1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,040 S1: Hey, it's Diana super Di and so glad you've tuned 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,920 S1: in to the Carl and Crew show cast. You know, 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:09,320 S1: we air live weekday mornings, 5 to 9 central. For 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,920 S1: all the great ways to listen, just head to Carl 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:12,360 S1: and crew. 6 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:19,120 S2: Broadcasting from Chicago, across North America and beyond. Come as 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:25,320 S2: you are an experienced guide. Overcome what seems impossible and 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,520 S2: live as you never imagined. Start your morning with a laugh. 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,800 S3: Practical from the Bible. Tips and tricks to kill. Not tricks, 10 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:40,559 S3: but tips and tricks. Tips and tricks to kill. Tips and. 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,040 S2: Tricks. Delivering the truth daily. 12 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,840 S4: All of my attempts to, you know, prop myself up 13 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,360 S4: with achievement and good works. Well, God wasn't impressed by that, 14 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:50,760 S4: even if other people were. 15 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,440 S3: The gospel changes everything. 16 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,600 S1: Freedom in Christ. Man, it's like that backpack of cement 17 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,520 S1: just falling to the ground. 18 00:00:58,780 --> 00:01:03,220 S2: Now from the call of Hope Studios, this is Carl 19 00:01:03,220 --> 00:01:07,940 S2: and crew. Notice the jam packed parking lots. 20 00:01:08,940 --> 00:01:11,540 S3: Yeah, there's just full right now. 21 00:01:11,860 --> 00:01:14,540 S2: They're all jammed. They're all jammed. 22 00:01:15,140 --> 00:01:18,140 S5: No, I'm not joking. All across America. In fact, I 23 00:01:18,140 --> 00:01:21,700 S5: want someone texting in. Someone is driving by or pulling 24 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:24,140 S5: up to a health club as we speak. 25 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:27,300 S3: Yeah. It's true. Even this early in the. 26 00:01:27,300 --> 00:01:29,780 S5: Morning are absolutely jammed. 27 00:01:30,740 --> 00:01:32,060 S3: It's always this way. 28 00:01:32,100 --> 00:01:35,940 S5: Something stunned me. I was cracking up yesterday. I didn't 29 00:01:35,940 --> 00:01:39,500 S5: even know what was going on. But at church yesterday. 30 00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:42,940 S5: So we have two campuses for 180 Chicago here in Chicagoland, 31 00:01:43,220 --> 00:01:46,580 S5: and one of them meet in the northwest burbs. And 32 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:49,300 S5: it happens to me in a I don't know, how 33 00:01:49,300 --> 00:01:52,140 S5: do you describe this? It's got basketball courts, swimming. 34 00:01:52,180 --> 00:01:54,500 S3: Yeah. It's like a it's like a town park district. 35 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:55,700 S3: So it's got, it's, you know. 36 00:01:55,740 --> 00:01:56,300 S1: Nice athletic. 37 00:01:56,300 --> 00:01:57,140 S3: Center. Yeah. Yeah. 38 00:01:57,250 --> 00:02:00,170 S5: And it's got the weight room and it's got the 39 00:02:00,210 --> 00:02:04,610 S5: cardio treadmills, and it's got all the stuff that brings pain, 40 00:02:04,650 --> 00:02:11,050 S5: anguish and despair upon one's life. And I'm walking in 41 00:02:11,050 --> 00:02:13,490 S5: and while I'm driving in and I'm looking for a 42 00:02:13,490 --> 00:02:17,090 S5: spot and I'm like, wow, we're an hour and a 43 00:02:17,130 --> 00:02:20,010 S5: half before church starts. We got a revival going on here. 44 00:02:20,010 --> 00:02:22,010 S5: And then I realized, whoa, whoa, whoa. 45 00:02:22,050 --> 00:02:22,530 S3: This is. 46 00:02:22,970 --> 00:02:27,810 S5: This is not our revival. This is a revival of resolutions. 47 00:02:28,330 --> 00:02:30,450 S5: And it dawned on me, we're in the first week 48 00:02:30,450 --> 00:02:36,090 S5: of 2026. And guess what? It's loaded. And I love 49 00:02:36,090 --> 00:02:39,210 S5: that I'm not one of these poo poo ers that goes, yeah, 50 00:02:39,450 --> 00:02:42,530 S5: you're gonna fall on your face in 15 days, even 51 00:02:42,570 --> 00:02:44,850 S5: though the statistics say that's true. 52 00:02:44,889 --> 00:02:48,850 S3: You know what, though? There's probably some people who who 53 00:02:48,889 --> 00:02:52,130 S3: wouldn't have otherwise who last a good amount of time 54 00:02:52,130 --> 00:02:55,010 S3: on that type of thing, even if the majority don't. 55 00:02:55,010 --> 00:02:58,470 S3: Some do. Yeah. And, you know, if you're working out 56 00:02:58,470 --> 00:03:01,390 S3: for 15 more days this year than you were last year, 57 00:03:01,389 --> 00:03:03,830 S3: you know what? That's a that's not a bad thing. 58 00:03:03,990 --> 00:03:06,150 S3: I'm not mad at you about that. So. So keep 59 00:03:06,150 --> 00:03:06,550 S3: it up. 60 00:03:06,669 --> 00:03:08,710 S5: Somebody sent me a picture. I don't care where you 61 00:03:08,710 --> 00:03:10,310 S5: are in this world. All you got to do is 62 00:03:10,310 --> 00:03:14,869 S5: send it to me right now. 800 555, 7898. I'm 63 00:03:14,870 --> 00:03:17,910 S5: looking for pictures of health clubs, parking lots. That's what 64 00:03:17,910 --> 00:03:18,710 S5: I'm looking for. 65 00:03:18,750 --> 00:03:19,669 S6: That's hilarious. 66 00:03:19,830 --> 00:03:23,950 S5: (800) 180-0555. 78. 98. 67 00:03:23,990 --> 00:03:24,390 S6: Okay. 68 00:03:24,590 --> 00:03:27,350 S5: And what we might do is put a little montage 69 00:03:27,350 --> 00:03:30,830 S5: of pictures up on Facebook of parking lots. Leave the 70 00:03:30,830 --> 00:03:34,269 S5: license plates out. Just get a good sideways shot of 71 00:03:34,270 --> 00:03:37,710 S5: cars all over the. Yeah. Yeah, that would be great. 72 00:03:37,750 --> 00:03:42,910 S5: 800 555 7898. And if you're there because you're going 73 00:03:42,910 --> 00:03:46,190 S5: to press some iron, I'm proud of you. Way to go, 74 00:03:46,630 --> 00:03:49,950 S5: Bubba or Bubba yet? Way to go. Proud of you 75 00:03:49,950 --> 00:03:53,500 S5: on this beautiful morning. No, I mean, we're in that season, 76 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:55,340 S5: aren't we? Where resolutions are real. 77 00:03:55,380 --> 00:03:57,700 S6: Oh, yeah. For sure. Absolutely. I'm going to do this. 78 00:03:57,700 --> 00:03:59,340 S6: I'm going to do this. I want to do this. 79 00:03:59,340 --> 00:04:01,180 S6: I want to do that. I don't want to do this. 80 00:04:01,220 --> 00:04:04,940 S5: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't want to. It's what we 81 00:04:04,940 --> 00:04:06,780 S5: want to get done and what we don't want to 82 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:10,700 S5: get done any longer in our life. And here's our 83 00:04:10,700 --> 00:04:15,220 S5: premise here on Carl and crew. God's grace gives us 84 00:04:15,220 --> 00:04:17,979 S5: all the juice we need to make these things happen. 85 00:04:18,020 --> 00:04:21,700 S5: And I truly believe this. There is no question in 86 00:04:21,700 --> 00:04:24,700 S5: my mind's eye that it's even God's grace that can 87 00:04:24,700 --> 00:04:28,340 S5: fuel us to stay on a routine resolution, that we 88 00:04:28,339 --> 00:04:31,860 S5: have to get our bodies in shape. I really believe this, 89 00:04:32,180 --> 00:04:34,580 S5: and I think there's two ways. In fact, I know 90 00:04:34,580 --> 00:04:38,859 S5: there's two ways to try to bust through what has 91 00:04:38,860 --> 00:04:42,700 S5: been patterns of sedentary. Let's just stick on this working 92 00:04:42,740 --> 00:04:45,620 S5: out theme. Since the Apostle Paul said physical training is 93 00:04:45,620 --> 00:04:51,020 S5: of some value, spiritual of much. So I don't poo 94 00:04:51,020 --> 00:04:53,599 S5: poo Pooh. Spiritual training. But the question is, how are 95 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,159 S5: we going to get that done? That's the real question. 96 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:57,479 S5: How are we going to how are we going to 97 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,560 S5: get that done? And boy, we are going to have 98 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,800 S5: a week this week that is going to put some 99 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,800 S5: fuel in your belly. I'm so encouraged for you to 100 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,040 S5: be here with us this week and happy New Year 101 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:14,479 S5: to you. This is a week that's called T7, R. 102 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:16,560 S5: And you might say, well, what in the world is 103 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,599 S5: T7 R? It stands for the seven resolutions. And it's in. 104 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:26,200 S5: What's really interesting about this is it was Black Friday 105 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:31,760 S5: that alerted, uh, Moody Publishers to the reality that there 106 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,400 S5: is a hunger for people to get victory God's way 107 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,640 S5: in things that they're pursuing, and that the spirit of 108 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:42,040 S5: God's prompting in their hearts. And there's nothing like when 109 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,760 S5: the Spirit of God prompts us that something needs to move. 110 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:46,920 S5: The only question is, how are we going to get 111 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,830 S5: this done? Are we going to do this in our 112 00:05:49,830 --> 00:05:53,150 S5: strength will do. We have enough grit and will to 113 00:05:53,150 --> 00:05:55,750 S5: get through this. And you're right, young Thunder. There are 114 00:05:55,750 --> 00:06:01,550 S5: some very small percentage who see resolution stick. And ironically, 115 00:06:01,550 --> 00:06:05,550 S5: would you believe it's about 15 days into January when 85% 116 00:06:05,550 --> 00:06:10,430 S5: of resolutions have failed. And and that can be discouraging. 117 00:06:11,110 --> 00:06:14,830 S5: But we're picking this up here into this new year saying, 118 00:06:14,990 --> 00:06:18,910 S5: number one, it's not too late to start resolutions at all. 119 00:06:19,110 --> 00:06:24,309 S5: Never is. But how you do them are vital. Feel 120 00:06:24,310 --> 00:06:27,190 S5: prompted to go to passage here. This is so important. 121 00:06:28,070 --> 00:06:31,349 S5: This is our go to passage with regard to salvation 122 00:06:31,350 --> 00:06:34,350 S5: and discipleship that we use here over and over again. 123 00:06:34,990 --> 00:06:38,910 S5: And in Titus, Paul is writing to Titus, and this 124 00:06:38,910 --> 00:06:42,070 S5: is some of the best content in the Bible. I mean, 125 00:06:42,110 --> 00:06:45,870 S5: this is and these two verses capture the grace of 126 00:06:45,870 --> 00:06:49,810 S5: God like no other two verses in all of Scripture. 