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Richard Radio begins in 3, 2, 1. I

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personally don't think a fertilized egg should have

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more rights than an adult woman. You know

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nothing. You know nothing. Your ignorance is being shown

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for the entire world. Either that thing that you

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abort is a human person with a right to

0:20

life or it isn't. That's like shooting at a

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movement in the bush when you're hunting and it

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might be a deer and it might be a

0:26

fellow hunter but you don't know. Well don't shoot

0:28

for goodness sakes. It's

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time for Richard Radio with Todd

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Friel. Not gonna

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complain about the weather. Not gonna do it. Wouldn't

0:38

be prudent. In fact, it would

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be a sin. Hello

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this is Richard Radio. It is

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Witness Wednesday at Georgia Tech and

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while the day isn't perfect, it's

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perfectly fine with me. Why?

0:53

Is to complain about the weather

0:55

is to question God's sovereign judgment,

0:57

the one who is in control

0:59

of all weather systems and basically

1:01

state, you didn't do a very

1:03

good job today. And so

1:06

it is. I'm not gonna complain about the

1:08

weather but I am going to use it

1:10

as a springboard into witnessing to the young

1:13

people here at Georgia Tech. So let's do

1:15

that on a Witness Wednesday here at Georgia

1:17

Tech. Excuse me young man. While

1:20

you're walking, where are you going right now? How are

1:22

you physics? Can I walk and talk with you

1:24

on the radio while you're on your way to class? Okay.

1:27

Well it's not really a physics question. We

1:30

got a ton of rain in Atlanta recently.

1:32

Oh yes. A lot of devastation. Just hundreds

1:35

of millions of dollars. Who

1:37

do you think is responsible for

1:39

the rainfall? I

1:43

don't know. I guess climate change. You

1:45

could blame it on that. Just happened all

1:48

by itself. Yeah I would say so. Nature.

1:51

Mother nature? Yeah I would say

1:53

mother nature. What's mother nature? The

1:57

weather, the earth basically. Random

2:00

Chance? Yeah, I would say

2:02

so. Yeah, I'm guessing by

2:04

your response that you don't

2:06

believe that there is a

2:08

god. Is that correct? Ah,

2:10

now I know I wouldn't

2:12

say that it's a mother

2:15

nature's few much metaphor. Of

2:17

the weather and surprised that they

2:19

do believe in does ah I

2:22

would say so it could you

2:24

think it is a half. The.

2:29

The guy upstairs I would say. Okay

2:32

so if I ask you for

2:34

the name of the guy upstairs

2:36

alone name would you give the

2:39

guy upstairs? Ah, chances are your

2:41

shirts and a gal upstairs. Could

2:44

be is the a girl guy I

2:47

could you think it is. What? What

2:49

religious system do you follow? Ah Catholic.

2:52

Catholic, so you would say it was

2:54

the father, son, and holy spirit, right?

2:56

I would. Okay, so you believe that

2:59

God is the. Best

3:03

I know, my Bible. Doesn't the Bible

3:05

say that God is in control the

3:07

weather department? Ah, In.

3:10

Fact: doesn't it say that he sends

3:12

rain on the evil and the good.

3:15

Ah, I'll know

3:17

I ever heard that. Because

3:20

he is. He's in charge

3:22

of everything that happens according to

3:24

your beliefs, right? Ah, yes, so

3:27

the rain came from God,

3:29

right? To I

3:31

guess friend tell me as a as

3:33

a Catholic who believes in the father,

3:35

son, and holy spirit what he thinks

3:37

gonna happen to you when you die.

3:40

Ah hard an A be

3:42

Purgatory. Purgatory.

3:45

but you're not. So in other words,

3:47

if you do enough good, a good

3:49

place do bad things are bad place.

3:52

Ah yes honey think you're doing

3:54

today. Ah pretty good as in.

3:58

His thinking about schoolwork. I'm like

4:00

that but if you got zapped right now

4:02

it just get taken out. Got chills? you're

4:04

right on the spot where it would you

4:07

think's gonna happen. Heaven or hell. Only

4:10

been a good person. Ah,

4:13

Sort of. All

4:16

right I would say. Marker.

4:18

One of the last time you took a

4:21

test. Ah. Are left

4:23

Monday. Cool. How many give you one

4:25

Today on Wednesday you're ready again. Or

4:27

here's the test. This is a good

4:29

person test to see if you're a

4:31

good person or I'm in your life

4:33

lock. Twenty years I'm guess I'm funny.

4:36

lies. Do you think you've told oh

4:38

thousands thousands of lies? And while you're

4:40

an accomplished young men, So thousand if

4:42

I told thousands of lies, what would

4:44

you call me? What name would you

4:46

give to me? Ah, maybe. Stance.

4:49

On the Line may be a

4:51

hypocrite, rhymes with Pants On Fire

4:53

Oh. Wire

4:56

Haga, How many things in your twenty or

4:58

so years have you stolen? Doesn't

5:01

have to be from a store or of bank.

5:04

Just taking anything from anyone. Downloading

5:09

music, not working a full shift,

5:11

taking some money or your parents

5:13

pants pockets media. Less

5:16

than one hundred. Hundred?

5:19

Okay if I stole a stop

5:21

right here, If I stole his

5:23

shady less than one hundred things,

5:25

what would you call me? Ah

5:27

Steeler If you're from Pittsburgh, otherwise

5:29

you would be a. Thief

5:31

of the the prime I'd I'd so

5:33

that we did were doing a good

5:36

person test. you're a liar Near the.

5:39

Is a trickier one walk in on

5:41

campus, never look at women and have

5:43

X rated thoughts are in your private

5:46

life in your heart all alone sexual

5:48

thoughts about other people. I do I'd

5:50

be adultery the heart according to the

5:52

five crying because you don't need to

5:54

do with the act, just need to

5:57

think about it. Got as you type.

6:00

He knows everything I am. I

6:03

just three on the good person to

6:05

as if I won more. Have you

6:08

ever taken God's name in vain? I

6:10

have I have had so of lying,

6:12

leaving, adultery and glass. Concepts

6:15

You you'd I stand before the books

6:17

are open. Everything you've ever done in

6:19

darkness it's revealed. He knows the whole

6:22

story and these are you good enough

6:24

to get into heaven. Ah on things

6:26

And as. Bad

6:30

day at a day, right for

6:33

them. Make such they've got is

6:35

good and he's just. he's honest

6:37

law breakers because they're guilty, they

6:39

broken it's laws a committed crimes

6:42

against him so you'd be gone

6:44

to heaven or hell. Ah how.

