We Get To Do This - Stinkin' Thinkin'

0:00 Father, we're so grateful that we get to do this. Not a cliche. It really is our heart's cry and it's our declaration today. Father, we pray for our listeners. We're so thankful for the feedback we've been getting and the notes and the encouragements, the donations, all of it together. Lord works together to create this amazing community that I believe is becoming a family. So thank you for what we get to do today and may all who listen be encouraged and inspired in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. It's Wednesday, August 5th, 2026. We get to do this. This is episode number 44. And good morning to you, brother. Hey all the way from Big D Dallas, Texas. It sounds like you're sitting right next to me. It's amazing Wonders of technology when it works. It's amazing. It does my I gotta tell you my blood is pumping this morning I was in the bathroom. I just taking my shower Didn't have my hearing aids in but it so I had the phone on I'm listening to Josh Howerton on Sean Ryan show So I have it nice and loud right and I'm putting on my socks and I'm like, wow I never heard children yelling or a dog yelping in the

1:31 background at Sean Ryan's show. That's kind of odd. I thought he had like a closed off studio. And then maybe 15 seconds later, Tina throws the door open to the bathroom. Did you hear me screaming? I'm like, what? Then at that moment, you have to get a read on it. Like, tell me what happened now. Scorpion. humongous spider oh a spider this time not a scorpion i i haven't seen one you've had your fair share of scorpions we have you know praise god we haven't had any scorpions this year but i had not seen a spider this big right there right next to the stove you know and and tina she can handle a lot of the scorpions she's actually okay with uh but the spider was new for her and so And then he's like, I'll get the vacuum cleaner. I'm going to suck him up.

2:23 I'm like, no, hold on. I do my old glass and a piece of folded paper trick. You know, come on, buddy. You don't want to put a heel on one of those. That'll make one serious mess. Yeah. And they do good. They do good for other things. I'm not familiar with this kind. Toss it over the fence? Yeah, of course. Yeah, of course. And I'm looking at Phoebe who's just laying out there like, what, something happened? Like, what kind of dog are you? Your mom is yelling for help. You know, you should be coming to me. Timmy's in the well. No, none of that. None of that. I want to welcome all of the no agenda listeners who are curious and are coming over here to check out what's going on and want to let them all know be joining Darin and Larry on tomorrow, Thursday to check in with everybody. And so I'm excited about that. And you are in Dallas and you know, what are you doing? What's going on?

3:25 Well, you know, we just love coming to Dallas, you know, driving around. Galleria, you know, hang out. Well, all right, the old Galleria. Wow, it's been a minute since I've been there. But no, we're here for, we were part of a documentary called Healing Humanity, The Proper Human Diet. As you know, and maybe some of the listeners know Annette and I, we're very focused on our health and our goal at our age is to run through the tape and finish strong. So we We focus on our health, on what we eat, what we listen to, all the diet of input, anything, any kind of input into our lives. We try to have a steady, good, positive diet on that. So we got involved in this thing back a few years ago. I hit the carnivore diet hardcore, me and Annette both.

4:14 And we saw a lot of wonderful things happen for our health. So that got us on the radar screen of this organization that was looking at doing a documentary. So they reached out to us and invited us and said, hey, we'll get a crew out there. We'll film you guys there at your church. And man, we want to hear about your spiritual journey concerning health and the carnivore diet, Ketivore. And so that's what we did and it was just, it was a great experience. And more than the experience of the movie documentary, it's just been the amazing people we have met in the wellness space and the healthcare, healthy space.

4:54 So yeah, so we've made a lot of dear friends and great brothers and sisters in Christ that. are just trying to take care of themselves, trying to go long and live well and live a quality of life and really steward their bodies, steward what God gave us. The thing we carry from birth to death is our body. And that's about the only thing we carry from birth to death. So it's probably a good idea to take care of it. So that's what we're doing. So we get to, there's premieres happening, one in Dallas tonight, and then And we're going to be a part of that. We'll be on a panel. We'll be answering questions and meeting people since we're in the movie. And they'll show the movie at seven o 'clock at this big theater. And they've been selling these out all over in Canada and America. So everywhere they go, they sell these out. So people are interested in this and the movies it's made by two YouTubers.

5:48 So it's not your typical. documentary, it's got more of a YouTube vibe to it. But it's done really well. People are really getting a hold of this and I've had a lot of folks reach out to me because of the movie. And after being there in person, I think that'll even be a greater, you know, our heart, you know us, our hearts to influence people towards Jesus, no matter what arena we happen to be in. And you don't, it's funny how God orders your steps. You don't, You just don't have any idea when you're on an adventure with God and you're on mission where he's going to put you. So, you know, you know, by experience and anyone else who's really on the mission and on the, on the journey, you realize things happen and sometimes they're not all good that at the time it feels like, wow, this, I wanted to go right, but something happened that made me go left. And then you end up right smack dab in the middle of God's will and go, Oh, okay. God was more in control of that than I thought. I thought it was the devil, but yet it was actually what got me to where I needed to be. So we're just so thankful that we get to do it. We'll do that tonight and then we'll fly to Austin tomorrow and we'll do it again tomorrow night in Austin at one of the big theaters there. And it's just, it's our opportunity to talk about Jesus to a whole new group of people. that you don't normally get to talk to. So we catch the wave. We don't generate them. We just catch the ones that come by and when God brings a wave,

7:18 we jump on it. Is there a website for this film we can send people to? Yeah, Healing Humanity. Of course, they're all over social media. Any of the Facebook, IGX, you can look up Healing Humanity. The proper human died and I don't have the website. Actually, I'll pull it up real quick. I'm sure they have one. I've seen it. Yeah, they do. The guys, Healing Humanity, yeah, healinghumanity .movie. There you go. One of those fancy ones, .movie. Nice. I know, right? These are, and the guys that are doing this are just good people.

7:59 And here's the deal. This is not an MLM. This is not multi -level marketing that we're not selling products. I'm not. I only want to help people. That's all. That's it. I just want to help them. finish life healthy and strong, and live out their years of the quality of life. And that's really the heart behind all of this. The documentary has a lot of high -end doctors and sharp, I mean, heart doctors, neurologists, brain surgeons, I mean, general practitioners who are all talking about this way of life, this way of eating. I made a, I'd say kind of, we all know, speaking of Instagram and social media, we all know how algorithms work. I think, I think everybody knows algorithm, algo, whatever they call it. Everyone's kind of figured it out. Oh, when I, when I watch the dog video, I get a lot of dog videos. And, and that's technically that's incredibly, it's actually a lot less hard than you'd think. for a technology company to do that.

9:02 I mean, obviously, you just pause on something and say, okay, that's a signal. It uses signals. That's a signal. For a long time, there's been suspicion, probably not unfounded, that it hears you, that some things are registered. We'll never really know the truth behind that because it's so obscured. But also, even if you're on a Wi -Fi network and your spouse or your friend or your family member, is on the same Wi -Fi network and you're using the same app, i .e. Instagram or Facebook, it will start recommending that person's friends to you, that person's videos to you. I mean, there's all kinds of signals that it uses. And I've been just amazed. I believe that God has an algorithm that works upside down.

