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 Well, good morning, team.

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 Last week, we explored the art of having the gospel heard as good news.

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 And we particularly looked at Paul in his gospel engagement with the Athenians.

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 And a central observation was how he connected the gospel to his hearer's world.

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 Offered Christ as the answer to a question they were asking.

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 We also noted how the profuse richness of the gospel itself and its abundant themes and variations resource us to do just that.

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 That is, particularize and personalize the gospel message to each heart at its point of hunger.

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 Now today, we continue our study by considering six stars to navigate by in our witness-bearing encounters.

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 That is, beacons which can illuminate our path of engagement.

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 Principles to bear in mind to help us in our desire to love our neighbor well.

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 Not simply by seeking to share the good news with them, but how we do so.

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 And I do hope that a common spirit comes through in these habits offered for our cultivation.

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 A spirit which I trust is the spirit of Christ.

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 That said, let's proceed with prayer.

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 Lord Christ, we thank you that you are our portion and you are indeed the best of portions.

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 May we enjoy you as such and out of that supreme enjoyment, proclaim you as infinitely enjoyable.

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 Lord, would you grant us insight and application as we consider these principles together this morning.

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 And Lord, may we so enjoy the gospel ourselves that it is of great comfort to us, your people,

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 and great credit to you, our marvelous Savior.

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 And we ask it in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, our first guiding star is proceed with good questions.

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 Now, I'm probably not capable of overstating the importance of this.

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 Now, it is a challenge, at least for me, but it is vitally important.

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 It alone can transform the encounter from a disquisition.

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 And few can abide being subject to something so one-sided.

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 From a disquisition to a dialogue.

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 A dialogue which goes back and forth with the natural sustaining and pleasing rhythm of breathing.

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 To ask a question is to show interest in the other.

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 It is to invite their thoughts and feelings.

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 It is to beckon them to build something together.

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 And by proceed with questions.

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 And by proceed with questions, I mean begin and continue with questions.

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 And last week, we observed the importance of connecting the gospel to the concerns of the other if the gospel is to be heard as good news.

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 But unless we are content to be heard as good news.

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 But unless we are content to simply speculate, how are we to discover what their concerns are?

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 Unless we coax them out with questions.

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 Apart from such revealing questions, we risk casting Christ as an answer to an issue that they don't have.

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 Hence, it is pivotal to begin with questions.

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 But once begun, we also want to continue with questions.

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 For this is the means by which, among other things, the conversation can continue in the natural sustaining rhythm of give and take.

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 And by good questions, I mean questions which feel natural and appropriate to ask.

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 And also seminal or germinal.

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 That is, questions that can give birth to interesting and enjoyable interaction.

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 A good question is like a womb in which things come to life and gestate and are born.

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 In similar metaphor, Socrates, a master asker of questions, spoke of questions as midwives.

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 Facilitating the birth of something.

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 A truth.

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 An insight.

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 An epiphany.

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 A realization.

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 A refinement.

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 A conviction.

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 Well, let's look at an example of this in Acts 8 with Philip.

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 Picking up where we left off previously with Philip on his desert road errand.

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 And happening upon an Ethiopian reading aloud from his chariot.

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 That's in verse 30.

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 Acts chapter 8 verse 30.

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 Which reads,

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 So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked,

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 Do you understand what you're reading?

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 Notice Philip launches the interaction with asking a question.

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 Do you understand what you're reading?

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 The question, what are you reading?

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 Is a good question, especially in the academy, as people are reading all the time.

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 And typically, what we read reflects what interests us.

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 Also, Philip's question of the eunuch and those like it have the promise of engaging the other's point of reference.

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 Where they are coming from.

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 We don't ask them to attend what we think is important.

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 Rather, we reflect in our question that we are willing to attend to what they feel is important.

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 What if we don't start with questions?

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 What if we simply launch into a disquisition?

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 What effect will that have on the interaction of our interlocutors' experience?

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 Yeah, yeah.

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 Yeah, surely they will feel no more than a prop in our own drama.

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 An object, not a subject.

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 And notice, as a result of Philip's question,

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 he is invited by the eunuch to say more.

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 You see, we want to ask and to respond in a way that results in an invitation to continue.

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 Not our buttonholing, rather their beckoning,

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 should be the dynamic that moves the conversation along.

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 We want to let the other, in virtue of their interest,

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 keep drawing out our further thoughts and questions.

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 So let's not assume that they want to hear more.

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 Let them elicit it.

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 And again, this is simply what it means to show love in a conversation.

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 Preferring the other in love.

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 And not only does Philip begin with a question,

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 it is the continuing ethos.

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 It's not, for Philip, simply a formal technique.

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 It's rather the whole spirit of his interaction.

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 As the narrative continues,

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 so verses 30 to 35,

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 so Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet

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 and asked,

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 Do you understand what you're reading?

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 And he said,

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 Well, how can I, unless someone guides me?

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 And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

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 Now the passage of Scripture that he was reading was this.

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 Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter,

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 and like a lamb before his shearers is silent,

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 so he opens not his mouth.

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 In his humiliation, justice was denied him.

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 Who could describe his generation?

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 For his life is taken away from the earth.

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 And the eunuch said to Philip,

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 About whom, I ask you,

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 does the prophet say this?

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 About himself?

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 Or about someone else?

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 Then Philip opened his mouth,

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 and beginning with this Scripture,

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 he told him the good news about Jesus.

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 So, amazingly,

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 Philip finds himself in the chariot next to the Ethiopian,

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 with the passage of Isaiah the prophet opened before him.

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 I can imagine myself thinking,

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 What an entree!

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 I sure know what to say on this topic.

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 I've thought a lot about this.

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 Now is my chance.

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 But Philip does not say in his zeal,

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 Oh, listen to this.

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 I know a thing or two about this topic.

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 Then launch into a disquisition.

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 Even at the point where he has so many things he could say,

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 he holds his tongue and lets the eunuch start with his question.

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 Had I been in Philip's place,

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 verse 34, I assure you,

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 would no doubt have recorded my speech.

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 In fact, I probably would have started talking

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 before the eunuch finished uttering his last word in Isaiah's text.

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 But not Philip.

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 He does not open his mouth yet.

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 Rather, he lets the eunuch speak and ask his question.

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 Then, verse 35,

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 Then, not before,

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 Philip opened his mouth.

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 Friends, this is other-centered witness bearing.

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 It cares for the other as a person.

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 It doesn't treat them as a project

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 or merely a prospective proselyte.

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 Wise witness bearing

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 is as much about knowing

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 when to keep our mouths closed

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 as when to open them.

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 And making it our determined practice

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 to proceed with good questions

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 could help us realize that ambition.

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 Here are some questions I recently asked

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 and found helpful toward discovering

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 what someone cares about.

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 Remember, we want to start to connect

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 the gospel with what people care about.

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 How do we discover what people care about?

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 Well, we ask good questions.

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 Here are a couple that I've used recently.

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 What was some value that got inculcated

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 when you were young

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 that has continued to have for you

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 a significant afterlife?

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 If you'd love to share,

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 I'd certainly love to hear.

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 Or another I asked this week.

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 If you were to see your life,

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 till now,

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 as a several-act drama,

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 freeze frame a scene or two

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 that you would say

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 have been most determinative

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 for who you are

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 or aspire to be.

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 I asked that one

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 because the guy introduced himself

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 as an actor.

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 I thought it would be apropos

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 to put it in those terms.

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 Led to a really good conversation.

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 Found out a lot about the guy.

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 Here's another.

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 If you came across Aladdin's lamp

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 and were given three wishes,

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 what three things

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 would you change about your life

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 or about the world?

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 See,

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 coming up with good questions

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 is seldom a spontaneous attainment.

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 Typically,

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 it requires some advanced pondering.

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 But I find it is so worth the investment.

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 For if I have some good questions at hand,

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 good, salty conversations

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 are far more likely to emerge.