6:48

To that's horrifying. Tell

6:50

me about health Ah

6:53

lot higher. Ah. Really

6:56

bad place. Yeah,

6:58

that's reasonable. Ah

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yeah I would say so.

7:04

Why I the I. He

7:07

gave us the gift of life and. We

7:10

don't know. Ah

7:12

in honored active snacks.

7:18

Fry give a girlfriend by any chance. Now

7:20

never had a girlfriend. Imagine

7:23

you've got a girlfriend or wife. Somebody

7:26

that you love and you sense

7:28

adverse. Sixty Six Love Letters. And

7:31

they never open them up. What

7:34

would you think about their love for

7:36

you when you took the effort to

7:39

right so much to? Ah, Little

7:42

annoyed when jim of a thing as a

7:44

they don't love me back yeah when's the

7:47

last time you read your bible as you

7:49

wanna do? Ah us. A

7:52

long time ago. my. Discourse

7:56

on sent to you. haven't

7:59

read much good barometer or

8:01

how we feel about the God

8:03

who loves us. So

8:06

tell me, you've got to know the answer to this. This

8:08

is important. What did God do

8:10

so you don't have to go to hell? He's

8:12

done something for you. Do you know what it is? What

8:16

is it? What did Jesus

8:18

do two thousand years ago? It's not

8:20

for his sins. Bingo! Right!

8:22

The just for the unjust, the

8:25

righteous for the unrighteous, God for

8:27

man. Perfect person,

8:30

fully God, fully man, came to this

8:32

earth, took the punishment that you deserve

8:34

by being beaten and spat upon, dying

8:37

upon a cross, casting for air.

8:40

For you, God's wrath being poured out

8:42

on him so that his

8:44

goodness can be credited to your account. That's

8:47

good news. The forgiveness is available but

8:49

the question is how do you get

8:51

that forgiveness? This is the

8:53

important part because if you're in

8:55

trouble with God, he's angry at

8:58

you and Jesus because he died on the

9:00

cross can appease the wrath of the father.

9:03

You've got to access that. Do

9:05

you know what you must do

9:07

to be saved? Be

9:11

baptized? Here's

9:14

why baptism won't help you. That's something you

9:17

or somebody else did. Jesus

9:19

did everything for you. So

9:21

if you contribute to that somehow, it's going to rob

9:23

him of his glory and the good thing that he

9:25

did for you. It's not a work that you can

9:27

do. It's not going to

9:29

a man in a confessional booth and doing

9:31

something because that would mean that his work

9:34

on the cross wasn't enough and

9:36

his work on the cross was enough. You've got to repent.

9:39

Do you know what that means to repent?

9:41

Atonement? Well, in order

9:43

to get atonement, you need to repent. The

9:46

good news is Jesus died for you. In

9:48

response to that good news, you should go,

9:50

I'm sorry. I've been wrong. I've

9:53

been living wrong. I'm sorry. And so you

9:55

confess your sins to God, to a man

9:57

to God, you say you're sorry and you

9:59

turn. from your sins doesn't

10:01

mean you become perfect but you have a

10:03

new attitude about him. You don't like those

10:06

things anymore. You want him and you put

10:08

your trust in Jesus and the Bible says

10:10

when you do that all of your sins

10:12

past, present, and future all forgiven because

10:15

of what he did for you. You repent

10:17

and trust the Savior. Total

10:20

surrender, dead to yourself and

10:22

he'll make you alive in him. So

10:25

how old are you actually? Nineteen.

10:28

Nineteen years old. So dude maybe something

10:30

to think about today on the campus.

10:33

Because if you died right now you're right. You

10:35

go to hell. But God is

10:37

good and he's rich in mercy and he will

10:39

save a sinner like you and me or that

10:41

guy. You feel repentant with

10:43

your trust in him. Does that make sense?

10:46

It's good news. You've got bad news now

10:48

but there's good news available. Do you have

10:50

a Bible? Yes.

10:53

Crack that thing open. God wrote

10:55

that so you can know him and you

10:57

can know that what I'm saying is true if you go read

10:59

that thing. All I'm trying to do, I'm not trying to get

11:01

you into a cult or a church or anything for that matter.

11:04

I want you to go to heaven because God

11:06

will be glorified if you'll get saved. So read

11:08

your Bible. Read the Gospel of John, would you?

11:10

Okay. Alright. Hey. I think God's

11:13

in control of the weather and of this encounter

11:15

that I met you today. Alright

11:17

dude? Alright. Alright. Jesus.

11:19

See you. Goodbye. It's witness

11:21

Wednesday. We are at Georgia Tech. The

11:24

woman was hiding behind that

11:26

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11:28

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11:31

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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel. We

15:03

need help on the campuses. It's Wretched Radio.

15:06

I wish you could see what I see.

15:09

The sidewalks are packed with people

15:11

right now. I don't know what the

15:13

clock is here at Georgia Tech, but

15:15

class must have just been let out and

15:17

there are literally... Okay, I don't want to

15:20

sound like a Christian event

15:22

promoter, but there's at least hundreds

15:24

of people on this sidewalk right

15:26

now. Everywhere I turn, it's like

15:29

people, people everywhere. We need

15:31

more fishers out here. Could you be

15:33

one? Don't want to guilt you into

15:35

this. Just know that there's a lot of people going

15:37

to hell out

15:39

here. I don't want you to feel guilty

15:42

about this. They'll be motivated because

15:44

of what Jesus did for you and bring it out here

15:46

and you get to share it like in the conversation that

15:48

I just get to have with a young man to clear

15:52

up so that they can

15:54

understand the gospel and the cross. It's

15:56

a wonderful thing to get to do

15:58

and maybe just maybe... you have the skills

16:00

that God has gifted you with so that you could be

16:03

out here too. So you don't have

16:05

to be at a campus, but you should be

16:07

somewhere doing something with the gifts

16:09

that God has given to you. So

16:11

do that. Figure it out. And if you think,

16:14

you know those college kids, every time I think

16:16

about them it breaks my heart, then get out here.

