WEBVTT - We Are Going On Tour!

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<v Speaker 1>All right, welcome back to the podcast. We got a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people at the dinner table today, got Parker,

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<v Speaker 1>got Tyler, my brothers, aunt, our producer.

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<v Speaker 2>I told them I was going to change my last

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<v Speaker 2>name to Smith for one episode.

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony Smith. Welcome, going on, we are, we're changing it up.

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<v Speaker 1>So I guess I should say this. We've been through

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<v Speaker 1>a series of interview podcast and most people probably don't

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<v Speaker 1>know that we stack those up all back to back

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<v Speaker 1>to back. So you and I have actually been off

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<v Speaker 1>and not doing anything for about six weeks, and so

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<v Speaker 1>now this we're recording this the week that it releases,

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<v Speaker 1>so when people hear this, we will have just recorded it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why we're here just a few days ago. We

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<v Speaker 1>need somebody ate that. No, no, no, no, this is all planned.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we talked about this for a while and it

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<v Speaker 2>was probably a good three weeks into that hiatus of

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<v Speaker 2>recording stuff, and Granger said, what about something like this?

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<v Speaker 1>So this is literally the next one after Josh.

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<v Speaker 2>What's funny is everything he was talking about? I go,

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<v Speaker 2>so you mean a morning show? So I'm just thinking radio.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, you got you got all these different all

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<v Speaker 2>the different personalities which in radio would call different characters and.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I'll just bring everyone into this idea. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's like I'll sit in this chair. I would say

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<v Speaker 1>most shows, I would imagine ant Man's gonna sit here,

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<v Speaker 1>and then these two chairs will rotate Amber, Bernie Marshall, Steven.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess like like a John Crist or An Easy

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<v Speaker 1>or you know, someone like that could could rotate on

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<v Speaker 1>these or we could have two guests. Makes sense because

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<v Speaker 1>you always bring in ant Man, but he's always off screen.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, we talked, we talk. He's everybody's always looking

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<v Speaker 2>over there, like who are they talking?

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<v Speaker 1>Eventually we need to do that with Brian on the

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<v Speaker 1>E podcast. Bring him in so we could do We

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<v Speaker 1>could still answer questions, which you could. You could email

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<v Speaker 1>us podcast at grangersmith dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>We got some of those today.

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<v Speaker 1>We got some of those today. You could request guests.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I think that could be encouraging comment if

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<v Speaker 1>you're watching or listening on YouTube, maybe some guest ideas,

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<v Speaker 1>or you could email ant Man Podcast at grangersmith dot

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<v Speaker 1>com just to request a guest. Yep, that could be

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<v Speaker 1>a thing or a topic. Hey would you guys talk

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<v Speaker 1>about this?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Really interested in you and hearing Elle's opinion on this

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<v Speaker 1>email podcast at grangersmith dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, you brought up something YouTube, so we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>start now talking about it, if that's cool, because we

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<v Speaker 2>actually where you are watching. If you're watching right now

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<v Speaker 2>on YouTube, it's moving from this channel. This podcast is

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<v Speaker 2>moving from this channel to its own Granger Smith Podcast

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<v Speaker 2>YouTube channel. Now, if you're already there on the Grangersmith

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<v Speaker 2>podcast channel, you're still going to get everything you get

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<v Speaker 2>like normal until our three hundred and first episode, which

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<v Speaker 2>is coming up. I think it's on June I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 2>July twenty first.

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<v Speaker 1>So the three hundredth episode stays on the grangers channel exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>That stays on the granger channel. Then the three to

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<v Speaker 2>oh one and everything else. The only place you can

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<v Speaker 2>watch that is on the new channel. Now on the

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<v Speaker 2>new channel, you can get all the old ones and

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<v Speaker 2>all the new ones on the what's the name of

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<v Speaker 2>the new channel, Granger Smith Podcast. Okay, yeah, so have

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<v Speaker 2>you just that. Yeah, it's all set up, it's ready

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<v Speaker 2>to go. It's running right now.

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<v Speaker 1>It's running right now.

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<v Speaker 2>There's already like fifteen subscribers. It's like people have found it.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I'm one of them. Are you Is this

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<v Speaker 1>the three hundredth episode.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, well it's still down a lot. Oh that's

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<v Speaker 2>July twenty first will be the be the one that

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<v Speaker 2>goes on the new channel. But you can go subscribe

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<v Speaker 2>to the new channel right now and still get everything

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<v Speaker 2>we're doing between now and three oh one.

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<v Speaker 1>So if what we said doesn't make sense, that's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter to anyone, especially if

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<v Speaker 1>you're listening on a podcast channel. It does not matter

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<v Speaker 1>at all. Only YouTube will change in a little over

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<v Speaker 1>a month. We're going to migrate from the Granger Smith,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a music channel. We're going to migrate to

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<v Speaker 1>the Granger Smith podcast YouTube channel. So go there now

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<v Speaker 1>and subscribe if you would, to the Granger Smith podcast

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<v Speaker 1>YouTube channel, and all that's going to live on there

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<v Speaker 1>is the podcast.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, can you link it in in this episode?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, it's kind of hard to find when you just

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<v Speaker 3>search it.

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<v Speaker 2>You bet, yeah, because it hasn't It hasn't organically populated

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<v Speaker 2>anything yet. It will soon. We'll start putting some reels

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<v Speaker 2>and stuff up organically. But yes, in this episode description,

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<v Speaker 2>you're watching on the Granger Smith channel right now. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>put brand new channel and it'll have the link to it.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's already there right now, go click on it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. The reason for that, there's a lot of reasons.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't have to get into the weeds of it.

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<v Speaker 1>My channel was always a music channel. Hopefully there will

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<v Speaker 1>be music on there again one day, most likely gospel

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<v Speaker 1>music of some sort and a scripture memorization songs and

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<v Speaker 1>things like that. But it's it's actually hurting us because

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<v Speaker 1>that algorithm is music and not a podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, channel, and we have some other things coming up

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<v Speaker 2>with the podcast. Do we want to get into the lives.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, okay, we do. That's a huge announcement.

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<v Speaker 2>So we don't have a name for it yet. We

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<v Speaker 2>just know it's going to be called Granger Smith Podcast Presents.

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<v Speaker 2>This will open up. See if we left the Granger

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<v Speaker 2>Smith podcast underneath the Granger Smith Channel, we wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 2>able to put other playlists that are just under the

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<v Speaker 2>podcast because the podcast itself was a playlist. I don't,

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<v Speaker 2>like you said, I don't want to get into the

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<v Speaker 2>weeds too much, but this will allow us to do

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<v Speaker 2>when we do live podcasts, to be able to feature

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<v Speaker 2>those in their own feed underneath the channel. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>we've working on right now Granger Smith Podcast Presents. It's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be with Grainger and Amber. Name will be

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<v Speaker 2>coming soon. We'll have all the big announcements, looking like

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<v Speaker 2>six to eight cities, maybe more info. When we do

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<v Speaker 2>release the info, you're not going to miss it. It'll

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<v Speaker 2>be everywhere. Granger's Instagram, Amber's Instagram. Ye ye, Instagram. I hope.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, yeah. Let me say, let me say in one sentence,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going on tour.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Well, how do you feel about that?

