Welcome, this is the Men Church Stuff Podcast.
This is the show where brothers -in -law DJ Culp
and Brad Coleman talk about stuff from our perspective
as men. It's a show for anyone who wants to hear
how Christians interact with the world. And don't
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and we want to share our experiences with you.
We'll talk life stuff, church stuff, man stuff,
and stuff stuff. Here we go. Greetings, listeners
here and there and everywhere, all across the
land. This is the Men Church Stuff Podcast. I
am one of your hosts, DJ Colt. As always, here
with my beloved brother -in -law, Brad Coleman.
What's up, Brad? You know, I'm just living the
dream. Living the dream. Cool, man. I have felt
a lot more like myself lately. It's been, you
know, been some craziness, but... Yeah. Well,
if you have felt more like yourself here recently,
who have you been feeling like? I don't know,
man, but his life sucks. His life sucks. Right
now, the man doesn't really have a name, but
that's not the point. Probably Gary. Poor Gary.
Man, Gary took it last episode. So, Brad, I've
got to tell you, dude, there's a lot of my students
who have really enjoyed dramatic readings. And,
you know, the last one was, was Taylor Swift,
Shake It Off. And one of my students, she's a
vocalist, she came up to me and she said, what
was that? And so I kind of had to, I was like,
I had to, I really wanted to know what made her
have that reaction. And she said, she said, I
just, I felt that I was being held hostage by
a jazz man because I read every lyric that's
written down. Right. Obviously, it's part of
the part of the mockery. But then she said, yeah,
it's like it's like you're holding me hostage
with espresso in one hand and a Glock in the
other. Shout out to Macy. Macy Isaac. Shout out,
Macy. Reminds me what they say about a long sermon.
You know, there's a fine line between a long
sermon and a hostage situation. That's right.
Always playing with that line. Well, hey, I mean,
if people are going to make money off of saying
the same thing 70 times, then I'm going to make
fun of them for it. Do you think they had trouble
naming the song? I don't remember what it was.
Did it have something to do with really good
hair? Maybe that's what it was. Good hair. All
right. So, Brad, before we dig into our topics
of digging deep. I thought we would do a brand
new type of Mad Libs. We're not going to do scripture
Mad Libs. I haven't actually done this, so we're
just going to find out how this goes. So, Brad,
I need a noun. Dog. Dog. All right. Another noun.
Umbrella. Ella. Ella. Ella. All right. Go ahead,
Brad. Adjective. An adjective. Fluffy. Fluffy.
Another adjective. Gooey. Brad, I need a noun.
Granulated sugar. That's a good one. I need an
adjective. Fugly. I need an adjective, Brad.
Icky. Icky. I need a noun. Wasp. Brad, I need
a plural noun. I want to say wasps. Turtles.
Turtles. I need a verb. Yodel. I need a plural
noun, Brad. Jedis. Jedis, yes. I need a verb.
Leaps. Brad, I need a plural noun. There's a
lot of these that you need. I do, I do. I need
them. Apples. Apples. You need another plural
noun? It's going to be bananas. Okay, I need
another plural noun. We'll go bananas, yeah.
And then a part of the body. How about the uvula?
All right, let's go mad. Coffee houses are in,
Brad. Gone are the local corner dog and the neighborhood
ice cream umbrella. It doesn't matter if you
live in a or and depending on the answer here.
It doesn't matter if you live in a fluffy city
or a gooey town. There is bound to be a coffee
granulated sugar in your fugly neighborhood.
Probably. Coffee houses have become the place
where icky friends gather, sit and chew the wasp.
Remembering the good old turtles as they sip
their steaming cups of coffee. Coffee houses.
The author forgot a word there. Coffee houses
cater to busy business who use them to yodel
million deals. Coffee houses are also favorite
spots for single men and Jedis who love to linger
over their mugs as they watch the attractive
women go by, hoping to catch his and maybe even
leaps a date. Most evenings, coffee houses are
filled with young lovers drinking out of each
other's apples as they whisper sweet bananas
in each other's uvula. I was pretty mad. I think
I like scripture ones better, to be honest. Well,
listeners, if that was a tank, you know, you
just, you can't win them all. All right, Brad.
