Next Week with Jeff Durbin: RAPTURE EPISODE

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Yes, yes, welcome back next week everybody. Thank you so much for watching

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Thank you for liking and sharing the episode as you can see it's a little unusual episode today It's I'm personally excited for this interview right now me too.

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I think we haven't done this yet So no I'm got a chance to introduce you. I know I'm glad our schedule works out Yeah, it works out just great

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You know we just happen to have things coincided with the rapture the apocalypse and now

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Chris Wineland's interview on next week Thank you works out great. So thank you. This is Chris Wineland He's the writer for next week with Jeff Durbin.

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So welcome to next week. Thanks for having me. Yeah, he's always here You just never see him. Well, except for the bits and everything all the things he does great bit today, by the way

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Oh, thank which one one of my favorites. That's not a conceited. But thank you appreciate it I said which one immediately?

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Yeah, the the the Starbucks bit. Oh, okay. Good good. Why do you like that? I loved it. I love that took a four drafts to write actually so so let's introduce you to everybody

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This is Chris Wineland Chris. You're the writer for next week. Just tell everybody what you do What do you do this for a living?

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You're you're a comedian. Yeah, right. You've written for you've written some jokes for Jimmy Fallon me

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Fallon and a night writing jokes for much far superior show. Yes, of course bigger budgets

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Yeah a bigger crew. Yeah, it's a step up for you. This is we have at least 3 ,000 crew members on this show here

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Yeah, so it's a I mean that's night and day, you know, Jimmy Fallon. He has two people I think yeah yeah,

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I was a fax writer, which means you know, I would go and Write jokes for the monologue.

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I'd send them in and I would be on the road doing stand -up Which is also what I do. So I've been doing stand -up for 10 years

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My 10 -year anniversary is gonna be in July. Nice. So you talk about like it's your marriage. Yeah, I know it was tough there were a couple times we had to get counseling, but We worked it out.

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We worked it out pretty good. So you did something recently though in Moscow, Idaho What was tell it tell us about that? I did

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I I've risked my life in Moscow just living in the woods for two days

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We saw a deer or something and I think I wanted to Destroy me. No, we filmed a comedy special.

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Okay film the comedy special. It's gonna go to some sort of streaming Thing we haven't mentioned what it is yet.

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So we're good things are in the works It's very good. Yes. Yes, and this was my second comedy special that I filmed

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The first one is on YouTube for free. Anybody can watch it And it's it's okay.

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It's an okay. It's okay. It's I liked it So you've been doing it for 10 years why why comedy you're a

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Christian yeah, you love God you you love the biblical worldview Yeah, you wrote jokes for Jimmy Fallon Right and fact, you know facts a minute everything and some of your jokes got on the show

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But it was it was exciting for you to get an opportunity to do to be a writer for really the first ever

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Christian yeah, I'm talk show. Yeah, which is amazing. So my whole life I've been passionate about late night

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I woke up, you know, and well even watching morning shows I'd wake up early watch morning shows and I'd stay up late and watch late night shows

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And so I've always been obsessed the first time I watch SNL I went to my parents basement and wrote a script like immediately.

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I wrote my own sketch at like 11 or 12 So all I've ever loved is late night And then

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I got into stand -up comedy because my mom like made me get up on stage Yeah, so I got up on stage for the first time when

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I was 18 I got a laugh from someone that wasn't my mom and I was hooked, right? So I woke up every morning and just being like I have to do stand -up.

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So my first year I did 200 shows Just anywhere anywhere I could that would let me

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I would just I would go into Taco Bell's and do stand -up there And so I got obsessed with comedy and I realized

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I don't know what it was That got me hooked other than the fact that somebody laughed But what kept me was the fact that I realized that people were listening to what somebody was trying to say

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It wasn't just with me. It was anybody could get up on stage and and have a message But you wouldn't know that that they had a message until after you laughed and sometimes until after they got off on stage

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Yeah, so It just kind of naturally happened and then I got really into Late night, like I said and was doing stuff with Jimmy Fallon And I have friends that are late -night writers on other shows and I was just about to submit to some other shows where my friends write and this was two years ago and then

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I saw you guys and You put out a thing on Facebook that said hey We were looking to do a

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Christian late -night show and it's never been done before right? So that was my thing as I was like, let's let's see what this could do.

