We Get To Do This - Presence over Pixels

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Abba Father, what a joy and what a privilege

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to come to you today and what a privilege to

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be able to do this remotely today. Just through

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technology, we often say it's a miracle any of

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this stuff works, but we get to do this and it's

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fun and it's joyful. Pray for our listeners today

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and whenever they're listening to this, that

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they will be blessed, they'll be encouraged and

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even provoked to think deeper and to think critically.

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And so we pray for them in Jesus' name. Amen.

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Amen. It's Wednesday, June 24, 2026. We get to

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do this. This is episode number 38. We get to

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do this. Yeah, baby remote. This is so cool.

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It is so fun. I love doing this. I was really

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excited and it was like, you are so excited.

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In fact, I was so excited. I was an hour early

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getting on. She was like, wait, why are you so

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ready already? And I'm like, what? And then about

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that time you text me, I'm like, oh, I'm up an

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hour early. It's okay brother. I must have been

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really excited. So you're on vacation and it's

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highly appreciated that you still want to do

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the show. You set up the rig. You got the Pod

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Mobile. I just want everyone to know the Pod

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Mobile rig is an amazing little device. Pod Mobile,

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you can find it on Google. It's fantastic. Super

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cool device. I'm just sitting here looking at

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it going, this is amazing that we can do this

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so easily actually because I can pack it in a

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very small bag. As long as you have a really

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tiny mic stand, you know, it's I mean, it's very

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small. It's light. I mean, super neat piece of

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equipment. So what's your setup right now on

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your in your vacation studio? Yeah, so I'm sitting

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at a little table in my room here. We're in Florida

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on Longboat Key Island. Just got. ocean on each

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side of us. It's, it's stunning. And then the

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room I'm in, it's not quite as sweet, but it

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sort of is. It's kind of hard to explain, but

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just got one. I'm on a small table and all I've

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got is the pod mobile, my microphone, my computer,

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and a mic cable. I mean, it's that simple. It's

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the best. It's the best. Very cool. I really

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appreciate that you're doing this because vacation

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is still vacation. You know, so, but it's also,

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we need to catch up. You and I need to catch

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up. Really? I know. I've missed you, bro. I mean,

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you were gone some, we've been gone some. I mean,

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it's just that time of year where everybody's

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kind of moving, traveling and out and about.

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So yeah, what's the latest? Well, there's a couple

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of things going on. You're on vacation. You still

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are doing your daily grind, which is appreciated.

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You're doing kind of an abbreviated version,

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which means, well, actually I'll read the one

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from yesterday. It's just Jesus day two you're

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doing just Jesus and so the daily grind it's

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on It's on hello Fred for those who listen to

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hello Fred on the godcaster in a spoken version

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Pastor Jimmy Sends it out on all the socials

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and I get a an early text version, which I'm

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always very appreciative of so he says we're

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enjoying Time away this week. I'll be posting

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a simple just Jesus reminder each day for the

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next week Signed Pastor Jimmy and yesterday was

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Matthew 5 3 from the New King James Version blessed

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are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom

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of heaven and I really enjoyed just the simplicity

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of this daily grind because what it led me to

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do is Something that I've learned from you. It's

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like I wonder exactly what poor in spirit means

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if we look at the Greek or Aramaic original and

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because as a new believer I read that is oh when

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I'm down when I'm not feeling good when I'm poor

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in spirit and Imagine my surprise when I figured

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out what it really meant And so I thought maybe

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we could kick things off today with you giving

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an explainer of poor in spirit That's great now

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If you go into the actual Greek of that, it really

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breaks it down and it's going to read a little

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bit different than the phrase poor in spirit.

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But the word poor literally where it means reduced

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to beggary, begging, asking alms, destitute of

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wealth, influence, position and honor, lowly

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afflicted destitute of the Christian virtue.

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So, I mean, just that word by itself is very

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intense, but he's not saying just the poverty

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ridden here. He's talking about poor in spirit.

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In other words, to me, the way I read it, I'm

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not looking at a commentary. This is just off

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of my heart. When I see poor in spirit, I say

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destitute of oneself. and needing more of his

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spirit. Yes, that's exactly what I came up with.

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Okay, did you look it up? Because I didn't, that's

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just what it means to me. Well, there's a whole

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bunch of Greek words that are unpronounceable

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like Makarioi, and Pochatoi, and Bakchoi, and

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all this other stuff, and Numati. You think Greek's

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bad, try to pronounce Hebrew words. I'm hocking

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up a loogie the whole time. I speak a little

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bit of Hebrew. That's my go -to. That sounds

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like German. It's still guttural, right? It's

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guttural. What I came up with is... Only those

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who can admit they are completely empty -handed

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in front of God are eligible to receive everything

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God offers. Yeah, because look what the offer

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is. The kingdom of heaven. Right. Theirs is the

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kingdom of heaven. So when we come before him

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impoverished in spirit of saying, Lord, I want

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to be empty of me and empty of my own spirit

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so that I may be filled with yours. Yes. I wonder

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if this is widely misunderstood. Oh, no doubt.

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Just the Beatitudes itself could be an entire

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sermon series for 10 years. It really could.

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And that's why I chose this. First of all, I

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was thinking about what can I do while I'm on

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vacation? That's simple. But also, has some depth

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to it. And so I've started thinking about, well,

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there's nothing more important than Jesus. I

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mean, than what Jesus can bring to the table.

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And so that's why I just kind of took it on,

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okay, just Jesus. And I always ask the question,

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is just Jesus enough? And so that's kind of why

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I went that direction. And I've been actually

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encouraged by the response to that because usually

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I write two or three, well, about six, seven

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sentences. That's the daily grind. But just putting

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the verse only and keeping it simple, people

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have been responding as if I've been writing

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a whole paragraph or something. And it's been

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really neat. Oh, interesting. Because people

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are thinking. And so that to me makes me happy.

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Yeah, well, and spot on though, because and maybe

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the simplicity of just Jesus in the daily grind,

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maybe that's what actually spurred me on to like,

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huh, what does that actually mean? I'm glad you

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did that. Way to go. Well, I pay attention to

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what you say. Keep diving in. I didn't say it.

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Jesus did. That's the whole point. Good point.

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Good point. Jesus' words. Just Jesus. I love

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it. I bring messages from Bridge Church in Fredericksburg

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as well. Everybody misses you. And James handed

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me, you know James who's on our safety team and

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he sits in the corner in the morning. So every

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Sunday I come in, I have a little chat with James.

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He listens to the podcast all the time. He loves

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the podcast. And he handed me a note and he said,

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I think we should own this. Hold on a second,

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James. And this is what's written on it. It was

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a question. Do you know what God left out of

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the Bible? And then underneath is the answer.

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Your opinion. Oh, boom. I'd never heard that

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before. He says, I came up with this or it came

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to me and I think we should own this. I love

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it, James. I love it. I think that's fantastic.

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You know what? He's named something that is the

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tension that me and Pastor Brian live with when

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we're preaching the word, when we're preaching

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scripture. Every time we stand in the pulpit,

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I gotta tell you, I still get nervous every time.

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And I'm not nervous because I'm nervous about

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speaking in front of people. I'm way past that.

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I'm nervous because I wanna rightly divide the

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word of truth. The last thing I ever want to

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do is perpetuate just my opinions. And yet if

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you think about it, That's what an interpretation

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is, right? It's your opinion. That's why even

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when I read commentaries or scholars or experts,

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I always take them with a grain of salt because

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it's just their opinion at the end of the day.