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 As a witness bearer,

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 make it your practice

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 to concoct and collect

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 good questions

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 and launch and lard

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 your conversations with them.

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 You know,

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 a great study to do

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 would be to go through the Gospels

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 and look at the questions

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 that Jesus asks.

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 That'd be a good way

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 to be tutored in that.

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 So there's the first.

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 Proceed with good questions.

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 The second star

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 to navigate by

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 is

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 frame

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 the interaction

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 collaboratively.

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 You know,

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 it's often the case

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 that as witness bearers,

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 we find ourselves

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 inhabiting

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 a very different worldview

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 from our neighbor

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 with whom we're engaging.

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 Our beliefs and behaviors

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 are often at odds

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 and our attempts to persuade

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 can set us in opposition

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 and we experience the engagement

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 conflictually.

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 We kind of face off

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 as conversational antagonists.

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 Far more fruitful,

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 I've found,

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 is to frame the discussion

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 collaboratively

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 such that we range ourselves

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 shoulder to shoulder

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 collectively

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 addressing the question at hand,

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 each offering

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 what they have

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 to contribute.

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 How might one do this?

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 Well,

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 sometimes

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 I open a conversation

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 like this.

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 Do you ever feel

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 like life

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 tosses us up

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 in the midst

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 of a drama

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 and we have to

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 scramble to figure out

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 what the drama

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 is about

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 and what our role

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 is in the play?

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 Do you have

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 a sense

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 of what the plot

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 is

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 and you're part

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 of it?

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 Or sometimes

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 I might use

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 a different metaphor.

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 Do you ever

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 get a sense

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 that life

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 feels like a huge

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 puzzle that we're

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 trying to put together

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 with no picture

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 on the box

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 to go by?

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 Do you think

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 you've found

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 any corner pieces?

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 Is a picture

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 taking shape

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 for you?

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 And sometimes

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 I'll continue

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 the metaphor

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 by taking up

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 some single

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 puzzle piece

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 of life.

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 Perhaps

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 the phenomenon

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 of consciousness

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 or a sense

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 of being

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 in a moral world

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 or a hunger

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 a hunger

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 for justice

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 or beauty

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 or intimacy.

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 Some perplexing

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 feature

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 and hold it up

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 and say

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 hey

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 what do you

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 make of this piece?

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 What picture

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 might this point to?

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 Do you think

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 the blue here

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 with a bit of white

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 suggests ocean

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 with the crest

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 of a wave

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 or could it

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 perhaps be

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 sky

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 with a wisp

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 of cloud?

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 In other words

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 what kind

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 of universe

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 do you think

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 we might be in?

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 A purely

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 material one?

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 Or do you feel

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 these puzzle pieces

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 point towards

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 something else?

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 Some

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 transcendence?

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 Do you see

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 even feel

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 how such a

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 framing

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 makes a difference

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 as to how

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 the interaction

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 is experienced?

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 You see

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 it puts us

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 alongside our

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 neighbor

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 laboring together

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 to understand

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 our existence

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 and unravel

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 together

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 its mysteries

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 not above them

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 decanting

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 our pronouncements

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 from on high

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 and neither

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 are we locked

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 in antagonistic

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 combat

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 in some

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 gladiatorial

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 fight to the

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 death.

