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S1: Now let's get to today's episode.

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S2: Coming to you live from the call of Hope studio.

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S2: This is Carl and crew.

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S1: Have you ever heard of Tik Tok? If you haven't,

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S3: r-york more. I had a phenomenon happen that happens to

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S3: matter who you are or where you are, grab your phone. Ali,

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S3: we've got a resource. And I just looked at this.

438
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S3: It's loaded and ready to go, sister.

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S5: Yes.

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S1: So if that's you, if today you are turning, you

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S1: are repenting, doing a 180 turning and following Jesus. Just

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S1: text new to 800 555 7898 text new, NSW to

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S1: 805 55 7898. We're just going to send you a

444
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S1: quick auto reply that gives you some practical next steps.

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S1: So if that's you, text new to 805 5578, 98.

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S3: Yeah. Wherever you are, wherever you are today, no matter

447
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S3: how messed up your life is, no matter how put

448
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S3: together you seem to other people, today is the day

449
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S3: of salvation. Just text new to 800 555 7898. Just

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S3: that one word 805, 55, 78, 98. We're going to

451
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S3: shout out the last four numbers of your telephone number

452
00:26:16,810 --> 00:26:18,810
S3: here in just a moment, but we're just going to

453
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S3: give you time to grab that phone. If today is

454
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S3: a day of absolute repentance turning around, surrender all to

455
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S3: Jesus today.

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S2: She's a choreographer Extraordinaire and everything is Greek to her.

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S2: Super di is in the crew. It's Carl and crew

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S2: on Moody Radio.

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S3: Well, with us right now in All Star Week, that

460
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S3: doesn't mean that if you didn't make it into this week,

461
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S3: you're not an all star, right, Allie?

462
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S1: Very true. We appreciate Doctor Eric Redmond joining us in studio,

463
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S1: professor of Bible at Moody Bible Institute, also the executive

464
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S1: director of Moody Theological Seminary, center for compelling biblical Preaching.

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S3: Okay, Doctor Redmond, I've got something that is so important,

466
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S3: and I think you're with me. We sometimes go to

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S3: the Scripture in. The first question we ask ourselves is,

468
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S3: what does that mean to me? Why is that dangerous,

469
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S3: my man?

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S6: I think it's a good thing that's behind it, because

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S6: we want to be obedient to the scriptures. But the

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S6: bad thing is that God has spoken through an author

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S6: with an idea. And we might miss that if we

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S6: start with ourselves, rather than asking what was God doing

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S6: through the author.

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S3: That was so concise and powerful. And here's here's the

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S3: beauty of it, isn't it, doc? If we understand what

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S3: did the author, the scribe, what did the communicator in

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S3: the case of Jesus, what did he mean? If we

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S3: get that big idea, we actually have more power in application.

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S6: I absolutely agree with that, because then we are applying

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S6: what God has spoken through the author, the voice of God,

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S6: which is what we all want to do, which is

484
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S6: the intention with starting out with what is this saying

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S6: to me? But we need to ask, what is it saying?

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S6: What did God say first? Because that's what we're trying

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S6: to get to, to apply. Otherwise, I'm just applying what

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S6: I've made up rather than what God has spoken.

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S3: Yeah, and you know, I lost the power of one

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S3: passage for a lot of years. And by the way,

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S3: I don't blame anyone who uses this text to the

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S3: church of Laodicea in Revelation three. So it's interesting, though

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S3: I've taking biblical hermeneutics at Denver Seminary from Kermit Eichelberger.

494
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S3: What a great name, huh? Eric. Yeah. Come on. Kermit.

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S3: Are you kidding me? So he's up there dishing it

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S3: up in night one. I was taking a black course,

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S3: and he said, hey, let me give you why it's

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S3: so important to have a good hermeneutic and understanding context

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S3: and everything. And he went to that passage. Behold, I

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S3: stand at the door and knock. That passage has nothing

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S3: to do with salvation. Now God can use it, but

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S3: it has to do with sanctification, letting Jesus back into

503
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S3: the transformed soul. What do you say about that?

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S6: I absolutely agree with that in revelation three that he's

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S6: trying to knock to get back into the church that

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S6: is his own. I thought that you were going to

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S6: go somewhere else in revelation three. I thought that you

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S6: were going to go to I will spew you out

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S6: of my mouth, which we try to say is about

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S6: spiritual fervency, or that this has to do with a

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S6: lack of obedience when what Jesus is talking about in

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S6: the passage is that there are people in the church

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S6: who are leaning into their wealth to say, my wealth

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S6: shows that I am spiritual. And Jesus says, you know what?

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S6: You're naked, poor, blind, and miserable before me. I spew

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S6: that out of my mouth. I reject you leaning on

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S6: your wealth to say that's a mark of your spirituality.

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S6: That's what we need to apply from that passage.

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S1: That's the the popular one where people often quote, you

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S1: mentioned lukewarm. And so people will talk about I don't

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S1: want to be a lukewarm Christian, which we don't. But

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S1: the context of there is key to really understanding it.

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S6: It certainly is. And unfortunately, many of us are lukewarm

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S6: in that way.

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S1: Doctor Eric Redman, our guest right now, you know, the

526
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S1: center for Compelling Biblical Preaching. I think a good question

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S1: to ask is what makes preaching compelling is in this

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S1: age of YouTube and social media and clips that can

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S1: go viral, that seem very compelling, very powerful, what are

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S1: we aiming for when we want something to be compelling?

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S6: I'm going to say something odd. I think the first

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S6: thing that makes preaching compelling is the messenger himself or herself,

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S6: the character of the one that is preaching. Because without that,

534
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S6: there is no credibility in whatever comes out of the

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S6: speaker's mouth. Then after that, it is a meek approach

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S6: to the Word of God that shows I am obedient

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S6: to this. This passage is relevant to me, and I

538
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S6: am trying to honor God in this passage. And then

539
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S6: people buy into it and say, okay, if it meant

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S6: that much to him or her, it must mean the

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S6: same to me.

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S3: How important is it for the everyday, all of us?

543
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S3: There's no hierarchy in the kingdom of God, by the way,

544
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S3: to come to the Word of God with that same

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S3: posture that makes compelling preaching.