16:19

Start wandering around the campus and start talking

16:21

to kids. And that's what we'll

16:23

do right now. It's Witness Wednesday here on Wretched Radio.

16:26

And honestly, you want to know what my problem is right now? There's

16:30

too many kids. Because

16:32

it's kind of hard when there's so many

16:34

people around. It's almost better when there's fewer

16:36

kids. Am I complaining? I'm

16:40

sorry. Not supposed to complain about

16:42

that either. Or the weather, because

16:44

you'll recall we're using that in Georgia as

16:46

a springboard to talk to people about

16:48

God. Who does the weather? Okay,

16:50

here's my guy. He's sitting on a

16:53

bench. He's got a backpack. There's a

16:55

shucker. And he's got red hair

16:57

on the... Oh, it looks like

16:59

he might be an athletic sort of fellow. Let's

17:01

see if we can chat with him. Hey,

17:03

young man. Hey, can I

17:05

sit down next to you for just a second? I don't

17:07

move so far. That's all right. Sit

17:09

right there. Hey, while you're sitting, killing time, could I talk to you on

17:11

the radio for a minute? Sure. Cool. What's

17:14

your first name? Nathan. Nathan, nice to meet

17:16

you. Do you know what your first name means? No,

17:19

I don't. I do. What's the name? It

17:21

means gift of God. Do you know that? I didn't.

17:24

It's a Hebrew name. Natan

17:27

is your name. It means gift of God. That's

17:32

all I got for you. Dude, what are you studying here at

17:34

the campus? I'm here studying. Computer, so you're a geek. You

17:37

are a geek. I am. Here's

17:39

my question for you, Nathan. The big

17:41

storm that went through Georgia, tons of

17:43

rain, a lot of devastation, flooding, some

17:46

people died. Nathan, who do

17:48

you think caused that rain to happen? Was

17:50

there a god, a

17:52

cosmic force, nature? Who is

17:54

the one responsible for all that rain? I'd have to

17:56

stay in nature. No? Hello.

18:00

have to stand up. Are you together? Just

18:03

hanging out? You'd have to say nature. So just

18:05

kind of happen all by itself. Cool.

18:07

Do you believe that there is a God? I do. Who do

18:10

you think it is Nathan? Couldn't tell you.

18:12

I'd say there's a God but I couldn't tell you

18:14

anything. So why

18:17

do you think there is one? Did

18:20

you grow up in church? Christian. What kind

18:23

of Christian? There's lots of Christians. So you're

18:25

Catholic, so you believe in the Bible. So

18:27

Father, Son and Holy Ghost, right? I guess

18:30

that's what I mean. Just kidding. Nathan, Father, Son and

18:32

Holy Ghost. So would you be willing to say that

18:34

that is who God is? Father, Son and Holy Ghost?

18:36

I'd say so. Cool. And you believe

18:38

in that God? How come? I can

18:40

tell you honestly. Really? Maybe

18:43

because you just grew up with it? Yeah. Kind of went along with the

18:45

program. How old do you know Nathan? 18. So you're

18:47

a grown man? So now you

18:49

should be figuring out if that's true or not,

18:51

huh? Why would somebody like me want to believe

18:54

what you believe? Can you give me a good

18:56

reason to believe what you believe? No,

18:58

I'd say just believe whatever.

19:00

Whatever. Alright. You ready for

19:03

some tough questions now? Sure. Alright, these are going

19:05

to get dicier. Nathan, would you consider yourself to

19:07

be a good person? I would.

19:09

You're sure? Mm-hmm. I'm going to quiz you.

19:11

Alright. Alright. Nathan, how many lies have you

19:13

told in your life? Countless.

19:16

Countless. Okay. So if I told

19:18

countless lies, what would you call

19:20

me? That you're

19:22

a normal person. Well, I don't think I disagree

19:25

with you, but the name that you would give

19:27

to me rhymes with pants on fire. Alright.

19:29

A liar? A liar. You tell a bunch

19:31

of lies. You're a liar. Alright. Nathan, how

19:33

many things do you think you've stolen in

19:35

your life? Only

19:39

one thing and that would make you

19:41

a... Liar. Or a thief. Thief. Thief.

19:43

Righto. Okay. A little trickier. Thought

19:46

life. What goes on in your brain? Have you

19:48

ever just been really mad at somebody torqued driving

19:50

down the road? You think they're a moron for

19:52

being such a terrible driver? Absolutely. Okay. Because God

19:55

sees what's going on in your brain and

19:57

would call the murder of the heart. Now it's not as bad

19:59

as committing... the act, but

20:01

it's still bad because you've had a hateful,

20:03

murderous thought in your brain. Okay,

20:06

so have you ever taken God's

20:08

name in vain? I have not. Ever? Nope.

20:12

Ever and ever? Nope. Not

20:15

an OMG? None of that monkey business? Nope. You're

20:17

sure? Yep. Alright, so you're good

20:19

to go on that one. Alright. Nope.

20:23

Okay, because that would be the first commandment. Right there. Alright.

20:27

No. I'm not going to answer this one, especially with

20:29

the girls standing here. If

20:31

you have ever had thoughts

20:33

about other people that were, well let's say,

20:35

either are or are X-rated or if mom

20:38

or dad knew about them it would be

20:40

kind of embarrassing. That

20:43

would also be a strike against you as a

20:45

good person. Alright. Alright, so dude, I just asked

20:47

you like five questions to see if you're a

20:49

good person. And you confess to me that you're

20:51

a liar, a thief,

20:53

a murderer, and potentially

20:56

an adulterate heart. Yikes.

20:59

You're sure you're a good person? Yep.

21:02

Okay, so if you died and you stood before

21:04

God and he knew the books and he knew

21:06

everything that you've ever done, ever, every deed done

21:08

in darkness, everything you've failed to do, all

21:11

those things by not having him first in your life, would

21:14

he say that you, Nathan, are an innocent

21:16

man or a guilty man? I

21:18

would have to say that. How come? Because

21:20

I'm not so safe. I

21:23

don't know. Well,

21:32

if you've broken the laws... That

21:35

is true. I'd

21:37

be guilty. I guess so. I know I'd

21:39

be guilty. Way more than you by the

21:41

looks of you, but I'd be guilty and you'd be guilty.

