Father, we're so grateful that we get to do this.
Not a cliche. It really is our heart's cry and
it's our declaration today. Father, we pray for
our listeners. We're so thankful for the feedback
we've been getting and the notes and the encouragements,
the donations, all of it together. Lord works
together to create this amazing community that
I believe is becoming a family. So thank you
for what we get to do today and may all who listen
be encouraged and inspired in Jesus name. Amen.
Amen. It's Wednesday, August 5th, 2026. We get
to do this. This is episode number 44. And good
morning to you, brother. Hey all the way from
Big D Dallas, Texas. It sounds like you're sitting
right next to me. It's amazing Wonders of technology
when it works. It's amazing. It does my I gotta
tell you my blood is pumping this morning I was
in the bathroom. I just taking my shower Didn't
have my hearing aids in but it so I had the phone
on I'm listening to Josh Howerton on Sean Ryan
show So I have it nice and loud right and I'm
putting on my socks and I'm like, wow I never
heard children yelling or a dog yelping in the
background at Sean Ryan's show. That's kind of
odd. I thought he had like a closed off studio.
And then maybe 15 seconds later, Tina throws
the door open to the bathroom. Did you hear me
screaming? I'm like, what? Then at that moment,
you have to get a read on it. Like, tell me what
happened now. Scorpion. humongous spider oh a
spider this time not a scorpion i i haven't seen
one you've had your fair share of scorpions we
have you know praise god we haven't had any scorpions
this year but i had not seen a spider this big
right there right next to the stove you know
and and tina she can handle a lot of the scorpions
she's actually okay with uh but the spider was
new for her and so And then he's like, I'll get
the vacuum cleaner. I'm going to suck him up.
I'm like, no, hold on. I do my old glass and
a piece of folded paper trick. You know, come
on, buddy. You don't want to put a heel on one
of those. That'll make one serious mess. Yeah.
And they do good. They do good for other things.
I'm not familiar with this kind. Toss it over
the fence? Yeah, of course. Yeah, of course.
And I'm looking at Phoebe who's just laying out
there like, what, something happened? Like, what
kind of dog are you? Your mom is yelling for
help. You know, you should be coming to me. Timmy's
in the well. No, none of that. None of that.
I want to welcome all of the no agenda listeners
who are curious and are coming over here to check
out what's going on and want to let them all
know be joining Darin and Larry on tomorrow,
Thursday to check in with everybody. And so I'm
excited about that. And you are in Dallas and
you know, what are you doing? What's going on?
Well, you know, we just love coming to Dallas,
you know, driving around. Galleria, you know,
hang out. Well, all right, the old Galleria.
Wow, it's been a minute since I've been there.
But no, we're here for, we were part of a documentary
called Healing Humanity, The Proper Human Diet.
As you know, and maybe some of the listeners
know Annette and I, we're very focused on our
health and our goal at our age is to run through
the tape and finish strong. So we We focus on
our health, on what we eat, what we listen to,
all the diet of input, anything, any kind of
input into our lives. We try to have a steady,
good, positive diet on that. So we got involved
in this thing back a few years ago. I hit the
carnivore diet hardcore, me and Annette both.
And we saw a lot of wonderful things happen for
our health. So that got us on the radar screen
of this organization that was looking at doing
a documentary. So they reached out to us and
invited us and said, hey, we'll get a crew out
there. We'll film you guys there at your church.
And man, we want to hear about your spiritual
journey concerning health and the carnivore diet,
Ketivore. And so that's what we did and it was
just, it was a great experience. And more than
the experience of the movie documentary, it's
just been the amazing people we have met in the
wellness space and the healthcare, healthy space.
So yeah, so we've made a lot of dear friends
and great brothers and sisters in Christ that.
are just trying to take care of themselves, trying
to go long and live well and live a quality of
life and really steward their bodies, steward
what God gave us. The thing we carry from birth
to death is our body. And that's about the only
thing we carry from birth to death. So it's probably
a good idea to take care of it. So that's what
we're doing. So we get to, there's premieres
happening, one in Dallas tonight, and then And
we're going to be a part of that. We'll be on
a panel. We'll be answering questions and meeting
people since we're in the movie. And they'll
show the movie at seven o 'clock at this big
theater. And they've been selling these out all
over in Canada and America. So everywhere they
go, they sell these out. So people are interested
in this and the movies it's made by two YouTubers.
So it's not your typical. documentary, it's got
more of a YouTube vibe to it. But it's done really
well. People are really getting a hold of this
and I've had a lot of folks reach out to me because
of the movie. And after being there in person,
I think that'll even be a greater, you know,
our heart, you know us, our hearts to influence
people towards Jesus, no matter what arena we
happen to be in. And you don't, it's funny how
God orders your steps. You don't, You just don't
have any idea when you're on an adventure with
God and you're on mission where he's going to
put you. So, you know, you know, by experience
and anyone else who's really on the mission and
on the, on the journey, you realize things happen
and sometimes they're not all good that at the
time it feels like, wow, this, I wanted to go
right, but something happened that made me go
left. And then you end up right smack dab in
the middle of God's will and go, Oh, okay. God
was more in control of that than I thought. I
thought it was the devil, but yet it was actually
what got me to where I needed to be. So we're
just so thankful that we get to do it. We'll
do that tonight and then we'll fly to Austin
tomorrow and we'll do it again tomorrow night
in Austin at one of the big theaters there. And
it's just, it's our opportunity to talk about
Jesus to a whole new group of people. that you
don't normally get to talk to. So we catch the
wave. We don't generate them. We just catch the
ones that come by and when God brings a wave,
we jump on it. Is there a website for this film
we can send people to? Yeah, Healing Humanity.
Of course, they're all over social media. Any
of the Facebook, IGX, you can look up Healing
Humanity. The proper human died and I don't have
the website. Actually, I'll pull it up real quick.
I'm sure they have one. I've seen it. Yeah, they
do. The guys, Healing Humanity, yeah, healinghumanity
.movie. There you go. One of those fancy ones,
.movie. Nice. I know, right? These are, and the
guys that are doing this are just good people.
And here's the deal. This is not an MLM. This
is not multi -level marketing that we're not
selling products. I'm not. I only want to help
people. That's all. That's it. I just want to
help them. finish life healthy and strong, and
live out their years of the quality of life.
And that's really the heart behind all of this.
The documentary has a lot of high -end doctors
and sharp, I mean, heart doctors, neurologists,
brain surgeons, I mean, general practitioners
who are all talking about this way of life, this
way of eating. I made a, I'd say kind of, we
all know, speaking of Instagram and social media,
we all know how algorithms work. I think, I think
everybody knows algorithm, algo, whatever they
call it. Everyone's kind of figured it out. Oh,
when I, when I watch the dog video, I get a lot
of dog videos. And, and that's technically that's
incredibly, it's actually a lot less hard than
you'd think. for a technology company to do that.
I mean, obviously, you just pause on something
and say, okay, that's a signal. It uses signals.
That's a signal. For a long time, there's been
suspicion, probably not unfounded, that it hears
you, that some things are registered. We'll never
really know the truth behind that because it's
so obscured. But also, even if you're on a Wi
-Fi network and your spouse or your friend or
your family member, is on the same Wi -Fi network
and you're using the same app, i .e. Instagram
or Facebook, it will start recommending that
person's friends to you, that person's videos
to you. I mean, there's all kinds of signals
that it uses. And I've been just amazed. I believe
that God has an algorithm that works upside down.
And upside down is everything. Everything I've
learned about Jesus and It's like, oh, that's
kind of the opposite of everything I thought.