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<v Speaker 1>Man? I'm so excited because saying going on tour because

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<v Speaker 1>I was you know, I was built really for the

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<v Speaker 1>for this. I was built to operate in this this

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<v Speaker 1>you know, going to city to city and we'll stay

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<v Speaker 1>in a hotel. I mean, it's it's easy. It's the

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<v Speaker 1>easiest tour ever. We're planning on re literally one city

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of a week. I can't have my

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<v Speaker 1>Sundays taken up from my from church. Saturdays and Sundays

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<v Speaker 1>I have to have for the service of the church,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the rest of the week I need open

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<v Speaker 1>for members of the church, coffees, lunches, meetings, things like that.

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<v Speaker 1>But giving up one day in the middle of the week.

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<v Speaker 1>Why don't we decide on that again middle of the

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<v Speaker 1>week as opposed to a Friday night.

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<v Speaker 2>It could be I mean, it could be a Thursday night.

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<v Speaker 1>Em always asked, actually asked all that, like, what I.

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<v Speaker 2>Think it's the Saturday piece because that means we'd be

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<v Speaker 2>coming back on on Saturday and taking up the majority

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<v Speaker 2>of the day, when kind of Saturday Sunday is really

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<v Speaker 2>prep time for for Granger and eldership.

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<v Speaker 1>And and yeah, maybe I misspoke, maybe it's not Wednesday

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<v Speaker 1>like middle of the week, but but it's sometime where

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<v Speaker 1>we have we could all have including the people coming

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<v Speaker 1>are not away from their home church. But yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>love the idea of this. We have tested it a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit at egu Fest a little bit. But we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna take this podcast in some sense on tour to

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<v Speaker 1>how many cities Tyler six to eight, six to eight

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<v Speaker 1>cities those will be announced soon. Maybe have guests come,

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<v Speaker 1>special guests come to those cities. May have different family

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<v Speaker 1>members come like the Smiths, Amber may have Parker Tyler,

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<v Speaker 1>may have you know, different guests that we've had on

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast before. But we'll do a live Q and A.

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<v Speaker 1>It's one of the things we'll do, discussions, meet and greet.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get to meet everybody, So that's going to scratch

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<v Speaker 1>an itch. That's going to be pretty nice to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to see people of vee Nation and meet them

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<v Speaker 1>again and take pictures and listen to their stories.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, excited about that. So you know, I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>you already are if you're new to this podcast and

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<v Speaker 2>you aren't following any of that, any of the social channels,

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<v Speaker 2>it hit just one of them up at least Granger's

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<v Speaker 2>ambers this one.

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<v Speaker 1>And in this podcast what we're talking about will be

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<v Speaker 1>released just like a normal podcast. Is that is that right?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Episode, it may be a special episode. It may

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<v Speaker 2>be in the you know, as we do them live

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of the week, maybe the following week.

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<v Speaker 2>It's released to the public, you know, in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of the week, so it'd be like a special on

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<v Speaker 2>a Wednesday. But you know, as far as all that

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<v Speaker 2>stuff will work all the details out, I'll just know

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<v Speaker 2>that if you can't come or we don't come to

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<v Speaker 2>your city, those podcasts are going to be released where

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<v Speaker 2>you watch and where you listen, So to this podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's great, Super excited and this is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>happening with alongside Amber's book which is coming out. Her

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<v Speaker 1>memoir is coming out mid October.

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<v Speaker 2>As she said the title, yet as she talked about.

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<v Speaker 1>It, she hasn't released so I will. I love the title,

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<v Speaker 1>but until she does. But her book comes out mid October,

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<v Speaker 1>this will we'll be able to go with her and

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<v Speaker 1>have these discussions with people with her book in hand.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, look forward to that. Be fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's huge. That's a huge announcement. That's probably the

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<v Speaker 1>thumb nail of this video. Actually were calling on tour, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, you preached the Sunday. It's past Sunday. I

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<v Speaker 2>did what you preach.

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<v Speaker 1>About John three verses one to fifteen nighttime conversation with

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus and Nicodemus.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh you did, Yeah, the whole thing. And not on

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<v Speaker 2>two X speed.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh wow, yeah, one X. Thank you. That's encouraging.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you ever do you listen on to X? No?

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<v Speaker 2>Not usually he does all the time. I'm coming in.

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<v Speaker 2>What are you listening to?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just dumb.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't listen.

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<v Speaker 1>Parkner showed me right before we walked in to hear,

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<v Speaker 1>which is like the most genius thing I've ever seen

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<v Speaker 1>anybody do doesn't listen to podcasts. He takes the puts

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<v Speaker 1>it into an app, takes the app, makes it, summarize it,

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<v Speaker 1>send us to chat GPT says give me a breakdown,

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<v Speaker 1>and PDA, please don't do that to this podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh somebody is right now.

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<v Speaker 3>I only do that to like it's into business stuff. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I listen like entertaining podcasts. But if of like, if

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<v Speaker 3>somebody releases an hour and a half video of like

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<v Speaker 3>how do how to make your business healthier? Then I'll

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<v Speaker 3>put it into an app called Summarify. It'll make highly

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<v Speaker 3>detailed notes about it that are like ten pages long.

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<v Speaker 3>I export that in the PDF and a chat GUPT

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<v Speaker 3>and say, give me a thirty day action plan for

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<v Speaker 3>me at ee Apparel.

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<v Speaker 2>Incredible, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I can understand that. Yeah, but a sermon, you

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<v Speaker 1>can't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I don't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>You're going to miss n give.

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<v Speaker 2>Me the points in the versus that Grant talks about

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<v Speaker 2>be done with.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, it was. It's super encouraging to to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we're we're at our church, we're working through

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<v Speaker 1>the Book of John right now, and so last week

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<v Speaker 1>Marshall preached the end of Chapter two. I preached this

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<v Speaker 1>past Sunday, Chapter three one to fifteen, and then I

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<v Speaker 1>just did a sermon review on that today with Marshall,

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<v Speaker 1>and he'll begin John three starting at sixteen, going to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one this coming week. So yeah, as we're working

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<v Speaker 1>to John, it's been super nourishing and to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to live in those fifteen verses for about eight days,

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<v Speaker 1>I started a little bit early. Usually it's a week,

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<v Speaker 1>but I started a little early, lived in those verses

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<v Speaker 1>and you just get nourished by it. And I was

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<v Speaker 1>telling Marshall today actually that it's so interesting because you

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<v Speaker 1>probably do this at your church. There's the sermon text

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<v Speaker 1>reading before the preacher.

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<v Speaker 2>The preacher somebody usually does, okay, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So we'll have someone come and read this sermon text.

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<v Speaker 1>And I noticed it this Sunday specifically that when that happens,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a weird emotional feeling I get when I hear

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<v Speaker 1>someone from the pulpit reading the text, because it's like

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<v Speaker 1>that's been a private relationship, with an intimate relationship with

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<v Speaker 1>me and the Lord, with those verses, digging through them, thinking,

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<v Speaker 1>wrestling with them. Reading other people's commentating, commentate, commentating, commentaries

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<v Speaker 1>on it, reading, reading through all this, the footnotes of

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<v Speaker 1>the text, chasing, chasing the all the meanings throughout the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the Bible, looking at the Greek and seeing

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<v Speaker 1>the meanings of those words. And then it's been me

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<v Speaker 1>intimately with the Lord in this. And then a guy

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<v Speaker 1>goes up and reads the text to the congregation and

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<v Speaker 1>I hear it. It's like, now my intimate conversation with

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord is not public, and it's so strange it's

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<v Speaker 1>hard to describe. But anyway, Yeah, I loved I loved

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<v Speaker 1>this text and I loved preaching it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, good stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>And we could we could link that description. Uh that

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<v Speaker 1>that link in the description as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Get to the it's in essence a podcast. You can

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<v Speaker 2>listen to the sermon.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, you can listen to it on the podcast. Our

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<v Speaker 1>podcast is what is it? A Maus Church podcast? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>I think you should look at me Mais Church, Georgetown.

