1 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:14,240 Happy Monday and may the fourth be with you. 2 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,360 Indeed, Sir, and with you as well. 3 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,440 I'm Pastor Matt. Pastor Chris is here as well. 4 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:23,960 It's a fun day. I have a fun. 5 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,480 Well, I think it's a fun fact. Maybe not everyone thinks it's a 6 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,080 fun fact. Sorry. 7 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,440 I want some microphone little issues there. 8 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:38,360 I think I'm loud enough now. OK, I don't think I've told this 9 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:45,080 story on the pod before, but so our third child, Eleanor, her 10 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:51,720 original due date was on May 5th and Star Wars nerd that I am, 11 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:56,000 and it is for me, it's the original trilogy and then the 12 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,960 prequel trilogy and then whatever the light last three 13 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,800 were, whatever you want to call them, that's that's the order of 14 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:03,920 them. But I was brought up with the 15 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:10,560 original Star Wars trilogy. Anyway, she was our third child 16 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,680 and we had we didn't really have a process for naming our kids 17 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,640 with the first two. Like we just kind of liked 18 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,960 Oliver. It wasn't a family name, wasn't 19 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:19,720 it? Like that was just that was the 20 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,760 thing. Clara was again just kind of a 21 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,800 kind of a cute name. And with that due date, May 5th, 22 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,880 I had just decided I I can't, I went to Emily and I was just 23 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,160 like, all right, here's the deal. 24 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,840 If she's born on May 4th, I'm going to name her Leia. 25 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,880 We're going to name we're going to name her Leia If it's on May, 26 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:44,040 it's if it's on May the 4th and and if she's born any other day, 27 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,440 she's early, she's late, whatever you can name her 28 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,440 whatever. I have no input at all. 29 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,840 You can't name her any name that you would like If it's any other 30 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,760 day and she took the deal. Ellie was born on May 12th. 31 00:01:54,880 --> 00:02:01,320 So that's why I. Wonder how many Leah's or or 32 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:05,920 Leah's or Luke's are in fact born on May 4th and parents have 33 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,039 done? That for me, for that I'm not. 34 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:09,520 I'm not really sure. We do have one. 35 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,800 We have one student in who's come to ERC Ministries whose 36 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,360 birthday is today. Their name is not Luke Orlea. 37 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:17,280 Oh, OK. Yeah. 38 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,560 Wow. Well, apparently the the parents 39 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,080 were not big Star Wars fans. Yeah. 40 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,320 So anyway, which is fine, but that was just a fun fact from my 41 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,000 life about May the Fourth didn't happen. 42 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:33,640 And all of you other parents are probably relieved that my crazy 43 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:36,920 idiosyncrasies related to how I'm going to get to name my 44 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:38,160 children. You're probably happy that 45 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:39,800 didn't come true for me. So yeah. 46 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,720 I've got a whole I won't share any of them right now, but I've 47 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,160 got a whole bunch of stories before our son was born about 48 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,800 names that I thought were perfectly acceptable that my 49 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,480 wife and others mocked me for. Again, a story. 50 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,880 For your son. Yeah, a story for another time, 51 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,840 but just we'll put that, we'll put a pin in that one and we'll 52 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,040 come back to it another time. Oh my. 53 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:07,640 So yes, today is May the 4th. I don't even know if it's 54 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:10,280 officially like international Star Wars Day or whatever, but 55 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:14,000 it is just, it is recognized as Star Wars Day being May the 4th. 56 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,000 So I mean, why not? Absolutely. 57 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,360 Why not? Perfect for that. 58 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:20,760 It is. So anyway, that just got me 59 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:22,640 thinking. I think we've somewhat had this 60 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:27,960 conversation before. I thoroughly appreciate the Star 61 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:33,040 Wars Canon. I I yeah was raised on the 62 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,600 original trilogy. Whenever I had $7.00 as a kid, 63 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,040 like from paper route money or allowance or like whatever else, 64 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:44,320 $7.00 I can go buy an action figure for Walmart for 697 and 65 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,560 like that was that was a deal. I had original 3 trilogy. 66 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:55,160 I think I had almost all I still have an old school like plastic 67 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,920 Millennium Falcon that that holds like all of the all the 68 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,440 characters in it opens up. I have a plastic TIE fighter to 69 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,280 go. Like I was deep. 70 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,760 I was deep in the Star Wars as a as a kid. 71 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:11,040 So yeah, I don't love the early trilogy or the late trilogy as 72 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,600 much anymore, but it also got me thinking about just the other 73 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:20,600 sort of prolific epic trilogy's and where they fall in in value 74 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,200 for people. What's so what's that's our 75 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:26,280 question today for you. What's your favorite sort of 76 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:27,520 epic? OK. 77 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,200 Yeah. So certainly not limited to 78 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:30,920 trilogy meaning. No, right? 79 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,440 No. It. 80 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,160 Got to be at least three though. Oh, sure, if it's not. 81 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,960 Three, what are we doing? Yeah, You know, I could, I could 82 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:42,920 see, actually, if there was an epic trilogy, minimum, I think 83 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,360 my wife might say, and she could correct me later. 84 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,240 She might say the My Big Fat Greek Wedding films. 85 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:52,080 Oh, my goodness. I'm not even joking. 86 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,760 Like, she loves those movies for sure. 87 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:59,520 The original is just like a classic in her brain for sure, 88 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,080 no doubt about it, and so she was super excited as each 89 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,800 subsequent film has come out. That's hilarious. 90 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,200 I wasn't thinking we were going that deep into it. 91 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,440 That's trilogy. Sure it is, as is Back to the 92 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,400 Future, but I wouldn't and Indiana Jones I don't like, I 93 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,720 don't know, I wasn't. I guess maybe those are maybe 94 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,800 those are your favorite thing. I was more thinking in the realm 95 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,720 of like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. 96 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,000 Star Wars. I never. 97 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Are there any Star Trek people? I never. 98 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,520 I never made. Any Trekies have? 99 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,520 I don't think you can use that word. 100 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,080 Only Trek can use that word. No, it's fine. 101 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:39,200 Sorry. It's a funny joke. 102 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:41,600 I don't know. I've never. 103 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,200 Yeah, you're right. I've never met someone who's 104 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,160 who's a Star Trek fan. I don't think, like in real life 105 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:49,920 like that. Because. 106 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:51,560 Because you can only pick one, right? 107 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:55,080 Like you can't. You can't be Star Wars, can't be 108 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,320 your awesome thing. And Star Trek is your awesome 109 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:58,200 thing, right? Like, you have to. 110 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,280 You have to pick sides, right? You have to. 111 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,160 That's my understanding of how it works. 