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And so I'm very cognizant of that. It's very

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humbling to me. And I remind myself of this often

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because I don't ever want to get in a pulpit

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and just bang the pulpit and just this is the

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way it is because I'm telling you, There is so

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many layers to scriptures is so many layers of

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truth that you peel one back and there's a hundred

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more and Yet you may peel one back and think

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I finally found the secret. I found the answer

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This is it This is what this means and yet the

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Bible even describes itself that the word of

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God is living and active and Sharper than any

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two -edged sword. So if the word is living and

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active then that means it's not just it's not

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just stayed, it's actually fluid, not static,

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but fluid. And so to me, that's why the Bible,

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you know this, you'll stumble on a scripture

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and you go, oh, I've read that scripture before.

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And then you read it and a different word catches

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you, pops out. And it's like, well, I've never

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seen it that way before. Well, that's the beauty

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of the Word of God. It's the Word of God. Yes,

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written by Paul, written by men, written by people

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who dictated things, but yet it's inspired by

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him. And that's why we call it the Bible, the

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Word of God. It's inspired by him. God breathed

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is another way to say it. You know, you said

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something that I hadn't even considered when

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I read James's note because I took it as, yeah,

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my opinion, okay. I didn't even consider what

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you just said there that as a pastor, You literally

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are giving your opinion whenever you're in the

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pulpit. Absolutely. I mean, just by definition

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of what you're doing, you give your opinion.

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That's a little deeper than I thought it would

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be, actually. Well, what it means is I got to

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be careful about what hills I die on in terms

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of convictions about things, because as we're

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always hopefully ever learning, ever growing,

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then the hill I died on five years ago probably

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is not the hill I would die on today because

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I've learned, I've grown. And that's the idea.

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At my age and season of life, I wanna still remain

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as teachable, as moldable, as open to hearing

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other people's thoughts and dare we say it, opinions.

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And say, you know what? I have not considered

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it that way. Thank you. You've added something

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to my, now you're helping inform me as I read

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scripture. And that's part of the journey of

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faith. And that's why the scripture says we walk

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by faith and not by sight. So the day we think

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we've got God figured out or we've got the Bible

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figured out and I see a lot of, you call them,

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what do you call them? YTPs. Yes, the YouTube

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pastors. Man, those guys are ripping off like

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they have got it figured out. And I'm sorry.

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And I just, I have a hard time with any level

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of pride or arrogance in preaching. That's just

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a personal thing with me because when we're before

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God and we're handling His word, man, you better

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be at the most or in spirit you can be. Yeah.

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Is what you said there is deep again because

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another J another one of my favorite James has

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said be quick to listen slow to speak and even

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slower to get angry and it seems like a lot of

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YTPs go straight to the anger part and the outrage.

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They just skip over everything. They're like,

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oh, what are we doing here, man? What are you

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talking about? It always reminds me of that band

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Rage Against the Machine. They're the killer,

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right? But man, one thing they had was passion.

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They did. And a lot of drugs. Do you know that

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they got really famous at a Dutch concert? No,

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I didn't. Yeah, it's the live performance. I've

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seen some of the YouTube stuff. Yeah, so the

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live performance where they're really going at

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it, that really broke through that live performance.

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That was a Pink Pop is a Dutch summer concert

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series. Okay. Yeah, and so I think it's really

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the Dutch that pulled them out and put them front

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and center with that particular song. They were

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known, of course. It's fascinating to me because

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the thing about it is, you know, I may disagree

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with a lot of their philosophy, but... But I'm

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intrigued by their passion. I'm intrigued by

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their intensity, albeit drugs, albeit whatever,

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youthful rage, whatever. But I also see that

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same spirit, that same mindset on a lot of YouTubers,

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a lot of. podcasters. I mean, it's just rage,

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rage, rage. And we're the people who are living

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up in a down world. We're the people that are

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saying, you know what? It's not all bad out there.

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There's good people on this planet. Man, we got

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a bunch of them that listen to this podcast and

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they reach out to you and me or they hit us up

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on X and they add things or they encourage us.

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And it's like, man, there are good people everywhere,

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everywhere. And Jodie White, known as the Pickle

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Princess, She sent in a note. I don't know if

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you got, but I think she only sent it to me.

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She wanted it to be show content, which I appreciate

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since you bring it up. And I'll read it to you.

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She says, Adam, we get to do this. It was wonderful

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this week. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The thing

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Pastor Jimmy read was a good reminder of exactly

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how spoiled we really are. I'm trying to think

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what that was exactly. It was that thing about

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I get to travel. Oh yeah, exactly. I have to

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pack, but I get to travel. I'm doing the dishes

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because I get to eat. Yes, perfect. Right. As

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she continues, also I too am enjoying all the

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patriotism and the FIFA visitors enjoying our

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country. Which it just continues, man. It's snowballed.

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I saw an English guy at Java Ranch the other

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day when I was playing chess with Willie. Oh,

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yeah. I love it. Yeah, we love the hill country.

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You know, we were in Houston. Now we're going

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to Dallas. It's just, it's amazing. It really

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is so cool. We're at a resort today, this week.

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So we're hearing lots of, lots of accents from

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other worlds and other places. It's beautiful.

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I love it. So The Pickle Princess's question

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is regarding When Calls the Heart, which she

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says she is now binge watching as well. I have

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not seen this. I have not seen this. Can you

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explain briefly what this series is about? It's

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set in the early 1900s, so it's a period, historical

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period piece. It's a romance. It's like watching

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a Harlequin romance basically, but without all

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the fluff. But it's based on family. It's based

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on values. We use the three F's, faith, family,

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and freedom. They're all included in this. Interesting

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enough, though, it's not in America. It's set

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in Canada, in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

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And it has the Canadian mounted police in the

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early days. These guys were constables of their

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communities. So it goes into some politics. It's

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very lighthearted. It's somewhat predictable.

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It's made by Hallmark back before they lost their

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minds. And yet it's the longest running series

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on Hallmark. They're in the 14th season, 14 years.

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And all the same characters, now they come and

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go. But oh my gosh, the character development

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is amazing, but they constantly hearken you back

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to God, hearken you back to faith. One of the

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main characters is a guy named Joseph. He's black,

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by the way, and he's the town pastor. And it's

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beautiful. Well, Tina and I have been looking

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for something to watch. So we're going to start

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on that because we're a little tired. And I'm

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just going to say it. It's maybe because it's

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the month of June, which is known as Pride Month,

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but every single show for no reason has to have

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gay guys kissing. I grew up in Amsterdam, like

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nothing shocks me. But it brings nothing to the

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story. You're doing it just to do it. And I mentioned

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this on no agenda and people said, oh, you have

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no idea. It's happening in books. It's everywhere.