9:53 And upside down is everything. Everything I've learned about Jesus and It's like, oh, that's kind of the opposite of everything I thought. Somehow, whenever I most need a word, it shows up, but not on my phone. It shows up in printed text. And the one that's just been blowing me away is this devotional that my daughter gave me for Christmas, Boyd Bailey's, I think it's God's Wisdom for Men. And you know and and and what shows up just when I need it is Matthew 14 28 and this is This is Peter who is calling out to the Lord and he's in the boat He says Lord if it's really you tell me to come to you walking on the water. Yes Come Jesus said so Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus And I was just in kind of that mode like Lord You're like ahead of me, I'm trying to catch up, I'm trying to follow and then I get this step out of the boat, walk on the water, keep your eyes on me. And I'm like, I find it highly probable that God had that all written down, that book, make sure it's on August the 3rd because Adam's going to be looking for it on that date. Is that a crazy thought that I have? Not at all. I mean, listen, The intersection

11:24 between God's perfect will and God's ability to get things to us and our need is mind -blowing. It's beyond comprehension. He can get to us what we need, when we need it, sometimes in the eleventh hour, sometimes the twelfth hour, right? When we need it. And he just has a way of doing that. God speaks. The God who spoke still speaks, but he can do it through a devotional book. He can do it through a conversation. You can do it through a store clerk at a retail center. I've got a story about that later. I had a really great encounter yesterday with a guy at Target, but well, I'll tell that later. But what you're saying is not, it's the normal Christian life. And it's interesting because speaking of algos, our minds begin to build a grid or begin to build a filter where we begin to recognize things. We begin to recognize, wait, he speaks to, okay, he's spoken to me like this four times that I can, you know, So now our filter starts to lean in that direction where now we get more sensitive to his voice, whether it's reading scripture and things jumping off the page or turning the page in a devotional like Oswald Chambers or Boyd Bailey or whoever you're reading. And it's like, how did he know? How in the world? I also often catch myself But when I'm like, nah, you know, opening... Coincidence. None of that's in the kingdom. No coincidences. Come on. I'll

12:55 be, you know, like, sometimes it could just be a different Bible verse that I was going to look at and didn't. And I'll hear in the back of my mind, like, really? I'm like, oh, well, wait a minute. Let me live dangerously. What is it going to cost for me to open up this page or to tap that app? And I got to tell you, 10 out of 10, it was, oh, That's exactly what I needed at that very moment. It's wild. It's really, really wild. Let me tell you why this encourages me. I want to interrupt you because it's important. I've been praying for this very thing for you. I've been praying for clarity and for strategic thinking. That's been one of my prayers for you.

13:35 God, let him have a clear mind. Lord, clear out the fog, the fog of war, the fog of grief, the fog of everything that's happening. and the clutter, and the static, and Lord, let clarity come. Give Adam the mind of Christ. That's been my prayer. So when you're telling me this, here's my grid getting fixed. Wow. God's hearing my prayers. Well, wait for it. But wait, there's more. There's more. So I'm thinking real hard about no agenda, how that needs to continue. And I'm seeing the grief from people. And they think the grief is, well, of course, Everyone's grieving over John's passing, but they're really grieving over something bigger Because it you know, there are people going back from episode one You know 18 years ago and then and then creating these X threads of their impression of each episode and within like five or six episodes like oh I get it It wasn't really about the media deconstruction per se it was about you guys About what we were talking about your relationship the crazy things I would go through John will be scoffing at me It was it was you know, it's like Laurel and Hardy or you know, right, you know, Lucy and Ricky I mean that you can you can name all of these teams and Batman and Robin Batman and Robin We were a little more equal than Batman and Rob, but maybe Batman and Robin were equal. I don't know So, you know, it's a it's something that

15:05 literally cannot be recreated you can do other things. And so I've been struggling, you know, well, what can we do? Because the producers have always made that show and we started with, you know, 20 minutes, no jingles, no folly, no nothing, just us yapping. And it turned into something completely different. The producers, which are the listeners of that show, have always, they've always melded the direction without them really knowing it. And as I'm struggling, like, what, what can I do? What do we do with this? Mark 2 22, the row of ducks pops up for me and no one puts new wine into old wine skins for the wine would burst the wine skins and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wine skins. And so that's twofold for me. Right? Again, from the written page, not an app or something. And I've even been just using this this particular scripture in my conversations with people. And everyone gets this, even non -believers. In fact, one of my, Andrew Horowitz, who's a Jew. And so he's probably not dabbling around in the New Testament. And I mentioned this to him, he's like, there's truth in that, there's truth in that. And so I'm like, yes.

16:31 We need to not try to put new wine into an old wine skin We have to create a new wine skin there. Yes at the same time What we are doing here is also new wine in a new wine skin So I want I want it both ways. Obviously, I hope the Lord will will hear that prayer right, but especially just for for that incredible group and It just as an aside, you know, I because I'm noticing how people are reacting and I looked up the five stages of grief Yes, did you know? That the woman who wrote that I don't have it on hand That she wrote it not about the bereaved But about those dying and in fact, yes many researchers say no.

17:22 No, you can't apply this to the bereaved I didn't know that I always thought that that's what people who lose someone the stages they go through. Yeah, I would disagree with some of those estimations because having gone through grief multiple times in my life, those stages are accurate. I mean, it absolutely is for both the bereaved, those who are grieving and then those who are facing death. It's very similar. But anyway, I guess, I mean, it's fascinating though that her initial take was not about those grieving the loss as the person themselves. Yeah. So some people are in the anger stage right now, but some are still in the negotiating stage. Like, come on, Adam, you can just bring on Jen Briney. It'll be fine if you don't even know Jen Briney. No, no, no, that will not work. That's not what's going to make it happen. So anyway. I'm just so thankful that God is giving me this clarity. And that's just, I mean, everybody, everybody understands this one. You may be listening right now. You're not saved. You're not a believer. Well, that is just common sense. It really is, isn't it?

18:35 And there may be a little bit of survivor's guilt going on here on your part only because you're still here. And yet you're feeling the weight and the intensity of the grief of the no agenda nation, your family. For sure. And so that's survivor's guilt. And it's not that you, survivor's guilt doesn't mean you want to die. It just means that you're feeling the weight because you're left behind. You're still here. And that's what you're carrying right now. And you know, God's grace is sufficient over time, that'll lessen. there'll be a new aberration of no agenda as man, you know, Larry and Darren are doing a great job. I mean, those guys are good. They're good. They're pros, man. I mean, I was listening to them going, yeah, okay, cool. But the thing is they can't just try to step in and replicate.

