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Speaker 1: What's Up. Welcome to the podcast. This is episode sixty

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Speaker 1: two Grangersmith Podcast. Thank you for listening and watching, and

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Speaker 1: thank you especially to those that have come this long

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Speaker 1: journey with me all the way back to episode one

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Speaker 1: and following the evolution and the growth of what this

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Speaker 1: I mean, and we've had everything in between. I had

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Speaker 1: someone ask me one time, I wish you could go

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Speaker 1: it when I used to tell stories. And partly why

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Speaker 1: I've made a little bit of a transition is because

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Speaker 1: now we're filming for YouTube and we're adding we're adding

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Speaker 1: new listeners through people that are only on the YouTube format.

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Speaker 1: So I know that a lot of you listen to

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Speaker 1: the like Apple Music or Spotify or your podcast app.

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Speaker 1: I know there's a lot of different apps for podcasts

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Speaker 1: would take me a long time. It was. It was grueling,

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Speaker 1: the podcast. So there's good and bad. The good news

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Speaker 1: You know. So good and bad that I think that

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Speaker 1: the better side of that story is I get to

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Speaker 1: But I have to say, if you're watching this now,

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Speaker 1: it's already too late. It's already too late if you're

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Speaker 1: watching this now. And what I mean is we're doing

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Speaker 1: this truck giveaway, and as I'm filming this, I just

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Speaker 1: literally just went and put the truck in the field

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Speaker 1: going to be for this contest. We have five finalists

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Speaker 1: that we're flying in tonight to to Texas. They're from Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,

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Speaker 1: from anyone that has purchased something from Yegi dot com

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Speaker 1: contest for a liven So we paid them. They picked

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Speaker 1: five finalists. I called them last week and told each

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Speaker 1: made arrangements. They have a teammate and they're all flying

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Speaker 1: We're always into something crazy, and you know the thing is,

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Speaker 1: This is the one I'm giving away right now. This

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Speaker 1: It's a lot of memories in that truck. But maybe

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. Let me know comment below if this

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Speaker 1: I think one of the cool things things about it

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Speaker 1: so ask me anything, and you could do that by

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Speaker 1: emailing Granger Smith Podcast at gmail dot com. Grangersmith Podcast

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Speaker 1: at gmail dot com. In fact, wherever you are, pull

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Speaker 1: up right now. I'm gonna I'm gonna get into these questions.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna start answering them right now. I'm gonna bring

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Speaker 1: and down, going back range evagation. I'm gonna get into

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Speaker 1: And a lot of times, that's what this podcast will

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna get in here and go through these emails

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Speaker 1: I want to start out with a couple of shout outs.

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Speaker 1: Shout out to Scott Hines. He says, Hey, I'm a

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Speaker 1: big fan of your music. I always have been. It's

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Speaker 1: my sixteenth birthday on the twenty third, and I'm not

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday, Scott, Thank you for listening. Bro. Another shout

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Speaker 1: years old. I had a question for you. My birthday's

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Speaker 1: October sixteenth. I love your music and your podcast, and

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Speaker 1: songs is holler Back Road Song and Tailgatetown. What's up, Tucker,

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday? Thank you for listening, Bro. And this last

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Speaker 1: so much for your songs. Sometimes in bad moods and

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Speaker 1: Sent from Corny Webe from Chihuahua, Mexico. Thank you man.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you all you guys. And I'll get to I

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Speaker 1: I was in Earl's truck, the one that we're restoring,

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Speaker 1: and I drove to San Antonio, Texas to watch George

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Speaker 1: that your first truck? Truck? Yeah, my first I thought

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Speaker 1: That's a great question, and it kind of ties into

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Speaker 1: blessing to follow music was one of the greatest gifts

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Speaker 1: they could have given me. It's funny because my name,

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Speaker 1: which I'm happy that they gave me a name that

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Speaker 1: was different enough to stand out in music instead of

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Speaker 1: like Bob Smith, that would have got lost, especially in

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Speaker 1: the web world, social media world. So I'm thankful for that.

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Speaker 1: and I'm thankful that they gave me the blessing to

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Speaker 1: have to work. I want my kids to work hard.

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Speaker 1: I want them to do something that challenges them that

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Speaker 1: they have to work hard at. I always want that,

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Speaker 1: but I do You're right in thinking that I do

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Speaker 1: worry about my kids becoming musicians, not because of the work,

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Speaker 1: but because of the heartbreak involved. Heartbreak coming from things

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Speaker 1: you can't control. So it's a business that you could

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Speaker 1: work really hard to be very passionate, very diligent, very smart,

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Speaker 1: But if you're not lucky, then your chart, your song

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Speaker 1: doesn't end up on the charts for some reason. Are

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Speaker 1: you there's a million reasons. If you're not lucky, you

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Speaker 1: fail and you get your heart broken. And I just

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Speaker 1: can't imagine my kids being judged the way that I've

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Speaker 1: been judged. It's fine for me, and maybe even fine