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Like it's mind -blowing Yeah, totally providential to because you were connected with people that we knew Yeah, the fact that you even saw this call for a

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Christian writer I know it's crazy the fact that you had experience with this was it was so exciting for us and and the fact that I Called the other people that tried to submit to you and I threatened their lives so that they wouldn't send it

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So it was just it was all crazy worked out. Well, so I why you brought up a good point.

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I think that Would be good to talk about. Yeah, when you look at like the popular comedians today like guys that are really talented guys like Dave Chappelle Yeah, Joe Rogan And all these comedians they write for shows they do bits and sketches, but they also do a lot of stand -up

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What's interesting is that you always see there's like this common thread amongst all of them and that's that they're not all not

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Christian Yeah, and then their message will be along the same party line, right?

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It's not Christian Yeah, and and even the worldview the world view is like like these guys are excellent and what they do

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They're really good at it. Yeah, and you're right They have a message like the the joke itself as you know, set up has punchlines it has like a common formula, but but they're the delivering jokes that Tap into the zeitgeist the spirit of the age, right?

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Whether it has to do with socialism or Marxism or just a commonly humanistic world view and perspective of the world

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But but you're doing it as a Christian and I think some people Chris would be like, well, what's the point?

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Like what's the point of Christian comedy? Like why why invest your life in something like that? I actually think it's wonderful and it's so completely necessary.

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Yeah, it really is Yeah, stand -up comedy actually started secular the very first guy Became who was a stand -up comedian.

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He committed suicide So he was the very first comic and the next thing, you know Now stand -ups are known for being depressed for wanting to kill themselves, right?

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You know, so you see this long strain and so Christian comedy Unfortunately there we've had

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We've had like decades where it hasn't been good because everybody's trying to not offend the church

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And when in reality what comedy did and this is why Joe Rogan and Dave Chappelle and all those are the leading comics

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It's because they are going they're not trying to to oh, I just want to step on eggshells here

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They want to push the envelope. They want to say listen This is why I'm saying this and this is why it's funny and and Christians need to get that concept and that's why

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I love late -night because Christian late -night show is so important because Millennials get over half of their

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News from late -night, right? So why have we stayed out of the game for so long? Yeah, and same thing with stand -up comedy if I'm gonna get up on churches

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So when I get up in church, I don't do like church comedy, you know There there there are people that do it and they do a great job and it's very funny

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It's not my thing. I get up and I talk about things that everybody relates with I talk about things that might be you know

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The you may not want to talk about but I do that because we should be in the conversation

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We should be talking and every time I do things that I feel might be a little edgy, but it's true and it honors God I always get invited back.

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Yeah, isn't it interesting? Yeah, that's funny. I I love what your career choice.

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I love what you do I think it's important because Like it or not our generation the young people of today.

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They you know, they're they're they're feeding off of BuzzFeed Yeah, Huffington Post and they're getting their cultural commentary from guys like Fallon and guys

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Just look at all the even the latest shootings and things that have happened Yeah And all the political commentary all the guys that are speaking towards that are all speaking towards it from basically like a secular or humanist

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Or liberal kind of worldview and that's the predominant voice of cultural commentary and you're right. That's what we're listening to Yeah, and so where's the

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Christian voice right? So doing this show the main purpose of this show was to it was to was to broaden the audience that we have

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Yeah And to be able to at the heart of this show Communicate the message of end abortion now to engage the culture of death those sort of things

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But we're trying to do it in a way that's that's that's good. That's good. Yeah, that's fun Yeah, that's edgy.