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 During the

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 Hundred Years

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 War

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 between England

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 and France

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 the English

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 developed

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 a decisively

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 effective

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 weapon

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 the longbow

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 and that

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 was the

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 winning weapon

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 in battle

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 but it was

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 wielded

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 not by the

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 aristocratic

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 knights

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 rather by

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 the common

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 yeoman

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 but to win

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 the battles

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 the English

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 gentry

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 had to get

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 down off

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 their high

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 horses

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 and stand

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 shoulder to

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 shoulder

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 with their

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 compatriot

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 peasant

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 and protect

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 him as he

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 and his

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 longbow

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 delivered the

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 victory

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 and historians

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 credit this

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 simple act

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 of standing

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 shoulder to

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 shoulder

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 on the same

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 footing

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 with sparing

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 England the

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 violent class

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 revolution which

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 roiled France

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 in blood

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 subsequently

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 1789

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 and the

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 witness bearer

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 will recognize

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 a similar

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 potency

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 to diffuse

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 antagonistic

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 spirit

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 simply by

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 reframing our

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 interactions

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 collaboratively

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 getting down

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 off our

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 high horse

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 and standing

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 side by

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 side

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 tackling

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 together

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 the mysteries

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 of existence

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 so

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 in your

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 encounters

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 frame

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 your

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 interactions

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 collaboratively

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 it's a

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 star to

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 navigate by

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 and here's

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 a third

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 star to

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 navigate by

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 listen

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 well

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 listen

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 well

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 and really

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 in order for

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 our first two

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 guiding habits

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 to have

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 any integrity

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 we really

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 must listen

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 well

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 I mean

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 if we

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 don't

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 listen

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 well

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 our

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 asking

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 questions

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 is only

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 formal

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 if

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 their

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 speech

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 is only

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 an

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 irritating

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 delay

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 for our

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 speech

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 then

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.380
 our

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 asking

00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:03.200
 questions

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 is just

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 hypocrisy

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 if we

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 frame the

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 discussion

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.539
 collaboratively

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 but don't

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 attend

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 to their

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 contribution

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:13.180
 our

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.920
 so

00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:14.299
 framing

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:14.500
 the

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 interaction

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.839
 is merely

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 an offensive

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 technique

00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:20.259
 I find

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 often

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 at the

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:21.759
 root of

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 my

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 own

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 failure

00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:23.560
 to

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 listen

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 or to

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 listen

00:19:25.320 --> 00:19:25.740
 well

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 is

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 sometimes

00:19:27.580 --> 00:19:27.860
 my

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 disbelief

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.860
 that

00:19:29.860 --> 00:19:30.400
 what I

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 will hear

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 is going

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:32.700
 to be

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.040
 anything

00:19:33.040 --> 00:19:33.700
 worthwhile

00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:34.920
 that I

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 really have

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 nothing to

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 learn from

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 my

00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:38.180
 conversation

00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:38.759
 partner

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:41.259
 now

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.720
 why would

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.000
 this

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.619
 attitude

00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:44.579
 be

00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:45.279
 almost

00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:46.099
 certainly

00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:46.579
 in

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 every

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 instance

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:49.160
 wrong

00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:53.019
 well

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:54.680
 because

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.980
 we know

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.500
 that

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 every

00:19:57.140 --> 00:19:57.900
 other

00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:59.240
 and

00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:00.079
 no less

00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:01.180
 non-believing

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.839
 others

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.940
 are

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.839
 yet

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.740
 image

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.359
 bearers

00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:06.299
 and as

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:06.859
 such

00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:07.759
 have

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.500
 capacity

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.459
 for the

00:20:09.459 --> 00:20:10.019
 good

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.599
 the

00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.219
 true

00:20:11.219 --> 00:20:11.939
 the

00:20:11.939 --> 00:20:12.719
 just

00:20:12.719 --> 00:20:13.339
 and

00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:13.799
 beautiful

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.959
 and

00:20:14.959 --> 00:20:15.199
 indeed

00:20:15.199 --> 00:20:15.639
 they may

00:20:15.639 --> 00:20:15.899
 have

00:20:15.899 --> 00:20:16.199
 a far

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 greater

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.219
 giftedness

00:20:17.219 --> 00:20:17.419
 for

00:20:17.419 --> 00:20:17.959
 penetrating

00:20:17.959 --> 00:20:18.439
 the depths

00:20:18.439 --> 00:20:18.779
 of those

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.279
 realities

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:19.879
 than

00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:20.119
 we

00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:20.519
 have

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 we

00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:24.039
 have

00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.959
 something

00:20:24.959 --> 00:20:26.119
 to learn

00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:26.339
 from

00:20:26.339 --> 00:20:27.259
 everyone

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.899
 and we

00:20:28.899 --> 00:20:29.619
 have much

00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:30.259
 to learn

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:31.179
 from

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 many

00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:33.199
 so

00:20:33.199 --> 00:20:34.119
 let us

00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:34.899
 listen

00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:35.800
 well

00:20:35.800 --> 00:20:37.680
 let us

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:37.900
 ask

00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:38.280
 ourselves

00:20:38.280 --> 00:20:38.820
 occasionally

00:20:38.820 --> 00:20:39.759
 what

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.420
 have I

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:40.960
 learned

00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:41.220
 from

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:42.100
 unbelievers

00:20:42.100 --> 00:20:42.519
 lately

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:44.100
 which has

00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:44.280
 been

00:20:44.280 --> 00:20:44.960
 consequential

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.300
 in my

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 life

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.840
 perhaps

00:20:46.840 --> 00:20:47.140
 even

00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:47.960
 fundamentally

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.740
 reframing

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:51.240
 if I

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.640
 answer

00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:52.280
 that question

00:20:52.280 --> 00:20:52.900
 honestly

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:54.759
 I will

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.540
 have good

00:20:55.540 --> 00:20:56.300
 reason to

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 and want

00:20:57.080 --> 00:20:57.440
 to

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 listen

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:58.780
 well

00:20:58.780 --> 00:21:00.540
 and if

00:21:00.540 --> 00:21:01.019
 I answer

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.300
 it in the

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 negative

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.740
 I suspect

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 I might

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 just be

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.400
 an

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.420
 epistemological

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:06.220
 bigot

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:07.339
 that is

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:08.799
 thinking I

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.259
 can learn

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.700
 nothing

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:09.980
 from

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.599
 unbelievers

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:12.759
 then I

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.140
 just have

00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:13.640
 bad

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:14.200
 theology

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:15.960
 I've

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.440
 completely

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.440
 missed

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:18.339
 the

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:18.920
 implication

00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:20.500
 that every

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.299
 human being

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.940
 is an

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:23.700
 image bearer

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.140
 and is

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.740
 capable

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:26.440
 of knowing

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 truth

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:29.539
 or perhaps

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.099
 my problem

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:30.500
 is simply

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:33.019
 I simply

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:33.680
 interact with

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.180
 brothers and

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.599
 sisters of

00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:35.039
 the sanctuary

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:36.259
 and I

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.640
 fail to

00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:36.920
 get out

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.480
 much beyond

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.400
 church potlucks

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:40.099
 oh brothers

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.700
 and sisters

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:42.480
 let's not

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.140
 let that be

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.700
 the case

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:45.559
 we are not

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:45.980
 to be of

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.299
 the world

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.740
 but we

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 are to be

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 in it

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 we are to

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 be in it

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 so a

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 fourth star

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.579
 to navigate

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 by

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 in our

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 witness

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.420
 bearing

00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:00.259
 is

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 lead

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.779
 with

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 affirmation

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:05.099
 and look

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.579
 for

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.420
 resonances

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.259
 lead with

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 affirmation

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:09.140
 and look

00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:09.440
 for

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.400
 resonances

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:13.119
 we've

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:14.200
 observed this

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:14.640
 in Paul

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:14.940
 with the

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.599
 Athenians

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:15.960
 remember

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.880
 he led

00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.039
 with

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.700
 affirmation

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:19.420
 chapter

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.480
 1722

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.359
 men of

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 Athens

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:23.019
 I perceive

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 that in

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.259
 every way

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:25.119
 you are

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 very

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 religious

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 and just

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 as the

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 apostle

00:22:29.219 --> 00:22:29.899
 would be

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 with his

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 Athenian

00:22:30.739 --> 00:22:31.239
 hearers

00:22:31.239 --> 00:22:33.039
 we

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.839
 will

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 inevitably

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:34.979
 come

00:22:34.979 --> 00:22:36.079
 to challenge

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 and critique

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 it's going

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 to be

00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:38.279
 inevitable

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 there's going

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 to be

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.419
 something

00:22:39.419 --> 00:22:39.759
 that we're

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 going to

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 critique

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.059
 but

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.879
 Paul

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 does not

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 open

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.359
 with

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.939
 critique

00:22:43.939 --> 00:22:45.319
 and we

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.719
