and we'll be right back.
Don't get down when you're seeing the worst
Cause the last will be the first
What a day I'm telling you
All things will be new
Living up in a down world
Yeah we're living, yeah we're living
Living up in a down world
Oh
This is Jimmy and Annette
We are living up in a down world
This is episode number 54
Time is flying
Time flies when you're having fun
It's called life in the fast lane baby
I'm missing you saying and Chevy
I know
Well whose fault is that?
It's his fault
It's his fault cause he can't drive
He never got his drivers license
We miss Mr. Chevy
I know
I miss him terribly
If we didn't have other appointments today
It's gonna make me sad
But yeah
Today's a stacked day
I mean you had stuff going this morning
But we said we're gonna take some time
And do this podcast
If it kills us we're gonna do it
Not because it kills us
We love doing this
Cause we love
We wanna get out there
Love what we get to do
It really is fun doing it
Yes
Looks stunning by the way
Thank you
Wow
I had a bad morning
Oh yeah you're back
I know
Yes I keep waking up with my back
Just killing me
Weird
And it's like what is going on?
And I take three ibuprofen
Which I don't wanna get in the habit of taking every day
But lately I've had to
It's been very hard on me
And it takes almost an hour
Before it settles down
And then I'm fine the rest of the day
I know you seem fine now
So weird
I know
I won't say you were grumpy
You were just in pain
No I was grumpy
But the thing is
It literally feels like someone is grabbing
My hips and just pushing them down
Like the rest of my body's going up
And it's pushing me down
And the pain
There's a lot of people listening right now
That can totally identify with what you're talking about
Because back pain's a very common thing
It's not an age thing
I had it when I was young
Because I played sports
They told me it was degeneration
Which is an age thing for you
Yes
But I don't like it
But you're younger than me though
I am and don't ever forget it
Three months
No it's only two honey
Oh okay
I'm not the math guy
I know it's two months
I'm drinking out of my
Check out my cup
This is a wake up and do my happy dance
Oh well that's what I wanted to do this morning
You were not happy dancing
Not at all
I even worked out twice yesterday
I know
I woke up in a good mood
I was so excited I bounced in there
Hey you know life is good
Every day's Friday
And you're like
Uh oh
And I'm like uh oh
Leave the room slowly
Back out
But it went away
I'm good now
I feel good
And I'm glad we get to do the podcast
Even in the middle of a very busy day
Yes
We've got this cool thing happening
We've got a guy coming to the church
He's new to the church
He's a documentarian
I mean he's done umpteen documentaries
He's a video guy, audio guy
Out of Austin who just moved to Fredericksburg
Started coming to our church, the Bridge
If y'all don't know it
We're pastors at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg
Check us out bridgefbg.com
You can find messages and worship and resources
And all kinds of stuff on there
But check us out
But we pastor this amazing church called the Bridge
We just call it the Bridge for short
And he started coming
And I met him like a few weeks ago
We just hit it off
And it turns out he had stage four cancer
Has been completely healed of it
He took a holistic approach
Which that's real risky by some people's terms
But he said the chemo wasn't working
The traditional medicine wasn't working at all
So what do you have to lose, right?
Right
And so he did that
I'm going to mute this
Yeah, you've got your...
By the way, folks
You may hear some drills going, saws, hammers
People walking around on the roof
We're in our studio at Bridge Church
We call it the Living Up Studio
But we've got John, our contractor
He's got a lot of construction going on
All kinds of work all around
And I just said let's let him work
This is real life
Life is messy
I think he's working in another area for now
About 30 minutes ago
It was like a hammer drill out there
Oh, wow
But then he's gone now
So maybe we're good
Maybe he's taking a break
But if he does, he does
It doesn't matter
I did ask Sherry to tell him between 10.30 and 11.30
To kind of give us a break
Well, real life is just messy
So why not leave it in there, right?
No editing here
But anyway, this guy
Let me get you back off your rabbit trail
Thank you, this is why we're good together
So he came and he talked to me
He goes, hey, I've done some filming
And be glad to help you guys
And people tell me stuff all the time
Like, yeah, I'll play guitar
And turns out they don't really
They play kumbaya
They know kumbaya on the guitar
When they were kids
So, I mean
And then he sends me a list of his
What do you call it when it's
Faith's in here
What do you call it when you get
Their discography
But your movieography?
Portfolio?