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Like this. Wow. This is a, this is an attack

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we got to be careful of. Anyway. Yeah. Obligatory,

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right? It's just, and I got to tell you, if,

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if I was that, I'd be insulted by the way they

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treat it. I mean, so even, even from that angle,

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it's like, just sort of a tip. And anyway, I

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don't want to dive deep in that. But this is

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what I love about this particular series that

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has been such a blessing to us is because it

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has faith. It's all about family values, and

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it's about freedom. And in a time period too,

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which is fascinating, they've just entered into

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the roaring 20s. And so the youth are wanting

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to learn these new you know, scandalous dances,

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you know, the shimmy and the Charleston. And

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it's like, oh my gosh. And so they had an ethical

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moral dilemma over a youth dance, you know. And

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it's so fun because there's an innocence about

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it too. And the things that startled them, like

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when comic books came on the scene, all of a

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sudden, it created a scandal because now all

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the use of tension is going to be stolen by these

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books. Not much has changed. I mean, the dynamics

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don't change, even though the methods do and

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the delivery. of it changes. Whether it's a phone

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in your hand, well, they were struggling with

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the kids having comic books in classes. Everything

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you're saying, it's like, oh yes, I have this

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topic ready. I've got this topic ready. So put

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a pin in that. I just need to finish the letter

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from Jodi. She has five questions about the show.

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You may not be able to answer them, but I figured

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she wrote in, we love Jodi. We love that she

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introduced us to Bose Pickles Louisiana, Louisiana

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dill Pickles at gmail .com. So here's question

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number one Why do the people of Hope Valley never

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close the door when they walk in a room? And

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I've noticed that I Don't know, you know, they

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had no air conditioning there. I mean literally

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that no AC brother number two when bill sold

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his land to Madeline They never set a price.

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He just offered to sell it and she accepted.

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Was there no money exchange? And did he just

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deed the land over to her? That was weird. That

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was weird. They did not discuss a price, maybe

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because of values back then. I don't know. But

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yeah, you're right. She's absolutely right. I

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noticed things, quirky things like that as well.

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So I'm on the same page. All right. Number three,

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what happened to Pastor Frank? He was there and

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then he wasn't. Did he go work with orphans or

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something? Okay, so here's what I do. When I'm

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:05.339
watching a show like this, I've got my iPad on

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my lap and I'm looking up stuff. Oh, you're like

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:10.619
Tina. Oh, man. I like to know the background.

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:12.559
I like to know what's going on. She's looking

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up actors. She's looking up historical facts

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and she's, no, you don't have to pause it. Keep

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going. How can you even do that? All right. So

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:21.299
you're like Tina in that regard. So the people

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that are followers of this show are called hardies.

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Yeah, when he calls the heart. And man, it's

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a culture, brother. I'm just saying. The question

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she's asking, the questions everybody's asking.

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But Pastor Frank was great because he had a great

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redemption story. He had a really hard past.

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He had been convicted and had a felony. He was

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in prison for a time. And then he was redeemed,

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radically redeemed by Jesus. And so he comes

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on the scene, great redemption story. But for

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some reason, They have different showrunners

00:21:54.890 --> 00:21:57.650
that cycle in and out of these shows, and then

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the shows will kind of take a different direction.

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You know what a showrunner is, right? Kind of

00:22:01.730 --> 00:22:06.230
the CEO of the set, he kind of oversees the direction

00:22:06.230 --> 00:22:08.970
a show is going. Well, when they hire a different

00:22:08.970 --> 00:22:11.769
showrunner or another showrunner has gone somewhere

00:22:11.769 --> 00:22:14.730
else. The shows will take a different direction.

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That's why when you watch a long series, you'll

00:22:16.750 --> 00:22:20.609
notice changes and shifts and emphases on different

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characters or different themes. And so I think

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they had a showrunner change and they wrote him

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off. He ends up going to serve a children's,

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an orphanage somewhere and falls in love with

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that as his primary ministry. So we did. Okay.

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And he gets replaced by Pastor Joseph, who's

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phenomenal. Precious, precious man. I can't wait

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to see this show now. This is already intriguing.

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You're going to get into it, bro. Number four.

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It's going to be good. Where does Henry live?

00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:50.200
They never say, but I do love Henry. Oh, I don't

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:52.220
know where she's at, so I don't want to go too

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:56.319
deep into it, but his redemptive story arc is

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:58.960
the highlight of the show. OK, we'll leave it

00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:01.279
at that. We get to follow Henry Gowan, who starts

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:06.680
off as a scoundrel, greedy, angry, mean, powerful.

00:23:07.150 --> 00:23:11.509
and his life goes through a major massive redemption.

00:23:12.190 --> 00:23:16.369
So his whole story arc, we're now in season 12,

00:23:16.369 --> 00:23:19.750
I think. And it's still going, by the way, it's

00:23:19.750 --> 00:23:22.529
still in production for season 14 right now.

00:23:23.069 --> 00:23:27.230
But his story by Hardee's is one of the most

00:23:27.230 --> 00:23:29.950
beloved story arcs in the whole thing. And the

00:23:29.950 --> 00:23:33.650
final question, no one ever pays a tab at Abigail's.

00:23:33.789 --> 00:23:36.190
especially when they're taking food from the

00:23:36.190 --> 00:23:40.269
kitchen. How does Minnie stay in business? I

00:23:40.269 --> 00:23:43.390
don't know. I've never seen money exchanged.

00:23:43.769 --> 00:23:45.549
Every once in a while, I see somebody drop something

00:23:45.549 --> 00:23:47.849
on the tables. They're heading out like Lucas

00:23:47.849 --> 00:23:51.349
or some of those guys. But yeah, that's interesting

00:23:51.349 --> 00:23:53.490
to me. I said that to Annette. I said, no one

00:23:53.490 --> 00:23:56.250
ever pays for anything. That's great. I don't

00:23:56.250 --> 00:23:58.680
know. It's that local thing, right? Beautiful

00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:02.519
show. Well worth a watch. And it will be refreshing

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:06.920
to you because you will not hear the crap that

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:09.019
Hollywood is putting out. Well, we actually,

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:11.599
so we, we watched two different things that I

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:13.279
wanted to highlight because people are always

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:14.940
looking for something good to watch. And this

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:19.069
was on, this was on Angel. It's called an interview

00:24:19.069 --> 00:24:21.990
with God. It's from 2018. Have you ever seen

00:24:21.990 --> 00:24:25.170
this movie? No, I haven't. Oh, man. I'm intrigued.

00:24:25.430 --> 00:24:28.069
Yeah, it's a journalist who gets a three session

00:24:28.069 --> 00:24:31.849
interview with a man who claims to be God. And

00:24:31.849 --> 00:24:35.849
I mean, the whole story is just fantastic. It's

00:24:35.849 --> 00:24:39.769
a great movie. You'll enjoy watching it. It's

00:24:39.769 --> 00:24:43.650
streaming. It's on Angel. It's Angel Guild approved.

00:24:44.269 --> 00:24:46.750
Very cool. And then the other thing since we

00:24:46.750 --> 00:24:50.269
both love period pieces was Seeking Persephone

00:24:50.269 --> 00:24:52.849
Huh, and you know the story of Persephone in

00:24:52.849 --> 00:24:55.410
Hades. I don't know if not everyone knows their

00:24:55.410 --> 00:25:00.869
Greek mythology Persephone is P -E -R -S -O -P

00:25:00.869 --> 00:25:03.710
-H -O -N -E So you look at it you go Persephone,

00:25:04.069 --> 00:25:06.769
but it's a Persephone a period piece now. This

00:25:06.769 --> 00:25:11.569
is nice It's a four -part miniseries And I think

00:25:11.569 --> 00:25:15.460
that was also an angel Fantastic. Absolutely

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:17.700
fantastic. All right. I'm going to have to remember

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:19.200
them. You're going to have to text those to me

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:21.200
because we're always looking for something. There's

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:24.420
not as much God in that as the obviously interview

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:27.059
with God, but man, you want a good movie, a period

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:31.279
piece, a beautiful love story. That's the one.