112 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,280 I'll tell you what, there's also half of you out there who are 113 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:06,960 like, I pick neither. Like I'm not on either of those 114 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,400 sides. So yeah. 115 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:14,720 The the story across multiple multiple movies that I think is 116 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:20,440 by far the most intriguing and biggest value for the the bigger 117 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,720 storyline. It has to be the Infinity War 118 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:28,120 saga that Marvel put out between basically 2012 and the early 119 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:32,640 twenty 20s, because we we're dealing with at least I I don't 120 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,480 have the precise number at least 15 different movies that are all 121 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,760 stand alone, but they all build into this bigger story. 122 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:44,320 So I liken it to this when I was a child and Transformers were 123 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,080 really big deal, there was a transformer that could be made 124 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,600 out of like 13 other Transformers. 125 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:55,520 They all combined into this one giant amazing transformer and 126 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,480 but individually they were still cool. 127 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:02,040 And that's how I see that that Marvel story arc unfolding with 128 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:06,160 the Infinity War saga is just, it's amazing front to back. 129 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:12,200 So phases 1-2 and three of the MCU Infinity Saga spans 23 130 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:18,280 films, 23 from 2008 to 2019. And I just want to double check 131 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:23,120 what did they actually include? Because OK, great. 132 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:28,320 So that was, oh, that's chronology order. 133 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,200 But it goes way back to the beginning with The Incredible 134 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:35,840 Hulk that was played by an actor who they ultimately didn't keep, 135 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:37,600 but it goes all the way back then. 136 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,360 It's a huge story arc with, again, dozens and dozens of 137 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,920 characters involved, and somehow they wove it all together into 138 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,880 one big storyline again, even while those movies can sit 139 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,080 individually on their own as enjoyable. 140 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,880 I don't. I've never seen anybody do 141 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,840 anything like that in film. Yeah, it is. 142 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,600 It is masterful because they they weren't released in 143 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:05,040 chronological order. The individual there are and 144 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:06,160 they and they weave them in and out. 145 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,040 There are some of the movies that are just that individual 146 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,240 hero. Sometimes there are cameos or or 147 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,160 interactions between multiple heroes. 148 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:18,040 Even though it's a Thor movie. We run, we run into the guardian 149 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,480 or we run, we run into other character. 150 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:24,640 The Hulk from is that Ragnarok? I think yeah, Thor, Thor and 151 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:29,240 Hulk were both in. So yeah, that's that's an epic 152 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,679 storytelling sort of that that feels like it's own category and 153 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,039 it's own that that's just like never been done before. 154 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,840 And others have tried to do it since and they've done a very 155 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,600 poor job. Yeah, at all, even though a lot 156 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,960 of movies since the the last one that's technically categorized 157 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,800 in the Infinity war saga at least at least what they have is 158 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,720 actually so Avengers end game, but then also spider man far 159 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,200 from home is actually the. It's the aftermath, yeah. 160 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:01,280 The the bookend to that, but the movie sit like Ant man 3 and 161 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,680 even like Black Panther, the second one, Wakanda forever. 162 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:09,200 So even and Guardians of the Galaxy 3 not good. 163 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:14,160 They're they're. After all those amazing films, 164 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,080 they're allowed some misses. It's fine. 165 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,080 I've got grace. I've got grace for that. 166 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,320 Maybe not everybody does, but I do because I'm a total nerd. 167 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:25,200 What I wonder about Marvel, are there, are there people who are 168 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:31,640 Marvel fans who just like, who don't like one of The Avengers 169 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,880 characters? Like do you, do you like Thor? 170 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:38,440 But just like Hulk, Just like don't care for Hulk? 171 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,280 Certainly that exists and Oh yeah. 172 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,680 And certainly there are people who have grown up with reading 173 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:47,400 the comic books. And they think, of course, as 174 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,840 we, as a lot of people tend to do, they think that the movies 175 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,880 have in some ways ruined the characters. 176 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,440 But you get that with Star Wars, you get that with the Harry 177 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,160 Potter books. You get that with all these 178 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,120 kinds of big things. Yeah, that's just bringing that 179 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,560 into someone else's interpretation and bringing that 180 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:06,960 into reality. So. 181 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:11,480 OK, so where do you sit then on like a big epic story across a 182 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:13,960 lot of movies or or books or where do you sit? 183 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,640 What's the best one? I still think for me the 184 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:24,280 biggest, most complete as far as storyline and just character 185 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,360 excellence, it's it's got to be Jr. 186 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:30,880 Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. And then the subsequent the The 187 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:36,080 Hobbit was of course made into 3 prequel movies, which they it's 188 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,480 not word for word. And of course they took some 189 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:39,800 liberties with some of the characters. 190 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:44,440 But like you can pretty much read The Hobbit book as you're 191 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,760 watching those first 3 movies and pretty much every page is in 192 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:49,960 there. They they did a pretty expansive 193 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:51,360 job. The original the The Lord of the 194 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,040 Rings trilogy, Fellowship of the ring, 2 Towers and Return of the 195 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,720 King. Those books are massive. 196 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:57,880 There's plenty of plenty of detail. 197 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:01,160 Even though those movies are 4 hours, there's plenty of detail 198 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:07,240 missing from those books. But for me, just the the 199 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:11,840 masterful like that there's there's not other other than the 200 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,400 war and the fighting in it there. 201 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:19,360 There's not that there's not like sexual content. 202 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:24,960 There's no, there's no, there's there's no swearing in in those 203 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:29,080 movies like they did. They just kept it true to the 204 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,680 story and and even that setting. I'm also a little bit of a 205 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:38,120 sucker for that sort of medieval I, I prefer that to like the 206 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,800 superhero escape. I'm much more fascinated by the 207 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:46,360 the swords and bows and arrows and that sort of that sort of 208 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:47,440 conflict. So. 209 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,600 No, it's, it's incredibly intriguing. 210 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,760 I, I like all those films a lot. And again, Tolkien as a 211 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:57,640 Christian, like he, if you pay attention, he draws out a number 212 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:01,000 of the hot, heavyweight theological themes throughout 213 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,920 his books. I remember drawing a parallel to 214 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,280 like 8th grade, I went to AI, went to a private Christian 215 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:10,800 School in middle school, 8th grade. 216 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,760 I remember some discussion about like descriptors we'd have for 217 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,960 Jesus. And I remember getting in like a 218 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:21,400 little bit of a debate with I, I put out that he's like a wizard. 219 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:25,560 And I was honestly thinking like I was thinking of Gandalf as as 220 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:29,520 that just the powers that he has his his caring, kind heart for 221 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,920 his ability to heal and and all these things. 