1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:05,960 S1: Broadcasting from Chicago, across North America and beyond its cast 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:10,680 S1: and crew. Come as you are an experienced guide. Overcome 3 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:15,440 S1: what seems impossible and live. As you never imagined. Start 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:16,880 S1: your morning with a laugh. 5 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:22,120 S2: Practical from the Bible. Tips and tricks to kill. Not tricks, 6 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:23,640 S2: but tips and tricks. 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,400 S3: Tips and tricks to kill. Tips and tricks. 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,400 S1: Delivering the truth daily. 9 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,280 S4: All of my attempts to, you know, prop myself up 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,760 S4: with achievement in good works. But God wasn't impressed by that. 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,239 S4: Even if other people were. 12 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,040 S2: The gospel changes everything. 13 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,519 S5: Freedom in Christ. Man, it's like that backpack of cement 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,440 S5: just falling to the ground. 15 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,920 S1: Now, from the call of Hope Studios, this is Carl 16 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:55,320 S1: and crew. Yes, siree Bob, we're. 17 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:59,000 S6: Here on this big Freedom Friday. Come on. Bob. 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:00,050 S3: Who's Bob? 19 00:01:00,570 --> 00:01:02,330 S6: Bob. You know Bob? 20 00:01:02,650 --> 00:01:02,930 S3: Yeah. 21 00:01:02,970 --> 00:01:05,850 S2: No. Well, not. I know a Bob. 22 00:01:06,650 --> 00:01:07,210 S7: I know a couple. 23 00:01:07,250 --> 00:01:08,930 S2: I don't know if it's the bob you're talking about. 24 00:01:08,970 --> 00:01:15,209 S6: Some great Bob's man. Yeah, I know some great Bob's Bob. Siefert. Yeah. Great. Bob. 25 00:01:15,250 --> 00:01:16,490 S2: Absolutely a good Bob. 26 00:01:16,530 --> 00:01:20,649 S7: Well, moody legacy, we're celebrating 100 years. Many remember Bob Murfin. 27 00:01:20,690 --> 00:01:25,170 S6: Bob Murfin. Come on. Wow. Come on, come on now. Okay, boy. 28 00:01:25,209 --> 00:01:25,610 S3: That's. 29 00:01:25,930 --> 00:01:29,209 S6: That's a great. Oh, yeah. We went south. 30 00:01:31,209 --> 00:01:31,890 S7: I tried. 31 00:01:32,010 --> 00:01:33,370 S6: And then there's Billy Bob. 32 00:01:34,530 --> 00:01:37,170 S2: When? A while since Billy Bob came out. 33 00:01:38,410 --> 00:01:40,649 S6: Oh, Billy Bob, remember when you used to go around 34 00:01:40,650 --> 00:01:42,450 S6: Mccready's barn? Who were those two characters? 35 00:01:42,450 --> 00:01:43,490 S2: Billy Bob and Cletus. 36 00:01:43,530 --> 00:01:45,050 S6: Yeah, Billy Bob and Cletus. 37 00:01:45,090 --> 00:01:45,610 S3: That's right. 38 00:01:46,930 --> 00:01:49,850 S6: I'm not feeling that crazy this morning. I'm just. I'm 39 00:01:49,850 --> 00:01:51,210 S6: just not feeling that crazy. 40 00:01:51,410 --> 00:01:51,730 S3: Bob and. 41 00:01:51,730 --> 00:01:52,130 S6: Cletus. 42 00:01:52,130 --> 00:01:54,370 S2: Went back. Back to Appalachia? 43 00:01:54,570 --> 00:01:55,250 S3: Yeah. 44 00:01:55,290 --> 00:01:58,650 S6: I can't do it this morning. Sorry. Boom. Crew. Just 45 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:02,260 S6: not in the mood. Uh, but I am in the 46 00:02:02,260 --> 00:02:04,740 S6: mood for this. I want to thank you for those 47 00:02:04,740 --> 00:02:07,780 S6: of you that really helped us with the jumpstart this week. 48 00:02:07,780 --> 00:02:10,420 S6: We did one hour each day this week up to 49 00:02:10,460 --> 00:02:13,300 S6: Freedom Friday, but I do want to put a banner 50 00:02:13,340 --> 00:02:17,860 S6: ad out. We're wanting this this year more than the 51 00:02:18,419 --> 00:02:23,500 S6: six seven, 8% that listened to Moody regularly taking part 52 00:02:23,500 --> 00:02:27,179 S6: in share. We're wanting to move that dial this year 53 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:31,260 S6: to like 15%. And if you are not going to 54 00:02:31,260 --> 00:02:33,540 S6: be here next week, or if the Spirit of God 55 00:02:33,540 --> 00:02:36,459 S6: is prompting you to jump in right now because you 56 00:02:36,460 --> 00:02:40,380 S6: may forget and that happens, I gotta forget her switch. 57 00:02:40,419 --> 00:02:42,660 S6: That sucker seems like it's on all the time. 58 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:43,700 S2: Mine too. 59 00:02:44,020 --> 00:02:47,300 S6: But just, um, just right now, you can make your gift. 60 00:02:47,340 --> 00:02:52,060 S6: We got folks standing by 800, 696, 24. We get 61 00:02:52,060 --> 00:02:56,020 S6: cooking Tuesday morning, and we're going to be cooking with gas, man. 62 00:02:56,700 --> 00:02:59,430 S6: But if you can jump in right now or you 63 00:02:59,430 --> 00:03:02,109 S6: feel like, man, I might forget or not, won't be 64 00:03:02,110 --> 00:03:08,270 S6: here next week. 800 696 24. I'll give it to 65 00:03:08,270 --> 00:03:10,310 S6: you one more time. And then there's website that you 66 00:03:10,310 --> 00:03:18,990 S6: can give on as well. 800 696 24 or Moody radio.org. 67 00:03:20,310 --> 00:03:24,870 S6: And we're just grateful for you. Moody radio.org easy to 68 00:03:24,910 --> 00:03:30,390 S6: get there or (800) 600-9624. And I want to thank you 69 00:03:30,430 --> 00:03:33,910 S6: ahead of time man. Um, I know God's going to 70 00:03:33,910 --> 00:03:35,670 S6: give us the grace to get through this. We're going 71 00:03:35,670 --> 00:03:39,990 S6: to be here seven hours a day, Tuesday through Friday, 72 00:03:40,150 --> 00:03:43,310 S6: and then a few hours on Saturday morning. So we 73 00:03:43,350 --> 00:03:47,750 S6: got a long stretch coming. Don't cry for us, Argentina. 74 00:03:48,550 --> 00:03:49,310 S6: We're going to make it. 75 00:03:49,350 --> 00:03:51,070 S2: No way. It's one of the best parties we could 76 00:03:51,070 --> 00:03:51,510 S2: be a part of. 77 00:03:51,550 --> 00:03:55,670 S6: Oh, man, I love it. It's one of the most stimulating, exciting, 78 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:00,720 S6: Exhilarating things. It's so exhilarating. Alys recharging her batteries today. 79 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:02,480 S2: That's right. Just got to get ready for it. 80 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:06,440 S6: Yeah. It's going to be great. Okay. Uh. We're talking. 81 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,760 S6: Ask the experts. And what if I told you we 82 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,640 S6: got someone who was in a bunker for three days? 83 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,960 S6: Not because they live in Israel, but because they had 84 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,880 S6: traveled there. And out of the blue, I guess they don't. 85 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,720 S6: They didn't get a heads up from our president that 86 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,280 S6: that was going to be happening. So guess what? They 87 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,400 S6: got caught and they were in a bunker. We're going 88 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:29,800 S6: to get the low down on that. But we've got 89 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:34,680 S6: the current president of Dallas Seminary is going to be 90 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,720 S6: with us here in this hour. So buckle up. Hang on. 91 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:42,200 S6: This is Toby Mac. Nothing sweeter. We're going to be 92 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,279 S6: asking the experts all day on this Freedom Friday. 93 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,800 S1: Get in the know with life's biggest questions. It's Ask 94 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:51,880 S1: the Experts week with Carl and crew. 95 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,450 S6: It's Carl and crew. And we're talking ask the experts 96 00:04:55,450 --> 00:04:59,130 S6: all week long. Let's jump right in. Doctor Mark Yarbrough, 97 00:04:59,850 --> 00:05:04,610 S6: popular conference speaker, professor and president of Dallas Theological Seminary 98 00:05:04,610 --> 00:05:07,130 S6: in Dallas, Texas. I guess I didn't need to tell 99 00:05:07,130 --> 00:05:10,530 S6: you that you weren't thinking Topeka. So we got that 100 00:05:10,529 --> 00:05:14,690 S6: one figured out. Uh, but doctor Mark Yarbrough, you guys 101 00:05:14,690 --> 00:05:17,690 S6: got caught in Israel there, my man. Give us the story. 102 00:05:18,570 --> 00:05:21,730 S8: How are we doing, team? Good to hear your voices. 