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<v Speaker 1>Then it's all podcast platforms.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, what's weird for me? It wouldn't play on Apple podcasts.

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<v Speaker 2>It said this can't be played on this device. It's

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<v Speaker 2>an Apple podcast on an Apple phone iPhone. That's all

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<v Speaker 2>it's I went to Spotify and pulled it up the

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<v Speaker 2>same one.

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<v Speaker 1>Interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so if you have any trouble, just know, go

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<v Speaker 2>to another you can check it out.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I had an interesting conversation about it. I'm having

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<v Speaker 1>an interesting conversation right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually, Oh you on on the text? Are you let

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<v Speaker 2>me see?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh? He hasn't currently replied. You guys are gonna. I

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<v Speaker 1>getted these things, man, I uh so, I think I'll

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<v Speaker 1>just I think I'll just say this because he would

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<v Speaker 1>under even if he was listening right now, he would

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<v Speaker 1>understand this. But there is a man that has a

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<v Speaker 1>podcast in another state, not in Texas. I've been on

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<v Speaker 1>his podcast before for like a River, and he reached

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<v Speaker 1>out yesterday and he said, Hey, Granger, it's so and

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<v Speaker 1>so from so and so podcast. I hope you're well.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a video.

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<v Speaker 2>Message, a video. What do you mean a video?

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<v Speaker 1>He like text? He texts this is he has ever

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<v Speaker 1>met a guy that will text you with a selfie video? No,

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<v Speaker 1>but life talks about I feel like he did. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the world. That's the world. This guy's done. He

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<v Speaker 1>talks about doing that. So I bet you he heard

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<v Speaker 1>it from It's it's the same world. They're they're all friends. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>this is not ed, but it's one of his friends, like,

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<v Speaker 1>this is that world. So he said, he leaves with

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<v Speaker 1>the you know, and and he said, it's just different.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. I love to have you back on the show.

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<v Speaker 1>But he said, also, I have a new book out

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<v Speaker 1>and it's about raising kids, and I'll just be I'll

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<v Speaker 1>just be super frank with you right now. I would

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<v Speaker 1>love to be on your show, on your podcast and

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<v Speaker 1>talk about this, which is not a bad ask. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't mind anyone asking that. But I was in a

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<v Speaker 1>mood and I was on a prayer walk out here

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<v Speaker 1>in the country road, you know, and I was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of unpacking John three, and I said, hey, so and

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<v Speaker 1>so great to hear from you, man, Thanks so much

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<v Speaker 1>for reaching out. Means a lot that you're that you

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<v Speaker 1>think about me for stuff like this. I said, let's

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<v Speaker 1>wrestle with something. I would love to do that if

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<v Speaker 1>you're willing, I said, I see you. You're wearing a

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<v Speaker 1>cross around your neck. Are you a Christian voice text?

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<v Speaker 1>He hits back, I'm absolutely a Christian. In fact, the

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<v Speaker 1>book I wrote before this is raising kids through the

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<v Speaker 1>Spirit or something like spiritual child rearing. You know, something

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to hide his titles once again. Even if

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<v Speaker 1>you listened, I think he would understand because we've been

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<v Speaker 1>literally talking all day. And I said, I said great,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, let me ask you a question, then, what

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<v Speaker 1>is a Christian? In silence for like six hours, he

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<v Speaker 1>gets back and he goes, hey, grandeured man, great question.

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<v Speaker 1>All these videos, this one, this particular one was audio. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>great question. I'm so glad you asked it. It's very important.

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<v Speaker 1>And and you asked, what is a Christian? Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 1>Christian is someone who not only belize, No, that's not

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<v Speaker 1>the first one. Christian is someone who follows Christ and

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<v Speaker 1>does like he does. And you know, a person that

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<v Speaker 1>loves his neighbor and that is sincere and respectful and honest.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, you gave me this long listen and

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<v Speaker 1>I said, hey, so and so, thanks so much.

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<v Speaker 2>Man.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that's encouraging to hear. But I do want to

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<v Speaker 1>bring up that you didn't answer my question. I said,

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<v Speaker 1>what is a Christian? And you answered with what a

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<v Speaker 1>Christian does? So I ask again, what is a Christian?

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, by the way, sometimes people are like,

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<v Speaker 1>think I'm a little abrasive. I promise I'm not a

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<v Speaker 1>brave I'm not trying to be abrasive. I just love

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<v Speaker 1>digging into this stuff, like my heart is for discipling

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<v Speaker 1>and I love unpacking these things.

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<v Speaker 2>Do people think you're you're looking for a gotcha?

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<v Speaker 1>Ah?

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<v Speaker 2>I got you? See you do? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>Try to try to try to often that. Yeah, maybe,

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<v Speaker 1>but I try to always. I try to always put

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<v Speaker 1>in there like, hey man, this is a heart of

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<v Speaker 1>love and love unpacking these things you give.

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<v Speaker 1>me back up and he goes man Granger, you were

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<v Speaker 1>really making me think. And I love that about you.

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<v Speaker 1>This is exciting. And yeah, you know now that I

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<v Speaker 1>think about it, now that I think about the way

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<v Speaker 1>you ask it, yeah, I think a Christian is not

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<v Speaker 1>only someone who believes in Christ, but someone who obeyses commandments.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think about you and your life and your story,

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<v Speaker 1>and to me, the word that comes to mind is surrender.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone who surrenders their life, you know, to God. And

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<v Speaker 1>I remember that time you had in your in your

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<v Speaker 1>RV when you had that moment of surrendering. Yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's a Christian. I hit them up again. Hey, brother,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks so much. Once again, you didn't answer the question.

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<v Speaker 1>Once again, you said what a Christian does? I said,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, it's like, it's like this, so and so

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<v Speaker 1>if I asked you what is a light bulb and

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<v Speaker 1>you're answering, oh, a light bulb. Yeah, it's just it

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<v Speaker 1>sends light into the room and it goes to all

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<v Speaker 1>the crevices of the room and it illuminates the darkness.

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<v Speaker 1>And light bulbs are so great because when you come

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<v Speaker 1>in a dark room and you have a light bulb,

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<v Speaker 1>you could now see and you can have different colors

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<v Speaker 1>of the light bulb. They could get they can get

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<v Speaker 1>to places that once were dark now now they're light.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, that's not a light bulb. That's what a

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<v Speaker 1>light bulb does. I can't wait to hear what what

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<v Speaker 1>a Christian is. So you're a good storyteller. So do

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<v Speaker 1>you tell stories to your kids like this at night?

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<v Speaker 1>Like many used to? Sometimes? So I move send it

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<v Speaker 1>hours go by early this morning video texts.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I thought that I thought we were dwindling. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought we were going from video text to voice mea

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<v Speaker 2>video now to texting and like a carrier pigeon was

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<v Speaker 2>bringing the last one or something.

