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But<00:17:15.799><c> I</c><00:17:16.099><c> decided</c><00:17:16.380><c> in</c><00:17:16.519><c> my</c><00:17:16.759><c> mind</c><00:17:16.980><c> that</c><00:17:17.099><c> they</c><00:17:17.299><c> were</c><00:17:17.599><c> crummy</c><00:17:17.859><c> excuses</c><00:17:18.500><c> and</c><00:17:18.700><c> that's</c><00:17:18.900><c> something</c><00:17:19.099><c> in</c>

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Christodolphian<00:18:13.119><c> doctrines.</c>

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ministry<00:19:50.880><c> of</c><00:19:51.039><c> Jesus</c><00:19:51.420><c> to</c><00:19:51.680><c> the</c><00:19:51.859><c> lost</c><00:19:52.059><c> of</c><00:19:52.240><c> this</c><00:19:52.500><c> world.</c>

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membership<00:20:02.240><c> numbers.</c>

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harsh.<00:20:52.420><c> I</c><00:20:52.799><c> realize</c><00:20:53.200><c> that.</c>

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my<00:21:49.319><c> prodigal</c><00:21:49.859><c> college</c><00:21:50.279><c> days.</c>

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name<00:22:32.119><c> is</c><00:22:32.279><c> on</c><00:22:32.400><c> the</c><00:22:32.579><c> guest</c><00:22:32.779><c> list.</c><00:22:32.900><c> That</c><00:22:33.140><c> is</c><00:22:33.460><c> very,</c><00:22:33.819><c> very</c><00:22:34.059><c> cool.</c>

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and<00:22:47.319><c> Jesus</c><00:22:47.660><c> has</c><00:22:48.019><c> asked</c><00:22:48.299><c> us</c><00:22:48.539><c> to</c><00:22:48.680><c> go</c><00:22:48.819><c> out</c><00:22:49.019><c> and</c><00:22:49.319><c> fill</c><00:22:49.460><c> the</c><00:22:49.759><c> banquet</c>

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So<00:22:54.559><c> invite</c><00:22:55.099><c> everyone</c><00:22:55.480><c> freely,</c><00:22:55.980><c> not</c><00:22:56.259><c> just</c><00:22:56.440><c> the</c><00:22:56.640><c> people</c><00:22:56.799><c> we</c><00:22:57.000><c> think</c><00:22:57.200><c> of</c>

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bringing<00:22:57.559><c> to</c><00:22:57.740><c> our</c><00:22:57.880><c> own</c><00:22:58.079><c> celebration.</c>

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It's<00:23:12.180><c> not</c><00:23:12.400><c> self</c><00:23:12.680><c>-referential.</c><00:23:13.240><c> It</c><00:23:13.460><c> points</c><00:23:13.819><c> to</c><00:23:14.119><c> God.</c><00:23:14.420><c> It</c><00:23:14.599><c> reveres</c><00:23:15.039><c> God.</c>

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So<00:23:18.880><c> I</c><00:23:19.380><c> felt</c><00:23:19.680><c> like</c><00:23:19.900><c> I'd</c><00:23:20.119><c> made</c><00:23:20.299><c> a</c><00:23:20.480><c> breakthrough</c><00:23:20.779><c> in</c><00:23:21.000><c> my</c><00:23:21.180><c> thinking.</c>

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But<00:24:17.180><c> you</c><00:24:17.279><c> know,</c><00:24:17.799><c> they</c><00:24:18.019><c> say</c><00:24:18.119><c> when</c><00:24:18.299><c> all</c><00:24:18.400><c> you've</c><00:24:18.619><c> got</c><00:24:18.700><c> is</c><00:24:18.880><c> a</c><00:24:19.019><c> hammer,</c><00:24:19.259><c> everything</c><00:24:19.579><c> looks</c>

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like<00:24:20.119><c> a</c><00:24:20.220><c> nail.</c>

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I<00:24:32.980><c> never</c><00:24:33.259><c> stopped</c><00:24:33.660><c> loving</c><00:24:33.960><c> the</c><00:24:34.220><c> ecclesia,</c><00:24:34.619><c> even</c><00:24:34.819><c> there</c><00:24:35.000><c> were</c>

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elements<00:24:35.579><c> I'd</c><00:24:36.460><c> soured</c><00:24:36.720><c> on.</c>

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not<00:24:41.940><c> the</c><00:24:42.259><c> parts</c><00:24:42.619><c> you</c><00:24:43.059><c> may</c><00:24:43.279><c> have</c><00:24:43.539><c> struggled</c><00:24:43.900><c> with.</c>

