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I'm<00:16:25.559><c> sorry,</c><00:16:25.840><c> Jason,</c><00:16:26.000><c> I</c><00:16:26.080><c> didn't</c><00:16:26.159><c> mean</c><00:16:26.220><c> to</c><00:16:26.340><c> cut</c><00:16:26.460><c> you</c><00:16:26.539><c> off.</c>

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No,<00:16:26.960><c> no,</c><00:16:27.100><c> that's</c><00:16:27.379><c> fine,</c><00:16:27.720><c> Jim.</c><00:16:28.259><c> I</c><00:16:28.500><c> was</c><00:16:28.899><c> thinking</c><00:16:29.720><c> along</c><00:16:30.059><c> the</c><00:16:30.299><c> same</c><00:16:30.519><c> lines</c><00:16:30.879><c> with</c><00:16:31.080><c> the</c><00:16:31.399><c> confirmation</c><00:16:31.919><c> biases</c><00:16:32.399><c> we</c>

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we<00:16:49.379><c> eat</c><00:16:49.580><c> something,</c><00:16:50.120><c> it</c><00:16:50.120><c> has</c><00:16:50.379><c> to</c><00:16:50.600><c> work</c><00:16:50.779><c> its</c><00:16:51.000><c> way</c><00:16:51.179><c> through,</c><00:16:51.419><c> whether</c><00:16:51.700><c> it's</c><00:16:52.039><c> healthy</c><00:16:52.259><c> or</c><00:16:52.519><c> unhealthy.</c>

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news<00:16:57.259><c> outlet</c><00:16:57.519><c> it</c><00:16:57.700><c> may</c><00:16:57.940><c> be,</c><00:16:58.460><c> it's</c><00:16:58.779><c> going</c><00:16:59.019><c> to</c><00:16:59.299><c> work</c><00:16:59.460><c> its</c><00:16:59.700><c> way</c><00:17:00.039><c> through,</c><00:17:02.080><c> through</c><00:17:02.539><c> us.</c>

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And<00:17:03.480><c> it</c><00:17:03.659><c> may</c><00:17:03.940><c> confirm</c><00:17:04.480><c> different</c><00:17:04.960><c> ideas</c><00:17:05.400><c> that</c><00:17:05.579><c> we</c><00:17:05.779><c> have.</c>

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70.<00:17:15.980><c> But</c><00:17:16.299><c> my</c><00:17:16.599><c> grandmother</c><00:17:17.200><c> was</c><00:17:17.720><c> unable</c><00:17:18.160><c> to</c><00:17:18.559><c> because</c><00:17:18.960><c> she</c><00:17:19.559><c> was</c>

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So<00:21:11.460><c> as</c><00:21:11.619><c> you</c><00:21:11.759><c> were</c><00:21:11.940><c> speaking</c><00:21:12.180><c> of</c><00:21:12.359><c> Jesus</c><00:21:12.940><c> hungering</c><00:21:13.359><c> in</c><00:21:13.480><c> the</c><00:21:13.619><c> wilderness,</c><00:21:14.140><c> I</c><00:21:14.839><c> made</c><00:21:15.019><c> for</c><00:21:15.180><c> the</c><00:21:15.319><c> first</c><00:21:15.500><c> time</c><00:21:15.660><c> a</c>

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You<00:21:21.240><c> know,</c><00:21:21.279><c> he</c><00:21:21.579><c> certainly</c><00:21:21.819><c> hadn't</c><00:21:22.059><c> been</c><00:21:22.299><c> fasting</c><00:21:22.619><c> for</c><00:21:22.859><c> 40</c><00:21:23.099><c> days.</c>

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And<00:21:23.720><c> so</c><00:21:24.119><c> you</c><00:21:24.519><c> contrast</c><00:21:25.000><c> Jesus,</c><00:21:25.859><c> who</c><00:21:26.019><c> didn't</c><00:21:26.220><c> give</c><00:21:26.380><c> up</c><00:21:26.559><c> his</c><00:21:26.819><c> birthright</c><00:21:27.500><c> after</c><00:21:27.920><c> 40</c>

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near<00:21:36.900><c> death.</c>

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Okay,<00:21:37.759><c> so</c><00:21:38.299><c> anyways,</c><00:21:38.680><c> that</c><00:21:39.259><c> is</c><00:21:39.460><c> something</c><00:21:39.700><c> that</c><00:21:39.900><c> is</c><00:21:40.059><c> very,</c><00:21:40.380><c> very</c><00:21:40.579><c> helpful</c><00:21:40.900><c> when</c><00:21:41.059><c> there's</c><00:21:41.279><c> a</c>

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So<00:21:49.400><c> kind</c><00:21:49.680><c> of</c><00:21:49.799><c> a</c><00:21:50.000><c> side</c><00:21:50.200><c> note</c><00:21:50.420><c> to</c><00:21:51.019><c> the</c><00:21:51.519><c> benefits</c><00:21:51.779><c> of</c><00:21:52.000><c> the</c><00:21:52.200><c> discussion.</c>

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Thanks,<00:21:53.579><c> McCoy.</c>

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Yeah,<00:21:55.980><c> I</c><00:21:56.160><c> think</c><00:21:56.339><c> the</c><00:21:56.720><c> other</c><00:21:56.980><c> thing,</c><00:21:57.380><c> Josh,</c><00:21:57.559><c> is</c><00:21:57.799><c> too,</c><00:21:58.660><c> when</c><00:21:58.799><c> you</c>

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the<00:22:04.200><c> Bible</c><00:22:04.460><c> or</c><00:22:04.640><c> some</c><00:22:04.859><c> people</c><00:22:05.119><c> might</c><00:22:05.359><c> enjoy</c><00:22:05.880><c> the</c><00:22:06.359><c> prophecy</c><00:22:06.759><c> of</c><00:22:07.019><c> it.</c>

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One<00:22:07.680><c> of</c><00:22:07.759><c> the</c><00:22:07.940><c> challenges</c><00:22:08.500><c> with</c><00:22:09.319><c> perspective</c><00:22:09.839><c> is,</c><00:22:10.680><c> you</c><00:22:10.900><c> know,</c>

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when,<00:22:11.759><c> for</c><00:22:11.940><c> instance,</c><00:22:12.279><c> when</c><00:22:12.440><c> Rich</c><00:22:12.619><c> gives</c><00:22:12.960><c> one</c><00:22:13.220><c> of</c><00:22:13.319><c> his</c><00:22:13.460><c> history</c><00:22:13.720><c> classes,</c><00:22:14.740><c> you</c><00:22:14.940><c> know,</c><00:22:15.079><c> I'm</c><00:22:15.259><c> right</c><00:22:15.519><c> there,</c><00:22:15.819><c> I</c>

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And<00:22:18.140><c> then</c><00:22:18.579><c> somebody</c><00:22:18.819><c> else</c><00:22:19.079><c> gives</c><00:22:19.240><c> another</c><00:22:19.500><c> class,</c><00:22:20.000><c> and</c><00:22:20.200><c> I'm</c><00:22:20.420><c> like,</c><00:22:20.680><c> oh,</c><00:22:21.160><c> this</c><00:22:21.400><c> would</c><00:22:21.579><c> be</c><00:22:21.720><c> so</c><00:22:21.859><c> much</c><00:22:21.940><c> better</c><00:22:22.119><c> as</c><00:22:22.319><c> a</c>

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history<00:22:22.660><c> class.</c>

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And<00:22:23.480><c> yet</c><00:22:23.619><c> that</c><00:22:23.819><c> person</c><00:22:24.099><c> has</c><00:22:24.359><c> a</c><00:22:24.539><c> perspective</c><00:22:25.200><c> that</c><00:22:27.019><c> I</c><00:22:27.380><c> ought</c><00:22:27.559><c> to</c>

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grab<00:22:28.519><c> onto</c><00:22:28.900><c> and</c><00:22:29.460><c> appreciate</c><00:22:30.000><c> more.</c>

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You<00:22:31.079><c> know,</c><00:22:31.640><c> Rich,</c><00:22:32.000><c> a</c><00:22:32.059><c> lot</c><00:22:32.200><c> of</c><00:22:32.319><c> times</c><00:22:32.480><c> is</c><00:22:32.740><c> speaking</c><00:22:32.960><c> to</c><00:22:33.240><c> things</c>

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Psalms<00:22:39.859><c> or</c><00:22:40.000><c> something</c><00:22:40.200><c> like</c><00:22:40.460><c> that.</c>

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I<00:22:41.660><c> can</c><00:22:41.900><c> learn</c><00:22:42.099><c> a</c><00:22:42.319><c> lot</c><00:22:42.680><c> if</c><00:22:43.000><c> I</c><00:22:43.140><c> can</c><00:22:43.980><c> stop</c><00:22:44.299><c> and</c><00:22:44.579><c> appreciate</c><00:22:45.000><c> their</c><00:22:45.299><c> perspective.</c>

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Yeah,<00:22:50.319><c> that's</c><00:22:50.680><c> a</c><00:22:50.900><c> good</c><00:22:50.900><c> point.</c>

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You<00:22:51.599><c> know,</c><00:22:52.279><c> we</c><00:22:52.460><c> all</c><00:22:52.619><c> have</c><00:22:52.700><c> these</c><00:22:52.960><c> different</c><00:22:53.140><c> perspectives</c><00:22:53.660><c> and,</c><00:22:54.500><c> as</c>

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I<00:22:54.839><c> say,</c><00:22:54.920><c> it</c><00:22:55.099><c> all</c><00:22:55.180><c> works</c><00:22:55.400><c> together.</c>

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And<00:22:56.480><c> each</c><00:22:57.099><c> of</c><00:22:57.220><c> us</c><00:22:57.440><c> bringing</c><00:22:57.720><c> our</c><00:22:57.920><c> own</c><00:22:58.079><c> perspectives</c><00:22:58.640><c> strengthens</c><00:22:59.319><c> the</c><00:22:59.539><c> whole.</c>

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But<00:23:00.680><c> that</c><00:23:00.799><c> means</c><00:23:00.980><c> that</c><00:23:01.180><c> the</c><00:23:01.299><c> rest</c><00:23:01.460><c> of</c><00:23:01.559><c> us</c><00:23:01.700><c> have</c><00:23:01.880><c> to</c><00:23:02.019><c> be</c><00:23:02.220><c> willing</c>

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to,<00:23:03.339><c> you</c><00:23:03.539><c> know,</c><00:23:03.779><c> accept</c><00:23:04.019><c> that</c><00:23:04.579><c> and</c><00:23:05.319><c> learn</c><00:23:05.519><c> from</c><00:23:05.740><c> them.</c>

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Well,<00:23:07.640><c> Steve?</c>

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Yeah,<00:23:10.480><c> one</c><00:23:10.700><c> thing</c><00:23:11.039><c> that's</c><00:23:11.480><c> interesting</c><00:23:11.940><c> is</c><00:23:13.779><c> pride,</c><00:23:15.160><c> because</c>

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a<00:23:15.839><c> lot</c><00:23:15.960><c> of</c><00:23:16.119><c> the</c><00:23:16.240><c> times</c><00:23:16.720><c> we</c><00:23:17.480><c> can't</c><00:23:17.799><c> accept</c><00:23:18.039><c> somebody's</c><00:23:18.799><c> other's</c>

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perspective<00:23:20.380><c> is</c><00:23:20.680><c> because</c><00:23:21.140><c> our</c><00:23:21.740><c> pride</c><00:23:21.920><c> won't</c><00:23:22.299><c> let</c><00:23:22.339><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:23:26.720><c> true.</c>

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Another<00:23:33.839><c> place</c><00:23:34.140><c> you</c><00:23:34.339><c> can</c><00:23:34.500><c> come</c><00:23:34.660><c> from,</c><00:23:35.099><c> as</c><00:23:35.140><c> well</c><00:23:35.299><c> as</c><00:23:35.440><c> that</c><00:23:36.240><c> certain</c><00:23:36.900><c> bias,</c><00:23:37.359><c> is</c>

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our<00:23:37.859><c> personal</c><00:23:38.680><c> circumstance</c><00:23:39.339><c> and</c><00:23:40.019><c> our</c><00:23:40.359><c> experiences</c><00:23:40.740><c> in</c><00:23:41.000><c> general,</c><00:23:41.519><c> which</c><00:23:41.740><c> lead</c>

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us<00:23:42.140><c> to</c><00:23:42.359><c> different</c><00:23:42.599><c> perspectives</c><00:23:43.160><c> and</c><00:23:44.220><c> our</c><00:23:44.400><c> more</c><00:23:44.720><c> individual</c>

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biases<00:23:46.279><c> rather</c><00:23:46.579><c> than</c><00:23:46.759><c> cultural.</c>

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Personally,<00:23:48.740><c> I</c><00:23:49.220><c> have</c><00:23:49.539><c> perhaps</c><00:23:49.779><c> a</c><00:23:49.859><c> little</c><00:23:50.119><c> too</c><00:23:50.359><c> much</c><00:23:50.519><c> affinity</c>

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for<00:23:51.559><c> aggrieved</c><00:23:51.900><c> older</c><00:23:52.259><c> siblings</c><00:23:52.720><c> in</c><00:23:53.059><c> the</c><00:23:53.220><c> Bible</c><00:23:53.599><c> and</c><00:23:54.160><c> is</c>

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exactly<00:23:54.980><c> healthy.</c>

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People<00:23:56.180><c> like</c><00:23:56.519><c> Esau,</c><00:23:57.420><c> Leah,</c><00:23:58.359><c> Ruben,</c><00:23:58.619><c> or</c><00:23:58.740><c> Manasseh.</c>