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<v Speaker 1>It's back to video. He actually said it late last night,

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<v Speaker 1>but I didn't get it till early this morning. He's

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<v Speaker 1>sitting there like this video text and he goes, little,

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<v Speaker 1>did I know what the podcast? This was going to

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<v Speaker 1>soon throw me into the deepest thought I've ever had

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<v Speaker 1>this subject, and he goes, and I'll be I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>straight up honest with you when I I'm aware enough

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<v Speaker 1>in my life that when I reach a point like this,

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<v Speaker 1>I now I just want to sit and listen. I

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<v Speaker 1>kind of want to stop talking, and I just want

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<v Speaker 1>to be a student. I feel like I just need

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<v Speaker 1>to learn. Now, can you please tell me? What is

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<v Speaker 1>a Christian.

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<v Speaker 2>So much better than just getting offended and doing Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I was just seeing it on your podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure this guy is very successful whoever it is,

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<v Speaker 1>and yeah, sounds like it. Yeah, but it's is it

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<v Speaker 1>not the most important question? I mean, is it not

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<v Speaker 1>the most like we skirt around faith? This is this?

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<v Speaker 1>I literally have been living in John three? And is

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<v Speaker 1>this not Nicodemus? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Me.

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<v Speaker 1>What I meant by very successful means he understands the

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<v Speaker 1>importance of listening and getting coaches and mentors more than him.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I meant.

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<v Speaker 2>Understanding that he doesn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Know yep, and he's not afraid to ask and say, hey, correct,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to listen what you got Chapter three, Verse

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<v Speaker 1>one of John. Now, there was a man of the

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<v Speaker 1>Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man

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<v Speaker 1>came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi,

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<v Speaker 1>we know you are a teacher. Come from God. For

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<v Speaker 1>no one could do these signs that you do unless

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<v Speaker 1>God is with him. Jesus answered him, truly, truly, I

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<v Speaker 1>say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot

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<v Speaker 1>see the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus said to him, how

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<v Speaker 1>could a man be born when he is old? Can

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<v Speaker 1>he enter a second time into his mother's womb and

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<v Speaker 1>be born? Jesus answered, truly, truly, I say to you,

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<v Speaker 1>unless one is born of water and the spirit, he

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<v Speaker 1>cannot enter the Kingdom of God. That which is born

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<v Speaker 1>of the flesh is flesh, that which is born of

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<v Speaker 1>spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you,

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<v Speaker 1>you must be born again. The wind blows where it wishes,

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<v Speaker 1>and you hear it sound, but you do not know

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<v Speaker 1>where it comes from or where it goes. So it

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<v Speaker 1>is with every one who is born of the spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>Nicodemus said to him, how could these things be? Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>answered him, are you not the teacher of Israel? And

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<v Speaker 1>yet you do not understand these things? Truly, truly, I

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<v Speaker 1>say to you, we speak of what we know and

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<v Speaker 1>bear witness to what we have seen. But you do

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<v Speaker 1>not receive our testimony. If I told you earthly things

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<v Speaker 1>and you do not believe, how could you believe if

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you heavenly things. No one has ascended into

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<v Speaker 1>heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of

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<v Speaker 1>Man and Moses. And as Mo just lifted up the

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<v Speaker 1>serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man

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<v Speaker 1>be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have

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<v Speaker 1>eternal life. This is this was just on my heart.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have realized through this conversation with this man,

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<v Speaker 1>how many nicodemus Is are out there, how much I

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<v Speaker 1>was in Nicodemus my whole life, And how I wish

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<v Speaker 1>that someone would have grabbed my shoulders and said, Granger,

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<v Speaker 1>you are Nicodemus. You think you know, but what does

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<v Speaker 1>it mean? What does it mean to be a Christian?

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<v Speaker 1>Can you tell me? And I would and I would say,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Just like this man that I've been texting,

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<v Speaker 1>he was part of this group. I'm going to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of hide their identity, but he's part of a discipleship

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<v Speaker 1>group that I've spoken for spoken with before the Disciples

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<v Speaker 1>meant for years, two years at a time, their discipled

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<v Speaker 1>and then they become the disciple er, and then they

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<v Speaker 1>disciple others for two years, and yet he couldn't answer

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<v Speaker 1>the question what is a Christian? Yeah, it's haunting.

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<v Speaker 2>So are you going back and forth with him?

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<v Speaker 4>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>So now I laid it all out in about four

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<v Speaker 1>as I was driving actually to hear old podcast nice

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<v Speaker 1>where that's what they sound.

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<v Speaker 2>The voice text.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, I start with the gospel, and I

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<v Speaker 1>start with I start with the you know, God created

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<v Speaker 1>and it was good.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And since the rebellion of Adam in the garden, we

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<v Speaker 1>have become separated from God. It's it's very scary because

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<v Speaker 1>Isaiah in chapter fifty nine says, your iniquities have caused

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<v Speaker 1>a separation between you and your God, and your sins

0:24:41.280 --> 0:24:44.200
<v Speaker 1>have hidden his face from you so that he does

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<v Speaker 1>not hear. That's scary. So what do we do we're

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<v Speaker 1>separated from We can't do anything that. In Romans chapter five,

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<v Speaker 1>Paul talks about how we are under God's wrath, that

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<v Speaker 1>we are enemies of God. That is not theology that

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<v Speaker 1>people talk about in twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it's not.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait, I thought God loves you, yeah right, and accepts

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<v Speaker 1>you the way you are, Yeah right. So to that,

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<v Speaker 1>what Paul's argument is in Romans five point eight is

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<v Speaker 1>that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that's how he shows his love for us, not

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<v Speaker 1>because he loves us where we are, but he loves

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<v Speaker 1>us that he sent his only son while we are

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<v Speaker 1>still sinners, to die for us. And so I'm unpacking

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<v Speaker 1>this in a lot more that I was saying about

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<v Speaker 1>how God enters his own creation as a man and

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<v Speaker 1>a son, the son of God, as Jesus, who lived

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<v Speaker 1>that perfect life that we all try to live to be,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, morally right, because everyone's trying to live a

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<v Speaker 1>good life and be moral and you know, character improvement.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus lives all with that perfectly. Yeah, God cannot. If

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<v Speaker 1>God is a God of love, then he must despise

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<v Speaker 1>what is not good and clean and moral and upright

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<v Speaker 1>and perfect and just and sincere and gracious and compassionate.

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<v Speaker 1>He must despise anything that's not those things because He

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<v Speaker 1>is perfect and none of those things could be part

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<v Speaker 1>of his world. And so where does that leave us

0:26:26.920 --> 0:26:31.399
<v Speaker 1>Isaiah fifty nine separated? He's not even hearing, but because

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<v Speaker 1>of his great love for his people, he sends his

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<v Speaker 1>son into the world to live that perfect life, become

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<v Speaker 1>the sacrifice on the cross, to take the sins of

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<v Speaker 1>his people into his body as a punishment, the punishment

0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:49.920
<v Speaker 1>we deserved into his body. So he becomes that sacrifice

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<v Speaker 1>of the lamb or the dove or the cow. He

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<v Speaker 1>becomes that final ultimate sacrifice, saying that now I have

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<v Speaker 1>replaced that, I have become the substitute for all what

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<v Speaker 1>you deserve. I told the guy, it's like this. You're

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<v Speaker 1>in death row, and the crime you've committed is murder

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<v Speaker 1>of the highest court. You murder a homeless guy, that's

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<v Speaker 1>a that's a bad that's a bad thing, right, But

0:27:17.640 --> 0:27:20.400
<v Speaker 1>you murder a police officer, it's a really bad thing.