 would be

00:22:45.719 --> 00:22:46.359
 wise to

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.959
 follow him

00:22:46.959 --> 00:22:47.439
 in this

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 we also

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.319
 notice

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.759
 Paul had

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.039
 found

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.479
 within

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 the Athenians

00:22:52.219 --> 00:22:52.879
 beliefs

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.819
 notions

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.359
 which were

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.219
 consonant

00:22:55.219 --> 00:22:55.919
 with

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 biblical

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.719
 truth

00:22:56.719 --> 00:22:58.139
 instincts

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 that they

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 had

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 which ran

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 along the

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 grain

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.299
 of the

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.779
 gospel

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:05.419
 he cites

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:05.699
 some of

00:23:05.699 --> 00:23:06.319
 their poets

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.079
 and philosophers

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:08.099
 affirmatively

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:10.000
 and he

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 builds

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:11.500
 his case

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.859
 in part

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.799
 out of

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.459
 their

00:23:14.459 --> 00:23:15.459
 hunches

00:23:15.459 --> 00:23:16.379
 beliefs

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:18.099
 and values

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:20.240
 now what

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.639
 we might

00:23:20.639 --> 00:23:21.039
 ask

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.779
 gave the

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.259
 apostle

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.000
 confidence

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:24.000
 that he

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.500
 would find

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.779
 such

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.180
 common

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.579
 ground

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.140
 even

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.380
 among

00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:26.579
 his

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:26.960
 pagan

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.660
 hearers

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.700
 some

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.619
 resonances

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.000
 that he

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.500
 could appeal

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:30.819
 to

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:32.099
 and work

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.500
 with

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:34.819
 now this

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.440
 is important

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.779
 for us to

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.059
 have this

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.660
 confidence

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:39.640
 in Romans

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.259
 chapter 1

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.240
 Paul relates

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.059
 that God

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.619
 has revealed

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.240
 himself to

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.660
 humanity

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.420
 and although

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:45.039
 we seek

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.799
 to smother

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.339
 the truth

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:46.839
 of God

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.779
 to evade

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.240
 his claim

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.859
 upon us

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:50.539
 we suppress

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.719
 this truth

00:23:51.719 --> 00:23:54.219
 incompletely

00:23:54.219 --> 00:23:55.059
 and

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:56.839
 inconsistently

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:59.319
 there

00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:00.479
 remains

00:24:00.479 --> 00:24:01.139
 truth

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:02.119
 about God

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.599
 that we

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.539
 know

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:05.179
 notice the

00:24:05.179 --> 00:24:05.939
 present tense

00:24:05.939 --> 00:24:06.859
 of verse 32

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:08.819
 we know

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.819
 these things

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:11.119
 indeed

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.879
 our

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.919
 ongoing

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.919
 suppression

00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:15.039
 of these

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.379
 truths

00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:16.379
 belies

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:18.080
 that it

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.820
 remains

00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:19.700
 exerting

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.880
 counter pressure

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.540
 and ready

00:24:21.540 --> 00:24:22.960
 to bob

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.500
 up to the

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.820
 surface

00:24:23.820 --> 00:24:24.260
 of our

00:24:24.260 --> 00:24:24.740
 consciousness

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.500
 if we

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.220
 relax our

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.580
 efforts

00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:27.180
 to repress

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.420
 it

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:28.900
 now we

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.460
 might call

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.820
 these

00:24:29.820 --> 00:24:31.020
 vestigial

00:24:31.020 --> 00:24:31.680
 truths

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:33.500
 or echoes

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.480
 of the

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:34.740
 knowledge

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.240
 of God

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.720
 and we

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.420
 through our

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.200
 rebelliousness

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.440
 would mute

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:40.960
 these echoes

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:42.440
 but we

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:43.280
 can never

00:24:43.280 --> 00:24:44.120
 finally

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.840
 silence

00:24:44.840 --> 00:24:45.140
 them

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:46.480
 we

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.120
 can never

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.920
 fully

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.280
 rid

00:24:48.280 --> 00:24:48.860
 ourselves

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.480
 of the

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.020
 truths

00:24:50.020 --> 00:24:50.980
 and tokens

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.240
 that derive

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.820
 from the

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.640
 reality of

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.140
 God

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:56.220
 you see

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.940
 sin

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.840
 is not

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.840
 omnipotent

00:24:58.840 --> 00:25:00.580
 it can

00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:02.140
 deface

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:03.759
 but never

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.600
 completely

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:05.640
 efface

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:07.100
 the divine

00:25:07.100 --> 00:25:07.880
 fingerprints

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:10.780
 that are

00:25:10.780 --> 00:25:11.840
 inscribed

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.360
 upon

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.000
 us

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.460
 image

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.120
 bearers

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.319
 neither

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:16.439
 the imprint

00:25:16.439 --> 00:25:17.339
 of the

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.839
 creator

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.959
 in

00:25:18.959 --> 00:25:20.059
 broader

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.859
 creation

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:22.379
 however

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.099
 much we

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.500
 try

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.500
 radically

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:24.939
 to

00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:25.779
 redecorate

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:25.979
 our

00:25:25.979 --> 00:25:26.519
 consciousness

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:28.139
 there is

00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:29.279
 always

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.159
 furniture

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:31.500
 mental

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.839
 moral

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.939
 material

00:25:33.939 --> 00:25:35.079
 that

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.839
 persists

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.379
 in

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.899
 pointing

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.500
 to

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.979
 the

00:25:38.979 --> 00:25:39.599
 divine

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.599
 presence

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:40.799
!

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:43.959
 and so

00:25:43.959 --> 00:25:43.980
!

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:43.980


00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:45.339
 residences

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.839
 will

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.839
 always

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.439
 remain

00:25:47.439 --> 00:25:48.599
 and when

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.219
 discovered

00:25:49.219 --> 00:25:50.539
 we can

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.079
 affirm

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:51.639
 them

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:53.779
 it's kind

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:53.899
 of like

00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:54.399
 we need to

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:54.839
 hold these

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.159
 things up

00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:55.379
 into the

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:55.599
 light

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:55.959
 and point

00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:56.139
 out

00:25:56.139 --> 00:25:56.500
 look

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.599
 there's a

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.259
 watermark

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.679
 here

00:25:58.679 --> 00:26:00.059
 we didn't

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.399
 see it

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:00.859
 first

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.819
 point

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.119
 these

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.379
 things

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:02.759
 out

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:05.160
 in

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.900
 conversations

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:07.339
 as

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.680
 witness

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.119
 bearers

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.920
 look

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.400
 for

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:10.099
 opportunities

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.920
 to

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.480
 affirm

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:13.420
 yes

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.460
 that

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:14.859
 seems

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.220
 right

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.720
 to me

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.819
 yeah

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.079
 that

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:18.039
 instinct

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.960
 feels

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.559
 solid

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:20.140
 to me

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:22.000
 you know

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.480
 that

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.920
 strikes

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.319
 me

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:24.299
 as a

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.799
 critical

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.299
 thread

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.660
 in this

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:25.980
 matter

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.579
 let's

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.140
 pull on

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.339
 that

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.839
 together

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.900
 it

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.200
 seems

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.460
 to be

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:29.579
 a

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.000
 promising

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.740
 lead

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:33.120
 so you

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.339
 want to

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.759
 look

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.960
 for

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.480
 opportunity

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.019
 to say

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.319
 such

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.720
 things

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.160
 and

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:37.539
 lard

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.720
 your

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.200
 interaction

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.460
 with

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.680
 them

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:40.799
 and

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.160
 even

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.420
 if we

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.660
 find

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:41.920
 little

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.059
 to

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.319
 agree

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.660
 upon

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:44.000
 perhaps

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.400
 affirm

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.819
 that

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.420
 you

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:45.720
 share

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:45.880
 the

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.259
 conviction

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.539
 that

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:46.759
 this

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:46.900
 is

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.039
 a

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.319
 critical

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:47.539
 and

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.059
 consequential

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.579
 topic

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.500
 which

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:49.900
 deserves

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.120
 our

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.380
 best

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:50.900
 attention

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.880
 and

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.319
 reflection

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.980
 so

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.380
 let's

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.039
 let's

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:56.359
 receive

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:58.200
 even

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.700
 as

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.000
 we

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.519
 give

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 so

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 lead

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 with

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 affirmation

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 and

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 look

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 for

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 resonances

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:11.220
 well

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 here's

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 another

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 a fifth

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 star

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 to

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 navigate

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 by

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 and

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 that

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 is

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 be

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 prepared

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 to

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 tell

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 your

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 story

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 be

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 prepared

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 to

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:22.539
 tell

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 your

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 story

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 at

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 times

00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:27.599
 the

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 faith

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 that

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 we

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 commend

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 is

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 regarded

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 by

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 our

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 neighbors

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 as

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 unimaginable

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 and

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 it is

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 inconceivable

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 to

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 them

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 that

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 they

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 could

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 ever

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 arrive

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 at

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 it

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 the

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 conviction

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 is

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 like

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 that

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 of

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 the

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 old

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 new

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 england

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 farmer

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 who

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 when

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.519
 asked

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 how

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.079
 do you

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.259
 get to

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.380
 a

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:46.579
 certain

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:46.980
 town

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 he

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.200
 responded

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!

