1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:06,039 S1: Broadcasting from Chicago, across North America and beyond. It's Carl 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 --> 00:00:21,720 S2: Practical from the Bible. Tips and tricks to kill. Not 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,640 S2: tricks but tips and tricks. 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,440 S3: Tips and tricks to kill. Tips and tricks. 8 00:00:28,480 --> 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 --> 00:00:36,840 S4: with achievement in good works. Well, God wasn't impressed by that, 11 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:38,239 S4: even if other people were. 12 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,080 S2: The gospel changes everything. 13 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,519 S5: Freedom in Christ. Man, it's like that backpack of cement 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,559 S5: just falling to the ground. 15 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,919 S1: Now from the call of Hope Studios, this is Carl 16 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:51,559 S1: and Crew. 17 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,880 S6: Yeah. I feel prompted by the spirit to kick off 18 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:59,240 S6: this hour with a just another big thank you. I'm. 19 00:00:59,670 --> 00:01:02,190 S6: you know, we spent Monday doing a lot of thank 20 00:01:02,190 --> 00:01:05,069 S6: yous for share last week, but there's so many people 21 00:01:05,069 --> 00:01:07,590 S6: with a vested interest in this. I get blown away. 22 00:01:07,630 --> 00:01:11,590 S6: How many responses I get to via text message or 23 00:01:11,590 --> 00:01:14,670 S6: email people that I mean, they're, they're in it with 24 00:01:14,670 --> 00:01:15,470 S6: us here. Ali. 25 00:01:15,510 --> 00:01:19,670 S4: Oh, totally. I mean, people who gave people who prayed 26 00:01:19,910 --> 00:01:22,550 S4: and reported back about how God used it. 27 00:01:22,550 --> 00:01:25,310 S6: Yeah. No, it's a it's a big deal. And and 28 00:01:25,310 --> 00:01:29,149 S6: we're so grateful for your participation. I want to tell 29 00:01:29,150 --> 00:01:32,470 S6: you what happened here. Uh, if you weren't with us 30 00:01:32,470 --> 00:01:35,550 S6: during share or if you want a more recent update, 31 00:01:36,470 --> 00:01:40,429 S6: we were really battling on that first Tuesday. As a 32 00:01:40,430 --> 00:01:43,229 S6: matter of fact, the forecast. Randy, we've got a guy 33 00:01:43,230 --> 00:01:47,470 S6: that's a number crunching data. Crazy man. And he's awesome. 34 00:01:47,470 --> 00:01:50,550 S6: And I love Randy. Oh man. Because numbers matter. It's 35 00:01:50,550 --> 00:01:53,070 S6: good to give you a point of reference. And he's 36 00:01:53,070 --> 00:01:57,710 S6: crunching numbers. He's a very soft spoken guy. That's an understatement. Right, Alan? 37 00:01:57,810 --> 00:01:58,890 S4: Oh, yeah. I mean, he's a. 38 00:01:59,090 --> 00:02:00,210 S6: Soft spoken guy. 39 00:02:00,290 --> 00:02:03,169 S4: And we sometimes don't even see him until share, right? 40 00:02:03,450 --> 00:02:07,450 S6: And then there's Randy. He's popping in. But it's it 41 00:02:07,450 --> 00:02:12,329 S6: was Tuesday night. He was a little bit crestfallen. I 42 00:02:12,330 --> 00:02:15,049 S6: think that's the right word. Crestfallen. What a great word 43 00:02:15,130 --> 00:02:17,889 S6: term that is, by the way. Um but it was 44 00:02:19,090 --> 00:02:22,770 S6: he wasn't worried. It was just like. In fact, he 45 00:02:22,770 --> 00:02:25,770 S6: told me, as animated as Randy gets, he said, this 46 00:02:25,770 --> 00:02:29,490 S6: could be a long week. And I thought, yeah, Randy, 47 00:02:29,530 --> 00:02:32,209 S6: you're right about that. But one thing that we were 48 00:02:32,210 --> 00:02:34,570 S6: reminded of, both of us when we were talking is 49 00:02:34,570 --> 00:02:38,090 S6: God has been so faithful. And I just want to 50 00:02:38,090 --> 00:02:41,090 S6: report that what happened on Tuesday of last week was 51 00:02:41,090 --> 00:02:43,730 S6: one thing. But then Wednesday picked up. And for us 52 00:02:43,730 --> 00:02:46,130 S6: in the morning hours, I got to tell you, we 53 00:02:46,130 --> 00:02:50,130 S6: really saw you guys move. You were the boom crew. 54 00:02:50,169 --> 00:02:53,570 S6: There's no question that you are the some of the 55 00:02:53,570 --> 00:02:56,130 S6: finest people on the planet. We're so grateful for you. 56 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,600 S6: But Wednesday picked up and then Thursday picked up more. 57 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,560 S6: And then Friday was a huge day. And then we 58 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,679 S6: came in for a few hours on Saturday. And that 59 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,680 S6: was like, what in the world? It actually started slow 60 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,200 S6: because nobody's awake when we were on the air that 61 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,760 S6: first hour, and then it picked up and picked up. 62 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,240 S6: But I want to tell you, out of a $4 63 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:18,400 S6: million effort where we started, even pre share way behind guys, 64 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,359 S6: would you believe we might get there because there's still, 65 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,440 S6: I mean, mail gifts coming in and all that. And 66 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,880 S6: it's it's been amazing hasn't it. Super day. 67 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,440 S7: I mean it's so humbling. It almost it does. I 68 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,720 S7: shouldn't say it almost. It does bring tears to my eyes. Yeah. 69 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,000 S7: It really, really does. People just rallying together to know 70 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,920 S7: that yes, it is the light of the gospel. And they, 71 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:45,880 S7: they just want somebody to hear the gospel to be saved. Period. 72 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,480 S8: Yeah. It's just, it's just a cool thing. 73 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,480 S6: And so I really did feel prompted of the Holy Spirit. 74 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,030 S6: They asked us to say thank you on Monday and 75 00:03:55,030 --> 00:03:57,150 S6: they don't have to ask us to do that. My goodness, 76 00:03:57,150 --> 00:04:00,830 S6: we come in here joyfully and say, hey, we're exhausted, 77 00:04:00,830 --> 00:04:03,350 S6: but we're fired up and grateful for you. But I 78 00:04:03,350 --> 00:04:05,990 S6: just want to say on this big old hump day 79 00:04:06,110 --> 00:04:10,110 S6: here Wednesday, after a thank you from the bottom of 80 00:04:10,110 --> 00:04:14,070 S6: my heart. Uh, we appreciate the partnership in the gospel 81 00:04:14,390 --> 00:04:16,750 S6: and we look at what's going on. You know, I, 82 00:04:16,790 --> 00:04:19,430 S6: I mean, here in Chicagoland, it was a big voting 83 00:04:19,430 --> 00:04:21,870 S6: day yesterday. So my bride and I went and voted, 84 00:04:21,870 --> 00:04:26,070 S6: but I walked out of there going, man, the answer 85 00:04:26,070 --> 00:04:29,309 S6: for this nation is not pulling levers, baby. It is 86 00:04:29,310 --> 00:04:32,270 S6: seeking the face of God and asking for awakening. I 87 00:04:32,310 --> 00:04:37,870 S6: am more convinced of that than ever. I'm absolutely solid 88 00:04:37,870 --> 00:04:40,670 S6: on that one. That you can't push me off that dime. 89 00:04:40,990 --> 00:04:44,029 S6: I will not get into culture wars on social media. 90 00:04:44,430 --> 00:04:48,710 S6: I am aiming at championing Christ and Him crucified and 91 00:04:48,710 --> 00:04:51,909 S6: that the tomb is empty. Our God is alive. We 92 00:04:51,910 --> 00:04:55,860 S6: get the best message on the planet. I heard this 93 00:04:55,860 --> 00:05:02,220 S6: this preacher on a short the other day, and I'm like, go, brother. 94 00:05:02,220 --> 00:05:05,700 S6: I don't know who this guy is. Young dude. I mean, 95 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:10,900 S6: preaching it up. And he's just I mean, he's got 96 00:05:10,900 --> 00:05:15,700 S6: sweat pouring off his forehead and he wasn't even dabbing 97 00:05:15,700 --> 00:05:18,779 S6: it up. And I'm like, let it drip. No, I'm serious. 98 00:05:18,779 --> 00:05:21,940 S6: I'm like, let it drip, brother. Let it drip. And 99 00:05:21,940 --> 00:05:24,020 S6: he and he just looked and he says, I want 100 00:05:24,060 --> 00:05:27,419 S6: to ask all of you here, what, what name one 101 00:05:27,420 --> 00:05:32,340 S6: thing better than salvation. One thing and you online. And 102 00:05:32,339 --> 00:05:35,540 S6: these steers in the online camera. I mean, like connecting 103 00:05:35,540 --> 00:05:37,380 S6: with you like I saw it after the fact. And 104 00:05:37,380 --> 00:05:40,380 S6: I'm sitting alone. I'm going, yeah, he's in my lap. 105 00:05:40,820 --> 00:05:45,220 S6: And he said, tell me one thing. Just one thing 106 00:05:45,580 --> 00:05:48,500 S6: that's better than salvation. Now tell me one thing that 107 00:05:48,500 --> 00:05:52,560 S6: even comes close to that. And he began to explain 108 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,320 S6: the power of God unto salvation. And I'm like, yes, man, 109 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:01,560 S6: this is so cool. And that's what we're talking about here, guys. 110 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,279 S6: I mean, at the end of the day, uh, old 111 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,400 S6: time Christianity ain't going to cut it no more. It ain't, 112 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:12,160 S6: it ain't. It's going to church stuff resting on the 113 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:17,960 S6: laurels in this, uh, supposed notion of Christian nation and 114 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,560 S6: all that kind of stuff. Come on, man, we got 115 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,440 S6: the numbers. Numbers don't lie. We didn't get them from Randy. 