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Welcome back to the Millennial 
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Yeah, today actually is the 
completion of five years 

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hosting, creating, producing 
this podcast, ministry, whatever

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you want to call it. 
Ripple effect, airwave effect, I

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don't know the new radio, 
whatever podcasting. 

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I started this journey long time
ago, but it was in 2020 that I 

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released the first episode and 
today marks A5 year completion 

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and into season 6. 
Now early on God spoke to me 

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about Year 5 powerful things 
happening. 

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That's where it would start to 
take off. 

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So much has happened over the 
last year, I don't even really 

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know where to begin. 
So many victories, so many 

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battles fought, territory gained
back into the rightful hands of 

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where it belongs. 
Relentless warfare. 

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I'm talking the middle of the 
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And this is not every night. 
Like it's not, you know, daily 

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horrific. 
And then to this extent, I'm 

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sharing climaxes, but literally 
fighting with demons, 

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principalities, powers. 
It's it's been it's been a 

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journey. 
God has shown me that I am here 

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for a reason. 
And when I still have breath, 

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while I still have breath in my 
lungs, I'm here to do exactly 

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what I'm here to do his will and
accomplish that. 

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I don't want to ramble, didn't 
randomly just say things on 

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this, but but this is a 
personalized message where I'm 

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just going to talk a little bit 
about the last couple years, 

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some of the reviews, some of the
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I'm not going to read emails per
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I don't really have permission 
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And even if I did do that, I 
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and e-mail address. 
But we've gotten encouraging 

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emails. 
But I think just doing a quick 

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overview, you know, for me, I've
learned a lot of lessons in the 

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last few years. 
One of them is there there 

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shouldn't be a secret backdoor 
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A lesson that I learned is the 
ancients knew they had a 

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mindset. 
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understood the complexities of 
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ideas that were in the world 
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And it wasn't like a sacred 
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worldview that like God was 
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lowercase G gods of the nations 
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Most Christians today don't hold
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swinging in favor of them 
discovering it's much more 

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complicated than they've been 
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their 30 year journey within the
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It's way more complex than that,
and I congratulate that. 

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I don't judge anybody who comes 
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It's like we all have a little 
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We all have a little something 
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We're all waking up to this 
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hoodwinked and it's OK to wake 
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other people like you and and to
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the Word of God to be the 
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being afraid to put in the time 
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So what I've really learned is 
that you got to do it with a 

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tribe, but you have to be 
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And you have to be willing to 
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in time. 
You have to be malleable enough 

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to understand people will stab 
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People will switch up on you. 
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do this alone, and I don't mean 
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you. 
I mean, if you're not willing to

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take this journey and, and let 
the truth be the truth and just 

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get all of your preconceived 
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you're not going on the journey.
That's one thing I've learned. 

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Another thing is you got to be 
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what you've been through. 
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first and foremost. 
If you can find a tribe, a group

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of people, a band of brothers 
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even better. 
But that that's complex as well.

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It's not always as easy as you 
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Another thing that I've learned 
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that satiated me that would fill
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understanding or not knowing. 
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these things and study it out 
and see that it's really as it 

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has been presented to me in my 
deep research, in my seeking and

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searching out, I would 
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world does not hold that view. 
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myself to be like the measure 
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perceive they're able to handle 
because I can get as weird as 

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you can possibly get. 
I can sit around the campfire 

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and have an extreme conversation
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then laugh at a joke like it. 
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I can, I can get weird, but I 
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time. 
Learning how to gauge that is 

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something that's been really 
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Like I don't need to run around 
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this perspective that, that I'm 
learning that that's the ancient

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Near Eastern perspective. 
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expecting people to reciprocate 
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It's like you get so excited, 
you learn, you get the answer 

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finally, after all this time, 
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and you're just excited. 
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understand that also. 
So your energies, like you're 

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just hoping that they can, you 
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understanding back and forth and
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And that's not for everybody. 
I've learned that the hard way. 

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Sometimes you just got to 
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That's totally fine. 
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I've been learning this. 
I think all of us have some 

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experience in this area of 
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how to gauge our environment 
and, and sometimes it's too much

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for other people. 
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that journey with the Lord in 
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heart, he will work together all
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And some of the other things 
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everything I've heard on my 
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I really don't. 
I am not planning on creating 

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content that points out the 
flaws of people's perspectives 

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and and understandings and 
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I try to highlight what I agree 
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me. 
And you guys are taking that 

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journey with me, capturing the 
growth journey, wading through 

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the million messages and signals
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The premises, the original 
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know, back six years ago when 
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phase and God was giving me the 
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I, I was literally thinking 
like, I'm starting off I feel 

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like an imbecile. 
I feel I feel smaller than a 

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mustard seed and not much has 
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Although I have to give myself 
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worst critic. 
A lot has changed at the same 

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I've just learned what I feel 
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learned in the ancient Near 
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30s, like how to navigate the 
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understand the biblical 
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everything going on around us. 
The the spiritual war. 