103 00:05:21,770 --> 00:05:24,890 S8: My goodness. Well, I'll tell you what. Yeah, it's, uh, 104 00:05:24,890 --> 00:05:27,170 S8: it was quite an event. Uh, lead a lot of 105 00:05:27,170 --> 00:05:30,409 S8: Bible Land tours, as you know, love getting people into 106 00:05:30,410 --> 00:05:34,050 S8: the lands of the Bible. And so we were, uh, 107 00:05:34,050 --> 00:05:38,210 S8: had been three days in land in country having a 108 00:05:38,210 --> 00:05:41,529 S8: wonderful time. We'd been at Caesarea. We were up north 109 00:05:41,529 --> 00:05:45,570 S8: in the Galilee. We had just spent the day before, um, 110 00:05:45,810 --> 00:05:48,530 S8: on the Sea of Galilee. Love that. You know, when 111 00:05:48,529 --> 00:05:51,170 S8: you always get to get new, new pilgrims to the 112 00:05:51,170 --> 00:05:53,890 S8: land to kind of, uh, I always talk about, uh, 113 00:05:53,890 --> 00:05:56,140 S8: you know, when we're in that environment, we will walk 114 00:05:56,140 --> 00:05:58,860 S8: where Jesus walked. Except for when we're on the Sea 115 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:02,260 S8: of Galilee. You know, we don't want to try it there. Yeah. But, um, 116 00:06:02,260 --> 00:06:04,700 S8: we had had a great time. The next day, we 117 00:06:04,700 --> 00:06:07,860 S8: were planning on spending some time at the Mount of Beatitudes, 118 00:06:07,860 --> 00:06:09,820 S8: and we were in the bus. And then the sirens 119 00:06:09,820 --> 00:06:13,500 S8: went off and the game changed. How about that? Yeah. Yeah. 120 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:16,620 S8: So we hightailed it back to the hotel, and that's 121 00:06:16,660 --> 00:06:18,500 S8: again when it just kind of got serious. 122 00:06:18,540 --> 00:06:21,820 S6: Okay. So what? Give us your vantage point there. You've 123 00:06:21,820 --> 00:06:24,340 S6: got a unique opportunity to communicate with all of our 124 00:06:24,339 --> 00:06:29,820 S6: listeners across North America and beyond. What was happening there, Mark, that, uh, 125 00:06:29,860 --> 00:06:31,300 S6: anything surprise you? 126 00:06:32,540 --> 00:06:34,020 S9: I don't think anything really. 127 00:06:34,020 --> 00:06:39,180 S8: Surprised me, other than the fact that, uh, when Iran started, uh, 128 00:06:39,180 --> 00:06:44,140 S8: dropping missiles in that it was pretty widespread over the country, 129 00:06:44,180 --> 00:06:48,339 S8: it wasn't just so many times, uh, when Israel finds 130 00:06:48,339 --> 00:06:51,339 S8: itself in any kind of conflict, it's a lot of 131 00:06:51,339 --> 00:06:56,950 S8: times targeted towards Tel Aviv and from a major metropolis, 132 00:06:56,950 --> 00:07:00,109 S8: obviously the largest city. But, um, it was kind of 133 00:07:00,110 --> 00:07:02,510 S8: a little bit everywhere. So we're in Northern Galilee, we're 134 00:07:02,510 --> 00:07:06,350 S8: kind of in the southern Golan. And, um, that's where 135 00:07:06,390 --> 00:07:10,030 S8: that's where a lot of missiles started, started coming. And 136 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:14,150 S8: so we are thankful for, you know, the Iron Dome, 137 00:07:14,510 --> 00:07:19,270 S8: the incredible defense system that kind of bubbles over that 138 00:07:19,270 --> 00:07:22,910 S8: country there. And, uh, the Lord was gracious. But I 139 00:07:22,910 --> 00:07:26,670 S8: tell you what, bombs literally are going off overhead. They're 140 00:07:26,670 --> 00:07:29,870 S8: getting zapped by a laser system. But when they would 141 00:07:29,870 --> 00:07:34,390 S8: go off, man, it would rattle the hotel. So it 142 00:07:34,390 --> 00:07:36,350 S8: was it was pretty unique. You felt how. 143 00:07:36,350 --> 00:07:38,390 S6: Close were they? How close were they to you? 144 00:07:39,270 --> 00:07:42,030 S8: They were up above, um, so, I mean, a lot 145 00:07:42,070 --> 00:07:44,309 S8: of times when they would come in right there, they're 146 00:07:44,310 --> 00:07:47,270 S8: coming in at an arc angle, coming in. And so 147 00:07:47,270 --> 00:07:50,590 S8: you don't know exactly where they are, but you could see, uh, 148 00:07:50,590 --> 00:07:56,120 S8: Israel would launch drones that would sometimes that would always 149 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,560 S8: intercept these. In fact, last time I saw, I think 150 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,360 S8: there's only been 4 or 5 missiles that came through 151 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,640 S8: the dome that made it through. And so you could 152 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,200 S8: literally see these things intersect up above. You could see 153 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,520 S8: streaks in the sky, and then you could hear it, 154 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,920 S8: you know. So they would explode above your head. And then, 155 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,040 S8: of course, the big fear is always if you have 156 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,360 S8: shrapnel that falls, right. And, you know, sometimes in terms 157 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,880 S8: of these missiles, it'll be pretty sizable. And that's where 158 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:23,800 S8: a lot of people can get hurt, because when that 159 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,560 S8: stuff falls, it can go through the roof. And and 160 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,640 S8: that's why in almost every certainly contemporary structure that is 161 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,959 S8: in Israel, uh, everybody has a shelter. And so there 162 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:35,720 S8: we were at the hotel by the time we made 163 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,920 S8: it back there. And I mean, the alarms go off 164 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,280 S8: and then you'd get released and you have to head 165 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,080 S8: back to the shelter and you'd stay in there for 166 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,480 S8: another period of time. And that kind of went a 167 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:45,439 S8: couple of days. 168 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,559 S6: Oh, boy. Boy it is. I'm glad you're in safety there. Um, 169 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,250 S6: you know, it's fascinating to hear someone say that the 170 00:08:52,250 --> 00:08:56,250 S6: concussion of an intercepted bomb rattles the hotel. That's some 171 00:08:56,250 --> 00:08:57,809 S6: power in the air there, my man. 172 00:08:58,929 --> 00:09:00,290 S9: Yeah, it really is. 173 00:09:00,330 --> 00:09:03,929 S8: And, um, you know, I have lived a very sheltered life. 174 00:09:03,970 --> 00:09:07,050 S8: I'm acknowledging that I have never been in war. And 175 00:09:07,050 --> 00:09:11,250 S8: I've got a lot of dear friends and brothers and sisters, uh, 176 00:09:11,250 --> 00:09:14,610 S8: in Yeshua and in Israel. And, you know, this is 177 00:09:14,610 --> 00:09:16,929 S8: their life. And I talked with a lot of them. 178 00:09:16,929 --> 00:09:20,850 S8: And they said they said, welcome to our life experience, 179 00:09:20,890 --> 00:09:22,650 S8: our reality. And so that's a lot of what they 180 00:09:22,650 --> 00:09:25,890 S8: deal with. Yeah, exactly. And, you know, obviously, uh, leading 181 00:09:25,929 --> 00:09:28,610 S8: a group, right. There were 50 of us in our 182 00:09:28,650 --> 00:09:31,250 S8: in our tour. And, you know, I'm in Israel all 183 00:09:31,250 --> 00:09:33,330 S8: the time, but for a lot of individuals, this was 184 00:09:33,330 --> 00:09:37,050 S8: a first experience for them, for some people even traveling 185 00:09:37,290 --> 00:09:40,010 S8: out of the United States. So it was uh, it 186 00:09:40,010 --> 00:09:43,209 S8: was a little, a little fearful, a little anxiety. And 187 00:09:43,210 --> 00:09:45,570 S8: it was a great opportunity for all of us together 188 00:09:45,570 --> 00:09:48,530 S8: to be where we all always need to be, and 189 00:09:48,530 --> 00:09:51,140 S8: that is to trust the Lord every day, every hour, 190 00:09:51,179 --> 00:09:52,060 S8: every minute. Right? 191 00:09:52,100 --> 00:09:55,460 S6: Yeah, yeah. And that raises the necessity of that for sure. 192 00:09:55,500 --> 00:09:58,340 S6: Where are you right now? Doctor Mark Yarborough, our guest 193 00:09:58,380 --> 00:10:00,060 S6: right now. And we're going to get into Ask the 194 00:10:00,059 --> 00:10:01,900 S6: experts in a moment. But where are you now? 195 00:10:02,660 --> 00:10:07,020 S8: We are in Cairo. And so when it all started going, 196 00:10:07,059 --> 00:10:09,860 S8: we really kind of got in lockdown. The Defense Department 197 00:10:09,860 --> 00:10:15,579 S8: said no travel. And, um, so, uh, two days later, 198 00:10:15,580 --> 00:10:20,180 S8: we were able to load up and head south because 199 00:10:20,220 --> 00:10:25,660 S8: immediately the airspace obviously closed in Israel, the airspace closed 200 00:10:25,660 --> 00:10:30,420 S8: in Jordan. You couldn't go north, obviously into into Syria. 