127 00:06:49,810 --> 00:06:53,290 S5: Here we go. For the grace of God has appeared, 128 00:06:53,290 --> 00:06:57,450 S5: bringing salvation for all people. God's grace, his power to 129 00:06:57,490 --> 00:07:02,930 S5: do in us what we can't do in ourself. His ability, karma, 130 00:07:03,730 --> 00:07:09,930 S5: training us to renounce ungodliness, worldly passions and to live self-controlled, 131 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:13,210 S5: upright and godly lives in this present age. And then 132 00:07:13,210 --> 00:07:16,330 S5: it goes on. There's another verse 13. This. Don't want 133 00:07:16,370 --> 00:07:21,330 S5: to miss this. Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing 134 00:07:21,610 --> 00:07:25,450 S5: of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 135 00:07:25,730 --> 00:07:29,330 S5: who gave himself up for us to redeem us from 136 00:07:29,330 --> 00:07:33,690 S5: all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for 137 00:07:33,690 --> 00:07:37,489 S5: his own possession, who are zealous for good works. And 138 00:07:37,490 --> 00:07:40,570 S5: what a sweet thing. So here's what we can deduce. 139 00:07:41,450 --> 00:07:46,920 S5: The Spirit of God has regenerated men and women, making 140 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:52,280 S5: them born again. That's God's grace. Salvation. But oftentimes we 141 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:56,320 S5: get up from there and we think, oh, you're going 142 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,080 S5: to hear this so many times on this show, if 143 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:02,960 S5: you've not heard it before, you must be new. And 144 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,640 S5: we think I need to get my life now aligned 145 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:10,160 S5: with God. And I want to set you free, my friend. 146 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,680 S5: Nothing could be further from the truth. The same grace 147 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:18,840 S5: that saved you is the grace that will train you. 148 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:22,200 S5: So the only question in our life is, how am 149 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:27,160 S5: I going to keep myself positioned before the grace of God? 150 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:32,800 S5: That's it. So do I applaud you having resolutions to 151 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:37,360 S5: get to a gym along with every other resolution? Yeah, 152 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,480 S5: those are awesome. All I would appeal to is do 153 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,480 S5: it in the power of God's grace. And that's what 154 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,260 S5: we're going to be talking about all week long. Say 155 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:49,620 S5: no to self-help and yes to God's power. Now you're 156 00:08:49,660 --> 00:08:52,100 S5: the first ones to hear this. You are the early birds. 157 00:08:52,100 --> 00:08:53,700 S5: You get the worm. You get to get in the 158 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:57,059 S5: pool first thing. But we've got something. Come. I say 159 00:08:57,059 --> 00:08:59,380 S5: we we aren't all going to be there. I tried 160 00:08:59,380 --> 00:09:01,340 S5: to get my whole team there and they said, nah, 161 00:09:01,380 --> 00:09:01,980 S5: we ain't doing. 162 00:09:02,059 --> 00:09:02,820 S3: Oh yeah, that's right. 163 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:05,100 S5: That's what they would have been fine. They would have 164 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:10,420 S5: been fine with that. But on on January 17th, uh, 165 00:09:10,620 --> 00:09:15,980 S5: because of what happened on, uh, Black Friday, which was 166 00:09:15,980 --> 00:09:21,500 S5: the seven resolutions went barnstorming out the door at Moody Publishers. 167 00:09:23,220 --> 00:09:26,580 S5: We are going to hold a seven hour power pack. 168 00:09:26,580 --> 00:09:28,620 S5: And here's what this is. I'm going to host a 169 00:09:28,620 --> 00:09:32,579 S5: live webinar on January 17th. Yeah, it's a Saturday. Can 170 00:09:32,580 --> 00:09:34,300 S5: you believe that? I'm going to be with you for 171 00:09:34,300 --> 00:09:35,980 S5: five days, and then I'm going to be with you 172 00:09:35,980 --> 00:09:39,219 S5: for Saturday morning for 2.5 hours. We're going to have 173 00:09:39,220 --> 00:09:42,559 S5: three different sessions that are going to be alive and 174 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:46,080 S5: active and engaging. And you can sit there in your PJs. 175 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,640 S5: No makeup on. Men. Men. You don't have to put 176 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,720 S5: on any makeup or ladies, and you can just sit 177 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,040 S5: there because it's not like the Brady Bunch. You're not 178 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,200 S5: going to have the whole world seeing your mug there. 179 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,960 S5: But you can take it in. And I am fired 180 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,720 S5: up to roll this out today. I want you to 181 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,400 S5: mark it on your calendars. January 17th. It's going to 182 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,800 S5: be a transformational morning. You get to go to a 183 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,280 S5: conference and sit there in the comfort of your home 184 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,360 S5: with a cup of coffee or a cup of tea 185 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,600 S5: and take it in. So how in the world did 186 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:18,880 S5: they get that link? Guys. 187 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,520 S3: It's real easy. Just text the word power. Power to 188 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:28,400 S3: 800 555 7898. The word power to 800 555 7898. 189 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,200 S3: Like Carl said, it's a free sign up. 190 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,560 S5: Yeah, there's no cost for this thing, man. Just sign 191 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,679 S5: up and get their text powered. 800 555 7898. We're 192 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:39,480 S5: going to be filling in the blanks coming up. 193 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,470 S2: She was trying to earn her way to God, but 194 00:10:42,470 --> 00:10:45,910 S2: God showed her she didn't have to. Ali is in 195 00:10:45,950 --> 00:10:49,309 S2: the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 196 00:10:49,510 --> 00:10:52,390 S5: Carl and crew helping you take your next step with Jesus. 197 00:10:52,390 --> 00:10:55,470 S5: You come as you are. You overcome what seems impossible 198 00:10:55,470 --> 00:10:57,910 S5: and live as you never imagined. The gospel is alive 199 00:10:57,910 --> 00:11:01,510 S5: and well. It's unstoppable in 2026. And I want you 200 00:11:01,510 --> 00:11:03,950 S5: to know that from the bottom of my heart. Our 201 00:11:03,950 --> 00:11:09,150 S5: God is able. Oh, we're coming off of a phenomenal 2025. 202 00:11:09,190 --> 00:11:12,150 S5: Even with trials, challenges and everything, we can look back 203 00:11:12,150 --> 00:11:16,030 S5: and see God has been faithful. God has been good. 204 00:11:16,870 --> 00:11:18,950 S5: And the question as we head into this new year is, 205 00:11:18,950 --> 00:11:21,670 S5: how in the world are we going to see the 206 00:11:21,670 --> 00:11:25,190 S5: changes that God wants to make in our life changed? How? 207 00:11:25,790 --> 00:11:28,870 S5: How are we going to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, 208 00:11:28,870 --> 00:11:32,590 S5: live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this present age? 209 00:11:32,870 --> 00:11:35,270 S5: By the way, isn't everything wrapped up there what you 210 00:11:35,270 --> 00:11:38,770 S5: stand against? What we stand for, how we live with self-control. 211 00:11:38,929 --> 00:11:42,450 S5: Everything's just in that little power pack of Titus 211 212 00:11:42,450 --> 00:11:46,609 S5: and 12. Camp out there. Highlight that. Titus two 1112. 213 00:11:46,650 --> 00:11:49,450 S5: Go ahead through 1314. You can do that. But highlight 214 00:11:49,450 --> 00:11:52,090 S5: those first two verses, at least in your Bible. Get 215 00:11:52,090 --> 00:11:57,570 S5: it marked down. That is anchor stuff for living this 216 00:11:57,570 --> 00:12:00,930 S5: new birth miracle. Living the gospel and the gospel is 217 00:12:00,929 --> 00:12:03,850 S5: all about God's grace to save us and God's grace 218 00:12:03,850 --> 00:12:08,569 S5: to change us. So when we think about changing, that's awesome. 219 00:12:08,570 --> 00:12:13,530 S5: But there's a prequel to change, and that prequel is 220 00:12:13,610 --> 00:12:15,850 S5: something that we want to tackle here in just a 221 00:12:15,850 --> 00:12:21,010 S5: couple of moments, because until we understand that it is 222 00:12:21,010 --> 00:12:28,250 S5: Christ alone, grace plus nothing that changes us. We actually 223 00:12:28,250 --> 00:12:32,930 S5: have bad information that leads to no transformation at all. 224 00:12:33,570 --> 00:12:35,610 S5: There's a lot of you that have been raised in 225 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:40,240 S5: Churchianity or in a Christian culture where it was all 226 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:46,439 S5: about behavior management. Or maybe it was about accepting Jesus 227 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:53,040 S5: into your life, or. Inviting Jesus into your life, or 228 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,360 S5: lifting a hand in the air. But nothing really changed. 229 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,480 S5: Maybe God will reveal that to you now. We'll have 230 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:00,600 S5: it for you. Coming up. 231 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:06,240 S2: Breaking chains and running free. You're listening to Carl and crew. 232 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:09,079 S5: Always keeping you updated. Boom. Crew on what's breaking news 233 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:13,080 S5: out there. And George Barna. He is a phenomenal researcher. 234 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,880 S5: In fact, he's the founder of Barnett Group, director of research, 235 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:21,079 S5: Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University. He's a worldview 236 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:25,480 S5: analyst and did an extensive poll in late 2025. And 237 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,959 S5: when I say extensive, they get a sampling size that 238 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:34,280 S5: they have 90 plus percentile accuracy on this thing. Astounding stuff. 239 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,699 S5: So let me just give you some of these top 240 00:13:36,700 --> 00:13:42,060 S5: line numbers here. In 2000, there were 77% of self-identified 241 00:13:42,059 --> 00:13:47,860 S5: Christians in the United States of America. Okay, that's 2000, 77%. 