Somehow, whenever I most need a word, it shows
up, but not on my phone. It shows up in printed
text. And the one that's just been blowing me
away is this devotional that my daughter gave
me for Christmas, Boyd Bailey's, I think it's
God's Wisdom for Men. And you know and and and
what shows up just when I need it is Matthew
14 28 and this is This is Peter who is calling
out to the Lord and he's in the boat He says
Lord if it's really you tell me to come to you
walking on the water. Yes Come Jesus said so
Peter went over the side of the boat and walked
on the water toward Jesus And I was just in kind
of that mode like Lord You're like ahead of me,
I'm trying to catch up, I'm trying to follow
and then I get this step out of the boat, walk
on the water, keep your eyes on me. And I'm like,
I find it highly probable that God had that all
written down, that book, make sure it's on August
the 3rd because Adam's going to be looking for
it on that date. Is that a crazy thought that
I have? Not at all. I mean, listen, The intersection
between God's perfect will and God's ability
to get things to us and our need is mind -blowing.
It's beyond comprehension. He can get to us what
we need, when we need it, sometimes in the eleventh
hour, sometimes the twelfth hour, right? When
we need it. And he just has a way of doing that.
God speaks. The God who spoke still speaks, but
he can do it through a devotional book. He can
do it through a conversation. You can do it through
a store clerk at a retail center. I've got a
story about that later. I had a really great
encounter yesterday with a guy at Target, but
well, I'll tell that later. But what you're saying
is not, it's the normal Christian life. And it's
interesting because speaking of algos, our minds
begin to build a grid or begin to build a filter
where we begin to recognize things. We begin
to recognize, wait, he speaks to, okay, he's
spoken to me like this four times that I can,
you know, So now our filter starts to lean in
that direction where now we get more sensitive
to his voice, whether it's reading scripture
and things jumping off the page or turning the
page in a devotional like Oswald Chambers or
Boyd Bailey or whoever you're reading. And it's
like, how did he know? How in the world? I also
often catch myself But when I'm like, nah, you
know, opening... Coincidence. None of that's
in the kingdom. No coincidences. Come on. I'll
be, you know, like, sometimes it could just be
a different Bible verse that I was going to look
at and didn't. And I'll hear in the back of my
mind, like, really? I'm like, oh, well, wait
a minute. Let me live dangerously. What is it
going to cost for me to open up this page or
to tap that app? And I got to tell you, 10 out
of 10, it was, oh, That's exactly what I needed
at that very moment. It's wild. It's really,
really wild. Let me tell you why this encourages
me. I want to interrupt you because it's important.
I've been praying for this very thing for you.
I've been praying for clarity and for strategic
thinking. That's been one of my prayers for you.
God, let him have a clear mind. Lord, clear out
the fog, the fog of war, the fog of grief, the
fog of everything that's happening. and the clutter,
and the static, and Lord, let clarity come. Give
Adam the mind of Christ. That's been my prayer.
So when you're telling me this, here's my grid
getting fixed. Wow. God's hearing my prayers.
Well, wait for it. But wait, there's more. There's
more. So I'm thinking real hard about no agenda,
how that needs to continue. And I'm seeing the
grief from people. And they think the grief is,
well, of course, Everyone's grieving over John's
passing, but they're really grieving over something
bigger Because it you know, there are people
going back from episode one You know 18 years
ago and then and then creating these X threads
of their impression of each episode and within
like five or six episodes like oh I get it It
wasn't really about the media deconstruction
per se it was about you guys About what we were
talking about your relationship the crazy things
I would go through John will be scoffing at me
It was it was you know, it's like Laurel and
Hardy or you know, right, you know, Lucy and
Ricky I mean that you can you can name all of
these teams and Batman and Robin Batman and Robin
We were a little more equal than Batman and Rob,
but maybe Batman and Robin were equal. I don't
know So, you know, it's a it's something that
literally cannot be recreated you can do other
things. And so I've been struggling, you know,
well, what can we do? Because the producers have
always made that show and we started with, you
know, 20 minutes, no jingles, no folly, no nothing,
just us yapping. And it turned into something
completely different. The producers, which are
the listeners of that show, have always, they've
always melded the direction without them really
knowing it. And as I'm struggling, like, what,
what can I do? What do we do with this? Mark
2 22, the row of ducks pops up for me and no
one puts new wine into old wine skins for the
wine would burst the wine skins and the wine
and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls
for new wine skins. And so that's twofold for
me. Right? Again, from the written page, not
an app or something. And I've even been just
using this this particular scripture in my conversations
with people. And everyone gets this, even non
-believers. In fact, one of my, Andrew Horowitz,
who's a Jew. And so he's probably not dabbling
around in the New Testament. And I mentioned
this to him, he's like, there's truth in that,
there's truth in that. And so I'm like, yes.
We need to not try to put new wine into an old
wine skin We have to create a new wine skin there.
Yes at the same time What we are doing here is
also new wine in a new wine skin So I want I
want it both ways. Obviously, I hope the Lord
will will hear that prayer right, but especially
just for for that incredible group and It just
as an aside, you know, I because I'm noticing
how people are reacting and I looked up the five
stages of grief Yes, did you know? That the woman
who wrote that I don't have it on hand That she
wrote it not about the bereaved But about those
dying and in fact, yes many researchers say no.
No, you can't apply this to the bereaved I didn't
know that I always thought that that's what people
who lose someone the stages they go through.
Yeah, I would disagree with some of those estimations
because having gone through grief multiple times
in my life, those stages are accurate. I mean,
it absolutely is for both the bereaved, those
who are grieving and then those who are facing
death. It's very similar. But anyway, I guess,
I mean, it's fascinating though that her initial
take was not about those grieving the loss as
the person themselves. Yeah. So some people are
in the anger stage right now, but some are still
in the negotiating stage. Like, come on, Adam,
you can just bring on Jen Briney. It'll be fine
if you don't even know Jen Briney. No, no, no,
that will not work. That's not what's going to
make it happen. So anyway. I'm just so thankful
that God is giving me this clarity. And that's
just, I mean, everybody, everybody understands
this one. You may be listening right now. You're
not saved. You're not a believer. Well, that
is just common sense. It really is, isn't it?
And there may be a little bit of survivor's guilt
going on here on your part only because you're
still here. And yet you're feeling the weight
and the intensity of the grief of the no agenda
nation, your family. For sure. And so that's
survivor's guilt. And it's not that you, survivor's
guilt doesn't mean you want to die. It just means
that you're feeling the weight because you're
left behind. You're still here. And that's what
you're carrying right now. And you know, God's
grace is sufficient over time, that'll lessen.
there'll be a new aberration of no agenda as
man, you know, Larry and Darren are doing a great
job. I mean, those guys are good. They're good.
They're pros, man. I mean, I was listening to
them going, yeah, okay, cool. But the thing is
they can't just try to step in and replicate.
That would not even be fair. Again, I think I
said it last week. It's like, Brad Gillis trying
to fill Randy Rhoades shoes. Touring with Ozzy
Osbourne. People were throwing beer bottles at
him on the platform because he wasn't Randy Rhoades.
A couple of people have told me this story about
Rush. I've never been a Rush head. Oh, the drummer.
Yes. When Neil Peart... Neil Peart, I think,
right? Yes. When he passed. Yeah, the drummer.
Yeah. Then everyone's like, okay, that's it.
It's done. He's the best drummer in the world.
I can never go again. I can't be a part of it.