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And I want to get to this point that has the same kind of Cutting serrated edge satire.

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Yeah that you find get this in the Bible Yep that's what kid that's what gets me to is a lot of times people watch our show and they'll see some of the cutting stuff that That you'll write or that'll be in a desk piece, right?

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And they'll say like yeah, well that just seems really unloving to say those sorts of things Yeah, and it's like I feel like I want to say very respectfully very humbly very lovingly very gently very kindly

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You need to read your Bible. Yeah, because there's some pretty cutting Satire and edgy stuff that God uses in Scripture to communicate a very true message yeah, and you know, it's fun that you say that because I That's one of the coolest parts of the show is that we're on our second season now

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Yeah, so the whole first season was such a buffer to say like hey everybody. This is what we're doing now

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This is what the culture looks like and and I just got to say all those people That have been commenting about the writing.

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I know who you are Jason And Donna, they're mean

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Donna 1830 hashtags But but but I believe that what we're doing is

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Important. It's really important. Yeah. Yeah, we're not just playing games No, no We're not and every time that we do a joke or every time we do a funny sketch

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The the reason we're doing it is to say well What does it look like from a Christian point of view something big happens in the news and go?

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Well, why is it that only the liberal media and the atheists are allowed to make fun of this? Why can we not make fun of this?

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And if we do what does it look like? It's a way for a Christian to make fun of it. Yeah, it's okay Yeah, and it's and it should happen.

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I mean Jesus mocked. Yep false teaching and false teachers Jesus called people the sons of the devil.

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That's right What like and we're over here upset if we say the word marijuana, right? And I don't know if I'm allowed to say that right?

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No, you're not It's Christian show we'll beep it out Yeah in the Old Testament God's prophet like actually cuts the pagan worshippers.

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Yeah, it makes fun of them Well, maybe your God's uh, maybe he's on a toilet. Yeah, you know Maybe not answering because he's you know, he's taking he's relieving himself

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Yeah, and that's that's cutting satire that that's meaningful So like when you when you're writing stuff or we're writing stuff at the desk piece or whatever we're doing for the show

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We're always asking the question Number one doesn't honor God first right first of all so there's times where we see something we're like way

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I can't really do that because yeah not honoring to God and the other times we'll say something that's cutting or hard and Satirical and we're asking the question.

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Does this mean something right? Right. Does it matter that we're talking about this? Yeah what does it mean if we put that skit out there if we or if we write that joke and we put it out there and there are so many times where we'll sit there and just go, you know, it just doesn't fit and I and I love that cuz

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You know, you'll give pushback and you know And everybody in the in the crew will kind of give pushback if we feel like there is a joke that just didn't like What is the message at the end?

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Yeah. Yeah. What does it mean anything right? But at the end of the day? I think it's also fun. You know, I mean we did this we did the segment just in this episode about dogs dressed up, right?

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It's pastors. I think that's fun, too Did yes see let's just laugh for a second, right? And because there's so many times where we have to like ah, why have some of us

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Christian lost a sense of humor Well Luther Martin Luther said if if you're not allowed to laugh in heaven,

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I don't want to go there. Mm -hmm Be nice if we got that like that kind of thinking right? Yeah, like, you know,

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God God is it God is Delightful. Yeah, he's the Bible actually says that he's the happy God So we don't have to always be doing things that are sort of solemn and serious

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Because not all of life is solemn and serious. Yeah, and that being said I My prayer life is serious.

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Yeah, you know, I'm not joking with God when I get down on my knees and pray in the morning Right. I'm really standing before The Creator and just just pouring my life out and right praying to him, right?

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So there are moments and it's funny when people see jokes Like I guess they might think that that's all I am is just this like right.