Portfolio, yeah
Anyway, a list of all the documentaries
Thanks for your help over there
He's just sitting on the couch watching
So anyway, he sent me that list
And he's done like
The ones he sent me
These aren't even all about 12 of them
10 or 12 documentaries
Netflix, all kinds of stuff
So, he hit me up via text
And he wanted to come by today
He said, do you have any time?
I didn't say no, I don't actually
But he said
You made the time
I did make the time
Because he's bringing his drone camera
And he's going to video do flyovers
Over the church and inside the church
How do you do it inside the church?
Man, I don't know
Just duck and run, I guess
It's going to be a drone flying down the halls
And through the worship center
And so, anyway
This is very cool
So it's going to give us great footage
Of the church, you know
So we can promote
But also, people online can see
And get a better feel of what they're listening to
Or watching
I love that
Yeah, it's very cool
This is something I've wanted
We had someone offer to do this
And charge us
A couple years ago
And we chose not to go there
And so to have this opportunity
Come by us now
I mean, I'm just blown away
I think God is just so good
Because he knows what we need
Before we even ask
And we haven't asked him about this again
Because we were like
Well, you know, maybe someday
And then the gentleman comes up to us
And says, I want to do this
This is part of my contribution
And I love that
This is just like God
Brings the right people around you
For what you need
And I'm just really stoked about it
I'm super
And I'm a nerd
I'm nerding out about
Watching and flying a drone
You are a nerd though
I am
You and Faith are both my nerds
I'm a hybrid kind of
Give me a guitar, I'll rock
Play some football, basketball
But then give me some technology
And like, oh my gosh, this is amazing
For example, you got a Remarkable
I know
These are the coolest
Adam got a Remarkable
Because he'd rather hand write
Than just type all the time
Well, and I
When we went over to his house
And he showed me
I loved it
I love the way it felt
It's like you're writing on paper
But it's digital
Have you ever heard of that, Faith?
A Remarkable
It's very cool
It's wonderful
Although you've confiscated it
Do you want to pull up a chair?
You confiscated it from me
I have not been able to use it
I have it right here
Oh, you even brought it
Of course you did
I have it right here
Of course
Wow
So what did you do
In response to me
Not letting you have your new toy
Well, I bought another one
You bought one for me
But it hasn't gotten here yet
So
Yeah, so we'll just
Let you have that one
I wrote my schedule on it today
And I will just
Well, it's already
Connected to your devices
Well, I'm sure we can
Unpair it and pair it to yours
Either way, I don't care
Because it's going to take
A couple weeks for it to come in
But I'm actually excited about it
Because for one
It's very cool, actually
I like that better than
A YellowPad
And I have YellowPads everywhere
And I
They just take up space
And the pages get crumbled up
And I don't write very well
This allows me to write in calligraphy
Calligraphy
For those who are watching us
On camera
By the way, this is a new thing
This is the first day
We're actually videoing
The podcast
Yes, and that's why Faith's in the room
Yeah
Having to listen to us
Oh, hold it up
Okay, she's holding it up
So we can see it
Can you see it better
Yeah
Anyway
It's super cool
We got video now
I have really bad penmanship
So to be able to write in calligraphy
It just writes
I feel like
It's very cool
Tina's got the best
Best
Penmanship I've ever seen in my life
I could totally believe that
Of course
She's such a perfectionist
About everything
Of course she would have
The most perfect penmanship
Of course
Hey, I have pretty good
Penmanship myself
Not like her
I've never seen anybody
Like her
Right, well I'm a bit of a perfectionist
But not quite on the scale
Not to the scale she is
Yeah, but we can relate
I can relate to her
But when I wrote on that
I felt like I was Tina Curry
I felt like
I nearly
God gave me a little bit of that
So today I want to talk about
What I was talking about yesterday
Let's talk about what we're going to talk about
We were listening to Pastor Robert Morris
Wait, already?
Wait
Yes
I've got a couple other things
Already?
Yeah, real quick
So my friend from college
Oh, okay
Visited us
Oh, you want to talk
Okay
I want to talk about Mark
Okay
Because I said I'd give him a shout out
Okay
And he got real excited
Well, I was going to do that after
But we'll do it now
So, listen
I have the show notes right here
Oh, you do
I know
Because one of us actually does show notes
Yeah
And the other one doesn't
And then he just tells me what we're doing
So, my friend Mark Berry
Who is a dear, dear friend from college
Went to Howard Payne University together
Yes
Back in the 80s
I mean, what a decade
You're really dating yourself
What a decade
You are old
That was a decade of mullets and hairspray
So, back then and really good music
Which you still have
Hello
I do not have a mullet
I'm getting a haircut Thursday, mind you
He has a mullet, doesn't he?