So they brought in some German drummer and the
girl. Yes. And she's really good. Which is great,
but what you get then is people will go to the
nostalgia show. You know, like, hey, Russia,
we'll go to the, they're going to do a week at
the Sphere in Vegas. We'll go to that. But then
it's just like, it's like honoring something
old. And I don't want that for no agenda. I don't
want that. Anyway, so that was just really helpful
to me and it really lifted my spirit. Tell me
about your encounter with the retail. Well, before
we segue that quickly, I just want to affirm
that, that man, you're walking through something
and I want to say thank you for for being public
with that. I mean, you know, a podcast when you're
doing it, it feels like you and I are sitting
across the table from each other and pouring
another cup of black raffle coffee, right? And
just having a conversation. But at the end of
the day. The multitudes of people who could hear
this and God will take this where it needs to
go. I mean, we're wearing our lives and our pain
out on a sleeve, so to speak. So we're putting
it out there. So kudos to you, brother, for putting
it out there because what it does, it also helps
other people who are going through similar things.
The dynamics usually are the same, even though
it may be different circumstances, but you're
helping people navigate their grief as well.
So way to go. And man, so applaud that and keep
doing it. Let's keep talking about what with
the real stuff, right? Yes. And so, yeah, so
we, you know, anytime we travel, we end up in
Target somewhere. I mean, we just found a Target
because we, oh, we need to get those little -
Forgot the hairdryer. Tiny shampoos. Yeah, you
know, your little stuff, right? I always got
to get a little heavy cream, you know, for the
trip. So, we would pop in over at Target. We
walk in, typical Target. Dallas, Fort Worth area.
You're trying to figure out which target this
is because they have like three layouts and you're
going, okay, oh, this is opposite from the one
we've been to. So we're walking through the store.
I was actually looking for some cheap headphones
because that was the one thing I forgot to pack
was my pants. Oh no. No big deal. You're on the
road, canless? This is not a good idea. A canless.
That was the primary purpose for the trip to
Target. I was like, oh, I found some 999 Sonys
and they actually sound great. And they work
great. I'll bet they sound fantastic. And they're
tiny. I can just toss them in the bag from now
on. They'll stay there. So anyway, all, you know,
crisis averted. So, but anyway, so I'll walk
up and these two kids are checking out these
young kind of bravado type kids, you know, 16,
17, trying to be cool. Very awkward, but trying
to be cool to the checkout guy who's probably
17, 18. So they're trying to be cool, you know,
posturing. I'm, you know, I call it. imposter
syndrome. It's so funny watching this dynamic.
And I love to watch things like this because
I was that kid. So I'm watching, kind of getting
a kick out of it. And I'm noticing that the young
man who's checking them out, he's like being
super gracious. And he's like being kind. And
these guys are trying to be cool. He's being
kind. And then when they start to walk off, he
looks at me and says, man, you guys have a blessed
day. And then they walked off and then I just
said, then I walked up and said, Hey, how's it
going? He said, Hey, it's going great. And he
goes, Hey, I need to ask you something. I mean,
straight up. He just literally, I mean, there's
nobody else in line. So it was just me and him.
He goes, uh, me and my associate saw you and
your wife walk into the store a little bit ago.
Well, that creeped me out a little bit because
I realized people watch it. And he said, uh,
he said, so we're trying to figure out what you
do. He said, are you a financier? Are you in
the financial business? Do you buy stocks and
bonds, kid? Do you want to get rich? I'm in my
workout stuff, right? On the plane, I was really
dressed up in my workout gig. So I'm like, no.
I laughed. He goes, okay. Man, we were like,
man, he's got to be in finances. And he goes,
so what do you do? I said, oh, I'm a pastor.
And I used to say that sheepishly. I don't anymore.
I'm like, I don't care what anybody thinks. It's
my life. It's what God called me to do. So I'm
not proud in a weird way, but just I'm not ashamed
of it. So I'm like, I'm a pastor. And he goes,
that's awesome. And then he says, he goes, you
know, he's starting to check me out. He goes,
you know, I've been, I've been trying to get
closer to God. I went, wow, there it is. There's
the door. See, this is the thing when you're
living on mission, you don't have to kick open
doors. They open right in front of you. They
open right in front of you. somehow people see
something and it starts a conversation. And so
I said, man, I am so proud of you for that. And
I had told him, I said, I'm a pastor. And I said,
it's the best job on the planet, man. I said,
I love what I get to do. In fact, I say this
every day, I get to do this. He was like, man,
that is awesome. He was just all charged up.
And that's when he said, well, I'm trying to
get closer to God. I really want to. And he said,
I got this one year Bible and I've been reading
through it and reading the scripture. He said,
the hard thing is, is I work here at Target and
the one thing you can't, you can't have your
weekends. The weekends are the big time and we
can't be off for church. And he goes, so it's
been a little bit hard on me. He said, then the
last church I was at, the pastor ended up being
a pedophile. And so. So that went bad. And then
he talked about another church where something
happened. And then now he's working at Target
while he's in college. So he's just like going,
man, I'm just trying to. And I said, listen,
I said, it's going to sound weird coming from
a preacher or a pastor, but you don't have to
have church. You don't have to wait until you
can go to church to get close to God. I said,
brother, you can get close to God right now,
right here, right while you're checking people
out. And I talked to him about practicing the
presence of God. While you're checking people
out in your mind, be praying for that mom that's
got three kids out of control in your life. Be
praying for that guy who walks up and he's nervous
because he's not sure if he has enough money
to pay for it. And he's got that look. I said,
man, you can be praying for people all day long.
And I'm telling you, that will bring you closer
to God." I said, you'll be interactive with God.
Instead of you just thinking in your mind, a
monologue, turn your mind into a dialogue and
just talk to God all day long. And I said, he'll
talk to you. And then, of course, you told them
to listen to We Get to Do This, a fantastic podcast.
No, I didn't tell them. No, people walked over
that time. It's time to roll. I walked out going,
I should have said it. I should have mentioned
that. I should have mentioned it. I had like
20 things I wish I would have said. I almost
wanted to drive back over and go, hey, there's
about 15. Let me give you a three -point sermon
because I had more to say. But, you know, these
are the things that happen in these casual moments
when you're just on it on mission with God. His
name is Toby with an I. And I said, Toby, I'll
be praying for you, brother, because God, he's
hearing your cry. And when you draw near to him,
he will draw near to you. I said, he's probably
closer than you think. And he was like, man,
thanks. This is awesome. I'm usually excited
that these people walked up. But anyway, we walked
out and Ed had walked up during the conversation.
And she said, I love it that when we can just
walk into a place and somebody sees something.
They may not even know what they're seeing, but
they're seeing, there's something that's tripping
something, it's throwing a flag up in their own
mind of these guys. Well, I think, wasn't it,
Pastor Brian did a sermon, maybe it was part
of WWJD, the walking with Jesus discipleship
journey on Wednesday nights, where he was talking
about the aroma of Christ. He says, when you
walk into a room, people will smell you coming.
I did that. You did that one? That was me. I
was telling about dad using Old Spice and mom
using white diamonds. I mean, you can smell that
stuff coming from a mile away because you go,
oh, mom's in the house. But that's true. The
scripture does talk about we carry the aroma
of Christ and aromas always get there before
you do, right? That's right. So it was a sweet
moment. And I just woke up praying to Toby this
morning that God would meet him right where his
heart's cry is. We talked briefly about forgiveness,
in particular in relation to Dr. Anthony Fauci
on the last episode. And so we did the last show
before the Senate hearing, which, as we all know,
ended up in 111 Plead the fifth which was was
interesting to say at least but of course that
turned into the show and I'm like, you know and
In text groups and people I'm Observing or talking
to people like yeah. No, we got a forgiveness
one of our newer listeners He said man, I'm a
brother in Christ and I don't know if I'm just
good enough to forgive Fauci and I've been like,
okay So I'm like marking it down for Jason, you
know, got to pray for Jason. But I really wanted
to figure out what was driving him because people
see him as evil, the devil, Satan, et cetera,
et cetera. Now we know he's just a man, but what
really, and it's interesting how not, I haven't
seen this much on the news or anywhere really
because it's openly available. People are lazy.