19:23 That would not even be fair. Again, I think I said it last week. It's like, Brad Gillis trying to fill Randy Rhoades shoes. Touring with Ozzy Osbourne. People were throwing beer bottles at him on the platform because he wasn't Randy Rhoades. A couple of people have told me this story about Rush. I've never been a Rush head. Oh, the drummer. Yes. When Neil Peart... Neil Peart, I think, right? Yes. When he passed. Yeah, the drummer. Yeah. Then everyone's like, okay, that's it. It's done. He's the best drummer in the world. I can never go again. I can't be a part of it. So they brought in some German drummer and the girl. Yes. And she's really good. Which is great, but what you get then is people will go to the nostalgia show. You know, like, hey, Russia, we'll go to the, they're going to do a week at the Sphere in Vegas. We'll go to that. But then it's just like, it's like honoring something old. And I don't want that for no agenda. I don't want that. Anyway, so that was just really helpful to me and it really lifted my spirit. Tell me about your encounter with the retail. Well, before we segue that quickly, I just want to affirm that, that man, you're walking through something and I want to say thank you for for being public with that. I mean, you know, a podcast when you're doing it, it feels like you and I are sitting across the table from each other and pouring another cup of black raffle coffee, right? And just having a conversation. But at the end of the day. The multitudes of people who could hear

20:55 this and God will take this where it needs to go. I mean, we're wearing our lives and our pain out on a sleeve, so to speak. So we're putting it out there. So kudos to you, brother, for putting it out there because what it does, it also helps other people who are going through similar things. The dynamics usually are the same, even though it may be different circumstances, but you're helping people navigate their grief as well. So way to go. And man, so applaud that and keep doing it. Let's keep talking about what with the real stuff, right? Yes. And so, yeah, so we, you know, anytime we travel, we end up in Target somewhere. I mean, we just found a Target because we, oh, we need to get those little - Forgot the hairdryer. Tiny shampoos. Yeah, you know, your little stuff, right? I always got to get a little heavy cream, you know, for the trip. So, we would pop in over at Target. We walk in, typical Target. Dallas, Fort Worth area.

21:50 You're trying to figure out which target this is because they have like three layouts and you're going, okay, oh, this is opposite from the one we've been to. So we're walking through the store. I was actually looking for some cheap headphones because that was the one thing I forgot to pack was my pants. Oh no. No big deal. You're on the road, canless? This is not a good idea. A canless. That was the primary purpose for the trip to Target. I was like, oh, I found some 999 Sonys and they actually sound great. And they work great. I'll bet they sound fantastic. And they're tiny. I can just toss them in the bag from now on. They'll stay there. So anyway, all, you know, crisis averted. So, but anyway, so I'll walk up and these two kids are checking out these young kind of bravado type kids, you know, 16, 17, trying to be cool. Very awkward, but trying to be cool to the checkout guy who's probably 17, 18. So they're trying to be cool, you know, posturing. I'm, you know, I call it. imposter syndrome. It's so funny watching this dynamic.

22:48 And I love to watch things like this because I was that kid. So I'm watching, kind of getting a kick out of it. And I'm noticing that the young man who's checking them out, he's like being super gracious. And he's like being kind. And these guys are trying to be cool. He's being kind. And then when they start to walk off, he looks at me and says, man, you guys have a blessed day. And then they walked off and then I just said, then I walked up and said, Hey, how's it going? He said, Hey, it's going great. And he goes, Hey, I need to ask you something. I mean, straight up. He just literally, I mean, there's nobody else in line. So it was just me and him. He goes, uh, me and my associate saw you and your wife walk into the store a little bit ago. Well, that creeped me out a little bit because I realized people watch it. And he said, uh, he said, so we're trying to figure out what you do. He said, are you a financier? Are you in the financial business? Do you buy stocks and bonds, kid? Do you want to get rich? I'm in my workout stuff, right? On the plane, I was really dressed up in my workout gig. So I'm like, no.

23:47 I laughed. He goes, okay. Man, we were like, man, he's got to be in finances. And he goes, so what do you do? I said, oh, I'm a pastor. And I used to say that sheepishly. I don't anymore. I'm like, I don't care what anybody thinks. It's my life. It's what God called me to do. So I'm not proud in a weird way, but just I'm not ashamed of it. So I'm like, I'm a pastor. And he goes, that's awesome. And then he says, he goes, you know, he's starting to check me out. He goes, you know, I've been, I've been trying to get closer to God. I went, wow, there it is. There's the door. See, this is the thing when you're living on mission, you don't have to kick open doors. They open right in front of you. They open right in front of you. somehow people see something and it starts a conversation. And so I said, man, I am so proud of you for that. And I had told him, I said, I'm a pastor. And I said, it's the best job on the planet, man. I said, I love what I get to do. In fact, I say this every day, I get to do this. He was like, man, that is awesome. He was just all charged up.

24:52 And that's when he said, well, I'm trying to get closer to God. I really want to. And he said, I got this one year Bible and I've been reading through it and reading the scripture. He said, the hard thing is, is I work here at Target and the one thing you can't, you can't have your weekends. The weekends are the big time and we can't be off for church. And he goes, so it's been a little bit hard on me. He said, then the last church I was at, the pastor ended up being a pedophile. And so. So that went bad. And then he talked about another church where something happened. And then now he's working at Target while he's in college. So he's just like going, man, I'm just trying to. And I said, listen, I said, it's going to sound weird coming from a preacher or a pastor, but you don't have to have church. You don't have to wait until you can go to church to get close to God. I said, brother, you can get close to God right now, right here, right while you're checking people out. And I talked to him about practicing the presence of God. While you're checking people out in your mind, be praying for that mom that's got three kids out of control in your life. Be praying for that guy who walks up and he's nervous because he's not sure if he has enough money to pay for it. And he's got that look. I said, man, you can be praying for people all day long.

26:05 And I'm telling you, that will bring you closer to God." I said, you'll be interactive with God. Instead of you just thinking in your mind, a monologue, turn your mind into a dialogue and just talk to God all day long. And I said, he'll talk to you. And then, of course, you told them to listen to We Get to Do This, a fantastic podcast. No, I didn't tell them. No, people walked over that time. It's time to roll. I walked out going, I should have said it. I should have mentioned that. I should have mentioned it. I had like 20 things I wish I would have said. I almost wanted to drive back over and go, hey, there's about 15. Let me give you a three -point sermon because I had more to say. But, you know, these are the things that happen in these casual moments when you're just on it on mission with God. His name is Toby with an I. And I said, Toby, I'll be praying for you, brother, because God, he's hearing your cry. And when you draw near to him, he will draw near to you. I said, he's probably closer than you think. And he was like, man, thanks. This is awesome. I'm usually excited that these people walked up. But anyway, we walked out and Ed had walked up during the conversation.

27:09 And she said, I love it that when we can just walk into a place and somebody sees something. They may not even know what they're seeing, but they're seeing, there's something that's tripping something, it's throwing a flag up in their own mind of these guys. Well, I think, wasn't it, Pastor Brian did a sermon, maybe it was part of WWJD, the walking with Jesus discipleship journey on Wednesday nights, where he was talking about the aroma of Christ. He says, when you walk into a room, people will smell you coming. I did that. You did that one? That was me. I was telling about dad using Old Spice and mom using white diamonds. I mean, you can smell that stuff coming from a mile away because you go, oh, mom's in the house. But that's true. The scripture does talk about we carry the aroma of Christ and aromas always get there before you do, right? That's right. So it was a sweet moment. And I just woke up praying to Toby this morning that God would meet him right where his heart's cry is. We talked briefly about forgiveness, in particular in relation to Dr. Anthony Fauci on the last episode. And so we did the last show before the Senate hearing, which, as we all know, ended up in 111 Plead the fifth which was was interesting to say at least but of course that

28:40 turned into the show and I'm like, you know and In text groups and people I'm Observing or talking to people like yeah. No, we got a forgiveness one of our newer listeners He said man, I'm a brother in Christ and I don't know if I'm just good enough to forgive Fauci and I've been like, okay So I'm like marking it down for Jason, you know, got to pray for Jason. But I really wanted to figure out what was driving him because people see him as evil, the devil, Satan, et cetera, et cetera. Now we know he's just a man, but what really, and it's interesting how not, I haven't seen this much on the news or anywhere really because it's openly available. People are lazy.