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You<00:23:59.980><c> know,</c><00:24:00.339><c> part</c><00:24:00.500><c> of</c><00:24:00.680><c> me</c><00:24:01.359><c> hears</c><00:24:01.779><c> the</c><00:24:02.180><c> prodigal</c><00:24:02.539><c> son's</c><00:24:03.680><c> brother's</c><00:24:04.240><c> complaints</c><00:24:04.700><c> to</c><00:24:05.180><c> his</c>

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father<00:24:05.700><c> about</c><00:24:05.900><c> his</c><00:24:06.140><c> brother</c><00:24:06.460><c> and</c><00:24:06.619><c> goes,</c><00:24:07.059><c> yeah,</c><00:24:07.460><c> yeah,</c><00:24:07.660><c> he's</c><00:24:07.940><c> got</c><00:24:08.099><c> a</c><00:24:08.259><c> point.</c>

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And<00:24:09.680><c> it</c><00:24:09.859><c> probably</c><00:24:10.279><c> warps</c><00:24:10.539><c> my</c><00:24:10.799><c> viewpoint</c><00:24:11.259><c> on</c><00:24:11.900><c> what's</c><00:24:12.180><c> actually</c>

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going<00:24:12.819><c> on</c><00:24:13.480><c> and</c><00:24:13.759><c> what's</c><00:24:14.099><c> right</c><00:24:14.220><c> or</c><00:24:14.420><c> wrong</c><00:24:14.779><c> in</c><00:24:15.460><c> these</c><00:24:15.720><c> stories.</c>

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Now,<00:24:18.880><c> I</c><00:24:19.000><c> think</c><00:24:19.160><c> when</c><00:24:19.460><c> channeled</c><00:24:19.920><c> in</c><00:24:20.000><c> a</c><00:24:20.119><c> more</c><00:24:20.400><c> healthy</c><00:24:20.819><c> and</c><00:24:21.160><c> beneficial</c><00:24:21.559><c> direction,</c><00:24:22.759><c> these</c><00:24:22.940><c> personal</c><00:24:23.460><c> affinities</c><00:24:24.059><c> for</c>

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the<00:24:28.720><c> Bible.</c>

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a<00:24:35.579><c> bit</c><00:24:35.660><c> of</c><00:24:35.859><c> a</c><00:24:35.960><c> bad</c><00:24:36.180><c> rep</c><00:24:36.420><c> in</c><00:24:36.700><c> the</c><00:24:36.839><c> Bible.</c>

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But<00:24:37.980><c> that</c><00:24:38.119><c> really</c><00:24:38.400><c> has</c><00:24:38.559><c> a</c><00:24:38.660><c> lot</c><00:24:38.740><c> more</c><00:24:38.920><c> to</c><00:24:39.119><c> do</c><00:24:39.259><c> with</c><00:24:39.480><c> God</c><00:24:39.779><c> emphasizing</c><00:24:40.339><c> the</c><00:24:40.599><c> point</c><00:24:40.940><c> that</c><00:24:41.400><c> he</c>

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doesn't<00:24:41.799><c> choose</c><00:24:42.099><c> based</c><00:24:42.400><c> on</c><00:24:42.700><c> standing.</c>

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certain<00:24:49.140><c> number</c><00:24:49.440><c> of</c><00:24:49.640><c> other</c><00:24:49.839><c> siblings.</c>

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And<00:24:51.400><c> it</c><00:24:51.480><c> seems</c><00:24:51.740><c> like</c><00:24:51.960><c> older</c><00:24:52.140><c> siblings</c><00:24:52.480><c> get</c><00:24:52.700><c> a</c><00:24:52.799><c> bad</c><00:24:52.940><c> rep</c><00:24:53.240><c> because</c><00:24:53.819><c> the</c><00:24:54.099><c> idea</c><00:24:54.500><c> of</c>

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an<00:24:55.680><c> older</c><00:24:55.960><c> versus</c><00:24:56.279><c> younger</c><00:24:56.559><c> brother</c><00:24:56.839><c> situation</c><00:24:57.759><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:58.160><c> generally</c><00:24:58.640><c> come</c><00:24:58.880><c> up</c><00:24:59.160><c> otherwise.</c>

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And<00:25:00.720><c> it</c><00:25:01.000><c> even</c><00:25:01.140><c> does</c><00:25:01.420><c> once</c><00:25:01.579><c> come</c><00:25:01.759><c> up</c><00:25:02.119><c> with</c><00:25:02.599><c> the</c><00:25:03.039><c> sibling</c><00:25:03.279><c> rivalry</c><00:25:03.900><c> between</c><00:25:04.480><c> Leah</c>

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and<00:25:04.799><c> Rachel.</c>

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So<00:25:06.019><c> ultimately,</c><00:25:06.740><c> Leah</c><00:25:06.759><c> is</c><00:25:06.920><c> given</c><00:25:07.099><c> more</c><00:25:07.339><c> support</c><00:25:07.660><c> by</c><00:25:07.839><c> God</c><00:25:08.319><c> despite</c><00:25:08.660><c> being</c><00:25:08.960><c> overlooked</c><00:25:09.299><c> by</c>

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her<00:25:09.660><c> husband.</c>

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That<00:25:13.740><c> would</c><00:25:13.880><c> be</c><00:25:13.960><c> a</c><00:25:14.039><c> misunderstanding</c><00:25:14.519><c> of</c><00:25:14.740><c> the</c><00:25:14.819><c> point.</c>

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And<00:25:15.980><c> even</c><00:25:16.160><c> if</c><00:25:16.500><c> in</c><00:25:16.799><c> the</c><00:25:16.940><c> parable</c><00:25:17.180><c> of</c><00:25:17.359><c> the</c><00:25:17.359><c> prodigal</c><00:25:17.700><c> son,</c><00:25:18.359><c> the</c>

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father<00:25:18.720><c> still</c><00:25:19.039><c> loves</c><00:25:19.259><c> and</c><00:25:19.460><c> shows</c><00:25:19.640><c> care</c><00:25:19.859><c> for</c><00:25:20.000><c> the</c><00:25:20.099><c> older</c><00:25:20.500><c> brother.</c>

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Perhaps<00:25:21.720><c> you</c><00:25:21.920><c> connect</c><00:25:22.220><c> this</c><00:25:22.460><c> to</c><00:25:22.599><c> the</c><00:25:22.700><c> idea</c><00:25:22.880><c> that</c><00:25:23.079><c> Jews</c><00:25:23.380><c> are</c><00:25:23.660><c> both</c><00:25:23.779><c> like</c><00:25:23.940><c> being</c><00:25:24.200><c> an</c>

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older<00:25:24.660><c> sibling</c><00:25:25.240><c> to</c><00:25:25.480><c> the</c><00:25:25.599><c> Gentiles.</c>

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Christians<00:25:27.220><c> and</c><00:25:27.680><c> God</c><00:25:28.000><c> still</c><00:25:28.299><c> having</c><00:25:28.559><c> to</c><00:25:30.079><c> be</c><00:25:30.240><c> Gentile</c><00:25:30.619><c> Christians,</c><00:25:31.019><c> sorry,</c>

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but<00:25:31.940><c> God</c><00:25:32.099><c> still</c><00:25:32.299><c> has</c><00:25:32.420><c> love</c><00:25:32.599><c> for</c><00:25:33.160><c> the</c><00:25:33.319><c> Jewish</c><00:25:33.519><c> people.</c>

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exhortation<00:25:37.900><c> right</c><00:25:38.180><c> there</c><00:25:38.619><c> that</c><00:25:39.019><c> may</c><00:25:39.200><c> or</c><00:25:39.299><c> might</c><00:25:39.440><c> not</c><00:25:39.619><c> exist</c>

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some<00:25:40.019><c> day.</c>

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brother<00:25:42.779><c> myself.</c>

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Just<00:25:45.839><c> sort</c><00:25:46.059><c> of</c><00:25:46.180><c> this</c><00:25:46.319><c> idea</c><00:25:46.579><c> that</c><00:25:47.660><c> we</c><00:25:48.579><c> can</c><00:25:48.740><c> allow</c><00:25:49.079><c> stuff</c><00:25:49.380><c> to</c><00:25:49.539><c> be</c>

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biases<00:25:50.000><c> or</c><00:25:50.339><c> perspectives</c><00:25:50.960><c> that</c><00:25:51.380><c> can</c><00:25:52.079><c> strengthen</c><00:25:52.880><c> the</c><00:25:53.140><c> whole</c>

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or<00:25:54.119><c> allow</c><00:25:54.279><c> us</c><00:25:54.680><c> to</c><00:25:55.359><c> warp</c><00:25:55.640><c> our</c><00:25:55.819><c> viewpoint</c><00:25:56.180><c> a</c><00:25:56.500><c> certain</c><00:25:56.680><c> way.</c>

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Any<00:25:57.440><c> thoughts</c><00:25:57.660><c> on</c><00:25:57.880><c> that?</c>

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Other<00:26:01.920><c> Chris</c><00:26:02.200><c> Clark.</c>

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So<00:26:02.779><c> I</c><00:26:02.900><c> came</c><00:26:02.960><c> up</c><00:26:03.119><c> with</c><00:26:03.240><c> something</c><00:26:03.539><c> similarly</c><00:26:04.019><c> about</c><00:26:04.319><c> you.</c>

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So<00:26:04.599><c> I</c><00:26:04.640><c> just</c><00:26:04.880><c> a</c><00:26:05.019><c> few</c><00:26:05.079><c> minutes</c><00:26:05.240><c> ago.</c>

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Learning<00:26:06.759><c> from.</c>

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Others<00:26:16.480><c> do.</c>

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Yes.

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I<00:26:19.880><c> think</c><00:26:20.339><c> that.</c>

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That<00:26:24.960><c> East</c><00:26:25.339><c> that.</c>

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We<00:26:27.880><c> think</c><00:26:28.140><c> of.</c>

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Prodigal<00:26:31.279><c> son.</c>

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And.

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We<00:26:34.960><c> think</c><00:26:35.200><c> of</c><00:26:35.740><c> the</c><00:26:36.140><c> older</c><00:26:36.619><c> brother</c><00:26:37.339><c> who</c><00:26:38.119><c> behaved</c><00:26:38.420><c> himself</c>

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worked<00:26:39.420><c> hard.</c>

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And<00:26:41.000><c> then</c><00:26:41.220><c> you</c><00:26:41.420><c> had</c><00:26:41.599><c> the</c><00:26:41.819><c> younger</c><00:26:42.019><c> brother</c><00:26:42.720><c> who</c><00:26:43.700><c> went</c><00:26:44.279><c> crazy.</c>

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And<00:26:47.519><c> then</c><00:26:48.200><c> you</c><00:26:48.460><c> had</c><00:26:48.680><c> the</c><00:26:48.960><c> father</c><00:26:49.619><c> trying</c><00:26:50.460><c> to</c><00:26:50.960><c> get</c><00:26:51.160><c> the</c><00:26:52.579><c> older</c><00:26:53.099><c> son.</c>

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To<00:26:55.559><c> understand.</c>

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First<00:26:57.539><c> of</c><00:26:57.740><c> all,</c><00:26:58.019><c> he</c><00:26:58.140><c> said</c><00:26:58.480><c> everything</c><00:26:59.619><c> I</c><00:26:59.940><c> have</c><00:27:00.119><c> is</c><00:27:00.359><c> yours.</c>

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So<00:27:02.480><c> what</c><00:27:02.859><c> he's</c><00:27:03.200><c> saying</c><00:27:03.359><c> is</c><00:27:03.660><c> his</c><00:27:04.160><c> younger</c><00:27:04.519><c> brother</c><00:27:05.059><c> is</c><00:27:05.500><c> not</c><00:27:05.660><c> going</c><00:27:05.779><c> to</c>

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get<00:27:06.059><c> anything</c><00:27:06.880><c> more.</c>

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That's<00:27:08.880><c> it.</c>

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That<00:27:09.980><c> everything</c><00:27:10.460><c> his</c><00:27:11.160><c> father</c><00:27:11.480><c> had</c><00:27:11.700><c> is</c><00:27:11.960><c> going</c><00:27:12.079><c> to</c><00:27:12.240><c> be</c><00:27:12.400><c> his.</c>

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Second<00:27:14.200><c> of</c><00:27:14.480><c> all,</c><00:27:16.220><c> his</c><00:27:16.380><c> father</c><00:27:16.680><c> said</c><00:27:17.000><c> to</c><00:27:17.099><c> him.</c>

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Your<00:27:18.599><c> brother</c><00:27:19.180><c> who</c><00:27:19.799><c> was</c><00:27:20.160><c> lost</c><00:27:20.559><c> is</c><00:27:21.259><c> now</c><00:27:21.539><c> found.</c>

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And<00:27:23.579><c> so</c><00:27:24.240><c> he's</c><00:27:24.619><c> saying,</c><00:27:25.019><c> you</c><00:27:25.160><c> know,</c><00:27:25.420><c> your</c><00:27:25.559><c> brother</c><00:27:25.779><c> came</c><00:27:26.059><c> back.</c>

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He<00:27:26.900><c> came</c><00:27:27.140><c> to</c><00:27:27.380><c> his</c><00:27:27.599><c> senses.</c>

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Isn't<00:27:28.480><c> this</c><00:27:28.740><c> wonderful?</c>

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And<00:27:29.980><c> he</c><00:27:30.140><c> was</c><00:27:30.339><c> trying</c><00:27:30.680><c> to</c><00:27:30.880><c> get</c><00:27:31.000><c> him</c><00:27:31.420><c> to</c><00:27:31.779><c> get</c><00:27:31.900><c> into</c><00:27:32.200><c> that</c><00:27:32.440><c> mindset</c>

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of<00:27:34.559><c> having</c><00:27:35.259><c> a</c><00:27:36.339><c> godly</c><00:27:36.700><c> view</c><00:27:36.980><c> instead</c><00:27:37.339><c> of</c><00:27:37.519><c> a</c><00:27:37.759><c> fleshly</c><00:27:38.140><c> view.</c>