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S6: It is vitally important that all of us come with

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S6: a meek disposition before the Word of God and say, God,

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S6: please speak to me. Please use this to show me

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S6: my faults. Please use this to show me where I

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S6: have not honored you, and where I can honor you

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S6: more for the sake of your name being proclaimed among

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S6: billions who do not yet know Jesus. We all should

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S6: have that sort of meek approach to the Word of God.

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S1: Eric Redman with us this morning. Coming up, we talk

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S1: a lot about what type of preaching that we prefer

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S1: may be expository. My son gets really excited when he

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S1: hears pastors who share a lot of personal stories, because

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S1: that keeps him interested. But what about the hearer? What

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S1: is our responsibility? Because it's not just on the preacher.

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S1: We know that much more with Doctor Eric Redman coming

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S1: up here on Carl and crew.

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S2: He's a sports fanatic with a stat for anything you

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S2: can think of. Young Thunder is in the crew. It's

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S2: Carl and crew on Moody Radio.

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S5: If you've ever.

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S1: Gone to a Sunday morning service and you walked out

567
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S1: and you thought, oh, that was a really good sermon.

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S1: I really liked how he used that illustration. And then

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S1: it's the close here. Sometimes we can become kind of

570
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S1: sermon critics, sermon connoisseurs, where we decide what we like,

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S1: what we don't like. But maybe we should look more

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S1: at what's required of the hearer because the pastor obviously

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S1: is giving the word, the preacher is delivering the sermon.

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S1: But what what are we called to as hearers? Doctor

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S1: Eric Redman with us this morning.

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S6: I think as hearers we should go with the idea

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S6: or the expectation that God is going to speak through

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S6: His Holy Spirit to each one of us uniquely. He's

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S6: going to speak to the whole congregation. Congregation, the words

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S6: that are coming from the pastor. But we should have

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S6: such a relationship in our daily walk and spending time

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S6: with God daily, that we expect the Holy Spirit to

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S6: say something to us. Because as I tell preachers, as

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S6: I'm training them, God wants people to have His Word

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S6: more than we ever want to give it to them.

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S6: He wants our obedience more than we ever want to obey.

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S6: So we should go in there expecting. And then when

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S6: we leave, rather than just being individuals, we should have

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S6: someone in the body with whom we're processing and saying,

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S6: how did God talk to you today? I want to

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S6: hear that. Maybe there's more he has to say to me.

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S3: Love it. You know, Eric, I'm a neo exegetical communicator.

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S5: Okay.

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S1: What do you mean by that?

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S3: I'm glad you're getting a kick out of it. I am.

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S3: I'm a neo exegetical communicator. And here's here's my take

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S3: on this one. I've never heard it, but that's what

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S3: I call myself. And that is, I want to go

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S3: through passages of Scripture, go through letters, go through narratives.

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S3: We just preach through Mark at both campuses here at

601
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S3: 180 Chicago. Way to go. But but I want to

602
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S3: bring story in there heavily because Jesus leveraged story. And

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S3: it's stunning to me how we appeal for exegetical teaching

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S3: at the peril of story that brings it to life.

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S3: What's your thought on that?

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S6: I think it's very important to add story because stories

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S6: are memorable. And I think when we are sharing testimony

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S6: or we're drawing from illustrations that are meaningful, it helps

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S6: people remember the point of what is going on in

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S6: the passage. So I think that good preaching should bring

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S6: about stories that bring analogy or help illustrate what is

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S6: being said in the passage, so that people will remember

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S6: what God's voice is saying. They can attach themselves to

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S6: the story and say, ah, I got what this passage

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S6: is trying to get me to do.

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S1: But also keeping in mind that it's not the responsibility

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S1: of the preacher to somehow make this relevant. Right? I mean,

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S1: the Word of God is.

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S3: Right.

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S1: Is relevant, right? So that's a fine line.

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S6: The gospel is relevant all by itself. There's no question

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S6: I don't need to add anything to God's source because

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S6: God is good all, all by himself. But what often

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S6: happens is that we then do not know what to

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S6: do because no one is guiding us. I'd like to

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S6: give a simple illustration here. When we're in Ephesians five

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S6: and we talk about husbands, love your wives as Christ

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S6: loved the church, everybody's dialed into the passage and a

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S6: lot of husbands go home and say, I am doing

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S6: exactly what that passage says. And my first question then

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S6: to to pick off a guy like that is, does

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S6: your wife know all of your non-work related social media

633
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S6: passwords and have full access to everything on your phone

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S6: so she can be secure when his eyes bug out.

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S6: After that, I say, see, that is me helping make

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S6: relevant the passage so you don't walk away saying I nodded,

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S6: and I love my wife.

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S3: Yeah, Eric, that's you giving a sidewinder missile to a

639
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S3: dude that needed.

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S6: It was an IED.

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S3: Yeah, that's an IED. Wow. Um, you know, here's why

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S3: I want to spike this today, and this is so important. Uh, Eric, is.

643
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S3: Are you the. Are you the dude running the center

644
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S3: for compelling biblical preaching?

645
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S6: Currently I am, yes.

646
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S3: Wow. You know, we always want to cast the net

647
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S3: for potential students and people that want to get extension

648
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S3: training and the like. Give us the elevator pitch for

649
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S3: why center for Compelling Biblical Preaching. There's parents, grandparents, and

650
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S3: even students alike. Potential students alike listen and give it

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S3: to them.

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S6: We are creating or building up the best expository preachers

653
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S6: that you can have on the planet. We are dialed

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S6: into doing this especially for people who are often overlooked

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S6: by seminaries like ours, which include small town pastors, small

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S6: church pastors, people that can't afford training. All of our

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S6: trainings are free. The only thing that has a cost

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S6: is our annual conference, which we're having on March 6th.

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S6: But there are scholarships and it's worth every penny in here.

660
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S6: If you want someone to know how to preach the

661
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S6: Word of God from cover to cover. Send them to

662
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S6: the center for compelling biblical preaching.

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S3: All right, we got a link coming up. I'm going

664
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S3: to be honest with you. I did not know there

665
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S3: was no cost attached here.

