WEBVTT 00:00:02.080 --> 00:00:05.860 Welcome, this is the Men Church Stuff Podcast. 00:00:16.699 --> 00:00:19.219 This is the show where brothers -in -law DJ Culp 00:00:19.219 --> 00:00:23.000 and Brad Coleman talk about stuff from our perspective 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:26.480 as men. It's a show for anyone who wants to hear 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:29.039 how Christians interact with the world. And don't 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:31.670 worry, we're real. We've grown up in church, 00:00:31.789 --> 00:00:34.090 and we want to share our experiences with you. 00:00:34.530 --> 00:00:37.990 We'll talk life stuff, church stuff, man stuff, 00:00:38.229 --> 00:00:48.890 and stuff stuff. Here we go. Greetings, listeners 00:00:48.890 --> 00:00:51.049 here and there and everywhere, all across the 00:00:51.049 --> 00:00:53.869 land. This is the Men Church Stuff Podcast. I 00:00:53.869 --> 00:00:57.460 am one of your hosts, DJ Colt. As always, here 00:00:57.460 --> 00:00:59.780 with my beloved brother -in -law, Brad Coleman. 00:01:00.500 --> 00:01:06.040 What's up, Brad? You know, I'm just living the 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:11.900 dream. Living the dream. Cool, man. I have felt 00:01:11.900 --> 00:01:14.219 a lot more like myself lately. It's been, you 00:01:14.219 --> 00:01:17.959 know, been some craziness, but... Yeah. Well, 00:01:18.019 --> 00:01:19.799 if you have felt more like yourself here recently, 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:22.900 who have you been feeling like? I don't know, 00:01:22.900 --> 00:01:31.180 man, but his life sucks. His life sucks. Right 00:01:31.180 --> 00:01:32.579 now, the man doesn't really have a name, but 00:01:32.579 --> 00:01:36.980 that's not the point. Probably Gary. Poor Gary. 00:01:37.340 --> 00:01:42.579 Man, Gary took it last episode. So, Brad, I've 00:01:42.579 --> 00:01:47.239 got to tell you, dude, there's a lot of my students 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:52.400 who have really enjoyed dramatic readings. And, 00:01:52.620 --> 00:01:56.670 you know, the last one was, was Taylor Swift, 00:01:56.930 --> 00:02:00.769 Shake It Off. And one of my students, she's a 00:02:00.769 --> 00:02:09.069 vocalist, she came up to me and she said, what 00:02:09.069 --> 00:02:13.110 was that? And so I kind of had to, I was like, 00:02:13.250 --> 00:02:16.870 I had to, I really wanted to know what made her 00:02:16.870 --> 00:02:23.990 have that reaction. And she said, she said, I 00:02:23.990 --> 00:02:28.310 just, I felt that I was being held hostage by 00:02:28.310 --> 00:02:33.509 a jazz man because I read every lyric that's 00:02:33.509 --> 00:02:35.229 written down. Right. Obviously, it's part of 00:02:35.229 --> 00:02:37.789 the part of the mockery. But then she said, yeah, 00:02:37.870 --> 00:02:42.430 it's like it's like you're holding me hostage 00:02:42.430 --> 00:02:46.370 with espresso in one hand and a Glock in the 00:02:46.370 --> 00:02:55.680 other. Shout out to Macy. Macy Isaac. Shout out, 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:58.319 Macy. Reminds me what they say about a long sermon. 00:02:58.539 --> 00:03:00.699 You know, there's a fine line between a long 00:03:00.699 --> 00:03:04.319 sermon and a hostage situation. That's right. 00:03:06.699 --> 00:03:12.520 Always playing with that line. Well, hey, I mean, 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:15.460 if people are going to make money off of saying 00:03:15.460 --> 00:03:18.659 the same thing 70 times, then I'm going to make 00:03:18.659 --> 00:03:24.580 fun of them for it. Do you think they had trouble 00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:28.039 naming the song? I don't remember what it was. 00:03:28.139 --> 00:03:33.360 Did it have something to do with really good 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:37.120 hair? Maybe that's what it was. Good hair. All 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:41.240 right. So, Brad, before we dig into our topics 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:45.870 of digging deep. I thought we would do a brand 00:03:45.870 --> 00:03:48.030 new type of Mad Libs. We're not going to do scripture 00:03:48.030 --> 00:03:53.150 Mad Libs. I haven't actually done this, so we're 00:03:53.150 --> 00:03:57.449 just going to find out how this goes. So, Brad, 00:03:57.629 --> 00:04:06.409 I need a noun. Dog. Dog. All right. Another noun. 00:04:06.789 --> 00:04:11.969 Umbrella. Ella. Ella. Ella. All right. Go ahead, 00:04:12.030 --> 00:04:18.720 Brad. Adjective. An adjective. Fluffy. Fluffy. 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:25.300 Another adjective. Gooey. Brad, I need a noun. 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:33.660 Granulated sugar. That's a good one. I need an 00:04:33.660 --> 00:04:44.120 adjective. Fugly. I need an adjective, Brad. 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:58.420 Icky. Icky. I need a noun. Wasp. Brad, I need 00:04:58.420 --> 00:05:07.279 a plural noun. I want to say wasps. Turtles. 00:05:07.779 --> 00:05:15.790 Turtles. I need a verb. Yodel. I need a plural 00:05:15.790 --> 00:05:21.970 noun, Brad. Jedis. Jedis, yes. I need a verb. 00:05:28.170 --> 00:05:34.110 Leaps. Brad, I need a plural noun. There's a 00:05:34.110 --> 00:05:37.170 lot of these that you need. I do, I do. I need 00:05:37.170 --> 00:05:41.990 them. Apples. Apples. You need another plural 00:05:41.990 --> 00:05:45.209 noun? It's going to be bananas. Okay, I need 00:05:45.209 --> 00:05:47.009 another plural noun. We'll go bananas, yeah. 00:05:47.110 --> 00:05:52.389 And then a part of the body. How about the uvula? 00:05:56.209 --> 00:06:02.089 All right, let's go mad. Coffee houses are in, 00:06:02.250 --> 00:06:07.350 Brad. Gone are the local corner dog and the neighborhood 00:06:07.350 --> 00:06:10.019 ice cream umbrella. It doesn't matter if you 00:06:10.019 --> 00:06:13.459 live in a or and depending on the answer here. 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:15.860 It doesn't matter if you live in a fluffy city 00:06:15.860 --> 00:06:19.360 or a gooey town. There is bound to be a coffee 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:21.819 granulated sugar in your fugly neighborhood. 00:06:25.620 --> 00:06:28.860 Probably. Coffee houses have become the place 00:06:28.860 --> 00:06:32.139 where icky friends gather, sit and chew the wasp. 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:34.220 Remembering the good old turtles as they sip 00:06:34.220 --> 00:06:39.040 their steaming cups of coffee. Coffee houses. 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:45.480 The author forgot a word there. Coffee houses 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:48.920 cater to busy business who use them to yodel 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:52.500 million deals. Coffee houses are also favorite 00:06:52.500 --> 00:06:55.620 spots for single men and Jedis who love to linger 00:06:55.620 --> 00:06:57.680 over their mugs as they watch the attractive 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:02.819 women go by, hoping to catch his and maybe even 00:07:02.819 --> 00:07:07.000 leaps a date. Most evenings, coffee houses are 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:08.980 filled with young lovers drinking out of each 00:07:08.980 --> 00:07:11.279 other's apples as they whisper sweet bananas 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:20.300 in each other's uvula. I was pretty mad. I think 00:07:20.300 --> 00:07:28.019 I like scripture ones better, to be honest. Well, 00:07:28.220 --> 00:07:30.959 listeners, if that was a tank, you know, you 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:36.139 just, you can't win them all. All right, Brad. 