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It's it really should be the 
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have the upbringing where they 
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conveying to us since the 
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No one should stumble into this 
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misunderstandings and and bad 
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But that's the way it all panned
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any of my decisions and journey.
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should have walked a little bit 
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But it's not in my heart to 
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anyone astray. 
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started, it could end. 
I don't have a confirmation on 

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how long this will go. 
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that have been birthed, and I'm 
trying to facilitate that in the

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midst of a lot of change. 
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changing extremely, but the 
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changed extremely over the last 
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And so just as an overview, it's
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The words are salt. 
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the first like I think 7 to 10 
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wrestled through and I wrote 
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helpful for someone else who's 
on a similar trajectory as I am,

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which is seems to be like many 
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learning while healing and 
hurting is only for the wild at 

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heart, and it stands true. 
I'm going to shift into talking 

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just a little bit about how the 
podcast has been perceived via 

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ratings and responses from 
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On a personal note, I've had 
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and I've been told even in 
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You know, I've heard, I've heard
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guys. 
But on a positive note, you guys

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have made a difference by 
sharing this and making this an 

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international show. 
I mean, I'm not a big numbers 

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guy, but I looked at it and we 
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states, fair to say. 
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close to the half a million 
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spectrums. 
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I never really thought that 
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So in the beginning, I was just 
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two of my friends would have 
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And sometimes it's a little bit 
surreal that so many people do 

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TuneIn and resonate with this. 
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It's not a major focus. 
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You know, I don't want to hide 
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want this to resonate with 
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the reviews that you guys write 
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roller coaster. 
It's been a game changer in a 

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lot of ways. 
I'm going to read a couple of 

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the newer reviews from Apple 
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I don't remember, it was maybe 
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I did one of these, you know, me
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I read some reviews. 
I don't know where I left off so

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if I don't read your review, 
don't be offended or be like oh 

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Rod didn't like that. 
It's just I'm just taking a shot

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here at reading a couple of the 
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So March 11th, 2025 C Colton 
back-to-back Bangers episodes 

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2:12 and 2:13. 
Doctor Sanger is on point with 

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everyday mortal life we are 
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takes us into the unseen realm 
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the word. 
Rod does a great job directing 

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the pace of both interviews. 
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another hour. 
February 24th, 2025. 

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Love this show Joel SW. 
I'm a new listener, but I'm 

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thoroughly blessed and enjoying 
Rod's podcast. 

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He's an excellent interviewer 
with fascinating guests and I 

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love the Christ centered focus 
and he has amazing hip hop 

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tracks. 
I love Christian hip hop and lo 

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fi. 
Keep it up brother. 

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February 13th, 2025 CHIG 
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I love this show. 
I'm intrigued with every episode

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and I'm always happy to see a 
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January 2nd, 2025. 
Darwin. 

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I hopefully I said that right. 
Weekly staple. 

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This podcast continues to 
deliver provocative knowledge 

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for truth seekers. 
As I have been learning to 

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exercise my spiritual authority,
I've appreciated the depth, 

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integrity, and humility of Rod 
and his guests who have 

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challenged my paradigm and 
encouraged me to investigate my 

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full potential and purpose. 
I am here in this world, in this

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season for a reason, as are we 
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How can I better understand how 
to apply all that I am for the 

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glory of Yahweh? 
How can you listen to this 

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weekly staple and join the 
journey? 

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December 21st, 2024. 
So relevant Doc Rock Dottie, 

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Dottie Rock Rod and his guests 
are doing great work, very 

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interesting and relevant to 
equip God's people for the days 

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ahead. 
October 25th, 2024 Philip. 

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Official, official pain. 
Hopefully I said that right. 

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Sorry Philip. 
Awesome, the title says it all. 

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October 5th, 2024. 
Rod, keep going. 

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I really appreciate this 
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Rod is generally into whatever 
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Keep doing what God leads you to
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leads you to say. 
September 19th of 2024. 

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I love the Vicky Joy episode. 
Dang, that was a keeper Rod. 

