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Current Issues: Desmond Tutu, the Pope, and the PCUSA

And welcome to the dividing line on a Tuesday morning. We have lots and lots to get to today. I have the proverbial stack of stuff as well as videos and audios and all the things get to. Did a a ride this morning got an entire book done on a single ride that was that was accomplishing something I got through the new Reza Aslan book zealot this morning you say how in the world get an entire book.

It was a 65 mile ride and Then I kept it going once I got home and I was putting my stuff in the computer and all that kind of stuff so got through. Got through the book and hence have some thoughts on that particular Subject as well.

But also have a pile of other things to get to and we have to continue to press forward in. Getting through the debates when you get through before South Africa so much much to do. Speaking of South Africa, I guess the first thing I'll go to here in my stack of stuff in in my Pocket.

I use pocket to sort of throw stuff in there so I can keep an idea of what I want to talk about on the program. Quote, I'd rather go to hell than worship a homophobic God. Desmond Tutu speaks out as he compares gay rights to the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.

Wow. The South African Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he will never worship a homophobic God and rather go to hell than find himself in a homophobic heaven. The retired archbishop said the fight against homophobia in South Africa was similar to the campaign waged against racial apartheid in South Africa.

Archbishop Tutu 81 was speaking at the launch of the UN's first global campaign to promote gay rights. There you go folks all the money we spend to keep the UN operational. And great anti-christian organization as well, well has been for a long time.

Although gay relationships are legal in South Africa. The country has had some of the worst incidences of homophobic violence. UN Human Rights Chief Navi Palay said. So What a tutu say I would refuse to go to homophobic heaven.

No, I would say sorry. I mean, I would much rather go to the other place. He said I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this. Archbishop Tutu said the campaign against homophobia Was on a par with the campaign to end the official racial segregation that split South Africa until it was formally ended in 1994.

I am as passionate about this campaign as I ever was about apartheid for me. It is at the same level he added well. Of course, there's absolutely no discussion here of How you define homophobia and For an archbishop you would think maybe there might be some commentary somewhere on the Bible and the Bible's teachings and the clarity of those teachings both positively and negatively positively in regards to what is proper for human beings.

What God's intention in their creation is? Things like that, but no, there's there's nothing there. It wasn't an overly in-depth article. Maybe there was a bunch of discussion of that. Maybe someone can direct me to that I I just sort of doubt that that was a big element of a UN sponsored get-together promoting Homosexual rights and of course, I am deeply saddened every time that I see Civil rights a parallel to the homosexual situation.

It is a It shows a fundamental confusion. Just as homosexuality shows a fundamental confusion the promotion of it as if it is a Civil rights issue is likewise similarly confused and it is sad to observe right at the same time The current Pope again much more chatty than a Benedict was.

Which is keeping his Apologists very busy. I've noticed that Jimmy Akin is quite busy on his website. Explaining well, the Pope meant this and and then the Pope meant that and and He wasn't doing that.

He didn't really have to do that very much with Benedict. Benedict is much more careful. Francis is much more chatty and I would imagine there's a lot of folks in the Curia in Rome that are just really really not happy about that at all, but Again, remember even from the Roman Catholic perspective the Pope can say it.

But it doesn't make it infallible now, of course how you're supposed to know that no one knows but but just remember always even this Pope comes off and says something completely wild and just goes against Everything that's been said before.

All you're gonna hear is what you got to remember. It's only official definitions where the Pope is infallible. Now how you know what that is? We don't really know. I mean, you know it's it's Whatever is convenient as we have as we have discovered over the years.

But anyway I Guess he was was sort of doing the thing that Popes and presidents and stuff do they go back and talk to journalists? They're stuck back in the back seats on the papal plane or the presidential plane or whatever and So speaking to journalists on a flight back from a week-long visit to Brazil.

He reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's position homosexual acts were sinful, but homosexual orientation was not. If a person is quote if a person is gay and seeks God and has goodwill. Who am I to judge him?