242 00:13:47,940 --> 00:13:50,219 S5: We've thrown that number around here a lot. Well, it's 243 00:13:50,220 --> 00:13:55,900 S5: gone down markedly 2025. Now the numbers are somewhere between 244 00:13:55,900 --> 00:14:00,140 S5: 63 to 65%. So a drop in 12 to 14%. 245 00:14:00,179 --> 00:14:04,580 S5: That's that's not surprising that that kind of fits where 246 00:14:04,580 --> 00:14:08,860 S5: we've been here post our post-Christian nation, so to speak. 247 00:14:08,860 --> 00:14:12,819 S5: But the the real insight gets down into the meat 248 00:14:12,820 --> 00:14:14,459 S5: of this. Let me give you some stats here. I'm 249 00:14:14,460 --> 00:14:21,460 S5: just reading from this study. 54% of self-identified Christians strongly agree, 250 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:25,220 S5: and I'm using Christians in air quotes here. And I'm 251 00:14:25,220 --> 00:14:27,580 S5: going to explain to you why, because the title of 252 00:14:27,580 --> 00:14:33,450 S5: this incredible study that says it all. So 54% of 253 00:14:33,450 --> 00:14:38,250 S5: self-identified Christians strongly agree that faith is, quote, very important, 254 00:14:38,250 --> 00:14:41,530 S5: end quote, in their life. Okay, so that's coming down. 255 00:14:41,730 --> 00:14:49,810 S5: Those are self-identified Christians. 24% of U.S. adults identify as Christian, 256 00:14:49,850 --> 00:14:54,570 S5: attend church at least monthly, and strongly say faith is 257 00:14:54,570 --> 00:15:01,930 S5: very important. So 24% of U.S. adults in general would say, okay, 258 00:15:01,970 --> 00:15:05,170 S5: I go at least monthly, and it's important to me. Now, 259 00:15:05,170 --> 00:15:07,970 S5: we know from Scripture that there's a lot of claims 260 00:15:07,970 --> 00:15:12,610 S5: about Christ that are inauthentic. They aren't the real deal. 261 00:15:12,610 --> 00:15:14,890 S5: They have a feeling for it, but there's not a 262 00:15:14,890 --> 00:15:19,170 S5: spiritual change. So we even take a deeper dive here. 11% 263 00:15:19,170 --> 00:15:22,210 S5: of U.S. adults believe in the father, son, and Holy 264 00:15:22,210 --> 00:15:25,410 S5: Spirit as real and active. Wow. Now we're dipping down 265 00:15:25,450 --> 00:15:30,330 S5: a little bit lower here. Here's the most staggering stat 4% 266 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:35,550 S5: of US adults hold a biblical worldview that consistently shapes 267 00:15:35,550 --> 00:15:39,550 S5: their beliefs and decisions. That's a big deal. 268 00:15:40,030 --> 00:15:41,070 S3: It's a really big deal. 269 00:15:41,190 --> 00:15:44,670 S5: It's a big deal. So what Barna did with this 270 00:15:44,670 --> 00:15:47,230 S5: study and we don't have a link right now. Sorry 271 00:15:47,230 --> 00:15:49,470 S5: about that. We might get one before it's all done 272 00:15:49,470 --> 00:15:51,190 S5: because I know what's going to happen. Do you have 273 00:15:51,190 --> 00:15:57,070 S5: a link for that study? Um. Here's here's what's amazing 274 00:15:57,070 --> 00:16:00,270 S5: about this study. If you got 4% that hold a 275 00:16:00,270 --> 00:16:07,350 S5: biblical worldview that consistently shapes beliefs and decisions. Wow. Now 276 00:16:07,350 --> 00:16:11,950 S5: we're getting into the level of what Jesus called us 277 00:16:11,950 --> 00:16:14,190 S5: to be, and that is Disciples of Christ. But the 278 00:16:14,190 --> 00:16:19,390 S5: numbers just did 4%. Now, before I go into Scripture 279 00:16:19,390 --> 00:16:22,990 S5: here and start even digging a little bit deeper, because 280 00:16:22,990 --> 00:16:25,630 S5: I don't know that that 4% number is even that 281 00:16:25,630 --> 00:16:31,980 S5: strong or real of authentic follower Followership of Christ. Barna 282 00:16:31,980 --> 00:16:34,420 S5: put this whole study together. And you know what? He 283 00:16:34,460 --> 00:16:38,340 S5: titled the study Christian in name only. 284 00:16:40,380 --> 00:16:40,660 S6: Wow. 285 00:16:41,580 --> 00:16:42,980 S5: What do you think when you hear that? 286 00:16:43,580 --> 00:16:44,660 S3: It's highly convicting. 287 00:16:44,700 --> 00:16:45,020 S6: Very. 288 00:16:45,020 --> 00:16:49,020 S3: Convicting. We don't talk about Christian in name, only a lot. 289 00:16:49,060 --> 00:16:52,620 S3: We talk about it here. Praise God. That's it. We 290 00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:55,060 S3: talk about it a lot here, but it's so important 291 00:16:55,060 --> 00:16:56,900 S3: that we talk about it a lot here, because it 292 00:16:56,900 --> 00:17:00,980 S3: is very scarcely talked about in other places. 293 00:17:01,380 --> 00:17:04,020 S5: Yeah. He goes on to say something that I have 294 00:17:04,020 --> 00:17:06,420 S5: a little different take on, but I respect him for this. 295 00:17:06,420 --> 00:17:08,620 S5: He says the goal should be not to get more 296 00:17:08,619 --> 00:17:11,380 S5: people into church, but to transform the people who are 297 00:17:11,380 --> 00:17:15,540 S5: already there. So our conviction is that churches are loaded 298 00:17:15,540 --> 00:17:18,860 S5: with people who do not know the power of Christ. 299 00:17:19,540 --> 00:17:24,780 S5: They've done things like said, I've invited Jesus into my heart. 300 00:17:24,780 --> 00:17:28,200 S5: We've we've been and there's no condemnation here. But I 301 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,359 S5: do want to be very clear with the gospel when 302 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:34,560 S5: we tell children, just invite Jesus into your heart. The 303 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:38,520 S5: problem is that we're never told to invite Jesus into 304 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:42,560 S5: our heart. That's not the good news. We're not told 305 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,840 S5: to accept Jesus. It's not a word that's used in 306 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:51,919 S5: the Scripture. Actually, Decisionism is something that happened started about 307 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,159 S5: a couple hundred years ago during the Third Great Awakening 308 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:59,040 S5: here stateside. It actually birthed here and beyond, but it 309 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,600 S5: really was birthed here, where Billy Sunday and a lot 310 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:06,359 S5: of these speakers that came out of that, the the 311 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:11,240 S5: legacy of that decisionism is pretty new phenomenon. We didn't 312 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:15,400 S5: have aisle walking, lifting hands. You know, when no one's looking, 313 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,160 S5: you know, that kind of verbiage. We didn't have any 314 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:21,680 S5: of that. But it began a couple of hundred years ago. 315 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,479 S5: And what's come out of that is a very real 316 00:18:24,660 --> 00:18:32,100 S5: sense of deception, of salvation, because we've not put forward 317 00:18:32,820 --> 00:18:35,419 S5: oftentimes what the real gospel is. And I want to 318 00:18:35,420 --> 00:18:40,460 S5: be very clear here this morning. So what does it 319 00:18:40,460 --> 00:18:44,020 S5: mean to be a Christian? I use that in air quotes. 320 00:18:44,619 --> 00:18:50,140 S5: The better description is Matthew 419, Luke 923, John 1027. 321 00:18:50,180 --> 00:18:52,179 S5: Don't worry about getting all those down, but let me 322 00:18:52,180 --> 00:18:54,260 S5: just give you a smattering here. Follow me and I 323 00:18:54,260 --> 00:18:58,780 S5: will make you fishers of men. Luke 923. If anyone 324 00:18:58,780 --> 00:19:01,899 S5: would come after me, let him deny himself, take up 325 00:19:01,900 --> 00:19:07,020 S5: his cross, and follow me. My sheep hear my voice. 326 00:19:07,020 --> 00:19:11,419 S5: John 1027 I know them, and they follow me. See, 327 00:19:11,460 --> 00:19:17,540 S5: Jesus doesn't invite admirers, consumers, or mere believers because even 328 00:19:17,540 --> 00:19:21,500 S5: the demons were monotheistic and they knew that their judgment 329 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:24,290 S5: was sealed. They believed in the power of Jesus, but 330 00:19:24,290 --> 00:19:29,330 S5: they did not repent of their sins and surrendered their 331 00:19:29,330 --> 00:19:32,650 S5: life to Jesus. I'm going to cut to the chase here. 332 00:19:32,650 --> 00:19:35,530 S5: I'm grabbing excerpts from a message that I gave yesterday 333 00:19:37,050 --> 00:19:40,330 S5: on a series called Who Am I? And the question was, 334 00:19:40,330 --> 00:19:43,250 S5: am I a Christian? And we spent a good 40 335 00:19:43,250 --> 00:19:47,250 S5: minutes going over this content, but I just want to 336 00:19:47,290 --> 00:19:53,370 S5: break the punchline to you here. The only way that 337 00:19:53,369 --> 00:19:55,930 S5: you can know that you are born again is when 338 00:19:55,930 --> 00:19:59,330 S5: the spirit himself bears witness that we're children of God. 339 00:19:59,810 --> 00:20:02,410 S5: And as you abide in a relationship with Christ and 340 00:20:02,410 --> 00:20:07,210 S5: walk in his commandments, you realize, yes, I have repented 341 00:20:07,210 --> 00:20:09,930 S5: of my sins. The word is metanoia. It means to 342 00:20:09,970 --> 00:20:14,650 S5: change your mind, your direction, everything about you. The real 343 00:20:14,650 --> 00:20:18,050 S5: danger here is we find in second Corinthians seven that 344 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:24,149 S5: godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret. 345 00:20:24,190 --> 00:20:29,030 S5: See their repentance. Godly grief produces repentance that leads to 346 00:20:29,070 --> 00:20:36,070 S5: salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. And at 347 00:20:36,070 --> 00:20:38,790 S5: the start of 2026, I want to be really clear 348 00:20:38,790 --> 00:20:41,590 S5: with the gospel here. Some of you have had a 349 00:20:41,630 --> 00:20:48,510 S5: decisionism where you decided to invite Jesus into my heart. 350 00:20:48,550 --> 00:20:51,950 S5: Accept Jesus and I appreciate that, friend. And I'm not 351 00:20:51,950 --> 00:20:55,030 S5: saying that the Spirit of God didn't prompt some of 352 00:20:55,030 --> 00:20:59,149 S5: you in that moment when you got some incorrect information 353 00:20:59,150 --> 00:21:02,630 S5: about what it is to turn and follow Jesus, that 354 00:21:02,630 --> 00:21:07,310 S5: he didn't save your soul and convict you. But for most, 355 00:21:08,790 --> 00:21:13,790 S5: they've been given a bill of goods that's deeply deceptive, 356 00:21:13,950 --> 00:21:16,710 S5: and it's holding you back from the kingdom of God 357 00:21:16,750 --> 00:21:19,660 S5: that God wants for you. And here's what I want 358 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:23,500 S5: to tell you today. There is a life that is 359 00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:26,940 S5: found in Jesus that's birthed by his power and his 360 00:21:26,940 --> 00:21:32,540 S5: power alone. And the way to salvation is to leave. 