116 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,360 S6: We got them from George Barna. He's like, there's 4% 117 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,760 S6: of our nation that have a Christian worldview that directs 118 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,880 S6: their private and public lives. But here's my other contention 119 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:34,599 S6: on this. Sorry, I'm going to get on a soapbox 120 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,000 S6: here for a second. I have I have really been 121 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,440 S6: drilling down on something lately, and I haven't talked with 122 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:42,840 S6: you about this much at all, even off air. But, 123 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:48,080 S6: you know, there's this term called prevenient grace. And it's, 124 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:52,589 S6: it's an interesting thing. And it's about God basically bumping 125 00:06:52,589 --> 00:06:56,630 S6: the cup of people before they've even heard about who 126 00:06:56,630 --> 00:06:59,469 S6: Jesus Christ is. You find that with Lydia, you find 127 00:06:59,470 --> 00:07:02,310 S6: it with Cornelius. They were God fearing people, and when 128 00:07:02,310 --> 00:07:05,950 S6: they heard the message of the gospel, boom, it it hit. 129 00:07:06,150 --> 00:07:09,190 S6: And I believe that the reason we need to stay 130 00:07:09,190 --> 00:07:13,510 S6: on point with the gospel, not only into salvation, but sanctification, 131 00:07:13,790 --> 00:07:19,910 S6: is that prevenient li there are unreached peoples across America 132 00:07:19,910 --> 00:07:24,910 S6: and there's varying different numbers, but some would say 6,070% 133 00:07:24,950 --> 00:07:27,270 S6: have not had a fair shot at the full gospel 134 00:07:27,270 --> 00:07:30,710 S6: of what Jesus wants to do to invade your life, 135 00:07:30,710 --> 00:07:34,950 S6: to transform your soul, to reorder your priorities, to give 136 00:07:34,950 --> 00:07:38,270 S6: you contentment with the cup of coffee and the presence 137 00:07:38,270 --> 00:07:46,110 S6: of God. And I'm telling you guys, the only answer 138 00:07:46,270 --> 00:07:53,020 S6: for any Nation, any community, any home is the gospel. 139 00:07:53,420 --> 00:07:59,180 S6: It's the only answer. Full stop. Whoever my brother is 140 00:07:59,180 --> 00:08:01,620 S6: that was preaching. I gotta track this guy down. Get 141 00:08:01,620 --> 00:08:05,620 S6: him on here. I gotta find him. You just keep 142 00:08:05,620 --> 00:08:08,940 S6: that sweat on your brow, bro. You just keep sweating 143 00:08:08,940 --> 00:08:12,580 S6: and don't dab that. Those sweat beads. Because what you're 144 00:08:12,580 --> 00:08:15,580 S6: preaching is right. Because there is nothing better. And there 145 00:08:15,580 --> 00:08:18,900 S6: isn't even a close second to salvation. And there's some 146 00:08:18,900 --> 00:08:20,820 S6: people in our culture today. This is why you don't 147 00:08:21,060 --> 00:08:26,860 S6: get caught up in culture wars that are prevenient prompted 148 00:08:26,860 --> 00:08:29,220 S6: by God. They're God fearing. They just need to hear 149 00:08:29,220 --> 00:08:32,420 S6: the name of Jesus. They just need to hear the 150 00:08:32,420 --> 00:08:35,500 S6: name of Jesus. That's all the way around Mccready's barn 151 00:08:35,500 --> 00:08:39,540 S6: to tell you. Thank you for for your participation and share. 152 00:08:39,540 --> 00:08:42,420 S6: We love you guys. And I'm going to unapologetically put 153 00:08:42,420 --> 00:08:46,810 S6: it out there. If you didn't participate and you want to, 154 00:08:47,290 --> 00:08:52,209 S6: because you do believe that the gospel changes everything. They 155 00:08:52,210 --> 00:08:54,690 S6: didn't ask us to do this. I just feel prompted 156 00:08:54,690 --> 00:08:57,170 S6: to do it. Nothing. We don't get a cut off 157 00:08:57,170 --> 00:08:58,610 S6: the top, I don't know. Ali, do you get a 158 00:08:58,650 --> 00:08:59,290 S6: cut off the top? 159 00:08:59,330 --> 00:08:59,929 S4: I do not. 160 00:09:02,010 --> 00:09:04,210 S6: Just text the word share to our number and all 161 00:09:04,210 --> 00:09:05,850 S6: the links are in there. I think they're still there. 162 00:09:05,850 --> 00:09:08,370 S6: Are they still there? We killed it. Oh, good. 163 00:09:08,410 --> 00:09:08,810 S7: We're good to. 164 00:09:08,850 --> 00:09:16,209 S6: Go. Text share to (800) 555-7898. Be part of a miracle. And, uh, man, 165 00:09:16,650 --> 00:09:20,329 S6: it's it's cool. You ever see those races where, um, 166 00:09:21,130 --> 00:09:24,890 S6: someone's lagging way back? In fact, I saw one here 167 00:09:24,890 --> 00:09:27,850 S6: probably six months ago where someone had fallen down. A 168 00:09:27,850 --> 00:09:30,490 S6: girl had fallen down in like a I don't know what, 169 00:09:30,530 --> 00:09:33,370 S6: what it was 5000 meter race. And they're like, called 170 00:09:33,370 --> 00:09:36,770 S6: her out, man because she was she was she really 171 00:09:36,770 --> 00:09:40,130 S6: did a face plant. Somebody clipped her ankle when she 172 00:09:40,130 --> 00:09:43,809 S6: was running past him and she went down. She was 173 00:09:43,809 --> 00:09:47,750 S6: so far back. And then here she comes. And you're like, no, 174 00:09:48,550 --> 00:09:51,350 S6: here she comes, here she comes, here she comes. And 175 00:09:51,350 --> 00:09:53,910 S6: you're like, whoa, this is crazy. 176 00:09:53,950 --> 00:09:55,390 S4: I love those videos. 177 00:09:55,550 --> 00:09:55,950 S3: And she. 178 00:09:55,990 --> 00:09:56,830 S6: Won the picking. 179 00:09:56,830 --> 00:09:58,309 S4: Thing. It's unbelievable. 180 00:09:58,350 --> 00:09:58,709 S7: That's so. 181 00:09:58,710 --> 00:10:00,150 S4: Good. It's unbelievable. 182 00:10:00,350 --> 00:10:03,630 S6: I mean, I was like, go girl, go girl. I mean, 183 00:10:03,630 --> 00:10:06,950 S6: this race is already long done and I'm cheering like 184 00:10:06,950 --> 00:10:11,189 S6: I'm going crazy in my chair. Go go go. And 185 00:10:11,190 --> 00:10:14,469 S6: then boom, she breaks it. And I'm like, yeah, now 186 00:10:14,470 --> 00:10:15,949 S6: I'm going to go up and do some chores for 187 00:10:15,950 --> 00:10:22,590 S6: my wife. I felt so good. So thank you to 188 00:10:22,630 --> 00:10:25,950 S6: those of you even responding this morning. Wow. 189 00:10:27,030 --> 00:10:30,510 S4: I mean, seven gifts given that just this morning in 190 00:10:30,510 --> 00:10:33,750 S4: the overnight hours and into the the 5:00 hour. 191 00:10:33,790 --> 00:10:34,670 S7: What a blessing. 192 00:10:34,790 --> 00:10:37,590 S4: I mean, so encouraged by the number of people who 193 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:40,830 S4: intended to give missed it for whatever reason on our 194 00:10:40,830 --> 00:10:45,780 S4: are still giving faithful gifts last night. This morning? Thank you. 195 00:10:46,020 --> 00:10:48,660 S6: Yeah. From the bottom of our heart. Thank you. We 196 00:10:48,660 --> 00:10:52,220 S6: love you. So if that's you. One word. Share to 197 00:10:52,260 --> 00:10:59,700 S6: 800 555, 78, 98. One word share to 805 five, five, 78, 98. 198 00:10:59,740 --> 00:11:01,380 S6: We won't be able to shout out your name or 199 00:11:01,380 --> 00:11:05,380 S6: anything like that, but you know what? God sees and 200 00:11:05,380 --> 00:11:08,780 S6: he's grateful. And you know what? It's it's such a 201 00:11:08,780 --> 00:11:12,739 S6: joy to partner with God in the gospel. Holy smokes. 202 00:11:12,740 --> 00:11:14,860 S6: I want to get up and do some victory runs. 203 00:11:16,059 --> 00:11:19,420 S6: That's just a sweet thing. Well, we're talking get it 204 00:11:19,420 --> 00:11:21,820 S6: together all week long. So I got a crazy one 205 00:11:21,820 --> 00:11:24,500 S6: for you. I want to shift gears radically here. I 206 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:27,780 S6: want your best life hack for organization. We're going to 207 00:11:27,780 --> 00:11:28,780 S6: open up phone lines. 208 00:11:28,820 --> 00:11:33,220 S4: Like actual organization of your space. Physical organization. Okay. Yeah. 209 00:11:33,260 --> 00:11:33,700 S7: Okay. 210 00:11:33,900 --> 00:11:35,780 S6: Yeah. I don't I don't want to die. I don't 211 00:11:35,780 --> 00:11:38,820 S6: want to dive into organizing minds this morning. That's too deep. 212 00:11:38,900 --> 00:11:39,420 S4: I mean. 213 00:11:39,820 --> 00:11:40,900 S6: That's, I don't want to get their. 214 00:11:41,140 --> 00:11:44,730 S4: Organize calendars, you can organize your day, but you're talking about. 215 00:11:44,770 --> 00:11:46,010 S6: Yeah, I'm talking about space. 216 00:11:46,050 --> 00:11:46,609 S4: Okay. 217 00:11:46,650 --> 00:11:47,290 S7: Office home. 218 00:11:47,530 --> 00:11:49,410 S6: And I'm going to prime the pump. So I want 219 00:11:49,450 --> 00:11:55,689 S6: to give you a phenomenal seasonal garage organizing hack. Are 220 00:11:55,690 --> 00:11:56,650 S6: you ready? Ali. 221 00:11:56,690 --> 00:11:57,530 S4: I'm ready. 