The Pope said on Monday in a broad-ranging 80-minute conversation with reporters on the plane. That's that's the other thing Benedict couldn't have put up reporters for 80 minutes. That's just not without the use of some type of calming medication.

That's That's that's just not normal. The problem is not having this orientation. We must be brothers. The problem is lobbying by this orientation. He said. Addressing the issue of women priests the Pope said the Roman Catholic Church's ban on women priests was Definitive, although he would like them to have more leadership roles in administration and pastoral activities.

Unlike his predecessor Benedict who knew in advance the few questions journalists would be allowed to ask. 76 year old Pope Who as an Argentine was the first non-european Pope in 1300 years imposed no restrictions as he fielded 21 questions.

Which is which is interesting and this was evidently was part of the Questions about the gay lobby stuff in the Vatican and all the rest that stuff. Again. This raises issues that I addressed in the debate with Justin Lee.

The desire for sin is Is different from the desire for something that is not sin. If it is sinful for a man to lust after another man's wife But not engage in relation with her. How is it not sinful to desire that which God has said is inappropriate?

There is a disordering to homosexual desire and it's even got to the point where you can't even say that anymore. It is it is truly amazing you have to differentiate between those desires and The acts.

But to say well, hey, you know, it's it's perfectly fine to have This kind of and I know that there are people who do but they they recognize that's something they don't want. And so when you come along and say you shouldn't have to worry about it.

Just as long as you don't act on it. Are we have we really so bifurcated man that the desires of your heart are somehow different from You know how you act so you're just you're just completely Disconnected in that way it's it's amazing.

But anyway. Then I just had to bring this one up. I had to bring this one up. I normally don't Spend much time reading or listening to what Timothy George has to say but There was a very interesting article that I encountered.

I think most of us know the song in Christ alone. It is a a great song. It really is. But Evidently it It's too conservative for some people. If you know the song You know that one of the verses is in Christ alone who took on flesh fullness of God and helpless babe this gift of love and righteousness scorned by the ones he came to save till on that cross as Jesus died the wrath of God Was satisfied for every sin on him was laid here in the death of Christ.

I live well. That song is not going to be in the new hymnal of the PC USA because of that line that mentions The wrath of God as DA Carson would say wrath. Recently the wrath of God became a point of controversy and decision of the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational song to exclude from its new hymnal the much-loved song in Christ alone by Keith Getty and Stuart Townsend Townend.

The committee wanted to include this song because it is sung in so many churches Presbyterian and otherwise. But they could not abide this line from the third stanza till on that cross as Jesus died the wrath of God was satisfied.

Well, according to this that's the second stanza. Yeah, that's the second stanza according to this so I think they miscounted but anyways, whatever. Uh did it did it today for this. For this they wanted to substitute now we have a couple hymns in our church where we have.

We've we've cleaned up a few Arminian isms. Always it's always interesting when you especially when they're pretty well-known hymns. To listen to visitors singing something different than what we're seeing because they're so used to the non-reformed version.

But they wanted this substitute as Jesus died the love of God was magnified. The authors of the hymn. Who happened to still be around? I mean so we can get away with this because we only do this to hymns of dead people.

The authors of the hymn insisted on the original wording and the committee voted nine to six that in Christ alone. Would not be among the eight hundred or so items in their new Hymnal, there is no surprise in this news.

Although not all PC USA churches are theological liberal the domination by and large is Liberalism and wrath go together like oil and water. They don't mix and historically speaking one of them eventually has to go.

When the when wrath goes so does the central meaning of the atonement of Christ penal substitution at the end of the day. The cross itself is a stumbling block and that is why the PC USA cannot abide this Hymn, well, that is that is quite true.

But it does tell you something about as many of my Presbyterian friends like to call it Pukas the PC USA Has Gone way out into the theological woods and That's that's that's that's a shame. Well, everybody was was all In a bothered.

