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fire<00:10:56.899><c> are</c><00:10:57.840><c> people</c><00:10:58.100><c> who</c><00:10:58.279><c> have</c><00:10:58.419><c> got</c><00:10:58.899><c> some</c><00:10:59.179><c> money,</c>

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they<00:11:00.340><c> are</c><00:11:00.519><c> people</c><00:11:00.759><c> who</c><00:11:00.940><c> have</c><00:11:01.059><c> got</c><00:11:01.240><c> some</c><00:11:01.480><c> means,</c><00:11:03.100><c> and</c><00:11:03.460><c> these</c><00:11:03.860><c> are</c><00:11:04.200><c> people</c><00:11:04.519><c> who</c><00:11:04.759><c> are</c><00:11:05.019><c> throwing</c><00:11:05.220><c> away,</c><00:11:05.940><c> in</c><00:11:06.200><c> fact,</c>

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and<00:11:06.820><c> they're</c><00:11:07.059><c> burning,</c><00:11:07.559><c> in</c><00:11:07.879><c> fact,</c><00:11:08.600><c> their</c><00:11:08.799><c> previous</c><00:11:09.259><c> way</c><00:11:09.460><c> of</c>

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life<00:11:10.120><c> and</c><00:11:10.519><c> their</c><00:11:10.779><c> previous</c><00:11:11.279><c> reading</c><00:11:11.659><c> literature.</c>

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And<00:11:12.980><c> if</c><00:11:13.100><c> it</c><00:11:13.220><c> was</c><00:11:13.360><c> today,</c><00:11:13.840><c> I</c><00:11:14.000><c> suspect</c><00:11:14.559><c> the</c><00:11:15.519><c> bonfire</c><00:11:16.019><c> would</c><00:11:16.200><c> be</c>

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fed<00:11:16.620><c> by</c><00:11:16.899><c> videotapes,</c><00:11:18.320><c> cassette</c><00:11:18.559><c> tapes,</c>

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and<00:11:19.600><c> a</c><00:11:19.679><c> lot</c><00:11:19.820><c> of</c><00:11:20.019><c> other</c><00:11:20.220><c> stuff</c><00:11:20.539><c> that</c><00:11:20.740><c> is</c><00:11:20.919><c> the</c><00:11:21.059><c> source</c><00:11:21.259><c> of</c><00:11:21.480><c> our</c><00:11:21.600><c> media.</c>

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Now<00:11:23.299><c> you're</c><00:11:23.460><c> all</c><00:11:23.720><c> smiling,</c><00:11:24.059><c> I</c><00:11:24.240><c> know,</c><00:11:24.860><c> I'm</c><00:11:25.139><c> deliberately</c><00:11:25.500><c> using</c><00:11:25.860><c> contemporary</c><00:11:26.399><c> references,</c><00:11:27.399><c> but</c>

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you<00:11:27.720><c> know,</c><00:11:27.899><c> that's</c><00:11:28.139><c> what</c><00:11:28.279><c> it's</c><00:11:28.440><c> all</c><00:11:28.639><c> about.</c>

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It's<00:11:30.299><c> not</c><00:11:30.440><c> that</c><00:11:30.659><c> everything</c><00:11:30.980><c> that</c><00:11:31.159><c> was</c><00:11:31.299><c> in</c><00:11:31.440><c> a</c><00:11:31.559><c> book,</c><00:11:32.019><c> it's</c><00:11:32.200><c> not</c>

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that<00:11:32.600><c> every</c><00:11:32.820><c> piece</c><00:11:33.059><c> of</c><00:11:33.259><c> literature</c><00:11:33.539><c> was</c><00:11:33.740><c> worth</c><00:11:34.000><c> burning,</c>

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but<00:11:35.320><c> what</c><00:11:35.519><c> was</c><00:11:35.799><c> burned</c><00:11:36.220><c> was</c><00:11:36.840><c> the</c><00:11:37.100><c> stuff</c><00:11:37.299><c> that</c><00:11:37.580><c> influenced</c><00:11:37.960><c> their</c><00:11:38.200><c> old</c>

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way<00:11:38.580><c> of</c><00:11:38.799><c> life.</c>

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When<00:11:40.179><c> Paul,</c><00:11:40.860><c> without</c><00:11:41.159><c> telling</c><00:11:41.519><c> them,</c><00:11:42.379><c> makes</c><00:11:42.519><c> his</c><00:11:42.740><c> initial</c><00:11:43.139><c> impact</c><00:11:43.840><c> by</c>

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the<00:11:44.539><c> preaching</c><00:11:44.779><c> of</c><00:11:44.980><c> the</c><00:11:45.139><c> Bible,</c>

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Paul<00:11:46.259><c> doesn't</c><00:11:46.559><c> stand</c><00:11:46.860><c> up</c><00:11:47.059><c> and</c><00:11:47.200><c> say,</c><00:11:47.539><c> get</c><00:11:47.539><c> all</c><00:11:47.720><c> your</c><00:11:47.919><c> videotapes</c><00:11:48.440><c> and</c><00:11:48.580><c> burn</c><00:11:48.759><c> them.</c>

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He<00:11:50.139><c> doesn't</c><00:11:50.379><c> say,</c><00:11:50.639><c> get</c><00:11:50.799><c> all</c><00:11:51.080><c> your</c><00:11:51.259><c> pornography</c><00:11:51.799><c> and</c><00:11:52.019><c> go</c><00:11:52.139><c> and</c>

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burn<00:11:52.480><c> it.</c>

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He<00:11:53.399><c> doesn't</c><00:11:53.679><c> say,</c><00:11:53.940><c> gather</c><00:11:54.240><c> all</c><00:11:54.500><c> your</c><00:11:54.779><c> newspapers</c><00:11:55.120><c> up</c><00:11:55.379><c> and</c><00:11:55.539><c> go</c>

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and<00:11:55.860><c> burn</c><00:11:55.980><c> it.</c>

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They<00:11:57.000><c> did</c><00:11:57.259><c> it</c><00:11:57.480><c> themselves</c><00:11:58.200><c> as</c><00:11:59.259><c> converts</c><00:11:59.919><c> to</c><00:12:00.340><c> Paul,</c><00:12:01.279><c> to</c><00:12:01.419><c> the</c>

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truth,<00:12:01.940><c> better</c><00:12:02.120><c> said.</c>

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Paul<00:12:03.539><c> doesn't</c><00:12:03.779><c> tell</c><00:12:03.960><c> them</c><00:12:04.059><c> to</c><00:12:04.159><c> do</c><00:12:04.299><c> that.</c><00:12:04.720><c> They</c><00:12:05.000><c> do</c><00:12:05.340><c> it</c><00:12:06.419><c> because</c>

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their<00:12:07.820><c> logic</c><00:12:08.299><c> reasoned</c><00:12:08.840><c> as</c><00:12:08.980><c> follows.</c>

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I<00:12:10.480><c> believe</c><00:12:10.860><c> now</c><00:12:11.379><c> that</c><00:12:11.539><c> I've</c><00:12:11.779><c> been</c><00:12:11.980><c> following</c><00:12:12.240><c> the</c><00:12:12.480><c> wrong</c><00:12:12.700><c> course</c><00:12:13.200><c> as</c>

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an<00:12:13.820><c> Ephesian.</c>

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I<00:12:15.240><c> believe</c><00:12:15.620><c> that</c><00:12:15.779><c> I've</c><00:12:15.940><c> been</c><00:12:16.019><c> on</c><00:12:16.080><c> the</c><00:12:16.240><c> wrong</c><00:12:16.519><c> course</c><00:12:16.899><c> and</c><00:12:17.179><c> all</c>

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that<00:12:17.639><c> garbage</c><00:12:18.100><c> that</c><00:12:18.259><c> I've</c><00:12:18.419><c> been</c><00:12:18.539><c> reading</c><00:12:18.720><c> at</c><00:12:18.980><c> home</c>

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isn't<00:12:19.419><c> worth</c><00:12:19.620><c> the</c><00:12:19.860><c> paper</c><00:12:20.059><c> it's</c><00:12:20.279><c> written</c><00:12:20.460><c> on</c><00:12:20.899><c> or</c><00:12:21.600><c> the</c><00:12:21.799><c> tape</c><00:12:21.980><c> it's</c><00:12:22.320><c> played</c><00:12:22.480><c> on.</c>

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And<00:12:24.080><c> they</c><00:12:24.379><c> reasoned</c><00:12:24.960><c> as</c><00:12:25.340><c> converts,</c><00:12:26.320><c> hardly</c><00:12:26.580><c> in</c><00:12:26.799><c> the</c><00:12:27.120><c> truth</c><00:12:27.340><c> for</c><00:12:27.720><c> more</c><00:12:27.980><c> than</c><00:12:28.120><c> a</c>

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gather<00:12:32.960><c> all</c><00:12:33.240><c> that</c><00:12:33.460><c> garbage</c><00:12:33.840><c> and</c><00:12:34.080><c> burn</c><00:12:34.320><c> it.</c>

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And<00:12:36.740><c> you</c><00:12:36.840><c> know,</c><00:12:37.399><c> Paul</c><00:12:37.500><c> didn't</c><00:12:37.720><c> tell</c><00:12:37.899><c> them</c><00:12:38.039><c> to</c><00:12:38.200><c> do</c><00:12:38.360><c> that.</c>

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And<00:12:39.259><c> it</c><00:12:39.320><c> wasn't</c><00:12:39.539><c> like</c><00:12:39.740><c> mom</c><00:12:39.919><c> and</c><00:12:40.080><c> dad</c><00:12:40.279><c> were</c><00:12:40.480><c> saying,</c><00:12:41.100><c> go</c><00:12:41.139><c> get</c><00:12:41.279><c> that</c><00:12:41.580><c> stuff</c><00:12:41.700><c> under</c><00:12:41.860><c> your</c><00:12:42.059><c> mattress</c><00:12:42.360><c> and</c><00:12:42.539><c> throw</c><00:12:42.759><c> it</c><00:12:42.879><c> out.</c>

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Inconsistent<00:12:49.080><c> with</c><00:12:49.559><c> what</c><00:12:49.820><c> now</c><00:12:50.259><c> they</c><00:12:50.539><c> were</c><00:12:50.759><c> convinced</c><00:12:51.220><c> of.</c>

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Now<00:12:52.799><c> I</c><00:12:52.799><c> hope</c><00:12:53.000><c> that's</c><00:12:53.259><c> just</c><00:12:53.559><c> the</c><00:12:53.659><c> tip</c><00:12:53.779><c> of</c><00:12:53.899><c> the</c><00:12:54.059><c> iceberg.</c>

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Ephesians<00:12:56.039><c> is</c><00:12:56.379><c> an</c><00:12:56.639><c> epistle.</c>

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And<00:13:03.860><c> that's</c><00:13:04.240><c> a</c><00:13:04.419><c> very</c><00:13:04.860><c> interesting</c><00:13:05.480><c> insight</c><00:13:06.019><c> into</c><00:13:06.519><c> what</c><00:13:06.759><c> it</c><00:13:06.879><c> was</c><00:13:07.100><c> like</c><00:13:07.379><c> in</c>

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those<00:13:07.940><c> days</c><00:13:08.179><c> to</c><00:13:08.399><c> live</c><00:13:08.500><c> in</c><00:13:08.720><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Okay,<00:13:10.379><c> let's</c><00:13:10.620><c> just</c><00:13:10.879><c> select</c><00:13:11.120><c> a</c><00:13:11.299><c> few</c><00:13:11.419><c> other</c><00:13:11.700><c> sections</c><00:13:12.039><c> there</c><00:13:12.279><c> in</c>

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your<00:13:12.580><c> notes.</c>

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Go<00:13:15.539><c> down</c><00:13:15.700><c> to</c><00:13:15.860><c> the</c><00:13:16.039><c> bottom</c><00:13:16.559><c> where</c><00:13:17.799><c> you'll</c><00:13:18.159><c> see</c><00:13:18.480><c> in</c><00:13:19.080><c> larger</c><00:13:19.379><c> print</c><00:13:19.720><c> what</c>

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I<00:13:20.100><c> read</c><00:13:20.240><c> from</c><00:13:20.440><c> the</c><00:13:20.659><c> first</c><00:13:20.840><c> cover.</c>

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I<00:13:21.600><c> won't</c><00:13:21.799><c> labor</c><00:13:22.080><c> that</c><00:13:22.299><c> again.</c>

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I<00:13:23.039><c> want</c><00:13:23.200><c> you</c><00:13:23.340><c> to</c><00:13:23.360><c> go</c><00:13:23.539><c> down</c><00:13:23.720><c> to</c><00:13:23.940><c> the</c><00:13:24.000><c> very</c><00:13:24.259><c> bottom</c><00:13:24.519><c> of</c><00:13:24.659><c> the</c><00:13:24.840><c> page.</c>

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The<00:13:26.480><c> stadium.</c>

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Now,<00:13:28.179><c> catch</c><00:13:28.480><c> this.</c>

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We've<00:13:30.059><c> mentioned</c><00:13:30.299><c> literature,</c><00:13:31.019><c> we've</c><00:13:31.240><c> mentioned</c><00:13:31.440><c> religion,</c>

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we've<00:13:32.379><c> mentioned</c><00:13:32.600><c> superstition,</c><00:13:33.399><c> and</c><00:13:33.500><c> we've</c><00:13:33.820><c> mentioned</c><00:13:33.980><c> the</c><00:13:34.299><c> occult.</c>

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All<00:13:35.899><c> of</c><00:13:36.100><c> which</c><00:13:36.320><c> were</c><00:13:36.600><c> threading</c><00:13:36.940><c> their</c><00:13:37.080><c> ways</c><00:13:37.379><c> through</c><00:13:38.039><c> Ephesian</c><00:13:38.539><c> society</c><00:13:39.159><c> and</c>

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Ephesian<00:13:40.000><c> media.</c>

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But<00:13:41.200><c> look</c><00:13:41.299><c> at</c><00:13:41.360><c> the</c><00:13:41.580><c> bottom.</c>

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had<00:13:48.460><c> a</c><00:13:48.799><c> diameter.</c>

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Remember<00:13:50.179><c> that</c><00:13:50.419><c> in</c><00:13:50.600><c> Geometry?</c>

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The<00:13:52.419><c> diameter?</c>