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:40.699 So, listeners, Brad and I, we just kind of wanted 00:07:40.699 --> 00:07:43.259 to change it up. So, Brad, we're going to dig 00:07:43.259 --> 00:07:46.980 deep today. Do you want to dig deep first or 00:07:46.980 --> 00:07:49.759 do you want me to dig deep first? Well, I don't 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:51.639 even know. Does that mean I ask you the question 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:53.839 first or you ask me the question first? I'm like, 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:58.639 I don't know. What do you want to do? Don't start 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:03.600 that again. Yeah, right. I don't know what you 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:07.199 want to do. All right. Then, Brad, I'll start. 00:08:07.339 --> 00:08:10.939 I will ask you the question. Are you ready, Brad? 00:08:11.939 --> 00:08:16.160 I think so. I'm going to ask, not Brad, but Pastor 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:21.399 Brad, which biblical truth is the hardest for 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:24.879 you to believe? The hardest for me to believe? 00:08:25.300 --> 00:08:31.430 Oh, okay. You said the hardest. Which biblical 00:08:31.430 --> 00:08:35.110 truth is the hardest for me to believe? Yeah, 00:08:35.149 --> 00:08:37.529 which biblical truth is the hardest for you to 00:08:37.529 --> 00:08:45.289 believe? It's probably a lot simpler than maybe, 00:08:45.389 --> 00:08:47.730 but right off the top of my head, obviously, 00:08:47.889 --> 00:08:49.950 because I didn't know what the question was before. 00:08:51.029 --> 00:08:54.690 The fact that the three Hebrew children were 00:08:54.690 --> 00:08:58.580 young men that were thrown in the fire. Not only 00:08:58.580 --> 00:09:02.200 did not get burned, but they did not smell like 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:08.320 smoke when they came out. It's like, what? I 00:09:08.320 --> 00:09:12.100 get near a campfire. Yeah, that's true. And I 00:09:12.100 --> 00:09:15.799 smell like smoke. Like my beard smells like smoke 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:18.500 until I wash it profusely if I get near a camper. 00:09:18.740 --> 00:09:22.639 And so I think on some level with that question, 00:09:22.700 --> 00:09:29.779 I'm like. I believe that God does what he wants 00:09:29.779 --> 00:09:32.879 and he's done what he said and that kind of thing. 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:35.799 So, but yeah, I mean, that's one that always 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:39.980 at least amazed me. It was like, it's like if 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:42.500 you were wondering, because I've seen like shows 00:09:42.500 --> 00:09:44.259 where they were like, oh, there's some cool spots 00:09:44.259 --> 00:09:45.960 and furnaces and all that. And it was like, I 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:47.799 was like, yeah, I know you're going to use that. 00:09:47.860 --> 00:09:50.460 So that's why they didn't smell like smoke. Yeah. 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:53.460 And everybody else did because they were around 00:09:53.460 --> 00:09:58.179 the fire. You know, and I know that there's probably 00:09:58.179 --> 00:10:02.419 somebody out there that, you know, that this 00:10:02.419 --> 00:10:05.639 is part of their expertise of knowing how those 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:07.879 things were constructed and how they were used 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:10.019 and manipulated. But one of the things that I 00:10:10.019 --> 00:10:13.779 don't even really – I can't visualize is how 00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:18.759 that furnace worked. Like, if it was – like, 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:22.879 in my mind's eye, all I see is just – A big square, 00:10:23.059 --> 00:10:27.120 like cinder block -based room full of nothing 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:30.360 but burning wood. Well, in my mind's eye, it's 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:32.779 all dark, so I guess they didn't light the furnace. 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.960 So I don't see pictures in my head, so, yep, 00:10:40.059 --> 00:10:49.210 nothing up there. I mean, yeah. I mean, to go 00:10:49.210 --> 00:10:53.649 back to the question as you're getting your composure, 00:10:53.789 --> 00:10:59.409 I mean, of course, again, the virgin birth, the 00:10:59.409 --> 00:11:03.870 resurrection, all of those things are hard for 00:11:03.870 --> 00:11:12.710 our earthly man to believe. Because they're incredible. 00:11:13.149 --> 00:11:18.659 Because they are beyond our ability. Right. And 00:11:18.659 --> 00:11:21.679 so they go beyond their reason. I mean, Peter 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:26.179 walked on water. He walked on water. Like Jesus 00:11:26.179 --> 00:11:29.559 walked on water. Then Peter walked on water because 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:32.500 Jesus told him he could, basically. Yeah. Commanded 00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:34.980 him to come. Yeah. Command me to come. Come. 00:11:36.299 --> 00:11:39.200 I mean, that's pretty incredible. And I'm like, 00:11:39.299 --> 00:11:42.740 you know, I've been playing Fortnite with my 00:11:42.740 --> 00:11:46.840 brother and sometimes my kids and nephew, niece. 00:11:49.190 --> 00:11:52.110 if you have Sub -Zero's glove, which is in 4Di 00:11:52.110 --> 00:11:55.169 right now, you can run across the water if it's 00:11:55.169 --> 00:11:58.289 shallow because it will freeze the water. So 00:11:58.289 --> 00:12:01.850 I'm like, was the water freezing? Were you walking 00:12:01.850 --> 00:12:05.350 on ice? Or are you just, you know, just ignoring 00:12:05.350 --> 00:12:07.669 the laws of physics that you created? I don't 00:12:07.669 --> 00:12:11.029 know how that worked. So, I mean, there's a lot 00:12:11.029 --> 00:12:12.850 of different things in there, in fairness. But 00:12:12.850 --> 00:12:15.289 yeah, I mean, I know it's small, but it's just 00:12:15.289 --> 00:12:19.240 like... You can't even get around an open fire 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:22.000 without smelling like smoke. And these guys were 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:25.820 in the fire to where, like, the guys that threw 00:12:25.820 --> 00:12:28.799 them in died. It was so hot. The guys that threw 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:31.000 them in to the furnace died. And they come out 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:36.440 not singed, not burned to death, but not even 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:38.840 smelling like smoke. Not even smelling like smoke. 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:42.759 That's a good one. I don't think I've really 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:49.259 ever thought about it to that depth. Yeah. It 00:12:49.259 --> 00:12:53.440 is definitely an interesting, it's definitely 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:56.720 like a little interesting extra nugget of information 00:12:56.720 --> 00:13:04.240 explaining the situation. Well, and I think part, 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:09.480 you know, God does things to make them sometimes 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:13.980 not be able to be explained because we want to 00:13:13.980 --> 00:13:17.799 try to explain them. And so he's like, yeah, 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:21.080 if I just did this, you'd have been like, oh, 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:23.799 it was this, it was that, it was this. That's 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:25.100 why I'm going to throw those extras in there, 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:28.059 just so you're like, oh, no, that won't work. 00:13:28.139 --> 00:13:31.480 That doesn't fit the formula that I have. Everything 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:34.620 else, I could maybe get there on a stretch, but 00:13:34.620 --> 00:13:39.080 no, not that. All right, my turn. Yeah, go ahead. 