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 you

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 can't

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.799
 get there

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.000
 from

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.360
 here

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:52.980
 well

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:54.380
 one

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 helpful

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 way

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.600
 of

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 bridging

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 that

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:56.900
 gap

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.019
 in

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.559
 imagination

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:59.140
 is

00:27:59.140 --> 00:27:59.380
 by

00:27:59.380 --> 00:27:59.960
 telling

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.340
 the

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 story

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.420
 of

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.660
 how

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.299
 you

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.120
 in

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:03.460
 fact

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.279
 managed

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.680
 to

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:04.840
 get

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.140
 there

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:06.860
 you

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.039
 see

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.500
 your

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.140
 story

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:08.440
 can

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.960
 take

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.580
 the

00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:11.019
 unimaginable

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:12.220
 and

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.559
 break

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:12.700
 it

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:12.940
 down

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 into

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.660
 small

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.180
 concrete

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.720
 steps

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.619
 I

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.200
 can't

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.440
 get

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:16.639
 there

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:16.819
 from

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.099
 here

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:18.000
 well

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.299
 sure

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.480
 you

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.819
 can

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.579
 I

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:19.920
 did

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.799
 here's

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.160
 how

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:22.700
 like

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.039
 Indiana

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.460
 Jones

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:23.599
 in

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:23.680
 the

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:23.920
 last

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.539
 crusade

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.440
 who

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.059
 remember

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.660
 that

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:26.920
 scene

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.240
 he

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.559
 threw

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.299
 sand

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.240
 across

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.720
 on

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:29.859
 the

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.460
 invisible

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.059
 bridge

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.359
 across

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:31.619
 that

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:32.099
 chasm

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:33.980
 similarly

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.859
 our

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.559
 personal

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:36.559
 stories

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.259
 may

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.779
 render

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.619
 visible

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.319
 a

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.799
 path

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.200
 that

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.839
 as

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.419
 yet

00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:42.240
 may

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.500
 not

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.720
 be

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.339
 seen

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.899
 in

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.159
 telling

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:45.399
 our

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:45.899
 story

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.939
 it

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:47.099
 can

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.279
 be

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.720
 helpful

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.279
 to

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.799
 show

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.139
 how

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.619
 where

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.199
 we

00:28:50.199 --> 00:28:50.639
 started

00:28:50.639 --> 00:28:51.159
 out

00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:52.279
 is

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.579
 not

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:52.879
 that

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.299
 different

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.939
 perhaps

00:28:53.939 --> 00:28:54.639
 from

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:54.939
 where

00:28:54.939 --> 00:28:55.339
 our

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:56.039
 hearer

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.980
 now

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.599
 stands

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:57.899
 and

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.179
 finds

00:28:58.179 --> 00:28:58.619
 themselves

00:28:58.619 --> 00:29:01.059
 so

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.539
 when

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:01.839
 Paul

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.220
 addressed

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.679
 Jews

00:29:02.679 --> 00:29:03.059
 who

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.339
 found

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.559
 his

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:03.879
 faith

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:05.139
 unimaginable

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:06.399
 he

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:06.839
 emphasized

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.599
 how

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:07.839
 he

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.039
 had

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.339
 been

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.839
 as

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:08.980
 he

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.159
 put

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:09.339
 it

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.899
 just

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.380
 as

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:10.660
 you

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.220
 are

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:12.120
 in

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.360
 Acts

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:13.200
 22

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.380
 chapter

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.780
 3

00:29:14.780 --> 00:29:15.600
 he

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:16.060
 says

00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:17.280
 I

00:29:17.280 --> 00:29:17.400
 am

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:17.500
 a

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.620
 Jew

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:17.940
 he

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.540
 tells

00:29:18.540 --> 00:29:18.800
 to

00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:19.100
 the

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.580
 crowd

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:19.759
 that

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:19.900
 he

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.120
 is

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.300
 a

00:29:20.300 --> 00:29:20.480
 Jewish

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.759
 crowd

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:20.920
 that

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.040
 he

00:29:21.040 --> 00:29:21.280
 is

00:29:21.280 --> 00:29:22.519
 conversing

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.740
 with

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:24.000
 I

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.160
 am

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.540
 a Jew

00:29:24.540 --> 00:29:25.680
 born

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:25.860
 in

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.220
 Tarsus

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.400
 of

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.780
 Cilicia

00:29:26.780 --> 00:29:28.580
 but

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:29.060
 brought

00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:29.280
 up

00:29:29.280 --> 00:29:29.759
 in

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.120
 this

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:30.460
 city

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.660
 educated

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:31.920
 at the

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.080
 feet

00:29:32.080 --> 00:29:32.220
 of

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.640
 Gamaliel

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.320
 according

00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:33.700
 to the

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.140
 strict

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.680
 manner

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.160
 of the

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.420
 law

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.620
 of

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.000
 our

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.680
 fathers

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.700
 being

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.100
 zealous

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.360
 for

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:38.680
 God

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.740
 as

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.380
 all

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:40.700
 of

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.019
 you

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.560
 are

00:29:41.560 --> 00:29:42.519
 this

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.360
 very

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:43.800
 day

00:29:43.800 --> 00:29:46.180
 he

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.300
 would

00:29:46.300 --> 00:29:46.460
 go

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.720
 on

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.120
 to

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:47.300
 tell

00:29:47.300 --> 00:29:47.440
 them

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:47.600
 that

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.039
 that

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.259
 his

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.980
 initial

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.560
 reaction

00:29:49.560 --> 00:29:49.860
 to the

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.180
 Christian

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.560
 faith

00:29:50.560 --> 00:29:51.039
 was

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.360
 just

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:51.560
 as

00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:51.840
 negative

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.039
 as

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.380
 theirs

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:53.140
 likely

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.460
 more

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.820
 so

00:29:53.820 --> 00:29:54.860
 verse

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.160
 four

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:56.220
 I

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.920
 persecuted

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.180
 this

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.380
 way

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:57.620
 to

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:57.820
 the

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.480
 death

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.640
 binding

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.279
 and

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.700
 delivering

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:00.940
 to

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.240
 prison

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.620
 both

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:01.900
 men

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.220
 and

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.660
 women

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.980
 as

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.120
 the

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.340
 high

00:30:04.340 --> 00:30:04.680
 priest

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.019
 and

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.140
 the

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.360
 whole

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.700
 council

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:05.880
 of

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.200
 elders

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.680
 can

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:06.920
 bear

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.160
 me

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.800
 witness

00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:09.840
 now

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.519
 why

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.420
 is

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.700
 this

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.019
 kind

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.140
 of

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.660
 identification

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.279
 so

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.700
 vital

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:15.480
 you

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.680
 see

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.480
 Paul's

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.040
 hearers

00:30:17.040 --> 00:30:17.380
 and

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:17.940
 ours

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:19.180
 must

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.960
 sense

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.840
 that

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.160
 we

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.740
 get

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.259
 how

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.620
 indigestible

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:23.920
 our

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.340
 message

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.660
 may

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.160
 sound

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.420
 to

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:25.700
 them

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:27.320
 they

00:30:27.320 --> 00:30:27.800
 need

00:30:27.800 --> 00:30:28.019
 to

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.640
 sense

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.720
 that

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:29.960
 we

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.640
 really

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.420
 comprehend

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.279
 and

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:33.420
 feel

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.340
 the

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:35.000
 reasons

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:36.060
 that

00:30:36.060 --> 00:30:36.620
 compel

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.080
 them

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:37.840
 to

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.460
 reject

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.060
 our

00:30:39.060 --> 00:30:39.560
 message

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:40.860
 and

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.040
 if

00:30:41.040 --> 00:30:41.200
 we

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.560
 don't

00:30:41.560 --> 00:30:42.160
 acknowledge

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.680
 the

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.320
 reality

00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:43.960
 and

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.700
 intensity

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.600
 of

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:45.779
 the

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.160
 bones

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.620
 stuck

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:46.759
 in

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:46.900
 the

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.300
 throat

00:30:47.300 --> 00:30:49.019
 we

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.480
 really

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.720
 won't

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:49.900
 have

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.080
 any

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:50.519
 personal

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.080
 credibility

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.400
 with

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.600
 them