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Had<00:13:53.379><c> a</c><00:13:53.480><c> diameter</c><00:13:53.960><c> of</c><00:13:54.179><c> about</c><00:13:54.539><c> 660</c><00:13:55.340><c> feet.</c>

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And<00:13:56.960><c> was</c><00:13:57.159><c> thereby</c><00:13:58.159><c> capable</c><00:13:58.820><c> of</c><00:13:59.120><c> seating</c><00:13:59.860><c> 57</c><00:14:01.299><c>,000</c><00:14:02.799><c> people.</c>

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Now<00:14:03.820><c> my</c><00:14:03.980><c> Detroiters</c><00:14:04.480><c> that</c><00:14:04.620><c> are</c><00:14:04.799><c> here.</c>

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The<00:14:06.580><c> stadium</c><00:14:07.220><c> for</c><00:14:08.759><c> the</c><00:14:09.000><c> NBA</c><00:14:09.460><c> outside</c><00:14:10.519><c> in</c><00:14:10.919><c> Plymouth.</c>

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How<00:14:11.500><c> many</c><00:14:11.700><c> does</c><00:14:11.860><c> it</c><00:14:12.039><c> seat?</c>

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Outside<00:14:13.340><c> where?</c>

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Is<00:14:14.340><c> it</c><00:14:14.460><c> Plymouth?</c>

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Where's<00:14:15.019><c> the</c><00:14:15.200><c> stadium?</c>

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The<00:14:16.039><c> football</c><00:14:16.860><c> one?</c>

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Yeah,<00:14:17.940><c> the</c><00:14:18.039><c> football</c><00:14:18.299><c> one.</c>

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It's<00:14:18.960><c> 80</c><00:14:19.120><c>,000.</c>

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How<00:14:19.659><c> many?</c>

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80<00:14:20.679><c>,000.</c>

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80<00:14:21.259><c>,000.</c>

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Now<00:14:21.820><c> where</c><00:14:21.940><c> do</c><00:14:22.019><c> the</c><00:14:22.159><c> Pistons</c><00:14:22.419><c> play?</c>

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The<00:14:23.279><c> Pistons</c><00:14:23.340><c> play</c><00:14:23.500><c> in</c><00:14:23.659><c> the</c><00:14:23.820><c> Palace.</c>

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That's<00:14:24.240><c> about</c><00:14:24.539><c> 21</c><00:14:25.059><c>,000.</c>

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So<00:14:26.000><c> the,</c><00:14:26.700><c> I</c><00:14:27.000><c> guess</c><00:14:27.159><c> I'm</c><00:14:27.340><c> thinking</c><00:14:27.600><c> of</c><00:14:27.799><c> Pontiac,</c><00:14:28.240><c> aren't</c><00:14:28.360><c> I?</c>

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Sorry<00:14:28.960><c> about</c><00:14:29.139><c> that.</c>

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All<00:14:29.600><c> right,</c><00:14:29.720><c> Pontiac.</c>

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Wrong<00:14:30.639><c> place.</c>

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Okay.

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Go<00:14:32.700><c> over</c><00:14:32.779><c> that</c><00:14:32.919><c> again,</c><00:14:33.259><c> Matt.</c>

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Well,<00:14:34.220><c> the</c><00:14:34.379><c> Palace</c><00:14:34.820><c> is</c><00:14:35.279><c> where</c><00:14:35.340><c> the</c><00:14:35.539><c> Pistons</c><00:14:35.799><c> play</c><00:14:36.039><c> and</c><00:14:36.159><c> that</c>

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holds<00:14:36.419><c> about</c><00:14:36.700><c> 21</c><00:14:37.159><c>,000.</c>

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All<00:14:38.220><c> right.</c>

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This<00:14:39.139><c> seated</c><00:14:39.399><c> about</c><00:14:39.759><c> 57</c><00:14:40.519><c>,000.</c>

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That's<00:14:42.659><c> not</c><00:14:42.919><c> bad.</c>

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Pardon?

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That's<00:14:44.039><c> Tiger</c><00:14:44.320><c> Stadium.</c>

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Tiger<00:14:44.879><c> Stadium,</c><00:14:45.220><c> thank</c><00:14:45.480><c> you.</c>

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That's<00:14:45.820><c> the</c><00:14:45.919><c> kind</c><00:14:46.019><c> of</c><00:14:46.139><c> reference</c><00:14:46.360><c> I'm</c><00:14:46.519><c> looking</c><00:14:46.759><c> for.</c>

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Great,<00:14:47.220><c> thank</c><00:14:47.519><c> you.</c>

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That's<00:14:48.460><c> a</c><00:14:48.620><c> lot</c><00:14:48.980><c> of</c><00:14:49.399><c> space</c><00:14:49.700><c> for</c><00:14:49.940><c> a</c><00:14:49.960><c> lot</c><00:14:50.200><c> of</c><00:14:50.419><c> people.</c>

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57<00:14:52.559><c>,000</c><00:14:53.159><c> people</c><00:14:53.700><c> and</c><00:14:54.299><c> we're</c><00:14:54.460><c> looking</c><00:14:54.659><c> at</c><00:14:54.899><c> when?</c>

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2<00:14:56.299><c>,000</c><00:14:56.600><c> years</c><00:14:56.860><c> ago.</c>

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Sports<00:15:00.480><c> were</c><00:15:00.700><c> a</c><00:15:00.799><c> big</c><00:15:01.000><c> thing</c><00:15:02.120><c> in</c><00:15:02.860><c> Ephesus.</c>

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So<00:15:03.919><c> to</c><00:15:04.080><c> have</c><00:15:04.220><c> the</c><00:15:04.539><c> size</c><00:15:04.759><c> of</c><00:15:05.080><c> stadium</c><00:15:05.340><c> that</c><00:15:05.620><c> we</c><00:15:05.860><c> have</c><00:15:06.100><c> today</c><00:15:06.679><c> is</c>

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not<00:15:07.639><c> really,</c><00:15:08.220><c> it's</c><00:15:08.700><c> not</c><00:15:08.899><c> really</c><00:15:09.139><c> challenging</c>

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what<00:15:11.159><c> they</c><00:15:11.379><c> were</c><00:15:11.559><c> used</c><00:15:11.740><c> to.</c>

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They<00:15:11.980><c> were</c><00:15:12.279><c> sports</c><00:15:12.600><c> nuts</c><00:15:12.840><c> as</c><00:15:13.279><c> well,</c><00:15:13.919><c> sports</c><00:15:14.159><c> fans.</c>

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They<00:15:16.220><c> loved</c><00:15:16.740><c> to</c><00:15:17.019><c> see</c><00:15:17.340><c> their</c><00:15:17.679><c> sports.</c>

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So<00:15:19.379><c> they</c><00:15:19.460><c> were</c><00:15:19.659><c> very</c><00:15:20.120><c> preoccupied</c><00:15:20.960><c> with</c><00:15:21.139><c> spending</c><00:15:21.419><c> time</c><00:15:21.799><c> and</c>

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money<00:15:22.220><c> and</c><00:15:22.419><c> effort.</c>

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There's<00:15:23.899><c> a</c><00:15:23.980><c> different</c><00:15:24.179><c> kind</c><00:15:24.460><c> of</c><00:15:24.600><c> sport,</c><00:15:24.960><c> though.</c>

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Pardon<00:15:25.279><c> me?</c>

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Different<00:15:26.000><c> kind</c><00:15:26.279><c> of</c><00:15:26.500><c> sport,</c><00:15:26.779><c> like</c><00:15:26.940><c> barbaric</c><00:15:27.639><c> type</c><00:15:27.899><c> fight</c><00:15:28.220><c> sports.</c>

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Some<00:15:29.480><c> of</c><00:15:29.580><c> them</c><00:15:29.700><c> were</c><00:15:29.879><c> barbaric</c><00:15:30.440><c> sports.</c>

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You<00:15:31.960><c> trying</c><00:15:32.200><c> to</c><00:15:32.320><c> tell</c><00:15:32.419><c> me</c><00:15:32.539><c> the</c><00:15:32.740><c> sports</c><00:15:32.899><c> today</c><00:15:33.080><c> aren't</c><00:15:33.240><c> barbaric?</c>

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No.

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Good.

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So<00:15:35.299><c> someone's</c><00:15:35.820><c> saying</c><00:15:35.980><c> they</c><00:15:36.399><c> add</c><00:15:36.659><c> on</c><00:15:37.019><c> class</c><00:15:37.379><c> to</c><00:15:37.639><c> make</c><00:15:37.899><c> footballs</c><00:15:38.639><c> and</c><00:15:38.779><c> stuff</c><00:15:38.960><c> to</c>

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do<00:15:39.639><c> that.</c>

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They<00:15:40.360><c> must</c><00:15:40.399><c> have</c><00:15:41.460><c> rocks</c><00:15:41.779><c> as</c><00:15:42.039><c> footballs.</c>

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What<00:15:44.700><c> were</c><00:15:44.860><c> some</c><00:15:45.039><c> of</c><00:15:45.139><c> the</c><00:15:45.299><c> sports</c><00:15:45.519><c> the</c><00:15:45.720><c> Greeks</c><00:15:45.899><c> played?</c>

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Does<00:15:46.360><c> anybody</c><00:15:46.600><c> know?</c>

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Just<00:15:47.240><c> out</c><00:15:47.340><c> of</c><00:15:47.460><c> interest?</c>

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No.

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They<00:15:48.000><c> had</c><00:15:48.220><c> the</c><00:15:48.399><c> run</c><00:15:48.580><c> of</c><00:15:49.600><c> the</c><00:15:49.740><c> races.</c>

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Oh,<00:15:50.379><c> they</c><00:15:50.440><c> had</c><00:15:50.519><c> the</c><00:15:50.700><c> Olympic</c><00:15:50.940><c> games,</c><00:15:51.659><c> true.</c>

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But<00:15:52.299><c> in</c><00:15:53.220><c> their</c><00:15:53.440><c> stadium,</c><00:15:54.120><c> what</c><00:15:54.320><c> did</c><00:15:54.379><c> they</c><00:15:54.519><c> do?</c>

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They<00:15:54.539><c> must</c><00:15:54.620><c> have</c><00:15:54.840><c> had</c><00:15:55.279><c> football</c><00:15:55.720><c> or</c><00:15:56.019><c> something.</c>

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Yes.

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They<00:15:57.659><c> had</c><00:15:58.259><c> gladiator</c><00:15:58.860><c> fights,</c><00:15:59.179><c> that's</c><00:15:59.580><c> true.</c>

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Chariot<00:16:00.519><c> races.</c>

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Chariot<00:16:01.139><c> races,</c><00:16:01.899><c> that's</c><00:16:02.279><c> right.</c>

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A<00:16:03.240><c> lot</c><00:16:03.360><c> of</c><00:16:03.519><c> different</c><00:16:03.659><c> things,</c><00:16:03.940><c> just</c><00:16:04.299><c> very</c><00:16:04.600><c> similar.</c>

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If<00:16:04.919><c> you</c><00:16:05.059><c> think</c><00:16:05.240><c> about</c><00:16:05.460><c> it</c><00:16:05.580><c> and</c><00:16:05.720><c> translate</c><00:16:06.139><c> it</c><00:16:06.259><c> into</c><00:16:06.399><c> our</c><00:16:06.659><c> experience,</c><00:16:07.899><c> a</c><00:16:07.940><c> lot</c>

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of<00:16:08.220><c> their</c><00:16:08.440><c> sports</c><00:16:08.799><c> were</c>

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certainly<00:16:09.480><c> brutal,</c><00:16:10.200><c> but</c><00:16:10.580><c> my</c><00:16:11.360><c> observation</c><00:16:11.899><c> is</c><00:16:12.159><c> today</c><00:16:12.480><c> that</c><00:16:12.779><c> there's</c><00:16:13.000><c> not</c><00:16:13.179><c> a</c>

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lot<00:16:13.460><c> of</c><00:16:13.639><c> difference,</c>

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although<00:16:14.120><c> perhaps</c><00:16:14.620><c> they</c><00:16:15.399><c> would</c><00:16:15.659><c> finally</c><00:16:15.879><c> kill</c><00:16:16.159><c> them.</c>

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Some<00:16:16.480><c> of</c><00:16:16.639><c> our</c><00:16:16.840><c> sports</c><00:16:17.059><c> people</c><00:16:17.299><c> have</c><00:16:17.460><c> been</c><00:16:17.639><c> killed,</c><00:16:18.000><c> too.</c>

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All<00:16:19.100><c> right.</c>

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Let's<00:16:19.340><c> go</c><00:16:19.440><c> to</c><00:16:19.539><c> the</c><00:16:19.600><c> next</c><00:16:19.759><c> page.</c>

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Life<00:16:23.000><c> in</c><00:16:23.220><c> Ephesus.</c>

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We'll<00:16:25.340><c> come</c><00:16:25.500><c> down</c><00:16:25.679><c> to</c><00:16:25.860><c> Paul</c><00:16:26.100><c> in</c><00:16:26.299><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Five<00:16:29.740><c> points.</c>

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We're<00:16:30.299><c> not</c><00:16:30.419><c> going</c><00:16:30.539><c> to</c><00:16:30.639><c> read</c><00:16:30.740><c> them</c><00:16:30.919><c> each.</c>

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Just<00:16:31.539><c> want</c><00:16:31.659><c> you</c><00:16:31.779><c> to</c><00:16:32.000><c> notice</c><00:16:32.399><c> some</c><00:16:32.779><c> of</c><00:16:32.879><c> the</c><00:16:33.019><c> key</c><00:16:33.259><c> details</c><00:16:33.620><c> there.</c>

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Number<00:16:35.659><c> one,</c><00:16:35.919><c> Paul</c><00:16:36.179><c> visited</c><00:16:36.580><c> Ephesus</c><00:16:37.019><c> in</c><00:16:37.179><c> his</c><00:16:37.399><c> second</c><00:16:37.639><c> journey.</c>

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Number<00:16:40.059><c> two,</c><00:16:40.759><c> Apollos,</c><00:16:41.440><c> referred</c><00:16:41.759><c> to</c><00:16:41.919><c> in</c><00:16:42.039><c> the</c><00:16:42.259><c> Acts,</c><00:16:42.519><c> is</c><00:16:42.659><c> first</c><00:16:42.940><c> introduced</c><00:16:43.360><c> in</c>