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:43.440 Fire away. If Jesus was here on the podcast with 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:48.779 us. Oh, gosh. What question would you ask him? 00:13:50.019 --> 00:13:53.559 Oh, dude. You said deep. You said, hey, go deep. 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:56.440 No, no, no. Yeah, that's what this is about. 00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:12.919 While you're thinking. I would ask him. Okay. 00:14:13.289 --> 00:14:19.549 Something along the lines of When you created 00:14:19.549 --> 00:14:29.090 the universe Did you take Did you take time to 00:14:29.090 --> 00:14:35.789 craft things or Did you just think them up and 00:14:35.789 --> 00:14:39.379 they and they were there? So which came first, 00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:41.220 the chicken or the egg? The chicken or the egg. 00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:47.039 Yeah, yeah. I mean, that's hilarious. So millions 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:53.299 of years, seven literal days. Yeah, yeah. But 00:14:53.299 --> 00:14:57.480 no, like I, so, you know, you've said this, you've 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:00.100 said it on the show, Brad, you know, that one 00:15:00.100 --> 00:15:04.220 of your favorite parts of. Of scripture is in 00:15:04.220 --> 00:15:06.860 Genesis and it's, and it's really thrown in there 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:09.539 almost like an afterthought and he created the 00:15:09.539 --> 00:15:12.860 stars also. Well with, you know, with, with not 00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:14.759 just the Hubble Hubble telescope, but now with 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:18.519 James Webb, we, we are finding out faster and 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:22.179 faster that the, that what we have seen as stars 00:15:22.179 --> 00:15:28.320 are other galaxies and stars full of stars. That's 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:33.620 right. And, and like, I do. I would love to know. 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:38.539 I would love to know. We're just scratching the 00:15:38.539 --> 00:15:40.700 surface. I know, right? But I would. I would 00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:44.980 love to know, did he take – and when I use the 00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:49.019 word time, I fully own that. That he created 00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:52.279 time? Well, yeah, like that time is a man -made 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:55.100 – time is like a man -made element of just measuring 00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:57.779 when the sun comes up and goes down, right? When. 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:02.059 As a matter of fact, dude, interestingly enough, 00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:04.759 this is incredible. And the reason I say this 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:07.659 is that to us, like when we use the word time, 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:11.580 it really is a relative term. I read here recently 00:16:11.580 --> 00:16:15.519 that there was – I don't remember if he was an 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:17.720 archaeologist or an anthropologist or something. 00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:22.299 But a guy from France or maybe psychologist even, 00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:26.100 he wanted to know how a human being would handle 00:16:26.100 --> 00:16:33.399 isolation. in the dark he he was in he isolated 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:37.980 himself in a cave for 180 days and then he went 00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:41.519 mad and and actually no dude no no no he did 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:44.600 go mad he exactly went mad and and and and like 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:47.539 he lost he lost some time didn't he Well, here's 00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:51.519 the thing. He would stay awake for 36 hours and 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:54.759 sleep for 24 and be convinced that he was awake 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:57.340 for 24 hours or he was awake for a normal day 00:16:57.340 --> 00:17:02.039 and slept like eight hours. His brain lost track 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:07.720 of what we know as time. Yeah. And so. And now, 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:10.559 yeah, like it's very unhealthy to do that because 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:12.920 he did. He actually was on the verge of going 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:17.039 mad. And and it took him years to be able to 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:19.640 mentally recover from from the trauma that he 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:21.720 really incurred on. He probably still sleeps 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:24.880 with the light on. He probably still. Yeah. And 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:27.000 a teddy bear, you know. But hey, there's nothing 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:29.140 wrong with that. You sleep with your teddy bear. 00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:31.839 Yeah, that's exactly right. But if you need a 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:34.920 light on, there's a hotel that will always will 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:38.420 leave it on for you all the time. But no, like 00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:43.460 I do. I want to know. When when he created the 00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:52.220 universe. In my head. I'm really wondering, like, 00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:59.240 did he did he. Like an artist or a potter with 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:04.160 clay, did he craft? Did he snap his fingers? 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:07.099 Did he just go, I think that should go there? 00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:11.660 Did you see this video? I see the angels just 00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:23.240 making blades of grass. 8 ,763 ,000. Henry Ford 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:26.259 didn't build the ensembly line. Jesus did. Hey, 00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:32.440 Jimmy, those are a little short. Jimmy. You need 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:36.380 to start over. Jimmy the angel. You know, when 00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:39.299 I create everything, I want it to really go over 00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:43.599 with a bang, like a big bang. There have been 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:45.680 a lot of Christians uncomfortable right there. 00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:49.519 Well, what about Gary's grass? That's right. 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:54.420 Don't worry about Gary. Don't worry about Gary. 