So, listeners, Brad and I, we just kind of wanted
to change it up. So, Brad, we're going to dig
deep today. Do you want to dig deep first or
do you want me to dig deep first? Well, I don't
even know. Does that mean I ask you the question
first or you ask me the question first? I'm like,
I don't know. What do you want to do? Don't start
that again. Yeah, right. I don't know what you
want to do. All right. Then, Brad, I'll start.
I will ask you the question. Are you ready, Brad?
I think so. I'm going to ask, not Brad, but Pastor
Brad, which biblical truth is the hardest for
you to believe? The hardest for me to believe?
Oh, okay. You said the hardest. Which biblical
truth is the hardest for me to believe? Yeah,
which biblical truth is the hardest for you to
believe? It's probably a lot simpler than maybe,
but right off the top of my head, obviously,
because I didn't know what the question was before.
The fact that the three Hebrew children were
young men that were thrown in the fire. Not only
did not get burned, but they did not smell like
smoke when they came out. It's like, what? I
get near a campfire. Yeah, that's true. And I
smell like smoke. Like my beard smells like smoke
until I wash it profusely if I get near a camper.
And so I think on some level with that question,
I'm like. I believe that God does what he wants
and he's done what he said and that kind of thing.
So, but yeah, I mean, that's one that always
at least amazed me. It was like, it's like if
you were wondering, because I've seen like shows
where they were like, oh, there's some cool spots
and furnaces and all that. And it was like, I
was like, yeah, I know you're going to use that.
So that's why they didn't smell like smoke. Yeah.
And everybody else did because they were around
the fire. You know, and I know that there's probably
somebody out there that, you know, that this
is part of their expertise of knowing how those
things were constructed and how they were used
and manipulated. But one of the things that I
don't even really – I can't visualize is how
that furnace worked. Like, if it was – like,
in my mind's eye, all I see is just – A big square,
like cinder block -based room full of nothing
but burning wood. Well, in my mind's eye, it's
all dark, so I guess they didn't light the furnace.
So I don't see pictures in my head, so, yep,
nothing up there. I mean, yeah. I mean, to go
back to the question as you're getting your composure,
I mean, of course, again, the virgin birth, the
resurrection, all of those things are hard for
our earthly man to believe. Because they're incredible.
Because they are beyond our ability. Right. And
so they go beyond their reason. I mean, Peter
walked on water. He walked on water. Like Jesus
walked on water. Then Peter walked on water because
Jesus told him he could, basically. Yeah. Commanded
him to come. Yeah. Command me to come. Come.
I mean, that's pretty incredible. And I'm like,
you know, I've been playing Fortnite with my
brother and sometimes my kids and nephew, niece.
if you have Sub -Zero's glove, which is in 4Di
right now, you can run across the water if it's
shallow because it will freeze the water. So
I'm like, was the water freezing? Were you walking
on ice? Or are you just, you know, just ignoring
the laws of physics that you created? I don't
know how that worked. So, I mean, there's a lot
of different things in there, in fairness. But
yeah, I mean, I know it's small, but it's just
like... You can't even get around an open fire
without smelling like smoke. And these guys were
in the fire to where, like, the guys that threw
them in died. It was so hot. The guys that threw
them in to the furnace died. And they come out
not singed, not burned to death, but not even
smelling like smoke. Not even smelling like smoke.
That's a good one. I don't think I've really
ever thought about it to that depth. Yeah. It
is definitely an interesting, it's definitely
like a little interesting extra nugget of information
explaining the situation. Well, and I think part,
you know, God does things to make them sometimes
not be able to be explained because we want to
try to explain them. And so he's like, yeah,
if I just did this, you'd have been like, oh,
it was this, it was that, it was this. That's
why I'm going to throw those extras in there,
just so you're like, oh, no, that won't work.
That doesn't fit the formula that I have. Everything
else, I could maybe get there on a stretch, but
no, not that. All right, my turn. Yeah, go ahead.
Fire away. If Jesus was here on the podcast with
us. Oh, gosh. What question would you ask him?
Oh, dude. You said deep. You said, hey, go deep.
No, no, no. Yeah, that's what this is about.