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Scripture<00:16:43.919><c> at</c><00:16:44.179><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Number<00:16:46.860><c> three,</c><00:16:47.740><c> it</c><00:16:47.799><c> was</c><00:16:47.980><c> during</c><00:16:48.279><c> Paul's</c><00:16:48.779><c> third</c><00:16:49.120><c> missionary</c>

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journey<00:16:49.919><c> that</c><00:16:50.059><c> he</c><00:16:50.259><c> arrived</c><00:16:50.519><c> in</c><00:16:50.720><c> Ephesus,</c>

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not<00:16:52.019><c> long</c><00:16:52.259><c> after</c><00:16:52.620><c> Apollos</c><00:16:53.059><c> had</c><00:16:53.360><c> left.</c>

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Number<00:16:55.000><c> four,</c><00:16:55.840><c> Paul</c><00:16:56.220><c> remained</c><00:16:56.600><c> in</c><00:16:56.799><c> Ephesus,</c><00:16:57.820><c> first</c><00:16:58.139><c> preaching</c><00:16:58.500><c> in</c><00:16:58.679><c> the</c>

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synagogue<00:16:59.240><c> for</c><00:16:59.399><c> about</c><00:16:59.659><c> three</c>

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months,<00:16:59.940><c> and</c><00:17:00.360><c> then</c><00:17:00.500><c> for</c><00:17:00.639><c> about</c><00:17:00.940><c> two</c><00:17:01.220><c> years</c><00:17:01.600><c> in</c><00:17:02.080><c> the</c><00:17:02.259><c> school</c><00:17:02.480><c> of</c><00:17:02.700><c> Tyrannus.</c>

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So<00:17:05.380><c> Paul</c><00:17:05.740><c> is</c><00:17:06.079><c> in</c><00:17:06.319><c> Ephesus</c><00:17:06.720><c> longer</c><00:17:07.200><c> than</c><00:17:07.400><c> he</c><00:17:07.579><c> is</c><00:17:07.720><c> in</c><00:17:07.839><c> most</c><00:17:08.319><c> cities.</c>

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He's<00:17:11.720><c> actually</c><00:17:11.940><c> a</c><00:17:12.079><c> little</c><00:17:12.180><c> older</c><00:17:12.380><c> than</c><00:17:12.579><c> that.</c>

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Good.

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Okay.

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Let<00:17:17.960><c> me</c><00:17:18.099><c> explain</c><00:17:18.299><c> what</c><00:17:18.480><c> school</c><00:17:18.700><c> means.</c>

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That's<00:17:19.160><c> a</c><00:17:19.240><c> good</c><00:17:19.339><c> question.</c>

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The<00:17:20.240><c> word</c><00:17:20.500><c> school</c><00:17:20.819><c> there</c><00:17:21.099><c> actually</c><00:17:21.420><c> means</c><00:17:21.660><c> lecture</c><00:17:22.000><c> hall.</c>

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That<00:17:23.920><c> makes</c><00:17:24.119><c> a</c><00:17:24.279><c> difference.</c>

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It<00:17:25.140><c> was</c><00:17:25.279><c> a</c><00:17:25.460><c> lecture</c><00:17:25.680><c> hall.</c>

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Not<00:17:26.460><c> so</c><00:17:26.680><c> much</c><00:17:26.839><c> for</c><00:17:27.099><c> kiddies,</c><00:17:27.980><c> but</c><00:17:28.099><c> rather</c><00:17:28.420><c> for</c><00:17:28.599><c> people</c><00:17:28.859><c> who</c><00:17:29.019><c> are</c><00:17:29.220><c> interested</c><00:17:29.680><c> in</c>

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hearing<00:17:30.440><c> lectures</c><00:17:30.859><c> on</c>

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different<00:17:31.359><c> Greek</c><00:17:32.079><c> topics,</c><00:17:32.940><c> Roman</c><00:17:33.200><c> topics,</c><00:17:33.720><c> listening</c><00:17:33.960><c> to</c><00:17:34.180><c> some</c><00:17:34.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:34.519><c> Greek</c><00:17:34.720><c> epics,</c><00:17:35.720><c> and</c><00:17:35.839><c> listening</c>

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to<00:17:36.359><c> debates</c><00:17:36.640><c> and</c><00:17:36.819><c> things</c><00:17:37.019><c> like</c><00:17:37.240><c> that.</c>

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So<00:17:37.500><c> that</c><00:17:37.579><c> was</c><00:17:37.759><c> mostly</c><00:17:38.099><c> adult</c><00:17:38.700><c> schooling.</c>

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Okay?

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But<00:17:40.259><c> I</c><00:17:40.339><c> don't</c><00:17:40.480><c> mind</c><00:17:40.619><c> you</c><00:17:40.799><c> asking</c><00:17:40.940><c> the</c><00:17:41.140><c> question.</c>

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That's<00:17:41.619><c> good.</c>

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So<00:17:42.200><c> let's</c><00:17:42.400><c> look</c><00:17:42.559><c> at</c><00:17:42.680><c> the</c><00:17:42.759><c> notes</c><00:17:42.900><c> again.</c>

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I<00:17:43.500><c> want</c><00:17:43.579><c> you</c><00:17:43.700><c> to</c><00:17:43.819><c> come</c><00:17:43.920><c> to</c><00:17:44.059><c> the</c><00:17:44.180><c> yellow</c><00:17:44.440><c> sheet.</c>

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Outline<00:17:47.400><c> of</c><00:17:47.680><c> Ephesus.</c>

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It's<00:17:48.279><c> your</c><00:17:48.380><c> last</c><00:17:48.660><c> page.</c>

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Not<00:17:53.940><c> yellow?</c>

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Some<00:17:54.759><c> of</c><00:17:54.859><c> you</c><00:17:54.940><c> got</c><00:17:55.119><c> white?</c>

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Okay.

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Thank<00:17:57.200><c> you.</c>

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Last<00:17:57.579><c> page.</c>

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Now,<00:18:02.740><c> if</c><00:18:02.880><c> you're</c><00:18:03.119><c> interested,</c><00:18:03.940><c> I</c><00:18:04.059><c> think</c><00:18:04.220><c> it</c><00:18:04.460><c> helps</c><00:18:04.759><c> to</c><00:18:04.980><c> look</c><00:18:05.140><c> at</c><00:18:05.279><c> a</c>

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book<00:18:05.619><c> from</c><00:18:05.839><c> its</c><00:18:06.119><c> structure.</c>

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That<00:18:07.019><c> is,</c><00:18:07.279><c> the</c><00:18:07.299><c> way</c><00:18:07.539><c> the</c><00:18:07.660><c> book</c><00:18:07.880><c> is</c><00:18:08.599><c> put</c><00:18:08.900><c> together</c><00:18:09.279><c> by</c><00:18:09.519><c> the</c><00:18:09.700><c> apostle</c><00:18:10.019><c> or</c>

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by<00:18:10.380><c> the</c><00:18:10.480><c> Holy</c><00:18:10.680><c> Spirit.</c>

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So,<00:18:12.700><c> if</c><00:18:12.839><c> you</c><00:18:13.019><c> take</c><00:18:13.180><c> a</c><00:18:13.380><c> look,</c><00:18:14.859><c> kind</c><00:18:15.119><c> of</c><00:18:15.339><c> an</c><00:18:15.700><c> overview</c><00:18:16.319><c> of</c><00:18:16.640><c> the</c><00:18:17.000><c> book</c><00:18:17.180><c> of</c>

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Ephesians,<00:18:18.339><c> you'll</c><00:18:18.579><c> notice</c><00:18:18.759><c> I've</c>

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got<00:18:19.200><c> two</c><00:18:19.579><c> dark</c><00:18:20.099><c> shaded</c><00:18:20.539><c> headings.</c>

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chapters<00:18:22.599><c> one</c><00:18:22.900><c> to</c><00:18:23.059><c> three,</c><00:18:23.940><c> and</c><00:18:24.220><c> then</c><00:18:24.740><c> part</c><00:18:25.000><c> two</c><00:18:25.279><c> of</c><00:18:25.440><c> the</c><00:18:25.579><c> book,</c>

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chapters<00:18:26.380><c> four</c><00:18:26.640><c> to</c><00:18:26.799><c> six.</c>

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Now,<00:18:28.220><c> we</c><00:18:28.339><c> haven't</c><00:18:28.539><c> just</c><00:18:28.960><c> deliberately</c><00:18:29.259><c> done</c><00:18:29.519><c> that</c><00:18:29.819><c> because</c><00:18:30.019><c> it</c><00:18:30.259><c> sort</c><00:18:30.359><c> of</c><00:18:30.539><c> fits</c><00:18:30.640><c> a</c>

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three<00:18:30.940><c> and</c><00:18:31.059><c> a</c><00:18:31.220><c> three.</c>

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Ephesians<00:18:32.660><c> divides,</c><00:18:33.140><c> in</c><00:18:33.400><c> fact,</c><00:18:33.819><c> evenly</c><00:18:34.079><c> into</c><00:18:34.359><c> two</c><00:18:34.640><c> main</c><00:18:34.859><c> parts.</c>

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Chapter<00:18:36.539><c> four</c><00:18:36.920><c> is</c><00:18:37.140><c> the</c><00:18:37.319><c> hinge</c><00:18:37.480><c> of</c><00:18:37.619><c> the</c><00:18:37.759><c> book.</c>

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Okay?

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And<00:18:39.019><c> you</c><00:18:39.079><c> can</c><00:18:39.279><c> see</c><00:18:39.440><c> that</c><00:18:39.819><c> from</c><00:18:40.019><c> the</c><00:18:40.220><c> following</c><00:18:40.460><c> examples.</c>

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First<00:18:41.940><c> of</c><00:18:42.160><c> all,</c><00:18:42.259><c> if</c><00:18:42.380><c> you</c><00:18:42.420><c> go</c><00:18:42.579><c> back</c><00:18:42.859><c> to</c><00:18:43.019><c> that</c><00:18:43.380><c> part</c><00:18:43.579><c> one</c><00:18:43.819><c> business,</c><00:18:44.359><c> the</c><00:18:44.500><c> top</c>

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of<00:18:44.819><c> your</c><00:18:45.000><c> page,</c><00:18:46.619><c> chapters</c>

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one<00:18:47.099><c> to</c><00:18:47.200><c> three</c><00:18:47.680><c> are</c><00:18:48.119><c> basically</c><00:18:48.839><c> dealing</c><00:18:49.160><c> with</c><00:18:49.480><c> doctrine,</c><00:18:50.339><c> teaching.</c>

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But<00:18:52.440><c> when</c><00:18:52.599><c> you</c><00:18:52.700><c> get</c><00:18:52.900><c> to</c><00:18:53.119><c> chapter</c><00:18:53.400><c> four</c><00:18:53.960><c> and</c><00:18:54.400><c> on</c><00:18:54.619><c> into</c><00:18:54.880><c> chapter</c>

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six,<00:18:55.940><c> coming</c><00:18:56.160><c> down</c><00:18:56.400><c> again</c><00:18:56.640><c> to</c><00:18:56.819><c> the</c><00:18:56.940><c> bottom,</c>

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it's<00:18:58.059><c> very</c><00:18:58.440><c> practical.</c>

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In<00:19:00.279><c> other</c><00:19:00.500><c> words,</c><00:19:00.819><c> you</c><00:19:00.940><c> can</c><00:19:01.119><c> go</c><00:19:01.400><c> through</c><00:19:01.599><c> Ephesians</c><00:19:02.059><c> and</c><00:19:02.559><c> divide</c><00:19:02.960><c> it</c>

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very<00:19:03.420><c> evenly.</c>

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All<00:19:04.559><c> right?</c>

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Chapters<00:19:05.700><c> one</c><00:19:06.039><c> to</c><00:19:06.200><c> three</c><00:19:06.539><c> deals</c><00:19:06.839><c> with</c><00:19:07.140><c> basic</c><00:19:07.599><c> doctrine,</c>

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principles,<00:19:10.299><c> teachings.</c>

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And<00:19:11.779><c> once</c><00:19:12.019><c> you</c><00:19:12.180><c> get</c><00:19:12.460><c> past</c><00:19:12.779><c> chapter</c><00:19:13.180><c> three,</c><00:19:14.980><c> Ephesians</c><00:19:15.319><c> four,</c>

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Ephesians<00:19:16.420><c> five,</c><00:19:16.859><c> and</c><00:19:17.019><c> Ephesians</c><00:19:17.559><c> six</c><00:19:17.940><c> are</c>

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dealing<00:19:18.700><c> with</c><00:19:18.900><c> how</c><00:19:19.099><c> you</c><00:19:19.319><c> put</c><00:19:19.460><c> it</c><00:19:19.619><c> into</c><00:19:19.799><c> practice.</c>

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Ephesians<00:19:22.579><c> four,</c><00:19:22.940><c> five,</c><00:19:23.359><c> and</c><00:19:23.500><c> six</c><00:19:23.779><c> are</c><00:19:23.980><c> dealing</c><00:19:24.180><c> with</c><00:19:24.460><c> practical</c><00:19:24.940><c> issues,</c><00:19:25.740><c> how</c>

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children<00:19:26.559><c> are</c><00:19:26.779><c> supposed</c>

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to<00:19:27.240><c> respect</c><00:19:27.519><c> their</c><00:19:27.799><c> parents,</c><00:19:29.559><c> how</c><00:19:30.180><c> parents</c><00:19:30.599><c> are</c><00:19:30.839><c> supposed</c><00:19:31.059><c> to</c>

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respect<00:19:31.599><c> their</c><00:19:31.859><c> children,</c><00:19:32.539><c> in</c><00:19:33.160><c> all</c>

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fairness.