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:57.380 What I'm going to tell you is what I'm going 00:18:57.380 --> 00:19:01.319 to tell Peter. That's exactly right. In a long 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:04.019 time, if you can think of it that way. So Jesus 00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:06.539 got this clipboard. He's writing down all of 00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:09.559 his conversations with the angels going, I need 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:11.720 to make sure to have these conversations again 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:14.500 with other people. Just practice conversations. 00:19:17.450 --> 00:19:21.450 Yeah. So I think with that, if I could, I'd be 00:19:21.450 --> 00:19:27.170 like, well, Jesus, hey, how do you view time? 00:19:27.609 --> 00:19:30.670 Yes. Yeah. It's a great question, man. Are we 00:19:30.670 --> 00:19:34.009 doing it right? Are there 24 hours in a day? 00:19:34.710 --> 00:19:37.910 I mean, or 24 of whatever you call it. Or you're 00:19:37.910 --> 00:19:39.650 like, no, no, no, no, no, no. We don't break 00:19:39.650 --> 00:19:43.900 it up with 24. That's a dumb way to do it. Like, 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:46.400 no, it's like this. Well, I mean, shoot in Revelation, 00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:49.799 it says that there is no night, right? Right, 00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:52.440 in heaven, yeah. And we don't even need the sun. 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:57.339 Right. So here's my other thing. Here's a good 00:19:57.339 --> 00:20:00.059 question, and it wouldn't be on my top list, 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:03.019 but if we were talking about this subject. All 00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:08.420 right, in Genesis, in the creation, Jesus, it's 00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:10.180 not until the fourth day that you create the 00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:15.869 sun and the moon. So how was time measured the 00:20:15.869 --> 00:20:18.650 first three days if the way that we measure time 00:20:18.650 --> 00:20:22.390 did not exist? Brad, you're a Baptist. You're 00:20:22.390 --> 00:20:25.509 not allowed to ask that question. You want to 00:20:25.509 --> 00:20:28.450 go deep. Here you go. These are some of the things 00:20:28.450 --> 00:20:30.390 that go through my mind sometimes. I love it, 00:20:30.410 --> 00:20:35.430 man. I do. I love it. I love it. He didn't give 00:20:35.430 --> 00:20:38.210 me all these answers yet. All right, Brad, my 00:20:38.210 --> 00:20:45.829 turn. How do you cope with the uncertainties 00:20:45.829 --> 00:20:55.470 of life? Poorly. I cope poorly. Poorly. I'm not 00:20:55.470 --> 00:21:01.089 good at it. Next. I can definitely say I wish 00:21:01.089 --> 00:21:10.670 I did it better. I pray. I take God up on his 00:21:10.670 --> 00:21:14.250 offer because I get anxious a lot. Yeah. And 00:21:14.250 --> 00:21:17.730 he says, you know, be anxious for nothing but 00:21:17.730 --> 00:21:20.710 in everything through prayer and supplication, 00:21:20.730 --> 00:21:22.609 thanksgiving, make your desires known to the 00:21:22.609 --> 00:21:27.369 Lord. So when I read that, I read, hey, when 00:21:27.369 --> 00:21:30.130 you're anxious, come talk to your heavenly father. 00:21:31.549 --> 00:21:35.670 So it's like, hey, it's me again. I know that, 00:21:35.710 --> 00:21:39.500 you know, I just walked out and I was good. Like 00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:42.940 18 seconds ago. But it dawned on me on the way 00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:47.980 out. My problems are still here. Yeah. And I 00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:51.859 know we talked about those other things, but 00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:56.140 there's also this. And, you know, I know you 00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:57.779 kind of gave me some peace about those other 00:21:57.779 --> 00:22:05.079 things. Do I need to go back inside? What I love 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:07.319 about God is he's like, come on. Come on over 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:09.599 and sit down, you know, kind of deal if we can 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:12.019 look at it that way, you know. Yeah, yeah. Let's 00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:16.880 talk it through. Like the invitation, you know 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:18.640 what question that people have asked me before? 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:22.599 Does God get tired of me coming to him with my 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:25.319 stuff? Oh, my gosh, man. I'm like, nope, he doesn't. 00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:30.039 He doesn't. Again, it's a hard thing. Like, yeah, 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:33.299 like if you're just trying to manipulate God. 00:22:33.950 --> 00:22:36.029 Which are not the people that ask that question 00:22:36.029 --> 00:22:38.769 usually. Yeah, no, you're right. That's exactly 00:22:38.769 --> 00:22:40.890 right. You're just trying to manipulate God and 00:22:40.890 --> 00:22:43.349 be like, ah, blah, blah, blah, and trick God. 00:22:43.589 --> 00:22:46.690 God has some stuff to say about that. Yeah, he's 00:22:46.690 --> 00:22:50.930 going to call you. But he's a good father. Now, 00:22:50.950 --> 00:22:52.789 God sometimes, when I come to him with that, 00:22:52.849 --> 00:22:55.250 goes, hey, what'd I say? And what kind of deal? 00:22:55.950 --> 00:23:00.210 What'd I tell you? Three seconds ago, Brad. Three 00:23:00.210 --> 00:23:04.289 seconds. I happen to know that your memory is 00:23:04.289 --> 00:23:09.650 better than that. You've never said that, I don't 00:23:09.650 --> 00:23:12.069 think, as a parent, have you? Ever. You know, 00:23:12.089 --> 00:23:13.730 that's what I was just thinking. It was like 00:23:13.730 --> 00:23:19.309 how much I have learned and grown in my relationship 00:23:19.309 --> 00:23:23.869 with God through being a dad. Go, Brad. I don't 00:23:23.869 --> 00:23:28.339 know how many times that God has. Spoken to me 00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:31.259 through the words that I'm speaking to my child 00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:36.759 at the moment. And I'm like, thank you, but I 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:39.019 hate it when you do that. I'm like, I feel like 00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:43.220 they feel right now. Rolling their eyes and they're 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:47.559 huffing. I knew the answer before I came. I just 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:50.140 was hoping that maybe you were going to give 00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:53.960 me something else. Yeah. I don't even remember 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:56.579 what the question was now. Oh, how do I deal 00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:58.700 with stuff? Yeah. And that's part of it, too. 00:23:58.779 --> 00:24:02.279 There's the other part of it. I forget that it 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:08.220 exists. I forget that the problem exists. Right. 00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:11.339 Which then leads to dealing with it again poorly 00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:16.220 when it comes back into view and I go. Oh, yeah. 