While you're thinking. I would ask him. Okay.
Something along the lines of When you created
the universe Did you take Did you take time to
craft things or Did you just think them up and
they and they were there? So which came first,
the chicken or the egg? The chicken or the egg.
Yeah, yeah. I mean, that's hilarious. So millions
of years, seven literal days. Yeah, yeah. But
no, like I, so, you know, you've said this, you've
said it on the show, Brad, you know, that one
of your favorite parts of. Of scripture is in
Genesis and it's, and it's really thrown in there
almost like an afterthought and he created the
stars also. Well with, you know, with, with not
just the Hubble Hubble telescope, but now with
James Webb, we, we are finding out faster and
faster that the, that what we have seen as stars
are other galaxies and stars full of stars. That's
right. And, and like, I do. I would love to know.
I would love to know. We're just scratching the
surface. I know, right? But I would. I would
love to know, did he take – and when I use the
word time, I fully own that. That he created
time? Well, yeah, like that time is a man -made
– time is like a man -made element of just measuring
when the sun comes up and goes down, right? When.
As a matter of fact, dude, interestingly enough,
this is incredible. And the reason I say this
is that to us, like when we use the word time,
it really is a relative term. I read here recently
that there was – I don't remember if he was an
archaeologist or an anthropologist or something.
But a guy from France or maybe psychologist even,
he wanted to know how a human being would handle
isolation. in the dark he he was in he isolated
himself in a cave for 180 days and then he went
mad and and actually no dude no no no he did
go mad he exactly went mad and and and and like
he lost he lost some time didn't he Well, here's
the thing. He would stay awake for 36 hours and
sleep for 24 and be convinced that he was awake
for 24 hours or he was awake for a normal day
and slept like eight hours. His brain lost track
of what we know as time. Yeah. And so. And now,
yeah, like it's very unhealthy to do that because
he did. He actually was on the verge of going
mad. And and it took him years to be able to
mentally recover from from the trauma that he
really incurred on. He probably still sleeps
with the light on. He probably still. Yeah. And
a teddy bear, you know. But hey, there's nothing
wrong with that. You sleep with your teddy bear.
Yeah, that's exactly right. But if you need a
light on, there's a hotel that will always will
leave it on for you all the time. But no, like
I do. I want to know. When when he created the
universe. In my head. I'm really wondering, like,
did he did he. Like an artist or a potter with
clay, did he craft? Did he snap his fingers?
Did he just go, I think that should go there?
Did you see this video? I see the angels just
making blades of grass. 8 ,763 ,000. Henry Ford
didn't build the ensembly line. Jesus did. Hey,
Jimmy, those are a little short. Jimmy. You need
to start over. Jimmy the angel. You know, when
I create everything, I want it to really go over
with a bang, like a big bang. There have been
a lot of Christians uncomfortable right there.
Well, what about Gary's grass? That's right.
Don't worry about Gary. Don't worry about Gary.
What I'm going to tell you is what I'm going
to tell Peter. That's exactly right. In a long
time, if you can think of it that way. So Jesus
got this clipboard. He's writing down all of
his conversations with the angels going, I need
to make sure to have these conversations again
with other people. Just practice conversations.
Yeah. So I think with that, if I could, I'd be
like, well, Jesus, hey, how do you view time?
Yes. Yeah. It's a great question, man. Are we
doing it right? Are there 24 hours in a day?
I mean, or 24 of whatever you call it. Or you're
like, no, no, no, no, no, no. We don't break
it up with 24. That's a dumb way to do it. Like,
no, it's like this. Well, I mean, shoot in Revelation,
it says that there is no night, right? Right,
in heaven, yeah. And we don't even need the sun.
Right. So here's my other thing. Here's a good
question, and it wouldn't be on my top list,
but if we were talking about this subject. All
right, in Genesis, in the creation, Jesus, it's
not until the fourth day that you create the
sun and the moon. So how was time measured the
first three days if the way that we measure time
did not exist? Brad, you're a Baptist. You're
not allowed to ask that question. You want to
go deep. Here you go. These are some of the things
that go through my mind sometimes. I love it,
man. I do. I love it. I love it. He didn't give
me all these answers yet. All right, Brad, my
turn. How do you cope with the uncertainties
of life? Poorly. I cope poorly. Poorly. I'm not
good at it. Next. I can definitely say I wish
I did it better. I pray. I take God up on his
offer because I get anxious a lot. Yeah. And
he says, you know, be anxious for nothing but
in everything through prayer and supplication,
thanksgiving, make your desires known to the
Lord. So when I read that, I read, hey, when
you're anxious, come talk to your heavenly father.