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Speaker 1: for Lincoln, but when you start talking about London, I

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Speaker 1: worry about that girl getting judged for appearances or for

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Speaker 1: having to deal with that. So that's the fine line

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Speaker 1: Yes I want to give them a blessing, but I

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Speaker 1: to see London just do something and like become a

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Speaker 1: veterinarian or a teacher or something like that. Just what

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Speaker 1: do you think, Yeah, it's hard. I was thinking while

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Speaker 1: but music in particular, and we talk about this with

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Speaker 1: your art form. It's it's uh, it's very much a

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Speaker 1: I was like, well, yeah, that's a good point. It's

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Speaker 1: it's more taxing because it's your it's your identity that's

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Speaker 1: but music is can be hard on your mental health

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Speaker 1: because that's your name up there on the chart. Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: good question, Savannah, And I'll probably get that one again

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Speaker 1: is due on October ninth, so this sorry, this email

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Speaker 1: is a couple months old, so he's already been born.

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Speaker 1: I was wondering if you could provide any advice or

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Speaker 1: tips on become being a father for the first time.

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Speaker 1: Is there anything you learned picked up when you became

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Speaker 1: a father for the first time that you think would

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Speaker 1: help a new father. I'm not worried about becoming a father,

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Speaker 1: but I would love to hear your thoughts on this matter.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much. This is Adam from Pool, England.

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Speaker 1: Yee appreciate you, buddy. Congratulations on the birth of your son.

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Speaker 1: I'm reading this email late. It's from the archives here,

651
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Speaker 1: but it's a great question. I want to say. I wonder,

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Speaker 1: first of all, I wonder what London was born on

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00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,799
Speaker 1: October sixth, so I wonder if he was actually born

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Speaker 1: on the ninth or not. It's a great question. First

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Speaker 1: of all, I feel like the way humans are built,

656
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:55,360
Speaker 1: the way humans are created, they whenever we pro create,

657
00:37:56,719 --> 00:38:01,399
Speaker 1: there's perfect amounts of time in between each for you

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Speaker 1: to learn. For example, the pregnancy is a nine month deal.

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Speaker 1: That's that's the time. Nine months is like the perfect

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Speaker 1: time to get over the fact at the beginning that

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Speaker 1: oh my gosh, we're gonna have a baby. And then

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Speaker 1: you go into okay, we need to like build a

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Speaker 1: nursery and get a crib. And then you get into okay,

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Speaker 1: what are we gonna do about feeding? Who's gonna feed?

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Speaker 1: Are you gonna breastfeed or we gonna do formula? And

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00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:32,839
Speaker 1: then you get into okay, now we're gonna we've got

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Speaker 1: to start thinking about clothes and how we're gonna change

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Speaker 1: a diaper like a little learn how so anyway, then

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Speaker 1: you have the baby, and then you have this another

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Speaker 1: six month period of an infant, before they're eating solid foods,

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Speaker 1: before they're crawling or scooting, so then you can kind

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Speaker 1: of start your preparation on childproofing the house. And then

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Speaker 1: when they start crawling, and then you got a little

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Speaker 1: bit of time before you have to start worrying about

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Speaker 1: door knobs and things on shelves when they start pulling

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Speaker 1: up and stand so and then then you can keep going.

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Speaker 1: The list goes on and on, you can go into

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Speaker 1: Then you got time to think about when they're in

679
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Speaker 1: elementary school, you don't you don't have to worry about dating,

680
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Speaker 1: and they're not until they're a teenager. Then when they're

681
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Speaker 1: a teenager, you could start worrying about Each step is

682
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Speaker 1: perfectly timed in my opinion, and and so my first

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Speaker 1: piece of advice is be in the moment, be right here,

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Speaker 1: don't be caught up in thinking. So right now, I'm

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Speaker 1: assuming Adam that your baby boy, I'm assuming October November SI,

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Speaker 1: you're three months old, so you're still kind of in

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Speaker 1: the infancy stage. So be here, be right here, Enjoy

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Speaker 1: every moment. Enjoy those little smiles when you get them,

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Speaker 1: Enjoy that eye contact when you get it, Enjoy those

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Speaker 1: times when he finally falls asleep after a fussy night,

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Speaker 1: and be in that moment. Don't ever think, oh, I

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Speaker 1: can't wait till he starts crawling her. I can't wait

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Speaker 1: till he watch his football games with me. You know

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Speaker 1: you might not do that in England, but we would

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Speaker 1: do that. But if you just hang on and stay

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Speaker 1: in that moment, you're not rushing him through this process,

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Speaker 1: because I promise it flies by. I mean it flies.

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Speaker 1: It seems like when you're in the trenches, it seems

699
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Speaker 1: like it's so long, but in reality you look back

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Speaker 1: on it and in time just flies. You're like, where

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Speaker 1: did it go? He's already walking. You know, he's already.

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Speaker 1: He's already out of diapers. So hang on, be in there.