21:43

I guess so. Okay, so if God

21:45

is just and this father, son, and holy ghost

21:47

is just and he hates sin and he's

21:50

got to punish lawbreakers because he

21:53

doesn't like it when criminals get away with breaking the law.

21:55

We don't like that either, do we, when we watch the news and

21:57

we see the bad guy get away? it

22:00

you Nathan. I couldn't tell you. I think

22:03

that would be

22:05

up to him. I agree but we could probably

22:09

conclude it wouldn't be

22:11

a good day for Nathan. No, probably not. Probably not

22:13

a good day. Alright now dude, you're

22:15

father, son and Holy Ghost. So the father's going

22:18

to judge you. Send you to hell

22:20

if you've broken his laws. Tell me what

22:22

did the son do so you don't have to go

22:24

to hell. For him.

22:26

Now tell me what he did two thousand

22:28

years ago. Here's what we got. Here's our situation.

22:31

Nathan's a law breaker. You're

22:33

on trial, you're guilty, you've got

22:35

an infinite debt to pay. Jesus

22:37

did something two thousand years ago to pay

22:40

your fine. What did he do? Alright, actually you know what?

22:46

I have to go. Okay. Real quick. You'll

22:53

catch up to it. What did Jesus do two thousand years ago so you

22:55

don't have to go to hell. You know this. Jesus

22:57

what? That's right, he died for you. The sinner. So that

22:59

you don't have to go to hell. You

23:01

need to repent to put your trust in him. All

23:03

of your sins forgiven so that you don't die and

23:05

go to hell. Fair enough? Fair enough? What do you

23:07

think about this today? Alright. Alright. I appreciate it Nathan.

23:09

See ya. Alright, goodbye. Nathan

23:14

had to go chase after the chick.

23:17

Johnny Hunt just said something. I

23:19

agree with him. He

23:21

said most people in this country, they've heard parts

23:23

of the story. They just need you to

23:28

put it together for them and it's very, very true.

23:30

You know this kid, he knows Father, Son and Holy

23:32

Spirit but doesn't believe in him but that's his God

23:34

but he doesn't know who it is and Jesus on

23:36

the whole. It's just a hash for them and you

23:38

need to help put it together

23:43

for them and you can.

23:45

It's really, honestly, I don't know what to do with this but

23:49

honestly, if I ever get

23:52

this book published, this is the

23:54

biggest if you want to use it. marketing

24:00

terms target market there is in

24:02

the country. People who went

24:04

to church as a kid but don't

24:06

understand the gospel. Or they've

24:08

had some sort of Christian experience going

24:11

to a Christian camp or the football

24:13

outreach thing but they never really understood

24:15

it and they need you to

24:17

clear it up for them. Most

24:20

people in this country fit

24:22

that category. So if you're

24:24

an odds kind of guy or gal and it's like,

24:27

well who should I go witness to where

24:30

there's a good chance that they're confused?

24:33

Answer pretty much anybody in this

24:35

country. So please

24:39

find yourself a fishing hole and

24:41

it might even be your neighborhood.

24:44

What is your bag Christian? Get

24:47

on it. I'm telling you. Yeah

24:49

you're going to get shot down once in a

24:52

while. Yes you will be sick

24:54

to your stomach nervous. It can

24:56

be considered like a weight loss program. I'm telling

24:59

you. It'll make you nervous and sick to your

25:01

stomach. It is scary. Whoop-de-doo.

25:05

Do it and the joy that you will

25:07

get out of it and if somebody, even

25:09

one gets saved, even one gets

25:11

it besides that you're not called to

25:13

do the saving. You're just called to

25:16

do the preaching. So please

25:18

figure out your deal and get on

25:20

it would you because everywhere I look

25:22

here on the campus I just they're

25:25

just lost and they're at such a

25:28

ripe age to figure it out. I know George

25:30

Barna will say this or that statistic about the

25:32

college kids they've lost their faith. Well they didn't

25:34

lose it. They never had it in the first

25:36

place and my belief is that most of these

25:38

kids are at least willing to try to figure

25:40

it out. We are here at Georgia

25:43

Tech. It's a Witness Wednesday. We're not

25:45

complaining about the weather. Instead we're using

25:47

it as a springboard to witness

25:49

the people and you could

25:52

too. So get on

25:54

it. Georgia Tech on Wretched Radio. And

26:01

it's now time for our Wretched News break

26:03

here on Wretched Radio. I am Jimmy Hicks.

26:05

Well, we start today with news from Arizona

26:07

where the newly elected mayor in San Luis,

26:09

Arizona has suddenly shut down a food pantry

26:11

that has been serving the community for over

26:13

20 years. Pastor

26:16

Jose Manuel Castro's church had been faithfully

26:18

providing food and clothing for more than

26:20

380 families every Saturday morning.

26:22

But since the new mayor took to office

26:25

in December of 2022, she

26:27

has targeted the ministry forcing it to close

26:29

its doors. The church is being represented

26:31

by the nonprofit law firm First

26:33

Liberty and has filed a lawsuit

26:36

against the city claiming violations of

26:38

the first and 14th amendments as

26:40

well as federal and state religious

26:42

freedom laws. The suit alleges

26:44

a clear pattern of harassment and

26:46

intimidation by the mayor and other

26:48

city officials and strangely the defendants

26:50

have refused to comment or even

26:53

discuss a solution that would allow

26:55

the ministry to continue serving the

26:57

poor and hungry in the community.

26:59

Strange indeed. In

27:02

other news, the UK government has

27:04

taken the absurd step of labeling

27:06

pro-life views as a potential gateway

27:09

to terrorism in its counter-terrorism training

27:11

materials. Despite the fact that there

27:13

has never been a single instance

27:15

of pro-life terrorism in British history,

27:17

the government has now explicitly stated

27:19

that holding a pro-life position could

27:22

be the first step on the

27:24

road to becoming a terrorist. Not

27:26

only is that a ridiculous worldview

27:28

to hold, but it also reveals

27:30

a deep intolerance and hostility toward

27:32

those who actually believe people shouldn't be

27:35

murdered and killed in the womb for

27:37

no reason. It makes you wonder

27:39

if they're going to label traditional marriage as terroristic

27:41

next. Seems to be trending that way. Meanwhile

27:44

in Canada, the government there is preparing

27:46

to launch open banking. What's that? Well,

27:48

it's a system that would allow customers

27:50

to share their financial data with a

27:52

third-party financial company more easily. And proponents

27:54

claim it will increase competition and efficiency,

27:56

but critics are warning of the potential

27:58

for the next step. fraudulent account

28:00

linking and large-scale theft of funds.