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And,<00:27:40.400><c> you</c><00:27:40.839><c> know,</c><00:27:41.259><c> it's</c><00:27:41.839><c> and</c><00:27:42.079><c> that's,</c><00:27:42.500><c> of</c><00:27:42.500><c> course,</c><00:27:42.680><c> why</c><00:27:43.259><c> Christ</c>

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gave<00:27:44.059><c> that</c><00:27:44.380><c> parable</c><00:27:44.759><c> to</c><00:27:45.019><c> try</c><00:27:45.200><c> to</c><00:27:45.440><c> teach</c><00:27:45.640><c> something.</c>

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About<00:27:47.640><c> the</c><00:27:47.980><c> spiritual</c><00:27:48.339><c> values</c><00:27:48.839><c> and</c><00:27:49.039><c> being</c><00:27:49.240><c> concerned</c><00:27:49.720><c> about.</c>

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You<00:27:51.539><c> know,</c><00:27:52.019><c> a</c><00:27:52.200><c> person</c><00:27:52.559><c> even</c><00:27:52.960><c> and</c><00:27:53.500><c> God</c><00:27:53.680><c> is</c><00:27:54.180><c> always</c><00:27:54.519><c> open.</c>

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No<00:27:55.460><c> matter</c><00:27:55.660><c> how</c><00:27:56.259><c> far</c><00:27:56.819><c> a</c><00:27:57.160><c> person</c><00:27:57.480><c> has</c><00:27:57.839><c> gone</c><00:27:58.220><c> away</c><00:27:59.079><c> from</c><00:27:59.359><c> God,</c>

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he's<00:28:00.099><c> still</c><00:28:00.400><c> there.</c>

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His<00:28:01.759><c> hand</c><00:28:02.019><c> is</c><00:28:02.339><c> always</c><00:28:02.700><c> outstretched.</c>

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All<00:28:03.539><c> we</c><00:28:03.740><c> have</c><00:28:03.900><c> to</c><00:28:04.140><c> do</c><00:28:04.259><c> is</c><00:28:04.480><c> reach</c><00:28:04.700><c> out</c><00:28:04.960><c> and</c><00:28:05.180><c> grab</c><00:28:05.400><c> it.</c>

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So<00:28:07.700><c> a</c><00:28:07.940><c> lot</c><00:28:08.140><c> of</c><00:28:08.319><c> the</c><00:28:08.440><c> times,</c><00:28:08.759><c> you</c><00:28:08.859><c> know,</c><00:28:09.880><c> people</c><00:28:10.099><c> don't</c><00:28:10.359><c> understand</c><00:28:10.880><c> that.</c>

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its<00:29:29.039><c> most</c><00:29:29.319><c> recent</c><00:29:29.839><c> and</c><00:29:31.519><c> in</c><00:29:31.720><c> our</c><00:29:31.940><c> case</c><00:29:32.339><c> are</c><00:29:32.680><c> living</c><00:29:32.859><c> on</c><00:29:33.099><c> the</c><00:29:33.240><c> other</c><00:29:33.480><c> side</c><00:29:33.740><c> of</c>

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people<00:30:31.019><c> hold</c><00:30:31.259><c> to</c><00:30:31.380><c> that</c><00:30:31.500><c> promise.</c>

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Saul<00:30:33.380><c> makes</c><00:30:33.859><c> the</c><00:30:34.180><c> army</c><00:30:34.599><c> at</c><00:30:34.759><c> one</c><00:30:35.039><c> point</c><00:30:35.299><c> swear</c><00:30:35.539><c> an</c><00:30:35.700><c> oath</c><00:30:36.039><c> that</c><00:30:36.579><c> nobody</c><00:30:36.880><c> eats</c><00:30:37.380><c> until</c><00:30:37.640><c> they're</c><00:30:37.839><c> done</c><00:30:38.079><c> riding</c><00:30:38.299><c> the</c><00:30:38.539><c> Philistines,</c><00:30:39.559><c> which</c><00:30:39.779><c> is</c><00:30:40.079><c> blatantly</c><00:30:40.420><c> a</c>

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bad<00:30:40.740><c> idea.</c>

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them<00:30:48.579><c> the</c><00:30:48.779><c> day.</c>

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I<00:30:50.720><c> didn't</c><00:30:50.920><c> have</c><00:30:51.099><c> any</c><00:30:51.460><c> particular</c><00:30:51.779><c> examples</c><00:30:52.160><c> they</c><00:30:52.339><c> can</c><00:30:52.500><c> think</c>

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to<00:30:58.559><c> an</c><00:30:58.700><c> oath.</c>

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But<00:31:00.900><c> I</c><00:31:01.559><c> don't</c><00:31:01.640><c> have</c><00:31:01.839><c> any</c><00:31:02.059><c> other</c><00:31:02.259><c> ideas</c><00:31:02.640><c> or</c><00:31:03.619><c> think</c><00:31:03.839><c> they'll</c><00:31:04.079><c> say.</c>

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do<00:31:18.759><c> think</c><00:31:19.019><c> that</c><00:31:19.339><c> there</c><00:31:19.579><c> are</c><00:31:19.759><c> certain</c><00:31:19.980><c> aspects</c><00:31:20.579><c> of</c><00:31:21.039><c> scripture</c>

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that<00:31:22.420><c> it's</c><00:31:23.980><c> always</c><00:31:24.579><c> more</c><00:31:25.920><c> impactful</c><00:31:26.700><c> when</c><00:31:27.359><c> we</c><00:31:27.619><c> understand</c><00:31:28.119><c> it</c>

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in<00:31:28.380><c> the</c><00:31:28.579><c> context.</c>

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When<00:31:30.119><c> you</c><00:31:30.279><c> talk</c><00:31:30.440><c> about</c><00:31:30.680><c> oaths,</c><00:31:31.079><c> the</c><00:31:31.279><c> important</c><00:31:31.519><c> thing</c><00:31:31.680><c> is</c><00:31:31.839><c> to</c>

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understand<00:31:32.460><c> the</c><00:31:33.059><c> context</c><00:31:33.640><c> of</c><00:31:34.859><c> how</c><00:31:35.680><c> oaths</c><00:31:36.059><c> were</c><00:31:36.240><c> treated.</c>

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Like<00:31:37.299><c> you</c><00:31:37.559><c> say,</c><00:31:37.859><c> in</c><00:31:37.920><c> this</c><00:31:38.119><c> day</c><00:31:38.279><c> and</c><00:31:38.380><c> age,</c><00:31:39.160><c> if</c><00:31:39.180><c> somebody</c><00:31:39.299><c> makes</c>

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Great<00:31:45.200><c> Brother</c><00:31:45.339><c> Chris</c><00:31:45.539><c> was</c><00:31:45.680><c> talking</c><00:31:45.920><c> about</c><00:31:46.140><c> being</c><00:31:46.759><c> raised</c><00:31:47.059><c> Catholic.</c>

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We<00:31:48.039><c> used</c><00:31:48.240><c> to</c><00:31:49.259><c> have</c><00:31:49.779><c> to</c><00:31:49.940><c> give</c><00:31:50.039><c> up</c><00:31:50.240><c> something</c><00:31:50.519><c> for</c><00:31:50.779><c> Lent.</c>

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a<00:31:55.240><c> week,</c><00:31:55.480><c> and</c><00:31:55.660><c> if</c><00:31:55.839><c> I</c><00:31:56.019><c> made</c><00:31:56.160><c> it</c><00:31:56.339><c> a</c><00:31:56.420><c> week,</c><00:31:56.579><c> that</c><00:31:56.700><c> was</c><00:31:56.880><c> remarkable.</c>

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So<00:31:59.720><c> it</c><00:32:00.039><c> is</c><00:32:00.420><c> a</c><00:32:00.619><c> different</c><00:32:01.000><c> day.</c>

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But<00:32:02.079><c> one</c><00:32:02.579><c> of</c><00:32:02.720><c> the</c><00:32:03.279><c> great</c><00:32:03.559><c> things</c><00:32:03.839><c> we</c><00:32:04.099><c> have</c><00:32:04.279><c> as</c><00:32:04.559><c> a</c><00:32:04.740><c> community</c><00:32:05.079><c> is</c>

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an<00:32:05.539><c> understanding</c><00:32:06.140><c> that</c><00:32:06.759><c> you</c><00:32:06.940><c> have</c><00:32:07.140><c> to</c><00:32:07.319><c> take</c><00:32:07.500><c> everything</c><00:32:07.880><c> in</c><00:32:08.240><c> context.</c>

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And<00:32:10.480><c> if</c><00:32:11.039><c> you</c><00:32:11.220><c> can</c><00:32:11.420><c> understand</c><00:32:11.680><c> the</c><00:32:11.940><c> context,</c><00:32:12.440><c> you</c><00:32:12.440><c> can</c><00:32:12.619><c> get</c><00:32:12.759><c> a</c>

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much<00:32:13.059><c> better</c><00:32:14.160><c> perspective.</c>

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It's<00:32:15.299><c> the</c><00:32:15.380><c> same</c><00:32:15.539><c> way</c><00:32:15.740><c> with</c><00:32:16.380><c> Brother</c><00:32:17.279><c> Brian</c><00:32:18.019><c> or</c><00:32:18.240><c> Brother</c><00:32:18.539><c> Dave</c>

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saying<00:32:19.220><c> it's</c><00:32:19.880><c> always</c><00:32:20.079><c> good</c><00:32:20.259><c> to</c><00:32:20.559><c> understand</c><00:32:20.819><c> the</c><00:32:21.039><c> Hebrew</c><00:32:21.299><c> because</c><00:32:21.700><c> then</c>

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you're<00:32:22.099><c> taking</c><00:32:22.339><c> the</c><00:32:22.640><c> word</c><00:32:22.980><c> in</c><00:32:23.740><c> context.</c>

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So<00:32:25.200><c> there's</c><00:32:25.500><c> a</c><00:32:25.559><c> lot</c><00:32:25.720><c> of</c><00:32:25.920><c> different</c><00:32:26.140><c> contextual</c><00:32:26.680><c> things</c><00:32:27.019><c> that</c>

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help<00:32:27.400><c> us</c><00:32:28.259><c> to</c><00:32:28.880><c> better</c><00:32:29.079><c> understand</c><00:32:29.759><c> what</c><00:32:30.480><c> we're</c><00:32:30.779><c> reading</c><00:32:31.259><c> and</c><00:32:31.779><c> to</c><00:32:32.059><c> have</c><00:32:32.500><c> a</c>

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stronger<00:32:33.500><c> perspective.</c>

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But<00:32:35.599><c> at</c><00:32:35.779><c> the</c><00:32:35.920><c> same</c><00:32:36.200><c> time,</c><00:32:37.059><c> we</c><00:32:37.440><c> always</c><00:32:37.900><c> want</c><00:32:38.039><c> to</c><00:32:38.140><c> be</c><00:32:38.359><c> careful</c><00:32:38.660><c> not</c><00:32:38.960><c> to</c>

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allow<00:32:39.539><c> ourselves</c><00:32:40.099><c> to</c><00:32:40.440><c> let</c><00:32:40.559><c> our</c><00:32:40.819><c> own</c><00:32:41.059><c> personal</c><00:32:41.400><c> biases</c><00:32:42.140><c> take</c><00:32:43.559><c> over.</c>

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So<00:32:44.900><c> that</c><00:32:45.380><c> we</c><00:32:45.640><c> think</c><00:32:45.940><c> that,</c><00:32:46.859><c> you</c><00:32:47.299><c> know,</c><00:32:48.000><c> my</c><00:32:48.220><c> way,</c><00:32:48.619><c> my</c><00:32:48.880><c> understanding</c><00:32:49.339><c> is</c><00:32:50.000><c> more</c><00:32:50.339><c> correct</c><00:32:50.700><c> or</c><00:32:50.839><c> my</c><00:32:51.079><c> perspective</c><00:32:51.740><c> is</c><00:32:52.359><c> more</c><00:32:52.619><c> correct</c><00:32:52.799><c> than</c><00:32:52.980><c> somebody</c><00:32:53.220><c> else's,</c><00:32:55.079><c> which</c><00:32:55.400><c> I</c>

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think<00:32:55.579><c> is</c><00:32:55.720><c> the</c><00:32:55.880><c> essence</c><00:32:56.099><c> of</c><00:32:56.279><c> what</c><00:32:56.359><c> you're</c><00:32:56.599><c> trying</c><00:32:56.720><c> to</c><00:32:56.920><c> say.</c>

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Yeah,<00:32:59.299><c> you</c><00:32:59.359><c> know,</c><00:32:59.640><c> along</c><00:32:59.799><c> those</c><00:33:00.099><c> lines,</c><00:33:00.640><c> Jim,</c><00:33:00.960><c> you</c><00:33:01.279><c> know,</c><00:33:01.539><c> it's</c><00:33:02.779><c> sometimes</c><00:33:03.380><c> the</c>

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bias<00:33:04.339><c> of</c><00:33:04.660><c> living</c><00:33:04.880><c> in</c><00:33:05.240><c> a</c><00:33:05.460><c> modern</c><00:33:05.799><c> era.</c>

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We<00:33:08.060><c> can't</c><00:33:08.660><c> understand</c><00:33:09.160><c> or</c><00:33:09.519><c> appreciate</c><00:33:10.039><c> what</c><00:33:10.400><c> life</c><00:33:10.740><c> must</c><00:33:11.059><c> have</c>

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been<00:33:11.359><c> like.</c>

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And<00:33:11.900><c> we</c><00:33:12.099><c> assume</c><00:33:12.559><c> that,</c><00:33:13.299><c> you</c><00:33:13.599><c> know,</c><00:33:13.619><c> our</c><00:33:14.000><c> experience</c><00:33:14.660><c> is</c><00:33:15.440><c> the</c>