So it's like, hey, it's me again. I know that,
you know, I just walked out and I was good. Like
18 seconds ago. But it dawned on me on the way
out. My problems are still here. Yeah. And I
know we talked about those other things, but
there's also this. And, you know, I know you
kind of gave me some peace about those other
things. Do I need to go back inside? What I love
about God is he's like, come on. Come on over
and sit down, you know, kind of deal if we can
look at it that way, you know. Yeah, yeah. Let's
talk it through. Like the invitation, you know
what question that people have asked me before?
Does God get tired of me coming to him with my
stuff? Oh, my gosh, man. I'm like, nope, he doesn't.
He doesn't. Again, it's a hard thing. Like, yeah,
like if you're just trying to manipulate God.
Which are not the people that ask that question
usually. Yeah, no, you're right. That's exactly
right. You're just trying to manipulate God and
be like, ah, blah, blah, blah, and trick God.
God has some stuff to say about that. Yeah, he's
going to call you. But he's a good father. Now,
God sometimes, when I come to him with that,
goes, hey, what'd I say? And what kind of deal?
What'd I tell you? Three seconds ago, Brad. Three
seconds. I happen to know that your memory is
better than that. You've never said that, I don't
think, as a parent, have you? Ever. You know,
that's what I was just thinking. It was like
how much I have learned and grown in my relationship
with God through being a dad. Go, Brad. I don't
know how many times that God has. Spoken to me
through the words that I'm speaking to my child
at the moment. And I'm like, thank you, but I
hate it when you do that. I'm like, I feel like
they feel right now. Rolling their eyes and they're
huffing. I knew the answer before I came. I just
was hoping that maybe you were going to give
me something else. Yeah. I don't even remember
what the question was now. Oh, how do I deal
with stuff? Yeah. And that's part of it, too.
There's the other part of it. I forget that it
exists. I forget that the problem exists. Right.
Which then leads to dealing with it again poorly
when it comes back into view and I go. Oh, yeah.
Ah, it's right there. I forgot about you. Not
a good surprise. But, yeah, I mean, I think I
do it better than I used to, but I would struggle
through it with God. Ask Him a lot. Like, you
know, will you help me overcome this? And I think
in a lot of ways He does, and He has, and He
is. And at the same time, sometimes, and I'm
not saying that God has said this to me directly,
but speak to me through the scripture. I think
sometimes God reminds me of what he said to Paul.
Nope, my strength is my perfect weakness. My
grace is sufficient for thee. Right. And so I'm
reminded. Sometimes I'm reminded that the stuff
that I've gone through helps me to help other
people. who are going through similar struggles.
Because if as a pastor, I just didn't struggle
at all and my life was honky -dory, I'd probably
be a pretty crummy pastor. I'd be like, man,
life's just good. Just look at the sunshine.
It's so awesome. What are you guys over there
worrying about? Everything is awesome. Everything
is awesome. If it's not. All right, Brad. All
right. If God offered you a box with everything
you ever lost in it, what would you look for
first? Everything I ever lost? Everything you
ever lost. And you can define that any way you
want. What would you go for first? Well, the
problem with this question is that a lot of things
that I've lost, I've already forgotten about
because I lost it. That's right. You'd get distracted.
I'd be like, oh, yeah. I forgot about that harmonica
I had when I was seven. God gave me a box full
of everything that I have lost. What would I
look for first? Okay. Deep in the box. All right.
No, here we go. Here we go. I got it. Winnie
the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh? Yep. I was, I don't
know, like five or six maybe. And my teddy bear
that I loved sleeping with was, and like Brad,
you know, like old school Winnie the Pooh. This
thing would probably be worth some money. You
know what I mean? But I loved that Winnie the
Pooh bear. As a matter of fact, like throughout
my life, I've often reflected on him. On having
that bear, I can still really remember kind of
the way he felt. Like he had kind of like a fluff
issue with his nose. And I remember one morning,
or sorry, one night whenever I went to bed, I
knew I had to have Winnie the Pooh to go to sleep.
