Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?

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So, I guess today we're supposed to be talking about Halloween. Yeah, which is the reason why we're dressed up.
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We're not furries or anything. No. Oh, goodness. Go back to whatever episode that was.
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It was like last season, yeah. Oh my gosh. I forgot about that. I did not. Yeah.
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It was funny. I was made known of something I had previously been unaware of that day.
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You're welcome. Yeah. By the way, just before we continue, have y 'all ever noticed when you snap, the part that makes a sound is actually your finger hitting your thumb muscle?
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I guess I always, because Batman and the comics, I always thought the snap was that sound.
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But it's really just that hitting that. And I never even thought, and I'm the best snapper this side of the Mississippi River. Oh, shoot.
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No, no. Speed. No, listen to the quality. Listen to the quality. Listen. Listen. Here. Y 'all decide for yourselves.
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Get your mic ready. Y 'all decide for yourselves. Ready? Go ahead. This is lol. Okay. Hang on.
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My hands are out. You can't do that. You can't do that. My turn. I win. Okay, but I mean -
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Let me take the win screen off here. I have a spit thing, so - You just bypassed it, all right? Hang on.
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Warm up a little. You can't warm up. That's cheating. That thing that you just did. I did it on the spot. Okay.
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Mine. I win. Can you - No, I can't do the one -handed clap thing, but I win.
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You did good. I win. Quality over quantity. So, anyway. That's what that - That's totally certain.
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And here's - If you like - For the three of you, like, actually - Like, put your thumb here. Put your finger here, and then - That's the part making the sound.
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You can stop it. Don't say, yeah, you didn't know that. I didn't know that. You never even thought about it. Oh, you're such a liar.
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No, I knew that. At least I'm not a harp. Ha. Harp. Liar. I voted for your dad, by the way.
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So, in case you don't know what she's talking about, on the Witten Baptist Church app, we put out a theological survey to help the pastors and teachers gauge what we need to focus on in the upcoming year, 2024 teaching.
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And I can see what you mean by it's hard to take me seriously. I know. And, yeah, this isn't staying on the whole time.
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At any rate, Brother Christian, Pastor Christian made the survey, and included is a question, who's the funniest pastor, since now we have five.
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Interesting, he put himself as option C, which, for those just racing through, is the -
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Oh, and also, Brother Christian's the only one who has access to the results. That's also very interesting.
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At any rate - Conflict of interest. Pastor Jeff, apparently while I was gone on vacation, and today, in the microphone -
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During service. Is lobbying for votes. So -
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You do what you gotta do. I mean, you gotta campaign for yourself. I'm just saying, if the roles were reversed, Anna would be saying how much of a cheater
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I am, and sore loser, and all this stuff, and I'm just sitting here innocently being victimized by this rigged election.
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That's what's happening right now. There's some code words right there that get flagged.
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I'm about to say the AI is gonna pick it up and be like, oh, demonetized, we don't make any money.
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All right, so look, Ruby is ready for a Ruby snack, or the game, the game that we're gonna play before we talk about Halloween.
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Do your girls watch the podcast, like, ever? Like if there's certain episodes - Sometimes on my YouTube, because we go to my
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YouTube channel and we'll watch, I Chromecast it on the - Yeah. And they'll see Daddy in the podcast room, so like, we'll watch it for a few minutes.
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They're really entertained, for sure, by the content and the deep theological, yeah, sure. I just want them to see you like this.
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They will. It'd be cute. I think it'd be cute. They will. Okay, so for our game today -
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We look ridiculous. I know. I just, like I said, I look like an Ewok. I don't even look like a lion.
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So we're gonna do a Would You Rather. So Pastor, would you rather -
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Scooby's nose is - I'm sorry, Scooby. No, his nose is - I know. I'm ready. I'm taking this one. I'm ready.
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Would you rather spend $5 ,000 on traveling or on a physical item?
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So $5 ,000 on a trip or on one physical item. You have no idea how my brain works on the overthinking that just happened in that 18 different scenarios that flooded my head when you said that.
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So like practically right now, I'm gonna need a new car soon because we're having a third kid.
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So like $5 ,000 - Are you gonna get rid of your car? Like your car? Are you gonna upgrade your wife's car?
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Oh, can I tell you a funny story though? For those of you that don't know, I have a 1995 Oldsmobile. And it still -
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It only has 88 ,000 miles on it. Does it really? Yes! Not 188 ,000.
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It is. I love that car. I've had it - Five years? Since one month after I got married.
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So seven and a half years. It will last me another 20 years if I want. But I don't need three cars.
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And I can't get rid of the Subaru because it's too valuable, as in, to our family.
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I don't know. Let's talk about something else. Okay, well can I tell you a funny story really quick? It's about your car.
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Yes. So last Sunday I was standing outside of church with Ashley and my husband and I think there might have been another person there,
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I can't remember. But someone pulled up in your car. And Ashley is her, wow,
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I'm about to say I don't know why I just blanked there. Ashley is your sister. Right. So I'll talk to you the way that Ashley's talking.