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Speaker 1: And then I want to recommend a book for everyone

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Speaker 1: that has a little boy called Wild at Heart. Have

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Speaker 1: you read this? Yeah? Right, I want to reread it.

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Speaker 1: I would always recommend this book twice. First, if you're

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Speaker 1: it's like some of the shout outs I gave these

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Speaker 1: guys that were sixteen teenagers, read it as a teenager

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Speaker 1: or a young twenty something, and then reread it as

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Speaker 1: a father of a baby boy. And it's a great

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Speaker 1: book for learning how to raise a boy. It's called

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Speaker 1: it's called Wild at Heart. I'm pretty sure that it's

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Speaker 1: easy to find and you put you can find a book.

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Speaker 1: But there's this moment so good, but you remember the

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Speaker 1: climb in the cliff moment that's like such a such

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Speaker 1: an awesome moment in the book. But he has these

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Speaker 1: two boys and they're out hiking in the woods and

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Speaker 1: one of them is like ten and one of them

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Speaker 1: is like six, right seven, and the ten year old

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Speaker 1: they go up to this little cliff and they climb it,

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Speaker 1: and it's an easy little cliff, and the ten year

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Speaker 1: old climbs to the top, and the seven year old

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Speaker 1: starts climbing and gets stuck halfway up. It's a small,

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Speaker 1: a small little cliff. He gets stuck like halfway up,

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Speaker 1: and he freezes and he gets really scared and he

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Speaker 1: doesn't know what to do, and so he's struggling. He's struggling,

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Speaker 1: and then they're all encouraging him. Come on, buddy, you

728
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Speaker 1: got this, you got this, you got it. And so

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Speaker 1: he climbs and he starts climbing. They're like, good job,

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Speaker 1: you're doing it. You're doing it, puts his hand on

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Speaker 1: the top and he pulls himself up the cliff and

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Speaker 1: he gets to the top of this little, you know,

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Speaker 1: six foot cliff. He gets to the top and everyone's like,

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Speaker 1: you did it, buddy, you did it. And the dad goes,

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Speaker 1: you are a wild man. You're a wild man. You

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Speaker 1: did it, and so, you know, the moment passes, and

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Speaker 1: then later on that night they're all sitting around the

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Speaker 1: campfire and the little son says, Daddy, was I really

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Speaker 1: a wild man out there? And the funny thing in

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Speaker 1: the book he says, and here it is. This is

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Speaker 1: the moment, like, this is it. This is the moment

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Speaker 1: that could change his life as a boy forever, forever.

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Speaker 1: This is the moment when he's asking for affirmation of

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Speaker 1: him being a man, or at least being on the

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Speaker 1: path of what a man is. So he realizes that

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Speaker 1: in his head, he goes, this is the moment. How

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Speaker 1: do I answer it? Do I say I mean you're

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00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:16,360
Speaker 1: kind of a sissy? Or do it you say I

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Speaker 1: don't know you're getting there, or you got a little scared,

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Speaker 1: but you know you did all right, buddy? Or do

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Speaker 1: you say, yes, son, you're a wild man. And then

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00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 1: he goes boom, that's it. That's the affirmation he needs

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Speaker 1: to justify his place in this little world of his.

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Speaker 1: Just so good man, such a good book. I love

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Speaker 1: that thing. Yeah, and you'll meet people. I don't have

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Speaker 1: any advice. I don't have any experience in that in

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00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:50,560
Speaker 1: that realm, but man, you'll meet people to this day

758
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:52,840
Speaker 1: and we'll talk. Man, that guy didn't get enough validation

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00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:55,400
Speaker 1: from his dad, probably because you'll see when people are

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00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:59,479
Speaker 1: overcompensating for that, that father that wasn't there, that didn't

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Speaker 1: tell them that they or a man, and so they

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00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:04,279
Speaker 1: spend their whole life trying to prove it. Yep. And

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00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 1: it's just it, and it's just builds up into resentment,

764
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Speaker 1: trying to prove that they're a man, trying to finally

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Speaker 1: get the world to tell him they're a man, because

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Speaker 1: they never got it in that cliff at seven years old. Yeah, yeah, Adam,

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Speaker 1: thank you for writing buddy. It's a great question, and

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Speaker 1: congratulations on your baby boy. This question is from Salisbury,

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Speaker 1: North Carolina. From Joshua says, Hey, Grangeer, love your podcast.

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Speaker 1: It's a part of my every Monday morning work listenings.

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Speaker 1: Here's my question. It's about Christian theology. H oh. What

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Speaker 1: Christian theology do you believe? In example, some believe Christ

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Speaker 1: is coming with judgment on the world, rapture, tribulations, et cetera.