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experience<00:33:16.240><c> of</c><00:33:16.440><c> the</c><00:33:16.640><c> ancients.</c>

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And<00:33:18.059><c> so</c><00:33:18.259><c> we</c><00:33:18.460><c> just</c><00:33:18.819><c> assume</c><00:33:19.200><c> that,</c><00:33:19.559><c> yeah,</c><00:33:19.859><c> you</c><00:33:20.180><c> know,</c><00:33:20.380><c> this</c><00:33:20.660><c> is</c>

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how<00:33:20.980><c> people</c><00:33:21.319><c> react</c><00:33:21.700><c> to</c><00:33:21.920><c> these</c><00:33:22.140><c> things</c><00:33:22.420><c> and</c><00:33:23.279><c> can</c><00:33:23.619><c> be</c><00:33:23.799><c> very</c><00:33:24.079><c> different.</c>

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You<00:33:24.559><c> know,</c><00:33:24.559><c> you</c><00:33:24.700><c> think</c><00:33:24.839><c> about,</c><00:33:25.380><c> you</c><00:33:26.200><c> know,</c><00:33:27.299><c> giving</c><00:33:27.539><c> thanks</c><00:33:28.000><c> for</c><00:33:28.259><c> your</c><00:33:28.519><c> food</c><00:33:29.180><c> before</c><00:33:31.019><c> a</c><00:33:31.259><c> meal.</c>

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I<00:33:32.019><c> mean,</c><00:33:32.380><c> it's</c><00:33:32.779><c> it</c><00:33:33.240><c> has</c><00:33:33.500><c> a</c><00:33:33.859><c> completely</c><00:33:34.099><c> different</c><00:33:34.579><c> meaning</c><00:33:35.000><c> to</c>

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somebody<00:33:35.599><c> who</c><00:33:36.579><c> has</c><00:33:37.599><c> had</c><00:33:37.839><c> to</c><00:33:38.220><c> forage</c><00:33:38.920><c> for</c><00:33:39.259><c> their</c><00:33:39.519><c> food</c><00:33:40.059><c> as</c><00:33:40.720><c> opposed</c><00:33:41.200><c> to</c>

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go<00:33:41.519><c> to</c><00:33:41.720><c> the</c><00:33:41.859><c> local</c><00:33:42.279><c> store</c><00:33:42.779><c> and</c><00:33:43.099><c> pick</c><00:33:43.299><c> everything</c><00:33:43.680><c> up</c><00:33:43.920><c> all</c><00:33:44.200><c> prepared.</c>

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When<00:33:45.720><c> you</c><00:33:45.900><c> think.</c><00:33:50.079><c> I</c><00:33:50.759><c> think</c><00:33:51.259><c> one</c><00:33:51.519><c> interesting</c><00:33:51.940><c> part</c><00:33:52.220><c> of</c><00:33:52.400><c> that</c>

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problem<00:33:53.059><c> is</c><00:33:53.660><c> because</c><00:33:54.099><c> some</c><00:33:54.539><c> of</c><00:33:54.700><c> the</c><00:33:54.799><c> Bible</c><00:33:54.940><c> does</c><00:33:55.259><c> speak</c><00:33:55.519><c> so</c><00:33:56.160><c> very</c><00:33:56.660><c> strongly</c><00:33:57.019><c> to</c>

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people,<00:33:58.500><c> regardless</c><00:33:59.140><c> of</c><00:33:59.299><c> what</c><00:33:59.460><c> time</c><00:33:59.599><c> period</c><00:33:59.859><c> you're</c><00:34:00.099><c> in.</c>

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You<00:34:01.119><c> know,</c><00:34:01.380><c> some</c><00:34:01.680><c> verses</c><00:34:01.980><c> you</c><00:34:02.220><c> read</c><00:34:02.420><c> and</c><00:34:03.099><c> it's</c><00:34:03.460><c> exactly,</c><00:34:03.759><c> you</c>

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know,<00:34:04.460><c> exactly</c><00:34:04.900><c> what</c><00:34:05.000><c> we</c><00:34:05.119><c> go</c><00:34:05.279><c> through</c><00:34:05.400><c> right</c><00:34:05.640><c> now.</c>

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Some<00:34:06.720><c> of</c><00:34:06.880><c> the</c><00:34:07.000><c> verses</c><00:34:07.220><c> seem</c><00:34:07.579><c> weird</c><00:34:07.900><c> because</c><00:34:08.440><c> it</c><00:34:08.920><c> is</c><00:34:09.119><c> slightly</c>

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different,<00:34:09.940><c> like</c><00:34:10.079><c> with</c><00:34:10.260><c> those</c><00:34:10.519><c> and</c><00:34:10.739><c> whatnot.</c>

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We<00:34:11.519><c> treat</c><00:34:11.639><c> it</c><00:34:11.820><c> differently.</c><00:34:12.619><c> You</c><00:34:12.780><c> read</c><00:34:12.900><c> other</c><00:34:13.139><c> portions</c><00:34:13.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:34:13.800><c> Bible</c><00:34:13.920><c> and</c><00:34:14.019><c> say,</c><00:34:14.219><c> yeah,</c><00:34:14.360><c> that's</c><00:34:15.420><c> exactly</c><00:34:15.739><c> what</c><00:34:15.860><c> I'm</c><00:34:15.980><c> going</c><00:34:16.099><c> through</c><00:34:16.400><c> right</c><00:34:16.639><c> here</c>

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right<00:34:16.960><c> now.</c>

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That<00:34:17.420><c> hasn't</c><00:34:17.699><c> changed</c><00:34:18.119><c> in</c><00:34:19.400><c> two</c><00:34:19.599><c> thousand</c><00:34:19.920><c> five</c><00:34:20.239><c> thousand</c><00:34:20.559><c> years.</c>

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Yeah,<00:34:22.960><c> yeah,</c><00:34:23.179><c> that's</c><00:34:23.420><c> a</c><00:34:23.539><c> fair</c><00:34:23.639><c> point.</c>

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I<00:34:25.960><c> was</c><00:34:26.360><c> thinking</c><00:34:26.639><c> about</c><00:34:26.900><c> the</c><00:34:27.039><c> idea</c><00:34:27.239><c> of</c><00:34:27.440><c> living</c><00:34:27.619><c> in</c><00:34:28.059><c> tents.</c>

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You<00:34:29.340><c> know,</c><00:34:30.179><c> you</c><00:34:30.260><c> think</c><00:34:30.420><c> of</c><00:34:30.639><c> Abraham.</c>

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You<00:34:32.000><c> know,</c><00:34:32.719><c> I</c><00:34:32.820><c> don't</c><00:34:33.000><c> know</c><00:34:33.179><c> if</c><00:34:33.920><c> it</c><00:34:34.019><c> was</c><00:34:34.320><c> our</c><00:34:35.320><c> Tim</c><00:34:35.840><c> Demers</c><00:34:36.300><c> van.</c>

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:38.519
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You<00:34:37.159><c> know,</c><00:34:37.400><c> they</c><00:34:37.539><c> live</c><00:34:37.619><c> in</c><00:34:37.780><c> a</c><00:34:37.940><c> van.</c>

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Well,<00:34:38.880><c> they</c><00:34:38.980><c> live</c><00:34:39.039><c> in</c><00:34:39.199><c> a</c><00:34:39.360><c> van</c><00:34:39.539><c> with</c><00:34:39.800><c> a</c><00:34:39.980><c> television</c><00:34:40.380><c> set</c><00:34:40.619><c> in</c><00:34:40.840><c> the</c><00:34:40.960><c> fireplace.</c>

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:45.840
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You<00:34:42.800><c> know,</c><00:34:43.440><c> these</c><00:34:43.639><c> people</c><00:34:43.840><c> were</c><00:34:44.079><c> literally</c><00:34:44.440><c> living</c><00:34:44.719><c> in</c><00:34:45.059><c> tents.</c>

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:48.940
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You<00:34:46.659><c> know,</c><00:34:46.860><c> you</c><00:34:47.059><c> go</c><00:34:47.179><c> on</c><00:34:47.260><c> a</c><00:34:47.380><c> brother's</c><00:34:47.659><c> weekend.</c>

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:54.019
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We're<00:34:51.619><c> still</c><00:34:51.719><c> waiting</c><00:34:51.900><c> to</c><00:34:52.139><c> see</c><00:34:52.239><c> where</c><00:34:52.960><c> we're</c><00:34:53.159><c> at</c><00:34:53.400><c> at</c><00:34:53.500><c> that</c><00:34:53.699><c> point.</c>

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:56.099
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But,<00:34:54.599><c> you</c><00:34:54.619><c> know,</c><00:34:54.920><c> even</c><00:34:55.420><c> brother's</c><00:34:55.920><c> weekend.</c>

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It's<00:34:56.400><c> like,</c><00:34:56.619><c> oh,</c><00:34:56.760><c> my</c><00:34:56.920><c> gosh,</c><00:34:58.019><c> going</c><00:34:58.219><c> to</c><00:34:58.360><c> sleep</c><00:34:58.460><c> on</c><00:34:58.639><c> a</c><00:34:58.780><c> hammock.</c>

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This<00:35:06.940><c> year,</c><00:35:07.300><c> you'll</c><00:35:07.460><c> be</c><00:35:07.619><c> in</c><00:35:07.719><c> a</c><00:35:07.840><c> new</c><00:35:08.039><c> facility</c><00:35:08.480><c> that</c><00:35:08.780><c> has</c><00:35:09.079><c> nice</c>

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beds<00:35:09.760><c> and</c><00:35:10.159><c> heat.</c>

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I<00:35:12.460><c> know</c><00:35:12.679><c> it's</c><00:35:12.900><c> called</c><00:35:13.099><c> the</c><00:35:13.280><c> it's</c><00:35:13.480><c> called</c><00:35:13.579><c> the</c><00:35:13.820><c> Marriott</c><00:35:14.159><c> down</c>

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the<00:35:14.679><c> street.</c>

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I<00:35:15.059><c> know.</c>

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Stop<00:35:17.280><c> it.</c>

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It'll<00:35:18.420><c> be</c><00:35:18.579><c> good.</c>

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Looking<00:35:19.739><c> forward</c><00:35:20.079><c> to</c><00:35:20.260><c> it.</c>

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So,<00:35:24.940><c> ultimately,</c><00:35:25.699><c> you</c><00:35:25.739><c> know,</c><00:35:26.019><c> we're</c><00:35:26.139><c> all</c><00:35:26.280><c> human.</c>

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We'll<00:35:27.179><c> all</c><00:35:27.340><c> make</c><00:35:27.500><c> mistakes</c><00:35:27.940><c> in</c><00:35:28.139><c> our</c><00:35:28.360><c> understanding</c><00:35:28.840><c> of</c><00:35:29.420><c> the</c><00:35:29.559><c> Bible.</c>

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Even<00:35:30.940><c> the</c><00:35:31.139><c> best</c><00:35:31.340><c> of</c><00:35:31.500><c> us</c><00:35:31.840><c> will</c><00:35:32.159><c> be</c><00:35:32.380><c> wrong,</c><00:35:32.820><c> inevitably.</c>

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John<00:35:34.500><c> the</c><00:35:34.679><c> Baptist,</c><00:35:35.260><c> who</c><00:35:35.420><c> Jesus</c><00:35:35.699><c> declares</c><00:35:36.159><c> the</c><00:35:36.559><c> greatest</c><00:35:37.380><c> prophet</c><00:35:38.260><c> who</c>

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ever<00:35:38.719><c> lived.</c>

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Even<00:35:40.659><c> he</c><00:35:40.860><c> didn't</c><00:35:41.039><c> understand</c><00:35:41.599><c> that</c><00:35:41.860><c> the</c><00:35:42.039><c> Messiah</c><00:35:42.280><c> was</c><00:35:42.480><c> going</c>

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to<00:35:42.699><c> be</c><00:35:42.880><c> sinless</c>

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until<00:35:44.940><c> Jesus</c><00:35:45.300><c> explained</c><00:35:45.719><c> that</c><00:35:45.960><c> to</c><00:35:46.059><c> him.</c>

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Nicodemus<00:35:47.780><c> was</c><00:35:48.280><c> one</c><00:35:48.440><c> of</c><00:35:48.500><c> the</c><00:35:48.619><c> most</c><00:35:48.880><c> well</c><00:35:49.119><c>-respected</c><00:35:49.619><c> Jewish</c>

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scholars<00:35:50.500><c> of</c><00:35:50.800><c> his</c><00:35:51.019><c> day.</c>

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But<00:35:52.920><c> he</c><00:35:52.980><c> was</c><00:35:53.239><c> the</c><00:35:53.420><c> only</c><00:35:53.599><c> one</c><00:35:53.760><c> among</c><00:35:54.519><c> those</c><00:35:54.840><c> scholars</c><00:35:55.300><c> who</c><00:35:55.599><c> was</c>

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truly<00:35:56.099><c> willing</c>

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to<00:35:57.280><c> study</c><00:35:57.300><c> the</c><00:35:57.500><c> scriptures</c><00:35:57.980><c> and</c><00:35:58.559><c> re</c><00:35:58.699><c>-evaluate</c><00:35:59.079><c> his</c><00:35:59.320><c> perspective</c>

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when<00:36:00.719><c> faced</c><00:36:00.980><c> with</c><00:36:01.139><c> something</c><00:36:01.480><c> he</c><00:36:01.820><c> couldn't</c><00:36:01.820><c> reconcile</c><00:36:02.579><c> with</c>

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what<00:36:04.119><c> Jesus</c><00:36:04.300><c> told</c><00:36:04.559><c> him.</c>

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So<00:36:06.480><c> we</c><00:36:06.599><c> need</c><00:36:07.320><c> to</c><00:36:07.719><c> be</c><00:36:07.900><c> open</c><00:36:08.239><c> to</c><00:36:08.500><c> having</c><00:36:08.719><c> our</c><00:36:08.940><c> perspective</c><00:36:09.260><c> challenged,</c>

