,190 --> 00:24:07,310 S1: football coaches, other players. This has become a very contentious 465 00:24:07,310 --> 00:24:10,070 S1: topic on whether or not you can stand up and 466 00:24:10,070 --> 00:24:12,909 S1: take a knee in a football game. Colin Kaepernick but 467 00:24:12,910 --> 00:24:15,950 S1: you can't say that this is unrighteous. Well, wait a minute. 468 00:24:16,070 --> 00:24:19,670 S1: You've taken sides NFL. You are the last thing from 469 00:24:19,670 --> 00:24:22,790 S1: being neutral. Now the NBA has stepped in and we're 470 00:24:22,790 --> 00:24:25,149 S1: seeing more and more professional sports make these same kinds 471 00:24:25,150 --> 00:24:29,650 S1: of very non-neutral position on cultural issues, when they should 472 00:24:29,650 --> 00:24:33,250 S1: be about scoring the touchdown, shooting the basket, hitting the 473 00:24:33,250 --> 00:24:54,609 S1: home run back after this. Going through life with the 474 00:24:54,609 --> 00:24:56,490 S1: Bible in one hand and the newspaper and the other 475 00:24:56,490 --> 00:24:58,570 S1: is essential for each of us on our walk with Christ. 476 00:24:58,570 --> 00:25:00,370 S1: And that's what we do on in the market. We 477 00:25:00,369 --> 00:25:03,050 S1: examine culture, interpret the headlines, and look at the news 478 00:25:03,050 --> 00:25:05,850 S1: from a biblical perspective. When you become a partial partner, 479 00:25:05,850 --> 00:25:08,729 S1: you're directly responsible for putting this program on the air. 480 00:25:08,770 --> 00:25:11,609 S1: Reaching men and women across America with the practical application 481 00:25:11,609 --> 00:25:14,210 S1: of God's Word. Become a partial partner today by calling 482 00:25:14,250 --> 00:25:16,850 S1: eight seven, seven Janet 58 or go to in the 483 00:25:16,850 --> 00:25:18,689 S1: market with Janet partial.org. 484 00:25:22,650 --> 00:25:28,750 S7: The world can proclaim LGBTQ, right? They have they have 485 00:25:29,190 --> 00:25:34,830 S7: they proclaim pride Month in the NBA. They proclaim it. 486 00:25:36,350 --> 00:25:41,270 S7: They they show it to the world. They say, come, come, uh, 487 00:25:41,310 --> 00:25:48,350 S7: come join us for pride for pride month to celebrate unrighteousness. 488 00:25:51,590 --> 00:25:58,430 S7: They proclaim it. They proclaim it on the billboards. They 489 00:25:58,430 --> 00:26:04,150 S7: proclaim it in the streets. Unrighteousness. So how is it 490 00:26:04,150 --> 00:26:08,750 S7: that that one can't speak righteousness? How is it one that. How, how, 491 00:26:08,790 --> 00:26:12,670 S7: how are they to say that? Uh, you you man, 492 00:26:12,670 --> 00:26:16,150 S7: this man is crazy. I'm not I'm not the the 493 00:26:16,150 --> 00:26:19,630 S7: jay I used to be, but the OG is dead. Um. 494 00:26:20,109 --> 00:26:24,699 S7: I'm alive in Christ. Um, you know, no matter what the, the, 495 00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:29,420 S7: the basketball setting is. You know, I'm, I'm born again, 496 00:26:29,580 --> 00:26:33,060 S7: the Holy Spirit. Um, you know, I've been saved by 497 00:26:33,060 --> 00:26:38,380 S7: Jesus Christ. No matter what, how many MPs I don't, 498 00:26:38,420 --> 00:26:42,980 S7: I don't get to play or no matter how many 499 00:26:42,980 --> 00:26:47,699 S7: points I score. Those things are a temporary thing. 500 00:26:48,380 --> 00:26:52,260 S1: MM. Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. 501 00:26:52,260 --> 00:26:55,620 S1: And then the Chicago Bulls turn around and announce that 502 00:26:55,619 --> 00:26:59,180 S1: Jaden Ivey, guard for the Chicago Bulls, has been waived 503 00:26:59,180 --> 00:27:03,580 S1: due to, quote, conduct detrimental to the team. And it 504 00:27:03,580 --> 00:27:06,140 S1: really does raise a whole series of questions. By the way, 505 00:27:06,140 --> 00:27:07,899 S1: the first thing that's going to be interesting out of 506 00:27:07,900 --> 00:27:10,419 S1: this is people who don't know anything about basketball suddenly 507 00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:14,100 S1: got very interested because they care, particularly if they are 508 00:27:14,140 --> 00:27:17,220 S1: a professing Christian. You just heard Jaden say, I am 509 00:27:17,220 --> 00:27:20,780 S1: alive in Christ. I have been born again. And he 510 00:27:20,820 --> 00:27:25,040 S1: rightly identified the temporal right. Temporal things are seen, the 511 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,000 S1: eternal things are unseen, the Scripture tells us, and he 512 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,880 S1: knows that when he gets to heaven, he's not going 513 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,520 S1: to get a bunch of basketballs. It's a crown of righteousness. 