222 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:36,920 And there's a girl in the class that was just like, yeah, but 223 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:38,800 Wizards aren't real. So that can't be Jesus. 224 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,600 But that was my like that the there's certainly Christly 225 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,800 characteristics within Gandalf that talking put in that story. 226 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,160 So anyway, we didn't I lost the the wizard got crossed out from 227 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,960 the descriptors of Jesus. Jesus isn't a wizard. 228 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:58,200 That's what I learned in 8th grade. 229 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:02,800 You heard it here, folk. You heard it here, folks. 230 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:07,080 Folks, Jesus is not a wizard. Put that in. 231 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,440 Put that in your Bible and make sure that you don't make that 232 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:14,280 mistake. So we had confirmation Sunday, 233 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,880 yesterday, Michaela Plumley, our lone confirm end this year. 234 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,440 I've been here for eight years. I think this is the first year 235 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:26,960 we have only had one and that was just a matter of 8th grade 236 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:30,400 students we have in 8th grade. And The thing is, we've had 237 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,400 plenty of 8th graders come and hang out on Wednesdays and take 238 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:37,680 in some of the content and even, you know, be excited about the 239 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:40,160 content that they were learning and, and all that kind of stuff. 240 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,840 But yet, you know, finishing quote UN quote confirmation is a 241 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,560 different bag that's saying that you've put in all the work 242 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:50,200 consistently over 2 years and all that kind of stuff. 243 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,440 So that is a different thing. But I've been so happy with the 244 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,480 8th graders that I've interacted with this year. 245 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:00,520 And it's, it's always a joy to and, and, and some people might 246 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,400 find that weird, but like middle school is my jam. 247 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:07,160 Like it's right where I fit. And if you've ever heard me 248 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,240 preacher, probably like, Yep, that guy hangs out with middle 249 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,320 schoolers. So that makes sense. 250 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:16,600 So she which only having one, we changed up a little bit how we 251 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,280 did it this year. And Yep, gave her an assignment 252 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:24,680 or reflection a a take away in teaching moment for that. 253 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:29,680 And then you got into just the the thrust of your reflection 254 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,640 yesterday was being lifelong learners in in pursuit of 255 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:36,480 Christ, as disciples of Christ. So yeah, that was that was the 256 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,920 weekend as as it were. And we're going to kind of recap 257 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,120 some of the some of the scriptures that we went through 258 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:46,440 and and reflect on that too. However, Oh gosh. 259 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:49,760 Before we do, I have a bone to pick with you. 260 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:53,200 OK. And just so you know, audience 261 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:58,160 listening, I did not tell Matt my bone that I had to pick with 262 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,640 him on this topic because recently he gave me and all of 263 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:05,760 us what is probably some very solid adulting advice. 264 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:13,120 And as my very, very, very long ago father Adam, has pushed the 265 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,840 blame on another person in another direction, I would like 266 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:22,440 to push my blame for what went wrong with me towards somebody 267 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,160 else. Here's my attempt at that. 268 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:28,040 So recently, one Mr. Matt Schweitzer said, you know what? 269 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:32,000 It's really bad for your sleeping rhythms to keep on 270 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,920 hitting the snooze button because we're, you know, the 271 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,240 adult. Adults get up when they're 272 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:37,600 supposed to get up. It's true. 273 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:43,840 OK, So I trying to be a better adult was like, you know what? 274 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:46,520 I'm going to take Matt's word and I'm not going to hit the 275 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:48,600 snooze button anymore. I'm just going to turn that 276 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,360 thing off and I'm going to get up. 277 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:53,360 Well, here's here's what happened yesterday. 278 00:15:53,880 --> 00:16:00,840 Why I walked in the building at 7:25 instead of my goal being 279 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,280 like 6:45. So here's what we did. 280 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,880 Here's what I did all week. I'd been like, I'm not going to 281 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:08,680 hit the snooze, turn it off, get up. 282 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:13,440 Well, what happened on Sunday morning was that I, in fact, was 283 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,960 being an adult and was not going to hit the snooze button. 284 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,280 So I didn't, but I fell back asleep. 285 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:26,320 Lisa, in kind of a panic, wakes up and it's like, Chris, did you 286 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:32,040 know it's 658? And I was like, no, no, no. 287 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,440 And so like, you know, I get ready as fast as I possibly can, 288 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:37,080 get in the shower, in and out as fast as I can. 289 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:42,160 But all that to say, Matt Schweitzer, I blame you, Sir. 290 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:48,760 So let me let me see if I'm hearing what you let me just. 291 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,720 OK. OK, say what I heard you say. 292 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,800 OK, you you turned off your your alarm. 293 00:16:56,360 --> 00:17:01,240 I did hit stop on the alarm. Then you. 294 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:06,200 Then you stayed in bed after you turned off the alarm, 295 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:08,720 apparently. I don't actually told her. 296 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:13,599 You remember the whole thing. This this sounds like operator 297 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:17,560 error to me here. So I will have, I will have the 298 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,960 caveat. Sorry, I need to make an 299 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,599 addendum to the adulting device advice. 300 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:26,880 Yeah, there's a step. Turn it. 301 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:31,680 I know I I definitely said this. Turn off the alarm and get up 302 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,400 right away. It is definitely how it was not 303 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:39,920 at no point of my advice was to turn off the alarm and stay in 304 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:41,920 bed so that you can go back to sleep. 305 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:46,200 I must have missed that part. I'm being blamed for this. 306 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,680 Oh my goodness. Yeah, no, if in fact you are 307 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:53,880 going to stay in bed and not wake up like an adult, yeah, you 308 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,840 probably should leave the snooze on so that you will wake up. 309 00:17:57,360 --> 00:18:00,480 But again, so. But I was trying so hard. 310 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:05,480 How much I really was. OK, so how much were you late 311 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:06,920 all morning? Like, did that set your day 312 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:10,040 back? Oh it it really sent me on a 313 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:11,920 ride. What time was the original alarm 314 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,160 set for 6:15, 6/15? I was. 315 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:15,640 Definitely. That's your drop dead moment. 316 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,840 That's your like. And I heard that too and I said 317 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,840 OK, 6:15 I'm going to sleep until my drop dead moment 318 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,480 because I know I can shower, get dressed, all the things within 319 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:28,080 1/2 an hour for sure. And you know, OK. 320 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,000 Yeah, so. Yesterday was, yes. 321 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,440 Yesterday morning was. A feeling you had added the get 322 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:36,560 out of bed when the alarm goes off to that equation. 323 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:38,840 It would it would have worked. You're so close, so it would 324 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:41,800 have worked out for you. You're so maybe this week, that 325 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:43,560 one, maybe this. Week I'll get. 326 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,560 It right your one weekly alarm that you're going to set on 327 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,600 Sunday. Everyone else is shaking their 328 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:53,240 tiny fists. Chris, right now, set your alarm 329 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,400 for more than one day. No, I you know it's more than 330 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,880 one day. I do have to set an alarm to be 331 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:01,720 here by 9. AM Oh my I. 332 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,760 Do I? I can't just naturally wake up 333 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,720 in time to be here by 9:00 AM? It doesn't happen. 