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willing<00:36:10.800><c> to</c><00:36:10.980><c> keep</c><00:36:11.079><c> an</c><00:36:11.179><c> open</c><00:36:11.320><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:36:12.039><c> maybe</c><00:36:12.199><c> we're</c><00:36:12.380><c> currently</c><00:36:12.679><c> on</c><00:36:12.820><c> the</c><00:36:12.980><c> wrong</c><00:36:13.239><c> to</c><00:36:13.739><c> go</c><00:36:14.179><c> back</c><00:36:14.559><c> to</c>

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the<00:36:15.119><c> Bible</c>

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to<00:36:16.719><c> check</c><00:36:17.159><c> that</c><00:36:17.539><c> everything</c><00:36:17.820><c> is</c><00:36:18.159><c> correct.</c>

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Brother<00:36:19.340><c> Steve?</c>

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Yeah,<00:36:23.400><c> just</c><00:36:23.840><c> thinking</c><00:36:24.400><c> on</c><00:36:24.780><c> that,</c>

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that<00:36:27.960><c> I</c><00:36:28.860><c> think</c><00:36:29.019><c> it</c><00:36:29.139><c> was</c><00:36:29.300><c> Nicodemus</c><00:36:29.900><c> or</c><00:36:31.179><c> Demelio,</c><00:36:31.719><c> one</c><00:36:31.920><c> of</c><00:36:32.079><c> the</c><00:36:32.239><c> two,</c>

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went<00:36:34.340><c> and</c><00:36:34.840><c> he</c><00:36:35.400><c> went</c><00:36:35.539><c> at</c><00:36:35.820><c> night</c><00:36:36.059><c> to</c><00:36:36.320><c> talk</c><00:36:36.559><c> to</c><00:36:36.780><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:36:38.440><c> he</c><00:36:38.820><c> did</c><00:36:39.059><c> that</c><00:36:39.400><c> because</c><00:36:39.800><c> people</c><00:36:41.219><c> didn't</c><00:36:41.579><c> like</c><00:36:41.840><c> that</c>

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and<00:36:42.420><c> he</c><00:36:42.599><c> was</c><00:36:42.820><c> afraid</c><00:36:43.380><c> to</c><00:36:44.880><c> go</c><00:36:45.519><c> and</c><00:36:46.079><c> hear</c><00:36:46.159><c> what</c><00:36:46.420><c> Jesus</c><00:36:46.619><c> had</c><00:36:46.840><c> to</c><00:36:47.079><c> say.</c>

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But<00:36:48.559><c> at</c><00:36:48.800><c> the</c><00:36:48.980><c> end,</c><00:36:49.400><c> when</c><00:36:49.480><c> Christ</c><00:36:49.860><c> had</c><00:36:50.219><c> died,</c><00:36:50.579><c> he</c><00:36:50.719><c> didn't</c><00:36:50.960><c> care</c><00:36:51.219><c> anymore.</c>

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He<00:36:52.559><c> was</c><00:36:52.800><c> convinced</c><00:36:53.880><c> that</c><00:36:54.500><c> Christ</c><00:36:54.940><c> was</c><00:36:55.320><c> the</c><00:36:55.460><c> Messiah.</c>

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And<00:36:57.619><c> he</c><00:36:58.139><c> was</c><00:36:58.460><c> open</c><00:36:58.679><c> and</c><00:36:58.960><c> above</c><00:36:59.199><c> and</c><00:36:59.800><c> he</c><00:37:00.119><c> probably</c><00:37:00.619><c> lost</c><00:37:00.880><c> his</c><00:37:01.139><c> position</c>

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in<00:37:01.920><c> a</c><00:37:02.119><c> lot</c><00:37:02.300><c> of</c><00:37:02.460><c> other</c><00:37:02.659><c> things,</c><00:37:02.920><c> but</c><00:37:03.079><c> he</c><00:37:03.219><c> didn't</c><00:37:03.420><c> care</c><00:37:03.699><c> because</c>

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he<00:37:04.659><c> said,</c>

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this<00:37:05.039><c> is</c><00:37:05.280><c> the</c><00:37:05.400><c> truth,</c><00:37:05.599><c> this</c><00:37:05.840><c> is</c><00:37:06.039><c> what</c><00:37:06.139><c> God</c><00:37:06.440><c> has</c><00:37:07.039><c> said.</c>

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Nicodemus<00:37:09.420><c> didn't</c><00:37:09.659><c> just</c><00:37:09.940><c> change</c><00:37:10.139><c> his</c><00:37:10.360><c> perspective,</c>

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he<00:37:11.039><c> changed</c><00:37:11.340><c> his</c><00:37:11.619><c> bias</c><00:37:11.920><c> as</c><00:37:12.219><c> well.</c>

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John<00:37:13.500><c> Ballolo</c><00:37:13.800><c> has</c><00:37:13.980><c> something</c><00:37:14.239><c> for</c><00:37:14.420><c> you</c><00:37:14.639><c> too,</c><00:37:14.880><c> Joe.</c>

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Oh,<00:37:16.460><c> I</c><00:37:16.699><c> can</c><00:37:16.820><c> see</c><00:37:16.980><c> that,</c><00:37:17.599><c> Joe.</c>

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Okay.<00:37:20.380><c> Thank</c><00:37:20.679><c> you.</c><00:37:21.000><c> Can</c><00:37:21.199><c> you</c><00:37:21.300><c> hear</c><00:37:21.500><c> me?</c>

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Yep.

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Okay.<00:37:25.119><c> Yeah,</c><00:37:25.619><c> good.</c>

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I<00:37:26.280><c> finally</c><00:37:26.519><c> learned</c><00:37:26.840><c> how</c><00:37:27.079><c> to</c><00:37:27.280><c> use</c><00:37:27.559><c> that</c><00:37:27.960><c> hand</c><00:37:28.300><c>-raised</c><00:37:28.619><c> thing.</c>

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You<00:37:30.099><c> raise</c><00:37:30.480><c> a</c><00:37:30.699><c> very</c><00:37:31.239><c> important</c><00:37:31.860><c> point</c><00:37:32.420><c> about</c><00:37:33.159><c> understanding</c>

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other<00:37:34.500><c> people's</c><00:37:35.320><c> perspectives.</c>

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It's<00:37:37.199><c> especially</c><00:37:37.579><c> true</c><00:37:38.019><c> in</c><00:37:38.320><c> preaching.</c>

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Jim,<00:37:42.719><c> your</c><00:37:43.059><c> father</c><00:37:43.340><c> can</c><00:37:43.619><c> appreciate</c><00:37:44.099><c> this</c><00:37:44.400><c> because</c><00:37:44.579><c> my</c><00:37:44.820><c> wife</c>

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was<00:37:45.340><c> Catholic</c>

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and<00:37:47.079><c> in</c><00:37:47.579><c> trying</c><00:37:47.719><c> to</c><00:37:48.099><c> understand</c><00:37:48.539><c> how</c><00:37:48.800><c> to</c><00:37:49.079><c> preach</c><00:37:49.440><c> to</c><00:37:49.659><c> her,</c>

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I'm<00:37:52.619><c> a</c><00:37:52.739><c> third</c><00:37:52.960><c> generation</c><00:37:53.639><c> Christadelphian.</c>

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And<00:37:55.360><c> I</c><00:37:55.420><c> really</c><00:37:55.800><c> did,</c><00:37:55.980><c> even</c><00:37:56.199><c> though</c><00:37:56.400><c> I</c><00:37:56.500><c> was</c><00:37:56.780><c> Italian</c>

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and<00:37:57.559><c> a</c><00:37:57.639><c> lot</c><00:37:57.679><c> of</c><00:37:57.880><c> people</c><00:37:58.940><c> almost</c><00:37:59.500><c> assumed</c><00:37:59.980><c> I</c><00:38:00.199><c> was</c><00:38:00.460><c> Catholic,</c>

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I<00:38:01.539><c> didn't</c><00:38:01.739><c> know</c><00:38:01.940><c> anything</c><00:38:02.380><c> about</c><00:38:02.739><c> the</c><00:38:03.000><c> church.</c>

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And<00:38:05.300><c> it</c><00:38:05.940><c> was</c><00:38:06.360><c> quite</c><00:38:06.760><c> a</c><00:38:07.000><c> shock</c><00:38:07.219><c> actually</c><00:38:08.099><c> and</c><00:38:09.579><c> quite</c><00:38:09.860><c> a</c>

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learning<00:38:10.340><c> experience</c>

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to<00:38:11.980><c> being</c><00:38:12.139><c> able</c><00:38:12.440><c> to</c><00:38:12.659><c> do</c><00:38:12.860><c> that.</c>

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And<00:38:13.500><c> I</c><00:38:13.659><c> think</c><00:38:13.860><c> we</c><00:38:14.059><c> have</c><00:38:14.219><c> the</c><00:38:14.460><c> same,</c>

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we<00:38:15.380><c> have</c><00:38:15.519><c> the</c><00:38:15.719><c> same</c><00:38:15.900><c> probably</c><00:38:16.260><c> within</c><00:38:16.659><c> the</c><00:38:16.900><c> community.</c>

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We<00:38:18.079><c> don't</c><00:38:18.340><c> understand</c><00:38:18.860><c> always</c><00:38:19.239><c> other</c><00:38:19.539><c> people's</c><00:38:20.280><c> culture</c>

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and<00:38:20.840><c> how</c><00:38:20.920><c> they're</c><00:38:21.179><c> brought</c><00:38:21.320><c> up</c><00:38:22.000><c> and</c><00:38:22.940><c> what</c><00:38:23.699><c> perspectives</c><00:38:24.380><c> they</c><00:38:24.619><c> face.</c>

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And<00:38:25.880><c> I</c><00:38:26.079><c> can</c><00:38:26.400><c> tell</c><00:38:26.519><c> you,</c><00:38:26.780><c> Mary</c><00:38:26.980><c> and</c><00:38:27.159><c> I</c><00:38:27.300><c> have</c><00:38:27.500><c> lived</c><00:38:27.699><c> in</c><00:38:27.880><c> the</c>

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Midwest<00:38:28.300><c> twice.</c>

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We've<00:38:30.179><c> lived</c><00:38:30.320><c> in</c><00:38:30.619><c> California.</c>

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I<00:38:31.559><c> worked</c><00:38:31.739><c> for</c><00:38:31.980><c> some</c><00:38:32.239><c> years</c><00:38:32.440><c> in</c><00:38:32.619><c> England.</c>

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And<00:38:34.619><c> every</c><00:38:34.960><c> place</c><00:38:35.159><c> has</c><00:38:35.380><c> a</c><00:38:35.659><c> different</c><00:38:35.900><c> culture.</c>

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And<00:38:37.199><c> until</c><00:38:38.139><c> you're</c><00:38:38.760><c> there</c><00:38:39.000><c> and</c><00:38:39.139><c> you</c><00:38:39.340><c> understand</c><00:38:39.920><c> it,</c>

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you<00:38:41.260><c> don't</c><00:38:41.460><c> necessarily</c><00:38:42.079><c> feel</c><00:38:42.840><c> comfortable.</c>

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Now,<00:38:44.159><c> I</c><00:38:44.199><c> can</c><00:38:44.440><c> tell</c><00:38:44.539><c> you</c><00:38:44.679><c> right</c><00:38:44.860><c> now,</c>

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I<00:38:45.219><c> don't</c><00:38:45.400><c> really</c><00:38:45.639><c> always</c><00:38:45.920><c> feel</c><00:38:46.079><c> that</c><00:38:46.380><c> comfortable</c><00:38:46.699><c> with</c><00:38:46.920><c> this</c><00:38:47.219><c> class</c>

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because<00:38:48.539><c> you</c><00:38:48.760><c> New</c><00:38:49.000><c> Englanders</c><00:38:49.559><c> are</c><00:38:49.880><c> clearly</c><00:38:50.340><c> not</c><00:38:51.639><c> as</c><00:38:52.000><c> open</c>

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and<00:38:53.760><c> charge</c><00:38:54.000><c> ahead</c><00:38:54.340><c> like</c><00:38:54.679><c> us</c><00:38:55.360><c> Italians</c><00:38:55.840><c> from</c><00:38:56.099><c> New</c><00:38:56.400><c> York.</c>

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We're<00:38:58.079><c> much</c><00:38:58.360><c> more</c><00:38:58.659><c> straightforward</c><00:38:59.119><c> in</c><00:38:59.239><c> what</c><00:38:59.400><c> we</c><00:38:59.659><c> say</c><00:38:59.880><c> and</c><00:39:00.099><c> do</c>

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and<00:39:00.699><c> we</c><00:39:00.860><c> don't</c><00:39:01.019><c> get</c><00:39:01.280><c> offended</c><00:39:01.659><c> easily.</c>

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my<00:39:06.880><c> son</c><00:39:07.119><c> who</c><00:39:07.300><c> was</c><00:39:07.460><c> in</c><00:39:07.659><c> South</c><00:39:07.960><c> Africa</c><00:39:08.579><c> preaching</c><00:39:09.139><c> in</c><00:39:09.380><c> the</c>

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faced<00:39:18.699><c> there.</c>

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I<00:39:31.739><c> mean,</c><00:39:31.739><c> I</c><00:39:32.000><c> gave</c><00:39:32.179><c> a</c><00:39:32.360><c> Bible</c><00:39:32.719><c> class</c><00:39:33.119><c> in</c><00:39:33.659><c> China</c><00:39:34.000><c> a</c><00:39:34.280><c> few</c><00:39:34.380><c> years</c><00:39:34.679><c> back</c>

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although<00:39:45.579><c> I've</c><00:39:46.719><c> done</c><00:39:46.920><c> that</c><00:39:47.199><c> at</c><00:39:47.320><c> times</c><00:39:47.639><c> too.</c>