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:53.400
 it

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:53.600
 will

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:54.340
 reinforce

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.859
 the

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.240
 perhaps

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.159
 presumed

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:57.099
 or

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.259
 at

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.419
 least

00:30:57.419 --> 00:30:57.959
 strongly

00:30:57.959 --> 00:30:58.899
 suspected

00:30:58.899 --> 00:31:00.859
 alienness

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.579
 of

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.079
 us

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.859
 not

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.059
 just

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.240
 our

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.659
 message

00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:03.899
 of

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.419
 us

00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:06.779
 interestingly

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.419
 if we

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:07.839
 compare

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.539
 the two

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.980
 accounts

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.679
 of Paul's

00:31:09.679 --> 00:31:10.579
 telling his

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.019
 story

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.740
 that occur

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.199
 in Acts

00:31:12.199 --> 00:31:12.959
 one

00:31:12.959 --> 00:31:13.419
 before the

00:31:13.419 --> 00:31:14.059
 temple mob

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.319
 that we

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.740
 just looked

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.019
 at

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.579
 and then

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.839
 one

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.159
 before

00:31:16.159 --> 00:31:16.419
 King

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:16.959
 Agrippa

00:31:16.959 --> 00:31:18.279
 that occurs

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.659
 in Acts

00:31:18.659 --> 00:31:19.220
 26

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:20.960
 we

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.460
 notice

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.319
 some

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.039
 variation

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:24.980
 he

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.420
 is

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.240
 adapting

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.600
 his

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:27.140
 testimony

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.660
 to

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:27.940
 his

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.779
 audience

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:30.319
 now

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.799
 remember

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.259
 that

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.779
 every

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.200
 gospel

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.759
 testimony

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.380
 presents

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:33.819
 Jesus

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.500
 as the

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.980
 answer

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.259
 to

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.720
 some

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.339
 question

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:37.519
 and

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.019
 the

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.519
 fulfillment

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.039
 of

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.539
 some

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.180
 deep

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:41.360
 desire

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:43.559
 and

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.039
 in all

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.500
 likelihood

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.619
 our

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.140
 stories

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.339
 of

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.680
 God's

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:46.920
 saving

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.319
 dealings

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.500
 with

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.759
 us

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.259
 will

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.559
 have

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.700
 all

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.079
 kinds

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.240
 of

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.640
 themes

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.160
 and

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.579
 themes

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:51.819
 as

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:53.000
 intricate

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.579
 and

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.119
 multiple

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.640
 as

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:54.859
 the

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:56.200
 distributaries

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.500
 in the

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.799
 Nile

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.200
 Delta

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:58.599
 but

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.119
 which

00:31:59.119 --> 00:31:59.599
 course

00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:00.019
 should

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.200
 our

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.680
 narrative

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.059
 take

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:02.599
 along

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.220
 which

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.500
 of the

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.700
 many

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.339
 possible

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.940
 themes

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.539
 should

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:05.779
 we

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.339
 unfold

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.619
 our

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.119
 story

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.359
 of

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:07.720
 faith

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:09.720
 well

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.460
 let

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.720
 us

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.359
 select

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:11.599
 our

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:11.940
 theme

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.759
 according

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.140
 to

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.380
 which

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:13.779
 we

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.339
 think

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.959
 might

00:32:14.959 --> 00:32:15.199
 be

00:32:15.199 --> 00:32:15.539
 most

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.379
 resonant

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:17.339
 to

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.559
 our

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.179
 hearers

00:32:18.179 --> 00:32:19.220
 in

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.399
 other

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:19.740
 words

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.480
 we

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.939
 seek

00:32:20.939 --> 00:32:21.319
 to

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:22.619
 contextualize

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.480
 our

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.299
 story

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.639
 within

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.059
 what

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.339
 we

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.699
 know

00:32:26.699 --> 00:32:27.000
 of

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.699
 their

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:28.339
 story

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:30.000
 and

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.259
 just

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.419
 as

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.599
 the

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:30.899
 gospel

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.339
 itself

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:31.879
 has

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.539
 wonderful

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.379
 adaptability

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:33.599
 and

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.319
 applicability

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.879
 so

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.319
 also

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:35.639
 does

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.220
 our

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:37.019
 experience

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.519
 of the

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.899
 gospel

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:39.220
 and

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.819
 we

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:41.039
 adapt

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.319
 it

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.959
 and

00:32:41.959 --> 00:32:42.439
 apply

00:32:42.439 --> 00:32:42.779
 it

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.779
 according

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.339
 to

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.119
 our

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.779
 audience

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:47.440
 so

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.960
 it's

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.240
 well

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.559
 worth

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.940
 thinking

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.259
 through

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.500
 the

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.839
 story

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.000
 of

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.180
 how

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.500
 God

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.440
 brought

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.660
 you

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:51.859
 to

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.440
 himself

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:54.539
 what

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.680
 are

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:54.879
 its

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.480
 themes

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.940
 which

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.139
 of

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.420
 those

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.099
 themes

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:59.059
 might

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.660
 resonate

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.740
 with

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.079
 your

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:02.000
 as yet

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.819
 unbelieving

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.440
 neighbors

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.839
 see

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.460
 as witness

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.960
 bearers

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.539
 we

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.000
 want

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.379
 to be

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:08.180
 prepared

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.420
 to

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:10.080
 speak

00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:10.440
 our

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.200
 story

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:12.019
 and

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.420
 maybe

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:12.680
 be

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.180
 prepared

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.720
 to be

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:13.880
 able

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.039
 to

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.299
 speak

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.500
 it

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.799
 variously

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.519
 along

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.140
 several

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:18.220
 themes

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.920
 depending

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.380
 upon

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:19.920
 the

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.420
 resonance

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:21.360
 of

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.820
 each

00:33:21.820 --> 00:33:22.840
 does

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:22.980
 that

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.140
 make

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.580
 sense

00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:25.380
 good

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:26.160
 good

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.519
 no I'm

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.860
 glad

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.299
 I'm

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.620
 glad

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:28.400
 well

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:31.140
 as our

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.860
 final

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.840
 guiding

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.740
 star

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:38.319
 keep

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.339
 fresh

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.000
 and

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.579
 vivid

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:42.079
 how

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.299
 the

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.779
 gospel

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.859
 is

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.259
 good

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.900
 news

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.559
 for

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.099
 you

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:47.779
 keep

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.460
 fresh

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:48.980
 and

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.400
 vivid

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.299
 how

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.500
 the

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.000
 gospel

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.839
 is

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.240
 good

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.859
 news

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.880
 for

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.259
 you

00:33:54.259 --> 00:34:00.940
 well

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.700
 we

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.059
 we've

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.440
 emphasized

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.299
 how

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.740
 for

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:03.919
 the

00:34:03.919 --> 00:34:04.279
 gospel

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.460
 to

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.619
 be

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:05.299
 heard

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.680
 as

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:05.879
 good

00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:06.180
 news

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:06.639
 we

00:34:06.639 --> 00:34:06.819
 need

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:06.960
 to

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.399
 connect

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.619
 it

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.059
 to

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.340
 our

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:08.779
 neighbors

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.539
 cares

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:11.880
 well

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.519
 how

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:12.800
 does

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.019
 the

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.539
 gospel

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.659
 bring

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.039
 good

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.579
 news

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.000
 to

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.360
 those

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.960
 places

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.480
 which

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.199
 absorb

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.519
 them

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.880
 whether

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.279
 places

00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:20.519
 of

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.360
 longing

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:22.820
 reflecting

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.079
 the

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.759
 stirrings

00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:24.340
 of the

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.619
 image

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.219
 of God

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.800
 or

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.380
 places

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.619
 of