29:33 Just let me grab a clip from someone else saying something and that'll be it. So there were 136 pages of his, I guess he was writing his memoirs on a government computer and Rand Paul got a hold of that and he was using some of that. But as I'm going through because I'm like I got to read this and we just I got it I mean what an opportunity Although it feels kind of like violation, but there you go. No, you know He was writing down his thoughts and and I'm like, oh lord this guy fell for one of the oldest in the book His no kidding his problem was pride Yes, I mean, yeah, I'll just read a few of these entries because it was I mean and and I've been Very prideful in my life whenever you are in the public eye, you know Although I will always give props to my first wife who she really kept me in check because she She inherently knew what all of the trappings of fame were So so they didn't grab me as much but you know, I'm sure I was prideful just ten minutes ago So 2013, HHS turned me down on requests from CNN, Wolf Blitzer, and Soledad O 'Brien. I asked John Berklo to call up Bill Hall and find out what the heck is going on and what the reason for all of this is. John told me that the CDC complained to Bill Hall and HHS that I was getting all the publicity on an issue,

31:03 which was influenza tracking, and that they considered that. their issue. I do not know who at CDC did this. It could be anyone from Tom Frieden to more likely Tom Skinner in any event. It has nothing to do with my use of the word epidemic on Wolf Blitzer Show. Everything to do with pure jealousy that I'm a rock star stealing their thunder. Shame on the CDC. Now what's interesting, he's diagnosing envy in other people. I'm calling the kettle black. July 21st, 2022. A couple of interesting things related to the infection of the president. This is when President Trump, no, this is when, I guess, I wonder if that was Biden. Biden must have gotten the infection.

31:50 I called up Kevin O 'Connor, who is the physician to the president, got a briefing from him for the simple reason that when I go out on TV and I'm asked whether or not I'd be consulted, it would be rather embarrassing to say they did not call the so -called most famous infectious disease expert in the world, who happens to also be the chief medical advisor to the president. I mean, and it goes on and on and on. And he just loved hanging out with celebrities, and celebrities were calling him. And this is a trap that I've seen it happen to lots of people. This is a real, real, real easy one to fall into. And so I guess what I'm asking, maybe semi -stating is that when you fall into a sin like this, This is probably where the enemy, the devil, Satan, Beelzebub, call him what you want. That's when he dives in like, whoa, look at this one I can take advantage of. Yeah, he's an opportunist and he uses leverage. And so when we fall, when we take the bait, remember the title of John Bevere's book, The Bait of Satan. When we take the bait, I mean, now he has all the leverage.

33:08 And he will leverage our pride. He'll leverage our vanity. He'll leverage our need for validation and our need to belong and connect and be seen and noticed and heard. He'll leverage all those things, which in and of themselves, some of those things aren't bad. They're just human dynamics. You want to believe that you're seen. You want to believe that you're heard. You want to believe that somebody actually listens to what you have to say. But he'll take those natural things that are not necessarily bad or malevolent, and then he will leverage them into darker places. And that is his MO. I mean, because the Bible calls the devil, it says he's the liar. He's the liar and the father of lies. There is no truth in him. That's in John chapter eight. There is no truth in him. He is the liar and the father of lies. So that's the only, what's interesting is people think the devil has real power and authority. He really doesn't. He's been defanged.

34:10 Jesus won at the cross. It is finished, done. And so Jesus took back the keys of the kingdom. However, the enemy still has one thing and it's not a power in itself, but he can use it in a powerful way. And that is the ability to lie, manipulate and deceive. So those aren't really superpowers. Unless you've got willing participants. And so when you've got a guy like Fauci who stumbles, who's into pride, he's into vanity, he's starting to believe press about himself. He's even writing about it. Man, that is all the enemy needs. He's already got the momentum. It's like jujitsu. You don't win jujitsu through strength. You learn to manipulate momentum and leverage. inertia to win. And that's exactly what the enemy does.

34:58 And I really like looking at the entire COVID pandemic, scamdemic in this light, because now I can see the steps on the stairs. You know, okay, so you get this pride, boom, I've got that one. Then you go straight to the media and the media, you know, they have their own sinful ways and quite honestly, they make money by scaring people. Whatever it is, that's why if it bleeds, it leads. Everyone's heard that term. If you want viewership, breaking at this hour. By the way, I use that at this hour thing. It's kind of cool. The news at this hour. It sounds very urgent. You better be paying attention what's coming next. That's right. The art of the tease.

35:41 All of that is what media is. And of course, the devil is the prince of the air. The prince of the air waves, maybe. I don't know if I can make that jump or not. No, I think he's the prince of the power of the air is what Ephesians says. And so it literally, you kind of go, hmm, he may have some, we'll think about it. If the airwaves are full of lies, deception, manipulation, that's the mark of the enemy. That's his MO. So I'd say that's pretty accurate. So how, so for me it's become very, And it's always hard, but it's much easier for me reading this to go, oh, okay, I forgive this guy. Man, this guy was just a minor pawn. Now, there you go. Of course, I think you have to be careful when people say, yeah, but they were behind it. I'm like, it's a little hard for me to forgive they, you know. Right, right. That's too abstract. You know, it's like, so go ahead. I was going to say, and that kind of called me out last week. She heard my section on, you know, we need to forgive him. And she goes, now, wait a minute. This is my wife. I'm just being straight. This is us being real. Okay.

36:48 This is you and I over coffee. She said, that's too simplistic. And I said, excuse me. She said, you're talking to people who are genuinely enraged. because people died, lots of people died. Businesses closed, church closed. Funerals couldn't be attended. I mean, people died alone. And she said, so the weight and magnitude of the ripple effect of what he did, while he may not have directly done those things, he created the platform for that. And that's what it led to, the domino effect, I guess I'd say. And so I'm listening to my wife, take me apart one thing at a time. I'm going, you're right. That is simplistic. So I did a little deep dive on something because there is something that's hard. Because I made the comment, well, we need to trust the justice system. And that's hilarious talking to all of us about that.

37:44 But here's the thing. But I was thinking, and I should have clarified, so I want to do that now. In Romans 13, we have this, the apostle Paul is breaking it down about what government is for. I mean, he's literally saying, this is what it's for, and it's ordained by God. Can I read this real quick? Of course. It says, Romans 13 .1, everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities. Now, when you just read that without any context, you're like, what? And it says this, but there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Now, thank goodness he didn't just stop there or we would just go, what? So, he says this, consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. Now, everybody defaults to, well, what about wicked authority?

38:36 What about people who have abused their power? Well, it doesn't stop here. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of one in authority? Then do what is right, and he will commend you. Verse four. for he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an angel, an agent, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment, but also because of conscience. Now, if you go back up there and you break it down, you realize He's saying that if government has been established by God, then the government official, the person who has been established in that place, has a responsibility to follow through with justice for the righteous, but also justice for the wicked. And he's saying, and sometimes Romans, it gets a little convoluted in its language because Paul was going, this is one of his deepest theological books. So you got to really read it. But it's literally saying, If there is a government official, government not doing what God required of them, and that is to reward the righteous and punish the wicked, then they are no longer under God's authority.