222 00:11:57,570 --> 00:11:59,010 S6: Okay. I'm going to give it to you right now. Okay. 223 00:11:59,210 --> 00:12:01,689 S6: You got a call in, guys, with your organizational hack 224 00:12:01,690 --> 00:12:08,090 S6: 800 555 7898. So I'm into organization, I love it, 225 00:12:08,130 --> 00:12:12,090 S6: I love organization. So we've got these bins numbered one 226 00:12:12,130 --> 00:12:15,650 S6: through seven. There are these big old grey Tupperware tubie things, 227 00:12:15,690 --> 00:12:20,410 S6: but they're big for Christmas. And I'm like, yeah, you know, 228 00:12:20,450 --> 00:12:23,809 S6: I just use those once a year, pull them out, 229 00:12:25,050 --> 00:12:27,970 S6: take them down, put them back up. That's it. Two 230 00:12:27,970 --> 00:12:30,969 S6: movements a year. That's all they do. That's it. So 231 00:12:30,970 --> 00:12:33,250 S6: I'm like, I gotta get that. Gotta get that out 232 00:12:33,290 --> 00:12:35,690 S6: of the way because I like floors cleared. You know, 233 00:12:35,730 --> 00:12:38,010 S6: you don't want to stack those suckers in a corner 234 00:12:39,010 --> 00:12:43,000 S6: I measured down from the ceiling in my garage, the 235 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:49,040 S6: exact height of those tubs, plus a half inch, and 236 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:54,320 S6: I put brackets up and some shelving. And oh boy, 237 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,319 S6: was that satisfying. So when I drive into my garage. 238 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,640 S6: Bing bing bing bing bing bing bing bing bing. All 239 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,520 S6: seven of those are up there high up in the 240 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:06,920 S6: top and they're out of the way. They're organized. And 241 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,679 S6: when Christmas comes, I have great joy to climb a 242 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:13,200 S6: little ladder and go, yep, I got him, I got him. 243 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,400 S6: But it's some I know it sounds small, but it's 244 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,720 S6: a big deal because stuff gets in our way and 245 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,200 S6: we talk. Look, we know there's stuff you got to 246 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,920 S6: get rid of, but the stuff that you got to 247 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,240 S6: keep an organization around the home. That's a life hack 248 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,080 S6: I'm looking for. We've already got calls coming in here. 249 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:38,040 S6: This is awesome. 800 555, 7898, 800 555 7898 and 250 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:40,020 S6: I know Ali is loaded with these things. 251 00:13:40,059 --> 00:13:42,459 S4: I've got a couple. I would say loaded. 252 00:13:43,140 --> 00:13:49,860 S6: She's loaded. Guys, I'm telling you, she's holding back on us. 805. Five. Five, 78. 98. 253 00:13:50,820 --> 00:13:53,339 S1: The gospel changes everything. 254 00:13:53,540 --> 00:13:56,740 S4: Where else am I gonna find peace? Joy? Eternal life 255 00:13:56,740 --> 00:13:59,819 S4: not found in anyone else. 256 00:13:59,860 --> 00:14:01,740 S1: You're listening to Carl and crew. 257 00:14:02,460 --> 00:14:05,179 S6: Asking you something crazy. We're having a little wing nut 258 00:14:05,179 --> 00:14:09,540 S6: segment here just because Ali insists on it. Actually, it 259 00:14:09,540 --> 00:14:10,300 S6: was my idea. 260 00:14:10,340 --> 00:14:10,620 S4: Wait a. 261 00:14:10,620 --> 00:14:11,700 S6: Second. Yeah. Hold on. 262 00:14:11,740 --> 00:14:13,420 S7: She came in, man. It was. 263 00:14:13,460 --> 00:14:16,459 S6: She's like, man, when Ali has an idea, I just 264 00:14:16,460 --> 00:14:19,980 S6: salute her and keep moving. So here's the deal. I 265 00:14:20,020 --> 00:14:22,300 S6: got a crazy idea, and that is. What are those 266 00:14:22,300 --> 00:14:24,940 S6: crazy life hacks? Our whole week is get it together. 267 00:14:24,940 --> 00:14:28,540 S6: And we're having a lot of discussion around getting it together. 268 00:14:28,660 --> 00:14:32,420 S6: When you think about organizing space, what are those life 269 00:14:32,420 --> 00:14:35,460 S6: hacks you got to call us? Burn. These phone lines 270 00:14:35,460 --> 00:14:40,090 S6: should be jammed. You've got some of your organizational nut cases. 271 00:14:40,090 --> 00:14:42,930 S6: You need to go to organizational rehab. You got the 272 00:14:42,930 --> 00:14:50,810 S6: disease so bad 800 555, 78, 98, 805 five, five, 78, 98. 273 00:14:50,850 --> 00:14:53,690 S6: Before you go to rehab, call us with your tip here. 274 00:14:53,850 --> 00:15:00,410 S6: What's an organizational hack? 800 555 7898 James first time caller, 275 00:15:00,410 --> 00:15:02,930 S6: Dade City, Florida. What's your life hack, man? 276 00:15:04,290 --> 00:15:06,290 S9: Good morning, boom crew, can you hear me all right. 277 00:15:06,290 --> 00:15:08,250 S6: Oh, yeah. We got you loud and clear all the 278 00:15:08,250 --> 00:15:09,890 S6: way from Florida. How are you, man? 279 00:15:10,770 --> 00:15:12,970 S9: Oh, not too bad. God bless you guys. I just 280 00:15:12,970 --> 00:15:16,290 S9: wanted to share, uh, for you guys and everybody listening, 281 00:15:16,290 --> 00:15:19,890 S9: if you need real help organizing your space, if you 282 00:15:19,890 --> 00:15:22,890 S9: don't know where the local landfill is at, you're already 283 00:15:22,890 --> 00:15:23,850 S9: behind the curve. 284 00:15:24,330 --> 00:15:24,970 S3: Same way. 285 00:15:25,450 --> 00:15:28,250 S9: The same, the same way that God looks in your 286 00:15:28,250 --> 00:15:31,130 S9: life to root out the secular crud that he expects 287 00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:33,170 S9: you to get rid of. You need to be doing 288 00:15:33,170 --> 00:15:35,680 S9: that around the house if you have to start moving 289 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,560 S9: things out of your way to get the things that 290 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:39,880 S9: you need, those things are moving out of the way. 291 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,440 S9: You need to be moving to the bed of your 292 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,440 S9: truck and sending it off, because that stuff will gather 293 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,840 S9: up and before you know it, you're going to look 294 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,280 S9: like the folks you see on TV that have stuff 295 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:50,479 S9: stacked to the ceiling. 296 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:57,280 S6: Yeah. Jamie. That's hilarious dude. Your first call to us 297 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:59,880 S6: is about finding the landfill. 298 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:02,560 S4: Dude, that's a little bit of a shocker. 299 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,080 S9: The same way that God looks in your life and 300 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:07,680 S9: every once in a while and he says, hey, you 301 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:09,600 S9: better get rid of that. And he does it to 302 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:11,760 S9: me and I'm struggling with it now. But I'll tell 303 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,840 S9: you what, the same way he does it to you, 304 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,520 S9: you need to do to your space with your family. Hey, 305 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,080 S9: we don't need that. Pack it up. Hey, we don't 306 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,560 S9: use that. Pack it up. And if it's worth something, 307 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,360 S9: give it to somebody who can use it. Because if 308 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,360 S9: it's just sitting there collecting dust, it's in the way. 309 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,520 S9: It doesn't need to be there. Get it out. 310 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,720 S6: Oh, Jamie, I'm going to give you a boom, brother. 311 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,790 S6: You're in the boom crew. Find the nearest. Find the 312 00:16:35,790 --> 00:16:40,110 S6: nearest landfill, says Jamie, first time caller from Dade City, Florida. 313 00:16:40,110 --> 00:16:42,950 S6: That's hilarious. His first call here is find a. Find 314 00:16:42,950 --> 00:16:46,430 S6: a landfill. Landfill are hilarious. All right, we're going to 315 00:16:46,430 --> 00:16:52,790 S6: go lightning round. Somebody jump in here. Behind him right now! 805. Five. Five, 78. 98. Maybe. 316 00:16:52,830 --> 00:16:56,790 S6: Maybe your hack for organization is there is actually stuff 317 00:16:56,790 --> 00:17:00,870 S6: that's usable around your home and you want to organize it. 318 00:17:03,030 --> 00:17:05,109 S6: Find a landfill. That's his first call. I don't know 319 00:17:05,109 --> 00:17:05,629 S6: why that is. 320 00:17:06,030 --> 00:17:07,790 S4: There's something there's some truth to that. 321 00:17:07,830 --> 00:17:09,430 S6: Oh, there's a whole lot of truth to it. I 322 00:17:09,430 --> 00:17:14,189 S6: don't know where my landfill is. I don't know, but 323 00:17:14,190 --> 00:17:16,470 S6: but I but I, I've got a big old green 324 00:17:16,470 --> 00:17:17,230 S6: monster that's. 325 00:17:18,109 --> 00:17:20,310 S4: A funny like Chicago hack. And I don't know if 326 00:17:20,310 --> 00:17:23,910 S4: this is like true other places, but there are I 327 00:17:24,070 --> 00:17:26,510 S4: have routinely because I have, uh, I live in a 328 00:17:26,510 --> 00:17:29,350 S4: single family home with a detached garage. So the, the 329 00:17:29,350 --> 00:17:32,209 S4: trash pickup is in the alley. So all of the. 330 00:17:32,369 --> 00:17:36,690 S4: So almost without fail, anything that I put in the alley, 331 00:17:37,090 --> 00:17:40,330 S4: it either gets picked up by scrappers, people who come 332 00:17:40,330 --> 00:17:44,690 S4: along and just collect old things to sell them. People 333 00:17:44,690 --> 00:17:48,530 S4: who dumpster dive. So I can literally put out anything 334 00:17:48,530 --> 00:17:50,570 S4: and just sit it next to my trash can in 335 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:55,250 S4: the alley. And usually within 12 hours it's gone. So 336 00:17:55,250 --> 00:17:57,650 S4: that's kind of that's not really a life hack because 337 00:17:57,650 --> 00:17:59,609 S4: I don't know if that's going to work where you live. 338 00:17:59,650 --> 00:18:01,729 S3: Yeah. But you know, for city. 339 00:18:01,770 --> 00:18:02,490 S6: Dwellers, it is. 340 00:18:02,530 --> 00:18:04,810 S4: For if you're a city dweller, put it in the 341 00:18:04,810 --> 00:18:07,730 S4: alley and it gets taken care of somehow. 