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I can't take anything seriously. Yeah Yeah, and not true. We I think it is I think there's a balance in the Christian life rightween between the moments of Fear and reverence and awe and then moments of light -heartedness, right and and and and and jokes and Enjoying and delighting in God's creation the world and at the same time

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I have to say it's it's appropriate and it's fun You should definitely try it mocking the unbelieving system.

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It needs to be mocked So when we when you're writing cutting stuff and we want to even get more cutting

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Yeah, when it comes to unbelieving thought in the unbelieving worldview We want to make the standard of thought Christian, yeah rather than unbelieving.

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Yeah, as now the the major standard of thought and worldview is Unbelieving there's no question about it.

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Yeah so this this show takes aim at that and of course at the heart of it is you and I both have have have a

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Singular focus on ending abortion in our nation Yeah And so we're writing stuff and you're doing things you're we're trying to aim at getting at the culture of death

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Putting you the axe at the root. Yeah. Well the the most Influential part most influential thing is is media, right?

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So, you know, I mean a celebrity is president, right? So that just gives you an example right there

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We I really believe that you can end abortion through a television show. No. Yeah, that's why we're doing it.

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Exactly That's what I'm saying. Yeah, so you and I are both like obviously we have that same mission Yeah, and I said that to people

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I said that to somebody because they were asking about the show and they just gave me That just such a blank stare, right?

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I was like, no, no, we're ending abortion on this. Yeah, that's right. He's just like yeah Okay Because the mission of an abortion now is so broad

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It's so big and this show only accounts for like a fifth right what we're doing but the whole purpose of this show is to engage a larger national audience with the

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Christian message and culture and To take aim at the culture of death and to end it once and for all.

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Mm -hmm. So a speaking of Chris Wineland our writer and his comedy.

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I'm gonna go ahead and play this clip. Let's roll the clip of your comedy special He's been hanging out with the evaluators all day.

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He's been evaluating. He's been doing a great job But Chris Wineland is actually with New Life Drama Company and they are a ministry right out of Scottsdale So Chris Wineland's gonna give us some jokes

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So I hope you guys are ready to laugh a little bit as we kind of just love it to breathe a little bit and have some fun here tonight

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So Chris Wineland, can you welcome again to the stage? Here you go This is why

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I can't have kids, but if I did have kids you see how quickly I switch over that's what us Christians do

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All of us Christians. We just love kids. You ever notice that we love getting married, too

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It's like hi, I'm 17 me and my wife have been married for 16 years Wow So yeah, we have 37 children

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They're all named Isaiah But hey, we're married Half of the people call him

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Jeremiah. So I don't know why that's confusing If I ever do have kids

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I want 12 sons just probably why I'm not married yet And I want to name them all after the disciples because that would be hilarious

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It also be kind of cool, but I'm not gonna lie. I'd be a little biased I'd be like, all right disciples.

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I mean kids It's time for your allowance, there you go James. There you go. John. Oh, there you go up.

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Oh Thomas you doubted You doubted but there you go

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And there you go and you and and no Judas no you get nothing Nothing Judas.

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Oh, you know what you've done You're gonna go sit in the corner think about what you've done

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Meanwhile, the rest of us are gonna watch Peter try to walk in the pool Just walk

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Peter Don't doubt me. That's how I got really mean there at the end to my kids.

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I don't know what happened Peter get on the pool. I Took a lifeguard class

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Get in there Mean parent. All right guys, that was

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Chris Weinland. And yeah, thank you. Thank you Chris Ryan Weinland our writer for next week with Jeff German.

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Thanks, brother. Hey, I love you, man Thanks for all you're doing for having me. All right. Hey, you need to stay with us really dude on the next segment

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We have something very very very important to share with you It is so important that you see it and we actually need your help.

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So stay with us Short commercial break and then we're gonna come back I'm gonna share a new trailer with you for something that I think needs to be seen around the world but we need you to partner with us, so just stay with us for a few more moments and Great Great.