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.619
 languishing

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:29.099
 reflecting

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.559
 the

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.300
 experience

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.920
 of the

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.880
 brokenness

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.779
 in our

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.140
 fallen

00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:33.760
 world

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:36.420
 we

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.680
 are

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.360
 all

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.060
 as

00:34:38.060 --> 00:34:38.560
 fallen

00:34:38.560 --> 00:34:39.260
 humans

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:40.540
 in the

00:34:40.540 --> 00:34:40.760
 image

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:40.920
 of

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.260
 God

00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:42.019
 a

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.980
 melange

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.740
 of

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.660
 anguish

00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:45.440
 and

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.320
 aspiration

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:48.200
 a

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:48.760
 composite

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.800
 nursery

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.280
 of

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:51.220
 insecurities

00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:51.880
 a

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.380
 china

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:52.880
 cabinet

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.120
 of

00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:53.780
 fragility

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.519
 and

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.700
 an

00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:55.360
 orphanage

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:55.540
 of

00:34:55.540 --> 00:34:56.280
 longings

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:58.080
 and

00:34:58.080 --> 00:34:58.660
 it is

00:34:58.660 --> 00:34:58.820
 to

00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.200
 these

00:34:59.200 --> 00:35:00.580
 soarings

00:35:00.580 --> 00:35:01.180
 and

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:02.400
 sighings

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.519
 that we

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.000
 want to

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.560
 bring

00:35:04.560 --> 00:35:05.440
 the hope

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.060
 of the

00:35:06.060 --> 00:35:06.560
 gospel

00:35:06.560 --> 00:35:08.680
 but how

00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.300
 will we

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:09.700
 grow

00:35:09.700 --> 00:35:10.500
 in the

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.240
 skill

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:12.780
 of applying

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.620
 this

00:35:13.620 --> 00:35:14.580
 the gospel

00:35:14.580 --> 00:35:15.380
 pan

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:16.140
 pharmacon

00:35:16.140 --> 00:35:17.140
 or the

00:35:17.140 --> 00:35:17.840
 universal

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.540
 healing

00:35:18.540 --> 00:35:19.200
 bomb

00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:20.600
 to the

00:35:20.600 --> 00:35:21.380
 ailments

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:22.519
 and the

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.220
 longings

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:23.600
 of our

00:35:23.600 --> 00:35:24.140
 world

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:25.219
 how do

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:25.519
 we do

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:25.739
 it

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:26.179
 how do

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.379
 we get

00:35:26.379 --> 00:35:26.659
 good at

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:26.859
 doing

00:35:26.859 --> 00:35:27.119
 that

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.719
 well

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:29.000
 by

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.940
 applying

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.139
 the

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.519
 gospel

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.079
 to

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.639
 our

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.679
 own

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.659
 ailments

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.639
 and our

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.279
 own

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:36.139
 longings

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:39.079
 does that

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.619
 make sense

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.960
 yeah

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:42.039
 yeah

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.460
 yeah

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:42.799
 we

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:44.239
 we need

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.659
 to keep

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.239
 fresh

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:45.980
 and vivid

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.940
 how the

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.319
 gospel

00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:48.019
 is good

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.299
 news

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:49.239
 for us

00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:50.379
 in these

00:35:50.379 --> 00:35:51.119
 very things

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.960
 and not

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.179
 just

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:53.019
 generically

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:54.619
 but with

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.219
 all of

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.380
 its

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.300
 comprehensive

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:57.920
 particularity

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.759
 and

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.719
 concreteness

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:01.759
 so

00:36:01.759 --> 00:36:02.500
 when we

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.219
 ourselves

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:03.940
 and we

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.300
 will

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:04.719
 we

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:05.400
 ourselves

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.460
 and we

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.059
 will

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:08.119
 experience

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:09.780
 the ache

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:11.000
 of longing

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:12.420
 then we

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:12.719
 need to

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.019
 ask

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.480
 of

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.400
 ourselves

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:16.599
 does

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.239
 does this

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.659
 not

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:18.940
 reflect

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:20.400
 the agitation

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.300
 of a soul

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:22.119
 that

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.340
 shall

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:23.099
 never

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.579
 find

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:23.800
 its

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.160
 full

00:36:24.160 --> 00:36:24.720
 fulfillment

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:25.559
 in

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:25.980
 any

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.340
 earthly

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:26.940
 object

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:29.019
 see

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.280
 I'm

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.460
 preaching

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.880
 the gospel

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.340
 to myself

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:31.119
 surely

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.760
 such

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:32.500
 earthly

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.180
 objects

00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:34.220
 only

00:36:34.220 --> 00:36:35.079
 stir

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.519
 up a

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:35.880
 hunger

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.900
 they can

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.360
 never

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:38.079
 satisfy

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:39.800
 plunge

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.400
 myself

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.840
 in

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.180
 earthly

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:41.700
 pools

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:42.360
 as

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.639
 ever

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:42.960
 much

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.180
 I

00:36:43.180 --> 00:36:43.559
 may

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.940
 they

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.680
 never

00:36:45.680 --> 00:36:46.700
 satisfy

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:48.500
 they

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:48.819
 never

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.219
 have

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.419
 they

00:36:49.419 --> 00:36:49.699
 never

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:50.099
 will

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.719
 this

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:50.919
 is

00:36:50.919 --> 00:36:51.159
 my

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:52.359
 unrelieved

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:54.039
 experience

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:55.839
 the

00:36:55.839 --> 00:36:56.299
 longing

00:36:56.299 --> 00:36:57.159
 lingers

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:58.219
 the

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.980
 restlessness

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.799
 always

00:36:59.799 --> 00:37:00.819
 remains

00:37:00.819 --> 00:37:02.579
 and

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:02.839
 shall

00:37:02.839 --> 00:37:03.480
 ever

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.099
 remain

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:05.259
 until

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:06.379
 it

00:37:06.379 --> 00:37:06.819
 finds

00:37:06.819 --> 00:37:07.019
 its

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.559
 rest

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.519
 in

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:08.719
 the

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.460
 eternal

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.279
 God

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:11.419
 the

00:37:11.419 --> 00:37:11.960
 eternal

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.539
 God

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.419
 alone

00:37:13.419 --> 00:37:14.480
 whose

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.039
 welcome

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.799
 and

00:37:15.799 --> 00:37:16.359
 rest

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:17.420
 the

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:17.900
 gospel

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:19.059
 proclaims

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:20.280
 and

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:20.500
 which

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.940
 peace

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.200
 and

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:21.420
 joy

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.160
 I

00:37:22.160 --> 00:37:22.519
 have

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.500
 truly

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.260
 felt

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:25.500
 in

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:25.720
 my

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:26.059
 in

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.380
 most

00:37:26.380 --> 00:37:27.059
 places

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:28.460
 by

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.660
 the

00:37:28.660 --> 00:37:29.039
 power

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.200
 of

00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:29.320
 the

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.519
 Holy

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.940
 Spirit

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:31.900
 what

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.019
 am

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.140
 I

00:37:32.140 --> 00:37:32.519
 doing

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.880
 I'm

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.200
 preaching

00:37:34.200 --> 00:37:34.440
 the

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.780
 gospel

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.039
 to

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.519
 myself

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.260
 I'm

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.920
 applying

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.579
 the

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:37.980
 good

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.599
 news

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.320
 to

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.620
 my

00:37:39.620 --> 00:37:40.180
 aches

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:42.200
 so

00:37:42.200 --> 00:37:42.400
 I

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:42.640
 feel

00:37:42.640 --> 00:37:42.820
 its

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.240
 comfort

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:43.900
 more

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.480
 vividly

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:50.059
 and

00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:50.179
 I

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:50.320
 get

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.420
 to

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:50.559
 the

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:50.840
 point

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.380
 where

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.539
 I

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:51.719
 can

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:52.000
 say

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.320
 can

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:52.500
 I

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:52.840
 say

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:54.539
 one

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:54.960
 thing

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.740
 have

00:37:55.740 --> 00:37:55.900
 I

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.400
 desired

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.219
 that

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.400
 will

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.579
 I

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:57.800
 seek

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.119
 after

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.559
 that

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:58.760
 I

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:58.980
 may

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.360
 dwell

00:37:59.360 --> 00:37:59.500
 in

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.639
 the

00:37:59.639 --> 00:37:59.980
 house

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.139
 of

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.280
 the

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:00.460
 Lord

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:00.900
 forever

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:02.760
 surely

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.699
 in

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.039
 his

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.619
 presence

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:05.460
 his

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.760
 fullness

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:06.019
 of

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.380
 joy

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:07.199
 and

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.340
 at

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:07.740
 his

00:38:07.740 --> 00:38:08.119
 right

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.539
 hand

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:09.639
 are

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.179
 pleasures

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:12.280
 forevermore

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:14.080
 need to

00:38:14.080 --> 00:38:14.420
 preach

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:14.620
 the

00:38:14.620 --> 00:38:14.940
 gospel

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.160
 to

00:38:15.160 --> 00:38:15.920
 ourselves

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:17.080
 to

00:38:17.080 --> 00:38:17.300
 feel

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:17.480
 its

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:17.960
 vividness

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.160
 to

00:38:18.160 --> 00:38:18.400
 feel

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:18.560
 that

00:38:18.560 --> 00:38:18.660
 it

00:38:18.660 --> 00:38:18.780
 is

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.000
 good

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.440
 news

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.660
 and

00:38:20.660 --> 00:38:21.040
 when

00:38:21.040 --> 00:38:21.220
 we

00:38:21.220 --> 00:38:22.160
 experience

00:38:22.160 --> 00:38:22.760
 the

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.400
 ache

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:24.480
 of

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:25.120
 sorrow

00:38:25.120 --> 00:38:26.440
 that

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:27.280
 slowly

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:29.120
 ceaselessly

00:38:29.120 --> 00:38:30.160
 grinds

00:38:30.160 --> 00:38:30.400
 our

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.360