201 00:10:30,460 --> 00:10:34,060 S8: Lebanon was going to soon get into this, obviously. And 202 00:10:34,059 --> 00:10:39,020 S8: so the even the King Hussein bridge, which is a driving, 203 00:10:39,059 --> 00:10:41,660 S8: you know, across the border into Jordan. But as all 204 00:10:41,700 --> 00:10:43,699 S8: that shut down, I could kind of read the tea 205 00:10:43,740 --> 00:10:46,100 S8: leaves at that stage in the game. And I said, man, teams, 206 00:10:46,100 --> 00:10:49,270 S8: we gotta hightail it south. So we loaded up. Uh, 207 00:10:49,270 --> 00:10:51,390 S8: we went down all the way as far south as 208 00:10:51,390 --> 00:10:53,829 S8: you can get, uh, a lot. And there is a 209 00:10:53,830 --> 00:10:56,710 S8: border crossing that goes into Egypt. And I've got some 210 00:10:56,710 --> 00:10:59,590 S8: very dear friends in Egypt, lead a lot of tours 211 00:10:59,590 --> 00:11:03,430 S8: into Egypt. And so they were able to meet us 212 00:11:03,470 --> 00:11:07,070 S8: at the border, uh, we were able to secure visas, uh, 213 00:11:07,070 --> 00:11:11,069 S8: cross over. And then we made another three hour drive 214 00:11:11,270 --> 00:11:14,470 S8: to Sharm el-Sheikh, which is at the southern tip of 215 00:11:14,470 --> 00:11:17,830 S8: the Sinai Peninsula. And so that's where we went. Then 216 00:11:17,830 --> 00:11:19,750 S8: we were able to hop on a plane and get 217 00:11:19,750 --> 00:11:21,550 S8: to Cairo. And now that's where we've been for the 218 00:11:21,550 --> 00:11:23,670 S8: last couple of days. And most of us are going 219 00:11:23,710 --> 00:11:25,790 S8: to be heading home late this evening. Tomorrow morning. 220 00:11:25,830 --> 00:11:28,470 S6: Boy, your tour group's getting their money's worth on this one, 221 00:11:28,470 --> 00:11:32,510 S6: my man. They got a story to tell. Boy, they do. 222 00:11:32,550 --> 00:11:35,870 S8: And I really I that's a that's exactly right, Karl. 223 00:11:35,910 --> 00:11:37,830 S8: I mean, they're going to have some they're going to 224 00:11:37,830 --> 00:11:41,510 S8: have some experiences to to tell back at home for sure. 225 00:11:41,550 --> 00:11:44,270 S6: Yeah. They are you know a quick one here. And 226 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:46,990 S6: then we're going to get to ask the experts because 227 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,199 S6: doctor Mark Yarborough is here to talk about your spiritual life, 228 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,359 S6: and we're going to get to that. But one question 229 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:57,120 S6: I am so concerned the rise of anti-Semitism in America. 230 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,120 S6: I'm seeing polls that are coming out. I'm not even 231 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,400 S6: going to share them because I don't know their validity. 232 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:05,680 S6: But there is there's you've got woke, right? You've got 233 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:11,559 S6: woke left. You've got everything going on. Now, Mark. It's prophetic, 234 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:12,160 S6: isn't it? 235 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,200 S8: I believe that it is. Um, you know, when we 236 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:21,880 S8: look at the promises that God has made to the 237 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:26,160 S8: Jewish people and, um, it doesn't mean that they can't 238 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:30,600 S8: do wrong. Obviously, they have rejected the Messiah. Uh, there 239 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,720 S8: is a level of judgment that is upon them right 240 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,920 S8: now in regard to for anybody, right, that goes into 241 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:40,800 S8: eternity without without the Lord Jesus Christ. But what we 242 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:45,200 S8: do know is that God has made promises to the 243 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,330 S8: nation of Israel. I mean, this goes all the way 244 00:12:47,330 --> 00:12:51,370 S8: back to Genesis chapter 12, verses one through three, and 245 00:12:51,370 --> 00:12:55,090 S8: reiterated in chapter 15. The Lord makes it crystal clear 246 00:12:55,090 --> 00:12:57,890 S8: that he is going to be good at his word. But, 247 00:12:57,929 --> 00:13:01,210 S8: you know, uh, a passage of Scripture that has always 248 00:13:01,210 --> 00:13:05,410 S8: just reminded me of, of of how God takes his 249 00:13:05,410 --> 00:13:08,929 S8: word seriously. So Paul and in the book of Romans, 250 00:13:08,970 --> 00:13:11,610 S8: I mean, he deals with this question in Romans 910 251 00:13:11,610 --> 00:13:14,410 S8: and 11 and and he makes it crystal clear. He says, 252 00:13:14,410 --> 00:13:15,690 S8: you know, I don't want any of you to be 253 00:13:15,690 --> 00:13:18,250 S8: ignorant of the mystery brothers and sisters, so that you 254 00:13:18,690 --> 00:13:22,689 S8: may not be conceited. Israel has experienced a hardening in part, 255 00:13:22,730 --> 00:13:25,209 S8: until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, 256 00:13:25,850 --> 00:13:28,689 S8: and then a little later he just makes it clear, 257 00:13:28,690 --> 00:13:31,490 S8: he says, as far as the gospel is concerned, they 258 00:13:31,530 --> 00:13:34,290 S8: are enemies for your sake. And he means that because 259 00:13:34,290 --> 00:13:36,850 S8: they've rejected the Lord Jesus. Right? He says, but as 260 00:13:36,850 --> 00:13:40,849 S8: far as election is concerned, they are loved on account 261 00:13:40,850 --> 00:13:46,300 S8: of the patriarchs, for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. 262 00:13:46,340 --> 00:13:48,380 S8: It's a powerful statement that Paul makes. 263 00:13:48,420 --> 00:13:51,939 S6: Yeah, and we use that sometimes without seeing the context 264 00:13:51,940 --> 00:13:54,980 S6: about the gifts and callings of God are irrevocable. But 265 00:13:54,980 --> 00:13:58,340 S6: it goes back to the patriarchs, which shows God's sovereignty 266 00:13:58,540 --> 00:14:04,460 S6: and his providence over those people, and no one's preaching 267 00:14:04,460 --> 00:14:07,020 S6: him into heaven. Right, Mark? I think that's the important 268 00:14:07,020 --> 00:14:09,620 S6: thing that you've you highlighted there. And that's that's an 269 00:14:09,620 --> 00:14:13,020 S6: important nuance. Well, my man, I gotta tell you, this 270 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:16,939 S6: has been a good update coming up here in a minute, though. Uh, boom. Crew. Uh, 271 00:14:16,940 --> 00:14:20,300 S6: we're going to open up phone lines. Do you have 272 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:24,060 S6: questions for doctor Mark Yarborough? I know you do. And 273 00:14:24,060 --> 00:14:27,220 S6: we're going to talk about rekindling a heart. We're going 274 00:14:27,260 --> 00:14:30,180 S6: to drill down on what do you do when your 275 00:14:30,180 --> 00:14:33,820 S6: heart has grown cold? We know it's possible. We know 276 00:14:33,820 --> 00:14:38,340 S6: that the church of Ephesus found in revelation they left 277 00:14:38,340 --> 00:14:41,740 S6: their first love. We also see the church of Laodicea 278 00:14:41,820 --> 00:14:46,910 S6: got so Cocksure of themselves that they booted Jesus out 279 00:14:46,950 --> 00:14:49,990 S6: of their proverbial home. And they said, in essence to 280 00:14:50,030 --> 00:14:53,830 S6: God without saying it aloud, we got this. But they didn't. 281 00:14:54,990 --> 00:14:58,270 S6: And you might feel like, man, what happened to my 282 00:14:58,310 --> 00:15:02,750 S6: fire for God? Or a question along those lines I'm 283 00:15:02,750 --> 00:15:06,350 S6: asking you to just call right now. Right now. Now 284 00:15:06,390 --> 00:15:11,710 S6: is the time. 800 555, 78, 98. Let's line up 285 00:15:11,710 --> 00:15:19,150 S6: these questions for doctor Mark. 805 5570 898 phone lines 286 00:15:19,150 --> 00:15:21,870 S6: wide open. You can text in your questions as well. 287 00:15:22,030 --> 00:15:25,430 S6: 805 55 7898. 288 00:15:26,830 --> 00:15:30,310 S1: When you don't know who's better to ask than an expert. 289 00:15:30,550 --> 00:15:32,430 S1: You're listening to Carl and crew. 290 00:15:33,070 --> 00:15:36,630 S6: Doctor Mark Yarbrough with me right now. He's conference speaker, 291 00:15:36,630 --> 00:15:41,350 S6: professor and president of Dallas Theological Seminary. And I really 292 00:15:41,350 --> 00:15:43,680 S6: want to stay in this lane of what do I 293 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,600 S6: do when my heart is growing cold, or I feel 294 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:50,200 S6: disconnected from the presence and the power of God? Those 295 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,480 S6: can be unnerving moments, especially when you recognize them. He's 296 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,640 S6: got a workout called The Rekindled Heart six essentials for 297 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:59,880 S6: Reviving Your Faith. I'm going to be tapping into some 298 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:02,320 S6: of that. Uh, we got a question that came in 299 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,080 S6: via text, Young Thunder. What do we have? 300 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,200 S2: Yeah, this question, Doctor Yarbrough says, what role does the 301 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,480 S2: word of God play in rekindling my passion for the Lord? 302 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,000 S2: And I think maybe the question results from this sometimes 303 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,720 S2: when when our passion for the Lord needs rekindling, it 304 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:20,080 S2: can feel hard to go to the Word of God. 305 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,160 S2: So what is the role of the Word of God 306 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,200 S2: in the sense of rekindling our passion? 