Thank you very much
It's a little bit
That is not a mullet
Okay
Okay, the camera will not lie
I do not have a mullet
So, anyway
It's fluffy
I do like him though
It is fluffy
I like longer hair
But you do have a lot of hairspray on your hair
So, Mark came to visit
He lives in Phoenix
And Mark, it turns out Mark
He lives in Phoenix
And Mark, it turns out Mark
He lives in Phoenix
And Mark, it turns out Mark
Okay
He is going to laugh
When I say this out loud on the show
But when he and I were playing guitars together
We were both just a couple of guys
That were having fun
I mean, we loved to play music
We were both rock guitar players
And he was in a rival band on campus
And then one of our friends
Kind of pulled us together
Into another band
That is typical of camp
You know, you have 15 bands
You are in all these different bands
And we ended up being in this band together
Called One Voice
What a cool name
How I like the name
That screams rock, doesn't it?
That is a cool name
Yeah, that screams rock
But anyway, it wasn't my choice
But we wrote our own music
We did very little covers
I mean, we wrote all original stuff
And Mark and I were just
We really worked well together
We became fast friends
And then it turns out he is a genius
Who knew?
I mean, like for real
Did he say aerospace engineer?
Yeah, he is at Howard Payne University
Which is basically for Bible students and teachers
And he ends up doing really well in college
Didn't even want to go to college
Did not do well in high school
And he kind of got dared into it
And he ends up at college
And now he is excelling
He realizes he is smart
For the first time in his life
How do you just realize you are smart?
Now, I didn't know this
When we were playing guitar
He is just a friend
We are having fun
And we are playing for pizzas and gas money
If we are lucky
And so we had fun doing it
But anyway, he ends up saying, hey, I am moving
I was like, no way
So he loads up his car
All of his hockey gear
He had hockey gear in central Texas
Which nobody else does
He is a hockey player
So he goes to Arizona
To Prescott, Arizona
To Emory Riddle College or University
Anyway, it is a technical school
It is an engineering school
To get a degree in aerospace engineering
I am like, what?
Dude, no way
You know someone like that?
I know, it is funny, right?
It is hilarious now
He is probably dying a thousand deaths
Me telling this
But anyway, so he does really well
And he has had just a unique career path
And the contracts he has had to do
For the military
That are private
And he didn't even know
Classified
He knew what they wanted
But didn't know what it was for
And then if something happened
And it needed repair
They had to bring him in
Almost like in a blindfold
A broken dagger
Bag over his head
He had to hide all the information
So that he wouldn't know
He has been all over the world
It is pretty cool
Yeah, it is very cool
His stories were quite fascinating
I know, I mean
You get him and Adam Curry together
So he obviously
He is a product of the 70s and 80s, right?
He was in broadcasting
He was a DJ
And he listens to No Agenda too
He listens to No Agenda
I introduced him to No Agenda
It is called Hitting Him in the Mouth
I hit him in the mouth a while back
Hit them in the mouth?
Yeah, when you introduce somebody to the podcast
You are hitting them in the mouth
That is what you call it
That is weird
I didn't make it up Adam Curry
So, blame the Podfather
So I hit him in the mouth with No Agenda
So he has been listening
And he remembered Adam from the MTV VJ days
Who doesn't?
The great hair
So anyway
So I said, hey
You said, hey, why don't you and Mark go out and eat
On Saturday night
Because you are staying at our house
That was very
I just wanted to stay home and veg
It was so awesome
You need to let us just go be dudes
Just vegging
So I hit up Adam
Adam goes, of course I will go
So anyway, us three
Two very high level nerds
Which would be Adam and Mark
Both pilots
Both nerdy
I am a hybrid nerd
So I could sort of hang with them
Could you understand anything they were saying?
About two thirds, no
Pretty much
That is what I am thinking
I just ate my hamburger and bacon and egg
Kept your mouth shut
I ate my carnivore meal and
Just watched other people
Well they ate whatever they wanted
I am just kidding
It was fun though
We had a great time
And they really hit it off
And Mark is a pilot
Adam is a pilot
I mean they had all this stuff in common
What were you even there for?