514 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,280 S1: And he's very, very aware of that fact. But I 515 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,040 S1: bet he didn't wake up at the beginning of the 516 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,280 S1: week thinking, I'm going to be tested for my faith 517 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,199 S1: this week, which is why you and I have to 518 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,200 S1: get some spiritual heft on our bones. Because when these 519 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,320 S1: challenges come, they don't come with an invitation from the 520 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,720 S1: Lord ahead of time. They tend to catch you off guard, 521 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,480 S1: and you have to be ready and able to give 522 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,639 S1: a reason for the hope that resides within you. To 523 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,320 S1: ask yourself the very question, will I sit down and 524 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,600 S1: be quiet because the authorities have told me to do so? 525 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,639 S1: Peter and John said, nope, can't do it. Can't stop 526 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,959 S1: talking about that which we've seen and heard. May it 527 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:05,480 S1: just overflow out of us because we have gone from 528 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,320 S1: being blind people to people who see people who live 529 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,080 S1: in darkness, who've seen a great life, dead people who 530 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,360 S1: now walk and celebrate the fact that the tomb is 531 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:17,400 S1: empty in Jerusalem. This is actually a perfect crucifixion and 532 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,060 S1: resurrection story. So, Craig, let me just talk about a 533 00:28:20,060 --> 00:28:22,060 S1: couple of things. First of all, if you look at 534 00:28:22,060 --> 00:28:26,060 S1: the corporation known as the Chicago Bulls, employment law applies 535 00:28:26,060 --> 00:28:28,139 S1: to them like it does to anybody else, how come 536 00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:30,900 S1: this isn't going to smack them right between the eyes 537 00:28:31,180 --> 00:28:34,100 S1: with a title seven violation for labor law? Because this 538 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:36,340 S1: is viewpoint discrimination based on religion. 539 00:28:36,580 --> 00:28:40,260 S6: Yeah, you'd think so. Um, now one of the dodges 540 00:28:40,260 --> 00:28:45,060 S6: that happens once you file a title seven claim, you 541 00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:48,180 S6: go through the EEOC and then eventually if the case 542 00:28:48,180 --> 00:28:50,700 S6: is not resolved, it goes you file a lawsuit in 543 00:28:50,700 --> 00:28:58,100 S6: federal court. Um, many times the defendant employer will say, oh, no, no, 544 00:28:58,100 --> 00:29:02,780 S6: that wasn't the real reason. The real reason was performance. 545 00:29:02,940 --> 00:29:07,380 S6: The real reason was, uh, insubordination, failure to come to 546 00:29:07,420 --> 00:29:13,420 S6: work on time. And sometimes, uh, an employee may miss 547 00:29:13,980 --> 00:29:17,280 S6: a meeting or may come in a couple times, 15 548 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:22,360 S6: minutes late. Um, but generally speaking, that will be viewed 549 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,600 S6: as a pretext if it's just a few isolated instances 550 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:30,040 S6: like that. Now I'm not addressing, excuse me, the, um, 551 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:34,200 S6: his performance, uh, in the number of games that he 552 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:38,960 S6: had played in, that's a coach's decision, but apparently there 553 