When I woke up the next morning, he was on the
floor. So obviously at some point, you know,
probably just rolling over or whatever. I reached
down and got him because I almost didn't believe
that I could go to sleep without Winnie the Pooh.
And as the story goes, my mom, she guesses that
we were on a vacation trip somewhere and I left
him in a hotel just by accident. And we have
no idea where he went. Like, I'm not going to
like. you know, indict anybody. But I will tell
you that when I first met your sister, she was
sleeping with a Winnie the Pooh. I mean, I'm
not saying it's the same one. No, no. I mean,
like, I'm going to bone to pick with her. I might
have found it. And just hid it the whole time.
In my closet. Yeah. But. Yeah, I there was something
there was something like incredibly nostalgic.
And this is crazy for me. I think there was something
incredibly nostalgic as a child for me with that
Winnie the Pooh. I like I love the cartoon. I
loved. I love the fact that that, you know, he
was that that the teddy bear served as a as a
major. Pacifier, really, you know, like just
helping me put to sleep, making me feel like
I was safe. You're not supposed to suck on teddy
bears, TJ. That's strange. Wrong definition.
I mean, not a sin. Not a sin, but weird. That's
right. Again, not a sin, but very weird. But
yeah, I think that'd probably be the first thing
that I would wonder if this was it in the box.
Because here's the thing, because Brad, to be
quite honest, I wouldn't put this past my dad.
Because I have had these feelings, again, as
you were mentioning, like as a parent, I've had
these feelings myself. It may have been where
dad was looking at me thinking, you know, DJ's
too old for this thing. How do I get this out
of the picture? Oh, I know. I'll frame it to
where he lost it. You know, because I've looked
at – I'm going to just be on guard then the next
time your dad visits because I have a blue spiky
turtle shell from like Mario Kart that sometimes
I cuddle with because it's a pillow in my room.
So, I mean, I don't want him to be taking that.
You're too old for that, Brad. You're too old
for that. I disagree. Yeah. I probably look for
my sanity. I don't think your sanity would be
tangible. I mean, it's God. Nothing's impossible
with God. The question is, is it tangible? Or
maybe, hey, Dad, what are you doing in there
with all those toys and fishing lures? That's
right. Oh, no, you lost that one, and you lost
that one, and you lost that one. Yeah, Cher would
have a box full of rooster tails. All right,
Brad, last question for you. Do you have a heart
desire? That you have never received. Yes. Cool.
Your turn. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah. That's what
it was. Do you have a harsh desire? Yeah. So
it's not as deep as maybe some people would expect.
God has fulfilled a lot of my heart's desires.
I've prayed for. Some people for a long time
and thankfully seen some of those people come
to faith. So there's definitely stuff like that.
But as soon as you ask the question, I want to
see the northern lights. I want to see the northern.
It's nice, dude. Not just a little pink on the
horizon. Yeah. Ever since I found out they existed
and it was a thing. It just, they've mesmerized
me. It's a bucket list thing. If I never get
to do it, it's fine. You know, they've been somewhat
visible from Missouri since I've been here at
least twice, and I've missed them both times.
Went out and drove around with the kids and Tabby,
like, way up in the night trying to find them
because they were like, oh, they're going to
pop up again. Yeah. Yeah. Don't know other than
the fact that I think they're incredibly cool.
And it was like almost unbelievable. Like when
I found out they know that happens, that exists.
These bright neon lights that dance across the
sky. I need to see this. Right. So, yeah, that's
one of the things. And I think I might cry. If
I ever get to see that. Oh, dude. Well, yeah.
Yeah. And in that, I see God's amazing awesomeness.
His ingenuity. And the care. It's so unimportant
for there to be bright. neon lights I mean from
my perspective like there's gonna be people there's
people that will never know that those those
exist and they'll be they'll be just fine yeah
like but the fact that that God was like yeah
no I'm gonna do this too around the poles this
is what's gonna happen but I think it's pretty
incredible that we figured out how it happened.