361 00:21:32,540 --> 00:21:37,300 S5: The way that you're walking hands in the air, everything 362 00:21:37,340 --> 00:21:45,180 S5: totally surrendered to Jesus Christ, repenting of your sin, acknowledging 363 00:21:45,180 --> 00:21:48,020 S5: that you're a sinner who needs a savior, that you're 364 00:21:48,020 --> 00:21:52,540 S5: missing the mark, and that you have nothing in yourself 365 00:21:52,540 --> 00:21:58,540 S5: to add to the equation. Nothing. And that's not bad news. 366 00:21:58,540 --> 00:22:02,820 S5: That's good news because anyone that's honest with themselves would say, 367 00:22:03,580 --> 00:22:07,380 S5: I've tried in my strength, I've tried religion, I've tried 368 00:22:07,380 --> 00:22:10,300 S5: behavior modification, but it hasn't worked. And here's what I 369 00:22:10,300 --> 00:22:12,500 S5: want to tell you today. Our God loves you so much. 370 00:22:12,500 --> 00:22:16,540 S5: He sent Jesus to die for you. But I don't 371 00:22:16,540 --> 00:22:19,800 S5: want you to have tears of regret. I want you 372 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,840 S5: to have tears of repentance that leads to salvation, because 373 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:30,880 S5: worldly grief produces death in your tears. Surrender all you 374 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,199 S5: are to Jesus today. Repent and follow him. And if 375 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,360 S5: the Spirit of God is doing that in you this morning, 376 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:41,280 S5: welcome to the family. And if that's you, I just 377 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,760 S5: want you to text the word new. Wherever you are 378 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:49,800 S5: right now, just text the word new to 800 555 7898. 379 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,800 S5: I don't know how the Spirit of God is moving today, 380 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,080 S5: but I know that he wants to move in you. 381 00:22:56,480 --> 00:23:00,600 S5: If you've never been born again, he doesn't want you 382 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,479 S5: to be more Christianized. He wants you to become a 383 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:08,359 S5: disciple of Jesus Christ. And we want to help you 384 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,280 S5: in your first steps. Just text the word new right now, 385 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,920 S5: wherever you are. Bless your heart, man. You're broken. You're 386 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,830 S5: at the end of yourself. Great. You're at a place 387 00:23:16,830 --> 00:23:20,109 S5: where finally God can change your life. Text new to 388 00:23:20,150 --> 00:23:29,950 S5: 800 555 7898. One word text new to 800 555 7898. 389 00:23:29,990 --> 00:23:34,910 S5: Repent in times of refreshing will come upon you, friend. 390 00:23:36,030 --> 00:23:39,230 S2: Get to know the team behind the scenes. Follow Carl 391 00:23:39,230 --> 00:23:41,350 S2: and crew on Facebook and Instagram. 392 00:23:41,390 --> 00:23:44,869 S5: Welcome to the family. Those of you that are repenting 393 00:23:44,910 --> 00:23:47,630 S5: of your sin, turning around and following Jesus Christ. It's 394 00:23:47,630 --> 00:23:51,149 S5: an overwhelming thing because the life of Jesus poured into 395 00:23:51,190 --> 00:23:55,510 S5: us is an unforgettable experience. And you have just begun. 396 00:23:55,550 --> 00:23:58,590 S5: My friend, this this one who began this work in you, 397 00:23:58,590 --> 00:24:01,989 S5: this God, he'll carry it on to completion until the 398 00:24:01,990 --> 00:24:04,669 S5: day of Christ Jesus. God's power in you. His grace 399 00:24:04,670 --> 00:24:08,830 S5: displayed his. I don't even have descriptive adjectives for it, 400 00:24:08,830 --> 00:24:11,750 S5: but live it. Enjoy it, breathe it, take it in. 401 00:24:11,990 --> 00:24:14,250 S5: Coming up here in a moment. Oh, boy. We've got 402 00:24:14,250 --> 00:24:17,649 S5: a dear friend, Doctor Drew Dickens, all things AI. And 403 00:24:17,650 --> 00:24:20,290 S5: here's what's really cool. He's not just an AI expert. 404 00:24:20,330 --> 00:24:23,969 S5: He's a radically committed, transformed follower of Jesus who relies 405 00:24:23,970 --> 00:24:25,050 S5: on the grace of God. 406 00:24:25,450 --> 00:24:27,210 S3: Amen. He really is. 407 00:24:27,450 --> 00:24:29,490 S6: That's a big business card. 408 00:24:30,770 --> 00:24:33,450 S5: That's a that's a big deal. So we are going 409 00:24:33,490 --> 00:24:36,850 S5: to have our special guest in here. And you know what? Um, 410 00:24:36,850 --> 00:24:40,970 S5: in order to set this up, uh, we've just we've 411 00:24:40,970 --> 00:24:44,410 S5: just announced this once today, but we've got something really 412 00:24:44,410 --> 00:24:48,130 S5: cool happening January 17th. And I keep saying we because 413 00:24:48,130 --> 00:24:50,210 S5: I feel like we're rub a dub dub. We're all 414 00:24:50,210 --> 00:24:51,810 S5: in the tub here, but it's just going to be 415 00:24:52,410 --> 00:24:54,570 S5: it's going to be a Saturday morning and I am 416 00:24:54,570 --> 00:24:58,570 S5: going to be hosting a live webinar. Speaking of God's power, 417 00:24:58,570 --> 00:25:01,330 S5: how to say no to self-help and yes to God's power. 418 00:25:01,330 --> 00:25:04,130 S5: And the reason we're doing this is twofold. One is 419 00:25:04,130 --> 00:25:06,970 S5: there was a big rush on the gates, a bum 420 00:25:06,970 --> 00:25:12,080 S5: rush of the book, the seven resolutions. And so publishing said, 421 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,320 S5: let's go for it in the new year. And so 422 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:19,639 S5: we are going to have a seven resolutions T7R power 423 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,680 S5: pack on January 17th. Now I'm going to be hosting 424 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,440 S5: this live webinar for 2.5 hours. It's a chunk, but 425 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,919 S5: it's going to be transformational. If you've ever wondered why 426 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,000 S5: in the world is this thing not working for me? 427 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,760 S5: Why am I stuck in this habit loop that just 428 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:38,600 S5: seems to be deadly? We're going to we're going to 429 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:42,680 S5: aim right from the scriptures. Your life living in the 430 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,160 S5: power band of God's grace. Any more thoughts on this 431 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,600 S5: T7 R Power Pack team? What do you say? 432 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,000 S3: No, I I'm excited for it. Just because, you know, 433 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,640 S3: the whole point of, of this book is it's, you know, 434 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,280 S3: it's where self-help ends and it's where God's power begins. 435 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,760 S3: There's so much of our life that things we want 436 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,639 S3: to change, things we want to start doing, things. We 437 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,760 S3: want to stop doing that we kind of put on 438 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,020 S3: our own shoulders, say, I've got to do this. I've 439 00:26:10,020 --> 00:26:11,940 S3: got to take care of this. I've got to muscle 440 00:26:11,940 --> 00:26:15,340 S3: this one out. And our lives end up being way 441 00:26:15,340 --> 00:26:20,220 S3: more exhausting than than they should be, because we're not 442 00:26:20,220 --> 00:26:23,020 S3: letting God's power overcome us. Yeah. 443 00:26:23,740 --> 00:26:26,900 S5: This is this isn't the secret because it's not hidden. 444 00:26:27,140 --> 00:26:30,340 S5: But this is the untold story of the rest of 445 00:26:30,340 --> 00:26:35,860 S5: the gospel. Bottom line, and I would love to see 446 00:26:35,859 --> 00:26:39,500 S5: you at this thing. January 17th. Mark it down. Get 447 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:42,340 S5: signed up. Get. We've already got a slew of folks 448 00:26:42,340 --> 00:26:44,179 S5: after this first announcement that are going to be there. 449 00:26:44,180 --> 00:26:45,540 S5: It's going to be a webinar. You can be there 450 00:26:45,540 --> 00:26:49,020 S5: in your PJs, cup of coffee. Um, some of you 451 00:26:49,020 --> 00:26:51,100 S5: are like, I don't do PJs. I'm with you, my friend. 452 00:26:51,140 --> 00:26:54,060 S5: I don't either, but if, uh, if you can be there, 453 00:26:54,060 --> 00:26:58,100 S5: we want you there. January 17th, a transformative 2.5 hour 454 00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:00,340 S5: webinar with a couple of breaks in the middle of 455 00:27:00,340 --> 00:27:03,180 S5: it that are going to be very interactive. It's going 456 00:27:03,220 --> 00:27:06,100 S5: to be, uh, just a sweet time. Take it away, 457 00:27:06,140 --> 00:27:07,860 S5: young Thunder. How do they get there? 458 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:12,960 S3: Easy. Just text the word power to 800 555 7898. 459 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:18,160 S3: The word power to 800 555 7898. Reminder. It's all free. 460 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:22,000 S5: Yep. No cost at all. Drew Dickens coming up, guys. 461 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:25,119 S2: You can take him out of Alaska, but you can't 462 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,960 S2: take Alaska out of him. Carl is in the crew. 463 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,760 S2: It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 464 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:36,359 S5: You know, Drew Dickens, man, living in God's power versus 465 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:39,399 S5: bootstrapping it in our own strength. It's a world apart, 466 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:40,320 S5: isn't it, my friend? 467 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,320 S7: Oh my gosh. Well, I already had a busy morning. 468 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,400 S7: I've already had to go online and order new business 469 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,960 S7: cards thanks to your last break. So I'm adding redeemed, forgiven, glorified, 470 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,359 S7: anointed follower of Christ by grace and faith alone to 471 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:52,320 S7: my business card. 472 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,800 S5: Right on. I love that. 473 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,040 S7: Yeah, that's getting around the backside of that. 474 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,600 S5: That's going to be a greeting card before it's all done. 475 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:01,520 S5: It's beautiful. 476 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:06,590 S7: What an amazing, amazing time. Already I've had, uh, just 477 00:28:06,590 --> 00:28:10,949 S7: listening to the last couple of breaks, uh, talk about anointed. Uh, 478 00:28:10,950 --> 00:28:15,310 S7: what a beautiful word from you. Uh, by God's grace. Yeah. Alone. 479 00:28:15,310 --> 00:28:18,350 S7: Because that wasn't you. Uh, but what an amazing, uh. 480 00:28:18,390 --> 00:28:19,790 S7: What an amazing morning already. 