40:00 They're forfeiting the right to rule and to lead. So now that's a big statement coming back to how this applies to Fauci and all that. You know, as these hearings have rolled out, these Senate hearings, which you and I have called theater, and we've seen it as that for years, but they have a responsibility. It's not enough just for Holly to get up there and nail these guys, you know, and just, you know, berate them, you know, in front of everybody. And then everybody goes home and says, boy, boy, he got his today. No, people want justice. They want justice. They want follow through. And that is the responsibility of our government, not only to us who elected them, but also to God who appointed them. So there is something very serious and it's much bigger than the failure of Dr. Fauci. It's also the failure of our government to operate under God's covenant. And when our founding fathers established this nation, this is what they had in mind. They understood this. that they were carrying a responsibility before God or Ben Franklin would have given that amazing speech about our familiar friend who we were seeking. He wouldn't have got back up and said, we need to get back out on our knees. This is a man who wasn't even quote a Christian saying, we need God. And so this is so important to me because this brings more context into the picture. Do I have a responsibility to forgive Fauci for what he did? Yes, but that doesn't mean he gets off the hook or gets a free

41:30 pass. Forgiveness doesn't mean someone's being released from natural and logical consequences that are coming their way. I'm not giving that person a pass. So I can forgive somebody and file charges against them. Forgiving them doesn't mean you walk away from it as though nothing ever happened. You know, when people are saying Fauci, man, if you're in front of me, I'd kill him, I'd do this, I'd do that. You know who talks like that? Prisoners. That's prison talk. You're in a prison if you speak like that. And it's been very freeing to me. Now the next thing I really hope people can do is forgive their family members. This is the most heartbreaking thing to me. that happened during the COVID years, which may turn out to be later in the history books after we're up in heaven, might be the spark of the, would it be the third great awakening?

42:33 If you think about it. Because people are - Well, there will be no unity on this planet apart from forgiveness. That is the turnbuckle. That is the turnkey on which everything turns. If we cannot forgive one another, we cannot be unified as a people, period. And God's not going to bring a revival where there's no unity. He actually dwells among brothers who dwell in unity, the scripture says. He's there and that's where he commands the blessing. And if it's to be, let it start with me. Come on, brother. We had my son and his family, our family, our kids, we called them, and grandkids with us this last week, and we had such a sweet time. And we had some deep conversations about, I don't even like to use the word politics. It's just culture in general. Call it politics, call it whatever.

43:28 Call it red, blue, whatever. It's culture. It's the culture we live in. You can't get away from it. He's in a church that's very multicultural, which is great, which is amazing in the middle of Houston, Texas. We know Houston's got some very, very left liberal bent in terms of their city politics and things that are coming out of Houston. And so we got to talking about the vaccine because my son is very much on a health journey himself. So we were talking about health and it came up and He mentioned that they did take the VAC. They took the shots. And I said, man, I'm really sorry about that. And he goes, he said, yeah, he said, we didn't know any different.

44:11 He said, we were just doing what doctors were telling us to do. I said, that's a lot of people. It wasn't a political decision. It was just, your doctor said, do you need to do this if you're going to fly? And they needed to fly, so they did it. But I said, do you regret it? He goes, I regret that I didn't know the whole story. I regret that I didn't know everything. I was telling him about our friend, David, who's an ER doctor and how many young people were coming in with all kinds of weird, strange anomalies physically that had just snowballed after the vaccines started hitting and they were vaccinating teenagers. And he said, yeah, we've heard all those stories too. But I thought, I love that we could go there together and we were not exactly on the same side of the fence of that, but have a wonderful conversation of understanding and talking through. And what usually informs our ideas is context. And once you have a real conversation, and you can talk about something in context, you go, okay, I can see why you did that. As opposed to, I hate you. You're either woke or you're MAGA or you're whatever. It's like, I see what led up to that decision. Whether I agree with it or not, it's almost irrelevant. You were led to that decision and informed by something.

45:36 Decisions aren't made in a vacuum, are they? Never. There was a a theory, which I still kind of follow as a Belgian guy, Dutch guy, Matthias, I forget his last name, I think it was mass. It was like mass hysteria, but it was different. Now I feel silly that I can't remember it. Mass hypnosis. I can't remember. I'll put it in the show notes. It was a solid theory, and it works.

46:18 When you're at home, you're online. And now, of course, because of the work at home, stay at home, be online, we're much more online than ever. Very few people even pick up the phone anymore, myself included, text message. Lucia and I will jokingly say, well, maybe we should just pick up the phone. This has been a 50 messages back and forth. They just pick up the phone. We talk about this in 30 seconds. We are now, you know just taking into account that that the enemy loves using the airwaves loves using media To put us in a certain state of mind. There is I I truly believe in America at least There is a a psychosis forming which is not irrational From from a psychological standpoint, but we need to talk about First of all, how it's being presented, why it's being presented to us. And what I'm referring to here is, now remember, when you're just looking at a screen, your whole worldview in that moment is the screen. You are not a bird that can look at the seed on the ground and look for the enemy with your other eye. That's not who we are. You're sitting there both. both synapse, you know, both sides of the brain are firing, probably fighting with each other. You're trying to figure stuff out. And the one that we're going through right now in America, and maybe even particular in Texas, because we're

47:51 such a, you know, patriotic, free, open, you know, like, hey, this is, we're Texans, we're Americans, you know, but nothing's going to happen to us, is the quote unquote, Muslim invasion. while there is, and I want to talk about this, while there are definitely very important issues for us to look at, what is happening is this most recent occurrence in Siusa, which is a small little, you know, northern part of, well, North Africa basically, but Morocco. that is Spanish protectorate. It's been that way since I think 1668 or something. And it's a tiny piece of land.

48:38 Very tiny piece of land. It is about I think 15 miles through the ocean to get to Spain. So that's important. Look at a map and look this place up. when you're hearing that and seeing the headlines, Europe is being invaded, 60 ,000 Muslims crash into Spain. So first of all, that's just factually not true. And there's a reason for what happened. But just two quick examples of how this is being presented in the media. This is Fox News. Military age men. There's no women. There's no families. This is such military age men. They did this with the border, the southern border. Oh, it's military age men. Chinese are coming in. They're taken over from the inside.

49:35 This is being done for a reason. These are military age men. There's no women. There's no families desperate for a better life. What do you think they're up to? What a great question. What do you think they're up to? What could it possibly be? Clearly, they're only here to invade. You know, Brian, this is exactly what we went to under the last administration. We saw the same. same same incidents over time and time again and when you advertise amnesty when you advertise work permits come here we're not going to remove you and especially in the eu which once you come in what they call feet dry when you come in on the water you can just go anywhere you're going to attract you're not going to attract anyone that's just coming for a better life you sometimes gonna attract the worst the worst like you said you have military -age male this is real this is like it's not even logical Right. I hear where he's going. You're only going to track the worst of the worst of the worst. It can't be any worse than this. Males coming from God knows where that you don't know who they are. They have been properly vetted. You don't know who's in your country right now. We went through that and look what ICE had to do with the brave men and women of Border Patrol had to do to go in and find these individuals and remove them. We've gone 15 months with the most secure border ever with zero releases in the country. And if we don't take a lesson from Spain, this is what we're going to have to go through again. Be afraid.