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Thank<00:19:35.559><c> you.</c>

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The<00:19:37.460><c> second</c><00:19:37.740><c> part</c><00:19:38.000><c> of</c><00:19:38.200><c> Ephesians</c><00:19:38.599><c> deals</c><00:19:39.000><c> with</c><00:19:39.599><c> husband</c><00:19:39.920><c> and</c>

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wife<00:19:40.339><c> relationships,</c><00:19:41.740><c> family</c><00:19:41.880><c> relationships,</c>

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master<00:19:43.779><c>-slave</c><00:19:44.259><c> relationships.</c>

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And<00:19:45.460><c> as</c><00:19:45.559><c> you</c><00:19:45.720><c> well</c><00:19:45.960><c> know,</c><00:19:46.559><c> Ephesians</c><00:19:47.039><c> ends</c><00:19:47.319><c> off</c><00:19:47.599><c> dealing</c><00:19:47.799><c> with</c>

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the<00:19:48.180><c> spiritual</c><00:19:48.500><c> soldier.</c>

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But<00:19:49.420><c> I'm</c><00:19:49.619><c> sure</c><00:19:49.700><c> you've</c><00:19:50.039><c> all</c><00:19:50.339><c> either</c><00:19:50.640><c> got</c><00:19:50.759><c> an</c><00:19:50.940><c> insert</c><00:19:51.200><c> in</c><00:19:51.339><c> your</c>

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Bible<00:19:51.740><c> on</c><00:19:51.940><c> or</c><00:19:52.039><c> you've</c><00:19:52.240><c> seen</c><00:19:52.359><c> pictures</c><00:19:52.660><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:53.420><c> spiritual</c><00:19:53.960><c> soldier</c><00:19:54.420><c> with</c><00:19:54.640><c> the</c><00:19:55.319><c> breastplate</c><00:19:55.880><c> and</c><00:19:56.019><c> the</c><00:19:56.200><c> helmet</c><00:19:56.400><c> and</c><00:19:56.559><c> the</c><00:19:56.779><c> sword</c><00:19:56.900><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:57.299><c> spirit</c>

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and<00:19:57.700><c> his</c><00:19:57.900><c> feet</c><00:19:58.079><c> shod</c><00:19:58.380><c> with</c><00:19:58.539><c> the</c><00:19:58.819><c> preparation</c><00:19:59.160><c> of</c><00:19:59.319><c> the</c><00:19:59.480><c> gospel.</c>

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But<00:20:00.460><c> that's</c><00:20:00.779><c> in</c><00:20:00.940><c> the</c><00:20:01.220><c> practical</c><00:20:01.660><c> section</c><00:20:02.200><c> of</c><00:20:02.599><c> Ephesians.</c>

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So<00:20:04.259><c> what</c><00:20:04.740><c> we're</c><00:20:05.019><c> going</c><00:20:05.240><c> to</c><00:20:05.539><c> do</c><00:20:06.000><c> in</c><00:20:06.559><c> the</c><00:20:07.059><c> time</c><00:20:07.279><c> that</c><00:20:07.559><c> remains,</c>

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15<00:20:08.339><c> minutes</c><00:20:08.640><c> this</c><00:20:08.900><c> morning,</c><00:20:09.660><c> and</c><00:20:09.799><c> the</c>

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time<00:20:10.119><c> that</c><00:20:10.359><c> remains</c><00:20:10.660><c> during</c><00:20:10.920><c> the</c><00:20:11.160><c> next</c><00:20:11.420><c> five</c><00:20:11.700><c> classes,</c><00:20:12.740><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:20:13.460><c> to</c><00:20:13.720><c> take</c><00:20:14.000><c> sections</c><00:20:14.660><c> out</c><00:20:15.299><c> of</c><00:20:15.420><c> the</c><00:20:15.599><c> doctrinal</c>

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part<00:20:16.480><c> and</c><00:20:17.339><c> the</c><00:20:17.500><c> practical</c><00:20:17.940><c> part.</c>

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And<00:20:19.059><c> at</c><00:20:19.200><c> times</c><00:20:19.460><c> what</c><00:20:19.599><c> I'm</c><00:20:19.759><c> going</c><00:20:19.900><c> to</c><00:20:20.079><c> do</c><00:20:20.359><c> is</c><00:20:20.799><c> dip</c><00:20:21.019><c> into</c><00:20:21.259><c> the</c><00:20:21.460><c> doctrinal</c><00:20:21.960><c> part,</c><00:20:22.880><c> get</c>

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a<00:20:23.180><c> hold</c><00:20:23.319><c> of</c><00:20:23.460><c> the</c><00:20:23.700><c> teaching,</c>

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and<00:20:24.880><c> then</c><00:20:25.019><c> go</c><00:20:25.200><c> to</c><00:20:25.339><c> the</c><00:20:25.480><c> practical</c><00:20:25.980><c> section</c><00:20:26.359><c> and</c><00:20:26.539><c> show</c><00:20:26.720><c> you</c><00:20:27.099><c> how</c>

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in<00:20:27.500><c> the</c><00:20:27.700><c> practical</c><00:20:28.059><c> section</c><00:20:28.400><c> it</c><00:20:28.660><c> ties</c><00:20:28.839><c> into</c>

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everyday<00:20:29.460><c> life.</c>

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So<00:20:30.980><c> we're</c><00:20:31.119><c> going</c><00:20:31.220><c> to</c><00:20:31.319><c> be</c><00:20:31.460><c> dipping</c><00:20:31.619><c> into</c><00:20:31.859><c> two</c><00:20:32.079><c> parts.</c>

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then<00:20:35.859><c> going</c><00:20:35.980><c> into</c><00:20:36.180><c> the</c><00:20:36.400><c> practical</c><00:20:36.720><c> part,</c>

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back<00:20:37.619><c> into</c><00:20:37.819><c> the</c><00:20:38.019><c> doctrinal</c><00:20:38.440><c> part,</c><00:20:38.900><c> back</c><00:20:39.180><c> into</c><00:20:39.380><c> the</c><00:20:39.579><c> practical</c>

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part,<00:20:40.779><c> showing</c><00:20:40.960><c> you</c><00:20:41.440><c> how</c><00:20:41.819><c> the</c><00:20:42.079><c> basic</c>

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teaching<00:20:42.940><c> has</c><00:20:43.259><c> to</c><00:20:43.420><c> be</c><00:20:43.619><c> understood</c><00:20:43.960><c> first</c><00:20:44.500><c> like</c><00:20:45.059><c> a</c><00:20:45.240><c> first</c><00:20:45.400><c> principle.</c>

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But<00:20:46.319><c> then</c><00:20:46.460><c> that's</c><00:20:46.660><c> got</c><00:20:46.740><c> to</c><00:20:46.839><c> be</c><00:20:46.920><c> put</c><00:20:47.039><c> into</c><00:20:47.279><c> practice</c><00:20:47.799><c> in</c><00:20:48.359><c> terms</c>

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of<00:20:48.779><c> how</c><00:20:48.980><c> it</c><00:20:49.180><c> affects</c><00:20:49.380><c> your</c><00:20:49.859><c> speech,</c><00:20:50.700><c> how</c>

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it<00:20:51.119><c> affects</c><00:20:51.259><c> your</c><00:20:51.519><c> thinking,</c><00:20:52.160><c> how</c><00:20:52.299><c> it</c><00:20:52.480><c> affects</c><00:20:52.619><c> your</c><00:20:52.799><c> way</c><00:20:52.880><c> of</c>

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life,<00:20:53.559><c> and</c><00:20:53.940><c> how</c><00:20:54.079><c> it</c><00:20:54.220><c> relates</c><00:20:54.599><c> to</c><00:20:54.799><c> how</c><00:20:54.960><c> you</c>

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relate<00:20:55.380><c> to</c><00:20:55.599><c> others.</c>

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Are<00:20:57.059><c> there</c><00:20:57.160><c> any</c><00:20:57.400><c> questions</c><00:20:57.859><c> on</c><00:20:58.019><c> that</c><00:20:58.240><c> introduction?</c>

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Anything<00:21:00.359><c> you're</c><00:21:00.559><c> wondering</c><00:21:00.819><c> about?</c>

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Okay.

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Either<00:21:06.039><c> you're</c><00:21:06.259><c> all</c><00:21:06.440><c> asleep</c><00:21:06.759><c> by</c><00:21:07.000><c> now</c><00:21:07.480><c> or</c><00:21:09.240><c> here</c><00:21:09.599><c> goes</c><00:21:09.799><c> the</c><00:21:10.019><c> first</c><00:21:10.279><c> snap</c>

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of<00:21:10.660><c> our</c><00:21:10.880><c> cord.</c>

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I<00:21:12.200><c> want</c><00:21:12.359><c> you</c><00:21:12.519><c> to</c><00:21:12.720><c> turn</c><00:21:12.900><c> to</c><00:21:13.099><c> Ephesians,</c><00:21:13.640><c> would</c><00:21:13.740><c> you</c><00:21:13.920><c> please?</c>

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Not<00:21:15.220><c> Ephesians,</c><00:21:15.779><c> excuse</c><00:21:15.920><c> me,</c><00:21:16.200><c> to</c><00:21:16.440><c> Corinthians.</c>

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First<00:21:17.660><c> to</c><00:21:17.819><c> Corinthians.</c>

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That<00:21:30.000><c> thing</c><00:21:30.180><c> that</c><00:21:30.400><c> Jerry's</c><00:21:30.819><c> holding,</c><00:21:31.000><c> the</c><00:21:31.380><c> small</c><00:21:31.640><c> cord,</c><00:21:32.180><c> that's</c><00:21:32.519><c> a</c><00:21:32.660><c> tenon.</c>

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Sorry<00:21:37.240><c> about</c><00:21:37.759><c> that.</c>

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There<00:21:41.720><c> we</c><00:21:41.900><c> go.</c>

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First<00:21:42.759><c> to</c><00:21:42.940><c> Corinthians,</c><00:21:44.579><c> chapter</c><00:21:44.960><c> 15.</c>

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Now<00:21:50.019><c> you</c><00:21:50.099><c> might</c><00:21:50.359><c> wonder</c><00:21:50.599><c> why</c><00:21:50.819><c> are</c><00:21:50.960><c> we</c><00:21:51.059><c> going</c><00:21:51.200><c> to</c><00:21:51.420><c> Corinthians</c>

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in<00:21:52.700><c> terms</c><00:21:53.019><c> of</c><00:21:54.420><c> the</c><00:21:54.880><c> letter</c><00:21:55.059><c> to</c><00:21:55.279><c> the</c><00:21:55.420><c> Ephesians.</c>

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Well,<00:21:56.039><c> you'll</c><00:21:56.400><c> see</c><00:21:56.599><c> in</c><00:21:56.700><c> a</c><00:21:56.799><c> moment.</c>

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First<00:21:57.960><c> to</c><00:21:58.140><c> Corinthians,</c><00:21:59.700><c> chapter</c><00:22:00.140><c> 15.</c>

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A<00:22:02.440><c> context</c><00:22:02.980><c> that</c><00:22:03.140><c> doesn't</c><00:22:03.400><c> seem</c><00:22:03.599><c> to</c><00:22:03.740><c> have</c><00:22:03.960><c> anything</c><00:22:04.319><c> to</c><00:22:04.579><c> do</c>

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with<00:22:04.880><c> Ephesians.</c>

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First<00:22:07.240><c> to</c><00:22:07.380><c> Corinthians,</c><00:22:08.019><c> chapter</c><00:22:08.200><c> 15.</c>

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And<00:22:10.960><c> I'd</c><00:22:11.200><c> like</c><00:22:11.359><c> you</c><00:22:11.660><c> to</c><00:22:11.900><c> come</c><00:22:12.140><c> down</c><00:22:12.619><c> to,</c><00:22:13.740><c> well,</c><00:22:15.200><c> verse</c><00:22:15.599><c> 30,</c><00:22:16.619><c> and</c>

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we'll<00:22:17.099><c> read</c><00:22:17.380><c> from</c><00:22:17.660><c> verse</c><00:22:17.920><c> 30</c><00:22:18.259><c> to</c><00:22:18.480><c> 32.</c>

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First<00:22:20.759><c> to</c><00:22:20.940><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:21.259><c> 15,</c><00:22:22.839><c> 30</c><00:22:23.400><c> to</c><00:22:23.900><c> 32.</c>

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Seth,<00:22:26.279><c> would</c><00:22:26.359><c> you</c><00:22:26.440><c> mind</c><00:22:26.599><c> reading</c><00:22:26.779><c> that</c><00:22:27.000><c> for</c><00:22:27.119><c> me,</c><00:22:27.640><c> please?</c>

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Now<00:22:50.519><c> what's</c><00:22:50.920><c> he</c><00:22:51.019><c> getting</c><00:22:51.180><c> at</c><00:22:51.400><c> and</c><00:22:51.519><c> why</c><00:22:51.759><c> is</c><00:22:51.920><c> he</c><00:22:52.119><c> referring</c><00:22:52.440><c> to</c>

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this<00:22:52.880><c> in</c><00:22:53.099><c> Ephesus?</c>

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I<00:22:54.859><c> protest,</c><00:22:55.420><c> he</c><00:22:55.660><c> says,</c><00:22:56.039><c> by</c><00:22:56.299><c> your</c><00:22:56.539><c> rejoicing,</c><00:22:57.920><c> which</c><00:22:58.099><c> I</c><00:22:58.359><c> have</c>

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in<00:22:58.740><c> Christ</c><00:22:59.039><c> Jesus.</c>

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I<00:23:00.019><c> die</c><00:23:00.420><c> daily.</c>

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How<00:23:01.400><c> many</c><00:23:01.559><c> times</c><00:23:01.779><c> can</c><00:23:01.960><c> you</c><00:23:02.079><c> die?</c>

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What<00:23:03.180><c> does</c><00:23:03.359><c> Paul</c><00:23:03.500><c> mean,</c><00:23:03.680><c> I</c><00:23:03.880><c> die</c><00:23:04.119><c> daily?</c>

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Any<00:23:06.119><c> ideas?</c>

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Sacrificing.