0:27:21.040 --> 0:27:23.640
<v Speaker 1>You murder a senator in the United States, that's a

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<v Speaker 1>really really bad thing. You assassinate the president, that is

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<v Speaker 1>that is a horribly bad thing for you. What if

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<v Speaker 1>you send against a holy God, creator of the universe, right,

0:27:34.760 --> 0:27:38.639
<v Speaker 1>you committed an adultery against him. You've hated him in

0:27:38.640 --> 0:27:43.240
<v Speaker 1>your heart, thus murdering him as we did on Christ

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<v Speaker 1>on the Cross. What kind of punishment do we deserve.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're on death row, like that kind of death row,

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<v Speaker 1>waiting that kind of punishment, and a man steps in

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<v Speaker 1>and goes, take me instead, let him go. Everything you

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<v Speaker 1>were going to do to this, to you, everything you're gonna.

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<v Speaker 2>Do to him, put it on me.

0:28:03.800 --> 0:28:06.679
<v Speaker 1>Put it on me. And then the judge comes in,

0:28:06.720 --> 0:28:09.959
<v Speaker 1>he goes, you're free to go. So because of that,

0:28:10.119 --> 0:28:12.680
<v Speaker 1>flowing from that, we look back on that and it

0:28:12.880 --> 0:28:17.720
<v Speaker 1>is then we go, I will live my life honoring you.

0:28:17.720 --> 0:28:20.960
<v Speaker 1>You set me free Galatians five to one for freedom.

0:28:21.359 --> 0:28:24.240
<v Speaker 1>What if your parker's wearing it? For freedom? Christ, to

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<v Speaker 1>set us free, Stand firm therefore, and do not submit

0:28:27.760 --> 0:28:32.000
<v Speaker 1>again to the yoke of slavery. So from then overflowing

0:28:32.240 --> 0:28:36.040
<v Speaker 1>we become morally upright as we walk in the works,

0:28:36.200 --> 0:28:39.440
<v Speaker 1>the good works prepared for us. Ephesians too, because of

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<v Speaker 1>what Jesus did on that cross. Not and we didn't

0:28:42.640 --> 0:28:47.959
<v Speaker 1>earn our salvation, No, it's a result of it. So

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<v Speaker 1>so then knowing that we go, okay, well, what in

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<v Speaker 1>the world this is? Not? How does God then look

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<v Speaker 1>at us and think that we're okay? You know? Because

0:28:59.080 --> 0:29:01.000
<v Speaker 1>he looks at us and we were in Christ, he

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<v Speaker 1>sees Christ righteousness, Christ righteousness put on us, which is

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<v Speaker 1>this is the miracle. So let me go where I

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<v Speaker 1>went to this guy in Ephesians two. You were dead

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<v Speaker 1>in your trespasses and sins in which you once walked, Okay,

0:29:19.520 --> 0:29:21.600
<v Speaker 1>following the course of this world, following the prince of

0:29:21.600 --> 0:29:23.880
<v Speaker 1>the power of the air. The spirit is now the

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<v Speaker 1>same spirit that's now in work in the sons of disobedience,

0:29:26.600 --> 0:29:29.360
<v Speaker 1>among whom we all once lived, and the passions of

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<v Speaker 1>our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and

0:29:31.880 --> 0:29:34.920
<v Speaker 1>the mind. And we're by nature. Here's this crazy thing.

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<v Speaker 1>By nature. We were children of wrath, separated from God,

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<v Speaker 1>dead in our trespasses, by nature, children of wrath Romans five,

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<v Speaker 1>enemies of God. That's not a message heard too often, right,

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<v Speaker 1>But God verse four being rich in mercy because of

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<v Speaker 1>the great love with which He loved them us, even

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<v Speaker 1>when we were dead and our trespasses, made us alive

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<v Speaker 1>together with Christ. By grace. You've been saved and raised

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<v Speaker 1>up with Him and seated us with Him in the

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<v Speaker 1>heavenly places. In Christ Jesus, so that in the coming

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<v Speaker 1>ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace

0:30:20.400 --> 0:30:23.400
<v Speaker 1>and kindness towards us in Christ Jesus, for by grace

0:30:23.440 --> 0:30:26.040
<v Speaker 1>you've been saved through faith. This is not your own doing.

0:30:26.280 --> 0:30:28.800
<v Speaker 1>It is the gift of God, not a result the works.

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<v Speaker 1>So that no one may boast incredible. A Christian is

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<v Speaker 1>a new creation. Whoever is in Christ is now a

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<v Speaker 1>new creation. The oldest passed away, the news come a

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<v Speaker 1>new creation saved by grace because of what Christ did

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<v Speaker 1>on the cross.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a Christian.

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<v Speaker 1>There, it is good podcast. There it is a new creation. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So did he get there yet? He hasn't replied yet,

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<v Speaker 1>check one war time. He has not replied, he said.

0:31:11.280 --> 0:31:14.760
<v Speaker 1>He replied and said, thank you so much for sending these.

0:31:14.840 --> 0:31:17.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna make sure I'm in a quiet place to listen.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you would ask me that, I wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>said a new creation. Well, I technically we could answer

0:31:23.880 --> 0:31:28.280
<v Speaker 1>a lot of different gospel. But yeah, I mean I would.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying because I was for the whole time. I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, what is it Christian? What would I say?

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<v Speaker 1>And I just got to the point where it's like Jesus,

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<v Speaker 1>like anytime I'm like in it in this spot where

0:31:38.800 --> 0:31:41.040
<v Speaker 1>I don't know the answer, I'm just like Jesus. Well,

0:31:41.120 --> 0:31:43.240
<v Speaker 1>you could say you could use John three and say

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<v Speaker 1>someone that's born again by the spirit. You could say

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<v Speaker 1>that someone someone that's someone that's bought by the blood

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<v Speaker 1>of Christ, someone that's been made new, purchased, ransom, redeemed, restored, forgiven,

0:31:54.280 --> 0:31:56.040
<v Speaker 1>all of those, all those are appropriated.

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<v Speaker 3>You think that you would say he was answering in

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<v Speaker 3>terms of what a Christian does. You are now answering

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<v Speaker 3>into what has been done to the Christian to define

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<v Speaker 3>it happens.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's go back to the light bulb. Is a

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<v Speaker 1>light bulb?

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<v Speaker 2>What is a sandwich? Well, it's it's meat that has

0:32:16.400 --> 0:32:20.800
<v Speaker 2>been sliced and has been carved and put on bread. Yeah,

0:32:21.000 --> 0:32:24.640
<v Speaker 2>and if you'd like lettuce and tomato and mayo, then

0:32:24.680 --> 0:32:27.080
<v Speaker 2>that's on there too. Yeah, there's your sandwich.

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<v Speaker 1>YEA. The illustration of the light bulb. What's a light bulb?