50:55 We got to take a lesson from Spain. There it is. Be very afraid. And then this is important because what we have learned without any doubt is what has happened in Europe, the European Union, but it's been happening for 25 years in the Netherlands. These things do take a little while before it's maybe irreversible. The UK, it all surrounded, illegal immigration couched under the guise of asylum and asylum laws have purposely not been changed. England, the United Kingdom is an island. I mean, you can't even get a dog into the United Kingdom without putting it into quarantine for six months. I know I've had to do it. Wow. So just consider how strange all of this is. And over time, again, a quarter of a century, but I saw it happen. I saw it happen started in 99. What if you, if you, if you have apathy and like, okay, whatever, it's just, you know, it's like the boiling frog. And before you know it, and this is probably most prevalent in Belgium and Antwerp, then the asylum seekers now all of a sudden have government positions and they have. different background, different culture, but when they are in positions of legislative power, now you have a problem. Play one more.

52:27 This is from Deutsche Welle, so this is a German report. You've seen things like this happen before. These images of all of these young men trying to get into Europe, do people there at the border in Spain, do they ask, where are the women? Where are the wives? Where are the mothers? Well, I think most of them are actually much too young to they have mothers but sisters well I think there's you know further a lot of religious and political reasons of why it be more difficult for women young women particularly to do this. But it is mostly young men. Many of these men will be in fact underage and the Spanish state has an obligation to look after them until they're 18. And the services that offer that are already hugely overwhelmed in cities like Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia. So I found that to be...

53:27 Soundtrack. What I thought was kind of interesting is that there's a difference between military -age men than young men who are underage who really may just be desperate to find something else, but that is never an option. Now again, I understand when you look at Europe and you have people like Tommy Robinson going around all the churches in Texas saying, you have two years, you have two years, you have two years. Well, we have a different situation right off the bat. Luckily have a president who did what they said was impossible without immigration reform, comprehensive immigration reform. I've heard it mentioned for 20 years. No, he just said, no clothes were done. It's okay. Right.

54:12 And why governments wanted this is a whole different podcast and a whole different episode of a podcast. But what really happened here is the courts made it possible. The Spanish court literally made this this move by going around the fence through the water instead of over the fence, made it legal. So you have to question what exactly were their reasons for that. But that's Europe. Right now I'm talking about the United States. Here's the problem. Here's the thing we have to look out for. This particular situation where we have an example of Europe, it's clear. No one's going to argue that in particular what is called the red green alliance where you have islamists uh practiced by some muslims um combining with socialists and and the reason for that the reason why they always connect it sounds it's almost like the weirdest thing like hey i practice sharia law so i will kill you if you're gay or throw you off the roof right right but The reason why they, and women, you can't show any skin. The reason why the very liberal socialist in America, it's the Democrat socialist of America, they both, as long as the enemy of my enemy, if you are the enemy of my enemy, you're good to go. And

55:43 that is the reason, it's like that's the thing in the human mind, I can't quite comprehend, but the enemy of my enemy, I will connect with them. But this fear, this new fear, which is not completely invalid, although it's a very different situation, but when you're thrown with these images all day of 60 ,000 military age men, well, this could happen here. It's already happening here. There's 5 ,000 mosques being built an hour. This is being monetized before your very eyes. This is what we have to realize when I come from media I started when I was 15 I was in commercial media big time when I was 19 the way you get people to buy something is to Trigger their emotions and the minute the emotions are triggered Then you can slip in any kind of message you want and it will stick. It's just that's just that's how advertising works advertising is Tell people to be afraid of something.

56:42 It can be afraid of you know, I'm never gonna get that girl So I better drink Bud Light. I mean, it's it's it's subtle, but it works now listen to the Megyn Kelly show Big influence actually I should probably I should probably start here I looked up the ed because Tina sent me a video about this. I was like, this is fascinating. We talk about influencers the etymology of the word influencer a bit No, but I love etymology. Yes, so late 14th century, influenza. So, influenza, a streaming ethereal power from the stars, acting on your character and destiny without your knowledge or consent. Astrology, basically. Wow. The word influenza comes from this root word, influenza.

57:37 because at the time people thought the stars did this to them. So now this is so deep because it comes from the stars, astrology, but what are influencers? They are stars. I mean just this word alone carries so much power that we need to be careful about that. That was hidden in plain sight. And I can't believe that this word has been around us for a decade and I've never even considered to look up the etymology of it. Anyway, so we have to be careful of the influences. I like Megyn Kelly. I've been on her show a couple times. She seems nice. She took a kind of a weird turn at a certain point and whatever. I mean, I have no disdain for her, but you have to realize what influencers like her are doing with fear. This is straight from her podcast. I'm sorry, but for many of us Americans, that phrase is deeply rattling and disturbing.

58:41 And the last thing we need to have is to hear it broadcast five times a day from loudspeakers all over American cities, Rich. Yeah, no, obviously no one has a problem with Muslims praying and every time I see it I have all due respect for people whose faith means so much to them, but this is obviously It's a violation of noise ordinance or should be right and those hours of the day We wouldn't want church bells ringing at 3 30 in the morning. That's crazy And it goes it feels to a lot of people as a act of cultural aggression Buy gold and get free silver. That's right for every $5 ,000. Listen to Howard's position too.

59:25 Hold on a second. The Birch Gold Group this month in advance of Veterans Day, they will send you a free patriotic silver round that commemorates the Gadsden and American flags. Look, gold is up over 40 % since the beginning of this year and Birch Gold can help you own it by converting an existing IRA or 401k into a pay off IRA in physical gold. Plus, they'll send you free silver honoring our veterans. And if you are current or former military. It just goes on and on and on. So be a patriot. The juxtaposition of the two there. Wow. Well, here's my favorite one. This is Ali Beth Stuckey, who I also like. I mean, I usually like the first five minutes. I'm like, okay. Right. Same. She is definitely an influencer. A lot of people listen to her podcast and here she is. And anyway, and even in the Quran, you have like these beautiful servant boys. This is a guest. In heaven, which is kind of ambiguous. And some people say it's meant to be sexually enticing. And here's the ad. Next sponsor for the day is Jace Medical. This is a way to stay prepared for your family. You don't want to get in a situation where you can't access the medication that you need. Oh no, if the Muslims come, you won't be able to access your medication.

1:00:40 I just want people to see it. Please, I just want you to see it. That's a great observation. So, it was Matthias Desmet that you were referring to. Desmet, yeah. Mass formation. Yeah, Desmet. Mass formation psychosis. Psychosis, that's it. Thank you. Wow. Yes, discredit, of course, as being a quack, obviously. Now, pastors have an interesting take on this. Not a single pastor has not said, we need to pray. And I'm happy to hear that. And there's a lot of pastors out there. that discuss this. And they use fear tactics as well, which I'm just not sure is the best way to do it. And I want to give an example here.

1:01:33 This is Jack Hibbs. So to back that up, let's show you something that's going on. Let's play a little bit of scary Allah Akbar music. All right, ladies and gentlemen, that is every Friday night in New York City Times Square. Welcome to America. Since the election of Mandani, Zoran Mandani, He has been speaking more and more Arabic, and he's been speaking more and more about Sharia law in New York City. And now the call to prayer is put out by speaker over New York City. And you don't go to Times Square on Fridays any longer in New York City. What do you think of that?

1:02:37 All that because Christians did not vote in New York City. So there's a high probability, friends, 26 % of the eligible Christians in California, 26 % of them vote, which means whoever's running for governor or assembly or presidents or whatever, the Christian vote in California no longer matters. So he's enticing his congregation to vote, which of course is after prayer. But of course we need to vote. And that's for any group that we don't necessarily, but voting for what? It's not just about your Senator, your state Senator. It's your zoning board. If you want to determine where a mosque is built, get on the zoning board. Have your church vote for you. I mean, we - County commissioner. County commissioner is a big one.