342 00:18:07,770 --> 00:18:10,210 S6: Now, Ali does drive by her neighbor's homes and sees 343 00:18:10,210 --> 00:18:14,010 S6: those things hanging off the big C's, the blue tarp 344 00:18:14,010 --> 00:18:15,730 S6: hanging out over the shed. 345 00:18:16,130 --> 00:18:18,210 S4: But it's kind of like, understood. If it makes it 346 00:18:18,210 --> 00:18:20,650 S4: to the alley, it's fair game. You want to go 347 00:18:20,650 --> 00:18:22,770 S4: and you want to go and dumpster dive and find 348 00:18:22,810 --> 00:18:25,169 S4: something that's new to you. Take it. 349 00:18:25,170 --> 00:18:27,129 S6: All right. Call in with your life hack. We got 350 00:18:27,130 --> 00:18:31,879 S6: to get you in here fast, though. 805 555 7898 351 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,560 S6: 800 555 7898. 352 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:38,359 S1: This is Curl and Crew on Moody Radio. 353 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,439 S6: So hilarious. We got a theme to the landfill. I 354 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:45,200 S6: put my stuff that's usable. This is usually combined with 355 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,240 S6: our caller from Florida. I put my stuff that's usable 356 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,399 S6: to the end of the yard by the road. Within 357 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,680 S6: 24 hours, someone's come along and got it. Yeah. 358 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,600 S4: I mean, some people really love to collect things and 359 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,160 S4: repurpose them. And I mean, I think that's a great 360 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,199 S4: skill if you have it, if you can see a 361 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,360 S4: busted up chair and have a vision for how you 362 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,280 S4: can make it into something beautiful. Yeah. Love it. 363 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,879 S6: Yeah. It's great. It is great. Oh boy. This is hilarious, guys. 364 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,920 S6: Hang on. We got people freaking out over where our 365 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,520 S6: allies jokes. They're coming, they're coming. 366 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,720 S4: It's been a little bit of a dry, dry. 367 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:28,120 S6: Literally someone said this. I'm having Ali joke withdrawals. Part 368 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,790 S6: of our sheer gift was to support Ali's jokes. 369 00:19:31,830 --> 00:19:32,510 S3: No kidding. 370 00:19:32,510 --> 00:19:33,070 S6: That's what they. 371 00:19:33,070 --> 00:19:38,830 S3: Said. Oh, that's so great. Okay. Oh, boy. Okay. 372 00:19:38,830 --> 00:19:41,310 S6: That's crazy right there. 373 00:19:41,550 --> 00:19:41,950 S3: That's a. 374 00:19:41,950 --> 00:19:47,390 S6: Crazy fan. I promise we're getting there. It will. It 375 00:19:47,390 --> 00:19:48,990 S6: will happen, right, Ali? 376 00:19:49,030 --> 00:19:49,470 S4: It will. 377 00:19:49,510 --> 00:19:50,830 S3: I will not disappoint. 378 00:19:50,869 --> 00:19:51,950 S4: Right? Locked and loaded. 379 00:19:51,950 --> 00:19:56,390 S6: Because. No joking. We've gotten at least 15 texts in 380 00:19:56,390 --> 00:19:57,630 S6: the last little while. 381 00:19:57,750 --> 00:19:58,550 S4: They're coming. 382 00:19:58,590 --> 00:19:59,389 S6: They're coming. 383 00:20:00,470 --> 00:20:03,550 S1: This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 384 00:20:03,830 --> 00:20:07,030 S6: It's Carl and Crew. And guess what, guys? We. Yeah, 385 00:20:07,030 --> 00:20:10,070 S6: we had a little glitch, a Rooney in here. We've 386 00:20:10,070 --> 00:20:13,310 S6: got these high tech systems that sometimes blow up in 387 00:20:13,310 --> 00:20:17,830 S6: our face. But it is time right now. Right now. 388 00:20:18,190 --> 00:20:21,710 S1: Making herself laugh no matter who joins her. It's time 389 00:20:21,710 --> 00:20:23,790 S1: for Ali thinks it's funny. 390 00:20:25,430 --> 00:20:29,020 S4: It's been a minute, So I hope you're ready for 391 00:20:29,020 --> 00:20:31,139 S4: a couple a couple of new jokes. 392 00:20:31,140 --> 00:20:32,140 S3: We're ready. 393 00:20:32,180 --> 00:20:33,660 S6: The fans are ready. 394 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:36,780 S4: I don't know how closely you follow the news. A 395 00:20:36,780 --> 00:20:38,699 S4: lot going on in the news, so it's easy to 396 00:20:38,740 --> 00:20:42,660 S4: miss certain stories. Did you hear about the cheese factory 397 00:20:42,660 --> 00:20:48,300 S4: that exploded in France? No injuries. Thankfully it was. It 398 00:20:48,300 --> 00:20:52,660 S4: happened during the overnight hours. Nobody was injured. The building, 399 00:20:52,700 --> 00:20:55,940 S4: though there was nothing left but debris. 400 00:20:59,660 --> 00:21:08,139 S3: Okay. It's outstanding. That's outstanding. Oh that's outstanding. Okay. 401 00:21:08,180 --> 00:21:11,500 S4: Next up, um, back to the farm because, you know, 402 00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:15,820 S4: that's the place where all good jokes originate. Chickens are 403 00:21:16,180 --> 00:21:18,859 S4: pretty simple creatures. I don't know if you've ever owned 404 00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:19,700 S4: a chicken. 405 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:21,540 S6: I have never owned a chicken. 406 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:23,540 S4: I'm actually kind of surprised by that. I feel like 407 00:21:23,580 --> 00:21:24,140 S4: you've I. 408 00:21:24,140 --> 00:21:24,699 S7: Know, right. 409 00:21:24,740 --> 00:21:25,720 S4: A little bit of everything. 410 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,800 S6: I have, but I've never owned a chicken. 411 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:32,879 S4: They're pretty simple, easy to please. They don't want for much, 412 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:37,200 S4: but chickens only make one sound. If you realize that 413 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:42,359 S4: they really are not very creative with their vocalizations, they 414 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:46,040 S4: only make one sound. It really comes down to this. 415 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:49,400 S4: They don't know how to think outside of the box. 416 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:51,639 S6: Oh. 417 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:52,920 S7: Wow. 418 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,960 S6: Okay, that one's really got you going. If you want 419 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,879 S6: Ali's jokes, let me tell you where to get them 420 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,680 S6: while she's laughing at her own material. 421 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:08,840 S4: Here. That's. That's. I always laugh at my own material. 422 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:10,720 S6: And it's great, and I love it. And that one 423 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:18,560 S6: was especially good. Sex jokes to 800 555 7898. Text 424 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:27,149 S6: jokes to 800 555 98. Oh my goodness. Enjoy guys. 425 00:22:27,350 --> 00:22:28,990 S6: Coming up here. In a moment. I had a chance 426 00:22:28,990 --> 00:22:35,109 S6: to sit down with a doctor, turned, turned into a 427 00:22:35,109 --> 00:22:40,590 S6: guy who says God has given you so much as 428 00:22:40,590 --> 00:22:43,910 S6: you are. Don't always look over your shoulder or for 429 00:22:43,950 --> 00:22:47,669 S6: that next thing and utilize what God has given you. 430 00:22:48,150 --> 00:22:51,070 S1: Celebrating the unstoppable gospel. 431 00:22:51,230 --> 00:22:53,630 S2: It's not that I've got to fill in these check boxes, 432 00:22:53,630 --> 00:22:55,550 S2: so he's okay with me, but it's that I get 433 00:22:55,550 --> 00:22:58,510 S2: to stand close to him so that I can experience 434 00:22:58,510 --> 00:23:00,230 S2: the life that he has for me. 435 00:23:00,510 --> 00:23:02,390 S1: You're listening to Carl and Crew. 436 00:23:02,630 --> 00:23:05,510 S6: You know, I read this and I thought, boy, that's 437 00:23:05,510 --> 00:23:09,429 S6: good news. God holds us accountable for what we have, 438 00:23:09,470 --> 00:23:12,750 S6: not for what we don't have. We have time. We 439 00:23:12,750 --> 00:23:17,350 S6: have talents, we have spiritual gifts, and there's encouragement to 440 00:23:17,390 --> 00:23:21,510 S6: use that wisely and strategically. The question is, how do 441 00:23:21,510 --> 00:23:23,980 S6: we do it? I think oftentimes we look around going, man, 442 00:23:23,980 --> 00:23:26,060 S6: I don't have this. I don't have that. But what 443 00:23:26,060 --> 00:23:32,980 S6: if we've got bags of gold? Five specifically, Doctor Nicholas 444 00:23:32,980 --> 00:23:36,060 S6: Comnenus is with me right now. He is president and 445 00:23:36,060 --> 00:23:41,220 S6: professor of Inmed. It's an institute for Internal Medicine. Wow. 446 00:23:41,260 --> 00:23:44,060 S6: What in the world. Let's go. First off, how did 447 00:23:44,060 --> 00:23:46,540 S6: you get into medicine? And then how did you make 448 00:23:46,540 --> 00:23:49,540 S6: this shift into five bags of gold? I got to 449 00:23:49,540 --> 00:23:50,660 S6: hear the story, Doc. 450 00:23:50,940 --> 00:23:55,219 S10: I really love biographies. And as a new follower of Jesus, 451 00:23:55,220 --> 00:23:58,619 S10: I read the biography of Tom Dooley. He was the 452 00:23:58,820 --> 00:24:02,620 S10: US Navy physician doing refugee care at the outset of 453 00:24:02,619 --> 00:24:06,740 S10: the Vietnam War, and people were cold and hungry and 454 00:24:06,740 --> 00:24:10,060 S10: sick and couldn't find their kids, and Dooley was providing 455 00:24:10,060 --> 00:24:12,700 S10: care for them in the name of Christ. And I thought, 456 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:15,540 S10: that is so amazing. That's what I want to do. 457 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:19,340 S6: That's so cool. Nicholas, give me this, man. When were 458 00:24:19,340 --> 00:24:20,180 S6: you born again? 