Exactly
Basically to drive them
You could have introduced them
And then said, okay, see
I will pick you up at a couple of conferences
I drove Mark
I dropped him off
I introduced him
And I started the conversation by saying
So Mark is a pilot
And so is Adam
And man, they were off to the races
And then I did not say anything the rest of the night
We were both talkers
Oh my gosh
Yeah
It was awesome though
You know what made me happy though
Was just seeing two people that I love and appreciate
And have high value for
One from my past, one from my present
And to see them come together and click
Was just so gratifying
Yes
And so it made me very happy
Not emotional, just happy
And we had dinner again the next night
I know
So then we go to church on Sunday
And Mark says, I want to go to all three services
Are you sure you know what you are asking for?
You know how tiring?
Hearing Jimmy three times
No, no, just kidding
Because we get there at like 8
Standing up
8 o'clock
And then we leave at what?
1.15
Yeah
It's a long day of just nonstop
But he loved it
He loved it
And he really complimented you
Oh that's sweet, yeah
He was very complimentary
Dear friend
Very
Dear, he had never heard me preach
He only
He's only seen me on the stage playing guitar
Wow
It was fun
But anyway
And we did some strolls down memory lane
Which is always fun
But anyway
Mark Berry, love you bro
So glad you got to hang out
It's a beautiful weekend
We went back out to eat with both the Currys
This time
Tina and Adam
To this cool Bavarian restaurant in town
That we just got introduced to
Yes
I'm not hearing things
Yes, he is now working on
Oh cool
So you're going to hear things
Yeah, it could be anything
Hammers, drills
A man
Hopefully not a man falling off a ladder or anything
But you could hear all kinds of stuff
For sure
I thought I heard something through my headphones
Yeah
Anyway
You look pretty without headphones on
Is this for the camera?
I had
Well
I have a lot of appointments today
My hair is so fine
You didn't want to get the rut through the top of your hair
It will bend all of my hair
I know
You actually just did
When you just bent your hair
When you did that
Did I just bend it?
It looks funny
Sorry, does it still look
No, no, you're beautiful
So anyway, great time
So let's do
This is what we do, Faith
This is what we do
Our daughters in the room, cringing
Half the time people were telling us
Go get a room
Because he's just like
You're so beautiful
You're so funny
Hotness
So let's talk about
We were having a conversation yesterday
So we had our Sabbath on Monday
And so we go to the gym always
That's kind of one of our things, therapeutic
We're coming out of the gym
And you had listened to Pastor Robert Morris
I had listened to his message
His Sunday message
He just wrote a book called Grace Period
Which I haven't read
But he's preaching off of that book
And I started thinking about how many people
We know in our sphere of influence
People that are Christians
People that are in the church
People that are listening on the broadcast
Who don't have a real understanding of grace
There is a movement out there that I believe is off
That
We agree on this
That grace says you can just do whatever you want
Why would I want to do whatever I want?
Why wouldn't I want to do what pleases my Father?
And he really nails it in this first part
Of the series of four that he's preaching
And really talks about grace and what it means
And he said something interesting
He said most people when they first get saved
They know they got saved by grace
Because they're in the middle of their sin basically
They're sinful beings
And we ask Jesus to come into our life
Be our Lord and Savior
And we know it's the grace of God
That brought us to salvation
But it's later on in our walk with Jesus
When we began to mix law and grace
Where we can believe 99% of the time
We can believe that we're saved by grace
But there's something in us that turns to where we think
We have to earn something
And I lock in it to like for one like a birthday party
Like we go to a birthday party
And everybody brings you presents
Okay
Now did you earn that present?
No they're giving it to you because they love you
And it's your birthday
Right
He didn't use this analogy
I just kind of came up with it earlier
Way to go
Preach
But so much so many of us think that we
Yeah we received grace when we got saved
We received God
God is full of grace
That's who he is
But then later on we feel like okay
I got to do this because I got to please him
Or you can go the total opposite
I don't have to do anything because I'm saved
What does it matter?