Because a Mormon actually believes what Mormons are supposed to believe. I Was sent a link to Good old Glenn Beck, I you know, what's it like to to live your life? Where Wow, I mean Everything you say is being recorded and transmitted.

Just just constantly it it's an amazing thing and So I was sent this clip and and I it didn't have much of a context to it, unfortunately. But In essence it is a discussion between Glenn Beck and some dude Who I do not know and they're talking about Thomas Jefferson and in the process Basically what Beck does is He says well look Thomas Jefferson didn't like the The Trinity and I'm a Mormon and I don't get the Trinity either so You can't say he wasn't a Christian just because he didn't get the Trinity, you know.

That's that's basically what he had to say. So let's let's listen to what Glenn Beck has to say here and We'll we'll comment on it.

I'm a Mormon. I don't see the Trinity either. I recognize God the Father the Holy Ghost and Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is my Savior. He atoned for my sins. I must go through Jesus Christ. To return to obtain salvation have to got it.

But because I have that difference same difference with Jefferson because I have that people claim I'm not a Christian.

No, Glenn, that's that's you've you've unfortunately misunderstood. The Fundamental issue with Mormonism and the reason that Glenn you are not a Christian is Simple monotheism. Simple monotheism it is whether we believe that there is one True and eternal God who created all things or whether we believe that there are many gods three or more.

Certainly Mormonism is The most polytheistic religion I've ever encountered in all of my studies of man's religions including Hinduism in in its most crass polytheistic forms with 330 million gods and and the like and The issue of the relationship of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit Has to do with the fact that in Mormonism once you deny monotheism now you have multiple gods.

And of course you have the teaching of your prophet that we have imagined to suppose that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea and take away the veil so that you may see the King Follett funeral discourse of 1844 the most cited Sermon by Joseph Smith by the General Authorities of Mormon Church for 150 years.

So The fundamental issue is that Christianity has always been monotheistic. It is definitional of our faith. To believe there is only one true and eternal God who created all things. That is of the essence that is of the definition.

It's not well We like Thomas Jefferson, so we'll bend the rules for him. No the issue is very clearly the matter of definition and allowing Christianity to be able to define itself and so You can talk about different views in regards to the relationship the Father Son the Holy Spirit.

But the issue with Mormonism That's that's that's jumping in at the top rather than jumping in at the foundation of what the difference really is. Now do I think Glenn Beck really has a good solid understanding Of what all these issues are.

No I I do not not for a not for a second. Do I think he is just massively confused theologically. Oh, yeah big time big time. He is exposed so regularly to so many different perspectives. That I am certain that the level of confusion there is Outstanding what I would love to see is a solid Good Christian sit down with him for a number of hours and who knows Mormonism.

Very very well and knows the Bible and knows history and really help him to understand. That would be wonderful, but.

That's that's not what we see going on there that I think is what some of this is is. They're they're saying no. It's not our definition of Christian, but I don't care what your definition of Christian Jefferson's definition my definition now it may not be your definition of Christian, but his definition my definition is Jesus Christ is my Savior if you don't like it.

I'll be taking it up with him and believe me. He'll let me know in the end. And I think that's kind of what is in some ways happening with with some of the deep theologians. They can't let That difference be called a Christian because then it opens up too many cans of worms that are trouble.

Cans of worms that are trouble again. This is what happens when you come at it from the top rather than from the foundation. Is your religion. Does your religion believe that there is one true and eternal God yes or no.

The answer of Christianity is yes. The answer of Mormonism is no. That's where the difference is and You can start talking about Jesus as Savior all you want. But anybody who knows Mormonism knows that who Jesus is what Jesus did what sin is what salvation is?

Everything is completely Different in Mormonism. I've said it many times. I will defend it in debate. Islam is closer to biblical Christianity than Mormonism ever could be. Ever could be you say, but they use all of our words yes, but they've redefined all of them.

When you redefine the foundation which is the one true and eternal God then everything connected to that is going to be redefined as well and There's there's where the problem is. There's what the problem is so it's making it sound like oh well.