666
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S1: I don't think I knew that either. I should have.

667
00:37:00,730 --> 00:37:01,290
S3: I should have.

668
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S1: To.

669
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S3: But here's why I'm fired up. I was sitting here

670
00:37:04,690 --> 00:37:07,529
S3: almost feeling like, all right, I'm giving a banner ad

671
00:37:07,570 --> 00:37:11,330
S3: for paying tuition. No, this is what God's doing here

672
00:37:11,330 --> 00:37:16,370
S3: in this moment. And this is providence. I am fired up.

673
00:37:16,370 --> 00:37:19,460
S3: There's some of you that have a budding teaching gift.

674
00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:23,259
S3: A preaching gift. You are a small group leader and

675
00:37:23,260 --> 00:37:26,580
S3: you want to understand how to be a better communicator.

676
00:37:26,739 --> 00:37:29,260
S3: All the above could go for it, couldn't they, Eric?

677
00:37:29,300 --> 00:37:33,100
S6: Yes, they could come to us because we will help

678
00:37:33,100 --> 00:37:37,259
S6: you hone your gifts and your skills in terms of

679
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S6: teaching and preaching and even being better listeners to the

680
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S6: Word of God.

681
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S1: You mentioned the conference. You got another. You got a

682
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S1: couple events and a publication coming to press. Give us

683
00:37:47,980 --> 00:37:49,100
S1: some of the highlights.

684
00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:51,339
S6: So we have a publication coming where we're taking the

685
00:37:51,340 --> 00:37:55,219
S6: moody faculty that teaches preach preaching and biblical studies, and

686
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S6: we're putting a volume together on the basics of preaching.

687
00:37:58,620 --> 00:38:00,779
S6: But our publisher is really excited about it because we're

688
00:38:00,780 --> 00:38:04,020
S6: going to talk about things like beauty and preaching and

689
00:38:04,020 --> 00:38:06,700
S6: the role of being a pastor in preaching and how

690
00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:09,620
S6: that affects preaching. We have our conference coming up where

691
00:38:09,620 --> 00:38:11,620
S6: we're going to explain how to preach through the book

692
00:38:11,620 --> 00:38:13,860
S6: of Job and focus on preaching the book of job.

693
00:38:13,860 --> 00:38:17,460
S6: And we've got to the top preachers and academics on

694
00:38:17,590 --> 00:38:20,270
S6: that in the country coming to be with us there.

695
00:38:20,270 --> 00:38:23,910
S6: Brian Chapel and Tyshawn Gardiner are coming, and our own

696
00:38:23,910 --> 00:38:27,750
S6: former faculty member, Kerwin Rodriguez, will be here also. And

697
00:38:27,750 --> 00:38:30,710
S6: then we have our regular monthly events, including the one

698
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S6: in January, where Caitlin Sheets is coming to talk to

699
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S6: us about the liturgy of politics is free. It's Friday,

700
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S6: January 23rd at 11 a.m. on our campus and online.

701
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S1: She is one of my favorites. I'm excited about that. Okay,

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00:38:45,910 --> 00:38:47,950
S1: text center, I know that was a lot for you

703
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S1: to keep track of. You don't have to. We've got

704
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S1: a link for you. Text center to 800 555 7898.

705
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S1: Center to 800 555 7898 I'm excited.

706
00:39:00,910 --> 00:39:02,830
S3: I am to somebody got a cramp in their hand.

707
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S3: They were trying to scribble that down so fast. Their

708
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S3: whole their whole, all their digits seized up in their hand.

709
00:39:08,469 --> 00:39:11,510
S3: It's simpler than that. Don't listen to Doctor Eric Redmond

710
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S3: unless he's teaching on preaching. Okay. Text center to 805 555. 78. 98.

711
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:21,319
S3: This is so cool. Guys, here's why I want a

712
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S3: banner ad. This is. We're heading into 2026. I asked

713
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S3: our church. I'm giving it away here. A pre-recorded message

714
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S3: that I've already done that's got we. Annually we do

715
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S3: one message that a whole service worship included, that we

716
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S3: go online. And this is what I challenge him with.

717
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S3: I want you to say yes to God in 2026

718
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S3: with regard to a few key things. And one of

719
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S3: those was talents, giftings. And if you want to say

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S3: yes to I know, make some of you nervous because

721
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S3: I never aspired to teaching, let alone radio hosting. But

722
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S3: if God is calling you to that, I want you

723
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S3: to jump in. I'm almost giddy now. There are thousands

724
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S3: upon thousands right now that are going to benefit from this. Link.

725
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S1: Text to center to 800 555 7898. Center to 800

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S1: 555 7898.

727
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S3: Oh, we can't let him out of here. All right, Eric.

728
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S3: The question of the day. If the incarnational Jesus had

729
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S3: never come, or you had never bowed a knee to him,

730
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S3: what kind of a train wreck would you be right now?

731
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S6: Right now would have no assurance of salvation, because my

732
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S6: assurance rests on the fact that God made Jesus by

733
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S6: sending Jesus here. The wrath satisfier the propitiation for our sins.

734
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:40,319
S6: I need God's wrath against me. Stop! And then I

735
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S6: can go on and live the Christian life not worrying

736
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S6: about who am I displeasing to God here today? No,

737
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S6: he got that covered on the cross in Jesus and

738
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S6: I am so grateful for that.

739
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S3: Boom! That's why we call you the Boom Crew.

740
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S2: Guests included your spiritual pit stop to keep you going

741
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,600
S2: in the race. You're listening to Carl and crew.

742
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:02,160
S3: Yeah, we got someone added to the team this morning.

743
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:05,920
S3: He slid right in here like Santa right down the chimney.

744
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,759
S3: I call him the gospel man. He's the 10th president

745
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:14,200
S3: of Moody Bible Institute. A great man and doctor Mark Jobe.

746
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S3: Merry Christmas, my friend.

747
00:41:15,489 --> 00:41:18,650
S7: Hey, merry Christmas to you too. Great to be with

748
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S7: our listeners. A couple days before the big event.

749
00:41:23,730 --> 00:41:25,690
S3: Young Thunder is doing the countdown. Where are we at,

750
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S3: my man?