28:02

That's the one I'm gonna go

28:05

with. Finally, in a stunning display

28:07

of confusion, and that is the

28:09

nice way to term this, a

28:11

director at Steven Furtick's Elevation Church

28:13

has announced plans for their Easter

28:15

Sunday celebration and it will be

28:17

void of any mentions of the

28:19

resurrection, the blood of Christ, or

28:21

anything else that might make people

28:23

feel like outsiders. So what

28:25

are they planning to celebrate if those things

28:27

aren't mentioned because that is the very epitome

28:30

of what Easter means. It was

28:32

the death of Christ who shed his blood

28:34

on the cross for sinners

28:36

and three days later he was

28:38

resurrected from the grave, defeating death,

28:40

sin, and Satan. What is it

28:42

that they plan on celebrating? They're

28:44

afraid to make people feel like

28:46

outsiders? Well, that's exactly what they

28:48

are if they're still lost in

28:51

their sin. Apparently, things are

28:53

going pretty status quo at Elevation Church.

28:55

And that's been today's Wretched Newsbreak. More

28:57

Wretched radio is straight ahead. I'm Jimmy

28:59

Hicks. Important

29:05

dates in Christian

29:07

history. 590 A.D.

29:10

Gregory becomes Pope Gregory the first,

29:13

known as the Great. He made

29:15

treatise with Germanic Hives, independent of

29:17

the Emperor, and declared the Bishop

29:20

of Rome's primacy over the whole

29:22

Church, increasing the political and spiritual

29:24

power of the papacy significantly. This

29:28

is Wretched Radio with Todd

29:30

Friedle. This is Witness Wednesday.

29:32

It's Wretched Radio. I'm at George at Tech.

29:34

Hey, young man, could I interrupt

29:37

you just for a minute and talk to you on the roof? You're,

29:39

you're, what are you working on? I had

29:41

that cell phone. I

29:44

miss nice because it's got big numbers and I miss

29:46

that one. It is nice. All right, dude, I'm gonna,

29:48

can I push your stuff over? Yeah. All right. So

29:50

tell me on the radio, what exactly are you doing

29:53

here at George at Tech? What are you studying? I'm

29:55

a chemical engineer first year. Right now

29:57

I'm doing biology homework and uh... probably

30:00

shouldn't be chatting with people but I am

30:02

anyway. Can't help yourself. Can

30:04

but... Are you a discipline guy? Yeah.

30:07

For the most part? For the most part. I want to

30:09

ask you a question about the weather. Okay. Alright. I don't

30:11

know if this has to do with biology or not but

30:14

we just had a ton of rain here

30:16

in Georgia. Lots of rain, lots of devastation,

30:18

some bad things happening, some people dying. Who

30:20

do you think is responsible for the

30:23

weather? According

30:25

to the weatherman on CNN, there was a

30:27

high pressure front over the east coast. And if they said

30:30

on CNN? No. Not

30:32

necessarily. It's true. I

30:34

was looking up weather pictures of flooding

30:36

that was the picture.

30:38

So do you think weather just happens by

30:41

itself or is there somebody in charge of

30:43

the weather department? I

30:47

don't really have a stance on that issue. Alright. Do

30:50

you think that there's a God who controls the weather? Maybe.

30:56

Possibly. No evidence for or

30:58

against scientific mind. My scientific mind won't let

31:00

me choose on your side. You're an empiricist,

31:02

are you? Is there something inside of your

31:05

non-scientific mind that goes, yeah, I think so.

31:07

Yeah, I think so. Well,

31:10

I just don't lie into religion. No.

31:12

I think... Now you'll have to tell me if

31:15

I'm right on this but I think I've got

31:17

some empirical proof that God exists. Okay. You're ready

31:19

for this one? Shoot. Your

31:21

feet are on it right now. The

31:23

earth? An

31:25

organized system demands

31:28

that there was an organizer. Besides,

31:30

all this stuff had to come from some place. The

31:33

energy, the power, the design had

31:35

to come from somewhere. It doesn't happen by itself.

31:37

It breaks the laws of thermodynamics. Things don't get

31:39

better. They get worse. Actually, it

31:42

doesn't break the law of thermodynamics but there's

31:44

a whole lecture behind that. Thanks for keeping

31:46

it simple. Okay, but it doesn't... Things usually

31:48

don't go from disorder to order, do they?

31:51

Well... From explosion to construction?

31:56

They can. Depends

31:58

on... how far

32:01

you're willing to get into the

32:03

actual theoretical side of physics. However, I've always

32:06

kind of held the view of current

32:08

theory says explosion to crunch to

32:11

explosion again. Then you go

32:13

back for it if eventually there's something else there. There

32:16

has to be an infinite, an unmoved mover. Technically,

32:18

yes. Okay. So

32:21

then the question is, who is

32:23

the unmoved mover? That

32:26

is the million dollar question that everyone tries

32:28

to answer and gets into more trouble every

32:30

time they do. So let's give this unmoved

32:32

mover a generic name. Now, say in which

32:34

one? Islam or Christianity. But how's

32:36

about God? We can give them the name. Is

32:39

that okay? Greeks have used it, Norse have

32:41

used it. Sure, fair enough. Everyone's used

32:43

it. So now, if we've established empirically

32:45

that there is a God, there's

32:47

an unmoved mover, the question is,

32:50

who is that God? And

32:53

maybe even perhaps an equally

32:55

interesting question would be, what

32:57

does he want as God? Is there any

32:59

sort of purpose plan? No.

33:03

Be whoever you want him to be. Really?

33:06

Yes. Whomever you want him to be.

33:10

Think about it, you're an all-powerful

33:12

being. By definition,

33:14

God is omnipotent, omnipresent, all-knowing,

33:17

all-seen, do anything. What

33:21

is a human being to you? Exactly.

33:24

Feuding. Exactly. Dirt.