You know these deep theologians. You know they're just trying to avoid these cans of worms. No we're starting with Absolutely non-negotiables you take this kind of reasoning. And there is no way of defining what Christianity is and of course if you were to apply this to Mormonism There'd be no way of defining what Mormonism is.

Mormonism doesn't function this way. The General Authorities of the Mormon Church do not function in the way that Glenn Beck is talking about having things function. If you don't believe Joseph Smith is a prophet.

If you don't believe the Book of Mormon is the Word of God. If you don't believe in priesthood authority you ain't a Mormon. And it would be good of you to be honest and to get out Quit calling yourself one if you don't believe that kind of stuff.

Because it's just it's just it's just dishonest anyways. They they they continued on do you think that's fair or not?

I think that's fair in several ways. One is because if you take the 2 ,000 year history of the Christian Church that has been one of the most debated doctrines ever.

I don't know who the guy is but monotheism has never been an issue of debate. Monotheism has not been an issue of debate and That's what the issue is. It's not some fine. We're not talking here about the difference between the East and the West on the filial claim clause in the expanded Nicene definition in regards to where the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son or just from the Father.

That's not we're talking about here. We're talking about the difference between a man. We're talking about difference between a the God who has eternally been God and everything he created all things and The idea that God the Father lives in a plant the circle of star named Kolob for crying out loud.

Okay we're talking about the difference between a universe filled universe says filled with exalted human beings who are gods and Biblical monotheism. That's what we're talking about. So it's just naive to even even approach this from this direction.

It's it.

Accomplishes nothing right. Number two is if you go into the Reformation many of the Reformation leaders.

Had opposite opinions on that now opposite opinions on what on the Trinity the deity of Christ monotheism. I Don't think so. You want to want to give me some some specifics in regards to Which of the Reformation leaders believe that God is a man living a plant circle star named Kolob That started building temples in which you do Masonic rituals to become gods.

I'd like to like to know which Reformation leaders.

Are being referred to there from my standpoint, I don't. I'm gonna simple opinion and I disagree on this. But we both we both find each other Christian. And what you've got with Jefferson and this is my dog.

Well, look, he's a really complex guy. You cannot make him monolithic. There are other times when he says the Apostles Creed is right. Well, the Apostles Creed does have the Godhead Trinity. So Jefferson's got contradictory statements here.

But the whole point we make is he's not hostile to religion. He's not hostile to Christianity. He calls himself a Christian. It may be a different definition from what other people's call. That's okay.

But he's not calling for a secular public square, correct? And that's where we are. Okay, the the the problem here I see is that we have. We have this past with the right that is it that if we take this apart and we cannot deem him Christian.

The left is celebrating. Yeah, because the left. When did we get to the point.

When do we get the point where historical reality and the very definition of the Christian faith itself is Is to be determined by what the left? celebrates. The left celebrates Everything. That's ridiculous foolish and stupid so who cares I mean What.

We're sitting here basically saying well, you know. If if we if we don't see that Jefferson was a Christian then the left is gonna be really excited and I'm like who cares. They're they're excited about all sorts of things that that are that.

Boggle the mind says that's really hated Christians, which is not true. Yeah, and I Can't believe that a religion. Who is based on? Don't judge. Yeah. Oh, really? Again. What Glenn Beck?

Okay, so it says that's David Barton. Okay, Mary moving Christian minister conservative activist and author he found wall builders a Texas-based organization's approach to view that is a myth that the that the that the.

Then. This is called filling are you what are you doing cutting and pasting? What if you can't type the rest of it, oh. You mean you were having trouble with the with the software and it just wasn't responding to you or something.

Oh. Who got this software. Oh Wikipedia, oh you're on Wikipedia. Okay. All right. Can anyone in the studio audience tell this is a live webcast. Yes, it is there it is, okay, let me scroll across my four screens.

Much let's see. Well, it's a blue. Okay. There it is. That the US Constitution insists on separation of church and states, that's the myth. Barton is the former vice chair of the Republican Party of Texas.