751
00:41:26,170 --> 00:41:28,009
S8: Eight days, eight days.

752
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S3: Wild. It's coming close. All right, I'm going to jump

753
00:41:31,330 --> 00:41:35,010
S3: right into the gospel we've seen. Oh, probably 20 people

754
00:41:35,010 --> 00:41:38,330
S3: surrender to Christ today already giving all that they are

755
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S3: to Jesus. And a theme that we've been on here for, well,

756
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S3: a number of years. But really sharpening the saw here lately, Mark,

757
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S3: is that the gospel without repentance is not good news

758
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S3: at all. This cultural Christianity, the way to fend it

759
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S3: off in this Christmas season is to be clear with

760
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S3: the gospel. I know this is near and dear to

761
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S3: your heart. Pour it out for a moment here, Mark.

762
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S7: Yeah, so let me say this. First of all, I

763
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S7: think we live in a time where God is drawing,

764
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S7: awakening people that a year ago didn't want to have

765
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S7: anything to do with God. And I'm just over and

766
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S7: over and over. Having conversations. Just this past week, I

767
00:42:18,460 --> 00:42:21,460
S7: had multiple conversations with people like, I don't know, I

768
00:42:21,460 --> 00:42:24,900
S7: just need God. The problem is, sometimes, you know you

769
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S7: need God, but you don't know the way to God. And, um,

770
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S7: it's important and you hear it on this program, it's

771
00:42:32,460 --> 00:42:35,700
S7: important that we go to God the right way. You

772
00:42:35,739 --> 00:42:39,460
S7: may feel the stir, the call, the emptiness, the vacuum,

773
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S7: and some of you as you listen. Right now, you

774
00:42:41,140 --> 00:42:43,500
S7: know that God has been calling you for a long time.

775
00:42:43,500 --> 00:42:46,260
S7: He can show up in a dream, give a word

776
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S7: through radio. Right now you're like, oh God, I don't

777
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S7: know what I want. And suddenly this is God helping

778
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S7: a sign for you to know that today, today, now's

779
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S7: the time. And it's a simple Jesus said, I'm the way,

780
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S7: the truth, the life. No man comes to the father

781
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S7: but by me. You come to God the Father. But

782
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S7: there's two things that God says. These are necessary for

783
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S7: you to come. Number one, you have to believe. You

784
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S7: have to believe that there's not multiple ways to God.

785
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S7: There's not 100 ways to God. There is one way

786
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S7: to the father, and that is through Jesus Christ the Son.

787
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S7: In fact, during Christmas, that's what we celebrate. This was

788
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S7: not just Jesus being this good man. That was an

789
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S7: example for us. No, this was all God that was

790
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S7: born in a manger of a virgin so that there

791
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S7: would be no sin. He became the sacrifice that died

792
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S7: on a cross to pay a penalty that you and

793
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S7: I couldn't pay. You could try to be good every

794
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S7: single day of your life. You could walk a little

795
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S7: ladies across the street. You could give. You could give

796
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S7: to orphanages. You could try to be as good as

797
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S7: you can. But if you have just one sin, you're eliminated.

798
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S7: Show of hands. Anybody that has less than one sin

799
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S7: in this place because God is perfect. The only way

800
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S7: is to come to God through Jesus who paid it all.

801
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S7: But you have to receive the gift, and you do

802
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S7: that by believing and saying, yes, I believe that Jesus

803
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S7: Christ you are Lord. There is no other way but

804
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S7: you and repenting. You can't truly believe without repenting and

805
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S7: you can't repent without believing. Repenting means I know that

806
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S7: I'm going down this road and I turn around and

807
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S7: follow a new way, which is the way of Jesus

808
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S7: the Christ. Now, I know some of you say are thinking,

809
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S7: I've tried it. I'm going to fail. I'm going to

810
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S7: fall back. And here's the thing when you give your

811
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S7: life to Jesus the Christ and are born again, the

812
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,200
S7: Holy Spirit comes inside of you and he's the one

813
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S7: that starts to change you. You have to surrender, but

814
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S7: it's the power of God to change you. Amen. So

815
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S7: if you're being lied to right now and say, you know,

816
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:55,560
S7: I've tried to change myself a hundred times, I think

817
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:59,719
S7: I'm going to fail you. You will. But with God,

818
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:03,439
S7: your life can change around. And I've seen over and

819
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:07,040
S7: over and over and over and over, lives changed by

820
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S7: the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Believe that

821
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S7: Jesus is the only way. Repent. Confess him as Lord.

822
00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:16,760
S7: Surrender your life to him. And the Bible says you

823
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S7: will be born again. It's a new day.

824
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S1: Doctor Mark Jobe, our guest in studio this morning, 10th

825
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S1: president of the Moody Bible Institute. Also host of Bold Steps,

826
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S1: which you hear weekdays right here on Moody Radio. You know,

827
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S1: we had a guest earlier this morning who hit on

828
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S1: something and like your input on it. He said that

829
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S1: sometimes we have we've maybe emphasized the good news without

830
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S1: telling people that there's bad news. So we've told the

831
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S1: people that there's a cure without letting them know that

832
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S1: they're actually sick. Do you agree? Have you seen that

833
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S1: over time? Maybe we have moved too much away from

834
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:53,680
S1: talking about sin and death and hell, and the things

835
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S1: that aren't as comfortable to talk about as God's love

836
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S1: and God's mercy and God's grace.

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S7: Absolutely. You know, what draws us to God is his

838
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:06,359
S7: love and his compassion and his mercy. Yeah, but but

839
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S7: sometimes people don't understand the the crazy, dire consequences of

840
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S7: the bad situation that we're in. There's a lot of

841
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S7: people that I talked to here in Chicagoland that compare

842
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S7: themselves to their neighbors, and they say, well, I'm not

843
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S7: that bad. If I die, I think I'm going to

844
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S7: go before God. You know, I haven't lived perfect. I

845
00:46:25,930 --> 00:46:29,009
S7: got my issues, but, you know, I'm better than my neighbor.

846
00:46:29,570 --> 00:46:34,730
S7: The bad news is that, no, you're you're you're sinful.