See, that's what I was thinking. I'm like, did
we really or did some smart guy be like, no,
no, trust me. I'm like, how? How did you even
figure that out? It's like when Brian Regan says
that someone figured out what the whales are
saying. Who's going to argue with him? Yeah.
He doesn't like you. Yeah. the two things I was
thinking about when you were mentioning that,
you know, like that, that I do think, I mean,
I could be wrong cause I'm not a scientist, but
I mean, they're unimportant. Like they don't
really serve a, that I know of. They don't serve
a critical part of maintaining our global environment.
And it's just a, Oh yeah, I can do this too.
You know, like, you know, the, the, the glory
of God being shown because he can. And here's
the thing too. You can't just go, okay, I'm going
to go up and see them because they might not
be there. You know, it's a, it's a thing where
it's like, okay, they're most likely to be seen
during this window, but I could spend all this
money and go to like Alaska or Iceland or something
to see the Northern lights. And it could just,
Oh, nope, they're not happening tonight. Or,
oh, it's so cloudy you couldn't see it. Oh, gosh.
That would be so devastating to me. Yeah. I'm
like, oh, no. I don't want to do that. Anyway.
Yep. If I never see the Northern Lights, I, you
know, when I get to heaven, I don't think I'm
going to care. I think that's probably true.
I would really like to see them. You know, like
if it truly is a heart's desire of yours, Brad,
for all we know, you know, you may have for like
your living room lights in your mansion, you
may just have the northern lights, you know,
like. And I mean, I would settle for the southern
lights. The southern lights. The Aurora Australis,
you know, instead of the Aurora Borealis. Just,
you know, that would be cool too. My next question,
and I have an answer for the question, so I am
looking for somewhat of an answer. So I have
to get it right? I'd like you to get it in the
range of what's acceptable. There's some give
and take in it. Is the question is like, who's
your best friend that does this podcast with
you? It's not. Okay. Because Gary's getting kind
of close, you know? Got a little competition
there, Brad. Who is Gary? Nobody knows. And nobody
knows. Nobody knows. And nobody cares. If Peter
Piper. Picked a peck of pickled peppers. How
many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? Okay.
Give me just a second and I will. Are you Google?
Are you cheating? No, I'm not cheating. I got
to find it. It looks like you're cheating. And
I'm not cheating, Brad. I promise I'm not cheating.
I'm not cheating. I didn't say use notes. I'm
not cheating. Did you say you could go in your
files? I did. I mean, I didn't figure it out.
There it is. All right. Ah, it's not that one.
Darn it. Give me just a second here. I may have
to edit this out. He may be stalling. Stalling
for time. Oh, it's too bad. We're out of time.
I can't answer the question. The alternate question
that I was going to ask was just why. That's
a study guide. Just why? Why? It's a very deep
question. Dang it. Where is it, man? I don't
know. But you've already asked me my three questions,
so. Let's do it this way. Excuse me. Yeah, I'll
probably edit this out. Because there's a lot
of waiting. I just put the Jeopardy theme song
there. Okay. Brad, when you say that you are
looking for an answer, I'm going to do a screen
share with you, my friend. I am not cheating
because Brad, I have gone before you and I have
actually already given options. for this answer.
This, sir, is an extra credit question that I
give on final exams. I'll read it for the listeners
who aren't watching. Please pick your preference
from the potential possibilities portraying Peter
Piper's pleasure in picking pecks of pickled
peppers. Number one, it was his side hustle.
B. His mother forced the chores a method of circumventing
spanking in hopes that it would not only teach
Peter discipline, but also that the economic
value of a pickled pepper is horribly low, making
him feel like he was wasting his time, his mother's
time, and the time of anyone who would want to
purchase pickled peppers. See, I'm disinclined
to acquiesce to your request. Means no. Letter
D, I don't know what acquiesce means. E, I'm
apprehensive about answering. F, I don't know
what apprehensive means. G, I'm apprehensive
about disinclining to acquire the acquiescence
of acquiescing that I know what apprehensive
means. H, I still don't know what acquiesce means.