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:35.140
It's fantastic. People are calling out for wholesome

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:39.559
TV in movies and that's why you see the onslaught

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:42.640
of... Christian and faith based movies and moral

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:44.900
morality base and wholesome movies coming out

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:47.299
right now And it's working because people are

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:49.960
sick. Yes tired of Hollywood. We were supposed

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:53.119
to have Dietrich and his wife Kelly who's the

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:56.079
CEO of The wonder project that was supposed to

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:57.680
come out this weekend supposed to have dinner.

00:25:57.980 --> 00:26:00.359
They had to cancel unfortunately So we'll catch

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:02.559
them, you know back to her back from from Europe

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:05.900
But I can't wait to hear her story since she

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:09.240
you know, she was at YouTube Right, exactly.

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:12.039
And they're both, you know, faithful people.

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:15.019
And she's one of the founders of Angel, correct?

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:18.339
No, Wonder Project. A Wonder Project. Yeah, they

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:22.279
did House of David. Yes, subsidiary of Amazon?

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:26.299
No, Amazon distributes for them. Okay, got you.

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:28.440
It's all confusing to me. Yeah, it's a standalone.

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:33.019
She and John Irwin, the director of House of

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:35.839
David. One of the Irwin brothers. Yeah, so they

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:40.269
founded this together. literally as a HBO for

00:26:40.269 --> 00:26:44.829
believers. Nice. I love it. I mean, listen, now

00:26:44.829 --> 00:26:47.369
we're watching the Hallmark series and that again,

00:26:47.509 --> 00:26:49.829
back when things were more wholesome and they've

00:26:49.829 --> 00:26:52.589
stayed with the formula. They have not ventured

00:26:52.589 --> 00:26:57.650
outside the lines on that. Right. So far. And

00:26:57.650 --> 00:26:59.670
I'm assuming it'll stay that way because I mean,

00:26:59.750 --> 00:27:02.950
this is what it has a massive following. Yeah.

00:27:03.109 --> 00:27:07.190
And the Hardys are intense. And so yeah, anyway,

00:27:07.369 --> 00:27:09.869
you'll enjoy that. And man, thanks for the suggestion

00:27:09.869 --> 00:27:12.029
for some good wholesome things to watch. Yeah.

00:27:12.130 --> 00:27:14.829
You guys got your streaming sets there. If you're

00:27:14.829 --> 00:27:17.950
sitting in the hotel in the evening, like, oh,

00:27:17.950 --> 00:27:19.369
what am I going to do? Just chill. We plan our

00:27:19.369 --> 00:27:21.930
evenings around this. We ate at six, so we can

00:27:21.930 --> 00:27:24.289
be back in the room at seven. Six? Wait, at half

00:27:24.289 --> 00:27:26.410
hour later than usual? What are you talking about?

00:27:26.470 --> 00:27:28.950
This is not AARP approved? We couldn't get a

00:27:28.950 --> 00:27:33.089
530 reservation. We had the big dinner last night

00:27:33.089 --> 00:27:37.720
at the CW. Oh, nice. A steakhouse. And it's like

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:41.519
elite. It is like a, it cost a shiny penny. I'll

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:44.119
bet it did. But it was worth, everybody had a

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:49.839
16 ounce Kentucky ribeye. Amazing, amazing food.

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:55.970
Yeah. So you were talking about, in the series

00:27:55.970 --> 00:27:59.309
how comic books came along and this would be,

00:27:59.369 --> 00:28:04.230
this is going to destroy our youth. Scandalous.

00:28:04.230 --> 00:28:08.410
Scandalous. And you correctly say that the challenges

00:28:08.410 --> 00:28:11.910
are the same. It's always, it's the, actually

00:28:11.910 --> 00:28:14.650
it's the medium that has changed throughout the

00:28:14.650 --> 00:28:16.990
years. Comic books were a whole new medium. And

00:28:16.990 --> 00:28:20.529
something came out, And this is really for parents

00:28:20.529 --> 00:28:23.670
at a bridge church and of course anyone who's

00:28:23.670 --> 00:28:25.690
listening We we do this for our church first

00:28:25.690 --> 00:28:28.309
and foremost and but anyone else is listening.

00:28:28.410 --> 00:28:32.210
You're welcome to it and we appreciate it Do

00:28:32.210 --> 00:28:35.990
you remember the Commodore 64 computer? Absolutely.

00:28:36.390 --> 00:28:39.069
So my my first actually my first first first

00:28:39.069 --> 00:28:42.210
computer was a Sinclair ZX80 at night. People

00:28:42.210 --> 00:28:45.150
can go look that up. Mine was a Tandy. Right.

00:28:45.150 --> 00:28:47.410
So you had the color computer probably, the TRS?

00:28:47.410 --> 00:28:52.369
No, monochrome. Monochrome. So the Commodore,

00:28:52.490 --> 00:28:58.150
I started with, after the ZX80, I had the VIC

00:28:58.150 --> 00:29:01.529
-20. And that was the precursor to the Commodore

00:29:01.529 --> 00:29:05.329
64. And I really learned a lot of my computing

00:29:05.329 --> 00:29:10.160
chops, understanding data and for people who

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:13.359
don't know back in the day, you didn't have hard

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:17.079
drives or floppy disks. You actually recorded

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:20.660
computer programs on a cassette tape. Oh, wow.

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:25.019
And so if you if you bought a program, it would

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:28.279
come on either two ways. It would be a big ROM,

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:31.220
like a module, like a cartridge that you stuck

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:34.359
into the back of the computer. Or you could hook

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:37.480
up a cassette recorder. And then you'd put the

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:39.380
cassette in and the cassette would literally

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:41.799
have tones. It sounds like an old school modem

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:47.140
like, and then that would read into the memory

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:49.519
and then you could load the program. And just

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:53.960
as an aside, back in the day, the BBC had a computer

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:57.759
program and I think it was Monday night at seven.

00:29:58.539 --> 00:30:02.019
They would broadcast a new computer program.

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:05.519
That's pretty cool. So you would sit there with

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:08.500
your cassette, you record it, and so over the

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:10.700
air for maybe three or four minutes, all you'd

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:14.619
hear was... You record it on the cassette and

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:17.819
then you could play that into your computer and

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:22.700
it would load the program. So anyway, long historical

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:26.500
walk down memory lane. Fascinating. To get to

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:31.559
a new device which... I've always been searching

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:36.799
for the perfect phone, what I call the OTG, off

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:39.819
the grid phone. Then I've never really been able

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:42.980
to find the right combination. I mean, I've had

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:47.119
the light phone, I've had flip phones, all kinds

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:50.339
of different devices for just when I just don't

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:54.079
want to be bothered. And it actually hampered

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:57.420
my professional life quite a bit because it was

00:30:57.420 --> 00:31:01.099
hard for me to even participate in certain text

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:04.380
conversations because of how Apple doesn't want

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:07.019
to work with Android, et cetera, et cetera. And

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:10.619
so Commodore, the company was purchased by really

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:14.339
an enthusiast several years ago. He bought the

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:16.619
company, which meant he was able to buy a lot

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:20.670
of the old computer casings. via the classic

00:31:20.670 --> 00:31:26.369
Commodore 64 style and he rebuilt the whole operating

00:31:26.369 --> 00:31:32.390
system based on Linux which is very analogous

00:31:32.390 --> 00:31:35.930
to how the old computers felt and how they operated

00:31:35.930 --> 00:31:38.869
but it's very modern and it's actually quite

00:31:38.869 --> 00:31:42.039
usable and of course it plays all the old classic

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:44.660
Commodore 64 games and everything. So it's a

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:47.180
real, it's a hobbyist device, but it's, it's

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:50.480
cool. And it's, you know, I'm actually considering

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:53.640
ordering one just because it's such a cool nostalgia,

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:57.720
nostalgic item, but they just came out with a

00:31:57.720 --> 00:32:02.000
phone and, and it's a, it's, it's a real phone.