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<v Speaker 1>Would say, let's it's a a glass globe with filament inside,

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<v Speaker 1>and you plug a cord into a power source and

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<v Speaker 1>electricity flows through the power source and lights up the

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<v Speaker 1>filament and the light bulb is is is the new

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<v Speaker 1>life caused by the plugging into the power source and

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<v Speaker 1>it omits light, that's a light bulb instead of the

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<v Speaker 1>opposite would be saying a light bulb shines or makes

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<v Speaker 1>bride or that's all the result. That's true. What he

0:33:03.280 --> 0:33:07.600
<v Speaker 1>said is true of what Christians do. But but a

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<v Speaker 1>Christian is a new creation, in plugged into the power

0:33:11.360 --> 0:33:16.680
<v Speaker 1>source of Christ, made new, restored, ransom, forgiven, Once a

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<v Speaker 1>child of wrath by nature, now a child of God,

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<v Speaker 1>adopted as a son, an heir to the kingdom.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's an offensive message. You are telling people that

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<v Speaker 3>they're dead and sick.

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<v Speaker 2>And that they need to there's also you know, go ahead,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just gonna say when you said for grace, for

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<v Speaker 1>by grace you have been saved through faith, it's like

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<v Speaker 1>that's in every girl's Instagram bio or or you know,

0:33:44.600 --> 0:33:48.280
<v Speaker 1>and it's like and it's it's amazing. It's an amazing verse.

0:33:48.320 --> 0:33:50.160
<v Speaker 1>And it is true. It comes from the Bible. It

0:33:50.200 --> 0:33:53.040
<v Speaker 1>is true. Just go back up to the beginning with

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<v Speaker 1>what you were saying. How many of those people that

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<v Speaker 1>have that in their bio know that you were dead

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<v Speaker 1>and your trespasses and sins in which you once walked,

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<v Speaker 1>like just the fear and the wrath of God and

0:34:06.680 --> 0:34:11.480
<v Speaker 1>who he is. It's just so important. Like I used

0:34:11.520 --> 0:34:13.520
<v Speaker 1>to cherrypick verses all the time too, and then it's

0:34:13.520 --> 0:34:15.600
<v Speaker 1>like I have no idea what else this means or

0:34:15.640 --> 0:34:17.200
<v Speaker 1>what in context we're talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>So you said that that is offensive and very well

0:34:23.360 --> 0:34:29.000
<v Speaker 2>known either agnostic or atheist. Part of the duel, the

0:34:29.040 --> 0:34:33.560
<v Speaker 2>magic duo Penn and Teller. I think it's pen Is

0:34:34.239 --> 0:34:36.800
<v Speaker 2>he was. I've been seeing this video that's going around

0:34:37.239 --> 0:34:41.319
<v Speaker 2>of him talking about how much you have to hate

0:34:41.640 --> 0:34:46.359
<v Speaker 2>the other person to not share the gospel with them.

0:34:46.760 --> 0:34:50.160
<v Speaker 2>If you're a Christian and you believe that, how much

0:34:50.200 --> 0:34:52.560
<v Speaker 2>do you have to hate the person to not share

0:34:52.600 --> 0:34:55.560
<v Speaker 2>this news with them? Yeah, that's from an atheist.

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<v Speaker 1>So the illustration I started the whole service with was

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And when I first read that, I thought, oh, this

0:35:03.719 --> 0:35:06.520
<v Speaker 1>is this is us Because Steve Jobs was told he

0:35:06.560 --> 0:35:10.160
<v Speaker 1>had cancer and it was treatable cancer if he had

0:35:10.320 --> 0:35:14.520
<v Speaker 1>just had surgery. Doctors urged him, you need immediate surgery,

0:35:14.560 --> 0:35:17.960
<v Speaker 1>we can fix this and he said, now I'll try

0:35:17.960 --> 0:35:22.359
<v Speaker 1>to fix it myself acupuncture and special diet, and yeah,

0:35:22.400 --> 0:35:24.640
<v Speaker 1>that was me. That's my testimony. Yeah, I thought I

0:35:24.680 --> 0:35:26.160
<v Speaker 1>could do it all too So when you said that

0:35:26.200 --> 0:35:28.000
<v Speaker 1>about Steve and the sermon, I was like, Yep, that

0:35:28.200 --> 0:35:31.200
<v Speaker 1>was me. Yeah, I said he was. He was an

0:35:31.200 --> 0:35:34.960
<v Speaker 1>extraordinary thinker, so it's no surprise he could try to

0:35:35.000 --> 0:35:35.920
<v Speaker 1>outthink cancer.

0:35:36.120 --> 0:35:36.319
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:35:37.160 --> 0:35:39.800
<v Speaker 1>Eventually he got so sick he had to have the surgery,

0:35:39.840 --> 0:35:40.720
<v Speaker 1>but it was too late.

0:35:40.960 --> 0:35:42.919
<v Speaker 2>And he died, went everywhere else in his body. Right.

0:35:42.960 --> 0:35:45.879
<v Speaker 1>He died because he thought he could fix himself. That

0:35:46.080 --> 0:35:49.320
<v Speaker 1>is the story of moralism, and that is the story

0:35:49.320 --> 0:35:54.120
<v Speaker 1>of character modification that we preach as as we think

0:35:54.120 --> 0:35:57.600
<v Speaker 1>we're Christians and we think we're we're supposed we think

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<v Speaker 1>being a Christian is living a good life and stamping

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus on that and keep doing that. Keep doing that, man,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to disciple you to keep on doing good things.

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<v Speaker 1>And what you're doing is you're teaching people to heal

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<v Speaker 1>themselves from a cancer that is killing them unless they

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<v Speaker 1>get a heart transplant surgery.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, who here growing up, did you hear that the

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<v Speaker 2>word Christian meant someone who follows Christ in a essence

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<v Speaker 2>something that you do.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it reminds me of the It reminds me of

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<v Speaker 3>the WWJD bracelets And what would Jesus do? And that

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<v Speaker 3>can be a great message, but I think it can

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<v Speaker 3>also be extremely hazardous when you think that the primary

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<v Speaker 3>message of Christianity is just do what Jesus did. That's

0:36:43.880 --> 0:36:47.640
<v Speaker 3>the message be a good person when you can't be.

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<v Speaker 3>And so I always remember the quote in the documentary

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<v Speaker 3>American Gospel. They say the message of Christianity is not.

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<v Speaker 2>What would Jesus do?

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<v Speaker 3>Now go and do that. The message is what has

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus done?

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<v Speaker 2>Believe that? Oh that's Awesome's always remember that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we that And to be fair, idea, the idea

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<v Speaker 1>of that, I mean that that word Christian actually comes

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<v Speaker 1>from little Christ. That was that was a derogatory phrase

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<v Speaker 1>to the like, look at those little Christs, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they fallen their little savior Jesus there. Yeah, don't give

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<v Speaker 1>you on that. They're following that. That was a derogatory term,

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<v Speaker 1>but we have it since embraced it. It happens in the

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<v Speaker 1>Bible and antihok was the first time they were called

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<v Speaker 1>Christian's book of Access. So that that Parker's right, following Christ,

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<v Speaker 1>that's absolutely what a Christian does.

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<v Speaker 3>You Paul says, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely, So be a little Christ absolutely do what he

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<v Speaker 1>would do? What would Christ what was.

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<v Speaker 2>Do this?

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<v Speaker 1>But that message is for believers. That's for butterflies who

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<v Speaker 1>were already out of the cocoon and you're telling them

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<v Speaker 1>to go drink nectar. At good point, but not a caterpillar.

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<v Speaker 1>Caterpillar needs to be reborn.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't tell a caterpillar to eat nectar. Yeah, or fly,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what you're talking about. They need to

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<v Speaker 1>be reborn.