307 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,480 S8: Well, I think that, um, I first of all, I 308 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:33,360 S8: agree with the spirit of the question. It's hard to 309 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,720 S8: to get there when you feel like your spirit's empty. Right? 310 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,400 S8: And so sometimes what we have to do, I do 311 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:45,970 S8: believe we've got to make ourselves, uh, keep stepping into 312 00:16:46,010 --> 00:16:49,330 S8: the word even when we don't want to. I mean, 313 00:16:49,330 --> 00:16:52,930 S8: there are times when, uh, just going through it is 314 00:16:52,930 --> 00:16:56,570 S8: going to give the word and to give God through 315 00:16:56,570 --> 00:16:59,090 S8: the word, through the power of the spirit and opportunity 316 00:16:59,090 --> 00:17:01,890 S8: to pour over us. So, in other words, what's not 317 00:17:01,890 --> 00:17:04,650 S8: an excuse is to say, okay, I'm dry, so I'm 318 00:17:04,650 --> 00:17:07,050 S8: going to stay dry. Does that make sense? Yeah. You know, 319 00:17:07,090 --> 00:17:11,330 S8: in other words, you're going to have to sometimes, uh, say, okay, 320 00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:14,850 S8: if God's Word is what I believe it to be 321 00:17:14,890 --> 00:17:18,169 S8: and what God says it to be, I am going 322 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:23,690 S8: to choose to allow God's Word to pour over me. 323 00:17:24,130 --> 00:17:26,370 S8: You know, a passage of Scripture that hits me all 324 00:17:26,369 --> 00:17:29,210 S8: of the time is Romans chapter 12. And a lot 325 00:17:29,210 --> 00:17:31,290 S8: of times we zero in on that first part of it, 326 00:17:31,330 --> 00:17:33,530 S8: you know. Therefore, in view of God's mercy, offer your 327 00:17:33,530 --> 00:17:37,050 S8: bodies as a living sacrifice. And then Paul follows up 328 00:17:37,050 --> 00:17:39,090 S8: with that, and he says, do not conform any longer 329 00:17:39,090 --> 00:17:41,460 S8: to the pattern of this world, but be transformed. There's 330 00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:44,500 S8: a question for us how do you get transformed? Well, 331 00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:46,660 S8: one of the ways that you get transformed is to 332 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:50,900 S8: let the word pour over you. And so, look, there's 333 00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:53,060 S8: a lot of times I don't feel like working out. 334 00:17:53,580 --> 00:17:55,100 S8: Anybody want to raise your hand on that one? 335 00:17:55,140 --> 00:17:55,620 S6: Amen. 336 00:17:55,980 --> 00:17:58,940 S8: Um, but you know what? Sometimes you gotta keep that 337 00:17:58,940 --> 00:18:03,020 S8: pattern moving forward in order to work your way through it. 338 00:18:03,340 --> 00:18:06,300 S8: And I believe that is true in regards to submitting 339 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:09,179 S8: yourself to the Word of God. Because as Hebrews chapter 340 00:18:09,180 --> 00:18:12,380 S8: four says, the Word of God is alive, active and powerful, 341 00:18:12,380 --> 00:18:14,859 S8: sharper than any two edged sword. So we need to 342 00:18:14,859 --> 00:18:18,659 S8: have that opportunity for God's Word to pour over us. 343 00:18:19,340 --> 00:18:23,020 S6: Yeah. Uh, doctor Mark Yarbrough, our guest right now. Have 344 00:18:23,020 --> 00:18:25,700 S6: you got a question for him? It's Ask the Experts week, 345 00:18:25,700 --> 00:18:29,740 S6: and we're really finishing strong on this Freedom Friday. Such 346 00:18:29,740 --> 00:18:33,260 S6: a joy to have this great man with us here today. 347 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:35,459 S6: And so I ask you to just make a call 348 00:18:35,460 --> 00:18:41,350 S6: right now or text in your question 800 105, 55, 78, 98. 349 00:18:41,390 --> 00:18:43,869 S6: It's not every day that you go. All right. Here's 350 00:18:43,869 --> 00:18:47,070 S6: been my question about my spiritual life. What do you 351 00:18:47,070 --> 00:18:53,470 S6: say about this 800 555 7898? You can call or 352 00:18:53,470 --> 00:18:56,590 S6: text in your question right now. And I've got an 353 00:18:56,590 --> 00:18:58,310 S6: interesting one. I don't even know where you fall on 354 00:18:58,310 --> 00:19:02,390 S6: this one exactly. But in John 1010 there's this great contrast. 355 00:19:02,390 --> 00:19:04,910 S6: The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. 356 00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:07,510 S6: I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 357 00:19:08,190 --> 00:19:10,510 S6: I was reading this and I'm a big guy because 358 00:19:10,510 --> 00:19:15,189 S6: I studied under Kermit Eichelberger at, uh, Denver Seminary. Great guy. 359 00:19:15,230 --> 00:19:19,710 S6: I mean, his biblical hermeneutics class walked into the class 360 00:19:19,710 --> 00:19:21,550 S6: and I thought, this is going to be a yawner. 361 00:19:21,670 --> 00:19:23,950 S6: It was a block class mark. So I came in 362 00:19:23,950 --> 00:19:26,190 S6: Saturday morning and I was in the front row after 363 00:19:26,230 --> 00:19:29,030 S6: a Friday night where I'm like, boy, I repented of that. 364 00:19:29,430 --> 00:19:32,550 S6: It was so powerhouse. But ever since then, I've been 365 00:19:32,550 --> 00:19:35,990 S6: a big guy. On contextual analysis. Any text out of 366 00:19:35,990 --> 00:19:39,199 S6: context is pretext. And you look around this and this 367 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,240 S6: is going to blow some circuits for some folks here. 368 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,080 S6: What I'm about to say and I don't it won't 369 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,240 S6: blow your circuits, but I want your comment on it. 370 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:50,240 S6: The thief is in context here. False teachers. He says 371 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,640 S6: there's thieves coming in. Now, I know Satan's in the backdrop, 372 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:59,040 S6: but we often blame on Satan. Um, what has happened 373 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,840 S6: in our culture, and I wonder how important it is 374 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,800 S6: for us to understand that who we're listening to could 375 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,840 S6: be the enemy of abundant life, and we need to 376 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,960 S6: be more Berean in that sense, because Jesus came to 377 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,359 S6: give us, give us abundant life. The thief false teachers 378 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:21,080 S6: in the context steal, kill and destroy. Quick comment on that, Mark. 379 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:21,840 S6: What do you say? 380 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,560 S8: Well, I'll tell you what. Back into even our previous thing. 381 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,200 S8: I mean, in that same context as you well know, 382 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,360 S8: by the time you get down to verse 14, right, 383 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,480 S8: it's I am the good shepherd, and I know my 384 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:38,730 S8: sheep and my sheep know me. right? So in other words, 385 00:20:38,730 --> 00:20:41,410 S8: there's this concept of saying, look, we've got to be 386 00:20:41,450 --> 00:20:43,689 S8: a we need to be in tune with the voice 387 00:20:43,690 --> 00:20:48,090 S8: of the shepherd. And that's where I think plowing into 388 00:20:48,130 --> 00:20:51,810 S8: God's Word. And there is a life of abundance that 389 00:20:51,810 --> 00:20:54,450 S8: is promised to us. And that doesn't mean it's going 390 00:20:54,490 --> 00:20:57,490 S8: to be easy, right? Right. Uh, that's not what the 391 00:20:57,490 --> 00:20:59,850 S8: promise is. The promise is, is that it's going to 392 00:20:59,850 --> 00:21:03,170 S8: be worth it, because we've got a shepherd that is 393 00:21:03,170 --> 00:21:06,330 S8: guiding us accordingly. And I do believe that that's talking 394 00:21:06,330 --> 00:21:09,570 S8: about life in general here of saying, look, life works 395 00:21:09,570 --> 00:21:13,730 S8: better God's way under God's leader, and that is the 396 00:21:13,730 --> 00:21:18,290 S8: Lord Jesus. Yeah. So in the beauty of that passage here, 397 00:21:18,650 --> 00:21:21,169 S8: you know, I love that imagery of sheep and shepherd. 398 00:21:21,170 --> 00:21:24,090 S8: And I say this to people all the time and saying, hey, look, friends, 399 00:21:24,090 --> 00:21:27,130 S8: when you're called sheep in Scripture, it's not a compliment. 400 00:21:27,850 --> 00:21:30,409 S8: I mean, I you're look, you're talking with a rancher 401 00:21:30,410 --> 00:21:33,850 S8: from South Texas right here. I have worked with sheep, 402 00:21:34,090 --> 00:21:36,380 S8: and I'm just telling you, man, they're dumb as a brick. 