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:44,400 S6: was no, uh, justification based on performance in the decision 554 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:48,440 S6: for the waiver, um, to basically allow him to be 555 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:54,200 S6: a free agent. Um, and, uh, it appears to be a, 556 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,200 S6: according to the reports that you and I have been 557 00:29:56,200 --> 00:30:00,120 S6: reading that it was pretty clear that that statement on 558 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,760 S6: social media, his private social media account, it wasn't on 559 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:08,200 S6: the NBA's account. It wasn't on the Chicago Bulls, uh, 560 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:13,480 S6: you know, official NBA account. It was his personal expression 561 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:17,660 S6: of free speech and freedom of religion about that particular issue. 562 00:30:18,420 --> 00:30:21,980 S6: So that having been said, title VII should apply. There's 563 00:30:21,980 --> 00:30:26,420 S6: no exception. Now, some laws have been adjusted for professional sports. 564 00:30:26,740 --> 00:30:29,540 S6: Antitrust is an example as one. But this isn't an 565 00:30:29,580 --> 00:30:33,060 S6: antitrust case. This is a discrimination case. In terms of religion, 566 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:38,180 S6: your religious expression was the reason why you were retaliated 567 00:30:38,180 --> 00:30:42,820 S6: against by, uh, the team, by the leadership, I should 568 00:30:42,820 --> 00:30:45,739 S6: say the organization, uh, not by the fellow members of 569 00:30:45,740 --> 00:30:50,500 S6: the team. So there is an exception called bona fide 570 00:30:51,580 --> 00:30:59,940 S6: occupational qualification. And if a certain job requires a certain 571 00:30:59,940 --> 00:31:03,860 S6: skill level and it's bona fide, not a pretext for 572 00:31:04,020 --> 00:31:08,620 S6: underlying discrimination or racism or whatever, uh, if it's a 573 00:31:08,620 --> 00:31:13,420 S6: bona fide occupational qualification for a certain kind of a job, 574 00:31:13,980 --> 00:31:18,040 S6: then you can say, well, I'm really sorry, but you see, 575 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:23,440 S6: it's hard to say that, uh, the Chicago Bulls require 576 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,200 S6: that you not be a believer in what the Bible 577 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:30,440 S6: has to say about sex, male and female and transgender 578 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:35,440 S6: issues and, um, those kind of social issues. So I 579 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,360 S6: think none of the exceptions in title seven that I 580 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:41,240 S6: can see would apply. So the answer would be yes. 581 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:45,480 S6: I think this is religious discrimination. Now the real issue 582 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:47,640 S6: is is there going to be damage? Is there going 583 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,080 S6: to be harm to him? And if he gets picked 584 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,320 S6: up quickly and then there's some evidence that he may be, uh, 585 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:57,440 S6: then no harm, no foul, as they say. Um, but it's, 586 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:02,440 S6: it's a, I think a shameful blot on the reputation 587 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:07,000 S6: of the NBA. And it's not just it's not just NBA. 588 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,120 S6: The NFL has gone through this as well. In fact, 589 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:15,500 S6: all of professional sports is grappling with Those who decide 590 00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:19,460 S6: to speak out about their Christian witness, as opposed to 591 00:32:19,780 --> 00:32:24,500 S6: those who have spoken out about political issues and have 592 00:32:24,500 --> 00:32:30,420 S6: been left alone at according to what the political opinion is. If. 593 00:32:30,460 --> 00:32:34,500 S6: If it's a politically correct statement, then apparently you can play. 594 00:32:34,940 --> 00:32:37,100 S6: If not, you may be out. 595 00:32:37,220 --> 00:32:39,980 S1: Yeah, well, let me talk about how this is really 596 00:32:39,980 --> 00:32:43,500 S1: dividing sheep and goats, because there have been other believers 597 00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:48,180 S1: in professional sports who have stepped forward. Um, I commend 598 00:32:48,180 --> 00:32:52,420 S1: to you an absolutely fabulous documentary, three parts on Prime 599 00:32:52,420 --> 00:32:55,540 S1: Video by way of the Wonder Project. It's called redemption. 