Just let me grab a clip from someone else saying
something and that'll be it. So there were 136
pages of his, I guess he was writing his memoirs
on a government computer and Rand Paul got a
hold of that and he was using some of that. But
as I'm going through because I'm like I got to
read this and we just I got it I mean what an
opportunity Although it feels kind of like violation,
but there you go. No, you know He was writing
down his thoughts and and I'm like, oh lord this
guy fell for one of the oldest in the book His
no kidding his problem was pride Yes, I mean,
yeah, I'll just read a few of these entries because
it was I mean and and I've been Very prideful
in my life whenever you are in the public eye,
you know Although I will always give props to
my first wife who she really kept me in check
because she She inherently knew what all of the
trappings of fame were So so they didn't grab
me as much but you know, I'm sure I was prideful
just ten minutes ago So 2013, HHS turned me down
on requests from CNN, Wolf Blitzer, and Soledad
O 'Brien. I asked John Berklo to call up Bill
Hall and find out what the heck is going on and
what the reason for all of this is. John told
me that the CDC complained to Bill Hall and HHS
that I was getting all the publicity on an issue,
which was influenza tracking, and that they considered
that. their issue. I do not know who at CDC did
this. It could be anyone from Tom Frieden to
more likely Tom Skinner in any event. It has
nothing to do with my use of the word epidemic
on Wolf Blitzer Show. Everything to do with pure
jealousy that I'm a rock star stealing their
thunder. Shame on the CDC. Now what's interesting,
he's diagnosing envy in other people. I'm calling
the kettle black. July 21st, 2022. A couple of
interesting things related to the infection of
the president. This is when President Trump,
no, this is when, I guess, I wonder if that was
Biden. Biden must have gotten the infection.
I called up Kevin O 'Connor, who is the physician
to the president, got a briefing from him for
the simple reason that when I go out on TV and
I'm asked whether or not I'd be consulted, it
would be rather embarrassing to say they did
not call the so -called most famous infectious
disease expert in the world, who happens to also
be the chief medical advisor to the president.
I mean, and it goes on and on and on. And he
just loved hanging out with celebrities, and
celebrities were calling him. And this is a trap
that I've seen it happen to lots of people. This
is a real, real, real easy one to fall into.
And so I guess what I'm asking, maybe semi -stating
is that when you fall into a sin like this, This
is probably where the enemy, the devil, Satan,
Beelzebub, call him what you want. That's when
he dives in like, whoa, look at this one I can
take advantage of. Yeah, he's an opportunist
and he uses leverage. And so when we fall, when
we take the bait, remember the title of John
Bevere's book, The Bait of Satan. When we take
the bait, I mean, now he has all the leverage.
And he will leverage our pride. He'll leverage
our vanity. He'll leverage our need for validation
and our need to belong and connect and be seen
and noticed and heard. He'll leverage all those
things, which in and of themselves, some of those
things aren't bad. They're just human dynamics.
You want to believe that you're seen. You want
to believe that you're heard. You want to believe
that somebody actually listens to what you have
to say. But he'll take those natural things that
are not necessarily bad or malevolent, and then
he will leverage them into darker places. And
that is his MO. I mean, because the Bible calls
the devil, it says he's the liar. He's the liar
and the father of lies. There is no truth in
him. That's in John chapter eight. There is no
truth in him. He is the liar and the father of
lies. So that's the only, what's interesting
is people think the devil has real power and
authority. He really doesn't. He's been defanged.
Jesus won at the cross. It is finished, done.
And so Jesus took back the keys of the kingdom.
However, the enemy still has one thing and it's
not a power in itself, but he can use it in a
powerful way. And that is the ability to lie,
manipulate and deceive. So those aren't really
superpowers. Unless you've got willing participants.
And so when you've got a guy like Fauci who stumbles,
who's into pride, he's into vanity, he's starting
to believe press about himself. He's even writing
about it. Man, that is all the enemy needs. He's
already got the momentum. It's like jujitsu.
You don't win jujitsu through strength. You learn
to manipulate momentum and leverage. inertia
to win. And that's exactly what the enemy does.
And I really like looking at the entire COVID
pandemic, scamdemic in this light, because now
I can see the steps on the stairs. You know,
okay, so you get this pride, boom, I've got that
one. Then you go straight to the media and the
media, you know, they have their own sinful ways
and quite honestly, they make money by scaring
people. Whatever it is, that's why if it bleeds,
it leads. Everyone's heard that term. If you
want viewership, breaking at this hour. By the
way, I use that at this hour thing. It's kind
of cool. The news at this hour. It sounds very
urgent. You better be paying attention what's
coming next. That's right. The art of the tease.
All of that is what media is. And of course,
the devil is the prince of the air. The prince
of the air waves, maybe. I don't know if I can
make that jump or not. No, I think he's the prince
of the power of the air is what Ephesians says.
And so it literally, you kind of go, hmm, he
may have some, we'll think about it. If the airwaves
are full of lies, deception, manipulation, that's
the mark of the enemy. That's his MO. So I'd
say that's pretty accurate. So how, so for me
it's become very, And it's always hard, but it's
much easier for me reading this to go, oh, okay,
I forgive this guy. Man, this guy was just a
minor pawn. Now, there you go. Of course, I think
you have to be careful when people say, yeah,
but they were behind it. I'm like, it's a little
hard for me to forgive they, you know. Right,
right. That's too abstract. You know, it's like,
so go ahead. I was going to say, and that kind
of called me out last week. She heard my section
on, you know, we need to forgive him. And she
goes, now, wait a minute. This is my wife. I'm
just being straight. This is us being real. Okay.
This is you and I over coffee. She said, that's
too simplistic. And I said, excuse me. She said,
you're talking to people who are genuinely enraged.
because people died, lots of people died. Businesses
closed, church closed. Funerals couldn't be attended.
I mean, people died alone. And she said, so the
weight and magnitude of the ripple effect of
what he did, while he may not have directly done
those things, he created the platform for that.
And that's what it led to, the domino effect,
I guess I'd say. And so I'm listening to my wife,
take me apart one thing at a time. I'm going,
you're right. That is simplistic. So I did a
little deep dive on something because there is
something that's hard. Because I made the comment,
well, we need to trust the justice system. And
that's hilarious talking to all of us about that.
But here's the thing. But I was thinking, and
I should have clarified, so I want to do that
now. In Romans 13, we have this, the apostle
Paul is breaking it down about what government
is for. I mean, he's literally saying, this is
what it's for, and it's ordained by God. Can
I read this real quick? Of course. It says, Romans
13 .1, everyone must submit himself to the governing
authorities. Now, when you just read that without
any context, you're like, what? And it says this,
but there is no authority except that which God
has established. The authorities that exist have
been established by God. Now, thank goodness
he didn't just stop there or we would just go,
what? So, he says this, consequently, he who
rebels against the authority is rebelling against
what God has instituted, and those who do so
will bring judgment on themselves. Now, everybody
defaults to, well, what about wicked authority?
What about people who have abused their power?