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So she's like, who's driving Josiah's car? And I'm just like, I don't know, but someone stole it.
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They picked the wrong car to steal, I'll tell you that. My car had the catalytic converter stolen off of it,
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I fixed it, but then my fix messed up. So it's quite loud. Oh, yeah. That's what
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Ben said. Some people think I did that on purpose, like I'm some rich, collegeable teenager who made the car loud on purpose.
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That is not me. Yeah. Anyway, I love that car. I hope I don't have to get rid of it. So to answer your question. This is just like, if you would rather,
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I would say for fun, I would say for fun, for fun, not spending, okay, I'm like not spending it on any like repairs or anything or like any practical needs, would you rather spend it on something?
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I would too. I love traveling. I've spent more than that on a certain trip that we took a few years back and it rhymes with Disney.
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I have never spent that much on a trip, but I would. It was before we had a baby and it was our last like big vacation that we wanted to take and it was well worth it.
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We went during Christmas time. This is before they got like super crazy. We went to Disney. I didn't spend that much, but I did spend a lot.
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We went to Disney. Me and Rachel. It was so fun. It was a blast. It was so great. Lowell, did you want to participate? Sure.
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Yeah. So since we're kind of ruling out practical spending of this money, like I got to go with travel because.
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Gotta be. Okay. There's really not anything out there that I'm going to enjoy as much as traveling.
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Exactly. No one thing. Inexperience. I agree. Okay. Next one. Would you rather not shower for a week or not brush your teeth for a week?
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I have done both of those. Stop. Why? I'm telling the truth. But why? I want to know now.
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I'm just curious. Camping trips and stuff like that. I've done both of those. All right.
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Are like wipes an option? No. Okay. I have makeshift brushed my teeth.
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Like with a rag? Because I've done that when I've forgotten a toothbrush. Or like gritty stuff and like, man.
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I feel like. Because I would have to think this would be like in your normal everyday life. Like you would have to go to work, like school, like whatever.
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Oh. So that's why I'm like. Because I'm like, well, if I could just baby wipe the areas or just rag it.
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I'll answer that. This is real simple. From the months of October through April, I would rather go without showering for a week than go without brushing my teeth for a week.
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From the months of May to September, I would rather not brush my teeth but get the shower.
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I would rather not brush my teeth. I like your logic there. Thank you. I didn't know we could go like all the different times.
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If anyone's watching this who's not from Memphis, you'll understand. We need air conditioning in the summer.
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That's my answer. And in the fall. Like right now, it's 80 degrees outside and it's almost November. Yeah, but like in the morning time, it's like 48 degrees.
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So I'm going to give one answer for the whole year. And here's my logic. Teeth are such an asset, right?
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You don't want to ruin them? Yeah, I don't want to risk, you know, getting cavities and that progressing.
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I can be stanky for a week and I'll hate how I feel and wonder what everyone's thinking around me, but I can do that for a week.
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See with me, I would have to go without brushing my teeth because I can't go without washing my hair.
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Like I have to wash it every other day. Otherwise, it just looks greasy. I'll be honest with you. Well, I'm a female, so it's a little different.
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Whether you say it or not, you have expectations from women. Like women are supposed to be more put together.
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It is how it is. If you went without brushing your teeth for a week, the microphone would probably melt in front of you. Oh, for sure.
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I would rather just like, I would just chew gum constantly or do mints or something.
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But yeah, I would have to go without brushing my teeth. I don't start stinking until like day three.
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You've tested this. Listen, I was young once and now I'm old.
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You want to know something? My fifth grade teacher for Christmas bought us all deodorant. I'm not kidding.
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What school was this? My childhood school, like my elementary school. Bought all of you deodorant.
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My fifth grade teacher bought all of her students deodorant for Christmas. Because it was that age where you start hitting puberty, you start stinking, you're coming back from the playground.
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She would spray our room with like just pounds of Febreze.
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Just, just all of it. She hated it. So yeah, we got deodorant for that reason. Never got that as a second gift, so.
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You know what? Good for her. Yeah, thought it was funny. Okay, um, question three. Would you rather give up air conditioning and heating for the rest of your life or give up the internet for the rest of your life?
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So AC, heat slash internet for the rest of your life. Okay, I'd rather give up AC and heat.
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That was an easy answer. Even living in Memphis? Yeah. It would be tough.
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Never give up internet. It would be tough. Just be a homesteader. Um, in other words, like I can make a fire.
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That's not a problem. Um, air conditioning would be tough. It really would, but I've done it before.
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Um, but no internet. I'm thinking of that in terms of,
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I mean, like what we're doing right now. I don't, that's, that's a lot. That's a lot to give up.
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Can we divide it so it's like personal use internet versus like, uh. Work internet?
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Work. Oh, can we do that for air conditioning too? That'd be helpful. Yeah, I would assume it would just be like personal use.
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So like with me, I can get away without using the internet. Like I have DVDs like I could watch or, you know, whatever.