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Speaker 1: Other other half, like myself, I believe that Christ's judgment

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Speaker 1: was conventional and or excuse me, covenantal and happened during

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00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 1: eighty seventy during with the destruction of Jerusalem. I'm thirty

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Speaker 1: one and have struggled a lot with the end of

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Speaker 1: times that was preached at my old church, and I

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Speaker 1: wanted answers. So I hit the scriptures and with prayer

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Speaker 1: and a lot of reading, I came to believe and

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Speaker 1: trust the Reformed doctrine. With this new understanding, I feel

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Speaker 1: I'm able to live my life to the fullest and

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Speaker 1: be a light in this fallen world compared to being

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Speaker 1: on the edge and not knowing what to do and

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Speaker 1: what the trust. Now, I take it day by day

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Speaker 1: and thank the Lord for another day. So curious where

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Speaker 1: you stand, I think it's important for all of us

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Speaker 1: Christians to be open minded about this and willing to

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Speaker 1: test our traditions and be willing to give a biblical

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00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:43,359
Speaker 1: answer on why we believe what we believe through God's word.

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Speaker 1: No judgment here, I will not change the way I

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00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:50,480
Speaker 1: think about you. We need to respect others' faith decisions

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Speaker 1: and continue to love and trust in Jesus no matter

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Speaker 1: what theology we believe in. Thanks Grangeur yee yee man.

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Speaker 1: That's a deep one, Joshua, thank you for writing in

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Speaker 1: shout out to North Carolina. I want to get I

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Speaker 1: want to jump right into this because I have some

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Speaker 1: stuff to say. First of all, let me say this

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Speaker 1: first and foremost before I say a word about theology

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Speaker 1: or my belief in theology. As a Christian, don't let

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Speaker 1: deep theological doctrine affect the end result of your belief.

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00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:38,120
Speaker 1: If you do, bail out on that, on that deep

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00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:45,479
Speaker 1: thinking and go back to the understood truth. Christ came,

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00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:52,799
Speaker 1: died for you, forgave you of your sins, was resurrected,

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Speaker 1: And if you believe that and you repent and follow him,

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Speaker 1: then it doesn't matter what you've done in your life.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't matter how bad a sinner you are, we

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Speaker 1: all are. If you repent and follow him and trust him,

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Speaker 1: then then you'll have eternal life. So don't let that

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Speaker 1: ever become hazy, because that is that is the truth.

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Speaker 1: As Christians that's our truth. So don't don't ever let

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Speaker 1: any kind of weird doctrine get in the way. Now,

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Speaker 1: let me dive in. I do not believe in your theology,

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Speaker 1: and I believe I'm gonna I'm gonna say a couple

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Speaker 1: of things that might offend you, but I really I

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Speaker 1: don't want to offend you. I want to I just

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Speaker 1: want to kind of put my thoughts together. And this

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Speaker 1: is why it's hard on a podcast, because I don't

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Speaker 1: get to see your face and we don't get to

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00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:55,160
Speaker 1: kind of go back and forth. But I'm gonna assume

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Speaker 1: a couple of things that might be wrong. I'm assuming

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Speaker 1: you've been to some bad churches and heard some bad

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Speaker 1: preachers and have been around some bad circles as far

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Speaker 1: as theology goes. Because most Christians, most do not believe that.

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Speaker 1: Most Christians believe the end of times have not arrived yet.

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Speaker 1: And the number one reason is we still have trouble.

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Speaker 1: We're still in trouble. When Christ comes, the promised second

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Speaker 1: coming of Christ, when he comes is redemption to the world.

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Speaker 1: It's bringing Heaven, the new Heaven, to the to earth,

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Speaker 1: to make a new Earth for all of us to

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Speaker 1: live in peace. And it will be perfect, and it

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Speaker 1: will be harmonious, and there will not be tears and

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Speaker 1: crying and trouble, and there will not be death and

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Speaker 1: coronavirus and wars. There will not When he comes back,

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Speaker 1: he will end all that. And John is very clear

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Speaker 1: in the Book of Revelation about that, and Jesus is

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Speaker 1: very clear that the the idea that that that second

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Speaker 1: coming has already happened, and you're referring to Caesar and

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Speaker 1: the destruction of the Jews and the Temple in eight

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Speaker 1: seventy is not enough because you can't say that that happened.

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Speaker 1: And then there was this thing called the Holocaust that

842
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:26,759
Speaker 1: happened in World War two. You can't imagine the Holocaust

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Speaker 1: is something that happened after the second Coming of Christ.

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Speaker 1: There's that. That's just a small, a small explanation to why.

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Speaker 1: And I would encourage you to to find a new

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Speaker 1: find a new group. If if you truly are around

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Speaker 1: people that are leading you uh down a down a

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Speaker 1: road of despair, that's that is that is a false doctrine.

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Speaker 1: And let me go back to your words. You said,

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Speaker 1: h I have struggled a lot with the end of times.