Well, it doesn't stop here. For rulers hold no
terror for those who do right, but for those
who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear
of one in authority? Then do what is right, and
he will commend you. Verse four. for he is God's
servant to do you good. But if you do wrong,
be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for
nothing. He is God's servant, an angel, an agent,
an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the
wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit
to the authorities, not only because of possible
punishment, but also because of conscience. Now,
if you go back up there and you break it down,
you realize He's saying that if government has
been established by God, then the government
official, the person who has been established
in that place, has a responsibility to follow
through with justice for the righteous, but also
justice for the wicked. And he's saying, and
sometimes Romans, it gets a little convoluted
in its language because Paul was going, this
is one of his deepest theological books. So you
got to really read it. But it's literally saying,
If there is a government official, government
not doing what God required of them, and that
is to reward the righteous and punish the wicked,
then they are no longer under God's authority.
They're forfeiting the right to rule and to lead.
So now that's a big statement coming back to
how this applies to Fauci and all that. You know,
as these hearings have rolled out, these Senate
hearings, which you and I have called theater,
and we've seen it as that for years, but they
have a responsibility. It's not enough just for
Holly to get up there and nail these guys, you
know, and just, you know, berate them, you know,
in front of everybody. And then everybody goes
home and says, boy, boy, he got his today. No,
people want justice. They want justice. They
want follow through. And that is the responsibility
of our government, not only to us who elected
them, but also to God who appointed them. So
there is something very serious and it's much
bigger than the failure of Dr. Fauci. It's also
the failure of our government to operate under
God's covenant. And when our founding fathers
established this nation, this is what they had
in mind. They understood this. that they were
carrying a responsibility before God or Ben Franklin
would have given that amazing speech about our
familiar friend who we were seeking. He wouldn't
have got back up and said, we need to get back
out on our knees. This is a man who wasn't even
quote a Christian saying, we need God. And so
this is so important to me because this brings
more context into the picture. Do I have a responsibility
to forgive Fauci for what he did? Yes, but that
doesn't mean he gets off the hook or gets a free
pass. Forgiveness doesn't mean someone's being
released from natural and logical consequences
that are coming their way. I'm not giving that
person a pass. So I can forgive somebody and
file charges against them. Forgiving them doesn't
mean you walk away from it as though nothing
ever happened. You know, when people are saying
Fauci, man, if you're in front of me, I'd kill
him, I'd do this, I'd do that. You know who talks
like that? Prisoners. That's prison talk. You're
in a prison if you speak like that. And it's
been very freeing to me. Now the next thing I
really hope people can do is forgive their family
members. This is the most heartbreaking thing
to me. that happened during the COVID years,
which may turn out to be later in the history
books after we're up in heaven, might be the
spark of the, would it be the third great awakening?
If you think about it. Because people are - Well,
there will be no unity on this planet apart from
forgiveness. That is the turnbuckle. That is
the turnkey on which everything turns. If we
cannot forgive one another, we cannot be unified
as a people, period. And God's not going to bring
a revival where there's no unity. He actually
dwells among brothers who dwell in unity, the
scripture says. He's there and that's where he
commands the blessing. And if it's to be, let
it start with me. Come on, brother. We had my
son and his family, our family, our kids, we
called them, and grandkids with us this last
week, and we had such a sweet time. And we had
some deep conversations about, I don't even like
to use the word politics. It's just culture in
general. Call it politics, call it whatever.
Call it red, blue, whatever. It's culture. It's
the culture we live in. You can't get away from
it. He's in a church that's very multicultural,
which is great, which is amazing in the middle
of Houston, Texas. We know Houston's got some
very, very left liberal bent in terms of their
city politics and things that are coming out
of Houston. And so we got to talking about the
vaccine because my son is very much on a health
journey himself. So we were talking about health
and it came up and He mentioned that they did
take the VAC. They took the shots. And I said,
man, I'm really sorry about that. And he goes,
he said, yeah, he said, we didn't know any different.
He said, we were just doing what doctors were
telling us to do. I said, that's a lot of people.
It wasn't a political decision. It was just,
your doctor said, do you need to do this if you're
going to fly? And they needed to fly, so they
did it. But I said, do you regret it? He goes,
I regret that I didn't know the whole story.
I regret that I didn't know everything. I was
telling him about our friend, David, who's an
ER doctor and how many young people were coming
in with all kinds of weird, strange anomalies
physically that had just snowballed after the
vaccines started hitting and they were vaccinating
teenagers. And he said, yeah, we've heard all
those stories too. But I thought, I love that
we could go there together and we were not exactly
on the same side of the fence of that, but have
a wonderful conversation of understanding and
talking through. And what usually informs our
ideas is context. And once you have a real conversation,
and you can talk about something in context,
you go, okay, I can see why you did that. As
opposed to, I hate you. You're either woke or
you're MAGA or you're whatever. It's like, I
see what led up to that decision. Whether I agree
with it or not, it's almost irrelevant. You were
led to that decision and informed by something.
Decisions aren't made in a vacuum, are they?
Never. There was a a theory, which I still kind
of follow as a Belgian guy, Dutch guy, Matthias,
I forget his last name, I think it was mass.
It was like mass hysteria, but it was different.
Now I feel silly that I can't remember it. Mass
hypnosis. I can't remember. I'll put it in the
show notes. It was a solid theory, and it works.
When you're at home, you're online. And now,
of course, because of the work at home, stay
at home, be online, we're much more online than
ever. Very few people even pick up the phone
anymore, myself included, text message. Lucia
and I will jokingly say, well, maybe we should
just pick up the phone. This has been a 50 messages
back and forth. They just pick up the phone.
We talk about this in 30 seconds. We are now,
you know just taking into account that that the
enemy loves using the airwaves loves using media
To put us in a certain state of mind. There is
I I truly believe in America at least There is
a a psychosis forming which is not irrational
From from a psychological standpoint, but we
need to talk about First of all, how it's being
presented, why it's being presented to us. And
what I'm referring to here is, now remember,
when you're just looking at a screen, your whole
worldview in that moment is the screen. You are
not a bird that can look at the seed on the ground
and look for the enemy with your other eye. That's
not who we are. You're sitting there both. both
synapse, you know, both sides of the brain are
firing, probably fighting with each other. You're
trying to figure stuff out. And the one that
we're going through right now in America, and
maybe even particular in Texas, because we're
such a, you know, patriotic, free, open, you
know, like, hey, this is, we're Texans, we're
Americans, you know, but nothing's going to happen
to us, is the quote unquote, Muslim invasion.
while there is, and I want to talk about this,
while there are definitely very important issues
for us to look at, what is happening is this
most recent occurrence in Siusa, which is a small
little, you know, northern part of, well, North
Africa basically, but Morocco. that is Spanish
protectorate. It's been that way since I think
1668 or something. And it's a tiny piece of land.
Very tiny piece of land. It is about I think
15 miles through the ocean to get to Spain. So
that's important. Look at a map and look this
place up. when you're hearing that and seeing
the headlines, Europe is being invaded, 60 ,000
Muslims crash into Spain. So first of all, that's
just factually not true. And there's a reason
for what happened. But just two quick examples
of how this is being presented in the media.
This is Fox News. Military age men. There's no
women. There's no families. This is such military
age men. They did this with the border, the southern
border. Oh, it's military age men. Chinese are
coming in. They're taken over from the inside.
This is being done for a reason. These are military
age men. There's no women. There's no families
desperate for a better life. What do you think
they're up to? What a great question. What do
you think they're up to? What could it possibly
be? Clearly, they're only here to invade. You
know, Brian, this is exactly what we went to
under the last administration. We saw the same.
same same incidents over time and time again
and when you advertise amnesty when you advertise
work permits come here we're not going to remove
you and especially in the eu which once you come
in what they call feet dry when you come in on
the water you can just go anywhere you're going
to attract you're not going to attract anyone
that's just coming for a better life you sometimes
gonna attract the worst the worst like you said
you have military -age male this is real this
is like it's not even logical Right. I hear where
he's going. You're only going to track the worst
of the worst of the worst. It can't be any worse
than this. Males coming from God knows where
that you don't know who they are. They have been
properly vetted. You don't know who's in your
country right now. We went through that and look
what ICE had to do with the brave men and women
of Border Patrol had to do to go in and find
these individuals and remove them. We've gone
15 months with the most secure border ever with
zero releases in the country. And if we don't
take a lesson from Spain, this is what we're
going to have to go through again. Be afraid.