He has been described as a Christian nationalist and while the foremost Christian revisionist historians. Whatever that is much of his work is devoted to advancing the idea. Based upon research that many historians describe as flawed that the United States was founded as an explicitly Christian nation.

Okay. Well, all right. I don't find that overly relevant to. The point of my examination, which is Glenn Beck's massive worldview confusion there are a lot of people who just follow Glenn Beck around drooling on the floor, but The guy is just really confused about a lot of fundamental and foundational things and Here he's going the Christian faith is based upon don't judge.

Seriously, I mean one of the most common misrepresentations of the New Testament. The miscitation of Jesus to say judge not lest ye be judged for by the standard by which you judge. I Mean, it's just allowing simple language to have its meaning.

We are called to judge. We are called to examine fruit, but we are called to do so by a standard outside of ourselves. We are called not to be hypocritical. But the idea that the foundation of do not judge really Glenn Beck just said that I Expect that from the ishy squishy ultra liberals.

I expect that from them. I mean, that's what they do, but Glenn back. Really? Seriously, don't judge. Wow. Hmm. Jesus certainly did a lot of that didn't he and I can't read one of the New Testament books.

It doesn't Allow God's righteous standards to be right there and you know what I think Mormonism does in Fact of didn't didn't Joseph Smith judge in his first vision didn't he say that what I believe that I as a Baptist minister Am an abomination my creeds an abomination.

I'm corrupt. Hmm hmm. Somebody channel thinks I'm cranky today. I'm not cranky. I am I am I I do I think it's it's completely inappropriate to say that I'm cranky. I sense no cranky. You just see you do not sense any cranky.

No cranky at all. Okay. All right good. I Of course, I'm not done yet, but I just kicked him out of channel, too What was I saying, oh, yes, let's go back here only have One minute left on this one. I just found it very strange that that Glenn Beck would do the do not judge thing.

That's amazing. Won't listen to his own words. And he says he's a Christian as I've told reporters.

So as long as you say you're a Christian, you must be a Christian. Well Glenn, I'm a Mormon. Do you believe me? You better not. Because I don't believe Joseph Smith is a prophet I think the Book of Mormon's work of fiction the Doctrine and Covenants is silly and the Pearl Gray Price makes Doctrine and Covenants make.

It makes it look really smart because it's filled with incredibly wild stuff like the Book of Abraham, but I'm a Mormon. No, I'm not. No, I'm not. No rational person could say I'm a Mormon. So just simply because you make the statement doesn't mean that your statement is truthful.

Unless evidently you claim to be a Christian and we are just simply supposed to say Okay, you are as long as you say you are we cannot define ourselves where we have no history. We have no scriptures.

We will simply go with whatever you say. Mm-hmm.

Fortunately, I'm not the great judge right? I'm not the one that has to decide whether he goes to heaven or hell or whatever. You know, I'm not the one who has to do that, right? But I am the one to say that by his own writings.

This is what he said. This is what he did and it is not a secular guy. It is not an anti-christian guy. He is one of the biggest pro-jesus guys out there, you know. Sometimes his definition later in life may vary from what it was earlier that that's why he's complex, you know.

I that's why he's complex. How about that's why he's heretical and Everything else. I'm sorry. I've you know I'm not trying to comment on Barton's theories because I don't really care about them and have never really studied them.

And so I just whatever. But I've never heard anybody in In in my lifetime saying that the Jefferson was an orthodox Christian. I've never heard anyone say that. The fact that he basically cut the New Testament apart and got rid of all the supernatural stuff would tell me Again, when you when you start when you start telling me, oh, I think Jesus is great.

What Jesus you talking about? Because there's all sorts of folks all sorts of folks Who will talk about how great Jesus is, but they're not talking about the real Jesus. They're not talking about the Jesus the Bible.

They're talking about a Jesus they've edited and created for themselves that they're more comfortable with and There is there are a few things more offensive To the presentation of the biblical Jesus than that perspective when you think about it.