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00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:04,680
Speaker 1: That was preached to my old church, and I wanted

852
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:10,880
Speaker 1: answers compared to not being on the edge and not

853
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:13,880
Speaker 1: knowing what to do and what to trust. That's what

854
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:16,399
Speaker 1: you said, these are your words. I wanted to live

855
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:21,120
Speaker 1: my life to the fullest compared to being on edge

856
00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:25,040
Speaker 1: and not knowing what to do and what to trust. Well, yeah,

857
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:28,040
Speaker 1: we all want that, absolutely, You're right. We all want

858
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,960
Speaker 1: to live our life to the fullest and not worry.

859
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:36,440
Speaker 1: And Christ asks us to follow him so that we

860
00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: may have peace in Him, so that we will not worry,

861
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:43,839
Speaker 1: and we don't worry about tomorrow because today has enough

862
00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:46,520
Speaker 1: trouble of its own, and we're not to worry about

863
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:48,880
Speaker 1: the end of times. We're not even supposed to worry

864
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:50,879
Speaker 1: or not know what to do. We know what to do.

865
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:56,360
Speaker 1: It's very simple. We follow him, we repent, we try

866
00:50:56,560 --> 00:51:01,399
Speaker 1: to live a life and reflection of Him, and through

867
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:06,799
Speaker 1: our renewed spirit, we have new guidance. We have new

868
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:09,640
Speaker 1: ears to hear, new eyes to see. We're led by

869
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:14,080
Speaker 1: a stronger conscience, we have a stronger discernment over good

870
00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:15,880
Speaker 1: and bad. We're still going to sin, We're still going

871
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:18,920
Speaker 1: to mess up. That's because we're humans. We're still going

872
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:22,319
Speaker 1: to and every sin is the same. There's no good

873
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:26,040
Speaker 1: or bad way. It's it's all bad. And so we

874
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:30,080
Speaker 1: do our best to be reborn every day, every morning,

875
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:37,040
Speaker 1: and and through that we become a lied in the world.

876
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:42,319
Speaker 1: We try to live a world of communion where we

877
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:46,759
Speaker 1: treat our neighbor as we would ourselves, and we do

878
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:49,279
Speaker 1: that every day, and then we don't worry. We don't

879
00:51:49,719 --> 00:51:52,200
Speaker 1: we don't not know what to do. We know exactly

880
00:51:52,239 --> 00:51:54,839
Speaker 1: what to do because it's right there. So I would

881
00:51:54,920 --> 00:52:00,919
Speaker 1: tell you to go and instead of reading doctrine from

882
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:05,560
Speaker 1: other people are hearing things, including this podcast. Don't even

883
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:08,480
Speaker 1: take my word for it. Just go straight to Matthew

884
00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:12,040
Speaker 1: chapter one. Start there. It's the beginning of the New Testament.

885
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:18,919
Speaker 1: Start right there and read it. And it's a pick

886
00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:23,480
Speaker 1: a translation that's easy, like the NIV or the ESV.

887
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:28,160
Speaker 1: It's very simple English translations. And hit the ground run

888
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:33,400
Speaker 1: and don't worry about other outside sources. Ask God to

889
00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:36,000
Speaker 1: make that clear to you. And I believe that you'll

890
00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:39,520
Speaker 1: see that we're still waiting for the second coming of Christ,

891
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:42,279
Speaker 1: because if he had already come, we would know it.

892
00:52:42,360 --> 00:52:47,279
Speaker 1: There wouldn't be this suffering. Parker you got anything nine

893
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:54,000
Speaker 1: I've been yipping. I agree with you. Right back in, Joshua,

894
00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:56,839
Speaker 1: right back into this podcast once you hear this. First

895
00:52:56,880 --> 00:52:58,200
Speaker 1: of all, I want to make sure you hear it,

896
00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:02,720
Speaker 1: but right back in, because I think it's very important.

897
00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:06,520
Speaker 1: You said, you said we need to at the end,

898
00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:12,600
Speaker 1: you said we need to respect other faith decisions. Yes,

899
00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:15,600
Speaker 1: I agree, we need to continue to love and trust

900
00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:18,360
Speaker 1: in Jesus no matter what theology. Yes, I agree. But

901
00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:21,239
Speaker 1: here's where I disagree. It's important for us Christians to

902
00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:25,520
Speaker 1: be open minded about this. Well, that's where I'm going

903
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:32,040
Speaker 1: to disagree, because I believe the New Testament and the

904
00:53:32,080 --> 00:53:34,319
Speaker 1: Old Testament. The Old Testament's part of this whole story too,

905
00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:39,920
Speaker 1: is very very one minded. It's not very open. It's

906
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:44,080
Speaker 1: very there's one thing happening here. There's one story. And

907
00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:46,080
Speaker 1: for those of you that don't know anything about what

908
00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:50,120
Speaker 1: I'm saying the Old Testament, I could sum it up

909
00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:57,319
Speaker 1: in this We're not good enough. That's from Genesis all

910
00:53:57,360 --> 00:54:00,279
Speaker 1: the way to Malachi. We're not good enough. I heard

911
00:54:00,280 --> 00:54:03,040
Speaker 1: the Duck dynasty guys talking about this. The New Testament.