33:27

So to us as a

33:29

human, God is

33:32

what we want him to be. If you need

33:34

him to have a plan for you, he can.

33:38

But when I try and put myself in his shoes, which

33:40

might be a little bit overreaching

33:42

on my part, being only an

33:45

18-year-old, but when I try

33:47

and think about it in that form, I

33:51

really see him more as someone who

33:53

said, okay, we're going to let it

33:55

run, but I'm not

33:57

really all that interested in the

33:59

outcome. It sounds to me

34:01

like you might be a postmodern. Are

34:04

you familiar with the term? Philosophical mindset.

34:08

Yes, no, not really. Well,

34:10

it's similar in that you can determine

34:12

what is truth, and it's actually true

34:14

for you as long as you believe

34:16

it. Now, I can be something

34:18

completely different, and it can be entirely contradictory,

34:21

but we're both right, even though we flat-out

34:23

contradict one another. That's

34:25

postmodernism. Now,

34:27

that surprises me, because an empiricist

34:29

like you, I wouldn't think you'd think

34:31

like that. For instance, what's two

34:33

plus two? Five for large values

34:36

of two. Stop it! What's

34:38

two plus two? Four. Okay, if I said

34:40

it's seventeen... I'd

34:43

say you're incorrect by the law. Thank you for that!

34:45

Okay. Because I've got the

34:47

wrong answer. I've got the wrong number.

34:50

I'm not right just because I believe

34:52

it. Yes, and an empirical sense, science,

34:54

math, history to a point. Yes,

34:56

I don't believe it. But I

34:58

would say God too, though. Here's why. Because if

35:00

he exists, then he either

35:03

is that or he isn't. It's

35:05

not what I fancy him to be. The

35:08

intensity of my belief doesn't make God a

35:10

certain thing or exist or not exist. Alright.

35:12

He is what he is. And

35:14

then the question, of course, is, what is he?

35:16

Who is he? I'd like

35:19

to suggest that we can figure it out to a degree. To

35:21

a degree, yes. I

35:23

think he'll agree with this as we look around at

35:25

the bugs and the slugs and the butterflies and bees.

35:28

We're the best thing there is on this planet. Yes,

35:31

so we'll agree that he might be on top of

35:33

the... Now, let's take a look just at us and

35:35

maybe if we were created by this unmoved mover, we

35:37

look at us and we go, okay, we're relational. Chances

35:40

are pretty good. This God is relational. If

35:43

we're communicating beings, he's probably

35:46

communicating. We're logical. We

35:48

have reason. There's intellect. Certainly not as much

35:50

as his, but he must have all of

35:52

those things. We like to create.

35:54

Hmm. He must be a creator kind of

35:56

God. So we can learn a

35:58

lot about who this... Being is

36:01

just by looking at nature. We can look

36:03

at what happened with that rainstorm. He's powerful.

36:05

He's big He makes big

36:07

bangs Thunder in the sky

36:09

not big bang big bang or didn't don't get

36:11

all excited He makes

36:13

all kinds of weather happen. He's created the

36:16

whole universe. He's a big God. I know

36:18

a lot about this God now. I Don't

36:21

know who it is yet, but I know a lot

36:23

about him you You've you've

36:27

made conjecture based off what you've seen, but it's

36:29

pretty good conjecture. Don't you think? To

36:31

a point. Yes. All right now I'm gonna conjecture some more

36:34

and I'm gonna go after another part of your brain I'm

36:37

gonna go after your conscience right now shoot

36:39

a little courtroom in your brain that

36:41

says I've done very bad things All

36:44

right, for instance have

36:46

you told lies in your lifetime? Yes,

36:49

and I've gotten in trouble for them That's right

36:51

because it's wrong now because you've told lies

36:56

Name would you give to me? I'm

36:59

probably a man on fire. That's exactly right.

37:01

Okay, so you're a liar in

37:04

the past Have you still everything's in the past

37:06

have you ever stolen anything? If

37:12

you've stolen something that would make you

37:14

a thief correct a little trickier lust

37:18

Looking at women sexual desire. I'm

37:21

a teenager. Absolutely. You are indeed You

37:27

have to do the act no I grant you

37:29

committing the act is worse than thinking about it

37:32

But God because he's so high and holy

37:34

and big Seasoned your brain and

37:36

he knows what's going on and he sees lust

37:38

as a tawdry Same thing

37:40

with murder don't have to kill somebody. But if

37:42

you've just been really mad at somebody unjustly You

37:44

think they're an idiot you've called them bad names

37:47

Committed murder in your heart because God goes deeper

37:49

than just the physical acts He

37:52

goes into our heads and he knows what

37:54

we're thinking because it's a heart issue and he sees heart

37:57

Okay, speaking of God. Have you ever taken his name

37:59

in vain? God's name in a bad way? Never?

38:02

Nope. Has God always been

38:04

first in your life now? No. Because

38:07

that's the first commandment, that you should love Him.

38:09

He should be first of all things. And

38:11

so every time you've eaten a meal and you didn't

38:13

thank Him, you haven't thanked Him for air or

38:16

for a nice day, you've really

38:18

not been a grateful

38:20

creation. Okay? So now,

38:22

let's say at the age of 18,

38:25

you were to die and God opened the books

38:27

upon your life. Everything

38:29

you've ever done, every deed done in darkness, whether it's

38:31

looking at stuff on the computer, thinking

38:33

things, doing things, failing to do things,

38:36

would He think you're a good person or

38:39

a bad person? That

38:43

depends on how you want to

38:45

find stuff. In the most absolutely

38:47

moralistic sense, no, I have not been

38:49

the greatest of all people. No one is.

38:52

No one can be perfect. I don't disagree with you. But

38:54

just you. But morally, have you been

38:56

pure? Can

38:58

you claim that you did not do any

39:00

of those? Dude, I would be guilty so

39:03

fast. Trust me. I

39:05

would be very, very guilty. That's

39:07

the problem of humanity. That's

39:10

the great problem of humanity. I think

39:12

most people, they just know there's a

39:14

God. And the question that I

39:16

think they intrinsically have, and that's why I think we see

39:18

a lot of attempts at religion, for better or for worse,

39:21

what do I need to do to be made right with

39:23

this God? That's the big question.