481 00:28:19,830 --> 00:28:22,310 S5: Yeah, it's a it's a beautiful thing. It really is. 482 00:28:22,350 --> 00:28:24,830 S5: You know, I let's interact on this one a little bit, 483 00:28:24,830 --> 00:28:27,470 S5: and then we're going to get into AI. Um, in fact, 484 00:28:27,470 --> 00:28:30,070 S5: I even want to explore how AI can be leveraged 485 00:28:30,070 --> 00:28:32,270 S5: for us to walk in the grace of God. I 486 00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:36,230 S5: go back to Titus two, and this is, I think, 487 00:28:36,270 --> 00:28:39,350 S5: the two most important verses on the grace of God 488 00:28:39,350 --> 00:28:42,510 S5: in the entire Bible, anywhere. And I'm going to read them. 489 00:28:43,190 --> 00:28:48,390 S5: For the grace of God. Okay. The word grace, it 490 00:28:48,390 --> 00:28:50,830 S5: just simply means God's power to doing us what we 491 00:28:50,830 --> 00:28:53,430 S5: can't do on ourself. Boom crew, for the grace of 492 00:28:53,430 --> 00:28:57,270 S5: God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people. And we would. 493 00:28:57,270 --> 00:28:59,670 S5: I think anyone who's been born again would say a 494 00:28:59,670 --> 00:29:01,990 S5: hearty Amen. Right, drew? You include. 495 00:29:02,030 --> 00:29:03,390 S7: Amen. Amen. 496 00:29:03,430 --> 00:29:07,370 S5: Right. So comma though. And then it goes on training 497 00:29:07,370 --> 00:29:11,850 S5: us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, 498 00:29:11,850 --> 00:29:16,490 S5: upright and godly lives in this present age. So it's God, 499 00:29:16,730 --> 00:29:20,850 S5: God's grace, who saves us, and God's grace who trains us. 500 00:29:23,330 --> 00:29:25,330 S5: Thought on that one, drew. What do you say when 501 00:29:25,330 --> 00:29:26,090 S5: you hear that? 502 00:29:26,330 --> 00:29:31,610 S7: Uh, boy. Uh, thankful. Uh, 54 years ago, uh, you 503 00:29:31,610 --> 00:29:36,410 S7: were just talking a moment ago about Decisionism decision based theology. Uh, 504 00:29:36,450 --> 00:29:41,650 S7: 54 years ago this September, 55 years, I. And I'm 505 00:29:41,650 --> 00:29:45,170 S7: doing air quotes like you did earlier. I came forward I, 506 00:29:45,490 --> 00:29:49,330 S7: you know, repeated the sinner's prayer, um, and and made 507 00:29:49,370 --> 00:29:51,610 S7: and so much of that was on me to come 508 00:29:51,610 --> 00:29:54,570 S7: forward and me make a decision. Me say this, uh, 509 00:29:54,570 --> 00:29:58,610 S7: by God's grace alone, I was I was discipled well 510 00:29:58,610 --> 00:30:02,209 S7: through that and beyond that, uh, to understand, uh, Titus 511 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,880 S7: and what you just read to us. Um, and, uh, 512 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,880 S7: but but so often I hear, uh, you know, people 513 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,960 S7: rely on, uh, something I read, something I did, um, 514 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,440 S7: and miss, as you just said a moment ago, keep repeating, 515 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,520 S7: keep repeating things you said. But, um, that that that 516 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,960 S7: there is more to that. There's the depth to the 517 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,880 S7: gospel beyond that. And and that's and that's the real joy. 518 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:30,400 S7: I love the conference. I love this the webinar you're doing, uh, 519 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:34,680 S7: on on January 17th, um, about, uh, self-help. I went 520 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,320 S7: into a bookstore, uh, just two days ago to buy 521 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:41,240 S7: reading glasses and, um, uh, and the very first section 522 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,600 S7: you walk into, uh, was self-help. 523 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:44,240 S5: It's everywhere. 524 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,160 S7: And, and I thought just the phrase is so bizarre 525 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,320 S7: to me because I am really messed up right now. 526 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,560 S7: So where should I turn? Oh, I know me. 527 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:57,600 S5: That's what a classic statement. It's so true. But that's 528 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,660 S5: to be fair, that's all the world can sell if 529 00:31:00,700 --> 00:31:04,380 S5: you don't have a understanding of the gospel that Christ 530 00:31:04,380 --> 00:31:06,180 S5: came to set us free from me. 531 00:31:06,540 --> 00:31:09,820 S7: Exactly. Thankful that people are to the point where they're 532 00:31:09,820 --> 00:31:13,460 S7: broken and they understand it. But oh my gosh, where 533 00:31:13,460 --> 00:31:15,420 S7: should I go? What should I do now? Oh I know. 534 00:31:15,460 --> 00:31:18,460 S7: Turn back to the person that that made me this 535 00:31:18,460 --> 00:31:20,780 S7: messed up. It just makes no sense. But it's the 536 00:31:20,780 --> 00:31:21,940 S7: largest section in the bookstore. 537 00:31:21,980 --> 00:31:24,660 S5: It's. Yeah. It's great. Okay, coming up here, we're going 538 00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:28,219 S5: to get into AI. Andrew Dickens, AI expert. I mean, 539 00:31:28,260 --> 00:31:30,860 S5: he wrote a PhD before anyone would even read it. 540 00:31:30,900 --> 00:31:34,100 S5: And now he's getting deluged. He's an expert on AI. 541 00:31:34,140 --> 00:31:36,300 S5: And we're going to talk about discipleship and the like. 542 00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:38,739 S5: And some of you have heard this saying, hold it 543 00:31:38,740 --> 00:31:41,540 S5: a second here. You got a webinar? Yep. January 17th. 544 00:31:41,540 --> 00:31:43,980 S5: Just text the word power. Get a seat. I'll be 545 00:31:43,980 --> 00:31:46,500 S5: there with you on a Saturday morning, just a couple 546 00:31:46,500 --> 00:31:49,540 S5: of weeks from now, for a couple hours. And it 547 00:31:49,540 --> 00:31:51,780 S5: is going to be you won't even know it. You've 548 00:31:51,780 --> 00:31:54,180 S5: been there but a few minutes. So text the word 549 00:31:54,180 --> 00:31:59,170 S5: power to (800) 555-7898. Get a seat. There's no cost at all. 550 00:31:59,170 --> 00:32:01,450 S5: I'm just offering this up to you, saying, let's go 551 00:32:01,450 --> 00:32:06,290 S5: and grow with God in 2020. Six powered 800 555 552 00:32:06,330 --> 00:32:09,410 S5: 7898 more with Drew Dickens. And we're going to get 553 00:32:09,410 --> 00:32:12,650 S5: into AI Woo. There's a lot of developments since we 554 00:32:12,650 --> 00:32:14,290 S5: talked with him. Straight ahead. 555 00:32:14,650 --> 00:32:17,450 S2: It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 556 00:32:17,730 --> 00:32:19,970 S5: It's awesome when we have on a killer guest who's 557 00:32:19,970 --> 00:32:23,090 S5: truly an expert in any respective field, but when we 558 00:32:23,090 --> 00:32:27,050 S5: can link you to his content, it's even that much better. 559 00:32:27,050 --> 00:32:29,209 S5: And I'll do that at the end of this conversation. 560 00:32:29,210 --> 00:32:32,610 S5: Drew Dickens right now with me here, doctor Drew Dickens, 561 00:32:32,730 --> 00:32:34,610 S5: let's go back a little bit. When did you do 562 00:32:34,650 --> 00:32:37,130 S5: your PhD? What was the title of this thing and 563 00:32:37,130 --> 00:32:38,450 S5: why did no one care? 564 00:32:40,370 --> 00:32:45,610 S7: Thanks for that introduction. Why does no one care about you? Um. 565 00:32:45,650 --> 00:32:46,530 S7: But it changed. 566 00:32:46,530 --> 00:32:47,690 S5: That's why I'm tongue in cheek. 567 00:32:47,730 --> 00:32:51,010 S7: In five, 5 or 6 years ago now, uh, no 568 00:32:51,010 --> 00:32:52,930 S7: one cared because no one had heard about it. Uh, 569 00:32:52,930 --> 00:32:55,730 S7: no one had heard about AI. Uh, but it was, uh, 570 00:32:55,730 --> 00:32:58,870 S7: the effects of generative artificial intelligence, which is where we 571 00:32:58,870 --> 00:33:01,230 S7: are right now. As far as this, the trends is 572 00:33:01,230 --> 00:33:06,190 S7: generally it generates new content. So generative AI on spiritual direction. Uh, 573 00:33:06,190 --> 00:33:09,150 S7: nobody knew what AI was and certainly really wasn't talking 574 00:33:09,150 --> 00:33:12,030 S7: about the effects of that spiritually on anybody. It was 575 00:33:12,030 --> 00:33:15,710 S7: just using it to draw pictures of cats and things 576 00:33:15,710 --> 00:33:18,710 S7: like that. Um, and so that was why nobody was 577 00:33:18,710 --> 00:33:21,830 S7: returning my phone call. And frankly, until you and I 578 00:33:21,830 --> 00:33:24,710 S7: started talking and then it was like, oh my gosh, 579 00:33:24,710 --> 00:33:27,510 S7: there's a spiritual connection here. So thank you. It was 580 00:33:27,510 --> 00:33:29,070 S7: about it was a year ago. You and I first 581 00:33:29,070 --> 00:33:34,190 S7: met in Dallas at the NRB. That's right. In February. Yeah. And, um, so, uh, 582 00:33:34,190 --> 00:33:37,230 S7: we've had such, such a great, uh, great time since then, 583 00:33:37,230 --> 00:33:39,440 S7: but yeah, nobody was really talking about it. Uh, 5 584 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:40,790 S7: or 6 years ago, I couldn't find. 585 00:33:40,790 --> 00:33:41,670 S5: Any research. 586 00:33:41,710 --> 00:33:43,990 S7: On it. And now everybody wants me on their podcasts. 587 00:33:44,030 --> 00:33:46,230 S5: Okay. There are a lot of people freaked out about AI. 588 00:33:46,270 --> 00:33:49,990 S5: I am not because you. It's you can you can 589 00:33:49,990 --> 00:33:53,350 S5: have an assurance that what you're getting is good content. 590 00:33:53,350 --> 00:33:58,980 S5: But how? How can AI just take Titus 211 and 12? 591 00:33:59,180 --> 00:34:05,900 S5: How can AI become a very led, spirit prompted tool 592 00:34:05,900 --> 00:34:09,420 S5: in our spiritual formation to live in God's power? 593 00:34:10,060 --> 00:34:12,340 S7: Yeah, you just said the magic word, which is prompt. 594 00:34:12,340 --> 00:34:15,700 S7: So a prompt in artificial intelligence is the little box 595 00:34:15,700 --> 00:34:17,740 S7: window that you get to on any of these language 596 00:34:17,739 --> 00:34:19,900 S7: models where you start typing in questions just like you 597 00:34:19,900 --> 00:34:22,980 S7: do on Google. Uh, and so the question is prompting 598 00:34:22,980 --> 00:34:26,300 S7: it to do that. So prompting it to, hey, help 599 00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:31,460 S7: me create a, uh, Bible study, help me create some questions, 600 00:34:31,580 --> 00:34:34,739 S7: ask me questions that will help guide me into a 601 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:39,060 S7: closer walk with the Lord. And so I think prompting 602 00:34:39,060 --> 00:34:41,980 S7: would be the first step on that. Uh, discerning would be. 603 00:34:41,980 --> 00:34:44,700 S7: The second one is looking at the output of that, uh, 604 00:34:44,700 --> 00:34:47,580 S7: as it gives you some of this is it generates 605 00:34:47,660 --> 00:34:52,020 S7: new ideas for you, um, is to, uh, is to, 606 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:57,279 S7: read those in community, um, and be discerning of what 607 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,000 S7: the output is. Uh, meet with somebody. It's something else 608 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,040 S7: I really want to talk about from your last book. Uh, 609 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:03,640 S7: from from the book you have out right now on 610 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:07,480 S7: killing sin is the importance of accountability, right? Um, is 611 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:12,040 S7: is is lean into that, uh, that that AI involvement 612 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:15,399 S7: in community? Uh, don't do this alone. Um, but ask 613 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,840 S7: someone to walk alongside you and. Hey, AI, I asked 614 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,839 S7: AI this. It gave me this. What do you think 615 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,600 S7: about it? And let's walk through this together with someone else. 616 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,760 S7: I just keep thinking about James five. Um, is confess 617 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:30,040 S7: to one another, right? Uh, is to do not do 618 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:33,000 S7: this in isolation. Yes. That's, uh, that's so important. 