912
00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:08,440
Speaker 1: You can sum it up like this. Matthew through John

913
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:14,960
Speaker 1: Jesus is here and then acts through revelation Jesus is

914
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:21,480
Speaker 1: coming back. That sums it up and I would encourage you,

915
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:25,359
Speaker 1: got you to jump in your Joshua and then write

916
00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:27,600
Speaker 1: me back, writ me back. Let's keep this discussion going.

917
00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:33,880
Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna pass this one to you. I

918
00:54:33,880 --> 00:54:36,279
Speaker 1: don't even know what it says. I feel like I'm

919
00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:38,839
Speaker 1: talking too much. It is your podcast. I think this

920
00:54:38,880 --> 00:54:42,080
Speaker 1: is my podcast or something. This is from Mary joe

921
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:46,840
Speaker 1: Hey Granger. I'm new to the EE Nation and in

922
00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:50,920
Speaker 1: the last few months due to my son. I'm new

923
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:52,799
Speaker 1: to the EE Nation in just the last few months

924
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:54,960
Speaker 1: due to my son Jason and his family. I love

925
00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:58,000
Speaker 1: the podcast, the YouTube, and was even lucky enough to

926
00:54:58,040 --> 00:55:01,200
Speaker 1: score some items in your fall lunch. My question is

927
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:03,640
Speaker 1: where did ye come from? Love everything that you and

928
00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:05,880
Speaker 1: Amber do and love that it is family based. Good

929
00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:07,399
Speaker 1: luck on your new home, and can't wait to hear

930
00:55:07,400 --> 00:55:09,759
Speaker 1: your new songs. I'm currently catching up on the older

931
00:55:09,760 --> 00:55:13,600
Speaker 1: songs but love them so far. Live in Hager City, Wisconsin.

932
00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:16,520
Speaker 1: Can't wait for you to tour closer to hear maybe Minneapolis.

933
00:55:16,719 --> 00:55:21,080
Speaker 1: Please marry joe Ah you could answer that one. Thank you,

934
00:55:21,120 --> 00:55:28,000
Speaker 1: Mary joe Yee came from a man named Earl Divilis

935
00:55:28,040 --> 00:55:35,120
Speaker 1: Junior back in what twenty eleven, twenty eleven, Granger was

936
00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:40,200
Speaker 1: growing his brand and we were getting creative. I should

937
00:55:40,239 --> 00:55:42,600
Speaker 1: say you were getting creative, and I was looking at

938
00:55:42,640 --> 00:55:46,040
Speaker 1: your hat, says Established twenty eleven. Oh yeah, check my hat.

939
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:48,640
Speaker 1: I guess I could have made the hat. I should

940
00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:52,400
Speaker 1: know that. Yeah. So, you know, the music industry is

941
00:55:52,480 --> 00:55:56,719
Speaker 1: very difficult to get into, and we I'd like to

942
00:55:56,719 --> 00:55:58,960
Speaker 1: think we were pretty creative, and so we came up

943
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,319
Speaker 1: with a lot of skit and like so I like

944
00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:04,640
Speaker 1: to call it like Saturday Night Live type videos where

945
00:56:04,719 --> 00:56:06,439
Speaker 1: we would just have We came up with this idea

946
00:56:06,440 --> 00:56:07,959
Speaker 1: to just do a video of the week, just because

947
00:56:07,960 --> 00:56:12,320
Speaker 1: we always were just goofy brothers and we liked comedy

948
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:15,640
Speaker 1: and just being dumb, and we made some videos that

949
00:56:15,680 --> 00:56:17,439
Speaker 1: we thought were funny. We didn't know if anybody else

950
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:20,960
Speaker 1: was gonna think it was funny, and Earl was just

951
00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:24,239
Speaker 1: one of our many characters that have been lost in

952
00:56:24,239 --> 00:56:27,600
Speaker 1: translation over the years. We had an old house in

953
00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:30,440
Speaker 1: our family's ranch in Texas, and we came up with

954
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:32,520
Speaker 1: the idea. We said, you know, wouldn't it be funny

955
00:56:32,520 --> 00:56:35,480
Speaker 1: if someone lived in that house, in this old abandoned farmhouse.

956
00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:40,400
Speaker 1: And you know, if somebody did, what would they talk like,

957
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:42,880
Speaker 1: what would their name be, what would they be dressed like?

958
00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:47,640
Speaker 1: And Tyler had a Tyler played football at at Rice

959
00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:49,319
Speaker 1: University in Texas. He said, I used to have an

960
00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:51,680
Speaker 1: old teammate with the last name Dibbles. That'd be pretty funny.

961
00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:53,839
Speaker 1: Earl's pretty redneck. And then if he's a redneck name

962
00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:58,719
Speaker 1: Earl Dibbles, you mean you got to add junior. And

963
00:56:58,719 --> 00:57:01,400
Speaker 1: and Earl was just we created the monologue for Earl's day.