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So<00:39:48.780><c> what</c><00:39:49.780><c> you</c><00:39:50.019><c> bring</c><00:39:50.260><c> up</c><00:39:50.519><c> is</c><00:39:50.820><c> so</c><00:39:51.159><c> important</c><00:39:51.840><c> in</c><00:39:53.019><c> relating</c><00:39:53.559><c> to</c>

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And<00:39:55.659><c> I</c><00:39:55.659><c> could</c><00:39:56.000><c> tell</c><00:39:56.219><c> you</c><00:39:57.059><c> somebody</c><00:39:58.920><c> said</c><00:39:59.159><c> something</c><00:39:59.420><c> about</c><00:39:59.900><c> perspectives.</c>

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If<00:40:02.460><c> you</c><00:40:03.239><c> came</c><00:40:03.619><c> to</c><00:40:04.440><c> one</c><00:40:05.559><c> of</c><00:40:05.739><c> the</c><00:40:05.920><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:40:06.219><c> here</c><00:40:06.420><c> in</c><00:40:06.539><c> the</c>

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even<00:40:11.280><c> Steve.</c>

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So<00:40:12.639><c> the</c><00:40:13.940><c> real</c><00:40:14.340><c> challenge</c><00:40:14.820><c> and</c><00:40:14.960><c> you</c><00:40:15.239><c> started</c><00:40:15.539><c> to</c><00:40:15.780><c> give</c><00:40:15.900><c> a</c><00:40:16.099><c> Bible</c><00:40:16.340><c> class</c>

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and<00:40:17.619><c> said</c><00:40:17.760><c> that</c><00:40:18.079><c> the</c><00:40:18.340><c> revelation</c><00:40:18.900><c> is</c><00:40:19.360><c> not</c><00:40:19.639><c> interpreted</c><00:40:20.219><c> on</c><00:40:21.179><c> a</c>

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continuous<00:40:22.079><c> history.</c>

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And<00:40:23.860><c> so</c><00:40:24.579><c> you</c><00:40:24.760><c> want</c><00:40:24.880><c> a</c><00:40:25.039><c> new</c><00:40:25.179><c> perspective.</c>

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You<00:40:26.039><c> probably</c><00:40:26.500><c> would</c><00:40:26.719><c> not</c><00:40:26.980><c> get</c><00:40:27.179><c> any</c><00:40:27.480><c> further</c><00:40:27.800><c> than</c><00:40:28.119><c> that.</c>

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So<00:40:29.800><c> we're</c><00:40:30.159><c> not</c><00:40:30.260><c> always</c><00:40:30.440><c> so</c><00:40:30.820><c> tolerant</c><00:40:31.280><c> of</c><00:40:31.980><c> new</c><00:40:32.280><c> viewpoints</c>

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if<00:40:33.760><c> they</c><00:40:34.119><c> disagree</c><00:40:34.699><c> with</c><00:40:35.079><c> our</c><00:40:35.400><c> world</c><00:40:35.599><c> perspective.</c>

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And<00:40:37.420><c> so</c><00:40:38.199><c> I</c><00:40:38.380><c> can</c><00:40:38.639><c> understand</c><00:40:39.260><c> in</c><00:40:39.519><c> a</c><00:40:39.679><c> sense</c><00:40:39.880><c> what</c><00:40:40.159><c> the</c><00:40:40.500><c> Pharisees</c>

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looked<00:40:41.360><c> like.</c>

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I<00:40:42.400><c> mean,</c><00:40:42.599><c> I</c><00:40:42.940><c> don't</c><00:40:43.119><c> agree</c><00:40:43.400><c> with</c><00:40:43.619><c> them,</c>

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but<00:40:44.280><c> they</c><00:40:45.059><c> were</c><00:40:45.320><c> originally</c><00:40:45.880><c> a</c><00:40:46.300><c> reform</c><00:40:46.639><c> party</c>

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and<00:40:48.179><c> they</c><00:40:48.460><c> had</c><00:40:48.880><c> become</c><00:40:49.480><c> the</c><00:40:50.300><c> status</c><00:40:50.639><c> quo.</c>

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And<00:40:52.000><c> so</c><00:40:52.219><c> Jesus</c><00:40:52.619><c> came</c><00:40:52.980><c> along.</c>

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He<00:40:54.199><c> actually</c><00:40:54.639><c> said,</c><00:40:55.539><c> there's</c><00:40:55.840><c> one</c><00:40:55.980><c> of</c><00:40:56.099><c> the</c><00:40:56.639><c> great</c><00:40:57.500><c> passages</c>

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in<00:40:58.360><c> the</c><00:40:58.519><c> New</c><00:40:58.679><c> Testament</c>

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where<00:40:59.559><c> he</c><00:40:59.699><c> says,</c><00:41:00.320><c> listen</c><00:41:01.219><c> to</c><00:41:01.500><c> them,</c><00:41:01.780><c> but</c><00:41:01.940><c> don't</c><00:41:02.260><c> do</c><00:41:02.440><c> as</c><00:41:02.599><c> they</c><00:41:02.920><c> do.</c>

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And<00:41:04.539><c> I</c><00:41:04.739><c> think</c><00:41:05.099><c> that</c><00:41:05.500><c> is,</c><00:41:06.619><c> I</c><00:41:06.619><c> think,</c><00:41:06.860><c> one</c><00:41:07.039><c> of</c><00:41:07.179><c> the</c><00:41:07.300><c> great</c><00:41:07.460><c> lessons</c><00:41:07.940><c> for</c><00:41:08.219><c> us.</c>

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We<00:41:10.199><c> need</c><00:41:10.480><c> to</c><00:41:10.760><c> be</c><00:41:11.119><c> more</c><00:41:11.440><c> tolerant</c><00:41:11.820><c> of</c><00:41:12.039><c> each</c><00:41:12.260><c> other.</c>

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We<00:41:13.360><c> need</c><00:41:13.639><c> to</c><00:41:13.960><c> understand</c><00:41:14.340><c> that</c><00:41:14.579><c> not</c><00:41:14.760><c> everybody</c><00:41:15.460><c> has</c><00:41:16.139><c> the</c><00:41:16.360><c> same</c>

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kind<00:41:16.760><c> of</c><00:41:17.019><c> personality,</c>

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the<00:41:18.400><c> same</c><00:41:18.679><c> approach</c><00:41:19.099><c> to</c><00:41:19.340><c> ideas.</c>

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And<00:41:20.460><c> if</c><00:41:20.860><c> they</c><00:41:21.099><c> don't</c><00:41:21.380><c> agree</c><00:41:21.659><c> with</c><00:41:21.900><c> us,</c><00:41:23.139><c> pay</c><00:41:23.300><c> attention.</c>

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Maybe<00:41:24.280><c> you'll</c><00:41:25.519><c> learn</c><00:41:25.760><c> something.</c>

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And<00:41:26.619><c> one</c><00:41:26.719><c> of</c><00:41:26.900><c> the</c><00:41:27.280><c> great</c><00:41:27.960><c> things</c><00:41:28.860><c> that</c><00:41:29.159><c> Matt</c><00:41:29.320><c> brought</c><00:41:29.599><c> back</c>

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from<00:41:30.340><c> South</c><00:41:30.659><c> Africa</c>

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was<00:41:31.139><c> a</c><00:41:31.380><c> quote</c><00:41:31.480><c> from</c><00:41:31.780><c> Nelson</c><00:41:32.119><c> Mandela.</c>

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He<00:41:34.039><c> said,</c><00:41:34.599><c> he's</c><00:41:35.260><c> never</c><00:41:35.500><c> wrong.</c>

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He<00:41:37.320><c> says,</c><00:41:37.599><c> because</c><00:41:37.780><c> when</c><00:41:37.960><c> I'm</c><00:41:38.179><c> wrong,</c><00:41:38.500><c> I</c><00:41:38.659><c> learn</c><00:41:38.900><c> something.</c>

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And<00:41:41.619><c> that</c><00:41:41.940><c> was</c><00:41:42.199><c> a</c><00:41:42.659><c> really</c><00:41:42.940><c> good</c><00:41:43.260><c> thought.</c>

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So<00:41:44.019><c> I</c><00:41:44.300><c> really</c><00:41:44.539><c> like</c><00:41:44.760><c> what</c><00:41:44.940><c> you're</c><00:41:45.179><c> saying,</c>

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because<00:41:45.900><c> I</c><00:41:46.400><c> think</c><00:41:46.659><c> we</c><00:41:47.400><c> underestimate</c><00:41:48.380><c> this</c><00:41:50.500><c> idea</c><00:41:51.000><c> of</c><00:41:51.460><c> perspective</c>

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and<00:41:52.760><c> how</c><00:41:53.239><c> we</c><00:41:53.519><c> relate</c><00:41:53.800><c> to</c><00:41:54.000><c> each</c><00:41:54.199><c> other</c><00:41:54.400><c> and</c><00:41:54.539><c> how</c><00:41:54.719><c> we</c><00:41:55.139><c> preach.</c>

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Before<00:41:57.119><c> Mary,</c><00:41:57.559><c> I</c><00:41:57.739><c> never</c><00:41:57.980><c> even</c><00:41:58.280><c> thought</c><00:41:58.480><c> of</c><00:41:58.659><c> talking</c><00:41:58.880><c> to</c><00:41:59.159><c> Catholics.</c>

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I<00:41:59.659><c> thought</c><00:41:59.820><c> it</c><00:42:00.000><c> was</c><00:42:00.460><c> hopeless.</c>

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Later<00:42:01.780><c> I</c><00:42:01.920><c> found</c><00:42:02.219><c> out</c><00:42:02.460><c> that</c><00:42:02.599><c> they</c><00:42:02.800><c> were,</c><00:42:03.059><c> when</c><00:42:03.219><c> we</c><00:42:03.340><c> were</c><00:42:03.460><c> in</c>

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Long<00:42:03.760><c> Island,</c>

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that<00:42:04.280><c> that</c><00:42:04.460><c> was</c><00:42:04.739><c> one</c><00:42:05.420><c> of</c><00:42:05.559><c> our</c><00:42:05.760><c> best</c><00:42:06.519><c> audiences,</c>

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because<00:42:08.119><c> Catholics</c><00:42:08.619><c> on</c><00:42:08.880><c> the</c><00:42:09.059><c> whole</c><00:42:09.199><c> who</c><00:42:09.420><c> were</c><00:42:09.820><c> religious</c>

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were<00:42:11.599><c> way</c><00:42:11.860><c> more</c><00:42:12.800><c> committed</c><00:42:13.360><c> to</c><00:42:13.699><c> religion</c><00:42:14.300><c> than</c><00:42:15.059><c> a</c><00:42:15.300><c> lot</c><00:42:15.420><c> of</c><00:42:15.739><c> Protestants</c><00:42:16.219><c> who</c><00:42:16.440><c> just,</c>

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they<00:42:17.239><c> went</c><00:42:17.420><c> to</c><00:42:17.639><c> church,</c><00:42:17.960><c> they</c><00:42:18.079><c> really</c><00:42:18.280><c> didn't</c><00:42:18.420><c> care</c><00:42:18.639><c> about</c><00:42:18.900><c> anything.</c>

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So<00:42:20.500><c> thanks.</c><00:42:21.119><c> I</c><00:42:21.119><c> like</c><00:42:22.340><c> the</c><00:42:22.619><c> approach.</c>

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And<00:42:23.260><c> I</c><00:42:23.380><c> think</c><00:42:23.900><c> I</c><00:42:24.579><c> want</c><00:42:24.840><c> to</c><00:42:25.039><c> emphasize,</c>

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I<00:42:26.199><c> hope</c><00:42:26.440><c> everybody</c><00:42:27.260><c> will</c><00:42:27.719><c> appreciate</c><00:42:28.559><c> what</c><00:42:28.960><c> you're</c><00:42:29.239><c> saying.</c>

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It's<00:42:30.219><c> really</c><00:42:30.579><c> important.</c>

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It's<00:42:31.480><c> not</c><00:42:31.659><c> just</c><00:42:32.000><c> a</c><00:42:32.179><c> side</c><00:42:32.380><c> issue.</c>

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Thanks.