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:06.119
It's I look at this thing. It's like, it's actually

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:09.220
cool to look at. It has a very Commodore kind

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:13.839
of look to it. and there's the way they've set

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:17.779
it up is well actually I have a clip here of

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:21.299
one of the YouTube reviewers who explained shortly

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:24.259
exactly what the big deal is about the it's called

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:27.559
the callback the Commodore callback very weird

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:32.059
and kind of retro it's a flip phone which runs

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:36.720
Android but purposefully blocks web browsers

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:39.740
and social media apps not that it doesn't include

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:44.440
them It blocks them so you cannot install them.

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:47.680
And apparently it has a touch screen, but it's

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:50.759
disabled so that you won't be tempted to use

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:57.059
a touch screen. And it costs $550. So this thing

00:32:57.059 --> 00:33:01.079
is kind of, you know, lead us not into temptation.

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:06.160
So you can load your, you know, like your, your

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:09.900
messaging apps. And a lot of people use WhatsApp

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:12.339
that's increasingly popular throughout the world

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:16.160
just because there's no text cost to it. But

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:18.579
it does text messaging. You can put, you know,

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:22.779
if you need a navigation app or, you know, like

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:25.400
a rideshare app, like Uber, it'll load all that

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:28.819
fine, just standard Android, but literally blocks

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:32.700
all social media apps and the web browser. And

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:35.420
I'm thinking, parents, you might want to look

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:38.779
into this. This might be the perfect device for

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:41.720
your child who still needs to be able to communicate,

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:44.480
still needs to be able to call and text, and

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.920
you need to be able to reach him because Lord

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:47.700
knows these days we have to be able to check

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:52.559
on our kids all the time. And it has other apps

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:56.480
that are useful and productive apps, but it literally

00:33:56.480 --> 00:34:01.039
blocks anything else. So how do you get access

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:05.200
to this? They sell it at, I think it's Commodore

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:08.079
.com. I'm not sure if that's it. So it's called

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:11.199
Commodore phone or what? It's Commodore Callback.

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:13.059
Let me see. I have it. I'm going to look it up.

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:15.159
That's it. You got me interested. It's a good

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:18.119
question. Commodore Callback. It might be Commodore

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:22.400
.net. Yeah. Commodore Callback. There we go.

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:26.219
Callback 8020? Commodore .net. Yeah. Callback

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:30.530
8020. Exactly. It's a flip phone. Yeah, it's

00:34:30.530 --> 00:34:33.650
a flip phone. Oh, classic looking too. Isn't

00:34:33.650 --> 00:34:38.570
that awesome? Ooh, I like. I know. You look at

00:34:38.570 --> 00:34:42.369
it like, I kind of want that. So it runs 99 %

00:34:42.369 --> 00:34:45.190
of all Android apps. It's a flip phone, so it

00:34:45.190 --> 00:34:47.969
is kind of cool. You know, you can do your podcast,

00:34:48.110 --> 00:34:52.349
you can do music. It has old school and FM radio

00:34:52.349 --> 00:34:54.650
built in. All right. We haven't had one of those

00:34:54.650 --> 00:34:59.289
in a while. Does Wi -Fi. but block social media

00:34:59.289 --> 00:35:03.969
and browsers, no data selling, it's a complete

00:35:03.969 --> 00:35:08.530
open source version of Android called Sailfish,

00:35:10.389 --> 00:35:14.869
and almost no pop -ups, it has LED notifications,

00:35:15.329 --> 00:35:18.889
and you can completely go off grid with a physical

00:35:18.889 --> 00:35:22.690
privacy switch. Wow, I'm showing here, starting

00:35:22.690 --> 00:35:27.760
at $3 .99. It could be, yeah. Starting it. WhatsApp,

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:31.000
SMS pre -installed, support signal, Telegram,

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:34.039
WeChat, and more. Even iMessage, it says. So

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:36.099
there's a way to connect your iMessage to it.

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:39.179
At the speed of predictive, all at the speed

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:42.480
of predictive text input. So it is, it is the

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:46.900
old school way of using the keyboard, the keypad

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:50.019
to text. But you can get pretty good at that

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:53.119
because we were fast back in the day. So you

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:55.619
can bring back your old skills. I just I just

00:35:55.619 --> 00:36:00.079
saw this I'm like, yeah, that's very cool Yeah,

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:02.739
I'd give my you know, I love it they're little

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:07.760
byline not your granny's flip Good marketing

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:11.940
there. Yeah That was my fantastic. That was my

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:14.500
yeah, how's the weather there by the way? Weather

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:18.980
is hot here. Very humid. It'd be like 89 degrees

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:23.480
and a hundred and two heat index So yeah, it's

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:29.000
the heat, the humidity is like having a hot wet

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:34.079
blanket on an August Texas day. As we would say

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:42.139
in the old country, which translates to the sparrows

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:46.969
are falling dead from the roof. Oh, that's a

00:36:46.969 --> 00:36:50.750
good one. Bro, that's a good one. I mean, literally,

00:36:50.949 --> 00:36:53.050
it's just a different kind of heat here. You

00:36:53.050 --> 00:36:54.670
know, being on the coast, it's a different kind

00:36:54.670 --> 00:36:58.570
of sun too. I mean, it'll fry you in a very short

00:36:58.570 --> 00:37:02.010
amount of time, but it's beautiful though. It's

00:37:02.010 --> 00:37:04.829
stunning. No rain this week, I think maybe a

00:37:04.829 --> 00:37:07.449
little bit tomorrow and Friday, but very little.

00:37:07.550 --> 00:37:10.550
So it's been gorgeous. We come back on Saturday.

00:37:10.650 --> 00:37:13.809
We'll get in late Saturday night. And it has

00:37:13.809 --> 00:37:17.690
been... Such a great experience. Man, I love

00:37:17.690 --> 00:37:20.809
our city. I love our town. But the truth is,

00:37:20.809 --> 00:37:23.510
if we don't get away, we can't get away. Of course

00:37:23.510 --> 00:37:25.389
not. It's one of those things. We got to get

00:37:25.389 --> 00:37:28.809
out of town. And so every year we try to get

00:37:28.809 --> 00:37:32.849
to a coast and we love Florida. So we tend to

00:37:32.849 --> 00:37:35.710
come this way. And Florida is weird for me because

00:37:35.710 --> 00:37:40.429
it feels very familiar. I don't feel no culture

00:37:40.429 --> 00:37:44.610
shock whatsoever around Florida. I feel very

00:37:44.610 --> 00:37:46.650
at home here. Not that I want to move here, just

00:37:46.650 --> 00:37:49.309
we love visiting. I don't like hurricanes. I'm

00:37:49.309 --> 00:37:51.570
sorry. I'll take tornadoes any day. Talk to Tina

00:37:51.570 --> 00:37:55.210
about that. Talk to Tina about that. She'll tell

00:37:55.210 --> 00:37:57.750
you. She lived there for many years. Yeah. I

00:37:57.750 --> 00:37:59.650
mean, it's beautiful. And the people here are

00:37:59.650 --> 00:38:02.250
very, very Southern, gracious, just very much

00:38:02.250 --> 00:38:04.409
like Texas and Tennessee. Oh, you should see

00:38:04.409 --> 00:38:07.369
the tourists who are going to World Cup in Miami.