39:27

I just know it in my brain, in my

39:29

heart. I know. I've done bad things. I know

39:31

it. And I know there's a God and I'm in

39:33

big trouble. So the question is, what

39:35

must I do to be made right with

39:37

God? Balance

39:39

your checkbook in your own way. That

39:43

is a possible option. But consider a criminal

39:46

standing before the judge who says, judge, yes,

39:49

I've... You've picked the crime. I've

39:51

stolen. I've embezzled. Whatever it

39:53

happens to be. But judge, I gave 10% to charity.

39:57

Judges, I don't care. In fact, I don't

39:59

even care if you gave 100%. You still stole

40:01

it. You're guilty and your supposed good

40:03

deeds do not tip the scales. That's

40:06

right. That's it. You can't do something to make

40:08

up you're a criminal. I can see

40:10

where you're coming from. When I say

40:12

balance your checkbook in your own way, for

40:15

you choosing a religion

40:18

that you go through the process

40:20

of. Alright. Alright, dude. I'm

40:23

enjoying this. I've got to take a break for just a

40:25

second. Go on and take a second. We'll come back and

40:27

we'll finish this off. Okay. Georgia Tech on Wretched Radio. Molt,

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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel. Learn it

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means gift from God. Learn

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it's something new every day here on Wretched

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Radio at Georgia Tech. I'm talking with, what

44:12

does your name mean Ian? Ian means gift

44:14

from God. And you said that's a little

44:16

ironic, isn't it? Yeah, I said it in

44:18

my current sense. Alright,

44:21

you're an empiricist, you're a smarty pants guy. When you're

44:23

in high school, you're like the guy who knows everything.

44:25

Yeah. Did you get beat up because of that? No,

44:28

I also have a secondary black belt. People don't

44:30

take questions. Seriously! Honestly,

44:33

you can just like snap me in the heartbeat,

44:35

couldn't you? I wouldn't what? Alright,

44:38

now I'm curious. Alright, let's say I'm a woman. Alright.

44:41

And some thug got

44:43

a bad vibe about this guy comes up and

44:45

says something bad or get into

44:47

my car. What should a woman do? If

44:50

you have a cell phone, pull

44:53

out. You don't even have to call anyone. But

44:56

open it up, act like you're talking to someone. I've

44:59

always heard Ian, that if you just act like you're not

45:01

somebody to be messed with, they're not going to mess with

45:03

you. As a rule. That

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depends. Okay. In

45:07

a small town situation, yeah, that's probably right.

45:10

If you're in a big city like Atlanta,

45:12

and I've lived in another, I've lived in Memphis

45:14

for most of my life, and that's another big

45:16

city. If you're in a city with gangs, looking

45:20

like you're someone not to be messed with could almost

45:22

be signing your own debt order. Okay, I think

45:25

I figured out why you're into this karate business.

45:27

You're from Memphis. Yes. Elvis

45:29

was into karate. I actually trained under his

45:31

sensei. What do

45:33

you know? It's a small world. So he taught Elvis. He taught Elvis. Did

45:36

you ever see Elvis practice karate? I

45:38

mean, on videotape, obviously. You weren't born

45:40

when he was... No, I've

45:43

seen pictures. I've not seen videotape. Mm-hmm. Was

45:45

it based on what you've heard? Did they

45:47

give him the black belt because he was

45:49

Elvis, or did he earn it? He earned

45:52

it. Really? He earned it. Oh,

45:54

man. You got to go to

45:56

YouTube, some of those videos of him on stage

45:58

doing karate. Yeah. that he was really attached

46:00

to the planet at that time? Probably not.

46:03

Something special to behold in a

46:05

light blue jumpsuit. I'll have to go

46:07

check it out. Okay, so Ian, whose

46:09

name means gift of God, when

46:11

we left things off, I was trying to be your accuser

46:14

and to demonstrate that you're guilty and

46:16

that even if you tried

46:18

to bribe the judge and say, Judge, here's $100,

46:21

you've just made it worse. Judge,

46:24

I've done some good things, you should let me

46:27

go. He's not because you're still guilty of the

46:29

crime. You, like the rest of us, Ian, would

46:31

be found guilty and if God is just, he's

46:34

going to give us what we deserve. Typically

46:36

known as hell. Yes.

46:41

Or in the Catholic sense purgatory. Yeah,

46:44

in the Catholic sense, I just don't think it's in the

46:46

Bible. No. Most

46:48

of what any religion preaches

46:51

actually is. Besides, well, I

46:54

think this is in the Bible. Besides, I

46:56

think the idea of Jesus dying on a cross contradicts

46:59

the whole idea of purgatory. Here's what I'm saying.

47:02

If Jesus is the God-man, fully God,

47:04

fully man, whose purpose was to come to this

47:06

earth, to live the life that you and I couldn't live, to

47:09

keep all the laws that you and I broke so quickly,

47:11

we can't keep him for a second, he kept him for

47:13

a lifetime, so that

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he could be seen as perfectly fulfilling

47:17

righteousness on our behalf, to be

47:19

beaten. Basically, the Bible says you're so beaten, you

47:21

couldn't even tell he was a human being, to

47:24

die in a cross, to be the

47:26

payment for your sin and my sin. Yes. That's

47:29

what the Bible teaches, right? I'm aware of that story.

47:31

Now, if Jesus is indeed fully God

47:33

and fully man, who died to forgive

47:35

your sins, he died to forgive

47:37

all of them, and you can't do anything to make

47:40

better in purgatory, you don't need to

47:42

have your sins worked off. He did everything for you. And

47:44

if you can do something to make up for

47:47

it, then he gets robbed of his atoning work

47:49

that he did on your behalf. So

47:51

purgatory doesn't even make sense. Yeah, I was just

47:53

bringing up the other sudden. Right.

47:57

So here's the deal. Based

47:59

on the Bible. Jesus is that, the

48:01

God-man, who died for you so

48:03

that you could have your sins forgiven, the just for

48:06

the unjust, the righteous for the

48:08

unrighteous. Yes. You're

48:10

aware of that deal. I've read that story, yes. Dude,

48:14

it's like huge good news for you. Why

48:17

don't you believe that? Not

48:22

real... Eh? Thought about it at different points.