964
00:57:01,400 --> 00:57:03,920
Speaker 1: Earl said what he did all day and then he

965
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:05,640
Speaker 1: had the shotgun over his head and Tyler told you

966
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:10,200
Speaker 1: to yell eeee and you were there too, Yep. Yeah,

967
00:57:10,239 --> 00:57:13,799
Speaker 1: it was meet you and Tyler on an unbelievably hot

968
00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:17,640
Speaker 1: day in Texas. Was in I believe it was in June,

969
00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:19,360
Speaker 1: because we put that video out in July. No, it's

970
00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:21,480
Speaker 1: probably July. We probably just I probably put it out

971
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:24,160
Speaker 1: like the next day, knowing me back then, I probably

972
00:57:24,160 --> 00:57:27,920
Speaker 1: shot it edited it for yeah, if not that night. Yeah,

973
00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:33,000
Speaker 1: So it was we didn't think that Eeee saying it

974
00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:36,600
Speaker 1: in that video was going to matter at all, and

975
00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:39,360
Speaker 1: it did and the chain of events, you know it.

976
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:41,680
Speaker 1: Let I think I did a podcast said that said

977
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:45,080
Speaker 1: how five thousand dollars saved my career, And that's what

978
00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:48,080
Speaker 1: this is. That's what this story is, because we paid

979
00:57:48,080 --> 00:57:50,840
Speaker 1: five thousand dollars to get EU trademarked, and that was

980
00:57:51,440 --> 00:57:55,440
Speaker 1: every penny we had, and it was could have been

981
00:57:55,560 --> 00:57:58,200
Speaker 1: the stupidest thing I ever did, was pay five thousand

982
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:00,800
Speaker 1: dollars for these two words to make sure no one

983
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:05,720
Speaker 1: else trademarked them. But we did, and I've said this before,

984
00:58:05,800 --> 00:58:09,000
Speaker 1: but we didn't do it to just monopolize that phrase.

985
00:58:09,080 --> 00:58:12,160
Speaker 1: We did it so that no one else would monopolize

986
00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:13,920
Speaker 1: it and not allow us to say it or put

987
00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:18,280
Speaker 1: it on the shirts anymore. So what's crazy because we

988
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:20,200
Speaker 1: were right there in that same time. Do you remember

989
00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:25,080
Speaker 1: the country boy controversy? So this was crazy now that

990
00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:29,880
Speaker 1: you're like CEO of YE Apparel. Early on our very

991
00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:36,560
Speaker 1: first EE Apparel shirt, really that wasn't Granger Smith was

992
00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:40,160
Speaker 1: it said I'm a country boy and on the back

993
00:58:40,240 --> 00:58:43,520
Speaker 1: it said I got a tough schedule and it said

994
00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:46,840
Speaker 1: one I wake up, two put a good did bend

995
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:50,200
Speaker 1: three cracker. It was like a long list, fix a tree,

996
00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:53,960
Speaker 1: whittle a good stick, and we put it out and

997
00:58:54,320 --> 00:58:57,360
Speaker 1: we had a black one for the guys and a

998
00:58:57,400 --> 00:58:59,960
Speaker 1: pink one for the girls. And we got to see

999
00:59:01,040 --> 00:59:04,920
Speaker 1: cease and desist letter from this company that said we

1000
00:59:04,960 --> 00:59:08,680
Speaker 1: own the phrase country boy and you can no longer

1001
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:10,800
Speaker 1: put that on your shirt. And we were like what

1002
00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:13,200
Speaker 1: it was crazy, no way, Like I thought it was

1003
00:59:13,240 --> 00:59:17,360
Speaker 1: a joke, like you own country boy. And so I

1004
00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:20,200
Speaker 1: was like, well, what does Luke Bryan do you know?

1005
00:59:20,760 --> 00:59:23,200
Speaker 1: Because they they owned country Boy and Country Girls. I

1006
00:59:23,240 --> 00:59:24,720
Speaker 1: was like, well, what does Luke Brian do country girl?

1007
00:59:24,760 --> 00:59:27,360
Speaker 1: Shake it from me? And I looked up on his website.

1008
00:59:27,400 --> 00:59:29,600
Speaker 1: Sure enough, he doesn't have anything it says country girls.