 fondest

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:31.940
 earthly

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.380
 hopes

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:32.620
 to

00:38:32.620 --> 00:38:33.140
 dust

00:38:33.140 --> 00:38:34.320
 by

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.560
 its

00:38:34.560 --> 00:38:34.940
 many

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.900
 millstones

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:37.460
 when

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:37.640
 the

00:38:37.640 --> 00:38:38.180
 quiet

00:38:38.180 --> 00:38:38.880
 accumulation

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.680
 of

00:38:39.680 --> 00:38:40.440
 disappointment

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:41.560
 scatters

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:41.980
 across

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.219
 the

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:42.739
 landscape

00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:43.360
 of

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:43.519
 our

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:43.960
 life

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.480
 like

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.659
 the

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.039
 trail

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.259
 of

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.739
 cherished

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.320
 belongings

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:46.980
 discarded

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.259
 from

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:47.639
 covered

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:48.099
 wagons

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.360
 heading

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.719
 west

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:48.940
 over

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.139
 the

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.699
 Rockies

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:51.519
 when

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.779
 our

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:52.239
 lot

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:53.480
 is

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:53.699
 the

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:54.340
 rubble

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:54.840
 and

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.380
 ruin

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.880
 of

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:56.420
 shattered

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.940
 hopes

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.440
 and

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:57.880
 aching

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.440
 loss

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:59.880
 can

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:00.139
 we

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.699
 then

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.920
 yet

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.779
 affirm

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:04.019
 with

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.739
 Habakkuk

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:06.340
 that

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:06.820
 gospel

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:07.320
 wonder

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:09.320
 though

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:09.519
 the

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.059
 fig tree

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.799
 should

00:39:10.799 --> 00:39:11.019
 not

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.460
 blossom

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:12.980
 nor

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.300
 fruit

00:39:13.300 --> 00:39:13.599
 beyond

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:13.760
 the

00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:14.159
 vines

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:15.099
 the

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.559
 produce

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:15.780
 of

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:15.920
 the

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.220
 olive

00:39:16.220 --> 00:39:16.699
 fail

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:18.099
 and

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:18.260
 the

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:19.320
 fields

00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:19.760
 yield

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:20.039
 no

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.420
 food

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:21.320
 the

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.699
 flock

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:21.920
 be

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.119
 cut

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:22.380
 off

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:22.559
 from

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:22.740
 the

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.059
 fold

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 and

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 there

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 be

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 no

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 herd

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 in

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 the

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 stalls

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 yet

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 I

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 will

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 rejoice

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00:39:29.220 --> 00:39:29.740
 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 I

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.860
 will

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 take

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:32.940
 joy

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 in

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 the

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 God

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 of

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 my

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.720
 salvation

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 can

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:38.659
 we

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:38.900
 take

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.159
 joy

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.280
 in

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 the

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:39.760
 gospel

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 can

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 we

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 welcome

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 from

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 afar

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 that

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 sure

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 and

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 unfading

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 gospel

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 hope

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 that

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 Christ

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 will

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 himself

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 wipe

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 away

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 every

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 tear

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 and

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 sorrow

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 and

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 sighing

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 shall

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 flee

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 away

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 can

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 we

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 hear

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 within

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 our

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 soul

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 that

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 voice

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 of

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 many

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 waters

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 proclaim

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 behold

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 I

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 am

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 making

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 all

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 things

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 new

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 and

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 when

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 our

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 sands

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 are

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 low

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 and

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 the

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 silver

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 cord

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 shall

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 soon

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 be

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 snapped

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 and

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 the

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 pitcher

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 be

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 shattered

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 at

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:17.819
 the

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 fountain

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 and

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 the

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 all

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 devouring

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 grave

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 looms

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 before

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 us

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 and

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 would

00:40:23.939 --> 00:40:24.559
 snuff

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 out

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 all

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 things

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 dear

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 to

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 us

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 upon

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 this

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 earth

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 and

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 we

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 must

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 be

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 wrapped

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 in

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 death's

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 shroud

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 make

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 our

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 home

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:35.799
 in

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 the

00:40:35.919 --> 00:40:36.419
 grave

00:40:36.419 --> 00:40:37.479
 and

00:40:37.479 --> 00:40:37.979
 mingle

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 once

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 more

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 with

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 kindred

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 dust

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 will

00:40:44.459 --> 00:40:44.819
 we

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 yet

00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:45.679
 hear

00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:46.779
 those

00:40:46.779 --> 00:40:47.319
 words

00:40:47.319 --> 00:40:48.000
 in

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 faith

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 whispered

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 by the

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 master

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 I

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 am

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 the

00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.339
 resurrection

00:40:54.339 --> 00:40:54.699
 and the

00:40:54.699 --> 00:40:55.139
 life

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 whoever

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:56.779
 believes

00:40:56.779 --> 00:40:57.319
 in me

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 though

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 they

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:59.259
 die

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 yet

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.459
 they

00:41:01.459 --> 00:41:01.779
 shall

00:41:01.779 --> 00:41:02.359
 live

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:03.860
 oh

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.440
 friends

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:05.360
 as

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:05.760
 we

00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:06.700
 keep

00:41:06.700 --> 00:41:07.320
 fresh

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:07.860
 and

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:08.320
 vivid

00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:09.000
 these

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:10.000
 glorious

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.640
 gospel

00:41:10.640 --> 00:41:11.240
 truths

00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:12.059
 in

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.240
 our

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.620
 own

00:41:12.620 --> 00:41:13.140
 life

00:41:13.140 --> 00:41:14.760
 we

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:15.220
 as

00:41:15.220 --> 00:41:15.680
 witness

00:41:15.680 --> 00:41:16.240
 bearers

00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:17.320
 shall

00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:17.900
 be able

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:18.500
 to testify

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:19.160
 to them

00:41:19.160 --> 00:41:19.760
 with

00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:20.559
 that same

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.400
 freshness

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:22.039
 and

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.800
 vividness

00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:24.099
 among

00:41:24.099 --> 00:41:24.380
 our

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:24.880
 neighbors

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:26.440
 when

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:26.680
 the

00:41:26.680 --> 00:41:27.180
 gospel

00:41:27.180 --> 00:41:27.860
 is

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.320
 good

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:28.980
 news

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.840
 to

00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:30.599
 us

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:32.159
 gloriously

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:33.679
 ecstatically

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:35.440
 we

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.719
 shall

00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:36.219
 be able

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:37.019
 to share

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:37.659
 it as

00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:38.719
 indeed

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:40.179
 glorious

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:41.019
 good news

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:42.319
 to

00:41:42.319 --> 00:41:42.759
 others

00:41:42.759 --> 00:41:44.360
 amen

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:46.099
 amen

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:47.400
 amen

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:48.519
 thank you

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:48.860
 team

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:50.500
 next week

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:51.279
 we will

00:41:51.279 --> 00:41:51.900
 continue on

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.219
 with our

00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:52.739
 final

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:53.420
 final

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:54.099
 session

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:55.139
 first

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:55.920
 steps

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.659
 in getting

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:57.179
 started

00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:58.039
 and lord

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.400
 willing

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:59.519
 we will

00:41:59.519 --> 00:41:59.800
 be

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:00.240
 together

00:42:00.240 --> 00:42:00.639
 then

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:02.160
 do

00:42:02.160 --> 00:42:03.519
 make

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:04.340
 haste

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:04.840
 so

00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:05.539
 we

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:05.960
 can

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:06.160
 make

00:42:06.160 --> 00:42:06.260
 it

00:42:06.260 --> 00:42:06.360
 to

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.500
 the

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:06.840
 service

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:07.539
 thanks

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:07.820
 and

00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:08.220
 blessings

00:42:08.220 --> 00:42:08.619
 team

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:09.300
 and

00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:09.900
 lord

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.160
 willing

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:10.519
 see you

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:10.720
 next

00:42:10.720 --> 00:42:11.039
 week

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.639
 blessings

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:11.920
 on

00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:12.079
 you