600 00:32:55,740 --> 00:32:58,340 S1: Tim Tebow was the executive producer. And what it does 601 00:32:58,340 --> 00:33:02,020 S1: is it covers what happened at Ohio State University when 602 00:33:02,020 --> 00:33:04,900 S1: revival broke out in the football team. Craig, you and 603 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:07,900 S1: I watched it. We cried. We were we. It was 604 00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:10,940 S1: just an absolutely stunning story. One of the ballplayers that 605 00:33:10,940 --> 00:33:15,040 S1: comes out of Ohio State is Treveyon Henderson. Henderson. He 606 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,280 S1: was a star playing for the Buckeyes, and a lot 607 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,200 S1: of the players, after they came to faith in Christ 608 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,080 S1: would come to practice and they would wear shirts that 609 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:26,320 S1: said Jesus won. And they were unbelievably unashamed of the 610 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:28,960 S1: gospel of Jesus Christ. Even if you can cue up 611 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,440 S1: number three, this is where, again, you're getting other people 612 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:34,959 S1: to weigh in. So here's the head coach of the Patriots, 613 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:39,000 S1: by the way. He's insinuating that Trey Henderson is, quote, 614 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:43,200 S1: not educated. Now can you feel the arrogance in that? 615 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:48,240 S1: Not educated. Why? Because he supports Jaden Ivey. So here's 616 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:49,840 S1: the Pats head coach. Have a listen. 617 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:55,160 S8: Treyvion quoted some Bible verses supporting, um, a Chicago Bulls 618 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:59,880 S8: player who got released for some, um, some comments that 619 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,800 S8: he made. And I just how do you measure the 620 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:05,760 S8: line between, um, conduct detrimental to the team, which is 621 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,040 S8: why the bulls released the player in their view, and 622 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:12,830 S8: allowing a 23 year old to, you know, express his personal. 623 00:34:13,030 --> 00:34:14,270 S9: I think there is a fine line. I want to 624 00:34:14,270 --> 00:34:18,550 S9: tell you, I love Treveon. I love the person up there. 625 00:34:18,590 --> 00:34:21,790 S9: He cares deeply about our team. He cares deeply about 626 00:34:21,790 --> 00:34:27,390 S9: his faith. He cares deeply about his family, his wife, um, 627 00:34:27,710 --> 00:34:31,950 S9: the people in our building. And so I want them 628 00:34:31,950 --> 00:34:35,150 S9: to be able to express what they believe in their 629 00:34:35,150 --> 00:34:38,549 S9: heart and in their mind, but, but also want to 630 00:34:38,550 --> 00:34:41,710 S9: make sure that they're educated and we want to be inclusive. 631 00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:44,710 S9: We want to everything we want to do. Uh, wants 632 00:34:44,710 --> 00:34:48,469 S9: to provide an environment for people to one, feel comfortable, 633 00:34:48,469 --> 00:34:52,029 S9: but also to share their personal beliefs. Uh, and then 634 00:34:52,030 --> 00:34:54,990 S9: also we represent the team and we represent the organization. 635 00:34:55,550 --> 00:34:58,830 S1: Okay, so just a little background. Stefon Diggs was charged 636 00:34:58,830 --> 00:35:02,710 S1: with felony strangulation and misdemeanor assault after allegedly smacking his 637 00:35:02,710 --> 00:35:06,030 S1: professional chef across the face and choking her with his elbow. 