1:03:36 Those are critical. Critical. This is what didn't happen in Europe. By the way, when I was growing up, or coming up, I should say, in the 80s and 90s, I had a daughter. I didn't care at all about the school board, running for the school board. You got nothing better than a loser. I mean, I'm honest about it and I regret it. You didn't know what you didn't know. Maybe no one told me, maybe I wasn't listening. And so, Pastor Hibbs is correct, but I kind of feel like you undo the prayer part by saying, well, you better be afraid of this. You can't go to Times Square in New York on a Friday night because you didn't vote. I mean, I don't know. It doesn't entirely sit right with me, but he's doing a version of be afraid. You got to go out and vote. But I would prefer that people also stand to be voted on. It can't just be a passive activity of go off and tick a box. And then the one that I think most people stumble on with this next pandemic, this next mass formation psychosis is, well, We might as well give up because the numbers are just against us. There is fear of upsetting that. That's one part. The second part is the right in demographics. And that is the labor.

1:05:03 That is the left vote. You're having exactly the same problem in the U S with the Democrats doing everything they can to please their voting base. Doesn't matter how they destroy the country. And we have the same. issue here. We had a cap on giving money to families with two children so we give money. extra money if you've got two children. And there was a cap that you couldn't get that child benefit if you had more than two children. But of course, Muslim families have huge, huge families, huge amount of children. So Labour decided it was damaging their voter base to have that restriction. So they removed it. So if you've got seven, eight, nine, ten children with your four wives, that's all fine.

1:05:46 You now get the benefits for that. So it is purely moving towards your voter base and doing anything you want. That was the Glenn Beck show, by the way. And this is kind of where people throw up their hands and go, well, we're lost. That's it. We can never, we can't keep up with seven, eight kids. They're going to overrun us. And, and without a doubt, that is true in Europe where they're missing an element that we have in the United States. And really the one pastor I found who at least, praise God, is really, at least starting with the right message, and I think you and I will add one bit to that, is Josh Howerton.

1:06:27 Especially for young men, if somebody was like, hey dude, just give it to me straight. What do I need to be doing? Here's what I would say, and I would say pray, ask the leadership ability spirit, follow your conscience if it deviates from any of this. But essentially, some of these are not deviatable. I would essentially go, hey man, if you want to live a life of extraordinary consequence, give your life to Jesus, read your Bible every day, pray every day, and act like it. Go to church, find a cute girl that loves Jesus, and get married young. Let me just side note real quick. The more I'm hanging out with young adults in our church, and they're like 26, 27, 28, and they're like, ah, I'm not ready to get married yet. I'm like, what? Are you crazy?

1:07:13 Are you crazy? You're like 10 years into historical marriageable age in human history. In general, people right now are waiting way too late to get married. Biologically, all the things, find a cute girl that loves Jesus, get married young, have one more kid than you think you can afford. I was just like, let me just have one more kid than you think you could afford and then work hard to build something great instead of complaining. You do that stuff and you're going to live a life of extraordinary consequence. The only thing I would say to the olds, people like me, apparently.

1:08:03 I like the message. This wasn't even necessarily related to Muslims, but I looked at a lot of influences and pastors to see what they're saying and to see what we're all being exposed to. Now, if you listen to Pastor Hibbs, the one thing that neither he nor Josh Howerton really connect to it, they know it, they connect to it, is multiply. Which is our actual job to not just multiply with making humans, but to multiply bringing people to Christ. Because then if it's only 26 % of Christians in California, but you triple the size and the amount of Christians, now all of a sudden you have a different picture. And that just hit me like a lightning bolt the other day as I'm like, Oh man, it's right there. The answer is right there. We don't have to sit at home shivering in front of the screen that the Muslims are taking over. We can never combat this. We don't have enough children. Go out and multiply people. That's so good. Be fruitful and multiply. That is one of the first early commandments from the Lord for humankind. That was the whole... That was why we were put on the planet. It's Genesis 1 .28. God blessed them, who's them, Adam and Eve, and said to them, be fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it, rule over the fish, the sea, the birds of the air, and every living creature that

1:09:36 moves on the ground. And then after the flood, Genesis 9 .1, then God blessed Noah and his son, saying to them, be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. I mean, these are early commands. These are some of the first basic things that we were put on the planet to do. And it's interesting that some of the supposedly greatest minds in the world are panicking over the sheer number of people on earth. We're destroying the planet. There's too many people. We have to stop birthing babies. I mean, we've got to start limiting. We got to start literally creating foods and atmosphere and circumstances where people cannot multiply anymore. So we're going to promote things that will keep you from having more children.

1:10:23 I mean, and yet it's one of the first commands in Scripture. And then you see the command in the New Testament, which is the... It's the... The Great Commission? The Great Commission, the apostolic command, and it literally says, go there for... and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, teaching them everything I've taught you, and I will be with you till the end of the age. So I mean, these two commands both have the same element, and that is multiply physically in number and then multiply spiritually in number. Those are our commands as followers of Jesus. And so you don't have to sit at home feeling helpless. And the good news is Jesus is trending. So you already got a point ahead.

1:11:12 People are interested. Things are looking good. I was just told the other night we've been having 46 plus people come on a Tuesday night for just a six week Bible study. And it wasn't over advertised. It's none of our staff leading it. It's on experiencing God. And the word I got back was from Blair Nevins who's leading this and others who've been. People are hungry. Yes. People are hungry. Even on Sundays, I've been teaching on this, just one more, just get up and go do something. People are hungry. I mean, and they're responding to these messages. So there are good things. This is a good season.

1:11:54 I'm not going to take the position of Jack Kibbs and say like Chicken Little, the sky's falling, it's too late, we're done, our vote doesn't count. I'm telling you, I would not have said that even if the numbers pointed that way because I don't live my life according to statistics. I live my life according to God's word and what he promises and what he says will happen. Not what Some survey which you know what a survey is worth barely worth a paper. It's printed on I mean, let's just be real and too many too many factors too many nuances too many agendas so I Would not have said what I know what he's doing He's he was in a moment The fear was rising could feel the room and he just sort of put an exclamation point on it. Basically, it's too late We've already lost California. I mean, that's what it sounded like to me and yet you got Victor Marks in. Colorado running for governor, full on for Jesus, spirit -filled. He's taking massive abuse for his faith right now, but the dude is still standing. He won the primary. I mean, he is like fighting.

1:13:03 He just did a thing with Pierce and Pierce just went there on all that and just tried to undo him right there on camera. I'll have to watch that. Oh, yeah. It was brutal. But he said, don't watch Pierce's version, watch the whole thing, because there will be the whole thing. That's another episode we have to do. about editing. No kidding. Yeah. But all that to say is that the reason why I say we get to do this is because it keeps my mind thinking forward, not looking downward. I'm looking upward. I'm looking towards him. The reason why I call our podcast living up in a down world is that we refuse to fall into this rut of stinking thinking and believing it's all over. And basically it steals the hope.