619 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,279 S5: Community is so important. You know, I was I was 620 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,120 S5: cogitating on this one because I'm thinking, okay, how could 621 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:42,880 S5: I best do this? I guess you could say, uh, 622 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:46,920 S5: give a prompt to AI that says, scour Dale Moody's 623 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:51,870 S5: books and give me five questions that are most penetrating 624 00:35:51,910 --> 00:35:54,230 S5: to help me align my life with Christ. Is that 625 00:35:54,230 --> 00:35:56,350 S5: a fair prompt or could you sharpen the sword? 626 00:35:56,510 --> 00:36:00,069 S7: Fantastic prompt, I love that. Uh, and because you're doing 627 00:36:00,070 --> 00:36:02,590 S7: several things here, you're asking it to be very specific 628 00:36:02,590 --> 00:36:06,310 S7: with with D.L. Moody, uh, with his teaching again. AI 629 00:36:06,350 --> 00:36:09,110 S7: has read everything he's ever done. So you've got access 630 00:36:09,110 --> 00:36:12,870 S7: to all that? Um, but something that I'm really leaning 631 00:36:12,870 --> 00:36:16,790 S7: into a lot right now is asking AI to be 632 00:36:16,830 --> 00:36:21,469 S7: adversarial with me. Really? Uh, are those the right questions? 633 00:36:21,510 --> 00:36:24,270 S7: Ask AI are those the right questions that are going 634 00:36:24,270 --> 00:36:30,669 S7: to push me further, uh, in this, uh, process of sanctification? Uh, 635 00:36:30,670 --> 00:36:33,270 S7: and so really ask it to be tough on you. Um, 636 00:36:33,310 --> 00:36:36,630 S7: so often we just want, uh, affirmation that, you know, I'm. 637 00:36:36,630 --> 00:36:41,430 S7: I'm okay. I'm, you know, I'm okay. You're okay. Uh, and, um, 638 00:36:41,550 --> 00:36:43,989 S7: but ask, ask it to push because a really good 639 00:36:43,989 --> 00:36:47,030 S7: accountability partner is going to do that, right? Um, and 640 00:36:47,070 --> 00:36:49,569 S7: that's what's going to come up in January 17th in 641 00:36:49,610 --> 00:36:52,569 S7: this webinar that you're doing is asking the hard questions. 642 00:36:52,730 --> 00:36:55,930 S7: And so when you when you ask it, read through D.L. 643 00:36:55,969 --> 00:36:59,210 S7: Moody and come up with five questions. Make them hard. 644 00:36:59,210 --> 00:37:02,370 S7: Make them make them really tough for me to to 645 00:37:02,410 --> 00:37:06,049 S7: to pause and to to navigate through. Don't make this 646 00:37:06,050 --> 00:37:07,250 S7: just an easy push off. 647 00:37:07,290 --> 00:37:10,370 S5: Yeah. Love that. Yeah. And it can be used powerfully. Um, 648 00:37:10,690 --> 00:37:13,410 S5: what's going on in the world of AI? We if 649 00:37:13,410 --> 00:37:16,010 S5: we go two weeks without talking to you, everything changes. 650 00:37:16,010 --> 00:37:19,050 S5: But man, it is. I thought I heard a rumor 651 00:37:19,050 --> 00:37:20,569 S5: that there was going to be a little bit of 652 00:37:20,570 --> 00:37:24,050 S5: a lull while AI almost caught up. There's no lull 653 00:37:24,050 --> 00:37:27,730 S5: in AI. This thing's galloping forward. What are the biggest 654 00:37:27,730 --> 00:37:31,370 S5: things that Christ followers need to be looking for? What 655 00:37:31,410 --> 00:37:34,130 S5: what what do you know that we don't know right now? Drew. 656 00:37:34,610 --> 00:37:39,210 S7: Uh, my podcast episode this week is on, uh, five 657 00:37:39,450 --> 00:37:42,290 S7: five advancements in AI that have the most effect on 658 00:37:42,290 --> 00:37:45,969 S7: us spiritually. Um, tomorrow's episode is going to be kind 659 00:37:45,969 --> 00:37:48,790 S7: of predictions for 2026. One of the things that I 660 00:37:48,790 --> 00:37:50,430 S7: hate to be negative, but one of the things that 661 00:37:50,430 --> 00:37:52,989 S7: just came out a couple of days ago was a 662 00:37:52,989 --> 00:37:55,150 S7: language model. I don't even want to say what it 663 00:37:55,150 --> 00:37:57,230 S7: is you're welcome to, because it's one you used to 664 00:37:57,230 --> 00:37:58,590 S7: use until I told you not to anymore. 665 00:37:58,630 --> 00:38:01,950 S5: Oh, I know, and they've got all kinds of of 666 00:38:01,989 --> 00:38:03,990 S5: these partners that you can get and. 667 00:38:03,989 --> 00:38:06,350 S7: Oh yeah. Right. That's I think one of the biggest 668 00:38:06,350 --> 00:38:09,310 S7: threats to any of us. But those that follow that 669 00:38:09,310 --> 00:38:15,950 S7: are redeemed, forgiven, glorified, anointed in Christ are, uh, AI companions. Yes. Uh, 670 00:38:15,950 --> 00:38:18,989 S7: and it makes me so nervous right now about people. 671 00:38:19,350 --> 00:38:23,230 S7: We have an epidemic of loneliness anyway, in our country. Um, 672 00:38:23,230 --> 00:38:25,750 S7: but it makes it so much, quote unquote air quotes 673 00:38:25,790 --> 00:38:31,310 S7: easier to have a relationship, uh, with this AI entity, uh, 674 00:38:31,310 --> 00:38:34,230 S7: that helps keep you company when you're alone. And that's 675 00:38:34,230 --> 00:38:37,469 S7: so dangerous. Um, and again, we keep going back to discipleship. 676 00:38:37,469 --> 00:38:41,990 S7: And accountability is we can't do this alone. And so that's, 677 00:38:41,989 --> 00:38:44,549 S7: I think, one of the biggest threats right now going on, uh, 678 00:38:44,550 --> 00:38:49,340 S7: within AI is this. It's filling a void in us 679 00:38:50,020 --> 00:38:53,340 S7: that Scripture tells us to do in community. Never forsake 680 00:38:53,380 --> 00:38:56,380 S7: the importance of gathering together, but it makes it so 681 00:38:56,380 --> 00:38:57,700 S7: much easier not to. 682 00:38:58,219 --> 00:39:00,620 S5: What are the jobs that are at risk right now? 683 00:39:00,660 --> 00:39:02,940 S5: Let's give some practical advice for people out there. We 684 00:39:02,980 --> 00:39:05,380 S5: got about a minute, but give us a quick overview. 685 00:39:05,420 --> 00:39:07,299 S5: What do we need to be aware of right now? 686 00:39:07,340 --> 00:39:09,100 S5: I want to get our folks on the leading edge 687 00:39:09,100 --> 00:39:09,940 S5: of this stuff. 688 00:39:10,219 --> 00:39:12,700 S7: If your entire job can be done on a laptop, 689 00:39:13,140 --> 00:39:17,300 S7: start looking over your shoulder. Okay. That that came out this, uh, 690 00:39:17,300 --> 00:39:20,060 S7: this week, a couple of different leaders of AI labs 691 00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:23,859 S7: even had confessed that. So if your entire job is 692 00:39:23,860 --> 00:39:28,580 S7: done online, uh, in a, uh, on a laptop, um, 693 00:39:28,580 --> 00:39:31,500 S7: I think that's those type of jobs, uh, would be 694 00:39:31,580 --> 00:39:35,700 S7: at greatest risk and threat right now. Um, and, uh, 695 00:39:35,700 --> 00:39:39,500 S7: and you can, you know, just answer that yourself as 696 00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:42,899 S7: I'm sitting here staring at my laptop. Right. Uh, that, uh, 697 00:39:42,900 --> 00:39:45,239 S7: that I think will be in the greatest threat this 698 00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:45,840 S7: year ahead. 699 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:47,600 S5: You know, I want you to know something. Boom. Crew. 700 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:51,240 S5: We've just scratched the surface here. Drew Dickens has a 701 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:56,520 S5: wealth of information, phenomenal podcasts. He's a righteous man who 702 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,799 S5: walks with God, and he's an expert on AI. There 703 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,120 S5: is no more important site than we ever give you 704 00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:06,080 S5: than Drew Dickens site. Right, team? Holy smokes, man. I mean, 705 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,239 S5: this is just amazing content. Yeah. So here's what I 706 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:14,280 S5: want you to do. Text the word drew to (800) 555-7898. 707 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:18,600 S5: Get hooked up with this brother. Text drew to 800 708 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:24,840 S5: 555 7898. Keeping you on the leading edge of artificial intelligence. 709 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:29,760 S2: Standing on the rock each and every day. You're listening 710 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:30,960 S2: to Carl and crew. 711 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,120 S5: Yeah. Resolutions, man. It's that time. It's the most wonderful 712 00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:37,680 S5: time for resolutions of the year. 713 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,200 S3: Well, that's true in terms of resolutions. It is the 714 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:41,160 S3: most wonderful time. 715 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:41,390 S6: Times. 716 00:40:41,630 --> 00:40:44,110 S5: It's so sad that Christmas is gone. 717 00:40:44,350 --> 00:40:47,390 S3: I know. I was thinking about that this year. I 718 00:40:47,430 --> 00:40:50,750 S3: love the build up to Christmas, I love Christmas, but 719 00:40:50,750 --> 00:40:53,310 S3: then it just feels like that's over. All right, back 720 00:40:53,310 --> 00:40:55,390 S3: to doing everything else the way we used to. And 721 00:40:55,390 --> 00:40:55,870 S3: it's like. 722 00:40:56,270 --> 00:40:57,469 S6: Is your tree down to. 723 00:40:57,510 --> 00:41:00,190 S3: My trees down. I we took it down I think 724 00:41:00,230 --> 00:41:01,390 S3: two days after Christmas. 725 00:41:01,430 --> 00:41:03,070 S5: Down goes Frazier. 726 00:41:03,110 --> 00:41:04,550 S6: Yeah. How about you, Carl? 727 00:41:04,590 --> 00:41:08,910 S5: Frazier. Tree. Anyway, uh, yeah. Our tree went down. Our 728 00:41:08,910 --> 00:41:12,750 S5: tree went down. Our tree went down the day after Christmas. 