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Sacrificing<00:23:09.160><c> in</c><00:23:09.299><c> what</c><00:23:09.420><c> way?</c>

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Your<00:23:10.980><c> will.</c>

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Your<00:23:11.759><c> will,</c><00:23:12.220><c> okay,</c><00:23:12.799><c> a</c><00:23:13.180><c> life</c><00:23:13.460><c> that's</c><00:23:14.019><c> patterned</c><00:23:14.259><c> after</c><00:23:14.599><c> Christ.</c>

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I<00:23:15.259><c> die</c><00:23:15.559><c> daily,</c><00:23:16.460><c> says</c><00:23:16.599><c> Paul.</c>

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But<00:23:17.460><c> look</c><00:23:17.599><c> what</c><00:23:17.680><c> he</c><00:23:17.920><c> says</c><00:23:18.160><c> concerning</c><00:23:18.579><c> the</c><00:23:18.839><c> resurrection.</c>

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Verse<00:23:20.500><c> 32,</c><00:23:21.440><c> if</c><00:23:21.880><c> after</c><00:23:23.299><c> the</c><00:23:23.660><c> manner</c><00:23:23.920><c> of</c><00:23:24.220><c> men</c><00:23:24.759><c> I</c><00:23:25.420><c> have</c><00:23:25.680><c> fought</c><00:23:25.920><c> with</c><00:23:26.160><c> beasts</c><00:23:26.900><c> at</c><00:23:27.539><c> Ephesus,</c>

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what<00:23:29.740><c> advantage</c><00:23:30.339><c> is</c><00:23:30.500><c> it</c><00:23:30.660><c> me</c><00:23:30.980><c> if</c><00:23:31.299><c> the</c><00:23:31.500><c> dead</c><00:23:31.720><c> rise</c><00:23:31.960><c> not?</c>

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Let's<00:23:33.980><c> eat,</c><00:23:34.180><c> drink,</c><00:23:35.619><c> for</c><00:23:35.720><c> tomorrow</c><00:23:36.019><c> we</c><00:23:36.220><c> die.</c>

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What's<00:23:37.000><c> he</c><00:23:37.160><c> saying?</c>

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Why<00:23:39.339><c> did</c><00:23:39.720><c> I</c><00:23:40.140><c> go</c><00:23:40.460><c> through</c><00:23:41.039><c> the</c><00:23:41.640><c> agony</c><00:23:42.119><c> that</c><00:23:42.380><c> I</c><00:23:42.660><c> went</c><00:23:42.859><c> through</c><00:23:43.259><c> when</c><00:23:43.539><c> I</c>

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preached<00:23:44.119><c> in</c><00:23:44.359><c> Ephesus</c><00:23:44.880><c> for</c><00:23:45.500><c> nothing</c><00:23:45.960><c> if</c><00:23:46.559><c> the</c><00:23:46.759><c> dead</c><00:23:46.960><c> rise</c><00:23:47.259><c> not?</c>

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In<00:23:48.519><c> other</c><00:23:48.759><c> words,</c><00:23:49.519><c> Paul</c><00:23:49.640><c> is</c><00:23:49.880><c> saying</c><00:23:50.160><c> back</c><00:23:50.759><c> there</c><00:23:51.160><c> at</c><00:23:51.500><c> Ephesus,</c>

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I<00:23:53.720><c> was</c><00:23:53.960><c> willing</c><00:23:54.240><c> to</c><00:23:54.539><c> lay</c><00:23:54.680><c> my</c><00:23:54.980><c> life</c><00:23:55.220><c> on</c><00:23:55.440><c> the</c><00:23:55.640><c> line</c><00:23:56.039><c> for</c><00:23:56.319><c> the</c><00:23:56.480><c> gospel,</c><00:23:56.980><c> for</c>

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the<00:23:57.339><c> truth.</c>

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Why<00:23:59.099><c> do</c><00:23:59.279><c> you</c><00:23:59.400><c> think</c><00:23:59.619><c> I'd</c><00:24:00.019><c> do</c><00:24:00.220><c> that,</c><00:24:00.859><c> he</c><00:24:01.140><c> says</c><00:24:01.319><c> to</c><00:24:01.519><c> the</c><00:24:01.700><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:02.079><c> in</c><00:24:02.440><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Why<00:24:03.980><c> would</c><00:24:04.180><c> I</c><00:24:04.400><c> do</c><00:24:04.660><c> that</c><00:24:05.160><c> if</c><00:24:05.500><c> the</c><00:24:05.660><c> dead</c><00:24:05.799><c> don't</c><00:24:06.079><c> rise,</c><00:24:06.799><c> if</c><00:24:06.940><c> there's</c><00:24:07.160><c> no</c><00:24:07.359><c> resurrection?</c>

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Paul<00:24:09.980><c> is</c><00:24:10.140><c> really</c><00:24:10.380><c> saying,</c><00:24:10.720><c> what</c><00:24:10.779><c> do</c><00:24:10.900><c> you</c><00:24:10.900><c> think</c><00:24:11.059><c> I</c><00:24:11.279><c> am,</c><00:24:11.519><c> crazy?</c>

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Do<00:24:14.039><c> you</c><00:24:14.140><c> really</c><00:24:14.519><c> think</c><00:24:14.740><c> that,</c><00:24:15.059><c> he</c><00:24:15.240><c> says</c><00:24:15.400><c> to</c><00:24:15.559><c> the</c><00:24:15.779><c> Corinthians?</c>

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Do<00:24:16.660><c> you</c><00:24:16.960><c> think</c><00:24:17.279><c> that</c><00:24:17.519><c> I</c><00:24:17.660><c> would</c><00:24:17.859><c> live</c><00:24:18.079><c> this</c><00:24:18.279><c> way</c><00:24:18.500><c> of</c><00:24:18.680><c> life,</c><00:24:19.299><c> give</c>

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up<00:24:19.740><c> everything,</c>

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live<00:24:21.339><c> in</c><00:24:21.640><c> jeopardy</c><00:24:22.160><c> every</c><00:24:22.460><c> hour,</c><00:24:23.319><c> having</c><00:24:23.559><c> the</c><00:24:23.859><c> Jews</c><00:24:24.059><c> hunting</c>

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me<00:24:24.740><c> down</c><00:24:25.000><c> like</c><00:24:25.180><c> they</c><00:24:25.339><c> were</c><00:24:25.519><c> after</c><00:24:25.799><c> Christ,</c>

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having<00:24:27.339><c> the</c><00:24:27.539><c> Gentiles,</c><00:24:28.180><c> the</c><00:24:28.380><c> Romans,</c><00:24:29.019><c> wanting</c><00:24:29.200><c> to</c><00:24:29.420><c> put</c><00:24:29.500><c> me</c><00:24:29.680><c> to</c><00:24:29.880><c> death,</c>

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being<00:24:31.480><c> dragged</c><00:24:31.880><c> around</c><00:24:32.319><c> sometimes,</c><00:24:33.400><c> facing</c><00:24:33.839><c> shipwreck</c><00:24:34.400><c> and</c>

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all<00:24:34.819><c> the</c><00:24:34.960><c> many</c><00:24:35.259><c> perils</c><00:24:35.680><c> that</c><00:24:35.900><c> Paul</c><00:24:36.180><c> faced,</c>

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but<00:24:37.140><c> especially</c><00:24:37.680><c> at</c><00:24:37.980><c> Ephesus</c><00:24:38.319><c> where</c><00:24:38.480><c> he</c><00:24:38.700><c> fought</c><00:24:38.839><c> with</c><00:24:39.039><c> beasts.</c>

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Why<00:24:40.819><c> would</c><00:24:41.000><c> I</c><00:24:41.200><c> do</c><00:24:41.420><c> that,</c><00:24:42.559><c> he</c><00:24:42.799><c> says,</c><00:24:43.500><c> if</c><00:24:43.859><c> there</c><00:24:44.039><c> is</c><00:24:44.200><c> no</c><00:24:44.359><c> resurrection?</c>

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Like<00:24:45.940><c> that's</c><00:24:46.299><c> my</c><00:24:46.500><c> motive,</c><00:24:47.500><c> that's</c><00:24:47.880><c> my</c><00:24:48.140><c> driving</c><00:24:48.480><c> force.</c>

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Why<00:24:49.660><c> would</c><00:24:49.819><c> I</c><00:24:49.980><c> go</c><00:24:50.240><c> through</c><00:24:50.440><c> all</c><00:24:50.619><c> of</c><00:24:50.759><c> that</c><00:24:50.920><c> if</c><00:24:51.059><c> there</c><00:24:51.240><c> is</c><00:24:51.539><c> no</c><00:24:51.720><c> resurrection?</c>

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Am<00:24:52.720><c> I</c><00:24:52.819><c> just</c><00:24:53.099><c> wandering</c><00:24:53.339><c> around</c><00:24:53.779><c> inflicting</c><00:24:54.279><c> pain</c><00:24:54.619><c> like</c><00:24:54.799><c> a</c><00:24:55.039><c> masochist?</c>

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He<00:24:57.640><c> says,</c><00:24:58.079><c> do</c><00:24:58.119><c> you</c><00:24:58.200><c> think</c><00:24:58.299><c> that's</c><00:24:58.559><c> what</c><00:24:58.720><c> I</c><00:24:58.920><c> am?</c>

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Am<00:25:00.200><c> I</c><00:25:00.299><c> just</c><00:25:00.579><c> doing</c><00:25:00.740><c> this</c><00:25:00.980><c> for</c><00:25:01.279><c> fun,</c><00:25:01.680><c> putting</c><00:25:01.940><c> needles</c><00:25:02.259><c> in</c><00:25:02.420><c> my</c>

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hand,<00:25:03.880><c> just</c><00:25:04.180><c> for</c><00:25:04.359><c> the</c><00:25:04.559><c> sense</c><00:25:04.720><c> of</c><00:25:05.039><c> pain?</c>

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:10.380
No,<00:25:06.420><c> Paul</c><00:25:06.700><c> says,</c><00:25:07.420><c> I've</c><00:25:08.019><c> got</c><00:25:08.180><c> a</c><00:25:08.420><c> reason</c><00:25:08.819><c> to</c><00:25:08.980><c> go</c><00:25:09.240><c> through</c><00:25:09.480><c> this.</c>

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:15.240
I<00:25:11.359><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:11.740><c> bother,</c><00:25:12.319><c> I'd</c><00:25:12.660><c> be</c><00:25:12.740><c> at</c><00:25:12.920><c> home</c><00:25:13.140><c> comfortable</c><00:25:13.700><c> with</c><00:25:13.859><c> the</c><00:25:13.920><c> rest</c><00:25:14.180><c> of</c><00:25:14.339><c> you</c>

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:18.279
if<00:25:15.900><c> it</c><00:25:16.059><c> wasn't</c><00:25:16.240><c> for</c><00:25:16.420><c> the</c><00:25:16.559><c> fact</c><00:25:16.700><c> that</c><00:25:16.839><c> I</c><00:25:17.079><c> believe</c><00:25:17.240><c> in</c><00:25:17.420><c> Jesus</c><00:25:17.680><c> Christ</c>

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:20.460
and<00:25:18.880><c> that</c><00:25:19.039><c> I</c><00:25:19.240><c> believe</c><00:25:19.359><c> that</c><00:25:19.480><c> he</c><00:25:19.579><c> rose</c><00:25:19.779><c> from</c><00:25:19.960><c> the</c><00:25:20.099><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:25:21.339><c> Paul</c><00:25:21.660><c> is</c><00:25:21.960><c> implying,</c><00:25:22.400><c> I</c><00:25:22.640><c> believe</c><00:25:22.940><c> that</c><00:25:23.160><c> I</c><00:25:23.339><c> will</c><00:25:23.519><c> rise</c><00:25:23.839><c> from</c>

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:25.859
the<00:25:24.200><c> dead</c><00:25:24.420><c> and</c><00:25:24.880><c> the</c><00:25:25.019><c> rest</c><00:25:25.240><c> of</c><00:25:25.380><c> you</c><00:25:25.539><c> here</c>

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:29.220
if<00:25:26.519><c> we're</c><00:25:26.720><c> faithful,</c><00:25:27.619><c> that's</c><00:25:28.140><c> my</c><00:25:28.380><c> motive.</c>

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:32.400
Otherwise,<00:25:30.059><c> I</c><00:25:30.500><c> would</c><00:25:30.680><c> sit</c><00:25:30.839><c> at</c><00:25:31.039><c> home</c><00:25:31.339><c> and</c><00:25:31.720><c> have</c><00:25:31.940><c> comfort.</c>

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:35.599
But<00:25:32.400><c> the</c><00:25:33.880><c> point</c><00:25:34.119><c> is</c><00:25:34.319><c> this.</c>

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:40.420
At<00:25:36.279><c> Ephesus,</c><00:25:37.099><c> he</c><00:25:37.359><c> says,</c><00:25:38.240><c> he</c><00:25:38.500><c> fought</c><00:25:38.900><c> with</c><00:25:39.420><c> beasts.</c>

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Oh<00:25:41.640><c> yeah?</c><00:25:43.319><c> What</c><00:25:43.539><c> beasts?</c>

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.599
Barbarians.

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:47.339
Tyrannus,<00:25:46.619><c> right?</c>

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:49.619
His<00:25:48.400><c> own</c><00:25:48.900><c> temptations.</c>

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His<00:25:50.099><c> what?</c>

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.440
His<00:25:50.680><c> own</c><00:25:50.880><c> temptations.</c>

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:53.400
His<00:25:51.859><c> own</c><00:25:52.099><c> temptations,</c><00:25:52.900><c> possibly.</c>

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:55.839
Let's<00:25:53.900><c> have</c><00:25:54.059><c> some</c><00:25:54.259><c> options</c><00:25:54.579><c> here,</c><00:25:54.740><c> there's</c><00:25:55.000><c> one.</c>

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:58.779
He<00:25:56.920><c> might</c><00:25:57.099><c> have</c><00:25:58.039><c> been</c><00:25:58.119><c> in</c><00:25:58.180><c> the</c><00:25:58.420><c> arena.</c>

00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:01.599
He<00:25:59.140><c> might</c><00:25:59.359><c> have</c><00:25:59.519><c> been</c><00:25:59.640><c> in</c><00:25:59.680><c> the</c><00:25:59.920><c> arena</c><00:26:00.240><c> fighting</c><00:26:00.559><c> like</c><00:26:00.839><c> a</c><00:26:01.000><c> gladiator.</c>

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:04.079
Do<00:26:02.319><c> you</c><00:26:02.420><c> see</c><00:26:02.599><c> Paul</c><00:26:02.839><c> doing</c><00:26:03.039><c> that?</c>

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:06.700
All<00:26:05.279><c> right,</c><00:26:06.079><c> that's</c><00:26:06.259><c> a</c><00:26:06.359><c> possibility.</c>

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I<00:26:07.000><c> appreciate</c><00:26:07.319><c> that,</c><00:26:07.519><c> two</c><00:26:07.680><c> points.</c>

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:12.099
Those<00:26:09.039><c> who</c><00:26:09.859><c> opposed</c><00:26:10.259><c> his</c><00:26:10.859><c> teachings</c><00:26:10.859><c> and</c><00:26:10.859><c> doctrines.</c>

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:14.779
Those<00:26:12.599><c> who</c><00:26:12.980><c> opposed</c><00:26:13.319><c> his</c><00:26:13.579><c> teachings</c><00:26:13.859><c> and</c><00:26:14.140><c> doctrines,</c><00:26:14.460><c> thank</c><00:26:14.700><c> you.</c>

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There's<00:26:14.960><c> another</c><00:26:15.180><c> option.</c>

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Beasts.