00:38:08.550 --> 00:38:10.820
They're like, holy mo... They're like... This

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:14.119
is, this is like the most multicultural place

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:16.840
I've ever been. You know, they're going to, you're

00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:20.960
seeing all the Cuban stuff and that was wonderful.

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:22.619
Doesn't it make you feel good though, watching

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:26.260
these clips? It gives me such a pride in the

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:28.579
right way. Not a weird pride, but a good pride.

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:31.780
Patriotism. I'm proud of my country and what

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:34.659
it also highlights for me are all the entitled

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:37.519
people who talk bad about our nation and about

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:39.920
our country. Here's the thing, let's be real.

00:38:40.600 --> 00:38:48.000
presidents, different cabinets, different red,

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:51.420
blue, whatever, they come and go. And we need

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:54.659
to get over who's in office right now and get

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:59.320
back to our local level, our local life. We get

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:02.099
so spun up, and thanks to news media and social

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:04.920
media about what's going on in Washington, when

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:07.039
we need to be focused on what's right in front

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:09.380
of us. Now, that's not to be ignorant of, we

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:12.559
need to be praying for. But we've got to get

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:16.099
people with their eyes back on their own terra

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:19.150
firma, right where they live. and be involved

00:39:19.150 --> 00:39:22.349
in that and quit over worrying about the world

00:39:22.349 --> 00:39:25.829
scene. And because of social media and because

00:39:25.829 --> 00:39:28.130
of these bricks, by the way, I wanted to say

00:39:28.130 --> 00:39:32.750
this on the show. I've never seen more men sitting

00:39:32.750 --> 00:39:36.210
with their wives at a pool, at a restaurant that

00:39:36.210 --> 00:39:38.510
all are on their phone. I want to go take it

00:39:38.510 --> 00:39:40.949
out of some guy's hands. I've been leaving my

00:39:40.949 --> 00:39:44.039
phone in my room in the safe. So I don't have

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:46.579
to see it. And praise God, what I love about

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:48.559
our church, they're so good. When they know we're

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:51.559
gone, they don't text us. They don't mess with

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:55.019
us. Our people are wonderful. But I see these

00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:58.980
men at breakfast, three kids losing their minds.

00:39:59.099 --> 00:40:01.500
Mama's over there trying to control them. And

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:04.280
they're on their phone and cannot put it down.

00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:05.980
I want to go over and grab it out of his hand

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:08.920
and say, what really matters is sitting right

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:12.829
here. Oh, they're, you know, they're moving,

00:40:13.010 --> 00:40:14.829
shaking, you know, doing business or they're

00:40:14.829 --> 00:40:17.510
watching the next soccer game or whatever. But

00:40:17.510 --> 00:40:20.909
it's like, it has really, I've noticed it on

00:40:20.909 --> 00:40:24.170
this trip more than any because this is a really

00:40:24.170 --> 00:40:26.809
a getaway resort. You're on an island and it's

00:40:26.809 --> 00:40:31.849
like, there is no excuse for being on your phone

00:40:31.849 --> 00:40:35.070
24 seven here. This is where you put it away

00:40:35.070 --> 00:40:38.570
and just go about. trying to have fun. It took

00:40:38.570 --> 00:40:41.530
me a couple of days to unplug, to wind down once

00:40:41.530 --> 00:40:44.289
I got here, but man, I'm in full relaxed mode

00:40:44.289 --> 00:40:47.210
now. I was having a conversation with my buddy,

00:40:47.429 --> 00:40:51.090
Dave Jones. We do the Podcasting 2 .0 podcast.

00:40:53.030 --> 00:40:56.570
The Podcasting 2 .0 is an open source, open group,

00:40:56.969 --> 00:41:02.739
and we kind of came together to improve podcasting.

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:05.159
And part of that was by creating an independent

00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:09.019
index that so that no one really owns podcasting

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:11.900
and anybody could develop an app. And it's like

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:15.619
190 apps are now out there then. Yeah, this some

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:18.940
are very small. You'd be amazed how many people

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:22.579
in South America use what is that thing called

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:28.079
pod two? It's a very small podcast app that fits

00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:32.929
on Flip phones and smaller cheap devices Africans

00:41:32.929 --> 00:41:35.369
a lot of Africans use it as well and that all

00:41:35.369 --> 00:41:38.070
connects to the index You know people can't just

00:41:38.070 --> 00:41:42.269
easily use an iPhone for the cause And so they

00:41:42.269 --> 00:41:44.030
have these different kind of flaws, but that's

00:41:44.030 --> 00:41:47.369
beside the point So this group is it's ad hoc

00:41:47.369 --> 00:41:50.590
and we do a podcast and the podcast we do once

00:41:50.590 --> 00:41:53.719
a week And it's very interactive because we have

00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:56.420
a live chat room. We record it live and we call

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:58.159
it the board meeting. We're just talking about

00:41:58.159 --> 00:42:00.440
whatever's going on in the group. And through

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:03.360
this, you see transcripts in your podcast that

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:05.579
comes from us. You see chapters in your podcast

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:08.300
that comes from us. There's a whole bunch of

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:10.820
improvements that we've created that now are

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:14.440
being adopted by this whole quote unquote industry.

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:22.230
And so we have a mastodon, a closed Macedon server,

00:42:22.289 --> 00:42:24.030
which is kind of like a social network, but it

00:42:24.030 --> 00:42:25.949
doesn't, there's no algo. So it doesn't really

00:42:25.949 --> 00:42:30.090
behave like a, like Facebook or Instagram or

00:42:30.090 --> 00:42:34.170
X. Um, but then there's technical discussions

00:42:34.170 --> 00:42:37.789
take place on something called GitHub and GitHub

00:42:37.789 --> 00:42:41.110
is literally where you publish code. People can

00:42:41.110 --> 00:42:44.030
say, Hey, I want to add some code, take a look.

00:42:44.110 --> 00:42:46.329
It's called a PR, a pull request. You can take

00:42:46.329 --> 00:42:49.900
a look at this code, merge it in. But then there's

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:53.219
also discussions so someone will have a proposal

00:42:53.219 --> 00:42:55.639
in this case. It was doesn't even matter what

00:42:55.639 --> 00:43:01.360
it was for but The github discussions it's kind

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:04.119
of like a forum almost like reddit I should say

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:06.719
where you have someone proposes something and

00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:09.699
then there's a hundred and fifty comments below

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:13.539
and people are quoting another person and This

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:16.019
thing it always I don't care what project it

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:19.849
is github discussions about code Always get heated.

00:43:20.469 --> 00:43:24.449
Always. And Dave, who was part of my faith journey,

00:43:24.750 --> 00:43:29.809
is the most loving, kind, calm man I know. You

00:43:29.809 --> 00:43:34.429
and he are kind of equal in that regard. And

00:43:34.429 --> 00:43:38.650
he was getting upset. And we talked about this.