638 00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:10,130 S1: When that same coach from the Patriots, Mike Vrabel, was asked. 639 00:35:10,489 --> 00:35:12,610 S1: He played it safe. These are allegations, he said. I 640 00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:14,049 S1: don't think we have to jump to any sort of 641 00:35:14,050 --> 00:35:16,970 S1: conclusion right now. Let the process take its toll. Meanwhile, 642 00:35:16,969 --> 00:35:20,689 S1: another man, Christopher Griffin, claims that Stefon Diggs drugged and 643 00:35:20,690 --> 00:35:24,130 S1: sexually assaulted him at Diggs, Maryland home in May of 2023. 644 00:35:24,370 --> 00:35:27,210 S1: And the charges go on and on and on. What 645 00:35:27,210 --> 00:35:30,330 S1: did the head coach of the Pats do? Absolutely nothing. 646 00:35:30,530 --> 00:35:32,649 S1: There was conduct. I want to pick up on this 647 00:35:32,650 --> 00:35:34,530 S1: because this is what the Supreme Court just dealt with, 648 00:35:34,530 --> 00:35:39,610 S1: conduct versus speech. And so you've got actual criminal activity 649 00:35:39,610 --> 00:35:42,049 S1: on the one hand, and you have speech on the other, 650 00:35:42,050 --> 00:35:44,170 S1: and then you have the arrogance of this coach. And 651 00:35:44,170 --> 00:35:46,250 S1: it isn't just my allegiance to the Packers that's making 652 00:35:46,250 --> 00:35:49,009 S1: me say this. I'm a Christian first, believe me. But 653 00:35:49,010 --> 00:35:53,170 S1: he said, Trey just needs to be educated, those poor, dumb, 654 00:35:53,210 --> 00:35:56,609 S1: uneducated Christians, if we could just teach them how to 655 00:35:56,610 --> 00:35:59,129 S1: be inclusive, you know who did this? The state of Colorado, 656 00:35:59,330 --> 00:36:02,129 S1: every single time they went after Jack Phillips from Masterpiece Cake, 657 00:36:02,130 --> 00:36:03,450 S1: one of the things they said he was going to 658 00:36:03,450 --> 00:36:06,730 S1: have to do was go through a reeducation experience so 659 00:36:06,730 --> 00:36:09,910 S1: we could just take away these bad, terrible biblical ideas 660 00:36:09,910 --> 00:36:12,150 S1: and re-educate them. We could turn them into the little 661 00:36:12,150 --> 00:36:14,670 S1: inclusive beings we want them to be. Craig, I want 662 00:36:14,670 --> 00:36:16,950 S1: you to respond to that when we come back, because again, 663 00:36:17,310 --> 00:36:21,550 S1: it wasn't action on on Jaden Ivey's part compared to 664 00:36:21,550 --> 00:36:24,589 S1: the ballplayer that we just referenced who played for the Patriots. 665 00:36:24,870 --> 00:36:27,830 S1: It was speech and also this idea that you're just dumb. 666 00:36:27,870 --> 00:36:29,549 S1: If we could just teach you, you'd be a whole 667 00:36:29,550 --> 00:36:30,750 S1: lot better. More after this. 668 00:36:56,469 --> 00:36:59,870 S7: That opportunity came. It doesn't matter if it's in the NBA. 669 00:37:00,350 --> 00:37:03,390 S7: It doesn't matter if it's. I know they don't have it, 670 00:37:03,390 --> 00:37:10,130 S7: but the CBA, if it's the. If it's overseas, if it's, uh, 671 00:37:10,530 --> 00:37:14,330 S7: it doesn't matter. It could be the African League. It doesn't, 672 00:37:14,330 --> 00:37:16,450 S7: it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. As long as I'm 673 00:37:16,450 --> 00:37:20,090 S7: doing the will of God abiding in Jesus Christ. That's 674 00:37:20,090 --> 00:37:22,370 S7: that's what matters. That's what's going to matter when I 675 00:37:22,370 --> 00:37:25,330 S7: stand before God. That's what's that's what every player in 676 00:37:25,330 --> 00:37:27,250 S7: the NBA is going to be held to the same 677 00:37:27,250 --> 00:37:30,969 S7: standard as me, the same standard. They're going to be 678 00:37:30,969 --> 00:37:33,370 S7: held accountable for everything that you do in this earth. 679 00:37:33,650 --> 00:37:38,049 S7: Every word, every deed, every thought. You're going to be 680 00:37:38,050 --> 00:37:44,089 S7: held accountable. Every action that you do, that's wicked. You're 681 00:37:44,090 --> 00:37:46,090 S7: going to be held accountable if you do not repent 682 00:37:46,090 --> 00:37:49,569 S7: for those things. We're all we're all going to be be, uh, 683 00:37:49,570 --> 00:37:53,050 S7: in the judgment seat of Christ. So, so, so I'm, 684 00:37:53,090 --> 00:37:56,370 S7: I'm in the same standard as everybody else in the NBA. And, 685 00:37:56,370 --> 00:38:00,650 S7: and so if the NBA, you know, whatever the, whatever 686 00:38:00,690 --> 00:38:04,210 S7: is worldwide, whoever's seeing this like, like, like I'm, of 687 00:38:04,250 --> 00:38:06,790 S7: course I'm, I'm, I could play. I could play now 688 00:38:06,790 --> 00:38:10,470 S7: and be, you know, the Lord gives me the opportunity. 