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Right.

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Let's<00:26:33.880><c> go</c><00:26:34.059><c> back</c><00:26:34.220><c> to</c><00:26:34.380><c> Acts</c><00:26:34.500><c> 19.</c>

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Go<00:26:35.319><c> ahead,</c><00:26:35.559><c> sorry,</c><00:26:35.740><c> go</c><00:26:35.859><c> ahead.</c>

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Right,<00:26:39.500><c> can</c><00:26:39.640><c> you</c><00:26:39.700><c> take</c><00:26:39.859><c> us</c><00:26:40.000><c> there?</c>

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:42.619
Where<00:26:40.880><c> is</c><00:26:41.000><c> that</c><00:26:41.200><c> in</c><00:26:41.259><c> Acts</c><00:26:41.440><c> 19?</c>

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:48.819
Mr.<00:26:47.240><c> Stiles</c><00:26:47.359><c> says</c><00:26:47.579><c> there</c><00:26:47.720><c> was</c><00:26:47.900><c> a</c><00:26:48.059><c> riot.</c>

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He's<00:26:50.200><c> right.</c>

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But<00:26:52.079><c> where?</c>

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Can<00:26:53.920><c> you</c><00:26:54.039><c> tell</c><00:26:54.140><c> us</c><00:26:54.299><c> where</c><00:26:54.460><c> in</c><00:26:54.599><c> Acts</c><00:26:54.819><c> 19?</c>

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Somewhere<00:26:56.039><c> in</c><00:26:56.220><c> and</c><00:26:56.420><c> around?</c>

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Thank<00:26:59.640><c> you.</c>

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Okay,<00:27:00.539><c> when</c><00:27:00.700><c> everyone</c><00:27:00.940><c> gets</c><00:27:01.200><c> there,</c><00:27:01.440><c> would</c><00:27:01.539><c> you</c><00:27:01.680><c> mind</c><00:27:01.839><c> reading</c><00:27:02.039><c> that</c>

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.279
for<00:27:02.599><c> us?</c>

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:07.920
Acts<00:27:03.720><c> 19,</c><00:27:05.480><c> and</c><00:27:05.640><c> you're</c><00:27:05.779><c> suggesting</c><00:27:06.180><c> we</c><00:27:06.400><c> read</c><00:27:06.519><c> what?</c>

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Maybe<00:27:09.599><c> a</c><00:27:09.759><c> little</c><00:27:09.859><c> further</c><00:27:10.099><c> down.</c>

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.980
Whereabouts?

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Okay,<00:27:19.640><c> 29</c><00:27:20.160><c> is</c><00:27:20.599><c> I</c><00:27:20.960><c> think</c><00:27:21.160><c> about</c><00:27:21.380><c> right.</c>

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:26.160
Maybe<00:27:22.460><c> we</c><00:27:22.599><c> just</c><00:27:22.799><c> catch</c><00:27:23.160><c> what's</c><00:27:23.599><c> happening</c><00:27:23.819><c> here</c><00:27:24.359><c> and</c><00:27:24.980><c> step</c><00:27:25.240><c> back</c><00:27:25.519><c> and</c><00:27:25.579><c> I'll</c><00:27:25.799><c> ask</c><00:27:25.980><c> you</c><00:27:26.119><c> if</c>

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:27.019
you<00:27:26.259><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:26.400><c> mind</c>

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:34.799
if<00:27:27.500><c> you</c><00:27:27.660><c> would</c><00:27:27.920><c> start</c><00:27:28.180><c> with</c><00:27:28.720><c> verse</c><00:27:30.680><c> 26</c><00:27:32.700><c> and</c><00:27:33.160><c> read</c><00:27:33.480><c> from</c><00:27:33.740><c> 26</c><00:27:34.500><c> for</c>

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:37.819
us<00:27:35.500><c> to</c><00:27:36.200><c> verse</c><00:27:36.779><c> 29.</c>

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:25.380
Now,<00:28:08.859><c> you</c><00:28:09.259><c> notice</c><00:28:23.819><c> if</c><00:28:24.000><c> you</c><00:28:24.099><c> have</c><00:28:24.259><c> the</c><00:28:24.460><c> King</c><00:28:24.640><c> James,</c><00:28:25.059><c> it</c><00:28:25.180><c> goes</c>

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:27.259
on<00:28:25.599><c> to</c><00:28:25.799><c> say</c><00:28:25.940><c> there,</c><00:28:26.259><c> or</c><00:28:26.460><c> puts</c><00:28:26.660><c> it</c><00:28:26.799><c> this</c><00:28:27.019><c> way,</c>

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:29.480
and<00:28:27.660><c> they</c><00:28:27.880><c> rushed</c><00:28:28.059><c> with</c><00:28:28.279><c> one</c><00:28:28.500><c> accord</c><00:28:28.720><c> into</c><00:28:28.980><c> the</c><00:28:29.220><c> theater.</c>

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:33.240
Those<00:28:30.220><c> various</c><00:28:30.559><c> places,</c><00:28:31.299><c> including</c><00:28:31.640><c> the</c><00:28:31.900><c> temple</c><00:28:32.099><c> to</c><00:28:32.299><c> Diana,</c>

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:35.000
that<00:28:33.400><c> we</c><00:28:33.599><c> now</c><00:28:33.839><c> know</c><00:28:34.019><c> for</c><00:28:34.299><c> sure</c><00:28:34.519><c> existed,</c>

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:38.559
are<00:28:35.420><c> all</c><00:28:35.640><c> mentioned</c><00:28:35.900><c> here.</c><00:28:36.180><c> This</c><00:28:36.380><c> is</c><00:28:36.700><c> real</c><00:28:37.460><c> thing.</c>

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:41.440
These<00:28:39.319><c> descriptions,</c><00:28:39.940><c> these</c><00:28:40.259><c> places,</c><00:28:40.859><c> are</c><00:28:41.079><c> real.</c>

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:44.039
We've<00:28:42.140><c> found</c><00:28:42.299><c> them.</c><00:28:42.799><c> Historians</c><00:28:43.220><c> know</c><00:28:43.400><c> where</c><00:28:43.519><c> they</c><00:28:43.759><c> were.</c>

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:46.240
There<00:28:44.319><c> was</c><00:28:44.559><c> a</c><00:28:44.759><c> theater.</c><00:28:45.299><c> There</c><00:28:45.519><c> was</c><00:28:45.779><c> a</c><00:28:45.980><c> temple.</c>

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:48.940
Diana<00:28:47.099><c> was</c><00:28:47.619><c> the</c><00:28:47.940><c> patron</c><00:28:48.380><c> goddess.</c>

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:52.420
She<00:28:49.640><c> was</c><00:28:49.940><c> the</c><00:28:50.220><c> patron</c><00:28:50.619><c> goddess</c><00:28:51.079><c> of</c><00:28:51.819><c> the</c><00:28:52.000><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:55.420
We<00:28:52.599><c> know</c><00:28:52.880><c> that.</c><00:28:53.160><c> The</c><00:28:53.380><c> coins</c><00:28:53.740><c> actually</c><00:28:54.380><c> prove</c><00:28:54.619><c> that</c><00:28:54.859><c> to</c><00:28:55.019><c> us,</c>

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.900
apart<00:28:55.740><c> from</c><00:28:55.900><c> the</c><00:28:56.059><c> literature.</c>

00:28:57.500 --> 00:29:00.059
The<00:28:57.940><c> historians</c><00:28:58.380><c> who</c><00:28:58.619><c> have</c><00:28:58.819><c> worked</c><00:28:59.019><c> on</c><00:28:59.220><c> the</c><00:28:59.380><c> site</c><00:28:59.519><c> of</c><00:28:59.740><c> Ephesus</c>

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:02.319
have<00:29:00.339><c> found</c><00:29:00.680><c> confirmation</c><00:29:01.359><c> of</c><00:29:01.539><c> those</c><00:29:01.779><c> details.</c>

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:05.720
But<00:29:02.859><c> now</c><00:29:03.160><c> you</c><00:29:03.319><c> can</c><00:29:03.559><c> see</c><00:29:03.759><c> things</c><00:29:03.960><c> are</c><00:29:04.200><c> coming</c><00:29:04.380><c> to</c><00:29:04.619><c> a</c><00:29:04.799><c> boil.</c>

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:08.259
Verse<00:29:07.319><c> 30.</c>

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:10.980
And<00:29:08.680><c> when</c><00:29:09.000><c> Paul</c><00:29:09.359><c> would</c><00:29:09.539><c> have</c><00:29:09.759><c> entered</c><00:29:09.960><c> in</c><00:29:10.240><c> unto</c><00:29:10.400><c> the</c><00:29:10.680><c> people,</c>

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:12.599
the<00:29:11.220><c> disciples</c><00:29:11.660><c> suffered</c><00:29:12.039><c> him</c><00:29:12.319><c> not.</c>

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:15.900
Now,<00:29:13.240><c> can</c><00:29:13.319><c> you</c><00:29:13.480><c> picture</c><00:29:13.720><c> this?</c><00:29:14.359><c> This</c><00:29:14.579><c> is</c><00:29:14.839><c> Paul.</c>

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:21.119
Paul<00:29:17.119><c> says,</c><00:29:17.380><c> let</c><00:29:17.559><c> me</c><00:29:17.700><c> in</c><00:29:17.859><c> there.</c><00:29:18.119><c> And</c><00:29:18.240><c> they're</c><00:29:18.339><c> saying,</c><00:29:18.680><c> no</c><00:29:18.900><c> way,</c><00:29:19.160><c> Paul,</c><00:29:19.500><c> you're</c><00:29:19.700><c> not</c><00:29:19.900><c> going</c><00:29:20.059><c> in</c><00:29:20.299><c> there.</c>

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:23.680
They're<00:29:21.599><c> looking,</c><00:29:21.920><c> if</c><00:29:22.079><c> you</c><00:29:22.200><c> can</c><00:29:22.339><c> imagine,</c><00:29:22.880><c> through</c><00:29:23.019><c> the</c><00:29:23.240><c> gates</c><00:29:23.480><c> or</c>

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.940
through<00:29:23.839><c> the</c><00:29:24.059><c> doors</c><00:29:24.319><c> of</c><00:29:24.519><c> the</c><00:29:24.700><c> theater.</c>

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:27.160
It's<00:29:25.779><c> a</c><00:29:26.019><c> mob</c><00:29:26.339><c> scene</c><00:29:26.660><c> in</c><00:29:26.839><c> there.</c>

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:29.819
It's<00:29:27.700><c> worse</c><00:29:27.839><c> than</c><00:29:28.000><c> a</c><00:29:28.099><c> British</c><00:29:28.380><c> soccer</c><00:29:28.859><c> game.</c>

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:32.240
It's<00:29:30.759><c> a</c><00:29:31.000><c> mob</c><00:29:31.259><c> scene.</c>

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:34.420
And<00:29:32.759><c> Paul</c><00:29:32.980><c> says,</c><00:29:33.720><c> let</c><00:29:33.859><c> me</c><00:29:34.160><c> in.</c>

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:37.119
And<00:29:34.839><c> the</c><00:29:35.059><c> disciples,</c><00:29:35.640><c> the</c><00:29:35.839><c> brethren,</c><00:29:36.160><c> are</c><00:29:36.220><c> saying,</c><00:29:36.700><c> Paul,</c>

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:39.619
you're<00:29:37.759><c> not</c><00:29:38.119><c> going</c><00:29:38.519><c> in.</c>

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:43.960
It's<00:29:40.920><c> a</c><00:29:41.099><c> mass</c><00:29:41.480><c> confusion.</c><00:29:42.319><c> Paul</c><00:29:42.519><c> says,</c><00:29:42.859><c> let</c><00:29:42.980><c> me</c><00:29:43.140><c> in.</c>

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:45.160
So<00:29:44.240><c> you</c><00:29:44.299><c> see</c><00:29:44.380><c> what's</c><00:29:44.680><c> happening</c><00:29:44.859><c> here.</c>

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:48.799
Here<00:29:45.700><c> are</c><00:29:45.940><c> disciples</c><00:29:46.480><c> actually</c><00:29:47.319><c> almost</c><00:29:47.819><c> grabbing</c><00:29:48.240><c> Paul</c><00:29:48.640><c> and</c>

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:51.380
by<00:29:49.099><c> force</c><00:29:49.559><c> telling</c><00:29:49.960><c> him</c><00:29:50.099><c> to</c><00:29:50.339><c> keep</c><00:29:50.559><c> out.</c>

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:53.619
Now,<00:29:52.279><c> let's</c><00:29:52.500><c> go</c><00:29:52.700><c> down</c><00:29:52.859><c> here</c><00:29:52.980><c> a</c><00:29:53.079><c> little</c><00:29:53.180><c> further.</c>

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:56.599
Verse<00:29:54.220><c> 31</c><00:29:55.000><c> of</c><00:29:55.720><c> Acts</c><00:29:56.000><c> 19.</c>

00:29:56.880 --> 00:30:00.680
And<00:29:56.880><c> certain</c><00:29:57.079><c> of</c><00:29:57.259><c> the</c><00:29:57.420><c> chief</c><00:29:57.660><c> of</c><00:29:57.880><c> Asia,</c><00:29:58.920><c> which</c><00:29:59.099><c> were</c><00:29:59.359><c> his</c><00:29:59.680><c> friends</c><00:30:00.220><c> sent</c>

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.160
unto<00:30:00.900><c> him,</c>

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:04.220
desiring<00:30:01.700><c> him</c><00:30:01.960><c> that</c><00:30:02.099><c> he</c><00:30:02.180><c> would</c><00:30:02.500><c> not</c><00:30:02.839><c> adventure</c><00:30:03.319><c> himself</c><00:30:03.859><c> into</c>

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:05.339
the<00:30:04.440><c> theater.</c>