48:25

I really... I look at

48:27

that and actually your

48:29

terminology, the God-man, is

48:32

one of the reasons I don't buy into... I've

48:35

never said I don't believe in God. I

48:38

just don't believe in any religion, which

48:40

is a little bit different than most

48:43

people will argue. But

48:46

the idea of

48:48

the God-man, you define God

48:50

as omnipotent, omnipresent, etc. Yet

48:54

you define man as the perfectly failable

48:56

being. No matter how much

48:58

we strive, that thought is still there. Yes.

49:01

Except in a very few, very

49:05

extreme cases. Gandhi,

49:07

he recognized you as a sinner. Yes. But

49:12

it's going to be the unrighteous. If

49:15

you have something that is all-powerful and

49:17

something that is for your... For

49:20

the sake of the argument, all-corrupting, but

49:23

it's not power. Good question. Okay,

49:25

good thinking, man. Okay, you put them together and

49:27

you're going to have a problem. And

49:29

you have something that cannot exist.

49:32

Good on you for thinking like that.

49:34

Let me just tell you though, that's

49:37

actually an argument for not being true.

49:39

Here's why. You've got God

49:42

who's in heaven, who's perfect, very angry

49:44

at you for being a lawbreaker. Alright?

49:47

But he's good and he wants to rescue you, but

49:49

he's just, so there's got to be a perfect sacrifice.

49:52

Now you need To be represented to

49:54

that? God. So Here's what we've got. We Need the

49:57

perfect sacrifice and the only perfect sacrifice for you would

49:59

be God. And

50:01

to have a representatives to have

50:03

the the goodness that he does

50:05

applied your account needs to be

50:07

as human beings. And so the

50:09

fancy term for theologically as the

50:12

ontological made from falling out and

50:14

fully it's the only thing they

50:16

could possibly work. really. Gotten fully

50:18

Man to be the perfect sacrifice

50:20

and to be the perfect. It

50:22

has to Beatles. Now how do

50:25

we get rid of corruption? Very

50:27

good point Because Jesus wasn't born

50:29

in. Who's. A Supernatural

50:31

events that happen. I know it's a

50:33

miracle and you're an empiricist, but of

50:35

Guy can make a world. He can

50:37

do this so that he would be

50:39

enough on corrupted nature. But tempted just

50:42

like you and me by the power

50:44

of God in the Holy spirit, he

50:46

lived a perfect as a man, fully

50:48

gone, fully man. Two

50:50

to one hundred percent things in

50:53

one human being because it's the

50:55

only solution that there is an

50:57

accent because was. So

51:02

that's. Why

51:05

would. He can

51:07

happen but only gonna do it and it's

51:09

the only thing that can help you from

51:11

your situation which is got mad at you

51:13

and you need to have his over representative

51:15

of. Like

51:18

Zola, understand the illogically, it

51:20

works very well. Okay, so

51:22

you. You just

51:24

have to do today. In pajamas Keepers and you're

51:26

young and you're think a big through which is

51:29

good. But your. And.

51:32

You should get this. This was a lot because

51:34

if sands he was true. As you sit on

51:36

the spent if you do. You.

51:39

Are very big, Very

51:41

by your argument yes is it won't

51:43

be me as your accuser. it will

51:46

be. God is years and he's never

51:48

was into stand before. God on Judgment

51:50

Day is something you really don't want

51:52

to experience. You really don't because the

51:54

Bible says and. Dealing

51:58

with of the. An omniscient.

52:01

Very frightening. how did but

52:03

this stage comes in peace.

52:06

Offer reconciliation. If you have

52:08

humble years is what's. And

52:12

he's God. You're not in. You have

52:15

sinned against him and countless ways. Know

52:17

college, nice recent I'm describing our engines

52:19

for you know and put your trust

52:21

in him and him on true and

52:23

only got and he promises at work

52:25

the Jesus did for you will be

52:27

created a direct a Catholic idea the

52:29

some. Have like he has no and

52:31

is goodness credit a deal. Your Ben

52:33

is credited to him the Great Exchange.

52:35

So the as you can be adopted

52:38

in the God's family and he will

52:40

grant you everlasting life incomplete forgiveness of

52:42

sins. And it doesn't mean you will

52:44

go on to be us. Vicky. Biology,

52:46

physics, whatever thing it is a judo

52:48

but he will be the priority of

52:50

your life is going to real for

52:52

your priorities because he's the highest rarity

52:54

there is. So

52:56

got offers you forgiveness and

52:58

everlasting life. He's just think

53:00

they are Noriega distractions and

53:02

busiest This is. I'm

53:06

guessing he would tell me when your eyes for a

53:08

million dollars? Actually

53:10

like get a million dollars or one of

53:12

these porras? yeah I was reading. Are they

53:14

okay? How's about two million for both the

53:16

your eyes. Got other senses

53:18

so you be willing to sell me your eyes

53:20

for two million bucks? On

53:23

two million dollars better off which ghost of

53:25

are you from attitude you would be the

53:27

first person I've ever as their quest into

53:29

a said yes you would sell me your

53:32

precious eyes for two million books. You.

53:37

Keep your eyes are were two million What do you think your

53:39

soul is? So

53:42

quote the rather funny commercials and

53:44

I'm sure the serve as rising

53:46

priceless. What does it profit a

53:48

man if he games the whole

53:51

world and loses his very so.

53:55

So it's good to be smart a

53:57

be wise think these things through. Read

54:00

the Bible. You've got a copy of

54:02

that, right? I have a copy else.

54:04

Was ever tell people that run an

54:06

apocryphal and you can read those things

54:09

to. I wouldn't say don't read those,

54:11

Receive any of those offer you forgiveness

54:13

of sins and everlasting life and make

54:15

sense. You conclude like billions house that

54:17

the Bible is true. And

54:20

you can have for and a half. rents

54:22

are settled. Me: read it again. Maybe thinking

54:25

about sit on the hot seat in front

54:27

of God all by yourself having to give

54:29

an account for your entire life? Read it

54:32

from that respect. And

54:34

maybe that will bring some clarity to

54:36

it. Fair enough for an Ip. and

54:38

I had a guess and you very

54:40

much. I'm glad we're trying to each

54:43

other for Florida ambiguous an ex I

54:45

will say. We

54:47

will have the budget decks of. It's

54:53

with this was a source. Until

54:56

tomorrow. Go serve

54:58

your king.