403 00:21:36,540 --> 00:21:39,619 S8: And sheep will start following down the wrong path. And 404 00:21:39,619 --> 00:21:42,139 S8: they'll get hung up in the trees. They'll get. They'll 405 00:21:42,140 --> 00:21:45,620 S8: hang themselves. And if you're a sheep left to its 406 00:21:45,619 --> 00:21:48,020 S8: own devices, not going to make it. But a sheep 407 00:21:48,020 --> 00:21:52,900 S8: with a shepherd can be led to beautiful pastures. Yeah, 408 00:21:52,940 --> 00:21:55,500 S8: and I love the imagery here. So, yeah, it ties 409 00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:57,260 S8: us all back to that first discussion. 410 00:21:57,300 --> 00:22:01,260 S6: Love it. Okay, doctor. Mark Yarbrough here getting some questions in. 411 00:22:01,260 --> 00:22:06,380 S6: All we're missing is yours. 805 five five 7898. What's 412 00:22:06,380 --> 00:22:11,020 S6: your question for doctor Mark Yarbrough, president of Dallas Theological Seminary? 413 00:22:11,020 --> 00:22:14,739 S6: Call or text your question right now. It's on the 414 00:22:14,740 --> 00:22:18,020 S6: tip of your heart. Call or text your question right now. 415 00:22:18,060 --> 00:22:28,340 S6: 800 555 7898 800 555 7898. It's ask the experts 416 00:22:28,340 --> 00:22:29,900 S6: on this Freedom Friday. 417 00:22:31,380 --> 00:22:35,600 S1: You've got questions. They've got answers. It's Ask the Experts 418 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,120 S1: week with curl and crew. 419 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,359 S6: All right, it is Ask the Experts week and getting 420 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,480 S6: good questions in here. Doctor Mark Yarbrough, our guest. Right now, 421 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,760 S6: the only question we're lacking is yours right now. 800 422 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:53,440 S6: 555 7898. He is the president of Dallas Theological Seminary. 423 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,680 S6: He's making his way back from the Holy Land, where 424 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,280 S6: he was in a bunker for a few days, and 425 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,960 S6: he is now in Egypt. Is that right, my man? 426 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,480 S8: That is right. We are in Cairo as we speak. 427 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:10,800 S6: Okay, uh, here's a question. If I sin, is it 428 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,480 S6: okay to just confess to God or should I do 429 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:14,600 S6: it to others? 430 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,400 S8: Well, I'll tell you what. Accountability, uh, comes when we 431 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:24,360 S8: confess that sin in a community of faith. I would 432 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:28,840 S8: argue that it's actually one of the the lost arts in, uh, 433 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:32,639 S8: a lot of our Christian culture today for probably a 434 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:35,770 S8: lot of our listenership. I think first and foremost, we 435 00:23:35,770 --> 00:23:38,330 S8: do have to confess that sin to the Lord. But 436 00:23:38,330 --> 00:23:40,530 S8: there are times, and I do think that there may 437 00:23:40,570 --> 00:23:43,530 S8: be times when we don't do that. But I do 438 00:23:43,530 --> 00:23:46,250 S8: believe that when we are walking in a community of 439 00:23:46,250 --> 00:23:49,770 S8: faith to help for accountability, it is a purging of 440 00:23:49,770 --> 00:23:52,609 S8: our soul. You know, when I when I read the 441 00:23:52,609 --> 00:23:55,250 S8: book of First John, you know, I don't think that's 442 00:23:55,250 --> 00:23:59,690 S8: talking about, uh, salvation in first John when he's saying 443 00:23:59,690 --> 00:24:02,570 S8: if he's faithful and just it's about fellowship. And so 444 00:24:02,810 --> 00:24:05,330 S8: fellowship is a big deal, you know, and to have 445 00:24:05,369 --> 00:24:10,050 S8: open if, uh, open, uh, relationships with somebody else, if 446 00:24:10,050 --> 00:24:13,650 S8: I have offended my brother, if I have offended my sister, 447 00:24:13,770 --> 00:24:16,730 S8: I need to go to them and confess that sin, 448 00:24:17,010 --> 00:24:21,090 S8: to admit my wrongdoing, to ask their forgiveness. And that 449 00:24:21,090 --> 00:24:25,210 S8: is the greatest way to restore that relationship. You and I, Carl. 450 00:24:25,210 --> 00:24:28,969 S8: We have seen that with parents to their children and 451 00:24:29,090 --> 00:24:36,060 S8: neighbor to neighbor. It Reconciles churches. It's it's it's God's, 452 00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:39,540 S8: you know, secret sauce, if you will, for restoring the 453 00:24:39,540 --> 00:24:41,379 S8: soul of a relationship. 454 00:24:41,980 --> 00:24:45,340 S6: Doctor Mark Yarborough, our guest, I love that. Uh, if 455 00:24:45,380 --> 00:24:47,179 S6: you've got a question for him, we're going to go 456 00:24:47,220 --> 00:24:52,820 S6: lightning round here because we're getting some good questions in 805, five, five, 78, 98. 457 00:24:52,859 --> 00:24:55,460 S6: Looks like text message is the way to go here today. 458 00:24:55,460 --> 00:25:03,139 S6: And that's great. 800 555 7898 uh, quick follow up 459 00:25:03,140 --> 00:25:07,340 S6: on that question. I did have a great mentor of mine. 460 00:25:07,340 --> 00:25:12,060 S6: Years ago. I asked him a question. I said, al, what? 461 00:25:12,460 --> 00:25:15,340 S6: When do you know when you've confessed something to God 462 00:25:15,540 --> 00:25:19,300 S6: that you need to now take that to someone else? Uh, 463 00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:21,660 S6: because we have we have sins that come at us 464 00:25:21,660 --> 00:25:25,140 S6: constantly and we're battling temptation and the like. And he 465 00:25:25,140 --> 00:25:27,619 S6: said his feeling is when you go back, when you 466 00:25:27,619 --> 00:25:29,740 S6: take a run at this thing with just you and 467 00:25:29,740 --> 00:25:33,030 S6: God more than two times you need to go get 468 00:25:33,030 --> 00:25:35,590 S6: some support around you. What do you think about that, counsel? 469 00:25:36,590 --> 00:25:40,990 S8: I think that's good. I certainly understand that because it 470 00:25:40,990 --> 00:25:45,310 S8: means that we need to be walking with other brothers 471 00:25:45,310 --> 00:25:47,910 S8: and sisters to hold our feet to the fire and 472 00:25:47,910 --> 00:25:50,750 S8: our faith and walk with the Lord. Yeah. And I 473 00:25:50,750 --> 00:25:53,230 S8: think that's ultimately what he is saying. I also think 474 00:25:53,230 --> 00:25:56,030 S8: that you have to ask that question of like, you know, 475 00:25:56,070 --> 00:25:58,830 S8: is this a is this a public sin that someone 476 00:25:58,830 --> 00:26:01,510 S8: knows that I have offended them? Or is it something 477 00:26:01,510 --> 00:26:05,350 S8: that is is public that many other individuals are aware of? 478 00:26:05,350 --> 00:26:07,510 S8: So I do believe that there is a discernment that 479 00:26:07,510 --> 00:26:11,070 S8: is needed there. And um, because I do think there 480 00:26:11,109 --> 00:26:13,670 S8: are certain situations and, you know, we we're not parsing 481 00:26:13,670 --> 00:26:17,270 S8: every situation out in terms of every individual sin, but. Right. 482 00:26:17,310 --> 00:26:19,149 S8: I mean, I think there are some times that we 483 00:26:19,150 --> 00:26:21,710 S8: just need to take it to the Lord, because even 484 00:26:21,710 --> 00:26:23,830 S8: if we bring that up in a public venue, it 485 00:26:23,830 --> 00:26:25,470 S8: may actually cause more damage. 486 00:26:25,510 --> 00:26:25,910 S6: Yes. 487 00:26:26,030 --> 00:26:28,950 S8: And so there is a there's a there's a spiritual 488 00:26:28,950 --> 00:26:33,960 S8: counsel that is, that probably needs to help someone determine 489 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,760 S8: that of whether they need to take it. Some other steps. 490 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,240 S8: But I really like that council that you're talking about 491 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,040 S8: from your brother there, because that's showing that there's some 492 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:47,080 S8: kind of repetitiveness to this. And we need accountability so 493 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,080 S8: that we don't go down that path again. 494 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,680 S6: Yeah. And and this is to your point that we've 495 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:56,040 S6: missed this one. Another aspect, Mark, because, uh, people have 496 00:26:56,040 --> 00:27:01,640 S6: so gone it alone spiritually that we find ourselves on 497 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:06,240 S6: this sin, shame, repent, repeat, cycle. And sometimes the very 498 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,000 S6: thing that will break that cycle is when we confess 499 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,880 S6: our sins to one another. So yeah, I couldn't agree more. 500 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,760 S6: All right, got a curveball here for you. That's a 501 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,400 S6: good one. And I like these questions. It's tough, but 502 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,040 S6: it's real. What is your understanding of what the Bible 503 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:26,360 S6: says about women serving in any pastoral position senior pastor, elder, deacon, 504 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:31,810 S6: Sunday school teacher, Etc. now they gave a smattering of things. 