You know I mean grace is there
There's always extremes on either end of the spectrum
There is
That's the danger zone when you're so far one way
That you can't even see the other end of the spectrum
Right
Because you're so far off there
You're in an extreme and that's unhealthy
Yes
And it's dangerous
Yes
So we've known people and I've been attacked online a lot
A lot
Even in church I've had people come to me and go
You're mixing law and grace
I'm like can you just define that for me because
No because what they're saying though is we don't have to do anything
Right
Well that's not true
That's the extreme
Because in the book of James it says be doers of the word
Not hearers only
But that doesn't mean I'm doing something to earn salvation
Right
I've already earned that
Right exactly
But they've totally missed it
You didn't earn it
It was given to you as a gift
I mean I've
I need to clarify that
I didn't mean to say that
I've already received it as a gift
I never have had to earn anything with God
Right
Period
Right
And I never will
There's a duty I have as a minister of the gospel
Which we all are once we become saved
Right
We're ministers of the gospel
Whether we go to school for it and become
A pastor or missionary or teacher or whatever
Or we're just lay people who just
Love the Lord and we're Christians
We're to minister to people
Right
We go there for
Well here's another way to say it
So salvation is free
Yes
And some people will say but everything else cost you
Well I don't agree with that
No nothing cost us
Salvation is free and now we work
From the posture of being saved
Yes
Not we don't work for being saved
Exactly
We work because we're saved
Yes
And so the work we do now is in cooperation
Where we co-labor with Christ
With Christ
But I don't have to do it to earn
Because I've already received the gift
You don't get brownie points for doing stuff
I don't earn a birthday gift when someone brings it to me
I receive the gift
Right
And then I take it in
And do with the gift what it's meant to do
And you enjoy it but I don't earn it
I don't
Now this is something that I brought up earlier to you
That my older children always had a hard time
With my ex-husband
Right
They lived in such fear
Right
Of him
He thought it was respect
He thought it was respect because I'm going to teach him the fear of God
It was fear
Well that's not God either
Right
But see he even learned that as he was growing up in church
To fear God so you've got to put this
You've got to always be afraid
Well that's not what fear of God is either
Is being afraid
It's being in reverential awe of God
Another way to say that is so that it would scare the hell out of you
Literally
Yes
Yeah that's that mentality of we've got to scare the hell out of them
And that's wrong
That's wrong
Oh it's sick
It's abusive
But my kids always had this fear
And I had a fear of my own father because I didn't know
You know from one minute to the next
How he would if he was going to you know blow steam off
I had no idea
That is not God
No
God loves us
Now does he correct us?
Absolutely
That's what a parent does right?
Exactly
But it's never in any way going to harm us at all
So the way to say that is it's redemptive in nature not punitive
Exactly
And so whenever God corrects us he's not punishing us
He's trying to help us
He's trying to get us back on track
Get us back on the right course
Because we got off course somehow
I have a Bible verse
What?
Because hold your thought
No it's good
Because you're right in the flow of this
So in Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8 this is one of those
Tipping point verses that's just huge in every believer's life
Everyone who's a disciple of Jesus
Everyone who's an apprentice of Christ
Not just I said yes, checked a card, got dipped in a hot tub
So now I think I'm going to heaven
But people who truly have a relationship with Jesus
Because not everybody who does that is going to heaven
Because they didn't internalize it
A very scary verse along that exact line is
Many will say to me Lord, Lord
And I'll say depart from me
Didn't I prophesy in your name?
Didn't I cast out demons?
Didn't I do all this in your name?
And he will say
He'll say depart from me
I never knew you
That's scary
It is scary
That means you can do all the stuff
You can look religious
You can act religious
You can speak Christianese
Speak the language, the vocabulary
And not be born again
That scares me
That's scary
Is that a drill or something?
That was a drill
Awesome
So verse 8
For by grace
There's that word
For by grace you have been saved
Through faith
So I always say how are you saved?
Well you're saved by grace through faith
By grace through faith
You've been saved by grace
For by grace you've been saved
Through faith
And that not of yourselves
It is the gift of God
It's a gift
So when people say something to the effect of
Hey, salvation's free but everything else
Discipleship will cost you
I do not agree with that philosophy
There's a mentality there that says
Well there is a book called The Cost of Discipleship
But that's totally different
That's Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Totally different
And that has to do with persecution
That has to do with World War I when Hitler rose
Totally different
And decimated
Yes
Yeah, anyway
Totally different thing
But this idea that
Yeah, you get in for free but now you've got to pay for it
That's the mentality people have
It's not that at all
John's getting after it out there
But we're saved by grace
In other words we've been given this gift
And by the way the word grace doesn't mean
It's not passive
It's actually active and powerful
Yes
And by definition grace
Some will say oh well it just means unmerited favor
Well that's not actually accurate
I mean did Jesus need unmerited favor?