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:22.140 Ah, it's right there. I forgot about you. Not 00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:28.559 a good surprise. But, yeah, I mean, I think I 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:34.019 do it better than I used to, but I would struggle 00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:41.839 through it with God. Ask Him a lot. Like, you 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:45.319 know, will you help me overcome this? And I think 00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:50.440 in a lot of ways He does, and He has, and He 00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:54.450 is. And at the same time, sometimes, and I'm 00:24:54.450 --> 00:24:56.250 not saying that God has said this to me directly, 00:24:56.390 --> 00:24:59.089 but speak to me through the scripture. I think 00:24:59.089 --> 00:25:01.569 sometimes God reminds me of what he said to Paul. 00:25:02.849 --> 00:25:05.609 Nope, my strength is my perfect weakness. My 00:25:05.609 --> 00:25:13.609 grace is sufficient for thee. Right. And so I'm 00:25:13.609 --> 00:25:17.569 reminded. Sometimes I'm reminded that the stuff 00:25:17.569 --> 00:25:19.390 that I've gone through helps me to help other 00:25:19.390 --> 00:25:22.539 people. who are going through similar struggles. 00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:26.059 Because if as a pastor, I just didn't struggle 00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:29.200 at all and my life was honky -dory, I'd probably 00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:33.259 be a pretty crummy pastor. I'd be like, man, 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:35.140 life's just good. Just look at the sunshine. 00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:38.380 It's so awesome. What are you guys over there 00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:40.839 worrying about? Everything is awesome. Everything 00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:48.519 is awesome. If it's not. All right, Brad. All 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:52.150 right. If God offered you a box with everything 00:25:52.150 --> 00:25:57.789 you ever lost in it, what would you look for 00:25:57.789 --> 00:26:01.289 first? Everything I ever lost? Everything you 00:26:01.289 --> 00:26:04.430 ever lost. And you can define that any way you 00:26:04.430 --> 00:26:08.630 want. What would you go for first? Well, the 00:26:08.630 --> 00:26:11.009 problem with this question is that a lot of things 00:26:11.009 --> 00:26:13.309 that I've lost, I've already forgotten about 00:26:13.309 --> 00:26:16.940 because I lost it. That's right. You'd get distracted. 00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:19.720 I'd be like, oh, yeah. I forgot about that harmonica 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:28.039 I had when I was seven. God gave me a box full 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:31.059 of everything that I have lost. What would I 00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:37.680 look for first? Okay. Deep in the box. All right. 00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:43.500 No, here we go. Here we go. I got it. Winnie 00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:47.970 the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh? Yep. I was, I don't 00:26:47.970 --> 00:26:55.130 know, like five or six maybe. And my teddy bear 00:26:55.130 --> 00:26:59.009 that I loved sleeping with was, and like Brad, 00:26:59.089 --> 00:27:02.329 you know, like old school Winnie the Pooh. This 00:27:02.329 --> 00:27:04.269 thing would probably be worth some money. You 00:27:04.269 --> 00:27:08.269 know what I mean? But I loved that Winnie the 00:27:08.269 --> 00:27:10.190 Pooh bear. As a matter of fact, like throughout 00:27:10.190 --> 00:27:15.019 my life, I've often reflected on him. On having 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:17.779 that bear, I can still really remember kind of 00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:22.200 the way he felt. Like he had kind of like a fluff 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:28.599 issue with his nose. And I remember one morning, 00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:33.059 or sorry, one night whenever I went to bed, I 00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:35.019 knew I had to have Winnie the Pooh to go to sleep. 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:39.059 When I woke up the next morning, he was on the 00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:41.880 floor. So obviously at some point, you know, 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:44.619 probably just rolling over or whatever. I reached 00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:46.880 down and got him because I almost didn't believe 00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:49.339 that I could go to sleep without Winnie the Pooh. 00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:58.119 And as the story goes, my mom, she guesses that 00:27:58.119 --> 00:28:01.559 we were on a vacation trip somewhere and I left 00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:05.619 him in a hotel just by accident. And we have 00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:08.599 no idea where he went. Like, I'm not going to 00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:12.210 like. you know, indict anybody. But I will tell 00:28:12.210 --> 00:28:14.730 you that when I first met your sister, she was 00:28:14.730 --> 00:28:20.029 sleeping with a Winnie the Pooh. I mean, I'm 00:28:20.029 --> 00:28:23.269 not saying it's the same one. No, no. I mean, 00:28:23.309 --> 00:28:29.410 like, I'm going to bone to pick with her. I might 00:28:29.410 --> 00:28:32.890 have found it. And just hid it the whole time. 00:28:33.009 --> 00:28:40.109 In my closet. Yeah. But. Yeah, I there was something 00:28:40.109 --> 00:28:43.130 there was something like incredibly nostalgic. 00:28:43.150 --> 00:28:45.990 And this is crazy for me. I think there was something 00:28:45.990 --> 00:28:49.569 incredibly nostalgic as a child for me with that 00:28:49.569 --> 00:28:52.609 Winnie the Pooh. I like I love the cartoon. I 00:28:52.609 --> 00:28:59.309 loved. I love the fact that that, you know, he 00:28:59.309 --> 00:29:02.089 was that that the teddy bear served as a as a 00:29:02.089 --> 00:29:07.140 major. Pacifier, really, you know, like just 00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:09.220 helping me put to sleep, making me feel like 00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:11.980 I was safe. You're not supposed to suck on teddy 00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:14.720 bears, TJ. That's strange. Wrong definition. 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:17.519 I mean, not a sin. Not a sin, but weird. That's 00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:25.079 right. Again, not a sin, but very weird. But 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.519 yeah, I think that'd probably be the first thing 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:31.099 that I would wonder if this was it in the box. 00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:34.579 Because here's the thing, because Brad, to be 00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:36.839 quite honest, I wouldn't put this past my dad. 00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:40.859 Because I have had these feelings, again, as 00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:42.359 you were mentioning, like as a parent, I've had 00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:46.140 these feelings myself. It may have been where 00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:50.059 dad was looking at me thinking, you know, DJ's 00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.980 too old for this thing. How do I get this out 00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:56.099 of the picture? Oh, I know. I'll frame it to 00:29:56.099 --> 00:30:00.000 where he lost it. You know, because I've looked 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.579 at – I'm going to just be on guard then the next 00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:07.220 time your dad visits because I have a blue spiky 00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:11.079 turtle shell from like Mario Kart that sometimes 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:14.920 I cuddle with because it's a pillow in my room. 00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:16.779 So, I mean, I don't want him to be taking that. 00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:18.420 You're too old for that, Brad. You're too old 00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:23.940 for that. I disagree. Yeah. I probably look for 00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:27.880 my sanity. I don't think your sanity would be 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:30.480 tangible. I mean, it's God. Nothing's impossible 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:33.859 with God. The question is, is it tangible? Or 00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:35.559 maybe, hey, Dad, what are you doing in there 00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:40.200 with all those toys and fishing lures? That's 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:43.000 right. Oh, no, you lost that one, and you lost 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:45.400 that one, and you lost that one. Yeah, Cher would 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:50.559 have a box full of rooster tails. All right, 00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:54.460 Brad, last question for you. Do you have a heart 00:30:54.460 --> 00:31:01.759 desire? That you have never received. Yes. Cool. 00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:06.140 Your turn. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah. That's what 00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:11.859 it was. Do you have a harsh desire? Yeah. So 00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:18.940 it's not as deep as maybe some people would expect. 00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:21.880 God has fulfilled a lot of my heart's desires. 00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:27.640 I've prayed for. Some people for a long time 00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:31.700 and thankfully seen some of those people come 00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:34.799 to faith. So there's definitely stuff like that. 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:39.059 But as soon as you ask the question, I want to 00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:42.519 see the northern lights. I want to see the northern. 00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:47.079 It's nice, dude. Not just a little pink on the 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:51.680 horizon. Yeah. Ever since I found out they existed 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:56.890 and it was a thing. It just, they've mesmerized 00:31:56.890 --> 00:32:00.329 me. It's a bucket list thing. If I never get 00:32:00.329 --> 00:32:04.930 to do it, it's fine. You know, they've been somewhat 00:32:04.930 --> 00:32:08.250 visible from Missouri since I've been here at 00:32:08.250 --> 00:32:10.109 least twice, and I've missed them both times. 00:32:13.049 --> 00:32:17.990 Went out and drove around with the kids and Tabby, 00:32:18.069 --> 00:32:21.549 like, way up in the night trying to find them 00:32:21.549 --> 00:32:22.470 because they were like, oh, they're going to 00:32:22.470 --> 00:32:27.519 pop up again. Yeah. Yeah. Don't know other than 00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:30.519 the fact that I think they're incredibly cool. 00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:33.160 And it was like almost unbelievable. Like when 00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:36.240 I found out they know that happens, that exists. 00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:40.259 These bright neon lights that dance across the 00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:48.000 sky. I need to see this. Right. So, yeah, that's 00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:52.880 one of the things. And I think I might cry. If 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:54.359 I ever get to see that. Oh, dude. Well, yeah. 00:32:54.640 --> 00:33:02.359 Yeah. And in that, I see God's amazing awesomeness. 00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:14.000 His ingenuity. And the care. It's so unimportant 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:20.549 for there to be bright. neon lights I mean from 00:33:20.549 --> 00:33:23.829 my perspective like there's gonna be people there's 00:33:23.829 --> 00:33:25.650 people that will never know that those those 00:33:25.650 --> 00:33:28.529 exist and they'll be they'll be just fine yeah 00:33:28.529 --> 00:33:32.210 like but the fact that that God was like yeah 00:33:32.210 --> 00:33:35.250 no I'm gonna do this too around the poles this 00:33:35.250 --> 00:33:37.509 is what's gonna happen but I think it's pretty 00:33:37.509 --> 00:33:40.890 incredible that we figured out how it happened. 00:33:41.210 --> 00:33:44.910 See, that's what I was thinking. I'm like, did 00:33:44.910 --> 00:33:47.309 we really or did some smart guy be like, no, 00:33:47.329 --> 00:33:51.049 no, trust me. I'm like, how? How did you even 00:33:51.049 --> 00:33:54.049 figure that out? It's like when Brian Regan says 00:33:54.049 --> 00:33:57.609 that someone figured out what the whales are 00:33:57.609 --> 00:34:01.130 saying. Who's going to argue with him? Yeah. 00:34:01.750 --> 00:34:06.960 He doesn't like you. Yeah. the two things I was 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:08.539 thinking about when you were mentioning that, 00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:13.019 you know, like that, that I do think, I mean, 00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:15.059 I could be wrong cause I'm not a scientist, but 00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:18.579 I mean, they're unimportant. Like they don't 00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:22.360 really serve a, that I know of. They don't serve 00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:27.239 a critical part of maintaining our global environment. 00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:32.619 And it's just a, Oh yeah, I can do this too. 00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:36.579 You know, like, you know, the, the, the glory 00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:40.300 of God being shown because he can. And here's 00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:45.039 the thing too. You can't just go, okay, I'm going 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:47.960 to go up and see them because they might not 00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:51.199 be there. You know, it's a, it's a thing where 00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:54.920 it's like, okay, they're most likely to be seen 00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:58.739 during this window, but I could spend all this 00:34:58.739 --> 00:35:02.380 money and go to like Alaska or Iceland or something 00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:05.059 to see the Northern lights. And it could just, 00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:08.679 Oh, nope, they're not happening tonight. Or, 00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:11.639 oh, it's so cloudy you couldn't see it. Oh, gosh. 00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:14.199 That would be so devastating to me. Yeah. I'm 00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:16.579 like, oh, no. I don't want to do that. Anyway. 