505 00:27:31,810 --> 00:27:33,890 S6: That goes two ways here. Right, Mark? 506 00:27:35,570 --> 00:27:37,810 S8: Oh, yeah. I mean, all of a sudden, see you. 507 00:27:37,970 --> 00:27:42,250 S8: You can't get into this topic without having a big discussion. Yeah. 508 00:27:42,290 --> 00:27:46,169 S8: And so where we are at the seminaries, where my 509 00:27:46,170 --> 00:27:53,210 S8: convictions are as well, is that scripture? Uh, only limits, uh, 510 00:27:53,210 --> 00:27:59,450 S8: the role of elder and what we sometimes reference as 511 00:27:59,450 --> 00:28:02,130 S8: senior pastor, that's not a biblical word, but a lot 512 00:28:02,130 --> 00:28:07,130 S8: of churches use that phrase of elder and senior pastor. Right. Yeah. 513 00:28:07,170 --> 00:28:09,370 S8: And that's why when we get into like a first 514 00:28:09,369 --> 00:28:13,930 S8: Timothy chapter three, that that is for qualified men, it's 515 00:28:13,930 --> 00:28:16,770 S8: not for all men. I mean, I think that's sometimes 516 00:28:16,770 --> 00:28:19,690 S8: that is that is missed in the discussion, but it's 517 00:28:19,690 --> 00:28:23,010 S8: for qualified men that are clarified there when we get 518 00:28:23,010 --> 00:28:27,210 S8: into the role of deacon and deaconesses. That's another topic 519 00:28:27,250 --> 00:28:30,020 S8: that certainly would have. But here's what we've got to 520 00:28:30,060 --> 00:28:33,820 S8: always keep our eye on. The Lord uses men and 521 00:28:33,820 --> 00:28:37,300 S8: women that are believers that are saved by grace through faith, 522 00:28:37,340 --> 00:28:41,140 S8: be able to take his word in a variety of contexts. Look, 523 00:28:41,180 --> 00:28:44,100 S8: in one sense, we are all called to be shepherds 524 00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:48,420 S8: and shepherdesses, if that makes sense. We are called to be, 525 00:28:48,460 --> 00:28:51,500 S8: you know, the salt and the light. So ministry doesn't 526 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:55,340 S8: stop and start with a title. If we're looking at 527 00:28:55,340 --> 00:28:58,020 S8: an issue of a title, we're missing the boat, right? 528 00:28:58,460 --> 00:29:01,540 S8: We're not realizing that we're all called to represent the 529 00:29:01,540 --> 00:29:04,260 S8: Lord Jesus. The question that we have is, are there 530 00:29:04,260 --> 00:29:06,940 S8: contexts in which we are supposed to do that? And 531 00:29:06,940 --> 00:29:09,940 S8: then when we're parsing out the role of leaders in 532 00:29:09,940 --> 00:29:13,660 S8: the church, that's where the focus of this discussion comes in. 533 00:29:13,660 --> 00:29:16,580 S8: So that's what I see and embrace. That's what I 534 00:29:16,580 --> 00:29:20,140 S8: teach that that the only limiting factor that we have 535 00:29:20,180 --> 00:29:24,460 S8: is that role of elder is designated in Scripture for 536 00:29:24,460 --> 00:29:28,110 S8: qualified men. Again, not all men. It's individuals, men that 537 00:29:28,110 --> 00:29:31,710 S8: meet this certain criterion. But we're all called to represent 538 00:29:31,710 --> 00:29:32,430 S8: the Lord Jesus. 539 00:29:32,430 --> 00:29:35,390 S6: Yeah. And I think when you juxtapose that with Jesus 540 00:29:35,390 --> 00:29:39,270 S6: at his time, being one of the most egalitarian, women 541 00:29:39,270 --> 00:29:42,630 S6: friendly leaders on the in the history of the world. 542 00:29:43,230 --> 00:29:46,230 S6: That's a healthy juxtaposition, isn't it, Mark? 543 00:29:47,110 --> 00:29:49,790 S8: Oh, without a question. I mean, look, Jesus made it 544 00:29:49,790 --> 00:29:53,270 S8: very clear of his love for men and women, for 545 00:29:53,270 --> 00:29:58,510 S8: his his ministry. Uh, circle. Right. I mean, individuals that 546 00:29:58,510 --> 00:30:02,230 S8: traveled with him, that ministered with him. You have both 547 00:30:02,230 --> 00:30:07,310 S8: men and women. And so you've got this external, uh, 548 00:30:07,350 --> 00:30:11,710 S8: presentation of Jesus. That is what the gospel is, because 549 00:30:11,710 --> 00:30:14,469 S8: it's for all people. It's for men, it's for women. 550 00:30:14,470 --> 00:30:17,870 S8: It's for slave, for free. Male, female, Jew, Gentile. Right. 551 00:30:17,870 --> 00:30:20,910 S8: The Gospels for all. And so God longs to use all. 552 00:30:20,950 --> 00:30:26,400 S6: Love it. Doctor. Mark. Um. Doc? Doctor Mark Yarborough is 553 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:29,800 S6: our guest right now. And I got to tell you guys, 554 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,720 S6: this is golden. You got an opportunity and a half here, 555 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:38,080 S6: and you're taking it 800 555 78, 98. What's your question? 556 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,720 S6: It is ask the Experts week on this Freedom Friday. 557 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:49,400 S6: You might feel stuck. Something holding you up. 800 555 7898. 558 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,880 S6: We got someone here asking about the King James new 559 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:57,720 S6: King James Version. Uh, is there, uh, a resource that 560 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:01,520 S6: will help even more in my understanding of passages of 561 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,360 S6: the gospels? I love that question. They're wanting to get 562 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,040 S6: into the context here, Mark. 563 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:11,520 S8: Well, if we're talking about, um, are we talking about 564 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,440 S8: Bible translations and the value. 565 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:14,280 S6: Of that, I think it's a. 566 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,040 S8: Little bit of both. So resources. 567 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,160 S6: So let's, let's expand that. What what do you read 568 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,040 S6: from on a day to day basis. What translation. 569 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:27,330 S8: Yeah. You betcha. I read from the old NIV, and 570 00:31:27,330 --> 00:31:29,690 S8: I have spent a lot of time on the ESV 571 00:31:29,810 --> 00:31:33,370 S8: and the NLT, so, you know, I mean, there's a 572 00:31:33,370 --> 00:31:39,090 S8: lot of good English Bible translations. Uh, statistically, across the board, 573 00:31:39,090 --> 00:31:42,570 S8: the NIV and the NLT kind of run neck and neck. 574 00:31:42,930 --> 00:31:46,090 S8: And that is I actually, I'm a believer in both 575 00:31:46,090 --> 00:31:52,970 S8: of those translations. They help us, uh, with, uh, meaning 576 00:31:52,970 --> 00:31:56,690 S8: in the text, phrase by phrase. You know, when we 577 00:31:56,690 --> 00:31:59,410 S8: start talking about Bible translation, I tell people all the time, 578 00:31:59,410 --> 00:32:01,490 S8: I know that people come at this and they say, 579 00:32:01,490 --> 00:32:04,370 S8: I want a word for word translation. And my response 580 00:32:04,410 --> 00:32:07,690 S8: is to say, that's impossible. Um, and I don't mean 581 00:32:07,690 --> 00:32:10,930 S8: that ugly, I don't. It's just it's if you had 582 00:32:10,930 --> 00:32:13,290 S8: a word for word translation, it would be very difficult 583 00:32:13,290 --> 00:32:16,810 S8: to understand. So I'm really thankful for linguists and Bible 584 00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:20,050 S8: translators that help say, this is what the meaning of 585 00:32:20,050 --> 00:32:22,850 S8: the text is. It's not a commentary, it's helping to 586 00:32:23,060 --> 00:32:27,060 S8: phrase it in English phraseology so that we can understand 587 00:32:27,060 --> 00:32:29,500 S8: what was actually said in the original tongue, right? Whether 588 00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:32,940 S8: it be Greek or Hebrew or Aramaic. And so that's 589 00:32:32,940 --> 00:32:35,140 S8: that's the one statement that I would say. So those 590 00:32:35,140 --> 00:32:38,060 S8: are mine. I preach out of both of those Bibles 591 00:32:38,060 --> 00:32:40,460 S8: when I preach and teach in public. And the reason 592 00:32:40,460 --> 00:32:42,540 S8: I do that is because statistically, more people are going 593 00:32:42,580 --> 00:32:45,860 S8: to be using those two than anything else. ESV kind 594 00:32:45,900 --> 00:32:48,820 S8: of right behind that. Yeah. And um, that's actually one 595 00:32:48,820 --> 00:32:52,540 S8: of the reasons I'm not anti any translation of the Bible. 