1009
00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:32,200
Speaker 1: Shake it from me. Because sure enough, this was a

1010
00:59:32,280 --> 00:59:36,440
Speaker 1: legit company that don't even sell apparel. They just own that,

1011
00:59:37,080 --> 00:59:39,400
Speaker 1: so you have to buy it from them the rights

1012
00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:43,800
Speaker 1: to it. So we changed it. So now that shirt

1013
00:59:44,360 --> 00:59:46,200
Speaker 1: that used to say I'm a country boy, we changed

1014
00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:48,280
Speaker 1: it too. I got a tough schedule and on the

1015
00:59:48,320 --> 00:59:50,760
Speaker 1: back it says I wake up. We had to literally

1016
00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:53,720
Speaker 1: take it off. So that was right around the time

1017
00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:55,720
Speaker 1: we were like, man, we got we got to trademark

1018
00:59:55,760 --> 01:00:01,240
Speaker 1: this name because some guy across country is gonna trademark

1019
01:00:01,240 --> 01:00:03,080
Speaker 1: it and then tell us we can't never use we

1020
01:00:03,080 --> 01:00:05,160
Speaker 1: can never use it in a shirt. And that would

1021
01:00:05,160 --> 01:00:07,840
Speaker 1: have That's why five thousand dollars changed my whole career.

1022
01:00:07,920 --> 01:00:11,040
Speaker 1: Would have would have been what would we be wearing

1023
01:00:11,120 --> 01:00:15,360
Speaker 1: right now? I wouldn't be here? Yeah, what would we do?

1024
01:00:17,200 --> 01:00:21,560
Speaker 1: Thank you Mary Joe. Does it say where she's from? Yes, Wisconsin?

1025
01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:25,920
Speaker 1: Yeah she's from Hagar City or Hager City. However you

1026
01:00:25,920 --> 01:00:29,160
Speaker 1: say that Wisconsin. And I can't wait for you to

1027
01:00:29,160 --> 01:00:31,800
Speaker 1: tour in Minneapolis Saint Paul again. Yeah, we can't wait

1028
01:00:31,800 --> 01:00:35,200
Speaker 1: to come back. You are crazy out there. I'm gonna

1029
01:00:36,200 --> 01:00:38,320
Speaker 1: I'm gonna make that the last question. I know that

1030
01:00:38,360 --> 01:00:41,640
Speaker 1: some people and you could comment below how long are

1031
01:00:41,640 --> 01:00:44,800
Speaker 1: these getting? Like? Sometimes I could just talk and talk

1032
01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:48,000
Speaker 1: and then I realized there's There have been some people

1033
01:00:48,040 --> 01:00:50,120
Speaker 1: that have emailed and said I could only listen. I can,

1034
01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:53,240
Speaker 1: my brain can only take twenty minutes, and then I daydream.

1035
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:56,600
Speaker 1: Now turn it off? So what ended here? Thank you

1036
01:00:56,640 --> 01:01:01,480
Speaker 1: guys as always, and thank you part for helping me

1037
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:05,120
Speaker 1: be a sidekick. I'm still thinking about that Joshua question too, man,

1038
01:01:05,200 --> 01:01:11,160
Speaker 1: I'm still thinking like that really threw me off. If

1039
01:01:11,200 --> 01:01:15,920
Speaker 1: you think Christ has already came, what's the point. I mean,

1040
01:01:16,280 --> 01:01:18,640
Speaker 1: that is a that is our hope. Like that's what

1041
01:01:19,160 --> 01:01:20,840
Speaker 1: I mean. I wake up in the morning and I'm like,

1042
01:01:21,920 --> 01:01:24,640
Speaker 1: the mission is still on, Like it is still a go.

1043
01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:27,680
Speaker 1: There's still time on the clock. Do you know, Like

1044
01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:30,680
Speaker 1: we haven't the game's not over. We still have the

1045
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:33,640
Speaker 1: ball and we still have time on the clock. We

1046
01:01:33,720 --> 01:01:37,440
Speaker 1: got a good quarterback, Like, let's go game on, you know,

1047
01:01:37,560 --> 01:01:39,880
Speaker 1: wake up and I'm like, we got this. But if

1048
01:01:39,920 --> 01:01:44,320
Speaker 1: you already think he came two thousand years ago and

1049
01:01:44,360 --> 01:01:49,280
Speaker 1: we're still in suffering, that that is depressing and that's

1050
01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:51,360
Speaker 1: not what the Bible says. It does not say that.

1051
01:01:51,440 --> 01:01:54,760
Speaker 1: So Joshua email back, let's hear what you got to say.

1052
01:01:55,920 --> 01:02:00,200
Speaker 1: Appreciate you guys, Thanks Barton, thanks for joining me on

1053
01:02:00,240 --> 01:02:03,480
Speaker 1: the Grangersmith Podcast. I appreciate all of you guys. You

1054
01:02:03,480 --> 01:02:06,360
Speaker 1: could help me out by rating this podcast on iTunes.

1055
01:02:06,640 --> 01:02:09,680
Speaker 1: If you're on YouTube, subscribe to this channel. Hit that

1056
01:02:09,760 --> 01:02:12,800
Speaker 1: little like button and the notification spell so that you

1057
01:02:12,920 --> 01:02:16,520
Speaker 1: never miss anytime I upload a video. If you have

1058
01:02:16,560 --> 01:02:18,640
Speaker 1: a question for me that you would like me to answer,

1059
01:02:19,080 --> 01:02:24,000
Speaker 1: email Grangersmith Podcast at gmail dot com yie