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<v Speaker 2>Great point. That was a great message. And like you said,

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<v Speaker 2>how long have I been talking too?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Hey, you're going to say something, do you remember?

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<v Speaker 2>No, No, it wasn't a sorial show. It wasn't important.

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<v Speaker 2>It was important, you remember, I No.

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<v Speaker 1>I just my default is always just like when when

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<v Speaker 1>you're talking about your acts and what you do, whenever

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<v Speaker 1>I find myself saying me and what I'm going to do,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm backtracked about you. And if I don't, I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>like Jesus. It's because of what Jesus did, not what

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<v Speaker 1>anything that I did.

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<v Speaker 3>So good John, that's actually this is actually John three. Sorry,

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<v Speaker 3>this last thing I'll say, But you're talking about the

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<v Speaker 3>caterpillar can't because it's not been born again, John three, nineteen,

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<v Speaker 3>right after right after your sermon, this is the judgment.

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<v Speaker 3>The light has come into the world, and people love

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<v Speaker 3>the darkness rather than the light because their works for evil.

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<v Speaker 3>For everyone who does wicked things hates the lights and

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<v Speaker 3>does not come to the light lest his works be exposed.

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<v Speaker 3>Like not only do they not want to like they

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<v Speaker 3>they don't want to and they cannot like they must

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<v Speaker 3>be born.

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<v Speaker 1>Again, Marshall. By the time this podcast comes out, Marshall

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<v Speaker 1>will have just preached that yesterday. So if he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to hear whatever he has to say about it, it

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<v Speaker 1>is on the.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, now, I'll put me in Marshall's Yeah, in the links.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to answer a.

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<v Speaker 1>Question, yes, thank you. We haven't done that in a while.

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<v Speaker 2>This one comes from James. This is uh, not the

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<v Speaker 2>book of James the person James. Hey Granger. My name

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<v Speaker 2>is James. I'm twenty and I'm currently deployed overseas and

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<v Speaker 2>will have been gone for ten months in July. I

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<v Speaker 2>really value your advice and right now, with the environment

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in, I could really use some godly wisdom. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>dating a girl named Kris. We've been dating for nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>months now and we've been discussing marriage. She's a Christian

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<v Speaker 2>in her family is a good, godly family. I came

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<v Speaker 2>from a pastor's home, being brought up in a holiness church.

0:40:07.880 --> 0:40:11.040
<v Speaker 2>My views on lots of things differ from my girlfriends.

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<v Speaker 2>She goes to a church that believes in Calvinism pretty much,

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<v Speaker 2>so we differ greatly. She believes in once saved, always saved,

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<v Speaker 2>which I find extremely difficult to agree with from a

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<v Speaker 2>logical standpoint and from a biblical perspective. We've discussed this

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<v Speaker 2>all before and she's confident that we can make it work,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm not so sure. I'm positive we could run

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<v Speaker 2>into lots of issues, especially with parenting children together. I

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<v Speaker 2>guess my question is, do you think that these are

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<v Speaker 2>things that we can that we could work out with

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<v Speaker 2>some time, or is this where we need to go

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<v Speaker 2>our separate ways. Any advice would be appreciated.

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<v Speaker 1>Marry her as quick as possible.

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<v Speaker 2>He's overseas, so we jump on zoom.

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<v Speaker 1>Come home and marry. Or she sees a marrying type.

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<v Speaker 1>No kidding, right, Okay, you guys got I mean my

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<v Speaker 1>favorite There's two chapters James that I that I would

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<v Speaker 1>love to see kind of marinate on it. John six.

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<v Speaker 1>We're still in John here, I guess John chapter six

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<v Speaker 1>and John chapter ten. I I would marinate on these.

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<v Speaker 1>I would just kind of meditate on these. And Chapter

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<v Speaker 1>ten is the the chapter of Jesus being the good Shepherd,

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<v Speaker 1>and he says, I have trouble in this light. We

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<v Speaker 1>need to figure out a way to a way to

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<v Speaker 1>read this in the light. Okay, So okay, I can't

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<v Speaker 1>read it. Let me just do it my memory. I

0:41:53.160 --> 0:41:56.600
<v Speaker 1>could do it my memory. Jesus says, my sheep hear

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<v Speaker 1>my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

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<v Speaker 1>I give them eternal life, and no one will snatch

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<v Speaker 1>them out of my hand. Yeah, okay, my sheep hear

0:42:11.640 --> 0:42:15.160
<v Speaker 1>my voice. I know them, and they follow me, and

0:42:15.160 --> 0:42:18.360
<v Speaker 1>they will never perish. I give them eternal life, and

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<v Speaker 1>no one will snatch them out of my hand.

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<v Speaker 2>You said, And it may be the no one at

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<v Speaker 2>the end of your message you were on Sunday. You're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about this. Who the Father gives me come to me? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>That's just so. That's John six. Yes, And what happens

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<v Speaker 1>when Jesus says these kind of things is people get

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<v Speaker 1>really angry. Verse thirty one. The Jews picked up stones

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<v Speaker 1>again to stone him. They're going to Stone. And when

0:42:46.520 --> 0:42:48.480
<v Speaker 1>Jesus talks like this, people get really offended. At the

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<v Speaker 1>end of chapter six, they get really offended because he says,

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<v Speaker 1>no one comes to me unless the Father who sent

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<v Speaker 1>me draws from you. And all that the Father gives

0:42:56.800 --> 0:42:58.960
<v Speaker 1>to me will come to me. And whoever comes to me,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll never cast out. Yeah, and and people are leaving

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<v Speaker 1>and droves when Jesus is saying these things. So once saved,

0:43:08.080 --> 0:43:10.400
<v Speaker 1>always saved, it is always it's it's all over the Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>And there is such Oh, brother James, there's such comfort

0:43:16.600 --> 0:43:21.240
<v Speaker 1>in that doctrine. Yeah, there's such comfort to know everything

0:43:21.280 --> 0:43:23.160
<v Speaker 1>we've talked about so far on this podcast. Everything we

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<v Speaker 1>have a new creation. The spirit moves and blows life

0:43:26.560 --> 0:43:29.920
<v Speaker 1>and wakes up dry bones like in Ezekiel thirty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>The dry bones come to life as the spirit blows

0:43:33.120 --> 0:43:35.800
<v Speaker 1>over them, and he makes new whoever's in Christ is

0:43:35.840 --> 0:43:39.120
<v Speaker 1>a new creation. Behold the oldest or the oldest passed away.

0:43:39.120 --> 0:43:42.120
<v Speaker 1>Behold the new has come. And you're you're born again.

0:43:42.480 --> 0:43:45.960
<v Speaker 1>And you in John three, and you you're awakened that

0:43:46.000 --> 0:43:48.600
<v Speaker 1>you're no longer dead in your trespasses. By grace, you've

0:43:48.600 --> 0:43:50.720
<v Speaker 1>been saved through faith. This is not your own doing.

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<v Speaker 1>And and then you think to yourself, can I possibly

0:43:55.320 --> 0:44:00.120
<v Speaker 1>lose that? No, you can't lose that. You can't. When

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<v Speaker 1>the spirit blows and moves and wakes up dry bones,

0:44:02.600 --> 0:44:06.160
<v Speaker 1>you can't lose it. So take that. And anytime you sin,

0:44:06.320 --> 0:44:09.160
<v Speaker 1>you you fall short or you drift, and you go no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I am his He's got me. I hear his voice.