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Look. Yeah. Now we know who's saved and who's not here at next week at Jeff Durbin. So thanks guys All right, we'll stay with us

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Be right back amazing All right Sometimes your hair just gets to a point where you have to do some grooming to it

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Take care of the long hairs. You really don't feel like doing it Yeah, you just need to give yourself a little haircut.

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So that's what I'm about to do. That's what this is for Shall we

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Man that's much better It was getting really long. I couldn't stand looking at that in the mirror all the time.

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Yes Yeah, so the main thing is to be careful not to Get too close to your mustache or beard when you're trimming your long eyebrows

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If you don't want to make a mistake, so Welcome back everybody.

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Thank you so much for watching this episode of next week with Jeff Durbin Grateful to all of you who pray for us who lift us up encourage us who share the content very important thing last segment here to share with everybody we released a little while back a documentary and That documentary is called losing

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Ireland and it did a lot. It actually Empowered encouraged ignited a bunch of local churches all over Ireland both in north and the south to get actively engaged with the gospel in The culture of death in the war with the culture of death in the area of abortion

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If you don't know this Ireland both in north and the south in the Republican in the north

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Abortion is illegal. It's illegal right now, and it has been for a very very long time

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In Ireland right now. They have a referendum coming up for their Eighth Amendment the Eighth Amendment in Ireland's Equalizes the life of the unborn child with the life of the mother.

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It's very important law in Ireland that protects children Well, they're looking to overturn that right now to legalize abortion which would end in the slaughter of so many innocent children so our initial documentary called losing

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Ireland was an opportunity for us to communicate to the church in Ireland to encourage them and To be a part of the mission to save the lives of these children in Ireland.

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We went back We did a lot of interviews and we engaged with the Christians who watched that Documentary and now want to get involved in the fight with the biblical worldview and the gospel at the center

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And so this documentary we have coming out tomorrow right here on this channel is called saving

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Ireland It's part two actually of our effort to work as believers to bring the gospel into this conflict in Ireland So I want to encourage you with this

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We're gonna play the trailer for you in just a moment I want to encourage you to share not only the trailer and this episode of next week with Jeff Durbin to get the message across But I also want to encourage you to be right here back on this channel at 9 p .m.

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Eastern Standard Time Wednesday tomorrow night right here in this channel to share the documentary saving

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Ireland. Here's why we need you there are all kinds of things working right now against the ability to communicate in Ireland the pro -life or Christian message in the area of Abortion and so we can our hands are actually tied at Apologia to be able to get this message out as far and as wide as possible by ourselves in this case

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We truly truly need you. So I'm gonna go ahead and share that trailer with you right now.

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Here it is saving Ireland That's Concord House need abortions house need abortion.

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I think we should know That since the Constitution was introduced in 1937 and voted on by the people

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This is the first time that we've been asked to put forward a bill that would take away a fundamental human right from people

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In other words the most fundamental of human rights the right to life

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I Pray with all my heart God That you would buy your spirit revive your church here in Ireland across Denominational barriers you would unify the church and your truth that you would

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Lord hold back the injustice the slaughter of innocent children

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I fight for repeal

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I fight for sex work decriminalization Oh God but we plead for your mercy

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We ask to be merciful to my nation and to this one and I plead Lord God for your mercy and patience

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On our nations and I pray with all all that's in me God Please spare us of this evil and please use us to do it.

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We say together unified here I am Send me In Jesus name.

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Amen All right, everybody.

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Thank you for watching that trailer again We need you to partner with us You can go to end abortion now calm to get connected with your local church to get free resources free training

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You could join the over 250 local churches in America right now that are out saving lives at the local abortion mills

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Today you can also partner with us with end abortion now by being a part of the movement to bring the gospel to the center

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Of the fight against the culture of death in Ireland tomorrow right here at 9 p .m Eastern Standard Time on this channel invite your friends invite your family bring your church together

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Watch it together and then join with us as we share this message in Ireland Thank you again for watching next week with Jeff Durbin everybody like and share the episode