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Thank<00:42:35.420><c> you.</c>

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I<00:42:37.599><c> think</c><00:42:38.159><c> what</c><00:42:40.099><c> you</c><00:42:40.260><c> say</c><00:42:40.380><c> about</c><00:42:40.719><c> the</c><00:42:41.739><c> Pharisees</c><00:42:42.019><c> is</c>

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particularly<00:42:42.360><c> interesting,</c>

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because,<00:42:42.980><c> yeah,</c><00:42:42.980><c> they</c><00:42:43.139><c> were</c><00:42:43.239><c> this</c><00:42:43.480><c> reform</c><00:42:43.739><c> group,</c>

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And<00:43:05.559><c> so</c><00:43:05.699><c> in</c><00:43:05.820><c> a</c><00:43:05.940><c> lot</c><00:43:06.000><c> of</c><00:43:06.179><c> ways,</c><00:43:06.699><c> they</c><00:43:06.860><c> should</c><00:43:07.019><c> have</c><00:43:07.159><c> been</c><00:43:07.480><c> welcoming</c><00:43:07.880><c> to</c><00:43:08.139><c> Jesus.</c>

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Because<00:43:08.940><c> here's</c><00:43:09.239><c> another</c><00:43:09.559><c> person</c><00:43:09.900><c> who's</c><00:43:10.239><c> clearly</c><00:43:10.559><c> a</c><00:43:10.780><c> student</c>

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of<00:43:11.219><c> the</c><00:43:11.380><c> Bible.</c>

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Even<00:43:12.539><c> if</c><00:43:12.719><c> he's</c><00:43:12.920><c> wrong,</c><00:43:13.380><c> they</c><00:43:13.579><c> can</c><00:43:13.920><c> engage</c><00:43:14.280><c> with</c><00:43:14.519><c> it</c><00:43:14.900><c> and</c><00:43:15.300><c> strengthen</c><00:43:15.639><c> their</c><00:43:15.940><c> beliefs</c>

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Josh,<00:43:22.440><c> if</c><00:43:22.579><c> I'm</c><00:43:23.340><c> talking</c><00:43:23.760><c> about</c><00:43:24.179><c> the</c><00:43:24.960><c> Pharisees</c><00:43:25.599><c> and</c><00:43:25.900><c> what</c><00:43:26.179><c> Jesus</c><00:43:26.519><c> had</c>

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that<00:43:32.539><c> their</c><00:43:32.920><c> main</c><00:43:33.159><c> focus</c>

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And<00:43:40.199><c> they</c><00:43:40.440><c> saw</c><00:43:40.599><c> anything</c><00:43:41.300><c> outside</c><00:43:42.039><c> of</c><00:43:42.260><c> their</c><00:43:42.500><c> thinking</c><00:43:42.800><c> as</c><00:43:43.179><c> a</c>

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threat<00:43:43.579><c> to</c><00:43:43.800><c> that</c><00:43:44.039><c> purity.</c>

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And<00:43:45.880><c> it's</c><00:43:46.099><c> a</c><00:43:46.260><c> challenge</c><00:43:46.659><c> to</c><00:43:46.920><c> the</c><00:43:47.059><c> Christian</c><00:43:47.280><c> helping</c><00:43:47.559><c> community</c><00:43:48.119><c> in</c><00:43:48.559><c> the</c>

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and<00:44:10.059><c> most</c><00:44:10.320><c> of</c><00:44:10.539><c> Stoughton's</c><00:44:10.940><c> outreach</c><00:44:11.440><c> is</c><00:44:12.440><c> rather</c><00:44:12.820><c> open</c><00:44:13.099><c>-minded</c><00:44:13.460><c> and</c>

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totally<00:44:20.780><c> threatened</c>

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collection<00:44:25.860><c> of</c><00:44:26.119><c> ideas,</c>

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some<00:44:26.599><c> of</c><00:44:26.699><c> those</c><00:44:26.900><c> ideas</c><00:44:27.159><c> are</c><00:44:27.340><c> going</c><00:44:27.420><c> to</c><00:44:27.500><c> be</c><00:44:27.699><c> wrong.</c>

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But<00:44:28.940><c> I</c><00:44:29.380><c> think</c><00:44:29.539><c> that</c><00:44:29.739><c> if</c><00:44:29.820><c> we're</c><00:44:30.119><c> sufficiently</c><00:44:30.840><c> good</c><00:44:31.519><c> Bible</c><00:44:31.920><c> students,</c>

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we<00:44:32.460><c> will</c><00:44:32.699><c> weed</c><00:44:32.880><c> out</c><00:44:33.440><c> the</c><00:44:33.940><c> wrong</c><00:44:34.179><c> ideas</c><00:44:34.699><c> and</c><00:44:35.019><c> settle</c><00:44:35.239><c> on</c><00:44:35.980><c> an</c><00:44:36.719><c> agreement</c><00:44:37.019><c> as</c>

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to<00:44:37.380><c> what</c><00:44:37.579><c> is</c><00:44:37.880><c> correct.</c>

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But<00:44:39.059><c> some</c><00:44:39.260><c> ecclesias</c><00:44:40.119><c> are</c><00:44:40.579><c> totally</c><00:44:40.840><c> threatened</c><00:44:41.179><c> that</c><00:44:41.380><c> if</c><00:44:41.579><c> someone</c><00:44:41.860><c> were</c><00:44:42.039><c> to</c>

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introduce<00:44:42.519><c> an</c><00:44:42.760><c> idea</c><00:44:42.940><c> that</c><00:44:43.079><c> is</c><00:44:43.300><c> wrong,</c>

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that<00:44:43.820><c> the</c><00:44:43.960><c> whole</c><00:44:44.320><c> ecclesia</c><00:44:44.780><c> is</c><00:44:44.960><c> going</c><00:44:45.119><c> to</c><00:44:45.260><c> go</c><00:44:45.460><c> astray</c><00:44:46.400><c> because</c>

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they're<00:44:47.980><c> so</c><00:44:48.500><c> consumed</c><00:44:48.840><c> with</c><00:44:49.159><c> lauding</c><00:44:49.460><c> over</c><00:44:49.780><c> the</c><00:44:50.039><c> truth</c>

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from<00:44:51.940><c> their</c><00:44:52.179><c> perspective.</c>

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So<00:44:53.860><c> anyways,</c><00:44:54.300><c> there's</c><00:44:54.579><c> some</c><00:44:54.920><c> parallels</c><00:44:55.380><c> between</c><00:44:55.880><c> what</c><00:44:56.159><c> the</c>

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Pharisees<00:44:56.940><c> were</c><00:44:57.139><c> caught</c><00:44:57.280><c> up</c><00:44:57.519><c> in</c>

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and<00:44:58.360><c> what</c><00:44:58.519><c> we</c><00:44:58.780><c> need</c><00:44:58.880><c> to</c><00:44:59.039><c> be</c><00:44:59.219><c> careful</c><00:44:59.500><c> that</c><00:44:59.920><c> we</c><00:45:00.340><c> don't</c><00:45:00.500><c> fall</c><00:45:00.760><c> into</c><00:45:00.980><c> the</c>

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same<00:45:01.420><c> trap</c><00:45:01.980><c> in</c><00:45:03.500><c> stifling</c><00:45:04.119><c> free</c><00:45:04.500><c> thought.</c>

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You<00:45:07.740><c> know,</c><00:45:08.300><c> Josh,</c><00:45:08.880><c> I</c><00:45:09.099><c> know</c><00:45:09.460><c> David</c><00:45:10.099><c> Levin</c><00:45:10.360><c> is</c><00:45:10.579><c> on</c><00:45:10.860><c> tonight,</c>

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but<00:45:11.380><c> in</c><00:45:11.639><c> his</c><00:45:12.239><c> new</c><00:45:13.199><c> book,</c><00:45:13.800><c> Legalism</c><00:45:14.340><c> versus</c><00:45:14.739><c> Faith,</c><00:45:15.320><c> he's</c><00:45:15.780><c> got</c>

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a<00:45:16.139><c> couple</c><00:45:16.360><c> of</c><00:45:16.639><c> new</c><00:45:16.820><c> chapters</c><00:45:17.480><c> on</c><00:45:18.719><c> the</c><00:45:19.039><c> Pharisees.</c>

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And<00:45:20.900><c> one</c><00:45:21.260><c> of</c><00:45:21.400><c> the</c><00:45:21.559><c> things</c><00:45:21.860><c> that</c><00:45:22.960><c> fascinated</c><00:45:23.739><c> me</c><00:45:24.059><c> in</c><00:45:24.239><c> reading</c><00:45:24.500><c> the</c><00:45:24.739><c> book</c><00:45:25.019><c> was</c><00:45:26.440><c> that</c><00:45:27.019><c> when</c><00:45:27.719><c> I</c>

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read<00:45:28.139><c> the</c><00:45:28.400><c> Bible,</c>

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I<00:45:28.820><c> get</c><00:45:29.019><c> the</c><00:45:29.239><c> assumption</c><00:45:29.599><c> that</c><00:45:29.800><c> the</c><00:45:30.019><c> Pharisees</c><00:45:30.500><c> had</c><00:45:30.599><c> always</c>

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been<00:45:31.119><c> around.</c>

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But<00:45:32.420><c> David</c><00:45:32.760><c> points</c><00:45:33.159><c> out</c><00:45:33.480><c> that</c><00:45:33.639><c> they</c><00:45:33.860><c> really</c><00:45:34.380><c> were</c><00:45:34.900><c> a</c><00:45:35.079><c> new</c>

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group<00:45:35.659><c> almost,</c>

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you<00:45:37.139><c> know,</c><00:45:37.320><c> only</c><00:45:37.659><c> 400</c><00:45:38.059><c> years</c><00:45:38.480><c> old</c><00:45:38.760><c> or</c><00:45:38.960><c> something,</c><00:45:39.380><c> you</c><00:45:39.599><c> know,</c>

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by<00:45:39.920><c> the</c><00:45:40.099><c> time</c><00:45:40.300><c> Jesus</c><00:45:40.719><c> comes</c><00:45:41.099><c> along.</c>

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So<00:45:43.840><c> anyway,</c><00:45:44.300><c> if</c><00:45:45.119><c> you</c><00:45:45.340><c> want</c><00:45:45.519><c> some</c><00:45:45.800><c> history</c><00:45:46.199><c> on</c><00:45:46.420><c> the</c><00:45:46.639><c> Pharisees,</c>

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I'd<00:45:47.460><c> recommend</c><00:45:47.860><c> that</c><00:45:48.739><c> book</c><00:45:49.179><c> and</c><00:45:49.980><c> a</c><00:45:50.940><c> couple</c><00:45:51.119><c> of</c><00:45:51.340><c> chapters</c><00:45:51.639><c> in</c>

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there<00:45:52.039><c> in</c><00:45:52.239><c> particular.</c>

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Hey,<00:45:55.420><c> Josh,</c><00:45:55.760><c> this</c><00:45:55.960><c> is</c><00:45:56.239><c> Sandy.</c><00:45:57.280><c> Sandy</c><00:45:57.539><c> Davis.</c>

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Hi,<00:45:59.260><c> Sandy.</c>

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I<00:46:01.900><c> just</c><00:46:02.380><c> had</c><00:46:02.559><c> a</c><00:46:02.780><c> couple</c><00:46:02.980><c> of</c><00:46:03.239><c> thoughts</c><00:46:03.559><c> when</c><00:46:04.400><c> John</c><00:46:04.679><c> was</c><00:46:04.900><c> talking</c>

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about<00:46:05.500><c> preaching</c>

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and<00:46:06.380><c> how</c><00:46:06.659><c> Paul</c><00:46:07.059><c> always</c><00:46:07.739><c> knew</c><00:46:08.059><c> his</c><00:46:08.340><c> audience.</c>

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You<00:46:09.699><c> know,</c><00:46:10.039><c> and</c><00:46:10.219><c> I</c><00:46:10.460><c> think</c><00:46:10.679><c> that</c><00:46:11.000><c> we</c><00:46:11.300><c> have</c><00:46:11.559><c> to</c><00:46:12.119><c> be</c><00:46:12.480><c> that</c><00:46:12.760><c> way</c><00:46:12.920><c> as</c><00:46:13.239><c> well,</c>

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know<00:46:13.800><c> who</c><00:46:13.980><c> we're</c><00:46:14.219><c> talking</c><00:46:14.519><c> to</c><00:46:14.780><c> and</c><00:46:14.920><c> what</c><00:46:15.099><c> their</c><00:46:15.420><c> life</c><00:46:15.619><c> experiences</c><00:46:16.239><c> are</c>

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and<00:46:17.099><c> what</c><00:46:17.320><c> they</c><00:46:17.659><c> haven't</c><00:46:18.079><c> experienced</c><00:46:18.699><c> as</c><00:46:19.000><c> well.</c>

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It<00:46:19.699><c> takes</c><00:46:20.019><c> a</c><00:46:20.079><c> lot</c><00:46:20.360><c> of</c><00:46:20.579><c> humility</c><00:46:21.000><c> and</c><00:46:21.559><c> to</c><00:46:21.739><c> put</c><00:46:21.920><c> our</c><00:46:22.320><c> pride</c><00:46:22.599><c> aside</c>

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and<00:46:23.900><c> to</c><00:46:24.059><c> listen</c><00:46:24.280><c> to</c><00:46:24.460><c> other</c><00:46:24.659><c> people's</c><00:46:25.199><c> thoughts</c><00:46:25.360><c> on</c><00:46:25.900><c> certain</c><00:46:26.159><c> things.</c>

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And<00:46:26.880><c> I</c><00:46:26.980><c> think</c><00:46:27.159><c> that</c><00:46:27.440><c> can</c><00:46:28.079><c> be</c><00:46:28.320><c> a</c><00:46:28.400><c> hard</c><00:46:28.559><c> thing</c><00:46:28.739><c> to</c><00:46:29.019><c> do.</c>

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But<00:46:29.500><c> I</c><00:46:29.880><c> think</c><00:46:30.079><c> it's,</c><00:46:30.980><c> you</c><00:46:31.039><c> know,</c><00:46:31.260><c> having</c><00:46:31.420><c> patience</c><00:46:32.019><c> and</c><00:46:32.320><c> understanding</c><00:46:33.000><c> and</c>

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love<00:46:33.900><c> that</c><00:46:34.099><c> we</c><00:46:34.300><c> can,</c><00:46:34.880><c> we're</c><00:46:35.139><c> able</c><00:46:35.380><c> to</c><00:46:35.579><c> do</c><00:46:35.760><c> that.</c>

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So.