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:09.720
Therefore,<00:30:06.640><c> some</c><00:30:06.880><c> therefore</c><00:30:07.319><c> cried</c><00:30:07.660><c> one</c><00:30:08.039><c> thing</c><00:30:08.299><c> and</c><00:30:08.539><c> some</c><00:30:08.779><c> another.</c>

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:12.559
For<00:30:10.200><c> the</c><00:30:10.559><c> assembly</c><00:30:10.900><c> was</c><00:30:11.279><c> confused.</c>

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:16.640
And<00:30:13.160><c> the</c><00:30:13.319><c> more</c><00:30:13.559><c> part</c><00:30:13.839><c> knew</c><00:30:14.059><c> not</c><00:30:14.400><c> wherefore</c><00:30:15.019><c> they</c><00:30:15.380><c> would</c><00:30:15.519><c> come</c><00:30:15.680><c> together.</c>

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:18.039
They<00:30:17.119><c> didn't</c><00:30:17.240><c> even</c><00:30:17.339><c> know</c><00:30:17.400><c> why</c><00:30:17.519><c> they</c><00:30:17.680><c> were</c><00:30:17.819><c> there.</c>

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:19.619
Didn't<00:30:18.299><c> even</c><00:30:18.420><c> know</c><00:30:18.480><c> there</c><00:30:18.599><c> was</c><00:30:18.779><c> a</c><00:30:18.880><c> soccer</c><00:30:19.059><c> match.</c><00:30:19.460><c> They're</c>

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.599
just<00:30:19.799><c> there.</c>

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:22.839
Sounds<00:30:21.339><c> good.</c><00:30:21.660><c> Lots</c><00:30:21.839><c> of</c><00:30:22.000><c> noise.</c><00:30:22.259><c> Let's</c><00:30:22.480><c> go.</c>

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:24.519
Sounds<00:30:23.160><c> very</c><00:30:23.400><c> modern.</c>

00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:29.299
Some<00:30:27.619><c> cried</c><00:30:27.940><c> one</c><00:30:28.240><c> thing.</c><00:30:28.440><c> Some</c><00:30:28.640><c> cried</c><00:30:28.940><c> another.</c>

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:32.579
Some<00:30:29.900><c> cried</c><00:30:30.220><c> raiders.</c><00:30:30.680><c> The</c><00:30:30.740><c> other</c><00:30:30.900><c> one</c><00:30:31.019><c> cried,</c><00:30:31.640><c> no.</c>

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:34.599
I<00:30:33.140><c> won't</c><00:30:33.279><c> give</c><00:30:33.400><c> you</c><00:30:33.500><c> the</c><00:30:33.559><c> other</c><00:30:33.740><c> team.</c>

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:36.700
Verse<00:30:35.720><c> 33.</c>

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:41.859
And<00:30:37.759><c> they</c><00:30:37.980><c> drew</c><00:30:38.220><c> Alexander</c><00:30:38.859><c> out</c><00:30:39.059><c> of</c><00:30:39.140><c> the</c><00:30:39.279><c> multitude,</c><00:30:40.259><c> the</c><00:30:40.440><c> Jews</c><00:30:40.759><c> putting</c><00:30:41.059><c> him</c><00:30:41.380><c> forward.</c>

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:44.460
And<00:30:42.519><c> Alexander</c><00:30:43.000><c> beckoned</c><00:30:43.400><c> with</c><00:30:43.599><c> the</c><00:30:43.839><c> hand</c><00:30:44.039><c> and</c><00:30:44.220><c> would</c><00:30:44.319><c> have</c>

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.859
made<00:30:44.619><c> his</c><00:30:44.779><c> defense</c><00:30:45.119><c> unto</c><00:30:45.279><c> the</c><00:30:45.519><c> people.</c>

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:50.759
But<00:30:46.339><c> when</c><00:30:46.539><c> they</c><00:30:46.740><c> knew</c><00:30:46.880><c> that</c><00:30:47.039><c> he</c><00:30:47.220><c> was</c><00:30:47.420><c> a</c><00:30:47.599><c> Jew,</c><00:30:48.720><c> all</c><00:30:48.859><c> with</c><00:30:49.039><c> one</c><00:30:49.339><c> voice</c><00:30:49.839><c> about</c><00:30:50.140><c> the</c><00:30:50.380><c> space</c><00:30:50.599><c> of</c>

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.839
two<00:30:51.019><c> hours</c><00:30:51.279><c> cried</c><00:30:51.640><c> out.</c>

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:53.819
Can<00:30:51.960><c> you</c><00:30:52.059><c> imagine</c><00:30:52.299><c> this?</c><00:30:52.500><c> Two</c><00:30:52.660><c> hours?</c>

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:11.180
Had<00:31:08.000><c> appeased</c><00:31:08.440><c> the</c><00:31:08.660><c> people,</c><00:31:08.960><c> he</c><00:31:09.160><c> said,</c><00:31:09.519><c> ye</c><00:31:09.740><c> men</c><00:31:09.920><c> of</c><00:31:10.160><c> Ephesus,</c>

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:14.460
what<00:31:11.519><c> man</c><00:31:11.779><c> is</c><00:31:12.000><c> there</c><00:31:12.140><c> that</c><00:31:12.420><c> knoweth</c><00:31:12.740><c> not</c><00:31:12.940><c> how</c><00:31:13.160><c> the</c><00:31:13.359><c> city</c><00:31:13.579><c> of</c><00:31:13.740><c> the</c><00:31:13.920><c> Ephesians</c><00:31:14.279><c> is</c>

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:17.000
a<00:31:14.680><c> worshiper</c><00:31:15.220><c> of</c><00:31:15.619><c> the</c><00:31:15.880><c> great</c><00:31:16.119><c> goddess</c><00:31:16.519><c> Diana?</c>

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:19.180
Well,<00:31:17.380><c> after</c><00:31:17.599><c> two</c><00:31:17.819><c> hours</c><00:31:18.039><c> of</c><00:31:18.220><c> saying</c><00:31:18.339><c> Diana,</c><00:31:18.740><c> I</c><00:31:18.799><c> guess</c><00:31:18.920><c> we</c><00:31:19.079><c> all</c>

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.240
got<00:31:19.319><c> the</c><00:31:19.480><c> end.</c>

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:23.220
And<00:31:20.799><c> of</c><00:31:20.960><c> the</c><00:31:21.140><c> image</c><00:31:21.339><c> which</c><00:31:21.599><c> fell</c><00:31:21.819><c> down</c><00:31:22.099><c> from</c><00:31:22.319><c> Jupiter.</c>

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:28.559
Now,<00:31:24.460><c> what</c><00:31:24.640><c> we're</c><00:31:24.900><c> not</c><00:31:25.220><c> told</c><00:31:25.519><c> here</c><00:31:25.940><c> is</c><00:31:27.240><c> what</c><00:31:27.559><c> actually</c><00:31:28.140><c> Paul</c>

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:30.859
himself<00:31:29.279><c> had</c><00:31:29.799><c> to</c><00:31:30.059><c> face.</c>

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:35.220
We're<00:31:31.240><c> not</c><00:31:31.460><c> given</c><00:31:31.640><c> all</c><00:31:31.839><c> the</c><00:31:32.059><c> details.</c><00:31:32.420><c> It</c><00:31:32.579><c> looks</c><00:31:32.740><c> like</c><00:31:33.019><c> the</c><00:31:33.259><c> brethren</c><00:31:33.559><c> themselves</c><00:31:34.180><c> took</c><00:31:34.460><c> the</c><00:31:34.680><c> brunt</c><00:31:34.839><c> of</c><00:31:34.980><c> it.</c>

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:37.259
And<00:31:35.519><c> I</c><00:31:35.619><c> think</c><00:31:35.779><c> that's</c><00:31:36.259><c> obviously</c><00:31:36.559><c> very</c><00:31:37.019><c> true.</c>

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:42.319
But<00:31:37.900><c> Paul</c><00:31:38.240><c> says</c><00:31:38.539><c> in</c><00:31:38.740><c> the</c><00:31:38.960><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:39.400><c> letter,</c><00:31:40.400><c> looking</c><00:31:40.640><c> back,</c><00:31:41.819><c> something</c><00:31:42.039><c> we</c>

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.680
don't<00:31:42.559><c> get</c><00:31:42.779><c> from</c><00:31:43.000><c> Acts</c><00:31:43.240><c> 19.</c>

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.559
And<00:31:43.839><c> that's</c><00:31:44.039><c> my</c><00:31:44.279><c> point.</c>

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:48.980
He<00:31:45.440><c> says,</c><00:31:46.440><c> I</c><00:31:46.440><c> fought</c><00:31:46.839><c> with</c><00:31:47.259><c> the</c><00:31:47.519><c> beasts</c><00:31:48.000><c> at</c><00:31:48.420><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:52.220
Meaning,<00:31:49.859><c> therefore,</c><00:31:50.500><c> whoever</c><00:31:50.720><c> said</c><00:31:50.960><c> it</c><00:31:51.140><c> over</c><00:31:51.299><c> here,</c><00:31:52.059><c> most</c>

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.779
likely<00:31:52.660><c> people.</c>

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:58.279
All<00:31:54.880><c> right.</c><00:31:55.059><c> But</c><00:31:55.220><c> he's</c><00:31:55.599><c> using</c><00:31:55.839><c> the</c><00:31:56.180><c> imagery</c><00:31:56.559><c> of</c><00:31:56.880><c> a</c><00:31:57.079><c> gladiator.</c>

00:31:58.400 --> 00:32:02.059
He's<00:31:58.759><c> using</c><00:31:59.059><c> imagery</c><00:31:59.700><c> they</c><00:32:00.740><c> would</c><00:32:01.099><c> understand.</c>

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:09.740
Here's<00:32:05.220><c> a</c><00:32:05.380><c> picture</c><00:32:05.819><c> of</c><00:32:07.640><c> the</c><00:32:08.000><c> Roman</c><00:32:08.339><c> Coliseum,</c><00:32:09.319><c> which</c><00:32:09.420><c> you</c><00:32:09.519><c> can</c>

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.480
still<00:32:09.920><c> visit</c><00:32:10.180><c> today.</c>

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:12.000
Its<00:32:10.799><c> ruins</c><00:32:11.019><c> are</c><00:32:11.319><c> still</c><00:32:11.539><c> intact.</c>

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:16.299
The<00:32:13.059><c> Roman</c><00:32:13.480><c> Coliseum,</c><00:32:14.200><c> like</c><00:32:14.440><c> a</c><00:32:14.640><c> number</c><00:32:14.900><c> of</c><00:32:15.079><c> the</c><00:32:15.299><c> theaters,</c><00:32:15.940><c> such</c><00:32:16.099><c> as</c>

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:22.519
in<00:32:16.480><c> Ephesus</c><00:32:17.119><c> and</c><00:32:17.660><c> elsewhere,</c><00:32:18.359><c> became</c><00:32:19.160><c> key</c><00:32:19.660><c> spots</c><00:32:20.160><c> for</c><00:32:20.480><c> persecution</c><00:32:21.119><c> of</c><00:32:21.420><c> the</c><00:32:21.599><c> Christians.</c>

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:29.200
It<00:32:23.619><c> became,</c><00:32:24.119><c> by</c><00:32:24.380><c> the</c><00:32:24.559><c> time</c><00:32:24.759><c> of</c><00:32:25.079><c> Paul's</c><00:32:25.859><c> later</c><00:32:26.099><c> life,</c><00:32:28.460><c> a</c><00:32:28.799><c> large</c>

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:32.420
wave<00:32:29.539><c> of</c><00:32:29.900><c> persecution</c><00:32:30.539><c> that</c><00:32:30.779><c> rose</c><00:32:31.039><c> up</c><00:32:31.279><c> in</c><00:32:31.519><c> certain</c><00:32:31.799><c> spots</c><00:32:32.220><c> of</c>

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:35.440
the<00:32:32.519><c> Roman</c><00:32:32.720><c> Empire</c><00:32:33.119><c> and</c><00:32:33.279><c> then</c><00:32:33.400><c> went</c><00:32:33.539><c> down</c><00:32:33.799><c> again</c><00:32:34.000><c> and</c><00:32:34.140><c> rose</c><00:32:34.380><c> up</c><00:32:34.640><c> again.</c>

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:38.220
But<00:32:35.759><c> whenever</c><00:32:36.039><c> something</c><00:32:36.319><c> was</c><00:32:36.559><c> going</c><00:32:36.720><c> wrong,</c><00:32:37.160><c> the</c><00:32:37.319><c> Christians</c><00:32:37.619><c> often</c><00:32:37.960><c> got</c>

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.819
picked<00:32:38.480><c> on.</c>

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:43.279
Now,<00:32:39.740><c> this</c><00:32:40.079><c> actually</c><00:32:40.960><c> happened</c><00:32:41.559><c> in</c><00:32:41.819><c> greater</c><00:32:42.099><c> force</c><00:32:42.619><c> years</c>

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:45.880
after<00:32:43.740><c> the</c><00:32:44.000><c> present</c><00:32:44.200><c> event</c><00:32:44.460><c> we're</c><00:32:44.640><c> talking</c><00:32:45.000><c> about.</c>

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:50.019
But<00:32:46.440><c> this</c><00:32:47.240><c> is</c><00:32:47.559><c> a</c><00:32:47.779><c> realistic</c><00:32:48.319><c> portrayal</c><00:32:49.019><c> of</c><00:32:49.240><c> what</c><00:32:49.440><c> it</c><00:32:49.559><c> was</c><00:32:49.799><c> like</c>

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:54.400
for<00:32:50.240><c> some</c><00:32:50.539><c> Christians,</c><00:32:51.740><c> like</c><00:32:51.940><c> Paul,</c><00:32:52.700><c> to</c><00:32:52.819><c> go</c><00:32:53.039><c> into</c><00:32:53.299><c> a</c><00:32:53.480><c> theater,</c>

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:59.609
57<00:32:55.119><c>,000</c><00:32:56.200><c> potential</c><00:32:56.839><c> people</c><00:32:57.660><c> watching</c><00:32:58.779><c> you.</c>

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:03.279
You<00:33:00.039><c> haven't</c><00:33:00.119><c> got</c><00:33:00.279><c> a</c><00:33:00.380><c> guitar.</c><00:33:01.799><c> You</c><00:33:01.980><c> haven't</c><00:33:02.079><c> got</c><00:33:02.279><c> a</c><00:33:02.440><c> backup</c><00:33:02.720><c> band.</c>