729 00:41:13,190 --> 00:41:16,509 S5: My brides on it. Oh, yeah. It goes up early. Oh, yeah. 730 00:41:16,510 --> 00:41:19,430 S5: We get it up there, right? You know, around August 10th. No. 731 00:41:19,430 --> 00:41:22,670 S5: I'm kidding. We get it up early, though, and, uh, 732 00:41:22,670 --> 00:41:26,469 S5: but the day after Christmas, bada bing, bada boom. I 733 00:41:26,469 --> 00:41:29,109 S5: came home, I was out running some honeydew chores and 734 00:41:29,110 --> 00:41:29,990 S5: came home and. 735 00:41:30,030 --> 00:41:31,509 S8: Whoa! Where'd it go? 736 00:41:31,550 --> 00:41:34,150 S5: This thing? Well, no, I mean, I have my part, 737 00:41:34,150 --> 00:41:37,589 S5: which is you get the big old. What are those suckers? Rubbermaid. 738 00:41:37,590 --> 00:41:40,450 S5: Big old bins. And I've got them numbered. You know, 739 00:41:40,489 --> 00:41:43,969 S5: one of one of seven, two of seven, three of seven. 740 00:41:44,890 --> 00:41:47,410 S5: It takes seven of those bad boys to get everything 741 00:41:47,410 --> 00:41:50,170 S5: decorated in our home. We've got them all labeled. 742 00:41:50,210 --> 00:41:53,450 S3: You know, the Christmas tree should go up early. It 743 00:41:53,450 --> 00:41:55,410 S3: takes a lot of work, and we tend to take 744 00:41:55,410 --> 00:41:59,090 S3: it down pretty fast after Christmas. Like, let the work 745 00:41:59,090 --> 00:42:00,969 S3: sit there for a little bit, you know? 746 00:42:01,250 --> 00:42:03,569 S5: That's why you gotta. It's either you let it hang 747 00:42:03,570 --> 00:42:06,250 S5: on and see. I'm walking my new dog. You know, 748 00:42:06,290 --> 00:42:08,730 S5: I'm walking blaze around and I'm noticing, man, there's still 749 00:42:08,730 --> 00:42:10,129 S5: a lot of Christmas decor out there. 750 00:42:10,170 --> 00:42:11,049 S3: That is true. 751 00:42:11,090 --> 00:42:12,170 S6: And I'm happy about that. 752 00:42:12,210 --> 00:42:14,090 S3: No one wants to take it down right away. 753 00:42:14,370 --> 00:42:14,810 S8: No. 754 00:42:15,410 --> 00:42:18,250 S5: I was in Rockford for some time, many years ago, 755 00:42:18,250 --> 00:42:20,130 S5: and it was middle of July. And there was a 756 00:42:20,130 --> 00:42:22,089 S5: Santa with all of his reindeer on the ridge of 757 00:42:22,090 --> 00:42:22,610 S5: a home. 758 00:42:22,810 --> 00:42:24,610 S6: Well, that's a stretch. That's awesome. 759 00:42:24,730 --> 00:42:27,210 S8: And what's really funny. What's really funny. 760 00:42:27,690 --> 00:42:29,890 S5: Is he was so faded. He was pink. 761 00:42:30,210 --> 00:42:33,090 S8: Oh, he was a pink Santa. 762 00:42:33,450 --> 00:42:36,130 S3: He had been up there more than just the last Christmas. 763 00:42:36,570 --> 00:42:41,200 S5: And Rudolph was exhausted, man. I mean, Rudolph was absolutely exhausted. 764 00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:42,080 S3: Running for years. 765 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:42,279 S5: Now. 766 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:43,600 S6: Poor little nose. 767 00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:47,440 S5: Well, I mean, his nose was pink. Yeah. I mean, 768 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:52,160 S5: everything was pink. And the brown was tan. These poor guys. 769 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,040 S5: They were all faded. And I have someone. How long 770 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,920 S5: has that been up there? They said at least four years. 771 00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:58,920 S3: That's so funny. 772 00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:00,880 S6: That's pretty good. 773 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,240 S3: Guy got to a point and said, I'm not climbing 774 00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:04,880 S3: up there anymore. That thing's staying. 775 00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:05,440 S6: Funny. 776 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:07,600 S9: If you happen to live in Rockford, it's right across. 777 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,719 S5: From Woodman's, where I used to go. Pepper Jack cheese. 778 00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:13,960 S5: Pepper jack cheese at Woodman's. Man, I'm telling you there. 779 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:17,160 S5: Pepper Jack cheese at Woodman's. I'm getting way too local here. 780 00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:18,400 S3: Yeah, Woodman's. 781 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:22,520 S5: Is a good local. It's way, way out. Anyway, you 782 00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:26,440 S5: got to get the pepper jack cheese, man. It is unbelievable. 783 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:28,400 S9: Oh, goodness. 784 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:31,720 S5: Okay, where were we at? Oh, resolutions. That's right. So 785 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,960 S5: we're coming into a new year. I got a question 786 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:36,060 S5: for you, and I need your feedback. What do you 787 00:43:36,060 --> 00:43:39,060 S5: want to see God change in your life in this year? 788 00:43:39,100 --> 00:43:43,739 S5: Text us right now. Come on. No man call in 789 00:43:43,820 --> 00:43:47,580 S5: to come on. Storm the gates. Say, you never know. 790 00:43:47,580 --> 00:43:49,819 S5: There might be a call and crew prize pack in 791 00:43:49,820 --> 00:43:52,819 S5: the offing here. I shouldn't say that, should I? 792 00:43:52,860 --> 00:43:55,540 S3: Well, I mean, unless you're guaranteeing it. 793 00:43:57,020 --> 00:43:59,380 S5: Well, there's no guarantees, but it's possible. 794 00:43:59,420 --> 00:44:01,820 S6: But it's a surprise. That's why it's a surprise. 795 00:44:01,860 --> 00:44:05,940 S5: 800 555. 78. 98. No, seriously, what do you want? 796 00:44:05,940 --> 00:44:08,060 S5: To see God change in your life this year? I 797 00:44:08,060 --> 00:44:11,299 S5: want you to take that really seriously. What one thing 798 00:44:11,620 --> 00:44:15,060 S5: do you want to see God change in your life 799 00:44:15,060 --> 00:44:17,700 S5: this year? And you got to have that one thing. 800 00:44:17,700 --> 00:44:20,180 S5: If you don't call in and I'll counsel you live 801 00:44:20,180 --> 00:44:25,739 S5: on air and we'll find it. 800 555 7898. What 802 00:44:25,739 --> 00:44:26,419 S5: are you laughing about? 803 00:44:26,460 --> 00:44:28,940 S3: That'd be a good segment. Just an on air counseling 804 00:44:28,940 --> 00:44:31,020 S3: session with you and one other person. 805 00:44:31,060 --> 00:44:32,780 S6: I'll help you. We'll find it together. 806 00:44:32,820 --> 00:44:33,970 S5: We'll find it together. 807 00:44:34,010 --> 00:44:34,490 S6: Come on. 808 00:44:34,690 --> 00:44:39,690 S5: 800 555 7898. Text or call in. What's that? One 809 00:44:39,690 --> 00:44:42,529 S5: thing you want to see God change in you this year. 810 00:44:42,530 --> 00:44:44,209 S5: And then we're going to give you the punch line 811 00:44:44,210 --> 00:44:50,130 S5: for how it's going to happen. 800 555 7898 come 812 00:44:50,130 --> 00:44:53,370 S5: one come all. What do you want to see God 813 00:44:53,489 --> 00:44:59,330 S5: change in you this year? Not changing your boss, not 814 00:44:59,330 --> 00:45:03,850 S5: changing your spouse. Change in you. You're smiling again, young thunder. 815 00:45:03,890 --> 00:45:04,330 S5: What's going. 816 00:45:04,330 --> 00:45:06,250 S3: On? Well, I was going to say those are really 817 00:45:06,250 --> 00:45:09,330 S3: good notes to say because we are often very quick 818 00:45:09,330 --> 00:45:11,969 S3: to say, Lord, would you change this about this person 819 00:45:12,010 --> 00:45:13,609 S3: or make it easier for me when I'm dealing with 820 00:45:13,610 --> 00:45:17,370 S3: this person instead of Lord, would you fill me with 821 00:45:17,370 --> 00:45:20,410 S3: with love? Would you fill me with patience or self control? 822 00:45:20,570 --> 00:45:23,650 S3: Way easier to pray for other people's changes than our own. 823 00:45:23,650 --> 00:45:27,210 S5: It is I love this. We got someone coming in 824 00:45:27,210 --> 00:45:32,589 S5: with pride. That's good man. I want God to help 825 00:45:32,590 --> 00:45:35,190 S5: me love my husband. Now we're talking, guys. 826 00:45:35,230 --> 00:45:37,390 S6: Boom! Crews on it. Come on. 827 00:45:37,390 --> 00:45:41,549 S5: I want to leave everything on the altar in 26. Boom! 828 00:45:43,750 --> 00:45:46,390 S5: I want to see my life this year change to 829 00:45:46,430 --> 00:45:49,310 S5: go closer to God and have fellowship with my brothers 830 00:45:49,310 --> 00:45:54,469 S5: and sisters at church. More. Wow. I also asked for 831 00:45:54,469 --> 00:45:57,870 S5: more patience and peace and kindness and love in my heart. 832 00:45:57,870 --> 00:45:59,750 S5: Are you kidding me? This is. 833 00:46:00,989 --> 00:46:02,190 S9: This is good. 834 00:46:02,230 --> 00:46:04,710 S5: What do you want? To see God change in you. 835 00:46:04,750 --> 00:46:07,510 S5: What one thing do you want to see God change 836 00:46:07,510 --> 00:46:11,390 S5: in you in 2026? And then we're going to talk 837 00:46:11,390 --> 00:46:13,750 S5: about how that how God wants to get that done 838 00:46:13,790 --> 00:46:19,589 S5: may surprise you. 805 55 7898. What? One thing 800 839 00:46:19,590 --> 00:46:22,910 S5: 555 7898 we're going to pray for some of these 840 00:46:22,910 --> 00:46:25,229 S5: coming up here in just a moment. What one thing 841 00:46:25,270 --> 00:46:27,710 S5: do you want to see God change in you in 842 00:46:27,710 --> 00:46:34,050 S5: this new year? 2026 805, 55, 7898. 843 00:46:34,370 --> 00:46:39,130 S2: She's a choreographer extraordinaire and everything is Greek to her. 844 00:46:39,410 --> 00:46:43,210 S2: Super di is in the crew. It's Karl and crew 845 00:46:43,210 --> 00:46:44,570 S2: on Moody Radio. 846 00:46:44,610 --> 00:46:47,049 S5: It's Karl and crew helping you take your next step 847 00:46:47,050 --> 00:46:50,089 S5: with Jesus 2026. I mean, come on, we all look 848 00:46:50,130 --> 00:46:52,970 S5: at a new year, and I think we instinctively know 849 00:46:52,969 --> 00:46:55,969 S5: there's some changes God wants to make in us for sure. 850 00:46:56,410 --> 00:46:59,250 S5: This is beautiful, guys. Give us some feedback here. What 851 00:46:59,250 --> 00:47:01,250 S5: are we seeing? Come in. Got a question for you. 852 00:47:01,290 --> 00:47:04,850 S5: What one thing do you want to see God change 853 00:47:04,850 --> 00:47:09,410 S5: in you in 2026? This is heartwarming. Super di. Give 854 00:47:09,450 --> 00:47:11,049 S5: us some of these. Sister. What are you looking at? 855 00:47:11,090 --> 00:47:13,529 S6: I love some of these. To walk it out. Walk 856 00:47:13,530 --> 00:47:16,330 S6: out their faith. Love others like Jesus. Seen quite a 857 00:47:16,330 --> 00:47:19,890 S6: few of those. How to love other people really effectively. Uh, 858 00:47:19,890 --> 00:47:22,730 S6: they want to pray for more. Trust. Patience. Some are 859 00:47:22,730 --> 00:47:25,250 S6: just trying to pray to ease the anxiety, to trust 860 00:47:25,290 --> 00:47:29,279 S6: God more on what they're doing. Uh, another one Spending shopping, 861 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:31,920 S6: falling into a couple of them have come in just 862 00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:36,080 S6: tackling addictions in their life, from food to other to alcohol. 863 00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:38,120 S6: Quite a few of those are coming in. 864 00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:39,480 S5: What are you seeing, young Thunder? 