596 00:32:52,540 --> 00:32:58,580 S8: I do believe that every English translation has strengths and weaknesses. Right. And, um, 597 00:32:58,580 --> 00:33:00,860 S8: you know, I tell people when I, when it comes 598 00:33:00,860 --> 00:33:04,580 S8: to the King James, I'm saying, um, you know, we 599 00:33:04,620 --> 00:33:07,060 S8: don't we don't use old English anymore. We don't put 600 00:33:07,540 --> 00:33:09,380 S8: on our verbs. I'm not making fun of it. I'm 601 00:33:09,380 --> 00:33:14,660 S8: saying our question is comprehension, right? Yes. And so, um, 602 00:33:14,660 --> 00:33:17,100 S8: I think we've got to be, to use your phrase, 603 00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:18,540 S8: that you used out of the book of acts. We 604 00:33:18,580 --> 00:33:20,340 S8: got to be good Bereans here. And I want to 605 00:33:20,340 --> 00:33:24,190 S8: understand what God has said. And so when it comes 606 00:33:24,190 --> 00:33:26,070 S8: to that, that's what I say. I tell you a 607 00:33:26,070 --> 00:33:29,630 S8: free resource that I give people all the time. Um, 608 00:33:29,670 --> 00:33:31,950 S8: that is out there. Uh, one of my colleagues that 609 00:33:31,950 --> 00:33:34,910 S8: I talked with at Dallas Seminary, uh, he taught the 610 00:33:34,910 --> 00:33:37,990 S8: Bible exposition department for years and years. His name is 611 00:33:37,990 --> 00:33:42,150 S8: Tom Constable, and Tom Constable has put all of his 612 00:33:42,150 --> 00:33:45,670 S8: Bible notes out for free. It's actually on a on 613 00:33:45,670 --> 00:33:49,270 S8: a site called Sonic Light. But if you just Google that, 614 00:33:49,270 --> 00:33:53,590 S8: it is such a wonderful. Oh my goodness. It is 615 00:33:53,590 --> 00:33:58,110 S8: a treasure trove. Um, I probably pushed that more than 616 00:33:58,110 --> 00:34:01,790 S8: anything else as a free resource for people, and you 617 00:34:01,790 --> 00:34:04,710 S8: can grab it book by book. So every book of 618 00:34:04,710 --> 00:34:08,030 S8: the Bible and just kind of scroll through, just almost 619 00:34:08,030 --> 00:34:11,149 S8: like a commentary. And he's going to point you to 620 00:34:11,190 --> 00:34:14,310 S8: a lot of resources, and he's going to kind of frame, 621 00:34:14,350 --> 00:34:17,790 S8: let's say it's a it's a difficult passage to, uh, 622 00:34:17,910 --> 00:34:19,950 S8: to work with. He'll say, well, here's kind of the 623 00:34:19,950 --> 00:34:27,439 S8: three basic interpretations where conservative evangelical theology lands on. And 624 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,920 S8: here are the issues for each one of those. It is, 625 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:33,000 S8: and it's free to the world. I have so appreciated 626 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,120 S8: that Tom is working on these all the time, and 627 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,360 S8: he's he is leaving a treasure for the church whenever 628 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:41,440 S8: the Lord takes him home. But I'm so appreciative of 629 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:42,200 S8: that tool. 630 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:47,160 S6: Okay. Excellent. All right. Got a question here that is, um, really, 631 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:50,640 S6: really heartfelt here. We're going to answer this on the 632 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:54,719 S6: other side of a quick break here. 800 555 7898. 633 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,840 S6: Here it is. Mark. Uh, the the husband is to 634 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,520 S6: be the spiritual head of the house. My husband is Muslim. 635 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,959 S6: So what does that mean for me? Uh, please pray 636 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,640 S6: for his salvation and our kids. And I see your 637 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,279 S6: name there. I'm not going to mention it on air, 638 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:09,919 S6: but I'm going to pray for you right now, and 639 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,560 S6: we'll answer that question coming up. And we want to 640 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:16,280 S6: distinguish here, Mark, because, oh, one of the great dangers 641 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:20,610 S6: in the church today is that we we wield. Some 642 00:35:20,610 --> 00:35:25,970 S6: men wrongly wield headship as authority rather than spiritual responsibility. 643 00:35:25,969 --> 00:35:28,690 S6: So we'll break that down straight ahead with our guest 644 00:35:28,690 --> 00:35:30,649 S6: on Ask the Experts. 645 00:35:31,410 --> 00:35:34,490 S1: You're listening to Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 646 00:35:34,489 --> 00:35:37,370 S6: Doctor Mark Yarborough is with me right now. He is 647 00:35:37,370 --> 00:35:40,250 S6: the president of Dallas Theological Seminary. And we're going to 648 00:35:40,250 --> 00:35:43,250 S6: have a link for the Rekindled Heart six Essentials for 649 00:35:43,250 --> 00:35:46,009 S6: Reviving Your Faith. Also in that link is going to 650 00:35:46,010 --> 00:35:49,930 S6: be Sonic Lite, this website that has all of these 651 00:35:49,930 --> 00:35:53,770 S6: study notes of an amazing prof from DTS. So we're 652 00:35:53,770 --> 00:35:56,450 S6: going to have all that for you. Mark, a question 653 00:35:56,450 --> 00:35:58,930 S6: came in the husband is to be the spiritual head 654 00:35:58,930 --> 00:36:01,129 S6: of the house. My husband is Muslim. So what does 655 00:36:01,130 --> 00:36:04,250 S6: that mean for me? You know, it brings a couple 656 00:36:04,290 --> 00:36:07,089 S6: of things. What? Let's start with headship. Then we'll go 657 00:36:07,090 --> 00:36:10,089 S6: to this woman whose husband is Muslim. What does it mean? 658 00:36:10,090 --> 00:36:12,050 S6: And what does it not mean, Mark? 659 00:36:13,170 --> 00:36:15,610 S8: Yeah, it doesn't mean. And you alluded to this, Carl. 660 00:36:15,610 --> 00:36:20,020 S8: It doesn't mean power and control, that's for sure. Uh, 661 00:36:20,060 --> 00:36:23,779 S8: it certainly means spiritual direction in that regard. In the 662 00:36:23,780 --> 00:36:27,700 S8: context of a home that is, uh, under the headship 663 00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:30,540 S8: of the Lord to begin with. And so if to 664 00:36:30,580 --> 00:36:33,779 S8: transition to this situation, if we have someone that is 665 00:36:33,780 --> 00:36:36,620 S8: a believer and that is not a believer. So our 666 00:36:36,620 --> 00:36:39,299 S8: dear sister, who is in reference to her husband, who 667 00:36:39,300 --> 00:36:41,500 S8: is not, you know, we would point them to first 668 00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:45,060 S8: Corinthians chapter seven, verse 13. And if a woman has 669 00:36:45,060 --> 00:36:47,339 S8: a husband who is not a believer and he's willing 670 00:36:47,380 --> 00:36:49,420 S8: to live with her, she must not divorce him. For 671 00:36:49,420 --> 00:36:52,620 S8: the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife. And 672 00:36:52,620 --> 00:36:57,540 S8: now what I understand that to actually be talking about 673 00:36:57,540 --> 00:36:59,819 S8: is that there's an opportunity for him to hear the 674 00:36:59,860 --> 00:37:02,940 S8: gospel and see the gospel on a regular basis and 675 00:37:02,940 --> 00:37:05,620 S8: for their children as well. So that's what I when 676 00:37:05,620 --> 00:37:08,899 S8: I counsel individuals, I'm like, hey, show them Jesus, you 677 00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:10,100 S8: live it out in front of them. 678 00:37:10,300 --> 00:37:13,020 S6: Beautiful. Okay. We're going to get as many questions as 679 00:37:13,020 --> 00:37:15,540 S6: we can here. Uh, this is heartfelt. I would like 680 00:37:15,540 --> 00:37:19,109 S6: to know your thoughts about battling with inner cravings and 681 00:37:19,110 --> 00:37:21,910 S6: disturbing dreams. I wake up in the middle of the 682 00:37:21,910 --> 00:37:25,950 S6: night feeling attacked spiritually, and I feel like I'm being tormented. 683 00:37:25,989 --> 00:37:29,109 S6: This is more common than people might imagine, and they 684 00:37:29,150 --> 00:37:31,310 S6: suffer alone at times. What do you say, Marc? 685 00:37:32,230 --> 00:37:35,270 S8: Well, number one, I say don't suffer alone. Number one, 686 00:37:35,310 --> 00:37:38,270 S8: it's always remember that the Lord is with us. I 687 00:37:38,270 --> 00:37:42,189 S8: do strongly believe that there are times for connection with 688 00:37:42,190 --> 00:37:47,069 S8: biblical counselors and individuals that are solid Christians that we 689 00:37:47,070 --> 00:37:50,109 S8: can make a journey with. I believe, as we made 690 00:37:50,110 --> 00:37:54,110 S8: reference a minute ago in regard to Romans chapter 12 of, 691 00:37:54,150 --> 00:37:56,630 S8: you know, be transformed by the renewing of your mind. 692 00:37:56,670 --> 00:37:59,790 S8: We need to spend time with God's people in God's Word, 693 00:37:59,790 --> 00:38:04,750 S8: listening to really good things, and to, uh, listen to, uh, 694 00:38:05,030 --> 00:38:08,910 S8: good praise and worship music, to be able to put 695 00:38:08,910 --> 00:38:11,750 S8: our mind to set our minds on things above as, uh, 696 00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:13,190 S8: Colossians chapter three says. 697 00:38:13,230 --> 00:38:17,960 S6: Yeah. Uh, what about renouncing those. There's no doubt there's 698 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:22,240 S6: demonic attacks in the night. I'm reminded the Lord rebuke you, Satan, 699 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:26,360 S6: this isn't us doing battle. It's our our Savior. Mark. 700 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,799 S8: That is exactly right. There is a there is a 701 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,640 S8: spiritual war that is going on. The evil one is 702 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:35,280 S8: at work. The evil one wants to, uh, take us down. 703 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,560 S8: And so we need to remember that, uh, you know, 704 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,880 S8: he he that is within us is stronger than he 705 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:42,840 S8: that's in the world. And so we need to keep 706 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:46,880 S8: claiming what is ours. That's a that's a very appropriate claim, 707 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,560 S8: by the way, to be able to claim, uh, the 708 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:53,080 S8: power of the Lord Jesus and the spirit that indwells us, that, uh, 709 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,400 S8: we are protected because of the work of our Savior. 