847
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S7: God's holy. His holiness demands, uh, purity and the wrath

848
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S7: of God. Uh, is is something that we don't want

849
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S7: to experience. And if there's sin in our life, no one,

850
00:46:47,330 --> 00:46:49,930
S7: no one, no one will stand before God. And there

851
00:46:49,969 --> 00:46:55,090
S7: is judgment and condemnation to those that, um, aren't washed

852
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S7: in the blood of the lamb. And so I don't

853
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S7: think people understand how lost they are. Yeah. They think, well,

854
00:47:01,130 --> 00:47:03,450
S7: on a scale to one, you know, 1 to 10,

855
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S7: I think maybe I'm a six and I think I'm okay.

856
00:47:06,810 --> 00:47:09,420
S7: And so if you have not been washed in the

857
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S7: blood of the lamb, you are condemned. You are sinful.

858
00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:18,020
S7: You are separated from God. You, you, you're either in

859
00:47:18,020 --> 00:47:22,060
S7: or out. You can't just be a sympathizer, a sympathizer out.

860
00:47:22,060 --> 00:47:25,420
S7: You have to cross a line. And I think that

861
00:47:25,420 --> 00:47:30,020
S7: sometimes what gets lost in, I think, our society that

862
00:47:30,060 --> 00:47:32,300
S7: kind of says, well, we're all on the same path

863
00:47:32,300 --> 00:47:34,379
S7: together and just believe and try to be a good

864
00:47:34,380 --> 00:47:35,580
S7: person and you're okay.

865
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S3: Yeah. Right now, the Spirit of God works this powerfully

866
00:47:39,860 --> 00:47:43,899
S3: and he convicts the world you regarding sin and righteousness

867
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S3: and judgment. But today, this conviction can be acted on,

868
00:47:48,180 --> 00:47:51,460
S3: and that's even fueled by the spirit. But if today

869
00:47:51,700 --> 00:47:57,460
S3: Jesus Christ is becoming Lord and Savior, you believe that

870
00:47:57,460 --> 00:48:01,100
S3: Jesus died for your sins. You're looking at yourself right

871
00:48:01,100 --> 00:48:05,940
S3: now and you're repenting, and you are surrendering every square

872
00:48:05,940 --> 00:48:09,750
S3: inch of yourself to Jesus. All your aspirations, dreams, all

873
00:48:09,750 --> 00:48:14,189
S3: that you've built, everything. Today God is making you fit

874
00:48:14,190 --> 00:48:16,469
S3: for the kingdom of God. He's doing it. And if

875
00:48:16,469 --> 00:48:18,350
S3: that's you, we want to help you and your first

876
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S3: steps with Jesus. There's no music playing in the background.

877
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S3: You're driving down the road. You're walking down a path,

878
00:48:23,310 --> 00:48:26,549
S3: wherever you are. My friend today, God loved you so

879
00:48:26,550 --> 00:48:29,150
S3: much that you tuned in here. And if that's you,

880
00:48:29,190 --> 00:48:31,470
S3: we want to help you. We've got a link. It's

881
00:48:31,469 --> 00:48:34,910
S3: just very simple right now. Right now, today, God's doing

882
00:48:34,910 --> 00:48:36,870
S3: a work in you. You can barely catch a breath.

883
00:48:37,310 --> 00:48:39,710
S3: The blues are bluer. The greens are greener right now.

884
00:48:39,710 --> 00:48:45,830
S3: But just text the word new. One word new to 805, five, five, 78, 98.

885
00:48:45,830 --> 00:48:48,350
S3: You're going to get an auto response back to you

886
00:48:48,630 --> 00:48:51,310
S3: with a link with some things that we put together

887
00:48:51,310 --> 00:48:54,350
S3: to help you and your first steps with Jesus right now, friend,

888
00:48:54,390 --> 00:48:58,470
S3: grab that phone and text the word new to 800

889
00:48:58,790 --> 00:49:07,080
S3: 555 7898. One word new to 800 I have five, five, 78, 98.

890
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:09,399
S3: And in just a moment here, we'll shout out some

891
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:12,360
S3: last four numbers of your telephone number. But boy, when

892
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:15,600
S3: you're going to have a Christmas like none other before

893
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:18,920
S3: and we'll just shout out a couple here as we

894
00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:25,680
S3: go along the way. Text new to 800 555 7898.

895
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:29,240
S3: Just welcome a few coming in right now. Um, boy,

896
00:49:29,239 --> 00:49:37,359
S3: they're coming in 3974 5704 uh, 9941 uh, welcome to

897
00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:44,560
S3: the family. 7601 8182 uh, welcome to the family. Uh,

898
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:51,080
S3: 8500 just came in, uh 4518 5981. We praise God

899
00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:58,240
S3: for you and you. 1180 and 6271 and 3792. Welcome

900
00:49:58,239 --> 00:50:03,160
S3: to the family. And 20553. Yeah. Just if today is

901
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:06,200
S3: a day of repentance for you today you're turning around.

902
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:08,680
S3: Today you're surrendering all that you are to Jesus. And

903
00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:12,040
S3: the amazing thing about this Mark job is with us

904
00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:16,040
S3: in studio here, 9218 4050.

905
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:17,280
S1: Welcome to you as well.

906
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:20,560
S3: Oh, this is just tremendous. Isn't this amazing, Mark, what

907
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:22,840
S3: God does by the power of his spirit, we we

908
00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:25,640
S3: don't have any big fanfare going on here. It's just

909
00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:28,560
S3: it's just mano a mano these folks with God right now.

910
00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:31,759
S7: It really is. And you know, Carl and Ali. God is.

911
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:36,680
S7: God is drawing people in an extraordinary way. Three weeks ago,

912
00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:43,600
S7: I walk into church and this young, tall girl comes

913
00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:46,840
S7: up to me, probably in her 20s, and she says, hey, can,

914
00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:49,080
S7: are you the pastor? I said, yeah, she says, I

915
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:51,319
S7: just became a follower of Jesus. This is how she

916
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:53,120
S7: said it. I became a follower of Jesus.

917
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:53,800
S3: The right words.

918
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:56,879
S7: And I said, great. I said, what was your religious background?