We got to take a lesson from Spain. There it
is. Be very afraid. And then this is important
because what we have learned without any doubt
is what has happened in Europe, the European
Union, but it's been happening for 25 years in
the Netherlands. These things do take a little
while before it's maybe irreversible. The UK,
it all surrounded, illegal immigration couched
under the guise of asylum and asylum laws have
purposely not been changed. England, the United
Kingdom is an island. I mean, you can't even
get a dog into the United Kingdom without putting
it into quarantine for six months. I know I've
had to do it. Wow. So just consider how strange
all of this is. And over time, again, a quarter
of a century, but I saw it happen. I saw it happen
started in 99. What if you, if you, if you have
apathy and like, okay, whatever, it's just, you
know, it's like the boiling frog. And before
you know it, and this is probably most prevalent
in Belgium and Antwerp, then the asylum seekers
now all of a sudden have government positions
and they have. different background, different
culture, but when they are in positions of legislative
power, now you have a problem. Play one more.
This is from Deutsche Welle, so this is a German
report. You've seen things like this happen before.
These images of all of these young men trying
to get into Europe, do people there at the border
in Spain, do they ask, where are the women? Where
are the wives? Where are the mothers? Well, I
think most of them are actually much too young
to they have mothers but sisters well I think
there's you know further a lot of religious and
political reasons of why it be more difficult
for women young women particularly to do this.
But it is mostly young men. Many of these men
will be in fact underage and the Spanish state
has an obligation to look after them until they're
18. And the services that offer that are already
hugely overwhelmed in cities like Barcelona,
Madrid and Valencia. So I found that to be...
Soundtrack. What I thought was kind of interesting
is that there's a difference between military
-age men than young men who are underage who
really may just be desperate to find something
else, but that is never an option. Now again,
I understand when you look at Europe and you
have people like Tommy Robinson going around
all the churches in Texas saying, you have two
years, you have two years, you have two years.
Well, we have a different situation right off
the bat. Luckily have a president who did what
they said was impossible without immigration
reform, comprehensive immigration reform. I've
heard it mentioned for 20 years. No, he just
said, no clothes were done. It's okay. Right.
And why governments wanted this is a whole different
podcast and a whole different episode of a podcast.
But what really happened here is the courts made
it possible. The Spanish court literally made
this this move by going around the fence through
the water instead of over the fence, made it
legal. So you have to question what exactly were
their reasons for that. But that's Europe. Right
now I'm talking about the United States. Here's
the problem. Here's the thing we have to look
out for. This particular situation where we have
an example of Europe, it's clear. No one's going
to argue that in particular what is called the
red green alliance where you have islamists uh
practiced by some muslims um combining with socialists
and and the reason for that the reason why they
always connect it sounds it's almost like the
weirdest thing like hey i practice sharia law
so i will kill you if you're gay or throw you
off the roof right right but The reason why they,
and women, you can't show any skin. The reason
why the very liberal socialist in America, it's
the Democrat socialist of America, they both,
as long as the enemy of my enemy, if you are
the enemy of my enemy, you're good to go. And
that is the reason, it's like that's the thing
in the human mind, I can't quite comprehend,
but the enemy of my enemy, I will connect with
them. But this fear, this new fear, which is
not completely invalid, although it's a very
different situation, but when you're thrown with
these images all day of 60 ,000 military age
men, well, this could happen here. It's already
happening here. There's 5 ,000 mosques being
built an hour. This is being monetized before
your very eyes. This is what we have to realize
when I come from media I started when I was 15
I was in commercial media big time when I was
19 the way you get people to buy something is
to Trigger their emotions and the minute the
emotions are triggered Then you can slip in any
kind of message you want and it will stick. It's
just that's just that's how advertising works
advertising is Tell people to be afraid of something.
It can be afraid of you know, I'm never gonna
get that girl So I better drink Bud Light. I
mean, it's it's it's subtle, but it works now
listen to the Megyn Kelly show Big influence
actually I should probably I should probably
start here I looked up the ed because Tina sent
me a video about this. I was like, this is fascinating.
We talk about influencers the etymology of the
word influencer a bit No, but I love etymology.
Yes, so late 14th century, influenza. So, influenza,
a streaming ethereal power from the stars, acting
on your character and destiny without your knowledge
or consent. Astrology, basically. Wow. The word
influenza comes from this root word, influenza.
because at the time people thought the stars
did this to them. So now this is so deep because
it comes from the stars, astrology, but what
are influencers? They are stars. I mean just
this word alone carries so much power that we
need to be careful about that. That was hidden
in plain sight. And I can't believe that this
word has been around us for a decade and I've
never even considered to look up the etymology
of it. Anyway, so we have to be careful of the
influences. I like Megyn Kelly. I've been on
her show a couple times. She seems nice. She
took a kind of a weird turn at a certain point
and whatever. I mean, I have no disdain for her,
but you have to realize what influencers like
her are doing with fear. This is straight from
her podcast. I'm sorry, but for many of us Americans,
that phrase is deeply rattling and disturbing.
And the last thing we need to have is to hear
it broadcast five times a day from loudspeakers
all over American cities, Rich. Yeah, no, obviously
no one has a problem with Muslims praying and
every time I see it I have all due respect for
people whose faith means so much to them, but
this is obviously It's a violation of noise ordinance
or should be right and those hours of the day
We wouldn't want church bells ringing at 3 30
in the morning. That's crazy And it goes it feels
to a lot of people as a act of cultural aggression
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two there. Wow. Well, here's my favorite one.
This is Ali Beth Stuckey, who I also like. I
mean, I usually like the first five minutes.
I'm like, okay. Right. Same. She is definitely
an influencer. A lot of people listen to her
podcast and here she is. And anyway, and even
in the Quran, you have like these beautiful servant
boys. This is a guest. In heaven, which is kind
of ambiguous. And some people say it's meant
to be sexually enticing. And here's the ad. Next
sponsor for the day is Jace Medical. This is
a way to stay prepared for your family. You don't
want to get in a situation where you can't access
the medication that you need. Oh no, if the Muslims
come, you won't be able to access your medication.
I just want people to see it. Please, I just
want you to see it. That's a great observation.
So, it was Matthias Desmet that you were referring
to. Desmet, yeah. Mass formation. Yeah, Desmet.
Mass formation psychosis. Psychosis, that's it.
Thank you. Wow. Yes, discredit, of course, as
being a quack, obviously. Now, pastors have an
interesting take on this. Not a single pastor
has not said, we need to pray. And I'm happy
to hear that. And there's a lot of pastors out
there. that discuss this. And they use fear tactics
as well, which I'm just not sure is the best
way to do it. And I want to give an example here.
This is Jack Hibbs. So to back that up, let's
show you something that's going on. Let's play
a little bit of scary Allah Akbar music. All
right, ladies and gentlemen, that is every Friday
night in New York City Times Square. Welcome
to America. Since the election of Mandani, Zoran
Mandani, He has been speaking more and more Arabic,
and he's been speaking more and more about Sharia
law in New York City. And now the call to prayer
is put out by speaker over New York City. And
you don't go to Times Square on Fridays any longer
in New York City. What do you think of that?