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Make sure you get her on again. 
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Those are the written reviews on
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review in the future, I may end 
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public podcast catcher, I can 
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review, but you are able to 
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Over 100 people have given us a 
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I really appreciate that. 
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some of the emails I've gotten, 
which I'm not going to read, and

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maybe someday I should. 
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I, I'm still trying to 
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but I've, I've set it out in my 
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more times than I can count. 
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have been frustrated. 
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one gets in this Christian 
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the truth to get rich. 
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It cost money to do this and 
spiritual warfare and you're 

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belittled and estranged to most 
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But some of the emails there, 
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like giving up and just walking 
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It was just too much to bear 
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all the things to wade through. 
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But I've gotten emails from some
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specific times and I would read 
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I'd just be weeping tears are 
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I'm reading it and I'm like, 
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this and not forever. 
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my faith, but I need to walk 
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the how laborious this is and 
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someone else that I interacted 
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Most people are not trying to 
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message out there or something. 
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Hey, I want you to know, I was 
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what I needed to hear. 
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crying and, and, and God is 
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personal emails. 
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them now. 
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emails that you guys have just 
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reassurance through some of my 
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navigating some of the most 
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hidden in Christianity. 
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an encouragement to me and I 
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far as the podcast game goes, I 
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hands free listening like 
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You know, you're draining your 
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your phone in your pocket while 
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have a headset on or you know, 
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doing yard work. 
Yeah, you're just next thing you

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know, you, you pull your phone 
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some ad, you're about to 
purchase some new insurance 

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upgrade because, you know, one, 
one touch to the screen and, you

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know, launches you somewhere 
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But with podcasts, I love the 
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audio library and the video 
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Obviously I'm not up to par with
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So I'm biased. 
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you need to do video content, 
you need to start a YouTube. 

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Yeah. 
Any of you out there, try doing 

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what I do for six years and then
tell me if you can add more on 

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to it while juggling everything 
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life. 
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I love the creativity of it. 
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create. 
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of my father. 
I'm fearfully and wonderfully 

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created and I love to create. 
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this here with no opposition, 
with nobody telling me what I 

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can and can't say. 
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and I love doing this, but I 
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down a little bit. 
And that's not to be 

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discouraging. 
It's just if you guys don't get 

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your two or three episodes a 
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have been very spoiled. 
I've produced a ton of content. 

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If it trickles down to 1 episode
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be offended. 
But things are shifting in my 

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life right now. 
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I don't know, maybe it explodes 
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All's I know is that my main 
ministry is my my family and 

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that has been jeopardized 
through a lot of my learning 

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process. 
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heart of what's the most 
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And that's my household, my 
children, all who I love dearly 

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and fine tune that and make sure
that that's OK and make sure I'm

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doing the right things there and
then I can increase. 

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But the new visions and ideas 
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don't think it's ever been done 
before. 

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I have things I will not talk 
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I don't want the ideas stolen. 
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I've seen glimpses of what it 
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future and it's exciting to say 
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I'm going to wind down from this
rant with asking you guys to 

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Leave us a five star rating and 
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If you click on the option that 
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It helps us keep the lights on. 
That's super important. 

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We got 7 people now, which is 
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I mean, it's very helpful and if
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donation, you can find those 
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show notes. 
And my book, The words are Salt 

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is still available on Amazon. 
And it would be an honor if you 

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guys would leave me a review for
my book if you've purchased it, 

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that is on Amazon. 
And I couldn't do this without 

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you guys there. 
I have so much gratitude and 

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humility no matter how big we 
get or what happens. 

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I'm just the guy next door who 
loves the Lord and I'm trying to

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be the voice for the people who 
don't have a public voice. 

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I always wanted to relate back 
to a real, genuine, authentic, 

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hard working population, which 
all of you guys are as my 

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listeners. 
Some of you are the best moms 

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and the best dads, the best 
small business owners in the 

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world. 
Listen to this show and I don't 

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take that for granted. 
My only pledge and sincerity is 

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I will capture my growth journey
and I will always give God the 

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glory and recognize that He is 
the author and the finisher of 

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my faith. 
Everything else is dangerous 

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territory. 
And I'm just kidding. 

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I mean, you know, a lot, a lot 
of weighty topics get talked 

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about here, but I, I want to 
give you guys something and, and

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I want to pass these audio 
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This, this audio discovery of 
the truth on to the next 

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generation and be like, I want 
to walk away from it being like 

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I gave it all I had, which might
not be much to some big 

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production companies out there 
that are capable and have a 

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team. 
But for me, I know that I have 

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strived and ran the race and put
in the effort. 

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I know that I had because I 
believe in this and I'm thankful

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for every single one of you. 
So with that, that's it coming 

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to you from an undisclosed 
location somewhere on the East 

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Coast. 
Share this episode because it's 

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just the right thing to do. 
God bless and goodbye. 

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Music. 
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