919
00:50:57,280 --> 00:50:59,560
S7: She said, I was pretty heavy into the occult and

920
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:02,680
S7: new age. Wow. And I just realized it was absolutely wrong.

921
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:05,969
S7: She said, I've been coming here for three weeks. She

922
00:51:05,969 --> 00:51:08,770
S7: said every time I walk in, I start to weep.

923
00:51:09,290 --> 00:51:11,730
S7: She said, do you know why that's happening to me?

924
00:51:12,050 --> 00:51:15,770
S7: I said, I know exactly why that's happening to you.

925
00:51:15,930 --> 00:51:19,210
S7: Because you're in the presence of the father. You're home,

926
00:51:19,410 --> 00:51:22,810
S7: and the love of the father is melting the lies

927
00:51:22,810 --> 00:51:27,250
S7: and the rejection, and you're just experiencing the powerful love

928
00:51:27,250 --> 00:51:30,290
S7: of the father. And that's what's happening. People are being

929
00:51:30,290 --> 00:51:35,290
S7: drawn to God in a fresh, new, powerful ways. And, um,

930
00:51:35,489 --> 00:51:39,009
S7: and if you're drawn, you know it. No one's got

931
00:51:39,010 --> 00:51:42,250
S7: to convince you. You, the Spirit of God, has already I.

932
00:51:42,290 --> 00:51:46,050
S7: I approach people with the assumption that God has already

933
00:51:46,050 --> 00:51:49,250
S7: been trying to get their attention. And some of you

934
00:51:49,290 --> 00:51:53,410
S7: are listening to this program right now, and you know

935
00:51:53,410 --> 00:51:57,210
S7: that God has been pulling, drawing, calling you. And I

936
00:51:57,210 --> 00:52:01,930
S7: just say, stop resisting. Yeah, this is time to surrender. Gently.

937
00:52:02,100 --> 00:52:05,140
S7: He's calling you. This is the time to say yes. God,

938
00:52:05,140 --> 00:52:09,060
S7: I will not. I'm done running. I'm done running. I

939
00:52:09,060 --> 00:52:10,340
S7: need to come to you. God.

940
00:52:10,380 --> 00:52:12,500
S3: Yeah. I appreciate that so much. Mark. I'm going to

941
00:52:12,500 --> 00:52:14,299
S3: shout out a few more numbers here, but I just

942
00:52:14,300 --> 00:52:17,140
S3: want to appeal here right now to the person who's

943
00:52:17,140 --> 00:52:19,460
S3: been in church a long time. It can be a

944
00:52:19,460 --> 00:52:24,380
S3: real battle, uh, to bust through that barrier called pride.

945
00:52:24,739 --> 00:52:28,540
S3: But what would what does it profit you to gain

946
00:52:28,540 --> 00:52:31,540
S3: the whole world? And even the image that you've put

947
00:52:31,540 --> 00:52:35,060
S3: out for years, being in church, uh, being trying to

948
00:52:35,060 --> 00:52:37,660
S3: be a good person and to lose your soul, that's

949
00:52:37,660 --> 00:52:40,500
S3: a modification of what Jesus said. What does it profit you?

950
00:52:40,820 --> 00:52:44,140
S3: Today is the day of salvation. If today you are repenting,

951
00:52:44,140 --> 00:52:47,819
S3: you are turning around, surrendering every square inch of your

952
00:52:47,820 --> 00:52:50,819
S3: life to Jesus Christ. We want to help you in

953
00:52:50,820 --> 00:52:53,780
S3: your first steps. This is a Christmas like no other.

954
00:52:54,020 --> 00:52:59,460
S3: Just text the word new right now to (800) 555-7898. And

955
00:52:59,460 --> 00:53:02,589
S3: I do believe that there's someone who's been hung up

956
00:53:02,590 --> 00:53:05,910
S3: on that handlebar of pride, and God's getting you off

957
00:53:05,910 --> 00:53:07,870
S3: of this, and he's taking you on a ride of

958
00:53:07,870 --> 00:53:18,830
S3: your life today. Just text new to 800 555, 78, 98, 24, 82, 1180, 34, 39.

959
00:53:18,870 --> 00:53:22,030
S3: Last four numbers of those of you surrendering to Jesus

960
00:53:22,030 --> 00:53:25,390
S3: Christ today, we've read out a number already, and we're

961
00:53:25,390 --> 00:53:28,870
S3: just grateful that God is at work here today. This

962
00:53:28,870 --> 00:53:32,149
S3: is this is a beautiful thing. And and it's like

963
00:53:32,150 --> 00:53:34,710
S3: a Sidewinder missile. You didn't see it coming, but the

964
00:53:34,710 --> 00:53:37,069
S3: Lord is calling you out of darkness. And look at this.

965
00:53:37,070 --> 00:53:45,550
S3: Mark 1853, 41, 34, 7009 2272 and I gotta believe

966
00:53:45,590 --> 00:53:48,150
S3: a lot of these responding right now, Mark, are those

967
00:53:48,150 --> 00:53:51,029
S3: that have had this deception of salvation, many of whom

968
00:53:51,030 --> 00:53:53,069
S3: have been in church for a lot of years. Speak

969
00:53:53,070 --> 00:53:54,030
S3: to that, my friend.

970
00:53:55,070 --> 00:53:58,350
S7: Yeah. So we live in a culture where a lot

971
00:53:58,390 --> 00:54:02,110
S7: of people would, uh, click. If they go to the hospital,

972
00:54:02,150 --> 00:54:08,070
S7: they would put Christian church on their hospital form for chaplains.

973
00:54:08,830 --> 00:54:11,830
S7: But I think a lot of people are realizing that

974
00:54:11,830 --> 00:54:14,589
S7: just because you go to church or because you have

975
00:54:14,590 --> 00:54:17,149
S7: a Bible, or because you have a crucifix in your home,

976
00:54:17,150 --> 00:54:20,109
S7: or because you have one tattooed on your arm, does

977
00:54:20,110 --> 00:54:23,670
S7: not make you a follower of Jesus. Uh, you can

978
00:54:23,670 --> 00:54:28,509
S7: be culturally Christian, but not a follower. And during the

979
00:54:28,510 --> 00:54:31,109
S7: times of Jesus, he had to deal with a lot

980
00:54:31,150 --> 00:54:35,509
S7: of people like that that were culturally religious but had

981
00:54:35,510 --> 00:54:39,149
S7: not become followers. Yes. And so there comes a point

982
00:54:39,150 --> 00:54:41,430
S7: in time where you just have to realize, yeah, I've

983
00:54:41,430 --> 00:54:44,910
S7: been around Christianity, but I'm not a Christian doctor.