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I honestly, I love being unplugged from things. Like when I'm on vacation, I sometimes don't even bring my phone with me.
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Like if my husband's with me, I don't need my phone. I don't know. I would, I would just be happy being on a farm somewhere without internet.
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If the question was for a week, internet. But if the question is for the rest of your life, heat and air.
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I could not go without heat and air. I am too cold in the winter. One year, my husband bought me an electric throw blanket because he didn't want to turn up the heat.
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I hope God calls you to the mission field in Alaska. Um, don't you put that curse on me. Is that a curse?
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It's a curse. We have differing opinions. Well, what about you?
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I mean, I can't make a living without the internet. So I'm kind of stuck. Well, I work from home now.
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So don't really need the internet. Well, hold on. How do you work from home? I'm staying at home. Being a mom.
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Oh, okay. I was thinking. I work from home. Right. So, but imagine never being able to play, uh,
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Bluey for your son. It's not a problem. We don't watch Bluey right now. We watch Bear in the
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Big Blue House. How do you watch Bear in the Big Blue House? Oh, with internet. But I'm just saying we have DVDs. How was that your response to that?
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We have DVDs. Yeah, like I said, we have DVDs. There are other forms. We could go outside. Kids don't need TV. That's right.
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It's convenient when I need to get something done. Well, that I will agree with, but they don't need TV. I'd just rather go without an internet.
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Okay. Like I said, I'm, my husband gets really upset with me during the winter. There was one time
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I turned, this is when we were in the apartment. I know what your husband's answer would be. I know. Uh, he would consider both of those an inner circle of hell because he loves air conditioning and he loves the internet.
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He does. But all of his games. He wouldn't be, I'm about to say he wouldn't be able to play any of his games. All of his games are internet games. Yeah, he doesn't use a console anymore.
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Oh, he'd be in trouble. But no, I just, I get too cold. And there was one time when we were in our apartment, like before we had kids.
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And I, I turned the heat up.
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It was when it got like super, super cold one time. Well, the past three winters have been freezing. Right. And so it was really cold.
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And so I turned it to 80 degrees. Oh my. 80 degrees.
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I don't want to know what your MLGW bill was. Our bill was through the roof and my husband looks at me and he's like, you can never touch the thermostat again.
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You were banned from the thermostat? I was. And now he has it set to like certain things throughout the day.
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Oh, he's got a program. He does. And it's like the Google Nest or whatever. So he can control it when he's at work. So I'm like.
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It still cracks you up about him. I'm going to mess with him about that. I know. So I have to like either turn on fans if it gets too hot or like open the doors and do that.
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Or I just bundle me and my son up. So yeah, I've been banned from the thermostat. You got in trouble.
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It was. I think our built no joke is probably up to like $400. It was for an apartment. That's crazy.
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Wow. It was really bad. So now we know I'm not allowed to control that.
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I bet food was getting cooked on the shelf. Yeah, right. I mean, Donovan's like, why? She gets her eggs off the counter and they're already cooked.
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But yeah, so it was. It was terrible. OK, well, did you answer that one? The Internet?
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Yeah. OK. OK. I can't even make a living without email and stuff. That's true. OK, number four, would you rather would you rather your partner forget your birthday every year or your anniversary every year?
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Birthday. Birthday. Really? Why your birthday? Anniversary is something we celebrate together.
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So if she forgot that, it's like, that's lame.
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She forgot my birthday. Oh, you can't remember the day I was born. I came out of my mother's womb that you weren't there for.
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That's fine. In fact, I'll tell you all the truth. To this day. I love this.
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She's going to be embarrassed. Listen, my wife hesitates anytime someone asks her what my birthday is because I have created that from the time we were dating.
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I have always told her the wrong day for my birthday. And I did that for three years of us dating until there was a time where she had to put in something on a legal document and it didn't work.
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So this is when you were married or before you were married?
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I think it was right before we got married. Oh my gosh. So it had been three years and I had to tell the real one. And she made the code to open her phone my actual birthday, which
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I always tell her is wrong. It's the day after. So she still gets confused. So right now, if you ask her what her birthday is, she hesitates, but normally she gets it right.
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But I still have never told her, yes, that is my birthday. I've always told her the wrong date. This is so funny.
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So I can't really blame her. So when we celebrated your birthday that one year when we did the office thing, was that on your own birthday?
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She's always known I've been messing with her. So she'll ask someone else or she'll go to the office in my house and look at my actual birthday on my birth certificate or something.
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Twisted. It's hilarious. Sick. She'll look at my driver's license or whatever. And I wish I could get all that changed the wrong day, but I've tried.
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You're a madman. Anyway. I think what I'm going to do is I'm going to take her phone and change the code to the day before, which is always what
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I've told her. Now she's going to know. Now she'll forget like, oh, I've been typing in this the whole time.
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You're sick. It's a funny thing. That's wrong. Have you ever heard of anyone else doing that? No, because that's mean.