459 00:24:20,570 --> 00:24:23,850 S10: I came to Christ through a ministry in Kansas City 460 00:24:23,850 --> 00:24:29,170 S10: in around 1973 called youth for Christ. 461 00:24:29,210 --> 00:24:33,650 S6: Right on. Yes. Powerful ministry. So were you raised in 462 00:24:33,650 --> 00:24:36,570 S6: a Christian home, or was that your first exposure to 463 00:24:36,609 --> 00:24:39,050 S6: the good news that led you to repentance? 464 00:24:39,410 --> 00:24:44,370 S10: I was raised in a very traditional Christian system where 465 00:24:44,369 --> 00:24:48,250 S10: there wasn't a whole lot of life. And I, at school, I, 466 00:24:48,290 --> 00:24:50,570 S10: I had classmates who carried their Bibles and they were 467 00:24:50,570 --> 00:24:53,929 S10: excited about Jesus. And, and I thought, whoa, what is this? 468 00:24:54,410 --> 00:24:57,530 S10: And that's really what introduced me to the life giving 469 00:24:57,890 --> 00:24:59,730 S10: approach to faith in Christ. 470 00:24:59,770 --> 00:25:02,930 S6: That's beautiful. I want to get into all that you've 471 00:25:02,930 --> 00:25:05,370 S6: done here in this great writing, but I want to 472 00:25:05,650 --> 00:25:09,129 S6: I want to ask you some crazy questions. You're in 473 00:25:09,290 --> 00:25:13,210 S6: internal medicine. Do you see the hand of God in this? 474 00:25:13,250 --> 00:25:15,930 S6: My goodness, my friend, I love to talk to you 475 00:25:15,930 --> 00:25:19,470 S6: brainiacs and go, give me your perspective. What do you see? 476 00:25:19,510 --> 00:25:22,990 S10: Well, I see the hand of God two ways. Especially 477 00:25:22,990 --> 00:25:27,230 S10: one is simply in creation. The marvel of the human body, 478 00:25:27,230 --> 00:25:31,070 S10: the marvel of our internal chemistry and genetics and how 479 00:25:31,070 --> 00:25:34,790 S10: it all works together. And then I also see it 480 00:25:34,790 --> 00:25:39,070 S10: in people who are doubtful and suffering. And how in 481 00:25:39,109 --> 00:25:43,350 S10: those moments of need, offering to pray with someone can 482 00:25:43,350 --> 00:25:45,470 S10: be so powerful and life giving. 483 00:25:45,630 --> 00:25:49,070 S6: Yeah, you aren't kidding. The power of prayer and a 484 00:25:49,070 --> 00:25:51,750 S6: hand on a shoulder while you pray. Uh. Do you 485 00:25:51,790 --> 00:25:54,670 S6: get patients that ask you to pray for them? 486 00:25:55,109 --> 00:25:58,590 S10: Well, not that so much as when I see someone 487 00:25:58,590 --> 00:26:01,190 S10: who's really suffering and I say, can I pray with 488 00:26:01,190 --> 00:26:01,990 S10: you right now? 489 00:26:02,030 --> 00:26:02,670 S6: You do that. 490 00:26:02,710 --> 00:26:07,070 S10: And they always say, yes. I'm sure somebody has been offended, 491 00:26:07,070 --> 00:26:09,470 S10: but they've never said it to me. They always want 492 00:26:09,510 --> 00:26:12,510 S10: to be prayed for. They realize that life is short, 493 00:26:12,510 --> 00:26:16,630 S10: life is vulnerable and the power of God. They want 494 00:26:16,630 --> 00:26:17,859 S10: that in their lives. 495 00:26:18,140 --> 00:26:21,740 S6: Yeah, I love this. Yeah, I've been saying it here. 496 00:26:21,740 --> 00:26:25,340 S6: For how long? Super Dai, have we been saying it 497 00:26:25,340 --> 00:26:28,820 S6: here that every. I mean, I have never been turned 498 00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:31,340 S6: down one time when I've offered to pray for someone. 499 00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:32,540 S7: You have emphasized that. 500 00:26:32,780 --> 00:26:36,340 S6: Never, never. And I'm talking at dry cleaners. Check out 501 00:26:36,340 --> 00:26:40,300 S6: clerks and I don't put them in a weird spot. Uh, because, 502 00:26:40,340 --> 00:26:42,060 S6: you know, I don't wait. If there's a line there 503 00:26:42,060 --> 00:26:44,060 S6: and get weird about it. But if you offer up 504 00:26:44,060 --> 00:26:47,060 S6: prayer to people that are visibly hurting. I've never been 505 00:26:47,060 --> 00:26:51,660 S6: turned down, I love that. Okay. Um, I am so intrigued. 506 00:26:51,660 --> 00:26:55,820 S6: How do you go from internal medicine to writing a 507 00:26:55,859 --> 00:27:00,060 S6: modern day parable on how to use your wealth and 508 00:27:00,060 --> 00:27:04,420 S6: responsibility and internal investment, and really taking what God's given 509 00:27:04,420 --> 00:27:07,139 S6: you with time, treasure, and talents and leveraging it to 510 00:27:07,180 --> 00:27:09,180 S6: kingdom stuff. How do you how do you go from 511 00:27:09,180 --> 00:27:10,260 S6: medicine to that? 512 00:27:10,460 --> 00:27:13,460 S10: I think that all of us, regardless of our career 513 00:27:13,460 --> 00:27:16,770 S10: or background, are going to be faced with a day 514 00:27:16,770 --> 00:27:19,130 S10: when we give an account to Christ about what we 515 00:27:19,130 --> 00:27:23,170 S10: have done with the treasure we possess. And that day 516 00:27:23,210 --> 00:27:26,489 S10: described in Matthew 25, is what we need to be 517 00:27:26,490 --> 00:27:29,570 S10: thinking about as we as we plan our lives, organizing 518 00:27:29,570 --> 00:27:32,050 S10: our lives. And all of us have got some treasure. 519 00:27:32,410 --> 00:27:36,570 S10: We all have got some skill, some time, some talents 520 00:27:36,570 --> 00:27:40,130 S10: that we can invest on, the part of the work 521 00:27:40,130 --> 00:27:42,730 S10: of our churches and reaching people in need. 522 00:27:43,330 --> 00:27:45,369 S6: I want to use the word demonic, but I don't 523 00:27:45,369 --> 00:27:47,369 S6: throw that around. I really mean it. I mean it 524 00:27:47,369 --> 00:27:52,850 S6: from a standpoint of temptation and deception. How demonic is 525 00:27:52,850 --> 00:27:56,810 S6: it that we have a tendency to think, if I 526 00:27:56,810 --> 00:28:00,010 S6: just had that, I would have something to give? 527 00:28:00,490 --> 00:28:03,010 S10: Yeah. That's right. Yeah. It's always a little bit more 528 00:28:03,010 --> 00:28:05,570 S10: give me a little bit more. And trying to move 529 00:28:05,570 --> 00:28:07,810 S10: beyond that and saying, okay, I need a plan for 530 00:28:07,810 --> 00:28:11,290 S10: the future. I have hopes and aspirations, but right now, 531 00:28:11,530 --> 00:28:14,640 S10: what do I have? Do I have a day, a week. 532 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,280 S10: Do I have an evening a week? Do I have 533 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:20,919 S10: a little bit of discretionary time where I can help 534 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,720 S10: someone who is in need, a child who has trouble reading, 535 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,640 S10: a non-English speaker who needs a little bit of tutoring, 536 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:31,320 S10: someone who needs to learn a skill that I already have, 537 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,000 S10: that I can share with them. And as we do that, 538 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:38,480 S10: especially in union with other followers of Jesus, it's a light. 539 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:42,400 S10: People want to know the source of our motive as 540 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:46,040 S10: we are addressing the the felt needs of people around us. 541 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,760 S10: It also gives us opportunity to speak about what motivates 542 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,000 S10: us about Christ. 543 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:55,720 S6: Beautiful doctor Nina Ellis is with me right now and 544 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,080 S6: coming up here in a moment. I want us to 545 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:03,920 S6: uncork this modern parable about five bags of gold, a 546 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:08,960 S6: modern parable of wealth, responsibility and eternal investment. Hang on. 547 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,780 S1: Walking closer to Jesus every day. You're listening to Carl 548 00:29:13,780 --> 00:29:14,380 S1: and crew. 549 00:29:15,140 --> 00:29:19,340 S6: With me right now, Doctor Nicholas Comninos, and he is 550 00:29:19,540 --> 00:29:22,380 S6: an author of a brand new work, Five Bags of Gold, 551 00:29:22,380 --> 00:29:26,500 S6: A Modern Parable of wealth, responsibility, and Eternal investment. I 552 00:29:26,540 --> 00:29:29,740 S6: don't want to get into the details of this yet. 553 00:29:29,980 --> 00:29:32,340 S6: I want to get to why in the world would 554 00:29:32,340 --> 00:29:36,940 S6: you write something like this when you're a doctor in 555 00:29:36,940 --> 00:29:39,820 S6: internal medicine? What drives you here? 556 00:29:40,660 --> 00:29:43,340 S10: I want all of us to be prepared for. For 557 00:29:43,340 --> 00:29:45,660 S10: the day when we give an account of our lives 558 00:29:45,660 --> 00:29:49,140 S10: to Christ. And the parable of the bags of gold 559 00:29:49,140 --> 00:29:52,460 S10: is an illustration of this event, this coming. 