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:05.920
You're<00:33:04.220><c> there</c><00:33:04.619><c> to</c><00:33:04.839><c> be</c><00:33:05.119><c> mobbed.</c>

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:12.920
Think<00:33:06.279><c> of</c><00:33:06.500><c> that.</c><00:33:07.220><c> What</c><00:33:07.359><c> it</c><00:33:07.480><c> would</c><00:33:07.599><c> be</c><00:33:07.799><c> like</c><00:33:07.960><c> to</c><00:33:08.180><c> walk</c><00:33:08.440><c> into</c><00:33:08.720><c> a</c><00:33:08.880><c> theater</c><00:33:09.180><c> like</c><00:33:09.460><c> Paul</c><00:33:09.859><c> and</c><00:33:10.119><c> Gaius</c><00:33:10.400><c> and</c><00:33:10.559><c> Aristarchus</c><00:33:11.660><c> and</c><00:33:12.180><c> facing</c><00:33:12.579><c> a</c>

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:17.339
crowd<00:33:13.200><c> that</c><00:33:13.339><c> would</c><00:33:13.599><c> be</c><00:33:13.740><c> vicious,</c><00:33:14.759><c> confused,</c><00:33:16.059><c> superstitious,</c>

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:19.920
people<00:33:17.680><c> with</c><00:33:18.000><c> all</c><00:33:18.420><c> kinds</c><00:33:18.740><c> of</c><00:33:18.980><c> ethnic</c><00:33:19.259><c> background.</c>

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:25.940
And<00:33:20.440><c> for</c><00:33:20.640><c> two</c><00:33:20.980><c> hours,</c><00:33:21.799><c> they're</c><00:33:22.019><c> going,</c><00:33:22.720><c> Diana!</c><00:33:23.759><c> Diana!</c><00:33:24.839><c> Diana!</c>

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:29.759
And<00:33:26.259><c> when</c><00:33:26.440><c> it</c><00:33:26.740><c> finally</c><00:33:26.940><c> is</c><00:33:27.240><c> over,</c><00:33:28.240><c> some</c><00:33:28.460><c> man</c><00:33:28.759><c> stands</c><00:33:29.059><c> up</c><00:33:29.299><c> and</c><00:33:29.440><c> says,</c><00:33:29.619><c> I</c>

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understand.<00:33:30.319><c> We</c><00:33:30.339><c> all</c><00:33:30.500><c> like</c><00:33:30.720><c> Diana.</c>

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Right.<00:33:33.339><c> Absolutely.</c>

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:36.539
And<00:33:34.599><c> Paul</c><00:33:34.960><c> was</c><00:33:35.259><c> not</c><00:33:35.460><c> the</c><00:33:35.700><c> favorite.</c>

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:40.819
Paul<00:33:37.460><c> and</c><00:33:37.779><c> his</c><00:33:38.059><c> few</c><00:33:38.420><c> friends</c><00:33:38.960><c> stood</c><00:33:39.400><c> in</c><00:33:39.680><c> the</c><00:33:39.819><c> middle</c><00:33:40.099><c> of</c><00:33:40.400><c> a</c><00:33:40.599><c> mob</c>

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:42.339
scene<00:33:41.099><c> like</c><00:33:41.440><c> that.</c>

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:45.680
That's<00:33:43.380><c> how</c><00:33:44.000><c> the</c><00:33:44.500><c> truth</c><00:33:44.680><c> came</c><00:33:45.000><c> to</c><00:33:45.259><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:50.539
In<00:33:46.279><c> that</c><00:33:46.640><c> start,</c><00:33:47.740><c> that's</c><00:33:48.140><c> the</c><00:33:48.400><c> background</c><00:33:48.960><c> of</c><00:33:49.160><c> the</c><00:33:49.400><c> gospel</c><00:33:49.900><c> preached</c><00:33:50.299><c> to</c>

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.180
the<00:33:50.680><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:55.480
So<00:33:51.839><c> when</c><00:33:52.079><c> you</c><00:33:52.400><c> turn</c><00:33:52.740><c> to</c><00:33:52.940><c> the</c><00:33:53.059><c> book</c><00:33:53.200><c> of</c><00:33:53.440><c> Ephesians,</c><00:33:54.460><c> all</c><00:33:54.779><c> of</c><00:33:55.019><c> this</c><00:33:55.240><c> is</c>

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:57.200
water<00:33:55.799><c> under</c><00:33:56.079><c> the</c><00:33:56.339><c> bridge.</c>

00:33:57.359 --> 00:34:00.339
When<00:33:57.920><c> you</c><00:33:58.160><c> turn</c><00:33:58.440><c> to</c><00:33:58.640><c> the</c><00:33:58.720><c> book</c><00:33:58.920><c> of</c><00:33:59.160><c> Ephesians</c><00:33:59.599><c> to</c><00:33:59.839><c> study</c><00:34:00.119><c> what</c>

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:03.839
Paul<00:34:00.599><c> writes</c><00:34:01.039><c> to</c><00:34:01.259><c> them</c><00:34:01.700><c> just</c><00:34:02.259><c> before</c><00:34:02.660><c> he</c><00:34:02.880><c> himself</c><00:34:03.279><c> gets</c><00:34:03.519><c> the</c>

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:09.300
axe,<00:34:05.619><c> literally,</c><00:34:07.160><c> all</c><00:34:07.619><c> of</c><00:34:07.799><c> that</c><00:34:08.000><c> is</c><00:34:08.239><c> water</c><00:34:08.500><c> under</c><00:34:08.800><c> the</c><00:34:09.039><c> bridge.</c>

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:14.239
But<00:34:09.699><c> now</c><00:34:10.059><c> with</c><00:34:10.239><c> that</c><00:34:10.619><c> background,</c><00:34:11.260><c> hopefully,</c><00:34:12.179><c> you'll</c><00:34:12.519><c> understand</c><00:34:13.380><c> why</c>

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:17.639
Paul<00:34:14.739><c> says</c><00:34:15.019><c> what</c><00:34:15.199><c> he</c><00:34:15.440><c> does</c><00:34:15.719><c> to</c><00:34:15.900><c> the</c><00:34:16.079><c> Ephesians</c><00:34:16.579><c> and</c><00:34:17.039><c> why</c><00:34:17.400><c> this</c>

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:20.460
week<00:34:17.860><c> we</c><00:34:18.119><c> chose</c><00:34:18.400><c> the</c><00:34:18.599><c> letter</c><00:34:18.760><c> to</c><00:34:18.940><c> the</c><00:34:19.099><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:26.739
As<00:34:21.719><c> a</c><00:34:22.239><c> letter</c><00:34:22.659><c> that's</c><00:34:23.340><c> relevant</c><00:34:23.659><c> to</c><00:34:24.119><c> Christadelphians</c><00:34:25.280><c> living</c><00:34:25.840><c> towards</c><00:34:26.500><c> the</c>

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.679
end<00:34:26.860><c> of</c><00:34:27.019><c> this</c><00:34:27.219><c> century.</c>

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:32.260
Only<00:34:28.420><c> another</c><00:34:28.820><c> few</c><00:34:29.079><c> years</c><00:34:29.420><c> to</c><00:34:29.659><c> go,</c><00:34:30.280><c> and</c><00:34:30.460><c> we're</c><00:34:30.619><c> on</c><00:34:30.800><c> year</c><00:34:31.079><c> 2000.</c>

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:37.500
And<00:34:32.619><c> our</c><00:34:32.840><c> society</c><00:34:33.340><c> today,</c><00:34:34.420><c> whether</c><00:34:34.579><c> you</c><00:34:34.739><c> look</c><00:34:34.920><c> at</c><00:34:35.079><c> the</c><00:34:35.239><c> homosexual</c><00:34:35.840><c> movement,</c><00:34:36.960><c> whether</c><00:34:37.079><c> you</c><00:34:37.179><c> look</c><00:34:37.360><c> at</c>

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:39.800
the<00:34:37.800><c> crack</c><00:34:38.179><c> and</c><00:34:38.860><c> the</c><00:34:39.039><c> drug</c><00:34:39.300><c> problem,</c>

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:43.840
whatever<00:34:40.579><c> you</c><00:34:40.920><c> look</c><00:34:41.159><c> at</c><00:34:41.340><c> in</c><00:34:41.519><c> our</c><00:34:41.739><c> society,</c><00:34:42.739><c> in</c><00:34:43.019><c> school</c><00:34:43.320><c> or</c><00:34:43.599><c> out</c>

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:45.960
of<00:34:44.039><c> school,</c><00:34:44.280><c> whether</c><00:34:44.420><c> you</c><00:34:44.519><c> look</c><00:34:44.679><c> at</c><00:34:44.820><c> the</c><00:34:45.000><c> soaps,</c><00:34:45.219><c> and</c><00:34:45.320><c> hopefully</c><00:34:45.539><c> you</c><00:34:45.699><c> don't,</c>

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:48.860
whether<00:34:46.980><c> you</c><00:34:47.139><c> read</c><00:34:47.340><c> some</c><00:34:47.599><c> of</c><00:34:47.679><c> the</c><00:34:47.920><c> junk</c><00:34:48.099><c> that's</c><00:34:48.340><c> out</c><00:34:48.519><c> there</c><00:34:48.679><c> in</c>

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:52.699
literature,<00:34:50.440><c> that</c><00:34:50.760><c> is</c><00:34:51.000><c> what</c><00:34:51.199><c> Paul</c><00:34:51.559><c> faced.</c>

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:58.539
Thousands<00:34:53.840><c> of</c><00:34:54.199><c> dollars</c><00:34:54.940><c> went</c><00:34:55.239><c> up</c><00:34:55.480><c> in</c><00:34:55.780><c> flames</c><00:34:56.340><c> when</c><00:34:57.119><c> those</c><00:34:57.440><c> people</c><00:34:57.739><c> learned</c><00:34:58.019><c> the</c><00:34:58.320><c> truth.</c>

00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:07.420
Few<00:34:58.880><c> there</c><00:34:59.099><c> were,</c><00:34:59.539><c> perhaps,</c><00:35:00.480><c> but</c><00:35:00.780><c> they</c><00:35:01.000><c> all</c><00:35:01.159><c> went</c><00:35:01.239><c> out</c><00:35:01.599><c> and</c><00:35:01.940><c> burned</c><00:35:02.099><c> their</c><00:35:02.340><c> tapes,</c><00:35:03.519><c> and</c><00:35:03.780><c> they</c><00:35:04.039><c> burned</c><00:35:04.239><c> their</c><00:35:04.420><c> literature,</c><00:35:05.699><c> the</c><00:35:05.960><c> stuff</c><00:35:06.159><c> that</c><00:35:06.360><c> was</c><00:35:06.699><c> no</c><00:35:06.960><c> good.</c>

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:14.780
And<00:35:08.400><c> Paul</c><00:35:09.139><c> laid</c><00:35:09.980><c> his</c><00:35:10.500><c> life</c><00:35:10.900><c> on</c><00:35:11.260><c> the</c><00:35:11.539><c> line</c><00:35:12.260><c> before,</c><00:35:13.739><c> possibly,</c>

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:16.179
57<00:35:14.960><c>,000</c><00:35:15.599><c> people.</c>

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:18.659
And<00:35:16.820><c> they</c><00:35:16.920><c> were</c><00:35:17.139><c> a</c><00:35:17.300><c> vicious</c><00:35:17.559><c> crowd.</c>

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:23.760
So<00:35:19.119><c> that</c><00:35:19.380><c> years</c><00:35:19.619><c> later</c><00:35:19.960><c> Paul</c><00:35:20.239><c> could</c><00:35:20.500><c> say,</c><00:35:21.179><c> I</c><00:35:21.760><c> fought</c><00:35:22.340><c> with</c><00:35:22.760><c> beasts</c><00:35:23.340><c> at</c>

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:26.639
Ephesus,<00:35:24.400><c> and</c><00:35:24.559><c> you</c><00:35:24.780><c> think</c><00:35:24.960><c> I</c><00:35:25.219><c> did</c><00:35:25.400><c> it</c><00:35:25.559><c> for</c><00:35:25.679><c> a</c><00:35:25.900><c> joke?</c>

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:29.940
I<00:35:27.679><c> did</c><00:35:27.860><c> it</c><00:35:28.059><c> because</c><00:35:28.320><c> of</c><00:35:28.480><c> only</c><00:35:28.760><c> one</c><00:35:28.980><c> reason.</c>

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:33.880
Because<00:35:30.539><c> I</c><00:35:30.880><c> believe</c><00:35:31.159><c> Jesus</c><00:35:31.559><c> Christ</c><00:35:31.960><c> rose</c><00:35:32.239><c> from</c><00:35:32.380><c> the</c><00:35:32.539><c> dead,</c><00:35:33.599><c> and</c><00:35:33.639><c> I</c>

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:37.000
believe<00:35:34.119><c> in</c><00:35:34.260><c> the</c><00:35:34.440><c> resurrection,</c><00:35:35.360><c> otherwise</c><00:35:35.880><c> I</c><00:35:36.260><c> would</c><00:35:36.480><c> put</c><00:35:36.679><c> my</c>

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feet<00:35:37.139><c> up.</c>

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:39.820
That's<00:35:38.460><c> what</c><00:35:38.639><c> Paul</c><00:35:38.880><c> is</c><00:35:39.099><c> saying.</c>

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:42.559
So<00:35:40.199><c> it's</c><00:35:40.480><c> a</c><00:35:40.599><c> very,</c><00:35:41.079><c> very</c><00:35:41.679><c> relevant</c><00:35:42.119><c> epistle.</c>

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:44.219
And<00:35:43.079><c> I</c><00:35:43.159><c> hope</c><00:35:43.239><c> you</c><00:35:43.360><c> get</c><00:35:43.460><c> a</c><00:35:43.579><c> lot</c><00:35:43.679><c> out</c><00:35:43.860><c> of</c><00:35:43.960><c> it.</c>

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.599
And<00:35:44.659><c> remember</c><00:35:44.880><c> the</c><00:35:45.079><c> shoebox.</c>

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:47.179
Okay?<00:35:46.239><c> We're</c><00:35:46.400><c> done.</c>

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Thank<00:36:09.360><c> you.</c>