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endorsing<00:24:55.460><c> or</c><00:24:56.079><c> refuting</c><00:24:56.539><c> their</c><00:24:56.779><c> position,</c>

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don't<00:25:06.259><c> have</c><00:25:06.480><c> to</c><00:25:06.940><c> agree</c><00:25:07.160><c> or</c><00:25:07.400><c> disagree.</c>

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I<00:25:10.279><c> think</c><00:25:10.480><c> that's</c><00:25:10.660><c> what</c><00:25:10.819><c> Jesus</c><00:25:11.160><c> would</c><00:25:11.420><c> do.</c>

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did<00:25:24.480><c> when</c><00:25:24.640><c> I</c><00:25:24.720><c> was</c><00:25:24.859><c> a</c><00:25:24.980><c> youngster.</c>

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I<00:25:35.299><c> be</c><00:25:35.480><c> so</c><00:25:35.779><c> lucky?</c>

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or<00:25:45.180><c> lack</c><00:25:45.380><c> thereof.</c>

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who<00:25:58.480><c> had</c><00:25:58.700><c> all</c><00:25:58.920><c> those</c><00:25:59.200><c> things</c><00:25:59.440><c> and</c><00:25:59.839><c> they</c><00:26:00.099><c> still</c><00:26:00.400><c> left</c>

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for<00:26:01.859><c> whatever</c><00:26:02.140><c> reason.</c><00:26:02.480><c> They're</c><00:26:02.720><c> not</c><00:26:02.920><c> here</c><00:26:03.180><c> anymore.</c>

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And<00:26:04.720><c> so</c><00:26:04.839><c> the</c><00:26:04.980><c> things</c><00:26:05.160><c> I'm</c><00:26:05.400><c> thankful</c><00:26:05.740><c> now</c><00:26:06.220><c> are</c><00:26:07.019><c> the</c><00:26:07.460><c> good</c><00:26:07.680><c> people</c><00:26:08.140><c> who</c>

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influenced<00:26:08.779><c> me</c><00:26:08.980><c> by</c><00:26:09.160><c> building</c><00:26:09.480><c> their</c><00:26:09.759><c> lives</c><00:26:10.059><c> around</c><00:26:10.299><c> faith,</c>

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people<00:26:11.920><c> who</c><00:26:12.299><c> love</c><00:26:12.480><c> the</c><00:26:12.779><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:13.119><c> because</c><00:26:13.700><c> they</c><00:26:14.380><c> viewed</c><00:26:14.500><c> their</c><00:26:14.740><c> relation</c><00:26:15.140><c> to</c>

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an<00:26:17.339><c> affiliation</c><00:26:18.000><c> with</c><00:26:18.200><c> an</c><00:26:18.500><c> organization,</c>

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but<00:26:20.279><c> they</c><00:26:20.559><c> view</c><00:26:20.700><c> their</c><00:26:20.900><c> relation</c><00:26:21.259><c> to</c><00:26:21.440><c> the</c><00:26:21.579><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:21.960><c> as</c><00:26:22.420><c> membership</c><00:26:22.960><c> in</c><00:26:23.259><c> the</c><00:26:23.380><c> body</c><00:26:23.660><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:26:24.220><c> himself.</c>

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I<00:26:26.460><c> don't</c><00:26:26.700><c> think</c><00:26:26.819><c> anybody</c><00:26:27.160><c> would</c><00:26:27.519><c> disagree</c><00:26:27.960><c> that</c><00:26:28.180><c> there</c><00:26:29.079><c> is</c><00:26:29.279><c> no</c>

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stronger<00:26:29.819><c> foundation</c><00:26:30.400><c> to</c><00:26:30.619><c> build</c><00:26:30.740><c> upon</c><00:26:31.220><c> than</c><00:26:31.599><c> that</c><00:26:31.940><c> immovable</c>

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rock,<00:26:33.000><c> which</c><00:26:33.000><c> is</c><00:26:33.200><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:26:36.180><c> I'm</c><00:26:36.480><c> thankful</c><00:26:36.799><c> to</c><00:26:36.960><c> God</c><00:26:37.279><c> who's</c><00:26:37.539><c> always</c><00:26:37.859><c> been</c><00:26:38.140><c> sending</c><00:26:38.359><c> help</c>

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all<00:26:39.299><c> along.</c>