All that because Christians did not vote in New
York City. So there's a high probability, friends,
26 % of the eligible Christians in California,
26 % of them vote, which means whoever's running
for governor or assembly or presidents or whatever,
the Christian vote in California no longer matters.
So he's enticing his congregation to vote, which
of course is after prayer. But of course we need
to vote. And that's for any group that we don't
necessarily, but voting for what? It's not just
about your Senator, your state Senator. It's
your zoning board. If you want to determine where
a mosque is built, get on the zoning board. Have
your church vote for you. I mean, we - County
commissioner. County commissioner is a big one.
Those are critical. Critical. This is what didn't
happen in Europe. By the way, when I was growing
up, or coming up, I should say, in the 80s and
90s, I had a daughter. I didn't care at all about
the school board, running for the school board.
You got nothing better than a loser. I mean,
I'm honest about it and I regret it. You didn't
know what you didn't know. Maybe no one told
me, maybe I wasn't listening. And so, Pastor
Hibbs is correct, but I kind of feel like you
undo the prayer part by saying, well, you better
be afraid of this. You can't go to Times Square
in New York on a Friday night because you didn't
vote. I mean, I don't know. It doesn't entirely
sit right with me, but he's doing a version of
be afraid. You got to go out and vote. But I
would prefer that people also stand to be voted
on. It can't just be a passive activity of go
off and tick a box. And then the one that I think
most people stumble on with this next pandemic,
this next mass formation psychosis is, well,
We might as well give up because the numbers
are just against us. There is fear of upsetting
that. That's one part. The second part is the
right in demographics. And that is the labor.
That is the left vote. You're having exactly
the same problem in the U S with the Democrats
doing everything they can to please their voting
base. Doesn't matter how they destroy the country.
And we have the same. issue here. We had a cap
on giving money to families with two children
so we give money. extra money if you've got two
children. And there was a cap that you couldn't
get that child benefit if you had more than two
children. But of course, Muslim families have
huge, huge families, huge amount of children.
So Labour decided it was damaging their voter
base to have that restriction. So they removed
it. So if you've got seven, eight, nine, ten
children with your four wives, that's all fine.
You now get the benefits for that. So it is purely
moving towards your voter base and doing anything
you want. That was the Glenn Beck show, by the
way. And this is kind of where people throw up
their hands and go, well, we're lost. That's
it. We can never, we can't keep up with seven,
eight kids. They're going to overrun us. And,
and without a doubt, that is true in Europe where
they're missing an element that we have in the
United States. And really the one pastor I found
who at least, praise God, is really, at least
starting with the right message, and I think
you and I will add one bit to that, is Josh Howerton.
Especially for young men, if somebody was like,
hey dude, just give it to me straight. What do
I need to be doing? Here's what I would say,
and I would say pray, ask the leadership ability
spirit, follow your conscience if it deviates
from any of this. But essentially, some of these
are not deviatable. I would essentially go, hey
man, if you want to live a life of extraordinary
consequence, give your life to Jesus, read your
Bible every day, pray every day, and act like
it. Go to church, find a cute girl that loves
Jesus, and get married young. Let me just side
note real quick. The more I'm hanging out with
young adults in our church, and they're like
26, 27, 28, and they're like, ah, I'm not ready
to get married yet. I'm like, what? Are you crazy?
Are you crazy? You're like 10 years into historical
marriageable age in human history. In general,
people right now are waiting way too late to
get married. Biologically, all the things, find
a cute girl that loves Jesus, get married young,
have one more kid than you think you can afford.
I was just like, let me just have one more kid
than you think you could afford and then work
hard to build something great instead of complaining.
You do that stuff and you're going to live a
life of extraordinary consequence. The only thing
I would say to the olds, people like me, apparently.
I like the message. This wasn't even necessarily
related to Muslims, but I looked at a lot of
influences and pastors to see what they're saying
and to see what we're all being exposed to. Now,
if you listen to Pastor Hibbs, the one thing
that neither he nor Josh Howerton really connect
to it, they know it, they connect to it, is multiply.
Which is our actual job to not just multiply
with making humans, but to multiply bringing
people to Christ. Because then if it's only 26
% of Christians in California, but you triple
the size and the amount of Christians, now all
of a sudden you have a different picture. And
that just hit me like a lightning bolt the other
day as I'm like, Oh man, it's right there. The
answer is right there. We don't have to sit at
home shivering in front of the screen that the
Muslims are taking over. We can never combat
this. We don't have enough children. Go out and
multiply people. That's so good. Be fruitful
and multiply. That is one of the first early
commandments from the Lord for humankind. That
was the whole... That was why we were put on
the planet. It's Genesis 1 .28. God blessed them,
who's them, Adam and Eve, and said to them, be
fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth
and subdue it, rule over the fish, the sea, the
birds of the air, and every living creature that
moves on the ground. And then after the flood,
Genesis 9 .1, then God blessed Noah and his son,
saying to them, be fruitful and increase in number
and fill the earth. I mean, these are early commands.
These are some of the first basic things that
we were put on the planet to do. And it's interesting
that some of the supposedly greatest minds in
the world are panicking over the sheer number
of people on earth. We're destroying the planet.
There's too many people. We have to stop birthing
babies. I mean, we've got to start limiting.
We got to start literally creating foods and
atmosphere and circumstances where people cannot
multiply anymore. So we're going to promote things
that will keep you from having more children.
I mean, and yet it's one of the first commands
in Scripture. And then you see the command in
the New Testament, which is the... It's the...
The Great Commission? The Great Commission, the
apostolic command, and it literally says, go
there for... and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son,
and the Holy Spirit, teaching them everything
I've taught you, and I will be with you till
the end of the age. So I mean, these two commands
both have the same element, and that is multiply
physically in number and then multiply spiritually
in number. Those are our commands as followers
of Jesus. And so you don't have to sit at home
feeling helpless. And the good news is Jesus
is trending. So you already got a point ahead.
People are interested. Things are looking good.
I was just told the other night we've been having
46 plus people come on a Tuesday night for just
a six week Bible study. And it wasn't over advertised.
It's none of our staff leading it. It's on experiencing
God. And the word I got back was from Blair Nevins
who's leading this and others who've been. People
are hungry. Yes. People are hungry. Even on Sundays,
I've been teaching on this, just one more, just
get up and go do something. People are hungry.
I mean, and they're responding to these messages.
So there are good things. This is a good season.
I'm not going to take the position of Jack Kibbs
and say like Chicken Little, the sky's falling,
it's too late, we're done, our vote doesn't count.
I'm telling you, I would not have said that even
if the numbers pointed that way because I don't
live my life according to statistics. I live
my life according to God's word and what he promises
and what he says will happen. Not what Some survey
which you know what a survey is worth barely
worth a paper. It's printed on I mean, let's
just be real and too many too many factors too
many nuances too many agendas so I Would not
have said what I know what he's doing He's he
was in a moment The fear was rising could feel
the room and he just sort of put an exclamation
point on it. Basically, it's too late We've already
lost California. I mean, that's what it sounded
like to me and yet you got Victor Marks in. Colorado
running for governor, full on for Jesus, spirit
-filled. He's taking massive abuse for his faith
right now, but the dude is still standing. He
won the primary. I mean, he is like fighting.
He just did a thing with Pierce and Pierce just
went there on all that and just tried to undo
him right there on camera. I'll have to watch
that. Oh, yeah. It was brutal. But he said, don't
watch Pierce's version, watch the whole thing,
because there will be the whole thing. That's
another episode we have to do. about editing.