334 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,120 Man. It's it's. 335 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:10,840 Yeah. All right. 336 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,680 So I know you don't have like small kids anymore, but what was 337 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,480 there ever a point in your life that like the kids just didn't 338 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,880 let you sleep anymore at that point in the day? 339 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:25,280 Because for as long as I've had children, that's been like six O 340 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:33,000 3 like that's that is the longest I can sleep in by my own 341 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,320 devices. Like someone else will interrupt 342 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:40,440 my day by 6 O3 like for the past 11 years of my life. 343 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,200 Wow, wow. Well, here's the thing. 344 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:47,040 By the time, I would say by the time both my kids were, I don't 345 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:52,000 know, by by 6 for sure, kindergarten age, they would get 346 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,840 up on the weekends. They would get up on their own, 347 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:58,240 get their own cereal, watch their own cartoons and then 348 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,560 listen. I would leisurely stroll out 349 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,720 when we woke up, if there was no fighting in the house, you know, 350 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,360 because sometimes they would get on each other's nerves and we'd 351 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:09,920 hear whatever. But yeah, for on any given 352 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,360 Saturday. It was just like, kids will wake 353 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:14,960 up and do their thing, they'll be fine. 354 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,600 Wow. Again, I'm a, I'm a product of 355 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,360 the 80s where like parents were super hands off all the time. 356 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:24,480 You come home when the street lights come on, there's no cell 357 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:28,920 phones anything. So I I produced kids like that 358 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,640 too. Fascinating. 359 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:36,200 I I would love to hear from you parents out there or even like 360 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,800 parents of active little ones right now. 361 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,760 Like, man, am I? Am I crazy? 362 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:44,920 My kids just love me that much that they have to see me first 363 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:46,000 thing in the morning to wake me up. 364 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:47,640 What a gift. That's what it is. 365 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:48,520 What a gift. Yeah, what a gift. 366 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,680 Anyway, that was the bone I had to pick with you that I couldn't 367 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,440 tell you about until we were on air. 368 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,000 Bone you had to pick with me, but. 369 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,640 Well, again, I've got to blame somebody else. 370 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:05,320 It can't possibly be me, right? Like it has to be somebody 371 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:08,640 else's fault. Thank you for that. 372 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:09,640 Thank. We'll have to. 373 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,440 We'll have to have a fresh adulting segment next week for 374 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:16,040 you to trial and error on. Yeah, OK. 375 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,360 I feel like the adulting segments are for me in some 376 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:21,920 weird way. Like, hey Chris, by the way, 377 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,000 I've been thinking about you and here's where you have never 378 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,520 grown up. You are, you are a decent model 379 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,640 for me for that, yeah. Absolutely. 380 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:31,720 The Sox thing is still getting me. 381 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,040 Did a bunch of laundry this week. 382 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:33,640 Revisited. That. 383 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:37,560 I know, I know. I did a bunch of laundry this 384 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,320 weekend. Couldn't get an even number of 385 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,400 socks to come out of the washer. To be fair, I think I think the 386 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,440 majority of the people are on your side with that. 387 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,800 They they think I'm the crazy person for my socks being in 388 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:52,280 pairs all the time, which sounds absurd as I say it off the yeah, 389 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,520 just off the top of my head. But I, I think most of the 390 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,520 people are with you on that one. Thank you. 391 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,240 So yeah. Feel good. 392 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:08,920 Oh, all right, reflections from yesterday, Michaela gave us 393 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:15,560 thoughts about the apostle Paul. You turned into really the I 394 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:17,800 feel like we tried to keep the focus of the burning and we had 395 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:22,240 we had baptism yesterday at the first service confirmation. 396 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,480 You did a really good job articulating of what it's not 397 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:30,920 it's it's not a graduation from church going in some ways it's 398 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:36,360 really just the beginning in in a lot of the same ways that 399 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,680 baptism is just the beginning, but it's it really is in 400 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,840 relation to baptism. It's kind of the other end of 401 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:43,560 that. Even that word confirmation. 402 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,400 We baptized some infants yesterday. 403 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:52,320 Can they articulate the particular theology of grace of 404 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:57,880 faith for the faith they have? No, but do we also believe that 405 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,520 when Jesus says those who do not have faith, like a little child, 406 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:05,040 like that means they can possess faith even if they can't 407 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,680 articulate the insurance and outs of of the theology of 408 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,360 grace, theology of faith that they have. 409 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:14,080 So confirmation even in that word is really just OK 410 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,920 confirmation of knowing the things, right, of of being able 411 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:22,760 to articulate the things bestowed upon even even a 412 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,680 childlike faith, right. So in some ways it's that 413 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,720 bookend, but also it's you're not done. 414 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,640 Well, and The thing is like confirmation is an interesting 415 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:38,120 idea in general because can you confirm wholeheartedly somebody 416 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:40,280 else's heart position and faith? No, you cannot. 417 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:44,720 But you can confirm what they know, right? 418 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:45,720 And what they're aware. Of. 419 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,600 And what they've been told and what they can then synthesize 420 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,920 and bring back out to you as like, OK, I really know and I 421 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,120 understand these concepts. So confirmation is just that. 422 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:00,080 I have no doubt that there are students, not necessarily here, 423 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,080 but it's just across the board who will be confirmed or have 424 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,920 been confirmed this spring who are not yet believers in Jesus 425 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,640 Christ. But they have a solid 426 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,600 understanding of what the Bible says about a lot of different 427 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,080 topics. And so we are in fact then 428 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,960 confirming a base or a foundational level of 429 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,800 understanding of theology. And so that's really what's 430 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,080 happening there. But as far as our particular 431 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,560 student this year, she just did such an outstanding job of 432 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:35,160 picking up on this, this big important theme that God can 433 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:40,480 redeem anyone and even someone like Paul who was jailing and 434 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,040 having and supporting Christians being killed. 435 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,320 He then does, as she said, a 180. 436 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:50,680 God has him do that 180 and before you know it, he himself 437 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,480 is being imprisoned and eventually killed for the very 438 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,160 faith that he wants to. That's other people. 439 00:24:56,160 --> 00:25:00,200 And I just I thought she did a masterful job of presenting this 440 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,680 grander overview of his life, but also while giving you enough 441 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,280 details that you're like, that sounds really interesting. 442 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:07,720 I would like to learn more about that. 443 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,720 I saw something, I can't remember which. 