0:44:12.840 --> 0:44:15.080
<v Speaker 1>I hear the good shepherd. He has got me. And

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<v Speaker 1>he said that I'll know his voice, and I know it,

0:44:17.840 --> 0:44:20.399
<v Speaker 1>and he knows me, and I follow him, and I'll

0:44:20.400 --> 0:44:22.560
<v Speaker 1>never perish and no one will snatch me out of

0:44:22.719 --> 0:44:26.040
<v Speaker 1>his hand, including me and my and me being an idiot,

0:44:26.239 --> 0:44:28.799
<v Speaker 1>I can't even I cannot mess this up. So I

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<v Speaker 1>follow again, and then we're reassured that he's got us.

0:44:33.400 --> 0:44:35.760
<v Speaker 1>That's what your fiance, your girlfriend.

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<v Speaker 2>Because that sounds like that that's their issue. Is the

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<v Speaker 2>Calvinist part of it?

0:44:40.000 --> 0:44:43.319
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and well we're not even dressing like calvin don't Yeah, look,

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<v Speaker 1>don't talk about Calvinism. Talk about the scripture. Read from

0:44:46.360 --> 0:44:50.000
<v Speaker 1>scripture exactly what Granger just said. Just leave Calvinism out

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<v Speaker 1>of it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm trying to define that part.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right. We would have to define what he's talking.

0:44:54.760 --> 0:44:56.560
<v Speaker 1>What does Calvinism mean? I don't know what it means

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<v Speaker 1>unless I hear what you're defining it as.

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<v Speaker 2>Because there's horrible very this read Go read it and

0:45:02.280 --> 0:45:05.319
<v Speaker 2>go do you believe that? I believe that you believe it? Yeah? Okay, cool,

0:45:05.360 --> 0:45:06.440
<v Speaker 2>we both believe the same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, let's let's take these silly definitions and titles out

0:45:10.960 --> 0:45:12.880
<v Speaker 1>of it, and let's just let's just go look what

0:45:13.000 --> 0:45:15.759
<v Speaker 1>Jesus says in Johnson and don't look at that as.

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<v Speaker 2>A bad thing.

0:45:16.160 --> 0:45:20.080
<v Speaker 1>That is a beautiful thing. And then someone goes, you're

0:45:20.120 --> 0:45:23.560
<v Speaker 1>telling me I can be a Christian, go murder someone

0:45:23.560 --> 0:45:28.120
<v Speaker 1>and I'm still good. I'll say no, brother, Once that

0:45:28.200 --> 0:45:31.560
<v Speaker 1>spirit blows over you and you're born again, you won't

0:45:31.800 --> 0:45:35.000
<v Speaker 1>want to sin. And when you do, you'll turn from

0:45:35.000 --> 0:45:37.799
<v Speaker 1>it as fast as you can. Why because you the

0:45:37.840 --> 0:45:39.880
<v Speaker 1>good Shepherd has got you in his hands.

0:45:41.719 --> 0:45:44.680
<v Speaker 2>You had nothing to do with your first berth, Oh

0:45:44.719 --> 0:45:46.960
<v Speaker 2>would you have anything to do? What would make you

0:45:47.000 --> 0:45:51.239
<v Speaker 2>think that you had any power over the second one?

0:45:51.400 --> 0:45:54.880
<v Speaker 1>I butchered James's question. That's not what he wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>hear at all. I like you responsible marrier right now,

0:45:59.040 --> 0:46:01.440
<v Speaker 1>maybe what's your t about earlier about what is a Christian?

0:46:01.480 --> 0:46:05.000
<v Speaker 1>Will help? And that's true. Whatever he's asking, it's a

0:46:05.000 --> 0:46:09.960
<v Speaker 1>beautiful it's a beautiful truth. It's like, that's like Lincoln saying, Daddy,

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<v Speaker 1>if I mess up too much, will I not be

0:46:13.840 --> 0:46:14.279
<v Speaker 1>your son?

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<v Speaker 2>Mm hmm yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you imagine what would I say? I say you

0:46:19.400 --> 0:46:22.319
<v Speaker 1>are my son, and there is nothing you could do

0:46:22.560 --> 0:46:25.880
<v Speaker 1>to ever take that away from you. Your identity is

0:46:26.040 --> 0:46:29.919
<v Speaker 1>you are my sons, like I have claimed you your mind.

0:46:29.920 --> 0:46:32.960
<v Speaker 1>You've come from my blood. And Lincoln, there is nothing

0:46:33.040 --> 0:46:35.520
<v Speaker 1>you could ever do that's so bad that I would

0:46:35.560 --> 0:46:39.160
<v Speaker 1>say I disown you as my son. And if I

0:46:39.160 --> 0:46:41.480
<v Speaker 1>could do that as an evil father, as an earthly,

0:46:41.640 --> 0:46:45.480
<v Speaker 1>fleshly father, what would our father in heaven do with this? No,

0:46:45.840 --> 0:46:48.560
<v Speaker 1>when he has claimed his children, he does not let

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<v Speaker 1>them go.

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<v Speaker 4>So good he who began good work, and you will

0:46:52.560 --> 0:46:57.880
<v Speaker 4>bring it to completion on the day of Jesus Christ,

0:46:58.560 --> 0:47:02.359
<v Speaker 4>who is called you as he is called, He's also predestined.

0:47:02.680 --> 0:47:03.640
<v Speaker 2>He's presestined.

0:47:03.680 --> 0:47:06.680
<v Speaker 3>He's also justified, and he who is justified will also

0:47:06.680 --> 0:47:07.360
<v Speaker 3>be glorified.

0:47:08.520 --> 0:47:12.040
<v Speaker 2>Hey man, think we in there.

0:47:13.360 --> 0:47:15.400
<v Speaker 1>Grant you ever been in this passion on the podcast,

0:47:15.760 --> 0:47:17.360
<v Speaker 1>you see him all the time. I'll watch them, but

0:47:17.520 --> 0:47:21.880
<v Speaker 1>I like Bible on the table, my bros here and

0:47:22.120 --> 0:47:23.200
<v Speaker 1>Man one.

0:47:23.239 --> 0:47:27.360
<v Speaker 2>I think conversations. I think he's great at having conversations,

0:47:27.360 --> 0:47:28.799
<v Speaker 2>and I'm glad we.

0:47:28.719 --> 0:47:33.120
<v Speaker 1>Can the It's also different because when you have a

0:47:33.120 --> 0:47:36.200
<v Speaker 1>guest here, you obviously want to ask and hear their story,

0:47:36.400 --> 0:47:41.680
<v Speaker 1>and you obviously talked a lot. It was great, man,

0:47:41.719 --> 0:47:46.319
<v Speaker 1>It's like I was at a sermon or something. That's

0:47:46.400 --> 0:47:49.080
<v Speaker 1>how we ended, right there were Yeah, but let me

0:47:49.120 --> 0:47:51.560
<v Speaker 1>make sure that this guy hasn't replied yet. He hasn't replied,

0:47:51.600 --> 0:47:53.080
<v Speaker 1>just making sure that wasn't going to be the final

0:47:53.120 --> 0:47:55.360
<v Speaker 1>part of the podcast. Is He replied and said, I

0:47:55.440 --> 0:47:56.720
<v Speaker 1>believe Where can I get