1:13:50 out of your heart. Yes. And I will not live hopeless. There's three things that remain, faith, hope, and love. The greatest of these is love, but faith and hope. By the way, the essence of faith and hope are the same thing. Faith is literally, biblical hope is the confident and joyful expectation of a desired good. That's the root of faith too. Believing, trusting, there's going to be something good that comes. And that's the essence of the Christian life. And that's why I refuse to buy into, even some of my peers, my colleagues saying doom and gloom, it's over, they're sounding, the sirens are growing off in our city, stop, drop and roll and pray. I refuse to give in to that idea that anything's over. Because we almost act like it's the worst that it's ever been in America. And if we know our history, this is not the worst it's ever been in America. We love hearing from everybody out there. I'm not quite sure what we're going to call everybody. We get to doers? I'm not quite there yet. We've got to come up and help us people. Help us with that.

1:15:00 Send in your thoughts. You can always email us, adam at wgtdt .com, psjimmy at wgtdt .com. Wgtdt .com. That's the sub stack. You can subscribe there. And we also love it when you send us value back. This is a value for value podcast. That's something I've been doing for almost 19 years. If you get any value from what we're doing here, we'd love to receive that back from you with your time, your talent, or your treasure. I was using that before I was born again. I had no idea. It was a biblical thing. I got to tell you, we built a website, WGTDTdonations .com, and we've been getting a lot of beautiful notes.

1:15:49 and value, and I just want to thank some people who sent it in for us today. Start off with $500 from Anonymous. Now this person is so anonymous that he or she donated and then immediately erased all their tracks. So I don't know why, but we appreciate you. Thank you, whoever you are. Thank you. Christopher Witzel sent us $100 and he has a note. Thank you, Adam and Pastor Jimmy. About 20 months ago, I found God after my wife left and my young family was broken apart. I hit rock bottom and reached the point where I wanted to end it all. But a close friend shared the gospel with me, which set me on a path to where I am today, a new creation in Christ, 2 Corinthians 5, 17. I was so excited to hear on no agenda that Adam was on a similar walk. I've been enjoying WGTDT since last year when you were arguing with JCD about the new podcast and sharing material.

1:16:44 I remember thinking, what is this scandalous podcast that has JCD so up in arms? I will deeply miss John C. Pastor Jimmy, your words were such a comfort in the last episode as we said farewell to a friend. As Christians, we have the ultimate hope of knowing he has moved on to a better place. The very same hope that pulled me out of the valley I was in and gave me new life in Christ Jesus. It's a completely new outlook on life and I love sharing the good news now. Chris Winslow, Spirit Lake, Idaho. That's great. Love that. I should say we're taping a little bit early, so if you got the newsletter and you sent in a note with your donation, we'll do it on next Wednesday so you have not been forgotten. Darren Wilson comes in with what is quickly becoming a favorite donation amount, $77 .77. I love that.

1:17:34 It's great. He says, Ephesians 4 .1, live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Peace be with you, brothers, from Darren Wilson. $50 from ex -Vermonters. I'm deriving that from their email address, ex -Vermonters. So I just guess they're formerly from Vermont. No note, thank you. Justin Zetzer, $50. No note, thank you, Justin. Alison Stang sends $50. Dear Adam, it's been such an encouragement to witness you living out Matthew 16 .24. What is that, brother? What is 16 .24? I don't know. I'm not a walking concordance, but I can find it very quickly. What? Matthew 16, 24. I'll find it. You're not a walking concordance.

1:18:18 So disappointing. Like, hey, you're a comedian, tell a joke. Come on, you should be able to do that. Here it is. Then Jesus said to his disciples, if anyone would come after me, he must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me. Boom. Fantastic. Thank you, Allison. She says, thank you. Thank you, Pastor Jimmy, for being such a consistent. calm fountain of wisdom each week. Then a long note, but it's an important one, so I'm going to share the last one from Carrie Scott. She sent us $41, which I think will also become a special number for the show. I love it. Adam and Pastor Jimmy, I'm donating $41 as a symbol of what comes after a 40 -day season of testing.

1:19:00 The 41st day when someone takes the first step into God's promised purpose or a new beginning. I found this especially fitting for Adam as he walks through this season of transition. My husband Brandon has been an Avid Noah gender listener since around episode 200. I've listened with him off and on since we met in 2012, and eventually I began listening to Kuri and the Keeper as well. We were both deeply saddened by the loss of JCD and we sent our heartfelt condolences. I was listening to last week's episode of WGTDT and felt led to donate and share a brief testimony. I've been what I would call a room temperature Christian, cooler than lukewarm, since I fell out of sync with the Lord when I was a teenager, I'm now 35. This past February I found myself depressed and in a very dark place. One evening after going down some dark satanic rabbit holes that I couldn't seem to pull myself out of following the release of the Epstein files, wow, a lot of people have been there, I heard God ask me, when I come back to free my people from evil of this world, are you coming with me? Well, there was only one answer I could give. Since that moment I've been deep diving into God's Word and rebuilding my relationship with Christ.

1:20:09 Every night as Brandon and I are falling asleep, I rest my hand on his shoulder and pray that the Lord captures his heart and he joins me wholeheartedly on this journey of faith. He prays with me occasionally and watches sermons from Bridge Church with me from time to time, but he still wrestles with his beliefs. I'd like to ask if you would join me in praying that the walls around his heart would be broken down and he would fully accept Jesus as his Lord and Savior so he will one day join me in the kingdom of heaven. I apologize for such a long note. Love the podcast. Can't wait to see where the Lord leads it next. God bless from Kerry Scott. Wow. Beautiful. Wow. Thank you, Kerry. Wow. Thank you for your transparency.

1:20:49 Yes. And beautiful note. I have one note to share. This is from Joe Rojas. He's become a buddy and a friend of We Get To Do This. He says, Hey, Pastor Jimmy, I hope you're having an amazing day. The thanks really goes to God, but I wanted to acknowledge your part in my life. And he says this, Joe Rogan led me to Adam. Adam led me to no agenda and JCD. Adam led me to you. You have had a profound impact on my life showing me all that church can be. I prayed that I'd find a church like yours and the Holy Spirit led me to Grace Church here in West Bridgewater, Maine. I went for the first time today to check it out and I immediately found myself overwhelmed with the presence of God. It has a similar format to what I've watched in your church. I'm excited to go back and take my whole family this next Sunday. I pray that someday I find my way to Fredericksburg so that I can shake your hand and say thank you in person. Thank you, Joe Rojas for writing in that note. These notes encourage us beyond what you would know. And they also, God uses them to confirm that we're on the right track, that we're doing what we're supposed to be doing. Amen. All right, land the plane for me, brother. All right. Well, I had a good landing and then, oh, I got one. Hang on. Hang on. I just remember this. Here's what we get to do.

1:22:07 This is, we're doing life at the crossroads of culture and Christianity. There you go. Yes. That's it. It's a little long for my t -shirt, but I like it. It's not a band name. I know, right? That's what we're doing though. We do life, man. Right? We're culture and Christianity. right at the middle of the crossroads. Subscribe to our newsletter, WGTDT .com. We really appreciate everyone who's listening and we're excited to see where this goes. I love these numbers. The numerology is fun. I don't want to just call people listeners. I've never really liked that.

1:22:49 They'll have to come up with something, so send us your ideas. Brother, have a great time tonight at the premiere and the one in Austin. Awesome. We're hitting the gym, Planet Fitness here in a little bit, a little temple care, and then we get to go eat at a Brazilian steakhouse. But the carnivores getting together, that should be wild. And then the movie, seven o 'clock. Beautiful. And we will be back next Wednesday with another episode of We Get To Do This. Have a great week, everybody. This is the chance we did not miss This is the life we get to do this