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:19.860 Yep. If I never see the Northern Lights, I, you 00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:23.000 know, when I get to heaven, I don't think I'm 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:25.420 going to care. I think that's probably true. 00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:29.340 I would really like to see them. You know, like 00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:31.519 if it truly is a heart's desire of yours, Brad, 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:35.219 for all we know, you know, you may have for like 00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:38.019 your living room lights in your mansion, you 00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:40.400 may just have the northern lights, you know, 00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:43.679 like. And I mean, I would settle for the southern 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:46.880 lights. The southern lights. The Aurora Australis, 00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:51.619 you know, instead of the Aurora Borealis. Just, 00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:59.110 you know, that would be cool too. My next question, 00:35:59.230 --> 00:36:07.550 and I have an answer for the question, so I am 00:36:07.550 --> 00:36:12.349 looking for somewhat of an answer. So I have 00:36:12.349 --> 00:36:16.889 to get it right? I'd like you to get it in the 00:36:16.889 --> 00:36:23.150 range of what's acceptable. There's some give 00:36:23.150 --> 00:36:26.480 and take in it. Is the question is like, who's 00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:28.940 your best friend that does this podcast with 00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:33.619 you? It's not. Okay. Because Gary's getting kind 00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:39.820 of close, you know? Got a little competition 00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:44.900 there, Brad. Who is Gary? Nobody knows. And nobody 00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:52.420 knows. Nobody knows. And nobody cares. If Peter 00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:56.969 Piper. Picked a peck of pickled peppers. How 00:36:56.969 --> 00:37:01.429 many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? Okay. 00:37:02.230 --> 00:37:06.210 Give me just a second and I will. Are you Google? 00:37:06.369 --> 00:37:10.070 Are you cheating? No, I'm not cheating. I got 00:37:10.070 --> 00:37:11.530 to find it. It looks like you're cheating. And 00:37:11.530 --> 00:37:13.530 I'm not cheating, Brad. I promise I'm not cheating. 00:37:13.550 --> 00:37:16.190 I'm not cheating. I didn't say use notes. I'm 00:37:16.190 --> 00:37:17.769 not cheating. Did you say you could go in your 00:37:17.769 --> 00:37:22.949 files? I did. I mean, I didn't figure it out. 00:37:23.010 --> 00:37:31.070 There it is. All right. Ah, it's not that one. 00:37:31.150 --> 00:37:34.469 Darn it. Give me just a second here. I may have 00:37:34.469 --> 00:37:38.190 to edit this out. He may be stalling. Stalling 00:37:38.190 --> 00:37:43.090 for time. Oh, it's too bad. We're out of time. 00:37:43.250 --> 00:37:47.670 I can't answer the question. The alternate question 00:37:47.670 --> 00:37:51.949 that I was going to ask was just why. That's 00:37:51.949 --> 00:37:57.469 a study guide. Just why? Why? It's a very deep 00:37:57.469 --> 00:38:02.750 question. Dang it. Where is it, man? I don't 00:38:02.750 --> 00:38:05.050 know. But you've already asked me my three questions, 00:38:05.130 --> 00:38:13.610 so. Let's do it this way. Excuse me. Yeah, I'll 00:38:13.610 --> 00:38:16.230 probably edit this out. Because there's a lot 00:38:16.230 --> 00:38:21.579 of waiting. I just put the Jeopardy theme song 00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:29.619 there. Okay. Brad, when you say that you are 00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:33.420 looking for an answer, I'm going to do a screen 00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:37.340 share with you, my friend. I am not cheating 00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:41.599 because Brad, I have gone before you and I have 00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:45.679 actually already given options. for this answer. 00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:49.679 This, sir, is an extra credit question that I 00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:53.980 give on final exams. I'll read it for the listeners 00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:56.260 who aren't watching. Please pick your preference 00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:58.440 from the potential possibilities portraying Peter 00:38:58.440 --> 00:39:00.679 Piper's pleasure in picking pecks of pickled 00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:03.360 peppers. Number one, it was his side hustle. 00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:06.659 B. His mother forced the chores a method of circumventing 00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:09.039 spanking in hopes that it would not only teach 00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:10.980 Peter discipline, but also that the economic 00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:12.980 value of a pickled pepper is horribly low, making 00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:14.960 him feel like he was wasting his time, his mother's 00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:17.320 time, and the time of anyone who would want to 00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:21.139 purchase pickled peppers. See, I'm disinclined 00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:25.230 to acquiesce to your request. Means no. Letter 00:39:25.230 --> 00:39:28.349 D, I don't know what acquiesce means. E, I'm 00:39:28.349 --> 00:39:30.630 apprehensive about answering. F, I don't know 00:39:30.630 --> 00:39:33.250 what apprehensive means. G, I'm apprehensive 00:39:33.250 --> 00:39:36.590 about disinclining to acquire the acquiescence 00:39:36.590 --> 00:39:38.409 of acquiescing that I know what apprehensive 00:39:38.409 --> 00:39:41.130 means. H, I still don't know what acquiesce means. 00:39:41.309 --> 00:39:46.840 I, I like coloring. And as deep as and impressive 00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:52.579 as that was, I was looking for, well, if they 00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:59.840 are jalapenos, roughly 493, and pickled pepper 00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:05.820 genies, 456. Oh, dang it. So I got it wrong. 00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:10.800 It's very close. But what people may not know. 00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:13.699 And this is something that I think a lot of people 00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:20.199 don't know, is that a peck is a quarter of a 00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:23.360 bushel, which are dry measurements. And a peck 00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:27.099 is approximately equivalent to about eight dry 00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:32.960 quarts. All right. Well, thank you. Well, if 00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:36.059 I may, and I'm going to because it's our show. 00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:39.949 If someone loves you a bushel and a peck. You 00:40:39.949 --> 00:40:43.829 can figure out how many quarts of love they have 00:40:43.829 --> 00:40:46.590 for you. But I don't know how you measure a hug 00:40:46.590 --> 00:40:51.250 around the neck. Brad, here is the other bonus 00:40:51.250 --> 00:40:54.070 question. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck 00:40:54.070 --> 00:40:58.010 if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A, a peck. B, 00:40:58.190 --> 00:41:02.869 three. C, five is right out. D, tomorrow. E, 00:41:03.050 --> 00:41:05.010 the existential nature of woodchucks is beyond 00:41:05.010 --> 00:41:07.929 my comprehension. F, I don't know what existential 00:41:07.929 --> 00:41:11.900 means. Here we go again. G, this answer exists 00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:13.780 for anyone who doesn't have the gift of humor. 00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:17.320 And E, or excuse me, H, this isn't relevant to 00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:19.340 the class. Therefore, I choose not to answer 00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:21.380 this question, which will throw me into a perpetual 00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:24.460 paradox caused by answering a question that represents 00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:28.199 the absence of an answer. You should have also 00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:34.199 had 42. 42. It's an option. Do you get that reference? 00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:37.659 No, I don't. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:41.340 I've never seen that. Yeah, so they set up this 00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:45.780 computer and ask it for the ultimate answer. 00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:49.639 And it spends like millions of years calculating. 00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:54.659 And they come back and they ask it, what is the 00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:59.400 ultimate answer? And he says, 42. And they're 00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:02.409 like. That's it? He's like, yes, I've spent quite 00:42:02.409 --> 00:42:06.409 a bit of time thinking about this, and I'm certain 00:42:06.409 --> 00:42:12.030 it's 42. 42 what? And so, yeah, so then the follow 00:42:12.030 --> 00:42:15.050 -up is like, well, so then what is the ultimate 00:42:15.050 --> 00:42:19.010 question? And he's like, well, you're going to 00:42:19.010 --> 00:42:21.869 have to come back for that one. And, you know, 00:42:21.909 --> 00:42:27.110 he's going to spend more millions of years coming 00:42:27.110 --> 00:42:29.150 up with that. I don't know if he ever gives us 00:42:29.150 --> 00:42:32.510 that. Well, Brad, I actually have four questions 00:42:32.510 --> 00:42:34.110 typed out because I didn't know which ones I 00:42:34.110 --> 00:42:35.769 wanted to ask you. So I'm going to ask you a 00:42:35.769 --> 00:42:39.150 fourth. Unless you have like another one for 00:42:39.150 --> 00:42:43.030 me. No, other than why. Just why? I wrote that 00:42:43.030 --> 00:42:47.670 one down, yeah. I mean, because? I always go, 00:42:47.750 --> 00:42:52.469 why not? That's my answer for why. Brad, what 00:42:52.469 --> 00:42:56.449 is your greatest rational fear? Greatest rational 00:42:56.449 --> 00:43:00.059 fear? Yeah. Like heights, spiders. I got quite 00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:03.539 a few irrational ones. That's why I put rational. 00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:18.320 There's so many. Losing the people I love. And 00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:22.360 both like physically, in the physical sense of 00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:27.559 like death. I think also in like. The relational 00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:30.360 sense. The emotional sense, yeah. And I think 00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:34.159 going along with that would be failing to be 00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:38.360 the father that my children need me to be. You 00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:44.159 and I have the same rational fear. Yep. Well, 00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:48.420 my wife, your sister, would say, at least about 00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:53.119 me, I don't know about you, that she would consider 00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:59.429 that second fear. Because she's like, that's 00:43:59.429 --> 00:44:01.949 a stupid kid. And that's how she puts it when 00:44:01.949 --> 00:44:05.630 I say stuff. She was like, that's stupid. But 00:44:05.630 --> 00:44:08.409 you think that. She's like, you're a good father, 00:44:08.570 --> 00:44:11.170 an amazing father. Listeners, I want you guys 00:44:11.170 --> 00:44:15.690 to know that. That's how my wife encourages me. 00:44:15.769 --> 00:44:19.070 She tells me that my comments are stupid. The 00:44:19.070 --> 00:44:21.750 bluntness in my family, I mean, it runs thick. 00:44:21.989 --> 00:44:27.679 It does. I'm not even – that's not an exaggeration. 00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:32.179 She has said that to me in response to things 00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:35.880 like that over 20 years of marriage multiple 00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:40.179 times. Yeah. Sometimes it will come out as, that's 00:44:40.179 --> 00:44:44.219 just dumb, Brad Coleman. But that's the nice 00:44:44.219 --> 00:44:48.039 way of saying, that's stupid. She doesn't generally 00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:51.699 call me stupid. I love that you use the word 00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:54.280 generally. Occasionally she will say, you're 00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:58.659 an idiot. We're an idiot. And which I always 00:44:58.659 --> 00:45:02.179 respond, well, you're married to an idiot. See, 00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:06.239 that's my argument against like the, wow, DJ, 00:45:06.360 --> 00:45:08.699 you married up, didn't you? I mean, yeah, I did. 00:45:08.820 --> 00:45:12.619 But that doesn't make my wife seem like she knows 00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:17.119 how to make good decisions. You drag her down. 00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:22.179 That's right. Well, and I've argued with Tabby 00:45:22.179 --> 00:45:25.500 that I'm smarter than her. Because, I mean, I 00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:28.380 married you and you married me and she usually 00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:31.500 gives me that one. Yeah. At face value, I mean, 00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:35.019 there's no argument. Listeners, we hope that 00:45:35.019 --> 00:45:36.880 you've enjoyed hanging out with us today, digging 00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:42.760 deep. What we would love is for you. to let us 00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:45.559 know what your answers are how do you cope with 00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:47.840 uncertainties biblical truth is the hardest for 00:45:47.840 --> 00:45:50.760 you to believe what uh do you have a heart desire 00:45:50.760 --> 00:45:54.420 you've not received um if jesus was sitting uh 00:45:54.420 --> 00:45:57.119 sitting next to you what what really what would 00:45:57.119 --> 00:46:01.519 you ask him um and if god gave you a box of everything 00:46:01.519 --> 00:46:06.840 that you lost what would be in it and you know 00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:10.480 if you don't agree with the answer Of pickled 00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:12.460 peppers. Of pickled peppers, right, yeah. You 00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:15.460 know, you could get a sentence or two. Five is 00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:19.440 right out. Yeah, that's right. One, two, five, 00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:24.820 three, sir. No, three, three. 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