560 00:29:53,340 --> 00:29:56,740 S6: What do the five bags of gold represent in the parable? 561 00:29:57,780 --> 00:30:02,500 S10: Our talents and I refer to these as our our possessions, 562 00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:10,260 S10: our position of influence, our relationships with people, our projects, undertakings, 563 00:30:10,260 --> 00:30:15,170 S10: even our pleasures. The five P's position, possession, projects, pleasure, people, 564 00:30:15,370 --> 00:30:19,450 S10: all of these kind of treasures that we possess can 565 00:30:19,450 --> 00:30:23,330 S10: be used to honor Christ, can be used to address 566 00:30:23,330 --> 00:30:26,890 S10: the needs of people around us. And in that way 567 00:30:27,090 --> 00:30:30,890 S10: we fulfill the model of the bags of gold that 568 00:30:30,930 --> 00:30:33,570 S10: what God has given us, we are going to use 569 00:30:33,570 --> 00:30:34,810 S10: and multiply. 570 00:30:35,210 --> 00:30:37,810 S6: One of the things that you focus on is setting 571 00:30:37,810 --> 00:30:40,930 S6: priorities in our lives that honor God and open us 572 00:30:40,930 --> 00:30:45,250 S6: up for his blessings. When we get focused on what 573 00:30:45,250 --> 00:30:48,090 S6: we do have, not what we don't have, and we 574 00:30:48,090 --> 00:30:51,570 S6: begin to see, boy, that skill that I have of 575 00:30:51,570 --> 00:30:53,810 S6: I'm just going to shoot from the hip here, uh, 576 00:30:53,810 --> 00:30:58,490 S6: sweating together. Copper. I'm a plumber. Um, somebody else might 577 00:30:58,490 --> 00:31:01,530 S6: need that. And I can use my skill set as 578 00:31:01,530 --> 00:31:04,850 S6: a witness for Christ. How do we make that shift 579 00:31:04,850 --> 00:31:08,770 S6: from thinking, boy, I don't have what I need to know. 580 00:31:08,810 --> 00:31:11,200 S6: I do have some things to share here. 581 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,280 S10: Yeah. And it makes me think of the example in 582 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,880 S10: scripture where Jesus and the disciples are watching the people 583 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,520 S10: put gifts into the treasury, and the wealthy people put 584 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,680 S10: in a lot of money. And the widow comes and 585 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,120 S10: she puts in a couple of copper coins. And Jesus says, 586 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:30,080 S10: that's more than the wealthy people gave. Similarly, if we 587 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,200 S10: can teach someone how to do plumbing, give them a 588 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,040 S10: skill so they can earn some money, use that skill 589 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,719 S10: in order to benefit a ministry, a housing ministry, a 590 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:44,480 S10: church congregation. You know, we are investing what appears to 591 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,480 S10: be small in the eyes of the world, but is 592 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,920 S10: magnificent in value in the eyes of Christ. 593 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,400 S6: Give me a story from your life about how this 594 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,960 S6: is practically working its way out right now. 595 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:01,600 S10: I cared for a man in Angola. A farmer who 596 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,840 S10: stepped on a land mine, blew off his foot, and 597 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,670 S10: he was left for dead. Somebody found him, brought him 598 00:32:08,670 --> 00:32:11,630 S10: into our to our little church hospital, and I was 599 00:32:11,630 --> 00:32:15,630 S10: sure he would never survive from his wound. He was unconscious. 600 00:32:15,630 --> 00:32:18,710 S10: He had no blood pressure. And yet the next day 601 00:32:18,750 --> 00:32:21,910 S10: I came back after operating on him and he was 602 00:32:21,910 --> 00:32:24,630 S10: sitting up looking around the room and he said, what 603 00:32:24,630 --> 00:32:26,670 S10: are you doing here? We got a war going on. 604 00:32:27,310 --> 00:32:29,390 S10: And then he turns around and he looks at all 605 00:32:29,430 --> 00:32:32,510 S10: the all the Angolan African nurses around him. And he says, 606 00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:35,790 S10: you know, the reason I'm alive is because these people 607 00:32:35,830 --> 00:32:40,910 S10: treasured me. And similarly, as we treasure people in any 608 00:32:40,910 --> 00:32:44,750 S10: number of ways, it's a powerful witness for Christ. It 609 00:32:44,750 --> 00:32:47,430 S10: is what Jesus expects us to be doing right now 610 00:32:47,430 --> 00:32:48,630 S10: with our resources. 611 00:32:48,990 --> 00:32:51,150 S6: Yeah, I love that. You know, one of the things 612 00:32:51,150 --> 00:32:53,350 S6: we want to do here constantly, boom crew, is give 613 00:32:53,350 --> 00:32:56,710 S6: you guys a big, holy, audacious vision of what God 614 00:32:56,710 --> 00:32:58,550 S6: can do with the life and the life that you 615 00:32:58,590 --> 00:33:02,710 S6: now have. What is the most overlooked of these P's 616 00:33:02,710 --> 00:33:03,910 S6: that you write about? 617 00:33:04,510 --> 00:33:09,170 S10: I think that usually people focus on their possessions, but 618 00:33:09,170 --> 00:33:13,570 S10: rather let's turn around and look at our at our position. 619 00:33:13,610 --> 00:33:17,050 S10: You know, all of us have got certain responsibilities. We 620 00:33:17,090 --> 00:33:20,170 S10: have skills. We have people under us, we have people 621 00:33:20,170 --> 00:33:24,810 S10: over us. And that is a perfect opportunity to demonstrate 622 00:33:24,810 --> 00:33:27,930 S10: the character of Christ. We do our work well. We 623 00:33:27,930 --> 00:33:31,850 S10: respond compassionately, and people begin to trust us. And so 624 00:33:31,850 --> 00:33:35,130 S10: when we say, come to my come to Easter, you know, 625 00:33:35,490 --> 00:33:37,730 S10: two weeks from now, you know, well, if we have 626 00:33:37,730 --> 00:33:40,490 S10: a relationship with them, they're going to be far more 627 00:33:40,490 --> 00:33:43,610 S10: likely to respond to that because we're using our positions 628 00:33:43,610 --> 00:33:48,810 S10: responsibly and people will respect that and respond to an invitation. 629 00:33:49,090 --> 00:33:52,170 S6: Yeah, I love it. You know, it's interesting. I've got 630 00:33:52,170 --> 00:33:55,570 S6: a dear friend. His name is Scott Powell. He shared 631 00:33:55,570 --> 00:33:58,010 S6: his testimony on both of our church campuses here in 632 00:33:58,010 --> 00:34:02,250 S6: Chicago in the last couple of weeks. Very moving story. 633 00:34:02,250 --> 00:34:05,560 S6: And he was, he was, um, what he would call 634 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,440 S6: just not living out the Christian life. He believes he 635 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,520 S6: was born again, but saved as by fire. He was 636 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:17,880 S6: making money hand over fist, doing really well. But when 637 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:21,080 S6: he came to me, he came to our church. We 638 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:24,319 S6: started giving a little vision by way of how we 639 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:28,560 S6: lived that there could be more. He is now campus 640 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:31,440 S6: director and he feels like his life counts for more 641 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,959 S6: now than ever before in his life. And he says 642 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:38,000 S6: it with tears to the to the person that really 643 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,400 S6: wants their life to count. Give us a final word. 644 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,000 S6: What do you say to them right now? 645 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:47,080 S10: Be part of a community of faith that can help 646 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:50,799 S10: guide you as you talk with people that that know 647 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,600 S10: you well and you say, I want to be more 648 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:57,759 S10: focused in serving Christ with the resources I have. You know, 649 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,359 S10: where do I start? You know, having a community of 650 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,239 S10: people who says, well, you're good at this and you're 651 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:04,590 S10: not so good at that. And why don't you try 652 00:35:04,630 --> 00:35:08,950 S10: this kind of ministry? This kind of of helps. Then 653 00:35:08,989 --> 00:35:12,469 S10: that can really help to guide us in making wise 654 00:35:12,469 --> 00:35:15,029 S10: use of the treasures that we all possess. 655 00:35:15,310 --> 00:35:17,710 S6: I love it. Guys, I want you to get a 656 00:35:17,710 --> 00:35:20,830 S6: link here. I want you to simply text the word 657 00:35:20,830 --> 00:35:26,990 S6: gold to (800) 555-7898. And there's some of you that are 658 00:35:26,989 --> 00:35:30,190 S6: in a season of life when you're shifting gears, and 659 00:35:30,190 --> 00:35:33,350 S6: this might be a huge moment for you as well. 660 00:35:33,710 --> 00:35:40,230 S6: Text the word gold to 800 555 7898. Gold to 661 00:35:40,270 --> 00:35:44,590 S6: 800 555 7898. 