984
00:54:44,910 --> 00:54:46,910
S1: Mark Jobe, our guest in studio. You know, we've been

985
00:54:46,910 --> 00:54:49,670
S1: talking about the gospel. And here at Moody Radio, we

986
00:54:49,670 --> 00:54:53,230
S1: believe that the gospel changes everything. I mean, that's why

987
00:54:53,230 --> 00:54:58,549
S1: we exist, and that's not changing. I mean, the cultural changes,

988
00:54:58,680 --> 00:55:01,480
S1: Fads change. But talk about our commitment here at Moody

989
00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:04,600
S1: Radio to keeping the gospel clear and front and center.

990
00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:10,240
S7: Yeah, so Moody Bible Institute was started by a man

991
00:55:10,239 --> 00:55:13,240
S7: that had no more than a sixth grade education. His

992
00:55:13,239 --> 00:55:16,799
S7: father was an alcoholic. He grew up in poverty, but

993
00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:20,280
S7: he had a radical conversion at the age of 17,

994
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:25,160
S7: and he couldn't get away from just sharing the gospel.

995
00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:29,120
S7: And this man who, you know, you should you should

996
00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:32,320
S7: see his letter writing boy, he misspelled a lot of words.

997
00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:35,480
S7: I mean, it's like, oh, dude. Uh, so he was

998
00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:39,600
S7: not educated, but he ended up speaking to 120 million

999
00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:45,440
S7: people witnessing presidents and just turning the kind of world

1000
00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:48,920
S7: upside down because of his passion for the gospel. And

1001
00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:53,359
S7: he believed that everybody, everybody needed to hear in a

1002
00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:56,360
S7: way that they could understand. And we've carried that commitment

1003
00:55:56,719 --> 00:56:02,130
S7: at Moody, uh, since its inception. And so over the radio,

1004
00:56:02,410 --> 00:56:08,489
S7: our publishing, we have um, uh, 2300 students that are

1005
00:56:08,489 --> 00:56:14,170
S7: studying right now, another 2500 internationally that are studying all

1006
00:56:14,170 --> 00:56:16,450
S7: of them, all of them with one purpose. We want

1007
00:56:16,489 --> 00:56:18,489
S7: to get the gospel out, and we want to train

1008
00:56:18,489 --> 00:56:19,730
S7: people to live on mission.

1009
00:56:19,770 --> 00:56:21,770
S3: Yeah. It's beautiful. I want to do two things here.

1010
00:56:21,770 --> 00:56:32,050
S3: One is acknowledge more of you surrendering to Christ 88, 78, 73, 87, 89, 22, 79, 31, 94,

1011
00:56:32,130 --> 00:56:35,730
S3: 41 welcome to the family. And now I just want

1012
00:56:35,770 --> 00:56:39,529
S3: to say to you, uh, let the joy of the

1013
00:56:39,530 --> 00:56:44,970
S3: Lord be your strength. God's got a new day here. 7164.

1014
00:56:45,010 --> 00:56:45,490
S7: Yes.

1015
00:56:45,730 --> 00:56:51,930
S3: Um, and and this I, I want you to hear me.

1016
00:56:51,930 --> 00:56:53,730
S3: Those of you in the boom crew that have been

1017
00:56:53,730 --> 00:56:56,740
S3: following Jesus a long time, I need you to hear me.

1018
00:56:56,980 --> 00:56:59,340
S3: We are not going to get weak in the knees

1019
00:56:59,540 --> 00:57:02,740
S3: around the gospel here. And for some of you, your

1020
00:57:02,739 --> 00:57:06,060
S3: vote yes is to just grab this keyword we're going

1021
00:57:06,100 --> 00:57:08,660
S3: to send you and even before year end, maybe, maybe

1022
00:57:08,660 --> 00:57:10,500
S3: this is one of the most powerful gifts you can

1023
00:57:10,500 --> 00:57:14,020
S3: give this Christmas season. Ali. We want folks to be

1024
00:57:14,020 --> 00:57:16,340
S3: a part of this. If if God leads them today,

1025
00:57:16,380 --> 00:57:16,780
S3: we do.

1026
00:57:16,780 --> 00:57:18,660
S1: If you want to be a part of the mission

1027
00:57:18,660 --> 00:57:21,540
S1: here at Moody Radio, if you want to support the gospel,

1028
00:57:21,540 --> 00:57:24,780
S1: keeping the gospel at the forefront on the airwaves next

1029
00:57:24,820 --> 00:57:27,540
S1: year to make your year end gift, just text yea

1030
00:57:27,540 --> 00:57:34,140
S1: yea yea to 800 555 7898. Text year to 800

1031
00:57:34,140 --> 00:57:36,540
S1: 555 7898.

1032
00:57:36,580 --> 00:57:39,300
S3: Yeah, these are great days that we're in and we're

1033
00:57:39,340 --> 00:57:42,020
S3: watching God do some great things and we're grateful for

1034
00:57:42,020 --> 00:57:44,940
S3: your partnership in the gospel. It changes everything.

1035
00:57:46,100 --> 00:57:49,260
S2: Get to know the team behind the scenes. Follow Carl

1036
00:57:49,260 --> 00:57:51,500
S2: and crew on Facebook and Instagram.

1037
00:57:51,780 --> 00:57:53,100
S3: All right. It's that time of day.

1038
00:57:53,220 --> 00:57:56,830
S2: Making herself laugh no matter who joins her, it's time

1039
00:57:56,830 --> 00:57:58,830
S2: for Ali thinks it's funny.

1040
00:58:00,470 --> 00:58:04,950
S1: Christmas edition. Of course. Because it's that time of year.