444 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:17,280 Trevor. Trevor Sheets, maybe, Or oh man, 445 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,840 I can't. I can't think of it social media 446 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,160 influencer theologian that I that I saw it from this week, 447 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:30,400 but he put a reflection of Paul entered heaven to the cheers of 448 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:39,520 those he martyred. Like that's, that's and, and and 449 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:43,480 it was this is redemption. Like, like that's, that's what, 450 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:48,720 that's what that was. Oh, Shane Pruitt, that's who it 451 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:49,960 was. Shane mentioned that. 452 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,240 That's amazing. Yeah, so I just hadn't, but 453 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,160 you're but she brought out a lot of that in in, in the 180 of 454 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:02,040 what that looks like. And and there's so much depth in 455 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:05,400 the character and persona of Paul, even like she did a great 456 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:10,960 job in the time that she had. And but it was just really just 457 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:15,360 scratching the surface of the, the persona and influence of 458 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:18,280 Paul. And when I, I know I keep 459 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,320 talking about humility week in and week out, but like I'm, I'm 460 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:26,920 more and more convinced that that that is one of the chief 461 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,400 characteristics that we have to have as a posture of, of both 462 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:36,320 children of God, men and women of God, dependency on, on God, 463 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:41,480 on his word, even this lifelong learner like the that idea, 464 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,280 which of which of course bears out. 465 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,080 And you, you articulated that yesterday. 466 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:49,440 We have to have the posture of humility and I, I don't know, I, 467 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:53,400 I and you, you even said, well, this is you don't know how the 468 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:59,480 how the machinations of this bread and wine being the blood 469 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:03,080 and body of Jesus Christ. Like, I don't know. 470 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,880 I'm still coming to a deeper understanding of that. 471 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,720 And we, and there are things that's also part of the the 472 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:12,360 wondrous mystery that that Paul uses for various things. 473 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:15,640 There's some things that we're not going to completely know 474 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,360 this side of heaven and we have to be comfortable in that 475 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:20,440 mystery. But that posture of humility 476 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,720 that that I don't know, or I or I haven't learned that yet, or I 477 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,160 or I need to learn that I need to grow in that. 478 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,920 That all stems out from a posture of of humility, of of 479 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:32,480 setting aside our pride. I've talked about it, I think 480 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,720 fairly often enough that but this sense of humility, this 481 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:39,560 sense of and and spelled it out more clearly as a lifelong 482 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:45,840 learner yesterday, but more so again, can we, can we receive 483 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:50,240 critique? Can we receive feedback that 484 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:55,000 maybe in some way says you're doing this incorrectly or you 485 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,760 could be better if can we receive that? 486 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,840 The only people who can receive those kinds of things are in 487 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,280 fact humble people who don't think that I have all the 488 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,240 answers and I always do it the right way. 489 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,960 You cannot. I mean, the Bible lists over and 490 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,040 over again the things that God quote hates. 491 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,320 Pride is always at the top of the list. 492 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,200 Always. It takes a humble person to in 493 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,600 fact receive the gospel because you have to know your deep need 494 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,960 in order to receive Jesus as He wants to give himself away. 495 00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:34,680 Yeah, and the I, I bring up the rich young ruler a lot because I 496 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,840 think it's a really pointed example of that. 497 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:42,240 But this was a man who felt that he asked Jesus a question, 498 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,320 right? He What must I do to inherit 499 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,560 eternal life? He wanted the answer. 500 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,880 He wanted truth. And Jesus gave him truth. 501 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,480 And he decided it wasn't for him. 502 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,320 That wasn't that wasn't the truth he was looking for. 503 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:08,840 So excuse me, Jesus, sell, sell all your things, sell everything 504 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:13,080 you have and follow me. That's that was the answer to 505 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:14,960 what must I do to inherit eternal life? 506 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:19,720 Because where was his identity caught up in where, where was 507 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,840 his worth caught it. He was putting these things 508 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,360 before Jesus and it was set that aside. 509 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,080 Put me first and follow me. That's not what he wanted to 510 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,640 hear. So he wasn't willing to, to have 511 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:35,760 that posture of, of humility, of setting aside his pride. 512 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:39,160 He wanted to hear, Nope, you've kept the law. 513 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,320 You've built yourself a nice little nest egg here on earth. 514 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,480 And you say that you love me. That's good enough. 515 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,960 And that's that's not how grace by faith works. 516 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:56,120 Every law we break has first and foremost to do with breaking the 517 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,960 First Law, which is to have no other gods before me. 518 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,360 Love me with all your heart, all your mind, all your soul, your 519 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,960 strength. But every other law we break, 520 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:08,280 it's it, it, it didn't start with that other law, It started 521 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,960 with breaking the first one. Because we have not put God 522 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,840 first. And so therefore we make selfish 523 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:16,280 decisions and it all, it all comes back to that very, very 524 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,320 first one. Yeah, absolutely. 525 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,320 I think everything we have is a yeah. 526 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:25,160 It is making an idol of sorts of something, whatever, whatever. 527 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,680 We were placing something. Have no other gods before me. 528 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:31,320 No, we putting something, even if it's our own selfishness, 529 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:37,440 before, before God. So yeah, Speaking of breaking 530 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,800 you. Oh no. 531 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,480 It was it was just so funny because I didn't interject. 532 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:46,040 I didn't and I don't know if anyone even I don't know if 533 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,960 anyone else even blinked or noticed in the second service 534 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:52,000 yesterday. And it's so tricky with these 535 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,160 things like you, you still use the little ministerial acts 536 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,160 book. And I, I used it for baptism 537 00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,040 because there's a, there's a lot of readings for baptism and 538 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:03,440 they're all good communion. I've just heard it a lot more 539 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,320 often. I, I just know the wrote words 540 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,600 of institution is, is the big theological words that they're, 541 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,200 that they're called for, for communion. 542 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,920 But we do say them a lot and they are, and they are kind of 543 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:19,480 wrote during the second service. You said, you said he took the 544 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:23,560 cup for both times instead instead of instead of he took 545 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:27,240 he, you said Jesus Christ on the night he was betrayed, he took 546 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,720 the cup and when he had broke it, he gave it. 547 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:34,240 Then I, I think I kept, I don't think I told my face back there, 548 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:37,760 but like in my mind, I was just picturing you just just smashing 549 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:42,200 the Holy Grail on the ground, which is maybe irreverent, but I 550 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,480 just it, it was funny. And then you again, we just went 551 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,360 on and take it, take and eat. Then you did that and then you 552 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:52,080 said and then he took the cup again and then I have the 553 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:53,680 picture of, oh, the cup's back together now. 554 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,320 I was like. Well, if anybody can put it back 555 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,240 together after smashing it, it's Jesus. 