662 00:35:45,270 --> 00:35:48,310 S1: Want to hear that again? Just download the Kernel and 663 00:35:48,310 --> 00:35:50,830 S1: Crew podcast wherever you like to stream. 664 00:35:51,070 --> 00:35:54,230 S6: Well, we got a treat for you today. Her name's Sadie. 665 00:35:54,270 --> 00:35:58,190 S6: His name's Christian. Didn't you know for sure that Sadie 666 00:35:58,190 --> 00:36:00,870 S6: would be marrying a Christian? Dude, I just didn't know 667 00:36:00,870 --> 00:36:05,580 S6: that he would be Christian in name. Sadie Robertson Huff 668 00:36:05,580 --> 00:36:08,820 S6: and Christian Huff. Sadie, I got to tell you something. 669 00:36:08,860 --> 00:36:11,180 S6: Having your grandpa on here. Did you call him grandpa? 670 00:36:11,219 --> 00:36:13,500 S6: What was the name you had for your grandpa? 671 00:36:13,660 --> 00:36:16,819 S11: Yeah, we called him Pepa, and it's so special. He 672 00:36:16,820 --> 00:36:18,899 S11: was on your show. And I'll tell you, it is 673 00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:21,940 S11: funny that I married a Christian. But what's even better 674 00:36:22,060 --> 00:36:25,219 S11: is I married a Christian who's from Niceville. I mean, 675 00:36:25,219 --> 00:36:26,300 S11: you can't make this up. 676 00:36:26,700 --> 00:36:28,219 S6: Is that for real? 677 00:36:28,340 --> 00:36:31,900 S12: The funny thing was, I was almost named Hunter instead 678 00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:35,340 S12: of Christian, so either way, uh, it would have technically 679 00:36:35,340 --> 00:36:36,460 S12: worked out, so. 680 00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:39,859 S6: That's beautiful. Uh, it's so good to have you guys here. Uh, 681 00:36:39,900 --> 00:36:42,100 S6: you know, I just go as the Spirit of God leads. 682 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:44,300 S6: So I want to ask you, what's the fresh thing 683 00:36:44,340 --> 00:36:46,819 S6: God's doing in your life? And, Christian, I'm going to 684 00:36:46,820 --> 00:36:47,620 S6: start with you. 685 00:36:48,219 --> 00:36:51,819 S12: The fresh thing for me would be I've been fascinated 686 00:36:51,820 --> 00:36:54,980 S12: by King David lately, um, and so many aspects of 687 00:36:54,980 --> 00:36:58,620 S12: his life. Uh, I watched, uh, House of David and 688 00:36:58,620 --> 00:37:01,200 S12: it just sparked something in me creatively to think about 689 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:05,320 S12: David's life. Just thinking about the tension of him being anointed, 690 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,960 S12: playing the harp for King Saul, the Psalms, him being 691 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,200 S12: a poet, a worshipper, and a warrior. King David, for 692 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:15,640 S12: me has been who I've been binge studying lately. 693 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:20,879 S6: It's beautiful. Christian Huff right there. Sadie Robertson Huff. All right, 694 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,680 S6: I got to pitch it to you. Sadie. What's the 695 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,440 S6: fresh thing God's doing in your life? 696 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:26,759 S11: I love that. Well, it has been really cool to 697 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,640 S11: see Christian, um, studying. David. And one thing that's been 698 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,000 S11: cool for both of us is he's been watching, you know, 699 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:34,720 S11: the House of David series. But then also our kids 700 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:38,319 S11: have been loving the David series for kids, which has 701 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,160 S11: been really sweet. And so it's cool because he's studying 702 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:43,400 S11: this for himself and then also like learning it at 703 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:45,120 S11: a kid level. And I'm kind of doing the same 704 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:48,120 S11: thing because I'm reading the Bible recap in a year 705 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:51,719 S11: right now, but I'm also reading the kid's Bible with 706 00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,760 S11: my kids each night. And so there's been something interesting. 707 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,720 S11: You know, Jesus says like, have childlike faith and that's 708 00:37:57,750 --> 00:38:01,029 S11: key to entering heaven. And so it's really beautiful as 709 00:38:01,070 --> 00:38:03,950 S11: we're learning something on like an adult level to also 710 00:38:03,950 --> 00:38:07,469 S11: learn it at a child level. And there's the revelations 711 00:38:07,469 --> 00:38:09,469 S11: that God gives you in the midst of those two 712 00:38:09,469 --> 00:38:12,670 S11: things has been super, super cool. So leaning into that 713 00:38:12,670 --> 00:38:16,350 S11: childlike faith and studying things in a simple way that 714 00:38:16,350 --> 00:38:19,590 S11: are really profound about the nature of God has been 715 00:38:19,790 --> 00:38:21,390 S11: a beautiful, fresh thing. 716 00:38:21,430 --> 00:38:23,549 S12: So funny too. Our daughters are four and two. Their 717 00:38:23,550 --> 00:38:25,509 S12: birthdays are coming up and they both want to be 718 00:38:25,510 --> 00:38:28,029 S12: David for their birthday party. And they want me to 719 00:38:28,030 --> 00:38:30,110 S12: be Goliath. Uh. Pretty funny. 720 00:38:30,390 --> 00:38:33,670 S6: I love that, you guys. That's tremendous. You know, I 721 00:38:33,670 --> 00:38:35,270 S6: want to talk to you a little bit, and we're 722 00:38:35,270 --> 00:38:38,950 S6: going to get into some of your podcasts and a 723 00:38:38,989 --> 00:38:42,150 S6: new season in dynasty, Duck Dynasty. And we're going to 724 00:38:42,150 --> 00:38:44,629 S6: have a link here, boom crew to all this cool resources. 725 00:38:44,630 --> 00:38:47,149 S6: But you know, we live in a culture today that 726 00:38:47,150 --> 00:38:50,910 S6: is so stinking divided, man. It's breaking my heart. I'm 727 00:38:50,910 --> 00:38:53,950 S6: watching Twitter wars and crazy X wars. I guess I 728 00:38:53,950 --> 00:38:56,500 S6: should call it, you know, and I want to I 729 00:38:56,540 --> 00:38:58,459 S6: want to cheer for you the little bit that I 730 00:38:58,500 --> 00:39:01,620 S6: know about you, too. I want to thank you for 731 00:39:01,620 --> 00:39:05,259 S6: not being angry evangelicals, but for standing up with God's 732 00:39:05,260 --> 00:39:09,739 S6: grace and mercy and love. Sadie, how do you stay 733 00:39:09,739 --> 00:39:12,540 S6: on that high ridge of loving the world around you 734 00:39:12,540 --> 00:39:15,500 S6: when you must be taking shots for the gospel at times? 735 00:39:15,940 --> 00:39:18,899 S11: I think it's really important to keep a pure heart, 736 00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:21,219 S11: you know, from the heart so the mouth shall speak. 737 00:39:21,380 --> 00:39:25,780 S11: That's something that has been a great accountability verse to me. 738 00:39:25,820 --> 00:39:29,580 S11: Something that's really convicting me is like, okay, from my heart, 739 00:39:29,620 --> 00:39:31,900 S11: my mouth will speak and I'm on a lot of 740 00:39:31,900 --> 00:39:34,420 S11: microphones and I need to make sure my heart is pure. 741 00:39:34,420 --> 00:39:36,219 S11: And so to be honest, I don't really look at 742 00:39:36,219 --> 00:39:38,620 S11: a lot of, uh, things on social media. For someone 743 00:39:38,620 --> 00:39:41,300 S11: who's well known on social media, you would be surprised 744 00:39:41,300 --> 00:39:43,500 S11: how much I don't look at social media for you. 745 00:39:43,540 --> 00:39:46,180 S11: I have a team that help me with social media 746 00:39:46,180 --> 00:39:48,020 S11: so that I can do my job and do what 747 00:39:48,020 --> 00:39:50,140 S11: I feel called to do. And I when I look 748 00:39:50,180 --> 00:39:52,620 S11: at social media, I always want it to be like 749 00:39:52,620 --> 00:39:54,299 S11: an overflow of my heart. I want it to be 750 00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:57,810 S11: something I give to, not take from. I don't necessarily 751 00:39:57,810 --> 00:40:00,290 S11: need the comments, need the likes, need the clutter, need 752 00:40:00,290 --> 00:40:02,410 S11: the noise. I want to give light. I want to 753 00:40:02,410 --> 00:40:04,410 S11: give life. I want to speak life to other people. 754 00:40:04,410 --> 00:40:06,890 S11: And so I think that's been a huge thing for 755 00:40:06,890 --> 00:40:09,250 S11: me is just keeping my heart pure in it. Because yeah, 756 00:40:09,290 --> 00:40:11,410 S11: you can get so angry, you can get bitter, you 757 00:40:11,410 --> 00:40:13,610 S11: can get frustrated, you can get hurt, you can get insecure, 758 00:40:13,650 --> 00:40:15,489 S11: you can get all these things and you have to 759 00:40:15,530 --> 00:40:18,530 S11: guard your heart. We're all responsible for that. And guarding 760 00:40:18,530 --> 00:40:20,810 S11: your heart looks different for some people. Some people can 761 00:40:20,810 --> 00:40:23,410 S11: handle it and some people you got to know yourself. No, 762 00:40:23,410 --> 00:40:26,450 S11: I don't need that. And so for me, that has 763 00:40:26,450 --> 00:40:28,649 S11: certainly been a huge thing. And then again, like back 764 00:40:28,690 --> 00:40:33,250 S11: to scripture, be quick to listen, slow to speak. You know, 765 00:40:33,290 --> 00:40:36,089 S11: I think those kind of things, Scripture guides you in 766 00:40:36,130 --> 00:40:40,130 S11: how to appropriately speak into what's happening in our culture 767 00:40:40,130 --> 00:40:42,290 S11: and how you can, you know, be a light and 768 00:40:42,290 --> 00:40:46,370 S11: be relatable. And sometimes you're not always on trend or 769 00:40:46,410 --> 00:40:48,810 S11: maybe necessarily the most relevant when you go about it 770 00:40:48,810 --> 00:40:51,970 S11: that way. But God, I think God honors those things 771 00:40:51,969 --> 00:40:53,089 S11: and it's amazing. 