No kidding. Yeah. But all that to say is that
the reason why I say we get to do this is because
it keeps my mind thinking forward, not looking
downward. I'm looking upward. I'm looking towards
him. The reason why I call our podcast living
up in a down world is that we refuse to fall
into this rut of stinking thinking and believing
it's all over. And basically it steals the hope.
out of your heart. Yes. And I will not live hopeless.
There's three things that remain, faith, hope,
and love. The greatest of these is love, but
faith and hope. By the way, the essence of faith
and hope are the same thing. Faith is literally,
biblical hope is the confident and joyful expectation
of a desired good. That's the root of faith too.
Believing, trusting, there's going to be something
good that comes. And that's the essence of the
Christian life. And that's why I refuse to buy
into, even some of my peers, my colleagues saying
doom and gloom, it's over, they're sounding,
the sirens are growing off in our city, stop,
drop and roll and pray. I refuse to give in to
that idea that anything's over. Because we almost
act like it's the worst that it's ever been in
America. And if we know our history, this is
not the worst it's ever been in America. We love
hearing from everybody out there. I'm not quite
sure what we're going to call everybody. We get
to doers? I'm not quite there yet. We've got
to come up and help us people. Help us with that.
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and we've been getting a lot of beautiful notes.
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who sent it in for us today. Start off with $500
from Anonymous. Now this person is so anonymous
that he or she donated and then immediately erased
all their tracks. So I don't know why, but we
appreciate you. Thank you, whoever you are. Thank
you. Christopher Witzel sent us $100 and he has
a note. Thank you, Adam and Pastor Jimmy. About
20 months ago, I found God after my wife left
and my young family was broken apart. I hit rock
bottom and reached the point where I wanted to
end it all. But a close friend shared the gospel
with me, which set me on a path to where I am
today, a new creation in Christ, 2 Corinthians
5, 17. I was so excited to hear on no agenda
that Adam was on a similar walk. I've been enjoying
WGTDT since last year when you were arguing with
JCD about the new podcast and sharing material.
I remember thinking, what is this scandalous
podcast that has JCD so up in arms? I will deeply
miss John C. Pastor Jimmy, your words were such
a comfort in the last episode as we said farewell
to a friend. As Christians, we have the ultimate
hope of knowing he has moved on to a better place.
The very same hope that pulled me out of the
valley I was in and gave me new life in Christ
Jesus. It's a completely new outlook on life
and I love sharing the good news now. Chris Winslow,
Spirit Lake, Idaho. That's great. Love that.
I should say we're taping a little bit early,
so if you got the newsletter and you sent in
a note with your donation, we'll do it on next
Wednesday so you have not been forgotten. Darren
Wilson comes in with what is quickly becoming
a favorite donation amount, $77 .77. I love that.
It's great. He says, Ephesians 4 .1, live a life
worthy of the calling you have received. Peace
be with you, brothers, from Darren Wilson. $50
from ex -Vermonters. I'm deriving that from their
email address, ex -Vermonters. So I just guess
they're formerly from Vermont. No note, thank
you. Justin Zetzer, $50. No note, thank you,
Justin. Alison Stang sends $50. Dear Adam, it's
been such an encouragement to witness you living
out Matthew 16 .24. What is that, brother? What
is 16 .24? I don't know. I'm not a walking concordance,
but I can find it very quickly. What? Matthew
16, 24. I'll find it. You're not a walking concordance.
So disappointing. Like, hey, you're a comedian,
tell a joke. Come on, you should be able to do
that. Here it is. Then Jesus said to his disciples,
if anyone would come after me, he must deny himself,
take up his cross and follow me. Boom. Fantastic.
Thank you, Allison. She says, thank you. Thank
you, Pastor Jimmy, for being such a consistent.
calm fountain of wisdom each week. Then a long
note, but it's an important one, so I'm going
to share the last one from Carrie Scott. She
sent us $41, which I think will also become a
special number for the show. I love it. Adam
and Pastor Jimmy, I'm donating $41 as a symbol
of what comes after a 40 -day season of testing.
The 41st day when someone takes the first step
into God's promised purpose or a new beginning.
I found this especially fitting for Adam as he
walks through this season of transition. My husband
Brandon has been an Avid Noah gender listener
since around episode 200. I've listened with
him off and on since we met in 2012, and eventually
I began listening to Kuri and the Keeper as well.
We were both deeply saddened by the loss of JCD
and we sent our heartfelt condolences. I was
listening to last week's episode of WGTDT and
felt led to donate and share a brief testimony.
I've been what I would call a room temperature
Christian, cooler than lukewarm, since I fell
out of sync with the Lord when I was a teenager,
I'm now 35. This past February I found myself
depressed and in a very dark place. One evening
after going down some dark satanic rabbit holes
that I couldn't seem to pull myself out of following
the release of the Epstein files, wow, a lot
of people have been there, I heard God ask me,
when I come back to free my people from evil
of this world, are you coming with me? Well,
there was only one answer I could give. Since
that moment I've been deep diving into God's
Word and rebuilding my relationship with Christ.
Every night as Brandon and I are falling asleep,
I rest my hand on his shoulder and pray that
the Lord captures his heart and he joins me wholeheartedly
on this journey of faith. He prays with me occasionally
and watches sermons from Bridge Church with me
from time to time, but he still wrestles with
his beliefs. I'd like to ask if you would join
me in praying that the walls around his heart
would be broken down and he would fully accept
Jesus as his Lord and Savior so he will one day
join me in the kingdom of heaven. I apologize
for such a long note. Love the podcast. Can't
wait to see where the Lord leads it next. God
bless from Kerry Scott. Wow. Beautiful. Wow.
Thank you, Kerry. Wow. Thank you for your transparency.
Yes. And beautiful note. I have one note to share.
This is from Joe Rojas. He's become a buddy and
a friend of We Get To Do This. He says, Hey,
Pastor Jimmy, I hope you're having an amazing
day. The thanks really goes to God, but I wanted
to acknowledge your part in my life. And he says
this, Joe Rogan led me to Adam. Adam led me to
no agenda and JCD. Adam led me to you. You have
had a profound impact on my life showing me all
that church can be. I prayed that I'd find a
church like yours and the Holy Spirit led me
to Grace Church here in West Bridgewater, Maine.
I went for the first time today to check it out
and I immediately found myself overwhelmed with
the presence of God. It has a similar format
to what I've watched in your church. I'm excited
to go back and take my whole family this next
Sunday. I pray that someday I find my way to
Fredericksburg so that I can shake your hand
and say thank you in person. Thank you, Joe Rojas
for writing in that note. These notes encourage
us beyond what you would know. And they also,
God uses them to confirm that we're on the right
track, that we're doing what we're supposed to
be doing. Amen. All right, land the plane for
me, brother. All right. Well, I had a good landing
and then, oh, I got one. Hang on. Hang on. I
just remember this. Here's what we get to do.
This is, we're doing life at the crossroads of
culture and Christianity. There you go. Yes.
That's it. It's a little long for my t -shirt,
but I like it. It's not a band name. I know,
right? That's what we're doing though. We do
life, man. Right? We're culture and Christianity.
right at the middle of the crossroads. Subscribe
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see where this goes. I love these numbers. The
numerology is fun. I don't want to just call
people listeners. I've never really liked that.
They'll have to come up with something, so send
us your ideas. Brother, have a great time tonight
at the premiere and the one in Austin. Awesome.
We're hitting the gym, Planet Fitness here in
a little bit, a little temple care, and then
we get to go eat at a Brazilian steakhouse. But
the carnivores getting together, that should
be wild. And then the movie, seven o 'clock.
Beautiful. And we will be back next Wednesday
with another episode of We Get To Do This. Have
a great week, everybody. This is the chance we
did not miss This is the life we get to do this