556 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:02,720 So yes, I will absolutely receive that. 557 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,920 Fun little preacher snafu yesterday. 558 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,720 But it is, you know, it's for me, it's a mildly entertaining 559 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,040 imaginary idea that Jesus would be hanging out with the 560 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,240 disciples. And he, like, smashes the cup, 561 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,360 you know, And, well, theologically, that doesn't 562 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:19,440 work. It doesn't check out. 563 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,920 It doesn't check out. But it's a funny visual, I 564 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:22,400 guess. Yeah. 565 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:24,760 So anyway, Grace, Grace for that too. 566 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:29,000 We still, we still took communion as intended. 567 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,520 And yeah, I think we got that. I think we got the gist. 568 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:35,160 I often have to lean on the fact that God has already calculated 569 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,680 all of my misgivings when He decided to use me in His 570 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,200 mission. So yeah, you know, you, you try 571 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:46,240 and get better every day, every time out, but you also have to 572 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:49,040 give yourself grace knowing that that's what Jesus does for you. 573 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,440 So appreciate the feedback on that one, though like I will 574 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:56,400 probably slow down a little bit next time and make sure that I 575 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,040 get that reading correct. Have you ever? 576 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:00,920 I used to think about this all the time when I was a kid. 577 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:07,200 I've never seen like it's had to have happened somewhere, I would 578 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:11,480 think, but I've, I've never seen like communion trays spill or 579 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:16,120 I've never seen like disaster during communion ever. 580 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:18,280 I don't, I don't know. I don't actually, I haven't 581 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,240 looked for it on social media because I just don't whatever. 582 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,200 I, I don't need to see it. But I've never witnessed it in 583 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,680 person, even when I was a kid. Like I'd be holding the cup 584 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,000 waiting for like everyone to receive their stuff. 585 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:32,040 And I'd like, I'd start to tip it to see if like to see if it 586 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:37,040 was possible for, for the juice to pour, but then I'd get scared 587 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,880 I'd get to the edge where it like it should definitely pour 588 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:41,200 out and then I'd just put it right back up. 589 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,720 But I don't know when I, that's a weird thing for me to share, 590 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,000 but it when I, when I was a kid, I was like, there's this, 591 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:51,800 there's this powerful aura around communion where like you 592 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:55,000 can't spill the blood and body of Jesus like that. 593 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,240 Just disaster can't happen in this time. 594 00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,360 So. Well, there's an unnamed 595 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,440 seminarian who absolutely did that because. 596 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,560 I was like, you know? Oh wow, yes, and was. 597 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:07,360 It a tray. Or was it just like I was the 598 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:11,639 whole tray for the whole church? He was coming down the stage 599 00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:16,840 stairs with them and tripped and it all went, All of it. 600 00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:19,600 No. Yeah, and he was in seminary and 601 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,199 I can't imagine how he felt about that. 602 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:25,960 But yeah, that had to have been a pretty humiliating. 603 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,199 I don't even. How do you recover from that? 604 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,600 Did they know? Did they go and refill the cups 605 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,560 with all the like? Or do you just be like, we're 606 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,679 not taking communion today, I guess. 607 00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:40,080 I don't think you can do that. I I think you have to. 608 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:42,120 Just you got to follow well. We're going to take a 10 minute 609 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:43,960 pause and we're. Going to get these. 610 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:47,280 Refilled And he's not going to walk down from the stage with 611 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,080 them anymore. We're going to have them in a 612 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,199 different position where that cannot happen. 613 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:58,800 Oh man, I know, I know. That's just, it felt so, so bad 614 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,280 for him. I was just like, this is this is 615 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:05,480 a bad moment. Oh my. 616 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:07,560 OK, well that solved my curiosity. 617 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:08,480 It has happened. Great. 618 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:13,720 Never here. Let's pray that never happens. 619 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:19,480 So you brought up in some of the discussion questions for small 620 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:24,560 groups, life groups. You brought up honing in on this 621 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,280 idea of of lifelong learning. We had some passages from 622 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:32,360 Proverbs and your Psalm 92 passage again, the the stay 623 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,280 sappy sort of thing. And that's it was that was that 624 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,480 shout out to Sharon Rush. That sure is I. 625 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:41,240 Mean our Thursday Bible study, we were going through several 626 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:46,040 passages that you just mentioned on God always wanting us to grow 627 00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:48,680 deeper and wider and stretch out into His Word. 628 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:53,480 And yeah, we get to Psalm 92, verse 14, and Sharon just, she 629 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:57,120 just crushed it. She just A, she's an excellent 630 00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:01,200 theologian, but B, this sappy part, she's like, yeah, God 631 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,920 wants us to be sappy. And I was, and she knew what she 632 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:05,160 did in. That moment, she knew. 633 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07,760 She gave me ammunition for Sunday and I took it. 634 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,160 I took the bait. No, I thought, I thought that 635 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:13,040 was a sticky, a sticky thought. Ha ha. 636 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,440 Can I say that? Sticky take away? 637 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:19,600 You're welcome. Really. 638 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,080 You're welcome. OK I didn't see that coming from 639 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:25,160 you right now. Yep, still continue to surprise 640 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,720 me after like 4 years. Yep, you're welcome. 641 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,760 But so so we had talked about that and then the passage second 642 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:36,800 Timothy chapter 3 most specifically, like verses 14 643 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:40,200 through 17. That's all Scripture is God 644 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,560 breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting 645 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,480 and and training and righteousness, which is really 646 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:51,480 that lifelong learner attitude is also reflective of of a 647 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,960 process of sanctification of of a training in righteousness. 648 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:59,120 Like you pair it you pair it with that passage and on earth. 649 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,920 We've never arrived in righteousness, right? 650 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:08,000 Like we we are still continually being trained in righteousness 651 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,840 on earth, right. So I, I, I just liked your yeah, 652 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,720 the umbrella of, of passages that you put into this, this 653 00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:18,840 lifelong learner idea. One of the reflections that came 654 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:24,280 from our life group last night was even even from some of those 655 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:26,040 passages. But thinking how Jesus taught in 656 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:33,040 parables, some of the some of these stories from the Old 657 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,200 Testament, I say stories, but they're, I mean real life, real 658 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,840 life events. But even thinking about maybe 659 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:45,520 some of the big ones, Jericho, the ark, even what we're talking 660 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:52,120 about a passage from from Solomon this Sunday, the Abraham 661 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:54,320 sacrificing Isaac on the mountain. 