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You don't do that to your spouse. So long story short, I wouldn't blame her if she forgot my birthday.
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If I were your wife, I would just celebrate your birthday intentionally on the wrong day. That's what I want. Yeah. That's hilarious though.
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She gets so embarrassed. What is your spouse's birthday? She always goes, okay, listen, don't judge me. He's told me wrong here.
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It's February 17th or 16th. And she's like, she'll have to think. Is it the 16th?
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Yes. Okay. Rachel, if you're watching, it's the 16th.
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No, I would probably, I would, I would have to say the anniversary because that, like you said, your spouse wasn't there on that particular day and it's not my family.
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We did birthdays growing up, but like, we never had like a real big to do about them.
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Like I had like a couple of parties growing up, but it was mainly when I was like older elementary school.
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And like, I had friends that I would want to invite, like the skating rink parties. If anyone did those, those were really popular.
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Yeah. I did one of those. And then the rest of them were like, um, sleepovers. But no,
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I w I would say the anniversary, because like you said, you get to celebrate together. You don't care about that.
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Right. What about you? I'm on the same page with you guys. It's been a long time since I cared about my birthday at all.
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When is your birthday? You look like a March guy. Well, you're probably remembering me telling you that it was in March.
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I really didn't. It isn't March? It is in March. I promise I did not remember. How am I supposed to believe that? Oh, we have
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January, February, March. You're January. What are you? Are you April? What are you in January?
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I doubled up on January. First. Oh, January first. Are you really? I'm really proud of myself for guessing
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March. I'm proud of you for remembering March. That's great.
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Do you remember his middle name? Just like you remembered my middle name started with an A. I have forgotten his middle name.
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Hey, fun fact. I've never heard of your name before I met you. And then I've been watching friends recently and there was someone in the credits named lol.
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And then there was another person on the show, like a character that was named lol. And I was like,
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I've just never in my life. I've never met anyone with my name either. But my rule is if that happens, it's a death match on the spot.
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I can be the only one. There can only be one. I'm not going to use the element of surprise like he's going to know what's coming.
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Because he has said the same thing. Probably. I hope so. Anybody watch New Girl in here? There can only be one
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Winston. Did you never watch New Girl? No. You didn't either? Well, then it doesn't matter. I've been a fugitive size.
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I thought you were cultured a little bit. Barely. I've been a fugitive size. Most are of a different ethnicity than me, but I've been a fugitive size.
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My husband, if you Google his name, it's all black people. Well, I mean, yeah. I mean, that's a pretty.
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There was a guy when I was in high school, they thought, well, at the time we were dating, but they thought my then boyfriend was black, which like I don't care.
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But he's just like, that was your boyfriend? I said, yeah. And he's like, but he was white. I said, yeah.
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And he's just like, but his name is this. And I said, yeah. And he's like, have you never met a white one like that?
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And he's like, no. And I'm like, oh, okay. I didn't know that was like a black name. You know, I don't know.
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I was like, I just. He is the only one I've met. He's the only guy. We had a guest on the show last week who is white named
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Charquita. I mean, does it really surprise anybody at this point? I used to think when I heard her name that she was black. Of course you did.
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And she was a stripper because your dad used to say that from the pulpit. No, he joked about it one time and it spread like daydreams.
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Because JC used to witness to people using her testimony.
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And then she wasn't even a stripper. And she goes, that's not part of my. And he goes, oh, I'm sorry. I have a lot of people to go back and unwitness to.
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Okay. Anyway, so question five, we'll do this one and then the other one. And then we can change out of these costumes and really focus on what we're here to talk about for the day.
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Okay. So would you rather be gassy on a first date or on your wedding night? First date.
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First date. What a terrible question. Well, but your first date, like you're trying to make a good impression.
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But then like if you've saved yourself for marriage, you're also trying to make a really good impression. You let them know if they're worth sticking around or not on the first date.
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I'm pretty sure you farted on your first date. And he always, pastor, always like leans when he does it.
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Or he makes like a face when you do. I try to be the same no matter where I'm at. I try.
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Consistency is key. Okay. Would you rather be allergic to the sun or water?
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What a horrible question. You know what's crazy? I actually knew a kid when I worked at a pediatrician clinic that had like an allergy to water.
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All right. Let me explain something. I've had two people tell me this before. How was that mitigated? All right. Hold on. I've had two people tell me this before.
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One of them was my high school teacher. And my first thought in my brain was, that's not true.
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Because you are made up of 71 % of water. So that is demonstrably untrue.
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So there must be some mitigating factor. Like you're allergic to... Allergic to tap water.
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In other words, like the calcium. The chemical. Not calcium. Fluoride. Fluoride. What's the other thing? Calcium.
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Whatever. One of the additives. No, that's the calcium filter. You can't be... Your body is... Like, I mean, if it rains on you.
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So the kid. Explain to me in what aspect he was allergic to water.
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Well, it was a girl. Not like it matters. But she... It wasn't like any of the soap that they used.