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People<00:26:40.599><c> like</c><00:26:40.859><c> John</c><00:26:41.160><c> Woodward</c><00:26:41.579><c> who</c><00:26:41.799><c> taught</c><00:26:42.039><c> my</c><00:26:42.319><c> Sunday</c><00:26:42.519><c> school</c>

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of<00:26:45.799><c> those</c><00:26:46.000><c> college</c><00:26:46.299><c> years.</c>

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I'm<00:26:47.759><c> thankful</c><00:26:48.059><c> for</c><00:26:48.319><c> Steve</c><00:26:48.579><c> Harper</c><00:26:48.980><c> who</c><00:26:49.700><c> built</c><00:26:49.819><c> me</c><00:26:50.019><c> up</c><00:26:50.180><c> when</c><00:26:50.319><c> I</c>

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was<00:26:50.559><c> first</c><00:26:50.799><c> baptized.</c>

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I'm<00:26:53.440><c> thankful</c><00:26:53.640><c> for</c><00:26:53.880><c> Jim</c><00:26:54.119><c> Boyko</c><00:26:54.619><c> who</c><00:26:55.279><c> encouraged</c><00:26:55.660><c> me</c><00:26:55.859><c> to</c><00:26:55.960><c> get</c>

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And<00:26:59.880><c> I'm</c><00:27:00.220><c> even</c><00:27:00.500><c> thankful</c><00:27:00.799><c> for</c><00:27:01.279><c> Don</c><00:27:01.519><c> Lipsy</c><00:27:01.980><c> who</c><00:27:02.160><c> got</c><00:27:02.420><c> sent</c><00:27:02.640><c> to</c>

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I'm<00:27:17.640><c> not</c><00:27:17.859><c> going</c><00:27:18.059><c> back</c><00:27:18.299><c> to</c><00:27:18.440><c> that</c><00:27:18.559><c> way</c><00:27:18.700><c> of</c><00:27:18.859><c> thinking,</c>

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Bible,<00:27:27.460><c> the</c><00:27:27.680><c> proof</c><00:27:27.819><c> texts,</c><00:27:28.720><c> like</c><00:27:28.779><c> as</c><00:27:28.980><c> if</c><00:27:29.119><c> they</c><00:27:29.299><c> disappeared</c>

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it<00:27:29.940><c> didn't</c><00:27:30.099><c> matter</c><00:27:30.380><c> anymore.</c>

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happening<00:27:49.160><c> when</c><00:27:49.599><c> people</c><00:27:49.960><c> go</c><00:27:50.200><c> through</c><00:27:50.420><c> sort</c><00:27:50.619><c> of</c><00:27:50.700><c> this</c>

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reconstruction<00:27:51.579><c> thinking.</c>

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disagreement<00:27:56.940><c> exists</c><00:27:57.299><c> between</c><00:27:57.599><c> believers</c><00:27:58.059><c> is</c><00:27:58.480><c> always</c><00:27:59.000><c> an</c><00:27:59.220><c> opportunity</c><00:27:59.680><c> to</c>

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and<00:28:01.900><c> gain</c><00:28:02.099><c> appreciation</c><00:28:02.779><c> for</c><00:28:03.079><c> the</c><00:28:03.279><c> richness</c><00:28:03.579><c> of</c><00:28:03.839><c> God's</c><00:28:04.279><c> word.</c>

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I<00:28:05.579><c> think</c><00:28:05.720><c> I</c><00:28:05.839><c> just</c><00:28:06.000><c> began</c><00:28:06.200><c> to</c><00:28:06.500><c> realize</c><00:28:06.819><c> that</c><00:28:07.039><c> God</c><00:28:07.279><c> has</c><00:28:07.480><c> a</c><00:28:07.559><c> more</c><00:28:07.839><c> expansive</c><00:28:08.460><c> view</c><00:28:08.779><c> of</c><00:28:08.920><c> who</c><00:28:09.099><c> belongs</c><00:28:09.500><c> to</c><00:28:09.700><c> him</c><00:28:09.839><c> than</c><00:28:10.019><c> maybe</c><00:28:10.299><c> I</c>

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once<00:28:10.759><c> thought.</c>

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they<00:28:16.259><c> follow</c><00:28:16.519><c> me</c><00:28:17.079><c> and</c><00:28:18.059><c> I'm</c><00:28:18.480><c> ready</c><00:28:18.680><c> to</c><00:28:18.859><c> let</c><00:28:18.920><c> Jesus</c><00:28:19.359><c> identify</c>

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