No, he was perfect
He was perfect
He didn't need grace in that definition
But he did need grace in the actual definition of the word
Which hardly anyone talks about
And it's this
Grace is God's power
God's strength
God's ability
God's authority
And God's favor
To do what we cannot in and of ourselves do
Put that in your pop and smoke
Pop and smoke?
That is
Take that to the bank
However you want to say it
I'm just trying to emphasize
That was an exclamation point
Oh, okay
Yeah, a colloquialism
So anyway
Exclamation point high five, five stars
I mean that's what it means
Power, strength, ability, authority, and favor
To do what you can't do in and of yourself
That's grace
So we're saved by that power, strength, ability, favor
We're saved by that
Because we can't do it ourselves
Why do you think so many people end up later on in life
Than with the attitude of okay well then I've got to earn it
I think that
You think it's erroneous teaching
It's a Puritan work ethic that we're raised with
You work eight hours, you get paid eight hours
Right?
Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, right?
And so there's a mentality of that
You don't get anything
There's nothing for free
You'll even hear people say that
Oh, nothing in life is free
Well actually there is, salvation
By grace, through faith, is a free gift of God
The word tells us right there
It's a free gift
And we don't earn it, we receive it
We just say yes, Lord
And then there's that other camp that says
We don't have to do anything
So because all my sins are covered
I can really live however I want and be okay
Yeah, it's a small minority of people who say that
But there are groups out there that have taken it
But they're a loud voice
Again, it's to the extreme
Where they think
And then if you even use the word work in a sentence
Like oh, you're mixing law and grace
I mean, I've had that stuff come down on me
I mean, especially on social media
I'll be talking about something
And somebody will just riff on me
That's a hyper-grace dude
And they'll be like
You're mixing law and grace
And I'm like
Have you not read the book of Acts?
Paul did at least three or four missionary journeys
Probably more
Planted churches all over the known world at the time
Are you telling me that wasn't work?
Are you telling me that wasn't hard work?
And usually it's the work of it
The people who don't pastor, who have never pastored
Or they're bitter
Most of them have been hurt
Bitter with the church
They've been hurt in a legalistic church
And I understand where that's coming from
Because there's some dark stuff out there
That's hyper-legalism
There's another extreme where it's like
You know, it's all about don'ts and no-dos
I mean, you don't live, you just die
And that's it
I mean, you don't do any
You don't do this, you don't do that
And they're pounding the pulpit
And they're beating people down
And that's spiritual abuse
So a lot of people have come up through those kind of churches
Where it was all about the don'ts
But nothing about the dos
You do get to live
You do get to enjoy an abundant life
You do
The word blessed means happy
Man, and I've heard people get upset about that
Oh, Jesus, we're not supposed to be happy
We're supposed to be joyful
All the pictures that were depicted of Jesus
They're always him with this frown and just looking
He looks macabre
Yes
Weird
He looks like Ashen, like he's in a grave or something
But the Bible says he was filled with the oil of joy
More than all of his brethren
He was the happiest guy in the room
The word blessed means happy
We need to get over it
And say, okay, he did say I could have a happy life
Blessed are you when
I love it
Blessed to be a blessing
I can't wait to listen to the next one
I've listened to all of his first
And we're just doing a little snippet of it
Because it got me thinking about the people that have been
In our lives that struggle with the word grace
And so I'm excited to get into this next one
I have a question for you, Daymanette
What?
What would you tell somebody who's listening
And they have been in a church that has been very legalistic
And they just feel beat down
I would say they need to move away from that church
Run, forest, run
Because you need to get in a church that's actually
Preaching the word of God
I mean, we've talked about this in the last few weeks
Just even at church how many pastors don't even preach
The whole countenance of the word
Right, the whole council of the word
Yeah, the council of the word
They actually pick and choose things
We've chosen to go the route of preaching all of the word
Because we believe all of it
Yeah, last week was not fluffy
I mean, when I preached on Sunday I brought the heat
But it's because we need the whole council of God's word
We need the balance of it
So it wasn't fluffy
It was calling us out to get active
And I called people out to vote
Because today starts early voting for primaries
March 5th, primary voting
Which we need to go over to
And I said this to people that were at church
We had a big crowd, huge, we're growing, it's crazy
And then we had an online crowd which is amazing as well
And I just said this, I say it in love but I mean it
That if you don't go vote
If you're not registered to vote and you don't go vote
You are not entitled to an opinion about the culture and the world the way it is
Because you have a voice
You can make a difference
Yes, we have to do something about it
And this attitude of my voice doesn't count
You ask Randy Briley from our church
Who got voted onto our local city council by a margin of five votes
Don't tell me your vote doesn't count
Five votes
That's amazing
They called a recount, obviously they do and it's within a certain number
So they did a recount and sure enough it stood
But I mean five votes
Don't tell me your vote doesn't count
Wow, that's amazing
Tell Randy Briley your vote doesn't count
Yeah, five votes
So get out and vote, make a difference, let your voice be heard
We got to stand up for what's right in this world, you know what I mean?