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Because they tested the soap. Like she got all this other allergy testing done. So it was the water that they found out.
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She would get in the bathtub. And she would just get whelps. Okay. On her. So it had...
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Her skin, like, was very... It had to be something in the water for the skin. Yeah, that's sulfur or minerals or fluoride.
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Because if she was drinking... I mean, obviously she was because she was alive. What drink on planet
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Earth doesn't have water in it? Oh, I don't know. I'm just telling you that she had like an allergic reaction when it got on her skin.
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Wow. So like she would whelp up like all the time. I'm sure you don't have... I'm sure it didn't when it rained on her.
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It had to be tap water. No, like if her skin got wet from water. That's insane.
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Yeah, so she would have to like cover up and all that. That's horrible. Yeah. Okay, allergic to a sun or water.
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Okay. Sun. That's my answer. I need to shower. That's... Because I can wear protective clothing for the sun.
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Those are horrible options. For the sun. Like sunscreen, like UV clothing, like all the stuff.
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But you also need the sun. It's okay. You can only block it out so much. I'll be like that mannequin guy over there. Is that Benchwarmers?
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Benchwarmers, yeah. Oh my... When he eats the sunblock? Oh, goodness gracious. Those are two horrible options, but if you're going to make me pick...
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And it's the game. So let's tune this up here. So now that I know the water allergy is just like your skin like gets a rash or something.
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Well, it like whelped up and it was like really painful. Okay. Like an allergic reaction on the skin. What would my reaction be to the sun in this scenario?
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I mean, I guess it would be the same. Okay. So it's just... You'd catch on fire, lol. So which one can you avoid more?
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Which one do you have to use more? The water. All I know is I don't start stinking until day three.
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Right. That's what I'm saying. You drink with water. I can go three days without showering. You cook with water. I don't want to go three days without the sun.
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Right. Those are horrible options. Put there at the options. Okay. That's how this game works.
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All right. Let me ask this. Yeah. Instant sunlight hits me. I mean, it's like any type of other allergen.
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If you come in contact with it, you will have an allergic reaction. Well, then it has to be water.
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You would do water? If you're saying instantly, the sun hits the skin 100 % of the time every day.
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Except when we're in the building. Not 100 % of the day. 100 % of days.
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At the time that you're outside. Of days. There's never a time where the sun doesn't hit my skin. There has been days, except for washing my hands.
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At least that's just my hands. There have been days where water, except for my hands, has not touched me.
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I mean, it's whatever you're okay with giving up. I just answered. It's not necessarily.
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I'll get allergic to alcohol. I'll get allergic to water. Get a nice gash down your legs.
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I'm allergic to water. There we go. Fun fact. I cut my leg once when I was little. Cody, I hope you're watching.
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My brother. Cut my ankle because I was learning to shave and all that stuff.
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And my mom wasn't there at the time. And so I told my brother, I had a piece of skin this long come out from the razor.
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And so I was telling my brother about it. And he's like, oh, let's put rubbing alcohol on that. Poured it over.
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Should Christians celebrate Halloween? That is the question. And that is an interesting question.
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So, Anna, what are your thoughts? So, my initial thought was, what is
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Halloween and where did it come from? Well, I had a window open.
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I guess I'll open a new window. So, I took the time over the last week or so to research the holiday.
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Like, where it came from. It originally, it originated as what All Hallows Eve. And so, then it's
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All Saints Day is November 1st. So, they go into that process and there was, you know, like another group of people.
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And I'm totally butchering this. So, like, research it for yourself. You know, look into that. But the way that I read it was, like with anything, someone takes it out of context and it deviates from its original purpose.
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And then, like, you had, like, the satanic worship and, like, all this other stuff. It was very focused around death.
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And so, figuring that out. And I'm like, okay, well, how did it become what it is today in America with us, like, going to each other's houses and trick -or -treating or doing, like, the trunk -or -treats and everything like that at church.
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And it's kind of just like everything is people take, like, either a Christian or pagan holiday and make it their own.
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And so, that's kind of what I looked into over the last week. But the thing is, like,
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I'm like, I don't celebrate the satanic worship. Like, I'm not sitting here with, like, a
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Ouija board or, like, an altar, like, sacrificing to Satan or, like, doing any of these other demonic things and practices.
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And so, but I'm like, but why did the church find it necessary to take it and then do, like, a trunk -or -treat instead of, like, a trick -or -treat thing?
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With our church, I see the need for a trunk -or -treat because of the neighborhoods that we're in.
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And it's not a safe neighborhood. And a lot of these parents are not comfortable with sending their kids out in these neighborhoods to trick -or -treat.
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We've been out in these neighborhoods before, like, witnessing and all of that stuff, and I am not comfortable in some of those neighborhoods.
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And so, for that need, I find it useful. But otherwise,
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I just kind of, I just do the costumes and candy. And then it's a good way to, it's a good way to witness to others, like, especially in your own neighborhood.
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You can talk to your neighbors and get to know them and share the gospel with them. And, you know, it's a witnessing opportunity.