00:43:38.929 --> 00:43:43.369
And he says, you know, I realized that... And

00:43:43.369 --> 00:43:46.449
he actually is also kind of a hack philosopher.

00:43:46.989 --> 00:43:49.739
He was... telling me about this book he was reading

00:43:49.739 --> 00:43:52.880
with right brain left brain and there's a lot

00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:56.320
of talk about that and and these days we use

00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:59.519
a lot of our left brain which is really controlled

00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:03.059
um controls the right side of your body so your

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:05.219
right eye what you see with your right eye right

00:44:05.219 --> 00:44:08.340
and you know the feeds into your left brain and

00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:11.820
left brain is analytical and you know it's it

00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:14.079
controls a lot of other things like your amygdala

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:17.320
and how upset you get or how you analyze things.

00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:20.460
And the right brain is kind of the loving creative

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:23.739
half. I'm really cutting corners here on this.

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:28.360
And he said that he read that sparrows, I think

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:31.719
it was sparrows, when they're like picking seeds

00:44:31.719 --> 00:44:34.920
off of the ground, one eye is focused solely

00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:37.460
on the food and the other eye is looking out

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:41.179
for predators. Whoa. And as we're talking about

00:44:41.179 --> 00:44:44.179
this, we realize that what happens is, us humans,

00:44:44.420 --> 00:44:46.920
we focus both eyes, we're probably the right

00:44:46.920 --> 00:44:49.900
eye more than the other. And what you're seeing

00:44:49.900 --> 00:44:52.900
on your screen, and it's even worse on your phone,

00:44:53.300 --> 00:44:56.440
at that moment, what is happening right there,

00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:59.019
and you can feel this, next time you look at

00:44:59.019 --> 00:45:02.159
your phone, look at a newsfeed, that is at that

00:45:02.159 --> 00:45:05.039
very moment, your entire world. That's why the

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:08.070
fathers you see, They're locked out. They're

00:45:08.070 --> 00:45:12.190
not seeing anything. We don't have the sparrow

00:45:12.190 --> 00:45:14.869
capability to have one eye on what's going on

00:45:14.869 --> 00:45:18.690
around me. Like, are my kids in danger? Is my

00:45:18.690 --> 00:45:20.710
wife getting frustrated? There's none of that.

00:45:20.989 --> 00:45:24.570
We are focused and that literally becomes your

00:45:24.570 --> 00:45:29.969
world. And so then, now you see why people respond

00:45:29.969 --> 00:45:32.449
the way they respond because the whole world

00:45:32.449 --> 00:45:37.539
is tuned out. Wow. Now, I had a solution to this,

00:45:37.760 --> 00:45:42.000
which is you should just cover your left eye

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:44.780
when reading anything so then your right brain

00:45:44.780 --> 00:45:46.940
kicks in, you'll have love and better normal

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:49.800
emotions. Does that work? No, it doesn't really

00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:54.079
work. But it just dawned on me that that is what's

00:45:54.079 --> 00:45:55.780
happening. We used to have this, we call them

00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:59.079
TV junkies, you know, Willy Wonka famously had

00:45:59.079 --> 00:46:02.820
TV mic. And our parents would tell us, you better

00:46:02.820 --> 00:46:04.739
not sit in front of that TV, your brain's going

00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:08.840
to rot. But we were mesmerized, hypnotized. And

00:46:08.840 --> 00:46:11.699
then the remote control came along. Oh man, if

00:46:11.699 --> 00:46:14.380
I'm bored for two seconds, I can zap over to

00:46:14.380 --> 00:46:17.949
something else. It is the same mechanism. but

00:46:17.949 --> 00:46:20.949
it becomes your world. We've got to be on the

00:46:20.949 --> 00:46:23.929
lookout for something like that. Becoming your

00:46:23.929 --> 00:46:26.690
world because literally you don't see that your

00:46:26.690 --> 00:46:29.750
wife is frustrated, your kids are mucking about,

00:46:29.849 --> 00:46:33.090
they're giving her a hard time, they're not settled.

00:46:34.829 --> 00:46:38.030
The awareness is really what helps me every single

00:46:38.030 --> 00:46:41.269
time. Just the awareness of, oh wow, I'm sucked

00:46:41.269 --> 00:46:45.070
in, I'm focused. That's why we all have that.

00:46:45.150 --> 00:46:47.619
You say something to your spouse and then they

00:46:47.619 --> 00:46:52.320
respond seven seconds later. Because it takes

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:55.119
that long to process, to get through all the

00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:57.480
synapses for them to process, hey, wait a minute,

00:46:57.780 --> 00:47:00.000
someone outside of this world that I'm in is

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:03.340
talking to me. Wow. You've really hit on something

00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:06.380
here. I mean, even as you were speaking, I was

00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:09.340
thinking how one of the reasons I've been able

00:47:09.340 --> 00:47:12.500
to relax so much is I've put my phone away. I

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:14.460
just haven't been messing with it. I'm doing

00:47:14.460 --> 00:47:16.860
these little simple daily grinds that don't require

00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:19.119
anything other than putting together a little

00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:22.760
graphic and sending it out. So I'm not drilling

00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:25.519
in and going, okay, what are people going to

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:27.300
like? What's going to help somebody? You know,

00:47:27.300 --> 00:47:30.639
I've been able to kind of check out and what

00:47:30.639 --> 00:47:33.619
I've become very aware of is my environment.

00:47:34.269 --> 00:47:37.289
I'm looking at the ocean. I'm looking or we're

00:47:37.289 --> 00:47:40.730
at the pool and just watching kids have a blast

00:47:40.730 --> 00:47:43.449
and be kids. That's refreshing right there. Just

00:47:43.449 --> 00:47:45.869
seeing kids throwing a Nerf football, you know,

00:47:45.949 --> 00:47:47.889
across the pool and having a big time, you know,

00:47:47.929 --> 00:47:51.170
or a tennis ball. And listen to this out of Proverbs

00:47:51.170 --> 00:47:55.210
425. Let your eyes look directly forward and

00:47:55.210 --> 00:47:59.110
your gaze be straight before you. And then in

00:47:59.110 --> 00:48:03.070
Psalm 119, turn my eyes from looking at worthless

00:48:03.070 --> 00:48:07.769
things and give me life in your ways. There is

00:48:07.769 --> 00:48:11.469
a lot of scripture about what we're looking at

00:48:11.469 --> 00:48:14.769
and where we put our, what we gaze upon. I've

00:48:14.769 --> 00:48:17.539
always said, you become what you behold. Yep.

00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:20.480
And it's just this idea that whatever you're

00:48:20.480 --> 00:48:22.940
setting your eyes on is also going into your

00:48:22.940 --> 00:48:25.179
mind and it's transforming you, whether you think

00:48:25.179 --> 00:48:28.079
it is or not. Now, neurologists are proving what

00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:31.519
the Bible said all along on these issues, right?