865 00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:41,840 S3: Yeah, I see, I saw a couple in a row 866 00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:46,240 S3: on on spending and financial wisdom, which is awesome. Uh, 867 00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:50,280 S3: we've got commitment is struggling to stay committed to anything 868 00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:52,279 S3: but to to say, you know what, I need to 869 00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:55,000 S3: let my yes be yes and my no be no. Uh, 870 00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:59,799 S3: and then to walk out and stay out of the self-imposed, 871 00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:03,440 S3: you know, guilt and trying harder and and really leaning 872 00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:04,480 S3: more into Jesus. 873 00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:07,520 S5: That's so good. That's so good. I mean, they're coming in. 874 00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:10,720 S5: There's myriad here. What? One thing, sometimes it's good for 875 00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:13,439 S5: you to just thumb it in there and just go, 876 00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:16,839 S5: here it is, guys. This is the one thing that 877 00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:20,800 S5: really God's Spirit is prompting me that needs to change 878 00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:25,319 S5: in this new year. What one thing is that? 855 879 00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:30,060 S5: five 7898. Craig in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. What's yours? Craig? 880 00:48:31,540 --> 00:48:35,820 S10: Well, I'm 73 years old and I struggle with sharing 881 00:48:35,860 --> 00:48:38,700 S10: the gospel with people. I'm so afraid of what they'll 882 00:48:38,700 --> 00:48:40,739 S10: think of me. And that's the one thing I want 883 00:48:40,739 --> 00:48:42,540 S10: to change. I want to be able to just share 884 00:48:42,540 --> 00:48:43,260 S10: my faith. 885 00:48:43,860 --> 00:48:46,180 S5: Have you tried that in the past? Have you been. 886 00:48:46,219 --> 00:48:49,100 S5: Have you have you had an experience where you tried 887 00:48:49,100 --> 00:48:51,740 S5: to share and it feels like the words didn't come out? 888 00:48:51,739 --> 00:48:54,620 S5: Or what's your experience with that, Craig? 889 00:48:55,340 --> 00:48:58,700 S10: Uh, a lot of times it's just I just freeze up. 890 00:48:58,860 --> 00:49:02,460 S10: You know, I just just don't, you know, I see it. 891 00:49:02,460 --> 00:49:04,580 S10: I want to go ahead and share it. Uh, a 892 00:49:04,580 --> 00:49:07,100 S10: couple of times I haven't gotten a response that I 893 00:49:07,100 --> 00:49:09,620 S10: was hoping for. I know God's going to work through that. 894 00:49:09,660 --> 00:49:12,779 S10: It's just that it's the rejection that I feel. And 895 00:49:12,780 --> 00:49:14,739 S10: I know it's not me, but I can't. I got 896 00:49:14,780 --> 00:49:16,700 S10: to work through that. And that's the biggest thing for 897 00:49:16,700 --> 00:49:19,419 S10: me is just getting past that so I can share 898 00:49:19,420 --> 00:49:20,500 S10: my faith with others. 899 00:49:20,820 --> 00:49:23,500 S5: Craig, I tell you, you're an inspiration to me. 73 900 00:49:23,500 --> 00:49:25,569 S5: years young and you're asking the right questions. I'm going 901 00:49:25,610 --> 00:49:27,970 S5: to set you free on something here, Craig, because my 902 00:49:27,969 --> 00:49:31,529 S5: early years of following Jesus. Oh my goodness. Even though 903 00:49:31,530 --> 00:49:33,810 S5: I'm a type A personality, I'd get freaked out. And 904 00:49:33,810 --> 00:49:37,450 S5: I think part of what really got me backed away 905 00:49:37,450 --> 00:49:40,529 S5: from sharing the gospel boldly early on was just what 906 00:49:40,530 --> 00:49:43,210 S5: you had said. And that is, man. You're like, when 907 00:49:43,210 --> 00:49:46,690 S5: they hear the gospel, they're going to change like I 908 00:49:46,690 --> 00:49:50,610 S5: did and they didn't. And I'm like, oh, great. So 909 00:49:50,650 --> 00:49:53,210 S5: that's that's something that Satan's trying to beat you over 910 00:49:53,210 --> 00:49:56,410 S5: the head with. Craig, I want you to explore something here, though, 911 00:49:56,450 --> 00:49:59,490 S5: and it comes out of acts 26, where I was 912 00:49:59,489 --> 00:50:02,330 S5: studying the book of acts one year, way back in 913 00:50:02,330 --> 00:50:04,689 S5: the day, and I stumbled upon something and I'm like, 914 00:50:04,690 --> 00:50:07,890 S5: oh my goodness, the Apostle Paul standing before King Agrippa 915 00:50:07,890 --> 00:50:13,969 S5: in this whole story. And what's amazing about acts 26, Craig, 916 00:50:13,969 --> 00:50:16,690 S5: and you've got the you've got a story of what 917 00:50:16,730 --> 00:50:19,250 S5: Jesus has done in your life. Is that right, brother? 918 00:50:19,290 --> 00:50:22,629 S5: I mean, there's no question you've got. Okay, here's all 919 00:50:22,630 --> 00:50:25,069 S5: Paul does. He stands for grip. And he says, all right, 920 00:50:25,070 --> 00:50:29,069 S5: here's the skinny in three minutes in like 10s at 921 00:50:29,110 --> 00:50:33,509 S5: reading Pace, he tells his story. I think sometimes we 922 00:50:33,510 --> 00:50:35,670 S5: get bound into, man, I got to have the Romans 923 00:50:35,670 --> 00:50:38,029 S5: Road memorized. I got to be able to explain what 924 00:50:38,070 --> 00:50:41,350 S5: repentance is like. I got to explain the atoning blood 925 00:50:41,350 --> 00:50:44,790 S5: of Jesus Christ, and then he's the propitiation for our sin. 926 00:50:45,190 --> 00:50:47,830 S5: I think that that'll flow after you hook him with 927 00:50:47,830 --> 00:50:51,510 S5: your story. Craig, I want to encourage you find one 928 00:50:51,510 --> 00:50:56,230 S5: person this week. Pray for one person this week that 929 00:50:56,230 --> 00:50:59,270 S5: God sets up for you to share your story of 930 00:50:59,270 --> 00:51:02,350 S5: what Jesus has done in you. Don't leave out the 931 00:51:02,350 --> 00:51:05,710 S5: part of what he's doing right now. And Craig, I'm 932 00:51:05,710 --> 00:51:08,390 S5: believing that you're going to see God do something amazing 933 00:51:08,390 --> 00:51:09,390 S5: through that. Okay. 934 00:51:10,670 --> 00:51:12,110 S10: I appreciate it. Thank you. 935 00:51:12,350 --> 00:51:14,550 S5: Yeah. Craig, I want you to do me a favor. 936 00:51:14,550 --> 00:51:16,950 S5: My man on the side, I want you to text 937 00:51:16,950 --> 00:51:19,390 S5: us or email us how that goes for you. Because 938 00:51:19,390 --> 00:51:21,580 S5: I believe God's going to move. Okay, my friend. 939 00:51:22,660 --> 00:51:24,060 S10: Will do. Thank you. 940 00:51:24,100 --> 00:51:26,860 S5: Love you. God, thank you for Craig calling in. His 941 00:51:26,860 --> 00:51:28,859 S5: cry is most of ours. And that is give us 942 00:51:28,860 --> 00:51:31,620 S5: the courage to share the good news. And Lord, I 943 00:51:31,620 --> 00:51:34,460 S5: do pray that we'd be men and women of God 944 00:51:34,460 --> 00:51:38,100 S5: who just say, well, here's what Jesus did in me 945 00:51:39,260 --> 00:51:41,700 S5: and I thank you for Craig. What a rock solid 946 00:51:41,700 --> 00:51:44,140 S5: man of God. Wow, what a brother to walk through 947 00:51:44,140 --> 00:51:49,140 S5: life with. Bless him. God indeed. In Jesus name, Amen. Amen. Hey, 948 00:51:49,140 --> 00:51:50,779 S5: keep him on the horn. Give him a call and 949 00:51:50,780 --> 00:51:51,620 S5: crew prize pack. 950 00:51:51,980 --> 00:51:52,299 S3: You got. 951 00:51:52,300 --> 00:51:55,340 S5: It. Don't let him go. Don't let him go. My goodness, 952 00:51:55,340 --> 00:51:59,500 S5: I almost forgot that. Okay, coming up here in a 953 00:51:59,500 --> 00:52:02,779 S5: couple of minutes. So you got these one things. You know, 954 00:52:02,820 --> 00:52:06,500 S5: it's this one thing that you want. You feel prompted 955 00:52:06,500 --> 00:52:08,540 S5: by the spirit. It's not even you want. You feel 956 00:52:08,540 --> 00:52:13,060 S5: spirit prompting. God wants to change this in me in 2026. 957 00:52:13,060 --> 00:52:15,580 S5: The question is how. That's how is that going to happen? 958 00:52:15,580 --> 00:52:20,040 S5: And there's two paths to walk here. One is utterly futile. 959 00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:23,800 S5: And we got Christians galore, Christians and air quotes galore 960 00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:26,839 S5: that are trying to do this futile path. We do 961 00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:31,200 S5: it over and over and over again, and it's just 962 00:52:31,239 --> 00:52:35,360 S5: you can find it in the self-help section. It's titled 963 00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:38,640 S5: Christians Who Do Dumb Things. That's the name of the book. 964 00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:39,799 S3: That's a good. 965 00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:42,080 S6: That's a good title. It would. 966 00:52:42,719 --> 00:52:45,040 S5: All right. We're going to give you the hope. Right. 967 00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:46,640 S5: Coming up. 968 00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:49,960 S2: He's a sports fanatic with a stat for anything you 969 00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:54,160 S2: can think of. Young Thunder is in the groove. It's 970 00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:56,440 S2: curling crew on Moody Radio. 971 00:52:56,560 --> 00:52:58,480 S5: Okay, I don't have time to break it all down, 972 00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:00,279 S5: but we got time to give you the link for 973 00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:04,400 S5: this bad boy. Barna did an extensive study. George Barna. 974 00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:09,920 S5: He is the director of research cultural research center at 975 00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:13,760 S5: Arizona Christian University. The Barna Group is an amazing group. 976 00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:18,350 S5: George Barna and his team put together an extensive study, 977 00:53:18,390 --> 00:53:22,310 S5: I mean, extensive on where do people stand? Let me 978 00:53:22,310 --> 00:53:26,669 S5: give you some high points. Self-identified Christians has dropped about 14% 979 00:53:26,670 --> 00:53:31,590 S5: from 2000 to 2025. That's not a big shocker. Um, 980 00:53:32,390 --> 00:53:36,910 S5: but here's the kicker here 24% of us adults identify 981 00:53:36,910 --> 00:53:40,870 S5: as Christian, attend church at least monthly, and strongly say 982 00:53:40,870 --> 00:53:43,350 S5: that faith is very important. Are you ready for this one, though? 983 00:53:44,430 --> 00:53:46,469 S5: This is a shocker, and I want you to look 984 00:53:46,469 --> 00:53:50,350 S5: at the numbers on this one. 4% of us adults, 985 00:53:50,390 --> 00:53:53,790 S5: all us adults, hold a biblical worldview and consistent that 986 00:53:53,790 --> 00:54:00,069 S5: consistently shapes their beliefs and decisions 4%. So after all 987 00:54:00,070 --> 00:54:03,030 S5: this research was said and done, he titled this study 988 00:54:03,070 --> 00:54:06,270 S5: something simple and that is Christian in name only. Come 989 00:54:06,270 --> 00:54:07,870 S5: and get the study. How did they do it? 990 00:54:08,190 --> 00:54:11,109 S6: It's real simple text the word barna barna b a 991 00:54:11,550 --> 00:54:15,750 S6: n a Barna to 805 five five 7898.