I, I like coloring. And as deep as and impressive
as that was, I was looking for, well, if they
are jalapenos, roughly 493, and pickled pepper
genies, 456. Oh, dang it. So I got it wrong.
It's very close. But what people may not know.
And this is something that I think a lot of people
don't know, is that a peck is a quarter of a
bushel, which are dry measurements. And a peck
is approximately equivalent to about eight dry
quarts. All right. Well, thank you. Well, if
I may, and I'm going to because it's our show.
If someone loves you a bushel and a peck. You
can figure out how many quarts of love they have
for you. But I don't know how you measure a hug
around the neck. Brad, here is the other bonus
question. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A, a peck. B,
three. C, five is right out. D, tomorrow. E,
the existential nature of woodchucks is beyond
my comprehension. F, I don't know what existential
means. Here we go again. G, this answer exists
for anyone who doesn't have the gift of humor.
And E, or excuse me, H, this isn't relevant to
the class. Therefore, I choose not to answer
this question, which will throw me into a perpetual
paradox caused by answering a question that represents
the absence of an answer. You should have also
had 42. 42. It's an option. Do you get that reference?
No, I don't. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
I've never seen that. Yeah, so they set up this
computer and ask it for the ultimate answer.
And it spends like millions of years calculating.
And they come back and they ask it, what is the
ultimate answer? And he says, 42. And they're
like. That's it? He's like, yes, I've spent quite
a bit of time thinking about this, and I'm certain
it's 42. 42 what? And so, yeah, so then the follow
-up is like, well, so then what is the ultimate
question? And he's like, well, you're going to
have to come back for that one. And, you know,
he's going to spend more millions of years coming
up with that. I don't know if he ever gives us
that. Well, Brad, I actually have four questions
typed out because I didn't know which ones I
wanted to ask you. So I'm going to ask you a
fourth. Unless you have like another one for
me. No, other than why. Just why? I wrote that
one down, yeah. I mean, because? I always go,
why not? That's my answer for why. Brad, what
is your greatest rational fear? Greatest rational
fear? Yeah. Like heights, spiders. I got quite
a few irrational ones. That's why I put rational.
There's so many. Losing the people I love. And
both like physically, in the physical sense of
like death. I think also in like. The relational
sense. The emotional sense, yeah. And I think
going along with that would be failing to be
the father that my children need me to be. You
and I have the same rational fear. Yep. Well,
my wife, your sister, would say, at least about
me, I don't know about you, that she would consider
that second fear. Because she's like, that's
a stupid kid. And that's how she puts it when
I say stuff. She was like, that's stupid. But
you think that. She's like, you're a good father,
an amazing father. Listeners, I want you guys
to know that. That's how my wife encourages me.
She tells me that my comments are stupid. The
bluntness in my family, I mean, it runs thick.
It does. I'm not even – that's not an exaggeration.
She has said that to me in response to things
like that over 20 years of marriage multiple
times. Yeah. Sometimes it will come out as, that's
just dumb, Brad Coleman. But that's the nice
way of saying, that's stupid. She doesn't generally
call me stupid. I love that you use the word
generally. Occasionally she will say, you're
an idiot. We're an idiot. And which I always
respond, well, you're married to an idiot. See,
that's my argument against like the, wow, DJ,
you married up, didn't you? I mean, yeah, I did.
But that doesn't make my wife seem like she knows
how to make good decisions. You drag her down.
That's right. Well, and I've argued with Tabby
that I'm smarter than her. Because, I mean, I
married you and you married me and she usually
gives me that one. Yeah. At face value, I mean,
there's no argument. Listeners, we hope that
you've enjoyed hanging out with us today, digging
deep. What we would love is for you. to let us
know what your answers are how do you cope with
uncertainties biblical truth is the hardest for
you to believe what uh do you have a heart desire
you've not received um if jesus was sitting uh
sitting next to you what what really what would
you ask him um and if god gave you a box of everything
that you lost what would be in it and you know
if you don't agree with the answer Of pickled
peppers. Of pickled peppers, right, yeah. You
know, you could get a sentence or two. Five is
right out. Yeah, that's right. One, two, five,
three, sir. No, three, three. Listeners, we love
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