00:48:31.980 --> 00:48:35.000
Neurology is fascinating to me because it actually

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:37.659
confirms and affirms so much of what the Bible

00:48:37.659 --> 00:48:41.119
teaches. And this is one of those where we're

00:48:41.119 --> 00:48:45.079
actually rewiring our brains as we're so focused

00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:49.380
on this one little screen in our hand. It's literally,

00:48:49.380 --> 00:48:52.340
we're rewiring our brains. We're training ourselves

00:48:52.340 --> 00:48:56.639
to 144 plus characters, you know, where we can't

00:48:56.639 --> 00:48:59.199
hardly read a book. We can't read anything long

00:48:59.199 --> 00:49:02.739
form anymore. And I know I found myself, if there's

00:49:02.739 --> 00:49:05.260
something that's too long, that's why I've enjoyed

00:49:05.260 --> 00:49:07.519
going back to Substack, because there's some

00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:10.360
long form things in there and I am forcing myself

00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:14.880
to read them. because I want to retrain my brain

00:49:14.880 --> 00:49:17.820
to have long span attention and long form attention

00:49:17.820 --> 00:49:21.139
as opposed to just short term. And it's helping

00:49:21.139 --> 00:49:24.000
me and it's helping me think different too. And

00:49:24.000 --> 00:49:26.159
I'm finding I'm more at peace and more at rest.

00:49:26.239 --> 00:49:28.840
I keep asking Annette, so did anything blow up

00:49:28.840 --> 00:49:32.420
today? I mean, I'm just not looking. In fact,

00:49:32.500 --> 00:49:34.260
Annette said, what are you and Adam going to

00:49:34.260 --> 00:49:35.679
talk about? You don't even know what's going

00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:38.239
on. I said, I know, I'm just going to bring scripture.

00:49:38.980 --> 00:49:41.460
He's going to bring the issues. I'm going to

00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:43.960
find a biblical worldview towards it. It's easy

00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:48.500
for me. Well, as predicted, it looks like the

00:49:48.500 --> 00:49:54.099
war is over. Gas prices are falling down drastically

00:49:54.099 --> 00:49:56.739
every single day. It will be a good Fourth of

00:49:56.739 --> 00:49:58.940
July celebration. I'm quite confident of it.

00:49:59.119 --> 00:50:01.360
Just like you called the ball on that one. He

00:50:01.360 --> 00:50:04.219
said he will get it done one way or another,

00:50:04.460 --> 00:50:06.099
whether all the terms or whatever everybody's

00:50:06.099 --> 00:50:08.230
liking, because all I've been reading is how

00:50:08.230 --> 00:50:12.949
mad everybody is. We can't just say, hey, but

00:50:12.949 --> 00:50:17.329
we're not firing bombs right now. Ultimately,

00:50:18.250 --> 00:50:20.250
what we care about is the price of gas. That's

00:50:20.250 --> 00:50:23.989
the American way. That is the metric. That's

00:50:23.989 --> 00:50:25.889
what you talk about at the cookout, man. You

00:50:25.889 --> 00:50:28.989
believe those gas prices? Yeah. That's Annette's

00:50:28.989 --> 00:50:30.809
first thing. That's the first thing she notices.

00:50:31.010 --> 00:50:34.059
She's, oh, look. Gas is down another 15 cents.

00:50:34.320 --> 00:50:36.380
I'm like, honey, you have an electric car. Why

00:50:36.380 --> 00:50:42.579
does it matter? It's amazing. Tina, she's like,

00:50:42.699 --> 00:50:47.219
it cost me over 50 bucks two months ago. 50 bucks

00:50:47.219 --> 00:50:52.139
to fill it up. I'm like, it's okay. I know it's

00:50:52.139 --> 00:50:55.679
expensive, but that particular expense is not

00:50:55.679 --> 00:50:58.769
going to break us. We're okay there, but she

00:50:58.769 --> 00:51:01.250
still gets really mad. I mean, that's the Indiana

00:51:01.250 --> 00:51:05.849
girl still going, this is no good. Outrage. And

00:51:05.849 --> 00:51:08.389
so the inverse has happened. It's like, wow,

00:51:08.590 --> 00:51:13.210
it was like $4 .29. It was almost under $4 and

00:51:13.210 --> 00:51:18.889
she's really happy. But this is good. And what

00:51:18.889 --> 00:51:22.210
you're seeing on social media people, it's probably

00:51:22.210 --> 00:51:25.840
8 % of our entire country who's on there. It's

00:51:25.840 --> 00:51:28.840
not everybody. It's not everybody. Not everybody

00:51:28.840 --> 00:51:31.239
cares. Not everybody is as spun up as you think

00:51:31.239 --> 00:51:33.099
they are. That's right. There are some people

00:51:33.099 --> 00:51:35.019
that are actually grateful in this world that

00:51:35.019 --> 00:51:37.699
they have a car to drive. Amen to that, brother.

00:51:37.860 --> 00:51:42.300
Yes. Hey, can I land the plane with this bite

00:51:42.300 --> 00:51:44.480
your tongue and read this thing that I did last

00:51:44.480 --> 00:51:45.880
week? Yes, please do. I think it's one of these

00:51:45.880 --> 00:51:48.780
things we need to keep in front of us, especially

00:51:48.780 --> 00:51:52.260
in these times when the news just keeps trying

00:51:52.260 --> 00:51:55.519
to spin us up. Let's spin down with this. You

00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:57.920
complain about traffic because you have a car.

00:51:58.340 --> 00:52:01.039
You complain about laundry because you have clothes.

00:52:01.519 --> 00:52:04.760
You complain about dishes because you ate. You

00:52:04.760 --> 00:52:07.300
complain about packing because you get to travel.

00:52:07.760 --> 00:52:10.340
You complain about taxes because you earned.

00:52:10.780 --> 00:52:13.280
You complain about your job because you have

00:52:13.280 --> 00:52:16.239
one. You complain about a full inbox because

00:52:16.239 --> 00:52:19.619
people need you. You complain about noise because

00:52:19.619 --> 00:52:22.860
you have a family. You complain about exercise

00:52:22.860 --> 00:52:26.219
because your body moves. You complain about wrinkles

00:52:26.219 --> 00:52:29.719
because you lived. You complain about gray hair

00:52:29.719 --> 00:52:32.980
because you made it this far. You complain about

00:52:32.980 --> 00:52:36.500
change because you're growing. And listen, I

00:52:36.500 --> 00:52:40.420
agree with Mr. Adam Curry that we need to put

00:52:40.420 --> 00:52:44.829
down our phones and pick up our Bibles. Put down

00:52:44.829 --> 00:52:47.369
your screens and pick up your Bibles. Yes. Scripture

00:52:47.369 --> 00:52:50.570
before screens in all cases. Amen, brother. Brother,

00:52:50.769 --> 00:52:54.690
enjoy the rest of your vacation. Just have a

00:52:54.690 --> 00:52:57.349
great time. Thanks. And we look forward to having

00:52:57.349 --> 00:52:59.889
you back home and back in our church too. We

00:52:59.889 --> 00:53:02.449
miss you. Hey, one quick shout out to my church

00:53:02.449 --> 00:53:05.469
family. Listen, don't think we're out here, woo

00:53:05.469 --> 00:53:08.050
-hoo, we're out here going. Good night, we miss

00:53:08.050 --> 00:53:11.630
our church. We miss our family. So just know

00:53:11.630 --> 00:53:14.250
you're missed and you're loved, and I can't wait

00:53:14.250 --> 00:53:17.670
to be back, but also so thankful that we get

00:53:17.670 --> 00:53:21.769
this time away. It's such a gift. And we pack

00:53:21.769 --> 00:53:23.949
because we get to travel. That's right, brother.

00:53:24.010 --> 00:53:26.630
We'll see you next week, everybody. We get to

00:53:26.630 --> 00:53:38.849
do this and we love it. The chance we did not

00:53:38.849 --> 00:53:43.949
miss This is the life we get to do this