I Mean it could there be a more Blasphemous stance to take than to say I'm I'm going to say Jesus is great, but I'm going to cut these parts out. I Will not I will not honor him for who he is. I will honor him only for what I will allow him to be.

That's blasphemous really is. Tell you David. I'm I find myself in many times In agreement with Thomas Jefferson on things. But and I feel and mainly this I Know what? I know. Yeah, I know what I believe and I stand by that but in the end in the end If you're right that it's three in one I'm gonna be dealing with it with up there and I'm fine with that too.

Yeah, I am fine with that.

Yeah, are you really fine with that Glenn? Are you really fine with that? What an amazing statement, I'm fine with that. Are you you really fine with that. From a Christian perspective. That's not the place to be dealing with it.

God has made his revelation here and I It concerns me that that obviously he has encountered so many so many Who have Compromised out of ignorance or something and and the result is has been pretty bad.

Military Chaplain Censorship and Anti-Christian Activism

One other News, I'm on to get to here and then I want to Switch over to responding to brochure Vanya's opening statement on a debate he did with Jay Smith. That's the next one. We're gonna be getting to.

But this is from July 24th. So it's getting a little dated here. So I wanted to get to it. Military censors Christian chaplain atheist call for punishment. A Christian chaplain the military is being officially censored for engaging in free speech and anti-christian activists are demanding he be punished.

Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Reyes is a Christian chaplain currently serving the US Air Force. He is stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Alaska As an ordained clergyman whose duties are to provide religious instruction and spiritual counseling.

He has a page on the basis website called chaplains corner. Reyes recently wrote an essay entitled no atheists in foxholes chaplains gave all in world war ii. This common saying is attributed to catholic priests in world war ii made famous when president Dwight David Eisenhower said during a 1954 speech Quote, I am delighted that our veterans are sponsoring a movement to increase our awareness of god in our daily lives in battle.

They learned a great truth that there are no atheists in the foxholes end quote. So Please note a president of the united states In 1954 Said those words. Okay, keep that in mind. As reported by fox news todd starnes when reyes referenced this famous line his si essay the military religious freedom Foundation mrff.

What do you want to bet? They're associated some way shape or form with the freedom from religion foundation. Just speculating there contacted the base commander colonel brian duffy demanding he take action on reyes quote anti-secular diatribe end quote.

Mrfs letter says that by reyes use of the bigoted religious supremacist phrase No atheists in foxholes. He defiles the dignity of service members. They accuse him of violating military regulations. Only five hours after mrff's complaint the essay was removed from the website.

Duffy duffy, that's the commander has profusely apologized mrff for not stopping This religious leader from sharing religious thoughts. But this response which again appears to be a violation of reyes first amendment rights is insufficient for mrff.

They said faith-based hate is hate all the same and lieutenant colonel reyes must be appropriately punished. Catch that. If you say what you believe Against our great secular god, you must be punished.

The hypocrisy Of the militant atheists is absolutely mind-numbing. Mind-numbing. I mean talk about people being given over. I atheism is Is one of the clearest examples of just simply being given over to your rebellion.

Your simple common sense. I mean it takes so much energy to every single day be suppressing that knowledge of god. And evidently it just burns out the common sense parts of the of the brain I guess. So mrff is saying that the coercive power of government must be used to punish a military officer.

Who is also an ordained christian minister for making ordinary religious references consistent with his faith? Retired lieutenant general jerry boykin of the family research council one of the leaders of a new religious liberty coalition Coalition for the military responded quote a chaplain has been censored for expressing his beliefs about the role of faith and lives of service members.

Why do we have chaplains if they aren't allowed to fulfill that purpose end quote? Well, the fact of the matter is folks. We won't have them for long um. Look a strong military is a blessing upon a nation so, um.

Take that for what it's worth and think about it um. The obama hagel defense department and air force have met with weinstein and mrff. Uh weinstein, i'm, sorry mrff is activist mikey weinstein's organization.