1041
00:58:05,470 --> 00:58:08,350
S1: What do you call an elf that runs away from

1042
00:58:08,350 --> 00:58:13,750
S1: Santa's workshop? An elf who runs away? Wasn't happy. Ran

1043
00:58:13,750 --> 00:58:15,350
S1: away from Santa's workshop?

1044
00:58:15,510 --> 00:58:16,070
S9: I don't know.

1045
00:58:16,430 --> 00:58:18,030
S1: A rebel without a Claus.

1046
00:58:20,950 --> 00:58:22,830
S10: Oh, these are so good.

1047
00:58:23,710 --> 00:58:27,670
S1: And next up, it's my. I have in my history

1048
00:58:27,670 --> 00:58:31,510
S1: of joke telling. Written one joke and one joke only.

1049
00:58:31,710 --> 00:58:32,150
S1: And this.

1050
00:58:32,350 --> 00:58:32,510
S10: Is.

1051
00:58:32,510 --> 00:58:34,670
S1: The joke that I have written. And I bring it

1052
00:58:34,670 --> 00:58:39,510
S1: out every year at Christmas time because I enjoy it.

1053
00:58:39,750 --> 00:58:44,670
S1: So yes, this one was written by me. Remember the

1054
00:58:44,710 --> 00:58:48,270
S1: the the the movie beauty and the beast. Oh, yes.

1055
00:58:48,310 --> 00:58:52,270
S1: A favorite. Yeah. What did the beast say to beauty

1056
00:58:52,270 --> 00:58:55,590
S1: when she walked in with her new Christmas outfit. What

1057
00:58:55,590 --> 00:58:58,270
S1: did the beast say to beauty when she walked in

1058
00:58:58,270 --> 00:59:00,550
S1: with her new Christmas outfit?

1059
00:59:00,630 --> 00:59:01,430
S8: What did he say?

1060
00:59:01,590 --> 00:59:07,190
S11: Sleigh bells dashing through the snow. In a one horse

1061
00:59:07,190 --> 00:59:11,710
S11: open sleigh. O'er the fields we go laughing.

1062
00:59:12,750 --> 00:59:17,310
S12: I'm so tickled herself right now. She can if you want.

1063
00:59:17,350 --> 00:59:18,710
S12: Today's jokes.

1064
00:59:19,350 --> 00:59:28,350
S1: Text jokes to 800, 555, 7898. Text jokes to 805, 55, 78, 98.

1065
00:59:28,390 --> 00:59:28,870
S10: Oh my.

1066
00:59:28,910 --> 00:59:32,030
S3: Goodness, young Thunder, we've got to tee up. Oh, there

1067
00:59:32,030 --> 00:59:33,990
S3: we go. We've got a great Christmas song. That'd be

1068
00:59:33,990 --> 00:59:36,310
S3: a shame to waste this moment, but boy, well can.

1069
00:59:36,310 --> 00:59:38,710
S1: I can, I guess. Can I make one confession?

1070
00:59:38,750 --> 00:59:39,110
S10: Yes.

1071
00:59:39,150 --> 00:59:41,150
S1: So I didn't give Jonathan the heads up. I actually

1072
00:59:41,150 --> 00:59:43,470
S1: had one more joke. So the song that he played

1073
00:59:43,950 --> 00:59:44,990
S1: was for the last show.

1074
00:59:45,030 --> 00:59:46,430
S8: Oh, I thought it worked. It's okay.

1075
00:59:46,470 --> 00:59:48,870
S1: It's okay. It does work. You're going to hear it again.

1076
00:59:48,910 --> 00:59:49,830
S3: Bonus pack.

1077
00:59:49,870 --> 00:59:51,670
S1: This is a bonus. So I'm going to go ahead

1078
00:59:51,670 --> 00:59:53,320
S1: and tell the last joke. And then you're going gonna

1079
00:59:53,320 --> 00:59:53,920
S1: hear the song.

1080
00:59:54,440 --> 00:59:56,960
S3: Boy, we screwed that one up, but glad we recovered.

1081
00:59:57,000 --> 01:00:00,120
S1: It's okay. I'm going to go for it anyway. Uh,

1082
01:00:00,120 --> 01:00:04,880
S1: why do wiener dogs love winter? Why do wiener dogs

1083
01:00:04,920 --> 01:00:07,480
S1: love winter? Do you have the song ready? Still, Jonathan?

1084
01:00:07,520 --> 01:00:07,880
S8: Yeah.

1085
01:00:07,960 --> 01:00:11,360
S1: Okay. They like to. Dachshund. Through the snow.

1086
01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:16,280
S11: Dashing through the snow. In a one horse open sleigh.

1087
01:00:17,600 --> 01:00:18,240
S12: That's good.

1088
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:19,520
S3: That's even.

1089
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:19,840
S11: Better.

1090
01:00:19,960 --> 01:00:20,480
S8: I like that.

1091
01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:22,600
S12: One. Hands up to the music. Yeah.

1092
01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:23,520
S1: We got it.

1093
01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:24,680
S12: You got it twice.

1094
01:00:24,720 --> 01:00:26,160
S8: It works, it works. It's funny.

1095
01:00:26,200 --> 01:00:28,520
S3: Cause I was wondering what was going on with it. Well,

1096
01:00:28,520 --> 01:00:28,800
S3: the first.

1097
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:31,280
S8: Time around, you know, she. She gave that joke, and

1098
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:33,680
S8: I said, okay, uh, dashing through the in a one

1099
01:00:33,720 --> 01:00:36,520
S8: horse open sleigh sleigh bell. And then the song was

1100
01:00:36,520 --> 01:00:38,959
S8: Jingle Bells. And so I was like, okay, I get it.

1101
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:40,440
S8: It's kind of stretching.

1102
01:00:40,480 --> 01:00:41,320
S3: You made it work.

1103
01:00:41,600 --> 01:00:42,320
S12: We made it work.

1104
01:00:42,320 --> 01:00:44,600
S1: There were three instead of two. I didn't tell him

1105
01:00:44,600 --> 01:00:49,160
S1: my bad jokes to 805, five, five, 78, 98. Text

1106
01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:52,920
S1: jokes to 800 555 7898.