Now, that's a work
That involves work, that means you have to do something
But it's not to earn salvation
No, or earn brownie points with God
Because he says go therefore
Yeah
And preach the gospel
You mean go? Whoa, that sounds like a work
That sounds like a work
Yes
You're mixing law and grace
See what I mean?
Yes
Man, you follow that logic train
It's wrong
And there's no life in it
No
There's no life in judging other people's walk with God
Yeah, you need to find a church that's good in life
But that's not just going to tickle your ears too
Yeah
Because there are things
That need to be said in the pulpit
Yeah
That help me reshape my character
Yeah, no doubt
That put me back on the right track
So yeah, I think we need to start thanking people now
Alright, I'm going to do that
I think we could do it
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The drill threw me off
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Every week your podcast is exactly what I needed to hear
It encourages me greatly
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Gives me an abundance of much needed strength
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KYBO, keep your buckets overflowing
Oh, wait, don't you have a jingle or something?
Oh, I do, thank you for reminding me
KYBO
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KYBO
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Thank you, TJ, the wrathful for that
Awesome jingle
It's so funny
It makes me laugh every time
Here's another note, another letter
And I'm not going to say who it's from
But she asked some really relevant questions in this
I'm wondering, do you believe it is biblical to wait on the Lord
And let the Holy Spirit work in your spouse's heart?
Or do you believe it is best to bring things up
That might be painful to hear
But ultimately might shine light on something
That may need to be changed?
Did you answer her?
I did answer
How did you answer?
I said, you cannot just throw out a blanket statement
Because every relationship is unique
Every person is unique
And every family dynamic is different
And there's a timing
Yeah, absolutely
Yes
Yeah, I mean, and those are all learned
So it's yes for both of us
Yeah, yeah, I know
Except for, again, timing
And you've got to know your relationship, what it can take
Yes
Because not everybody can handle
Right
Because if I was to say, hey, honey, you know I love you
But gosh, you are so prideful lately
I've noticed you're just like over the top arrogant
It would hurt my feelings
Or if I said, gosh, you were really mean to me
I mean, I wish you wouldn't be so mean
Well, you've done that before
Well, but I did it in love and it was the right time
As you've done that for me
We've done that
We know when to approach
Exactly, but not every relationship has the weight to bear
Like I came to you the other day and I said, you know
You kind of embarrassed me
Yeah
In a crowd
And I didn't mean to
No, you didn't mean to, but it did
And you handled it really well
I was kind of making a joke, but anyway
It wasn't a joke to you
Yeah, but you handled it well
No, it wasn't
And what did I do?
I repented
You did, and I forgave you
And then we went on with our day
Right
And so I love that
But not everybody has that kind of relationship
No, I love that we can do that
And usually it's me saying something stupid
Usually it is you
It's usually me
So I totally own that
But anyway, she's so sweet and I just appreciate it
And she just wanted our thoughts on that
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I really was blown away by number 53
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This really sticks in your head dangerously
It does, it's kind of scary
Dangerously
Yeah
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Yeah, yeah
Sir Brian, I've not heard you be so bold spiritually
I think that's awesome
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Adam, thank you so much, bro
Really appreciate that
By the way, Adam and I are doing a bro date tonight
And Tina and I are having our own little bro date
A sister date
Bro date, sister date, yep
It's funny because we could all go out together
But we're like, no, we're going separate
We're all going separate
But we're both going to Bernie
But two different restaurants
Yeah, we're going to the same town, two different restaurants
But it'll be fun
We just need our bro time
And you need your sister time
So it'll be a good time
Well, folks, that's it for the show today
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