662 00:37:55,440 --> 00:38:01,840 None of those really have like projected like direct 663 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:05,520 directives. I, I said direct directives, but 664 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,400 like direct directive commands in them. 665 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:12,360 Like what's, what's the lesson from the lesson from Abraham and 666 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:16,720 Isaac going up the mountain is not don't sacrifice your child, 667 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:18,560 right? Like that's, that's not obvious. 668 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:24,280 Like we know that that seemed interesting for God to even 669 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:28,000 command Abraham to do that in the 1st place, right? 670 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:34,480 But but the test was what what Abraham was being taught how to 671 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:40,640 think or or what God values right in that there's no part of 672 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,600 that story in which God did not value human life. 673 00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:51,840 But God does value what he does value is obedience right to even 674 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,680 potentially an unknown outcome. Abraham didn't know how that was 675 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:57,480 going to go out. He just know that God said it. 676 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:02,440 And when God says move, you move and and you and you do the thing 677 00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:05,040 right. So, so many of these teaching 678 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,720 Jesus parables or these Old Testament stories, I just had 679 00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:12,960 the reflection that so much of them are not even necessarily 680 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,160 what to think or even what to do. 681 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:22,960 They are illustrative though of God's character and and how we 682 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,560 should think about things or how we should think about doing 683 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,000 things. Because there's so many 684 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:31,280 individual scenarios that we have in our life that are not 685 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,800 there's no prescription for them in the Bible, right? 686 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:40,000 There's not a direct what do I how do I handle the scenario of 687 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:46,200 losing my job right? Like there there's not there's 688 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:50,600 not a specific scriptural directive in that, but there are 689 00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:54,080 based on so say the sermon on the map. 690 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:57,960 Why? Why do the birds of the air or 691 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:01,520 the grass of the fields? But they don't, They don't know. 692 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:05,400 Where, where the seed comes from or when or when the water rain. 693 00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:07,160 Yet your father provides for them. 694 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:11,560 How much more than will he put? Like it doesn't tell you exactly 695 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,920 what to do and that it tells you how to think about that scenario 696 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,280 though, right? And as lifelong learners, I 697 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,400 think that's the depth of scripture for us, that there's 698 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:26,480 this ongoing how to think about how we encounter the things in 699 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,160 this life. And I think that's why Scripture 700 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:32,320 can be fresh in different seasons of our life too, because 701 00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:35,960 we have a deeper understanding of the character of God. 702 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:41,080 That is perfectly well said. To add to that a little bit 703 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:46,000 thinking backwards for me within my life, one of the things that 704 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:50,880 was great about being an art teacher rather than a core 705 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:57,640 content teacher was the fact that I was able to be in a space 706 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:01,760 and help kids be in a space where it wasn't so much about 707 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,160 just the outcome. It was about the process, how 708 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:08,240 you got there and how you understood that process and how 709 00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:11,880 you worked with the materials or how you manipulated things in 710 00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:15,000 order to get the job done. Because again, I think on 711 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,880 certain things, and I'm not knocking math, it's math is 712 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:20,920 created by God. As much as I don't like it 713 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,760 sometimes, but it's a it's order, right? 714 00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,320 It's taking chaos and putting it back into order. 715 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:31,920 But in particular math, for example, it gives you like you 716 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:35,240 have to get to this end in order to be correct, you have to get 717 00:41:35,240 --> 00:41:37,880 to this end. So it's very results based, 718 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:42,600 whereas I felt incredibly fortunate during my teaching 719 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:47,680 career that I was not so much on a bottom line results based way 720 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:50,160 of education for the students I worked with. 721 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:54,320 I was more on the how then do you understand this? 722 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,520 How then do you learn? How then do you synthesize all 723 00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,840 these things? And maybe one of the best things 724 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:02,960 that we can do for ourselves as learners is not just memorize 725 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:04,680 facts and dates and those kinds of things. 726 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:06,440 That's all great. There's nothing wrong with that, 727 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:10,840 but how do I learn? How do I understand, how do I, 728 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,560 you know, all these kinds of things which actually dive us 729 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:17,640 much deeper into an intellectual pursuit than just knowing facts 730 00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:21,040 and dates. So again, nothing against people 731 00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,520 who memorize that kind of stuff. And and I think all that's 732 00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:28,120 wonderful, but how do we think how through the parables, as you 733 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,640 mentioned, really good job of mentioning that. 734 00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:35,840 How does Jesus teach us how to think, how to process, how to 735 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,560 create wisdom? Because wisdom is really what do 736 00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:43,680 I do with the information in front of me when sometimes it 737 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:46,440 feels Gray? The example that you just gave, 738 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,000 how do I do this? How do I proceed with wisdom? 739 00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:53,560 Well, I can do that better if I know how to think. 740 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,000 But how do I learn how to think? Well, I have to not just 741 00:42:57,240 --> 00:43:00,200 memorize addresses in the Bible. I need to. 742 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:04,480 I need to understand how God's character works on a grander 743 00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:06,280 scale. I need to understand how 744 00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:09,600 theology and the total narrative of the Bible works on a grander 745 00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:12,000 scale. And I can't do that just through 746 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,520 memorizing individual passages. I have to do that through 747 00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:19,120 understanding how God thinks. Yeah, I even think of the 748 00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:22,360 parable of the parable of the sower specifically. 749 00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:27,720 The seed fell in such a variety of places, right? 750 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:32,360 And obviously some in some of the places it was destined not 751 00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:36,120 to thrive, right? It it wasn't the the ground was 752 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:39,120 not fertile for for that seed to sprout. 753 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:44,360 Is the point of that parable. Is the directive from that 754 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:47,280 parable to only sow seed where there is fertile ground? 755 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:54,560 No, right. The the directive is is to sow 756 00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,600 seed, right? If there isn't, if there even is 757 00:43:56,600 --> 00:44:00,480 a directive, but but within that, the greater the greater 758 00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:07,000 how to think is God's word goes forth and it does not return 759 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,600 void right. That's because if all of 760 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:13,480 scripture relates to and backs up, backs up itself, like that's 761 00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:15,920 the, the more important thing is the word of God going forth, 762 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:20,400 because even in those seemingly hopeless places or seemingly in 763 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,440 infertile places or, or, or rough ground or whatever it 764 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:26,880 might be, God's word is more powerful than that. 765 00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:31,480 Then the point is to go. The point is to preach and teach 766 00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:37,800 so that they can hear right. So, yeah, I just, that's struck 767 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:39,120 me like a ton of bricks yesterday. 