689 00:38:10,510 --> 00:38:13,029 S7: You know, if that's his will, then may his will 690 00:38:13,030 --> 00:38:13,510 S7: be done. 691 00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:16,670 S1: Amen. Preach, brother. Let's hope God opens the door of 692 00:38:16,670 --> 00:38:18,469 S1: opportunity that may or may not be his plan. I 693 00:38:18,469 --> 00:38:21,109 S1: don't know, but he's remaining steadfast. And in so doing, 694 00:38:21,110 --> 00:38:23,069 S1: he's a role model for the rest of us. Let 695 00:38:23,070 --> 00:38:25,550 S1: me tell you, Trey Henderson is a class act. After 696 00:38:25,550 --> 00:38:29,310 S1: this happened with Jaden Ivey, Trey put out on X. 697 00:38:29,310 --> 00:38:32,589 S1: Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for 698 00:38:32,590 --> 00:38:35,950 S1: theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 510. So Trey 699 00:38:35,950 --> 00:38:39,070 S1: knows exactly what's happening here, recognizes it for the spiritual 700 00:38:39,070 --> 00:38:42,670 S1: warfare that it is. So again, you're seeing this division 701 00:38:42,670 --> 00:38:46,150 S1: in sports. Craig. Some people speaking out like like, I 702 00:38:46,150 --> 00:38:47,950 S1: don't know why the Patriots had to weigh in on this. 703 00:38:47,950 --> 00:38:49,469 S1: I guess he was at a presser and he got 704 00:38:49,510 --> 00:38:51,549 S1: asked the question. So he had to weigh in. And 705 00:38:51,550 --> 00:38:54,150 S1: because it tied in to Trey, who plays for the Pats, 706 00:38:54,150 --> 00:38:57,150 S1: he had to make a kind of response and that. But, uh, 707 00:38:57,150 --> 00:39:00,109 S1: I love the way I keep thinking is Joseph's prayer. 708 00:39:00,110 --> 00:39:02,509 S1: You meant it for evil, but boy, did God mean 709 00:39:02,510 --> 00:39:05,930 S1: it for good, because Jaden's words now about staying fast, 710 00:39:05,930 --> 00:39:08,529 S1: about standing bold for righteousness sake, about all of us 711 00:39:08,530 --> 00:39:11,730 S1: being accountable and having to stand before the throne someday. Listen, 712 00:39:11,730 --> 00:39:13,770 S1: he's not going to say all the Chicago Bull players 713 00:39:13,770 --> 00:39:15,850 S1: come up to the front, okay? All have sinned and 714 00:39:15,850 --> 00:39:17,290 S1: come short of the glory of God, and we will 715 00:39:17,290 --> 00:39:20,049 S1: all stand before the seat of judgment. And the world 716 00:39:20,050 --> 00:39:23,290 S1: will then be divided, not between basketball players and football players, 717 00:39:23,290 --> 00:39:25,770 S1: but those who said yes, Lord, and those who did not. 718 00:39:25,770 --> 00:39:28,730 S1: So even in the midst of this cultural kerfuffle, the 719 00:39:28,730 --> 00:39:31,090 S1: Lord's name is being lifted up. Your thoughts about this? 720 00:39:31,130 --> 00:39:34,890 S6: Well, and particularly the timing now, as we approach the 721 00:39:34,930 --> 00:39:41,930 S6: true and historic and actual passion of the Christ, you 722 00:39:41,930 --> 00:39:46,049 S6: read all the gospel accounts and we know what happened. 723 00:39:46,330 --> 00:39:53,690 S6: We know that, uh, his own disciples turned against him. Peter, uh, 724 00:39:53,690 --> 00:39:58,450 S6: betrayed him. Um, he all the supporters that had been 725 00:39:58,450 --> 00:40:03,310 S6: cheering for him as his triumphal entry into Jerusalem a 726 00:40:03,310 --> 00:40:06,990 S6: short time before that had now gone against him. Um, 727 00:40:06,989 --> 00:40:11,830 S6: so when your Saviour has gone through it, we're promised 728 00:40:12,270 --> 00:40:17,069 S6: and so is he that the Saviour knows what it 729 00:40:17,070 --> 00:40:20,549 S6: feels like and will comfort you with the comfort that 730 00:40:20,550 --> 00:40:23,390 S6: you can then give to others when you go through 731 00:40:23,390 --> 00:40:24,469 S6: these kind of trials. 732 00:40:24,510 --> 00:40:28,270 S1: Yeah, exactly. Right. And again, what a you know, we 733 00:40:28,310 --> 00:40:30,029 S1: talked about it before. If you were just going to 734 00:40:30,030 --> 00:40:32,870 S1: be absolutely like Lady Justice with the blindfold on, you 735 00:40:32,870 --> 00:40:36,590 S1: would say, this is viewpoint discrimination. And the the bulls 736 00:40:36,590 --> 00:40:40,550 S1: would be in violation of title seven. But they couldn't 737 00:40:40,550 --> 00:40:43,710 S1: they didn't. They they couched it as his detrimental conduct. 