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So, I don't know. It's kind of my, like, all of that to say, like, that's my accumulative thought.
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So, you'll get people, and they'll do this with Christmas, too. We'll get to that in a few weeks from now. Who will get into an argument about the original intent of Halloween.
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So, was it originated as pagan? Was it originated as Christian? So, we see pre -medieval church.
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Halloween, All Hallowed's Eve, the eve before All Hallowed, or All Saint's Day.
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In the Roman Catholic tradition, even today, November 1st is celebrating all the saints who died and are in heaven.
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Whereas, November 2nd, All Souls Day, is celebrating Christians who didn't make the cut for heaven, but are currently in purgatory.
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How do they know? They don't know. I was saying, like, versus the saints.
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So, it's just all Christians? Yeah. So, remember, in Roman Catholic tradition, as opposed to the scriptures, saints are super -Christians.
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Like Paul. Performed a miracle. They were martyred for their faith, etc.
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So, because of all of their and other
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Christians' good works, in heaven, there is a treasury of merit. All the good works, like, let's say that this much was necessary for entrance to heaven.
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Well, this person did this much. There is a surplus of good works. You can access that surplus of good works through penance, through the sacraments, and then get credited based on the merit of other people.
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Through the treasury of merits that's in heaven. Long story short, All Souls Day, November 2nd, is celebrating those who are in purgatory, working their way to heaven.
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All Saints Day is remembering the saints who are there. So, the day before all that is
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October 31st, and that's All Hallowed's Eve. Now, it just so happens that that is the day that Martin Luther nailed the 95
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Theses on the church door in Wittenberg, so it's also Reformation Day. Okay? So, there's a lot of argument on, so was this pagan first or Christian first?
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My answer surprises many people. I would answer, it doesn't matter. It's about the intent behind what you're doing now.
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Now, I know that probably comes across as a bit controversial, and I really don't mean it to be, but I think we have an exact correlation parallel in the scriptures of this exact thing.
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Now, I want you to put yourself in these shoes. This is in 1 Corinthians 8, Romans 14, several places.
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What do you do in this scenario? You have a church of true believers spread up in a what was formerly 100 %
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Gentile city, or overwhelming majority Gentile city, and they get saved. So, they have been worshipping idols all up until five minutes ago.
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So, their friends and their family are still going to be worshipping idols by going to the meat market, buying meat, laying it on an altar, praying to a false god, and then taking it home and eating it and celebrating it.
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Now, here's Paul's point in 1 Corinthians 8, Romans 14, etc. Should you eat that meat?
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And here's why. Paul's answer is, 1 Corinthians 8, in truth, there is no other god.
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There's only one god. So, that meat was not sacrificed to a god. It was sacrificed to nothing. There are other so -called gods, but there's only one god.
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So, there's nothing wrong with eating that because nothing happened to it other than it sat out in the air for 30 minutes.
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But then Paul says, but to others, because of their weak conscience and weak heart because they just got saved, that was very real to them.
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They were praying to that god, worshipping that god. So, if it would offend them for you to eat that in front of them, it would be a sin for you to eat that in front of them.
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Isn't that crazy? So, Paul's point is, in and of itself, there's nothing wrong with it.
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Unless you're causing another to stumble, but let each one be convinced in his own mind.
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Romans 14. Let each one be convinced in his own mind. So, when we have a scenario that is not explicitly in the scripture of do or do not do, it says, let each one be convinced in his own mind and not force that on another.
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So, I don't see a closer parallel than the Halloween thing.
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That's exactly the same scenario. Maybe with drinking alcohol, but in and of itself, it's not sinful.
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But if it were to cause someone else, it says, let each one be convinced in his own mind and not cause a brother to stumble.
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With the Halloween thing, if someone were to prove to me beyond a shadow of a doubt, it was originally pagan and adopted by the church.
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That one, it changed my mind. Now, having said all that, there are certain characters that me nor my children will be dressing up as.
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I mean, that goes without saying. The sexy kitten. Or, if someone's like, hey, this is my
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Beelzebul or Baal costume. I don't think so.
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Even in, like, if you've been anywhere involved in observing pop culture recently, it's very demonic.
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Doja Cat has done very demonic things. She posted something on her Instagram.
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I only know this because I watch other people who review stuff and I don't follow her in particular. But she posted sacrificing and doing all these other types of things.
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What's her name? Doja Cat. She's very popular now. A lot of album covers.
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She's, like, satanic. And then there was another, Sam Smith that Stay With Me song.
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Like, won't you stay with me? Go ahead and sing it now. I do not want that on the internet. And plus, we'll be demonetized if there's any music.
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I'll use that as my excuse. But we already don't make money. I know. That's my excuse.
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No, but Sam Smith did something. I think it was, like, the Grammys or some award show here in the last year where he was, like, literally twerking on this devil and then, is it
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Lil Nas or something? He also had a video where he was twerking, like, on Satan.