772 00:40:53,190 --> 00:40:55,310 S12: Yeah. And there's a verse in Timothy where Paul is 773 00:40:55,310 --> 00:40:59,270 S12: writing to Timothy and he says, avoid foolish controversies. I 774 00:40:59,310 --> 00:41:01,549 S12: just love the thought of that because there are so 775 00:41:01,550 --> 00:41:04,430 S12: many things that that we love to argue about. 776 00:41:04,469 --> 00:41:07,070 S11: Yeah. I just say we have such a unique opportunity 777 00:41:07,070 --> 00:41:09,830 S11: with the show, like Duck Dynasty, where we have a 778 00:41:09,870 --> 00:41:12,830 S11: large audience of people following us who aren't believers. And 779 00:41:12,830 --> 00:41:15,910 S11: then because we love God and, you know, use our 780 00:41:15,910 --> 00:41:17,870 S11: platform to speak about God, we have a large part 781 00:41:17,870 --> 00:41:20,190 S11: of our audience are believers. And that's been one of 782 00:41:20,190 --> 00:41:22,990 S11: the sad things to me when I see in the comments, 783 00:41:23,030 --> 00:41:26,589 S11: like when believers start tearing our family apart for maybe 784 00:41:26,630 --> 00:41:28,590 S11: what we didn't say or what we did say or what, 785 00:41:28,750 --> 00:41:31,870 S11: whatever it is. And then people are like, wait, why 786 00:41:31,910 --> 00:41:34,109 S11: are Christians so mean? And that breaks our heart because 787 00:41:34,110 --> 00:41:37,470 S11: we're like, no, like, that's not the heart of Jesus, 788 00:41:37,510 --> 00:41:39,790 S11: you know? And so I think that even just our 789 00:41:39,790 --> 00:41:42,549 S11: worldview and like that perspective of having influence in the 790 00:41:42,550 --> 00:41:45,670 S11: world and influencing the church, we've gotten to see like 791 00:41:45,710 --> 00:41:48,469 S11: that's why Jesus says, like the two greatest commands, sum 792 00:41:48,510 --> 00:41:50,029 S11: it up to this. Like, love the Lord your God 793 00:41:50,030 --> 00:41:52,060 S11: with our heart, soul, mind, and strength and love your 794 00:41:52,060 --> 00:41:55,540 S11: neighbor as yourself. Like love needs to be the centerpiece. 795 00:41:55,540 --> 00:41:58,980 S11: And it's loving God and it's loving people well. And so, um, 796 00:41:58,980 --> 00:42:01,259 S11: you know, we don't always do this perfect by any means, 797 00:42:01,260 --> 00:42:03,219 S11: but we have learned a lot from just reading the 798 00:42:03,219 --> 00:42:06,540 S11: scriptures and looking at what's happening online and trying to 799 00:42:06,580 --> 00:42:09,460 S11: do our best to bring scriptures to life in our 800 00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:10,340 S11: day to day life. 801 00:42:10,580 --> 00:42:13,820 S6: You guys are radiating, man. Keep it going. By the way, 802 00:42:13,860 --> 00:42:17,219 S6: angry evangelicals or angry Christians have never turned anyone on 803 00:42:17,219 --> 00:42:19,299 S6: to the Savior. So you guys are on the right 804 00:42:19,300 --> 00:42:23,500 S6: high ground. Stay there. Listen, big deal going on. Duck Dynasty, 805 00:42:23,540 --> 00:42:26,859 S6: the revival. All right, Sadie, give us the lowdown on this. 806 00:42:26,900 --> 00:42:27,739 S6: What's happening? 807 00:42:28,060 --> 00:42:31,300 S11: Yeah. Super exciting. So this is season two of Duck Dynasty, 808 00:42:31,340 --> 00:42:34,060 S11: the revival. Uh, for those who haven't tuned in yet, 809 00:42:34,100 --> 00:42:37,620 S11: it's Saturday nights on A&E, 9 p.m. central. Yeah, if 810 00:42:37,660 --> 00:42:40,620 S11: you watch the OG Duck Dynasty, it's a little bit 811 00:42:40,620 --> 00:42:43,660 S11: different than the OG Duck Dynasty because we're a new generation, 812 00:42:43,660 --> 00:42:46,580 S11: but it's my dad, my mom and our families. And 813 00:42:46,580 --> 00:42:49,980 S11: following along this kind of new generation of the dynasty 814 00:42:50,090 --> 00:42:53,450 S11: of the Robertson family, and it's still the heart of faith. 815 00:42:53,450 --> 00:42:56,970 S11: Family and ducks might not always fall in the third 816 00:42:57,450 --> 00:43:00,250 S11: row like it did for my grandfather, but we're certainly 817 00:43:00,250 --> 00:43:03,370 S11: thankful to carry on his amazing legacy of faith and family, 818 00:43:03,370 --> 00:43:05,770 S11: and it's been super fun to do as a family. 819 00:43:05,770 --> 00:43:08,410 S11: This season is full of what the show has always 820 00:43:08,410 --> 00:43:13,569 S11: been about family and funny competitions and, um, a lot 821 00:43:13,610 --> 00:43:15,569 S11: of just things that I think people will look at 822 00:43:15,570 --> 00:43:17,890 S11: and see their own family in our family. And we 823 00:43:17,930 --> 00:43:20,129 S11: hope people feel that it's very relatable to them and 824 00:43:20,130 --> 00:43:21,690 S11: bring some joy to their households. 825 00:43:21,690 --> 00:43:24,330 S12: And if you were somebody that watched the OG Duck Dynasty, 826 00:43:24,330 --> 00:43:26,370 S12: it was only 30 minutes. So if you were like, man, 827 00:43:26,370 --> 00:43:28,890 S12: I just wish the show was longer. Well, now it is. 828 00:43:28,890 --> 00:43:32,290 S12: It's an hour, but it's a different spin on things. But, um, 829 00:43:32,290 --> 00:43:34,090 S12: you have double the family time. 830 00:43:34,130 --> 00:43:37,690 S6: Yeah. That's awesome. You guys, each of you have a podcast. 831 00:43:37,690 --> 00:43:41,290 S6: And by the way, I got word from, uh, I 832 00:43:41,330 --> 00:43:43,810 S6: affectionately call him Young Thunder. He's on our team and 833 00:43:43,810 --> 00:43:47,049 S6: he says his bride tunes into your CD all the time. 834 00:43:47,090 --> 00:43:49,799 S6: Give us a quick spike on your podcast. Christian, why 835 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:51,720 S6: don't you start? What are you doing with that man? 836 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:53,880 S12: Yeah, that's about four years. I was running a podcast 837 00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:55,680 S12: called For Eight Men. It's based off of the verse 838 00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:58,319 S12: first Timothy four eight. Physical training is of some value, 839 00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:00,799 S12: but godliness has value for all things. So trying to 840 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,920 S12: encourage men to train physically, but challenge them to train spiritually, 841 00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:07,000 S12: and kind of exploring those parallels between training your body 842 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:10,320 S12: spiritually and also training it physically to be a good husband, 843 00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:12,960 S12: good father, just a good, a good follower. And then 844 00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:14,680 S12: we started filming the show. It was kind of too 845 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:17,120 S12: hard for me to juggle. So took a break from that. 846 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:19,040 S12: And then lately, me and my brother in law, John 847 00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:22,520 S12: Luke have actually been on the unashamed podcast. Every Friday 848 00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:25,319 S12: you can tune in to unashamed. We're going through, uh, 849 00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:29,400 S12: ancient Christianity right now. We've been through Genesis, Exodus, the 850 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,160 S12: David story, uh, C.S. Lewis and it's been a ton 851 00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:33,160 S12: of fun. I've learned a lot. 852 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:36,920 S6: That's so cool. Podcasts, so powerful, getting good platforms. Sadie, 853 00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:39,359 S6: tell us quickly about yours. What's God doing with you? 854 00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,640 S11: So my podcast is called whoa. That's good. And we're 855 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:46,239 S11: coming up on almost eight years of podcast. It's all 856 00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:49,140 S11: centered on good advice. Being a good sister and a 857 00:44:49,140 --> 00:44:51,540 S11: friend to those who don't have one, and receiving advice 858 00:44:51,540 --> 00:44:54,260 S11: from other people who we see are living life well. 859 00:44:54,460 --> 00:44:57,900 S11: And so every episode, uh, typically starts with what's the 860 00:44:57,900 --> 00:44:59,739 S11: best piece of advice you've ever been given. And then 861 00:44:59,739 --> 00:45:01,940 S11: we go into a great conversation from there and we 862 00:45:01,980 --> 00:45:05,779 S11: cover all topics of life. Um, truly, there's probably not 863 00:45:05,780 --> 00:45:08,180 S11: a topic we haven't touched. If we haven't, someone send 864 00:45:08,180 --> 00:45:09,779 S11: me a DM on what we haven't talked about and 865 00:45:09,780 --> 00:45:12,580 S11: we'll talk about it, but it's just centered around helping 866 00:45:12,580 --> 00:45:14,299 S11: people live a better life in their day to day 867 00:45:14,300 --> 00:45:16,460 S11: and feeling seen by a sister and a friend. 868 00:45:16,780 --> 00:45:19,140 S6: I got to tell you guys, you guys are dynamite 869 00:45:19,460 --> 00:45:21,859 S6: and I love you and I'm proud of you, I 870 00:45:21,860 --> 00:45:24,419 S6: really am. And it's with joy, I tell you. Boom. 871 00:45:24,420 --> 00:45:31,540 S6: Crew text the word dynasty. Dynasty. One word to 800 555, 78, 98. 872 00:45:31,540 --> 00:45:34,900 S6: Super loaded up all the links you need right there. 873 00:45:34,940 --> 00:45:46,100 S6: Dynasty to 800 555 7898 dynasty to 800 555 7898.