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Well,<00:46:47.539><c> that's</c><00:46:47.820><c> pretty</c><00:46:48.079><c> much</c><00:46:48.199><c> all</c><00:46:48.420><c> I</c><00:46:48.619><c> had.</c>

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If<00:46:49.280><c> there's</c><00:46:49.519><c> any</c><00:46:50.159><c> further</c><00:46:50.420><c> ideas,</c><00:46:51.059><c> I'd</c><00:46:51.119><c> love</c><00:46:51.159><c> to</c><00:46:51.320><c> hear</c><00:46:51.460><c> it.</c>

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But<00:46:52.659><c> the</c><00:46:52.739><c> talk</c><00:46:52.739><c> is</c><00:46:52.860><c> pretty</c><00:46:53.059><c> much</c><00:46:53.219><c> over.</c>

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As<00:46:55.579><c> it</c><00:46:55.780><c> says</c><00:46:55.780><c> in</c><00:46:55.920><c> Isaiah,</c><00:46:56.639><c> someone</c><00:46:56.840><c> let</c><00:46:56.920><c> us</c><00:46:57.079><c> reason</c><00:46:57.239><c> together.</c>

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Together<00:46:58.440><c> we</c><00:46:58.579><c> can</c><00:46:58.820><c> create</c><00:46:59.019><c> a</c><00:46:59.179><c> better</c><00:46:59.340><c> understanding</c><00:46:59.739><c> of</c><00:46:59.900><c> the</c><00:46:59.980><c> Bible.</c>

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We<00:47:01.219><c> need</c><00:47:01.559><c> to</c><00:47:01.780><c> look</c><00:47:01.920><c> it</c><00:47:02.039><c> out</c><00:47:02.119><c> ourselves</c><00:47:02.659><c> to</c><00:47:03.119><c> bring</c><00:47:03.360><c> something</c>

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to<00:47:03.880><c> the</c><00:47:04.019><c> table.</c>

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But<00:47:05.000><c> I</c><00:47:05.639><c> think</c><00:47:05.800><c> we're</c><00:47:05.980><c> all</c><00:47:06.239><c> strengthened</c><00:47:06.659><c> by</c><00:47:07.139><c> being</c><00:47:07.360><c> able</c><00:47:07.559><c> to</c>

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listen<00:47:07.699><c> to</c><00:47:07.840><c> one</c><00:47:08.000><c> another.</c>

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As<00:47:10.480><c> I</c><00:47:10.659><c> said</c><00:47:10.780><c> earlier,</c><00:47:11.360><c> you</c><00:47:11.360><c> know,</c><00:47:11.360><c> bounce</c><00:47:11.559><c> ideas</c><00:47:11.880><c> off</c><00:47:12.079><c> each</c><00:47:12.260><c> other.</c>

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Brother<00:47:17.739><c> Josh,</c><00:47:19.539><c> I</c><00:47:19.679><c> just</c><00:47:19.820><c> thought</c><00:47:20.119><c> I</c><00:47:20.679><c> bring</c><00:47:20.820><c> I</c><00:47:21.199><c> see</c><00:47:21.800><c> Brother</c>

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John<00:47:22.500><c> put</c><00:47:22.699><c> his</c><00:47:22.920><c> hand</c><00:47:23.099><c> back</c><00:47:23.380><c> up.</c>

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But<00:47:24.500><c> if</c><00:47:24.719><c> I</c><00:47:24.820><c> just</c><00:47:25.139><c> throw</c><00:47:25.380><c> in</c><00:47:25.519><c> my</c><00:47:25.719><c> two</c><00:47:25.880><c> bits</c><00:47:26.119><c> a</c><00:47:26.260><c> bit</c><00:47:26.340><c> here,</c><00:47:27.860><c> referred</c><00:47:28.280><c> perspective</c><00:47:28.820><c> from</c>

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several<00:47:29.500><c> former</c><00:47:30.360><c> Catholics.</c>

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I<00:47:32.239><c> know</c><00:47:32.619><c> I</c><00:47:32.920><c> was</c><00:47:33.760><c> supposed</c><00:47:34.320><c> I</c><00:47:34.579><c> was</c><00:47:34.800><c> raised</c><00:47:35.460><c> in</c><00:47:36.280><c> a</c><00:47:36.480><c> Catholic</c><00:47:36.780><c> home,</c><00:47:37.840><c> but</c>

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then<00:47:38.719><c> it's</c><00:47:39.119><c> also</c><00:47:39.380><c> a</c><00:47:39.599><c> broken</c><00:47:39.860><c> home.</c>

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x
So<00:47:41.340><c> I</c><00:47:41.719><c> spent</c><00:47:42.099><c> most</c><00:47:42.599><c> of</c><00:47:42.760><c> my</c><00:47:42.900><c> youth</c><00:47:43.159><c> not</c><00:47:43.500><c> knowing</c><00:47:43.820><c> what</c><00:47:44.019><c> my</c><00:47:44.300><c> faith</c>

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was<00:47:44.780><c> supposed</c><00:47:45.059><c> to</c><00:47:45.239><c> be.</c>

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So<00:47:46.579><c> by</c><00:47:46.940><c> the</c><00:47:47.019><c> time</c><00:47:47.179><c> I'm</c><00:47:47.420><c> 23</c><00:47:47.960><c> and</c><00:47:48.159><c> I'm</c><00:47:48.420><c> introduced</c><00:47:48.800><c> to</c><00:47:49.000><c> the</c><00:47:49.139><c> Bible,</c><00:47:49.380><c> I</c><00:47:49.639><c> didn't</c><00:47:49.860><c> really</c><00:47:50.159><c> know</c><00:47:50.320><c> what</c><00:47:50.539><c> I</c>

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was<00:47:50.940><c> supposed</c><00:47:51.159><c> to</c><00:47:51.360><c> believe.</c>

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I<00:47:51.800><c> got</c><00:47:52.059><c> some</c><00:47:52.340><c> idea</c><00:47:52.639><c> of</c><00:47:52.860><c> what</c><00:47:53.599><c> people</c><00:47:54.179><c> do</c><00:47:54.539><c> believe</c><00:47:54.920><c> out</c><00:47:55.139><c> there,</c>

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but<00:47:56.340><c> I</c><00:47:56.579><c> didn't</c><00:47:56.739><c> have</c><00:47:57.099><c> any</c><00:47:57.559><c> understanding</c><00:47:58.340><c> or</c><00:47:58.679><c> faith</c><00:47:58.860><c> of</c><00:47:59.039><c> my</c><00:47:59.239><c> own.</c>

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But<00:48:00.199><c> I</c><00:48:00.380><c> was</c><00:48:00.659><c> introduced</c><00:48:01.059><c> to</c><00:48:01.920><c> the</c><00:48:02.699><c> I</c><00:48:03.679><c> was</c><00:48:04.179><c> asking</c><00:48:04.440><c> my</c><00:48:04.699><c> friend</c><00:48:04.900><c> about</c><00:48:05.280><c> he</c>

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was<00:48:06.260><c> talking</c><00:48:06.440><c> with</c><00:48:06.639><c> signs</c><00:48:06.920><c> of</c><00:48:07.099><c> Christ</c><00:48:07.340><c> return</c><00:48:07.900><c> and</c><00:48:08.579><c> he</c><00:48:08.760><c> couldn't</c><00:48:09.000><c> answer</c>

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my<00:48:09.519><c> question.</c>

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So<00:48:10.139><c> I</c><00:48:10.239><c> said,</c><00:48:10.500><c> read</c><00:48:11.059><c> the</c><00:48:11.239><c> Bible</c><00:48:11.460><c> for</c><00:48:11.719><c> yourself.</c>

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So<00:48:14.159><c> I</c><00:48:14.679><c> opened</c><00:48:14.880><c> up</c><00:48:15.079><c> the</c><00:48:15.239><c> Bible</c><00:48:15.440><c> for</c><00:48:15.659><c> myself</c><00:48:16.119><c> and</c><00:48:17.099><c> started</c><00:48:17.360><c> page</c>

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one<00:48:18.280><c> like</c><00:48:18.519><c> you</c><00:48:18.659><c> do</c><00:48:18.780><c> in</c><00:48:18.940><c> any</c><00:48:19.139><c> book.</c>

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x
And<00:48:21.340><c> I</c><00:48:21.860><c> marveled</c><00:48:22.380><c> when</c><00:48:22.519><c> I</c><00:48:22.679><c> got</c><00:48:22.860><c> to</c><00:48:23.079><c> Genesis,</c><00:48:23.420><c> Chapter</c><00:48:23.840><c> three,</c>

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and<00:48:24.579><c> we</c><00:48:24.800><c> learned</c><00:48:25.039><c> that</c><00:48:25.400><c> man</c><00:48:25.599><c> wasn't</c><00:48:26.000><c> allowed</c><00:48:26.280><c> to</c><00:48:26.559><c> have</c><00:48:26.699><c> an</c>

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immortal<00:48:27.219><c> soul.</c>

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And<00:48:29.500><c> from</c><00:48:30.139><c> my</c><00:48:30.500><c> understanding,</c><00:48:31.380><c> then</c><00:48:31.639><c> everybody</c><00:48:32.639><c> out</c><00:48:32.860><c> there</c>

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taught<00:48:33.360><c> that</c><00:48:33.559><c> you</c><00:48:33.760><c> had</c><00:48:34.000><c> one.</c>

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So<00:48:35.639><c> what</c><00:48:35.960><c> is</c><00:48:36.360><c> truth?</c>

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This<00:48:37.659><c> is</c><00:48:37.940><c> supposed</c><00:48:38.059><c> to</c><00:48:38.159><c> be</c><00:48:38.239><c> God's</c><00:48:38.719><c> book.</c>

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And<00:48:39.139><c> it</c><00:48:39.360><c> says</c><00:48:39.539><c> right</c><00:48:39.960><c> there</c><00:48:40.440><c> in</c><00:48:40.659><c> the</c><00:48:40.840><c> beginning</c><00:48:41.239><c> that</c><00:48:41.599><c> we</c><00:48:41.940><c> didn't</c><00:48:42.139><c> have</c>

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an<00:48:42.539><c> immortal</c><00:48:42.860><c> soul.</c>

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But<00:48:44.019><c> the</c><00:48:44.239><c> churches</c><00:48:44.500><c> say</c><00:48:44.760><c> you</c><00:48:45.000><c> do.</c>

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And<00:48:46.380><c> I</c><00:48:46.840><c> think</c><00:48:47.159><c> the</c><00:48:47.780><c> Bible</c><00:48:48.119><c> itself</c><00:48:48.480><c> can</c><00:48:48.659><c> be</c><00:48:48.860><c> a</c><00:48:49.039><c> wonderful</c><00:48:49.400><c> cure</c>

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to<00:48:49.940><c> biases.</c>

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If<00:48:51.139><c> you</c><00:48:51.699><c> allow</c><00:48:52.000><c> it</c><00:48:52.199><c> to</c><00:48:52.800><c> speak,</c><00:48:53.380><c> let</c><00:48:53.840><c> God</c><00:48:54.159><c> do</c><00:48:54.380><c> the</c><00:48:54.599><c> talk</c><00:48:54.960><c> and</c><00:48:55.880><c> be</c>

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open<00:48:56.360><c> to</c><00:48:56.440><c> what</c><00:48:56.579><c> he</c><00:48:56.679><c> has</c><00:48:56.920><c> to</c><00:48:57.139><c> say.</c>

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x
So<00:48:58.539><c> whatever</c><00:48:58.960><c> rubbish</c><00:48:59.400><c> I</c><00:48:59.920><c> thought</c><00:49:00.159><c> I</c><00:49:00.460><c> knew,</c><00:49:02.300><c> if</c><00:49:02.420><c> I</c><00:49:02.619><c> was</c><00:49:02.820><c> willing</c><00:49:03.039><c> to</c><00:49:03.219><c> let</c>

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God<00:49:03.840><c> tell</c><00:49:04.159><c> me</c><00:49:04.320><c> what</c><00:49:04.460><c> he</c><00:49:04.639><c> had</c><00:49:04.780><c> to</c><00:49:05.019><c> say,</c><00:49:06.079><c> those</c><00:49:07.219><c> perspectives</c><00:49:08.320><c> were</c><00:49:08.579><c> being</c><00:49:09.000><c> tossed,</c><00:49:11.239><c> allowing</c><00:49:11.500><c> room</c><00:49:11.780><c> for</c><00:49:12.019><c> what</c><00:49:12.239><c> God</c><00:49:12.500><c> had</c><00:49:12.719><c> to</c><00:49:12.920><c> teach.</c>

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So<00:49:13.840><c> like</c><00:49:15.059><c> from</c><00:49:15.440><c> the</c><00:49:15.639><c> beginning</c><00:49:15.820><c> right</c><00:49:16.059><c> there</c><00:49:16.219><c> is</c><00:49:16.340><c> OK.</c>

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Is<00:49:18.079><c> there</c><00:49:18.280><c> is</c><00:49:18.380><c> there</c><00:49:18.579><c> not</c><00:49:18.780><c> an</c><00:49:19.000><c> immortal</c><00:49:19.260><c> soul?</c>

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Let's<00:49:20.000><c> keep</c><00:49:20.260><c> on</c><00:49:20.599><c> reading</c><00:49:20.800><c> and</c><00:49:21.039><c> see</c><00:49:21.139><c> what</c><00:49:21.280><c> God</c><00:49:21.500><c> has</c><00:49:21.780><c> to</c><00:49:21.960><c> say.</c>

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But<00:49:23.199><c> it</c><00:49:23.539><c> sounded</c><00:49:23.840><c> like</c><00:49:24.400><c> the</c><00:49:24.739><c> churches</c><00:49:25.059><c> were</c><00:49:25.320><c> wrong</c><00:49:25.559><c> right</c><00:49:25.860><c> there.</c>

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That<00:49:28.559><c> was</c><00:49:28.719><c> just</c><00:49:28.980><c> one</c><00:49:29.239><c> small</c><00:49:29.619><c> tidbit</c><00:49:30.039><c> of</c><00:49:30.619><c> my</c><00:49:31.320><c> experience</c><00:49:32.139><c> with</c>

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that<00:49:32.679><c> when</c><00:49:32.840><c> it</c><00:49:33.000><c> came</c><00:49:33.139><c> to</c><00:49:33.420><c> the</c><00:49:33.539><c> truth.</c>

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The<00:49:36.539><c> Bible</c><00:49:36.800><c> can</c><00:49:37.059><c> be</c><00:49:37.199><c> a</c><00:49:37.340><c> wonderful</c><00:49:37.599><c> cure</c><00:49:37.940><c> for</c><00:49:38.219><c> those</c><00:49:38.440><c> biases.</c>