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And it's just, it's very demonic. But then we also have, you brought up like, it's not inherently well,
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I don't want to say it's not inherently sinful, depending on, like, where it came from. Well, that part is. Right, but the thing well,
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I'm saying, like, from Halloween in general. So you have these parties, like, in high school and college where they're costume parties and there is alcohol involved, which you're abusing the alcohol, more likely than not.
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There are inappropriate costumes, mainly for females. It's like, you have a cat and then you have a sexy cat.
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You have a nurse and then you have a sexy nurse, you know? It's like, there's always a way to make it inappropriate and to find sin in that.
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But so if you're celebrating Halloween like that, like most college students are, that would be a sin, because like you said, it's with the intent that you have with us.
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But if you're asking me if someone dressed up as G .I. Joe and Cinderella come to our church.
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If we just wanted to have a Halloween, if we just want to go out with our kids and collect free candy, there's nothing wrong with that.
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And it's like, so just enjoy your time. If you're going to be envious and covet my
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Scooby -Doo costume that I found free. It's not even his, it's our church's.
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I'm sure that will be used in the trunk or treat that we'll have. I might lend it out to someone.
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Okay, now you're just lying. Sorry. But it's such a good well, like I said earlier with our church and the neighborhood that we've been put in in our community, it's such a good opportunity for 2000 people here last year.
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For not even these kids to have like a safe place to trick or treat and do that, but to also have the gospel shared with them.
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And then, I mean, there are people like you said, 2000 people that came through last year.
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We had 2000 people last year. Didn't the county, like Shelby County, say something?
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Was it one of the years that we did the drive -in? Or like the people were parked all the way down? Two years ago, they said, we've got to figure something out.
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Because we were causing too much of a disturbance with traffic. Well, yeah. It was backed up half a mile. Half a mile.
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I don't know. It's just like our church is really big around trick or treat. We've been here a long time doing that.
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We're consistent with it. So people know where we're at and what we're doing. That's awesome. But yeah, it's like you have that opportunity.
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And there were some people that, you know, if it's open to the public, you're going to have all walks of life come in.
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And there were people who had inappropriate costumes on, but we did not turn them away unless it was like egregious.
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Yes. That's a nicer word than I was going to say. Thank you. But you know, it's like you think about these people who don't know the gospel and you actually get to share it with them.
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And just have fun with the community. And you get candy. I mean, yeah. That's what
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I go for. I go for candy. I have a child and I have an excuse. They give it all to my kids and I take what I want. That's a parent tax.
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Yeah, let's go ahead and knock out the best candies while we're at it. This is not an opinion, it's a statement of fact.
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What was your favorite growing up? Growing up is different than now. Hershey's milk chocolate.
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That was your favorite? Hershey's milk chocolate and sour gummy worms growing up were my two favorites.
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Okay, so mine, it is not my favorite now, but when I was little, it was Tootsie Rolls. That was your favorite?
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I've never heard anyone say that. I could slam some Tootsie Rolls. You know the butterscotch and then the red ones the women at church give you?
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The cinnamon ones? Trash. Even when
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I was growing up I had a younger cousin that I would take trick -or -treating in our neighborhood. And I told her,
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I said, hey, I'm going to take you trick -or -treating but I'm going to have you pay a tax with your candy. And she's like, that's fine.
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She says, what do you want? And I said, the Tootsie Rolls. And she's like, it's fine, I don't like those anyway. I'm like, all right, works out for the both of us.
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Here's the best candies. Not in order, I'm just throwing them out there and we can arrange them in order. Obviously, Reese's.
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You can get the big ones, you can get the miniature ones, those are typically my favorite. But Reese's, number two. You know when they have the single gummy lifesavers that are kind of big, they're very soft, chewy?
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Those are up there. Hersey's dark chocolate. I know you're a dark chocolate guy.
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I am now, I have been since I was like 19. I don't know what it is. Still sour gummy worms and sour patch kids are still up there.
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Said Reese's. I like candy corn, by the way. And those little pumpkins. Give me the pumpkins.
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Do you like the autumn mix with the chocolate corn? Those are poo -poo. No, give me the green and orange pumpkin ones.
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I will pick those out. I get so much hate for the candy corn, by the way. My husband never liked it.
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Are you eating a candle? Do you have no sense of taste? Are you eating a crayon? It's a sugary crayon and it's delicious.
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It's wonderful. I used to eat crayons, okay? I bet you did. My husband will only eat candy corn if it has peanuts in it.
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Because it tastes like a payday. As far as candy bars, Snickers are obviously up there. Twix is mine.
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There aren't a lot of bad candy bars, though. I used to like Crunch. I loved
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Crunch. I haven't had a Crunch bar in years. Do you remember the little clusters of Crunch?
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Like you can get them in the bag? You don't remember those? Or like the Butterfinger BBs? Yes, I remember those.
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Butterfinger was never my favorite. Yeah, but they had the BBs. I'll tell you what candy
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I don't like. You know those stale wafer -y sandwich things that look like a harmonica with the cream in the middle?