He called observant christians Fundamentalist monsters seeking to impose a reign of theocratic terror. And he described sharing the gospel of jesus christ in the military as an act of spiritual rape. That makes believers enemies of the constitution who are committing an act of sedition and treason against this nation.

Now you you have to just simply ignore all of history. Which they're happy to do. They're happy to do these these are not rational people. They they like to talk about reason and things like that. But have you ever spoke to a lot of these folks?

I'll i'll never forget. You know, we haven't done it since then but i'll never forget. Stand outside the american atheist convention many many moons ago. Many many moons ago with some signs like atheist colon Creatures denying their creator and a few things like that and oh my.

The language and behavior I'd put it right between second and third grade. Really, you know, uh as far as as maturity goes um. Wow. Just oh well not but but not as far as vocabulary went that that was definitely quite advanced.

Shall we say when it comes to the level of profanity that these folks can can come up with amazing stuff. The obama hagel defense department and air force have met with weinstein and mrff over a period of four years.

And recently told congress that there are no problems with suppressing religious speech in the military. However, because this growing wave of anti-christian extremism has been exposed the public the u .s House has inserted new religious liberty protections for military members in pending legislation.

President obama threatens to veto the legislation, of course. Ray's story makes it more likely that congress will stand its ground and fight to protect the religious liberty of him and countless others in military.

As those service members continue risking their lives to fight for all Americans, um, I thought there was there was another one in here that was um. Real similar to that. Uh, where did that one go there was another one that was real similar to i'm i'm just Going through my whole thing here and i'm not finding it but uh, unfortunately every uh, Every week brings those things types things up.

Okay, really quickly. Um. Let's let's plan on uh, since we're going for the jumbo take a uh, take a break at quarter till um and uh. We'll go from there just want to i'm. How do I do this. Let me just briefly mention this and and take a little bit more time on the next program.

Oh, I do need to remind everybody. Probably thursday will be a regular-sized program for one real obvious reason. Uh, i'm doing the janet mefford show starting tomorrow. And that's three hours a day so.

That's going to take a little effort and i'll be going from 11 to 2 my time. Uh, if you call in please do not say good afternoon. Ha ha ha ha. But uh and try to stay awake during the uh during the very soft music during the breaks, um anyways, so uh.

Tomorrow carl truman will be joining me in the first hour and then next day. Uh, dr. Olyphant will be and then friday I'm just going solo and i'm just going to take it as an opportunity to you know, maybe have some open phones do some.

You know do some stuff on all sorts of things, uh basic apologetics, uh Church history. Homosexuality, who knows? Well I'll figure it all out. But anyway I've got that coming up. Uh this morning I mentioned I got through an entire book.

Um, I felt sort of the need to to get around to it. And I want to thank uh those who again, uh watched the ministry resource list. And uh helped get those types of things for me. It was uh, really neat.

I just I put uh reza aslan's, uh book zealot on the list. Someone bought it for me in kindle format. I fire up my kindle at home record it at high speed overnight uh throw it on my ipod, uh go for a lengthy ride and uh.

Get it all done. Uh now the amazing thing was I recorded it on kindle at high speed and then I listened to it on high speed on my Ipod that is not a lot of folks. You've you've got to I've been doing this for years and uh uh it's Not easy, but you know if you're if you're listening and you're sort of used to it you can you can you can handle it anyways.

I got through the book and I have a lot of comments on it. I I guess my main comment is there's absolutely positively nothing new there at all. Nothing new there. I don't know why these books new york times bestseller.

Why? I guess they didn't go to fuller Jesus was involved politically. He was killed as a zealot as of all a part of the rebellion against trump. Really? That's new. Um, no, it's it's it's not new by any stretch of the imagination that's that's been around for a very very Very long time at least in the modern period but I was uh A little bit disappointed because after I spent all that time doing that and you know, i'm sort of making I'm making notes in my mind.