738 00:40:43,710 --> 00:40:45,950 S1: First of all, this is exactly. 739 00:40:45,989 --> 00:40:49,629 S6: Which is not conduct. Let's be real, the only time 740 00:40:49,630 --> 00:40:53,910 S6: that speech has anything to do with conduct, when you 741 00:40:53,910 --> 00:40:55,910 S6: look at it from the standpoint of a First Amendment 742 00:40:55,910 --> 00:40:59,189 S6: issue or free speech, whether it's as a value or 743 00:40:59,230 --> 00:41:02,489 S6: as a as a right under the First Amendment. The 744 00:41:02,489 --> 00:41:05,410 S6: only time the two sort of get close to each 745 00:41:05,450 --> 00:41:09,609 S6: other is when you are inciting others with your speech 746 00:41:09,730 --> 00:41:16,530 S6: to accomplish violence or criminality. Um, but that's it. Otherwise, 747 00:41:16,690 --> 00:41:21,170 S6: speech is one thing, conducts another. And they said his 748 00:41:21,170 --> 00:41:27,570 S6: speech was so offensive it really represented bad conduct. Now, 749 00:41:27,570 --> 00:41:31,850 S6: what they're perhaps really saying is that the only thing 750 00:41:31,890 --> 00:41:35,690 S6: they're concerned about in terms of tolerance is not tolerating 751 00:41:35,890 --> 00:41:40,170 S6: a Christian viewpoint from a Christian NBA player. They're concerned 752 00:41:40,170 --> 00:41:45,690 S6: about the tolerance level of fans and the organization itself 753 00:41:46,050 --> 00:41:47,170 S6: and perception. 754 00:41:47,210 --> 00:41:48,970 S1: But you've made a choice. You've made a choice. 755 00:41:48,969 --> 00:41:49,530 S6: You sure. 756 00:41:49,570 --> 00:41:52,250 S1: Do. When they're feeling when they're feeling the arena in 757 00:41:52,250 --> 00:41:55,330 S1: Chicago to watch the Bulls play, you're going to offend 50% 758 00:41:55,330 --> 00:41:57,530 S1: of the people in that crowd. The ones who say, no, 759 00:41:57,690 --> 00:42:01,040 S1: there's nothing to be prideful about. Your homosexuality. Same sex 760 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:03,920 S1: attraction is not something that should be celebrated. And then 761 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:05,439 S1: they're going to be those who think it's a great idea. 762 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:09,400 S6: And by the way, why is this insinuating itself into professional. 763 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:09,840 S1: Sports. 764 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:14,839 S6: In the first place? Because that unfortunately, that issue has 765 00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:19,520 S6: been resolved not by logical debate or even conversation, but 766 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:23,200 S6: apparently corporate heads a long time ago said, we're going 767 00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:26,320 S6: to fold when we have a little bit of intimidation 768 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:29,959 S6: from those that say, no, we want sex equity. We 769 00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:31,160 S6: want gender identity. 770 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:34,480 S1: I bet if I could survey sports fans, they just 771 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,680 S1: want to see the game. Don't wait. We got enough 772 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:38,960 S1: politics 24 over seven on the news channel. 773 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,879 S6: From a common sense standpoint, you and I know that. 774 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:42,319 S1: By the way, the coach of the Pats has got 775 00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:44,680 S1: a problem because their QB is a believer fellow by 776 00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,000 S1: the name of Drake Maye. He uses his platform to 777 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,240 S1: spread the word of Christ. He said this quote, there's 778 00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,440 S1: always been a constant in my life that's been my faith. 