768 00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:43,800 And in life group the 'cause I think, I think we want, we so 769 00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,280 want. And kids are really good at that 770 00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:47,640 too. My, my kids, especially right 771 00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:49,760 now are like, well, what does, what does the Bible say about 772 00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:50,360 this? What? 773 00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:55,680 What does the Bible say about what job I'm supposed to have 774 00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,000 when I grow up? Woof. 775 00:44:58,040 --> 00:45:04,680 Like doesn't does The Bible will not directly tell you what job 776 00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:07,160 you are supposed to have. That answer is not in there is 777 00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:08,840 not. And it won't tell you the 778 00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:12,240 individual you're supposed to marry or any of those kinds of 779 00:45:12,240 --> 00:45:14,320 things that are huge life decisions. 780 00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:17,480 They are, they alter everything for the rest of our lives when 781 00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:18,880 we take on certain things. But. 782 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:22,040 It is going to tell you how to think about how you should make 783 00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:24,120 those decisions, right? Absolutely. 784 00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:28,760 It gives it again, as Christians and how God is trying to train 785 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,800 us to think is we have to do both. 786 00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,040 And what I mean by that is I have to be able to see the 787 00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:36,160 entire forest. So I have to understand God's 788 00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:37,880 character and his greater narrative. 789 00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:40,880 It is greater purposes. But I also have to get right 790 00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:43,640 down on the ground of the forest and be able to see the trees and 791 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:47,920 the individual leaves because in those tree and leaf moments, 792 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:50,680 that's when I'm supposed to activate the wisdom I've gained 793 00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:53,320 from that greater. I can see the whole forest 794 00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,880 narrative. And so it is both and, and. 795 00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:59,280 But we have to, we have to be clear thinkers. 796 00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:02,640 We have to know how then we are supposed to learn and how then 797 00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:05,040 we are supposed to process before we can do both of those 798 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:07,440 things. And I think we've all met people 799 00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:09,440 who do one or the other far more often. 800 00:46:09,720 --> 00:46:13,000 We get the big thinkers, the 10,000 foot people who they've 801 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:17,240 got these amazing ideas and sure, if you can get the details 802 00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:20,520 right, it will, it will work out and it'll be beautiful. 803 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:24,400 But they're not detail people. They, they can't give you the 804 00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:26,520 schematics of how it actually works. 805 00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:29,560 But then we get the high detail people who they can't see the 806 00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:32,720 end game, and they're so focused on the right now and the right 807 00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:36,000 here that they can't see beyond what they're doing in this 808 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:39,000 moment. God calls us to continuously 809 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:44,240 learn so that we can do both. Yes, that's it. 810 00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:49,160 Well said. So yeah, that was confirmation 811 00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:52,240 Sunday in a in a nutshell. Thanks to Michaela for a. 812 00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:54,880 Wonderful job. Sharing her, sharing her heart 813 00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:57,000 and sharing her thoughts with us. 814 00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:01,640 Yeah, looking forward to look forward to all the student 815 00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:02,280 ministries. Really. 816 00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:05,600 It's really just a blessing to be able to pass this on and be 817 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:08,960 able to be a part of a ministry that's pouring back into the 818 00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:10,840 next generation and and students here. 819 00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:14,880 And glad you all got to see that and experience that a little bit 820 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:17,880 yesterday, as we do each year in Confirmation Sunday. 821 00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:21,640 But yeah, that's what we've got. A couple things coming up. 822 00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:25,120 Mother's Day is this Sunday, guys or kids, if you need a 823 00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:27,480 reminder for that. That is this Sunday, Mother's 824 00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:29,800 Day. I already bought. 825 00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:31,440 I already bought my mom's. Gifts. 826 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:33,560 I already bought my mom's gifts. OK, you're not too late. 827 00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:38,400 No, you, you got, you got some time week after that is 828 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:42,000 graduation weekend, at least here in DeWitt honoring our 829 00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:46,320 graduating seniors at the first service on the 17th May 17th 830 00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:48,720 that week. And then we're spending four 831 00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:51,680 weeks in Philippians. We're going to kind of Sprint 832 00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:55,480 through the four chapter book of Philippians, but it'll be good 833 00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:58,240 last two weeks of May and the first two weeks of June. 834 00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:01,800 Which by the way, if you want to preview on that Philippians 835 00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:06,160 series, right now we are as a Church in the Bible app, doing a 836 00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:09,120 devotional through the book of Philippians and the devotionals 837 00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,440 prior to the text that is for that day. 838 00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:15,480 They're really well thought out, they're really well done, 839 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:17,800 they're applicable. And so if you want to jump on 840 00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,880 the Bible app, you can most certainly do that and you can 841 00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:22,560 get a preview of the Philippian series. 842 00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:25,880 Yep, wanted to get you all through all of all of the 843 00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:29,000 scripture of the four chapters of Philippians before we get to 844 00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:31,360 that sermon series. I think that does run out like 845 00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:33,840 the weekend before the series starts. 846 00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,960 So which is great, us trying to coordinate things. 847 00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:40,240 People will have a good solid foundation there. 848 00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:44,360 They've learned before we go even deeper and learn even more. 849 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:46,760 So see, we just keep on going. Keep on going. 850 00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:49,560 And then we're spending, we're spending all summer in the 851 00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:51,440 Creed, which we heard a lot of Creed yesterday. 852 00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:53,480 I know not like the band Creed but. 853 00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:57,080 I immediately thought of. That that's we're just going to 854 00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:58,960 say that for the next 4 weeks, we're going to say we're going 855 00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:01,160 to be we're going to be in the creed a lot for the summer and 856 00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:03,280 you're just going to play Chris is going to get there and play 857 00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:05,480 a. Different Creed song every week. 858 00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:09,680 People will not enjoy that sense of humor after a while. 859 00:49:10,240 --> 00:49:11,440 Yeah, that's not what it's going to be. 860 00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:14,080 We're going to be in the Apostles Creed to going through 861 00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:17,480 the different stanzas and intentions and deeper meaning. 862 00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:19,720 Why? Why it's valuable that we 863 00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:24,000 confess these things as as part of our faith, why the Apostles 864 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:25,160 Creed is an instrumental part of that. 865 00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:28,280 So that's what's coming up in the sermon series here. 866 00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:32,520 Let us know what your favorite epic series is. 867 00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:36,240 We got one, one for Lord of the Rings and one for the MCU 868 00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:41,400 Avengers Infinity War universe. What else do you got out there? 869 00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:45,920 Maybe maybe this is I'm really interested to see which 870 00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:49,520 trifectas or trilogies come out of the woodworks for that. 871 00:49:49,720 --> 00:49:53,160 So anyway, thanks for hanging with us and continuing the 872 00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:55,920 conversation on lifelong learners here on the ERC 873 00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:59,200 Leftovers podcast. Privilege to be a part of this 874 00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:00,920 Community Church. Have a blessed week.