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Hold on, say that again? Stale wafer -y cookie with the cream in the middle sandwich things that make the regular, the strawberry.
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My husband and I love those. What do you call them? We just call them wafer cookies like strawberry or chocolate wafer ones.
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No, it's like stale air. That's like getting a sugar ice cream cone instead of a waffle cone.
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You know what? Styrofoam, please. They are so cheap. And they are so good.
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We're reversing roles here. Normally I am the one who chooses lesser quality for greater quantity.
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You have to give and take a little. It's fine. You said what? Alfredo's Pizza Cafe.
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Pizza by Alfredo's or Alfredo's Pizza Cafe. What's the matter? It's a huge difference. Would you rather have a very large quantity of pizza that is pretty good or a moderate amount that is excellent?
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I don't know. It's like the sugar coats the roof of your mouth and you scrape it off with your nail.
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It was a childhood thing for me. You made that less appetizing. That's how you know it's delicious.
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The longer it went on, it got less appetizing. I'm just telling you how it is for us. You remember those cookies?
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You remember Warheads? The really sour ones? Yes. I had a friend who ate so many of them. You actually know her.
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She ate so many of them, it made her tongue bleed. Alright, so guys, there's nothing wrong with Halloween.
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Celebrate if you want, just don't overeat Warheads. Overeat the Warheads. Don't wear your sexy costumes out in public.
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Keep that for your marriage in your bedroom. Yes. Now again, you won't find me promoting actually demonic things.
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I mean, that's just ridiculous. Oh, and by the way, Satan has never worn a red jumpsuit with a tail and a pitchfork.
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That's not what Satan looks like. Go read the Bible. But I still would not wear something like that. Right. At any rate, you know, there's some evidence
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I've read before, especially in Germany in Martin Luther's day on Reformation day.
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They would dress up that way in a way to make fun of the evil spirits.
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Like as a mockery of you're not as powerful as God. Still not a tactic
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I would do, but at any rate, and I've got to be honest with you, and I know this is going to upset some people.
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It's a good thing I don't care. If your mindset is I can't participate in any way of anything that's origin story contains an element of sin or godlessness in it.
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You better not be celebrating anything. I mean, what are you going to celebrate?
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There are whole food brands you don't need to eat. Girl Scout cookies. Sorry, you need to stop buying them.
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I think there's a better way to be consistent. Imagine if Jesus and the apostles had taken that approach.
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You understand what I mean? I don't think they would have, nor did they. I mean, we have not only
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Jesus eating with tax collectors, we have Paul going to Mars Hill in front of a temple where pagan gods were worshipped.
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At any rate, again, I think there is a way that is totally fine to do a fall festival,
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Halloween -style thing at your church, at your home, whatever. And it'd be totally fine.
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Let each one be convinced in his own mind. But since there is no scripture that says you shall or shall not celebrate
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Halloween, I think we need to have a level of Christian grace and mercy and let each one be convinced in his own conscience. Alright.
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Very good. Yeah? Yeah. I mean, you summed it up right there.
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I summed it up. I tried. Hey, what are we doing next time? The adoption. We're continuing it, but with two other guests.
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What other topics do we have coming up? We have adoption. What else? Well, do we want to spoil that for our viewers? Is that a spoil?
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I think so. I don't know. Is it spoiling? I think it's a spoil. It's an appropriate spoil.
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So, next on the docket is adoption. We're going to have Michaela and William. They're going to finish up what
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Char and Shane started. The weekend after that, we are going to be doing How Should Christians Vote?
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Since we have an election year coming up, I figured that would be a good one. Is that just me and you, or do we have a guest?
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I can find somebody. Find the right person. I'll get Brandon back on air.
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Find the right person. Find a Democrat. We're going to do that one.
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We are going to also do Have Hannah Back On for that episode that ended up not airing.
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We're going to talk about self -love and all of that. And whether you should idolize
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Yeah, self -care and idolizing working out. And then we're going to talk about Christmas in the final episode.
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But I'll save that one. Alright, that's pretty excellent. So, we have a few episodes left for this season. And then we'll take the holiday season off for Christmas and then the new year,
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I'm assuming. And then we'll come back at the beginning of the year after that. Do you know that I've used all three of y 'all's names in front of each of you in a way that is either a play on words or a pun?
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And it was great for everyone involved. My favorite for you is no.
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It's to use your name to substitute the phrase and a. Yes, I get that all the time.
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I'll have a cheeseburger and a fry. And I love doing that. Landon I've used on mission trips when we're on airplanes.
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You mean Landon? Yeah, Landon. How do you use Lil? Ha ha ha! Mr. Ha ha.
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Oh, I thought you were telling me to laugh out loud. That was my favorite. Alright.
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Well, very good. Anna, what do we got? We're done? Yeah, we're done. Hey, give a like, share, subscribe thing, share the videos, do your thing like that.
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We are. Because we are the only two that know it apparently every time we have to remind people.
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