779 00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:53,839 S1: A follower of Jesus Christ is the biggest thing in 780 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,560 S1: my life. And keeping that at number one. So that's 781 00:42:56,560 --> 00:43:00,340 S1: another Patriot that's come out. and be bold about his faith. 782 00:43:00,340 --> 00:43:05,580 S1: But what happened is what Jaden did was take biblical truth. 783 00:43:05,580 --> 00:43:07,779 S1: This is why we talk about applied Christianity on this 784 00:43:07,780 --> 00:43:10,220 S1: program all the time. He took the principles of God's 785 00:43:10,219 --> 00:43:14,660 S1: Word about human sexuality and said, this is unrighteous. This 786 00:43:14,660 --> 00:43:17,299 S1: behavior is not something where God turns a blind eye 787 00:43:17,300 --> 00:43:19,899 S1: and a deaf ear. He has said no over and 788 00:43:19,900 --> 00:43:23,060 S1: over and over again. And so that became the problem. 789 00:43:23,060 --> 00:43:26,259 S1: Not anybody can say Jesus is Lord, and then you 790 00:43:26,260 --> 00:43:29,020 S1: have to live it out, right? And that becomes the challenge. 791 00:43:29,060 --> 00:43:32,100 S6: No, don't live it out. Don't live it out so loud. 792 00:43:32,140 --> 00:43:32,620 S1: Keep it in that. 793 00:43:32,620 --> 00:43:34,540 S6: People will actually hear what you believe. 794 00:43:34,580 --> 00:43:37,739 S1: Exactly. Keep it in the closet. So I've said several times, Greg, 795 00:43:37,739 --> 00:43:39,100 S1: and I want to see if it's your take too, 796 00:43:39,100 --> 00:43:41,100 S1: that this is I love this kind of stuff because 797 00:43:41,100 --> 00:43:43,380 S1: it becomes a Sunday school lesson. We sit, we watch, 798 00:43:43,380 --> 00:43:45,340 S1: we listen to the news, we read the social posts, 799 00:43:45,340 --> 00:43:47,660 S1: and we go, uh oh, could I have done that? 800 00:43:47,660 --> 00:43:49,540 S1: Could I have been bold? Would I have said no? 801 00:43:49,580 --> 00:43:51,819 S1: I mean, Jaden, he could have looked the other way. 802 00:43:51,820 --> 00:43:53,899 S1: He could have said when when the Bulls and the 803 00:43:53,900 --> 00:43:58,600 S1: NBA decided to promote homosexuality that. No, I'm just going 804 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:00,080 S1: to look at not my thing. I'll just look the 805 00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,480 S1: other way. But he dared on his own post, by 806 00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:05,000 S1: the way, not with the moniker of the Bulls anywhere 807 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:07,520 S1: in what he was saying. Just by association. 808 00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:11,400 S6: He was abiding in the Word of Christ on that issue. 809 00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:14,239 S6: And it cost him. But that's what it means to 810 00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:15,080 S6: be a disciple. 811 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,600 S1: Well, I think we're talking about cost. How interesting. And 812 00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:21,440 S1: what I grew up learning this day is called Maundy Thursday, 813 00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:23,960 S1: when we talk about the Last Supper and Jesus washing 814 00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,759 S1: the feet of his disciples, and he's reminding him that 815 00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:29,440 S1: his body would be broken for them, that his blood 816 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:32,279 S1: would be shed for them and us as we would 817 00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:35,440 S1: read in Scripture. And then he pays this price, this 818 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:38,640 S1: unbelievable price, so awful, so bad that he's in the 819 00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:42,480 S1: Garden of Gethsemane, asking his father, please, if it's possible, 820 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:46,799 S1: remove this cup from me. And then does victory, victory, 821 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,040 S1: not getting the ball through the hoop victory by saying 822 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,960 S1: not my will, but yours. And as a result of that, 823 00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:54,759 S1: the captive is set free. Have a great weekend. We'll 824 00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:55,520 S1: see you next time.