710 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,560 S6: Another question just came in. I mean, leadership at a church. 711 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,279 S6: And since joining the leadership team, I'm now struggling to 712 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:04,480 S6: know if I am to leave look for another church. 713 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,600 S6: When is it biblical to leave? And then the context here. 714 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,480 S6: Sometimes it's hard to look past the actions of others 715 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,680 S6: in leadership acting a certain way. And now I see 716 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,730 S6: a lot of things I wish I haven't. How do 717 00:39:16,730 --> 00:39:19,410 S6: I deal with that? Do I ignore it or do 718 00:39:19,410 --> 00:39:20,530 S6: I just move on? 719 00:39:21,650 --> 00:39:23,969 S8: I don't think you ignore it. I certainly think that 720 00:39:23,969 --> 00:39:30,489 S8: you acknowledge what is happening. Leadership is hard. Leadership is difficult. 721 00:39:30,690 --> 00:39:35,770 S8: I think it's important to have a strong counsel that 722 00:39:35,770 --> 00:39:40,410 S8: is outside of your environment, someone that is not there, 723 00:39:40,450 --> 00:39:43,810 S8: that is not in your particular situation. It is not 724 00:39:43,810 --> 00:39:47,770 S8: a colleague in that regard. Find a very seasoned veteran 725 00:39:47,770 --> 00:39:51,850 S8: in ministry. Ask if they will be a confidant for you. 726 00:39:51,850 --> 00:39:55,410 S8: Someone that shepherds and walks alongside of you. Someone that 727 00:39:55,410 --> 00:39:58,770 S8: is more mature in your walk of faith, and to 728 00:39:58,810 --> 00:40:01,290 S8: be able to use them as a sounding board to 729 00:40:01,290 --> 00:40:06,049 S8: help you think outside of your environment so that you 730 00:40:06,050 --> 00:40:07,569 S8: can have a clearer perspective. 731 00:40:08,130 --> 00:40:12,330 S6: You know something that's often overlooked, Mark. And having been 732 00:40:12,330 --> 00:40:16,140 S6: a lead pastor for 30 years. And one of the 733 00:40:16,140 --> 00:40:21,300 S6: things that I cherish is when people approach people rather 734 00:40:21,300 --> 00:40:26,219 S6: than just say nothing. Oftentimes, when they see behaviors that 735 00:40:26,219 --> 00:40:30,899 S6: maybe are truly inconsistent with God's Word and calling on leadership, 736 00:40:31,260 --> 00:40:35,540 S6: sometimes that can be restorative. In staying silent, I'm thinking 737 00:40:35,540 --> 00:40:39,140 S6: Matthew 18 and and that's a sin against you. So 738 00:40:39,140 --> 00:40:42,380 S6: it may not be that specifically, but the principle is 739 00:40:42,660 --> 00:40:44,859 S6: we need to go to people. I mean, we find 740 00:40:44,860 --> 00:40:49,140 S6: that in James five, um, and we find repeatedly in Scripture, 741 00:40:49,140 --> 00:40:51,740 S6: when you go to a person, you can cover over 742 00:40:51,739 --> 00:40:54,299 S6: a multitude of sins. Speak to that briefly. 743 00:40:55,219 --> 00:40:58,980 S8: Yeah, that's exactly what the text says. I mean, uh, 744 00:40:58,980 --> 00:41:02,379 S8: what can be accomplished when we go to someone and 745 00:41:02,380 --> 00:41:06,819 S8: we speak softly? We don't go in anger. Uh, when 746 00:41:06,820 --> 00:41:10,180 S8: we go in a proper spirit, if you will, and 747 00:41:10,180 --> 00:41:12,870 S8: to say, hey, I'm coming because I love you. I 748 00:41:12,910 --> 00:41:15,710 S8: care for you. I'm struggling with this. Will you help 749 00:41:15,710 --> 00:41:18,270 S8: me work through it? I think that there is a 750 00:41:18,270 --> 00:41:21,270 S8: biblical model that we have just about lost when we 751 00:41:21,310 --> 00:41:25,150 S8: clam up, and we let things kind of fester inside. Uh, 752 00:41:25,190 --> 00:41:28,310 S8: it is a recipe for, uh, the wrong thing, that 753 00:41:28,310 --> 00:41:32,790 S8: is for sure. So having that spiritual maturity to approach 754 00:41:32,830 --> 00:41:36,069 S8: a sister or a brother in Christ, even if it's 755 00:41:36,070 --> 00:41:39,270 S8: not an issue of direct sin or rebellion, maybe it 756 00:41:39,270 --> 00:41:41,630 S8: is just back on that issue of needing to restore 757 00:41:41,670 --> 00:41:43,950 S8: a relationship. That's one of the that's one of the 758 00:41:43,950 --> 00:41:46,910 S8: signs of maturity, of being able to talk to someone 759 00:41:46,910 --> 00:41:47,750 S8: else in the faith. 760 00:41:48,230 --> 00:41:50,669 S6: Somebody did want some clarity, and I think this is good. 761 00:41:50,670 --> 00:41:53,830 S6: What are the two translations that you primarily teach the 762 00:41:53,830 --> 00:41:55,469 S6: word from? Again, Mark. 763 00:41:56,550 --> 00:42:00,950 S8: Yeah, I use the NIV, the old NIV, and um, 764 00:42:00,950 --> 00:42:03,710 S8: then I also use the NLT, which is the New 765 00:42:03,710 --> 00:42:07,310 S8: Living Translation. And I think both of those do a 766 00:42:07,310 --> 00:42:12,040 S8: really good job of having a smooth English For what 767 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:16,120 S8: I consider an average reader. And don't don't view average 768 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,640 S8: as anything less. I'm saying it is. Yeah, exactly. It's 769 00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:22,399 S8: where most of us speak. And I think those are 770 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:24,600 S8: very smooth. And I also I'm also a big fan 771 00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:26,840 S8: of the ESV. So those are kind of my three 772 00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:28,200 S8: that I work with a lot. 773 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,319 S6: Okay. Uh, really quickly here. Boom crew. I want you 774 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,520 S6: to text the word heart. You're going to get a link, 775 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:37,520 S6: a couple of links there. One is to the rekindled 776 00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:41,000 S6: heart six essentials for Reviving Your Faith. I think you've 777 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,880 S6: heard Mark's heart. And you're going to benefit from this text. 778 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:49,360 S6: The word heart to 800 555, 78, 98. And in 779 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,759 S6: that link we have went and we went and found 780 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:55,960 S6: those study notes and that Mark referred to. So we've 781 00:42:55,960 --> 00:43:00,080 S6: got that link in there as well. Um, exhaustive study 782 00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:03,120 S6: notes from the scriptures that you're going to benefit from. 783 00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:08,759 S6: So text the word heart to 800 555 7898. Man, 784 00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:13,330 S6: I got 30s mark. We start our share in earnest 785 00:43:13,370 --> 00:43:16,850 S6: next week. Uh, give me your best 20s on why. 786 00:43:16,850 --> 00:43:19,410 S6: Why every listener should get behind what we're doing here 787 00:43:19,410 --> 00:43:21,250 S6: since we're listener supported. My man. 788 00:43:22,410 --> 00:43:24,570 S8: I tell you what, guys, we live in a world 789 00:43:24,890 --> 00:43:28,529 S8: where the world is speaking. Uh, one thing, and we 790 00:43:28,530 --> 00:43:31,690 S8: need to make sure that we're listening to God's thing. 791 00:43:32,130 --> 00:43:37,250 S8: And that's what Moody Radio does. And so we need 792 00:43:37,250 --> 00:43:39,770 S8: to get behind this. And I appreciate your call for 793 00:43:39,810 --> 00:43:43,730 S8: that 15%, brother, but let's make it 16 or 18. 794 00:43:43,969 --> 00:43:47,129 S8: Let's just smash the record books. Because if there was 795 00:43:47,130 --> 00:43:49,810 S8: ever a day and age where we need someone that 796 00:43:49,810 --> 00:43:53,250 S8: is preaching truth, that is singing truth, that is talking 797 00:43:53,250 --> 00:43:56,129 S8: about truth, it's anchoring people in God's word that is 798 00:43:56,130 --> 00:43:58,650 S8: right here with you guys. And so you guys keep 799 00:43:58,650 --> 00:44:00,969 S8: at it, keep preaching the word of Jesus. 800 00:44:00,969 --> 00:44:05,770 S6: Appreciate it. Again, the link for doctor Mark Yarborough heart 801 00:44:05,810 --> 00:44:10,170 S6: to 800 555 7898.