Life Beside Christ
The Life Beside Christ podcast was started to help spread the Word of God and the love of Jesus to people who are young in their faith or curious about christianity and need a place to start. Follow along the discussions and learning with your hosts of two brothers and close friend; Brady Hays, Carter Hays, and Levi Parkevich.
Life Beside Christ
Faithful Journeys and Life's Unexpected Turns
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This episode embraces the journey of love, faith, and resiliency as Brady shares his family’s experience preparing for Mason’s heart transplant. Through discussions of hunting, personal growth, and biblical insights, the hosts reflect on the importance of stepping beyond fear while trusting in God’s plan.
• The steep road of preparation for Mason's transplant surgery
• Joy found in outdoor pursuits like hunting and traditional archery
• Discussion of Matthew 10 and the power of discipleship
• Embracing faith over fear in facing life’s challenges
• Importance of community support and prayer in difficult times
• Lighthearted banter providing a balance to serious discussions
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•Intro/Outro Music: "Our Days" by David Hays
Return of Brady
Speaker 1welcome back to life . Beside christ podcast , we have a pretty important guest today not a pretty , but a guest I guess , I guess , yeah .
Speaker 2I guess you guessed .
Speaker 1Mm-hmm , go ahead , it's a return .
Speaker 2Boo , boo , boo , it's a return .
Speaker 1Let me get my sound effects ready . Oh yeah , yeah , Go ahead .
Speaker 2It's a return . It's Brady Boo Okay .
Speaker 1Okay , poorly executed . Yeah , thank you guys for having me .
Speaker 3Yeah no problem , man Now .
Speaker 1No problem , man Go ahead and introduce yourself .
Speaker 3Brady Hayes , 26 , 6'2" , 225 .
Speaker 1No big deal . What do you bench though ?
Speaker 2Yeah , that's his bench . I'm not going to say it , but it's more than you can count On one hand .
Speaker 3Went on a run today , so Did you Yep , once again , no big deal .
Speaker 2How much how ?
Speaker 3far , far mile . He ran downstairs . Pretty good it was . Um , actually it wasn't as bad as I thought . Pretty happy about I do this once a year , yeah same .
Speaker 1And then I stopped yeah a mile mine's , usually in the summer , though I don't know .
Speaker 3I was running more than a mile when we were running together and I stopped .
Speaker 2Yeah , we should do that again .
Speaker 3I'll tell you one thing I've gotten really into traditional archery Since I've been on here last .
Speaker 2I'm just waiting on my arrows to get fletched .
Speaker 1Very excited , painted yourself a recurve .
Speaker 3Yeah , that thing looks sick .
Speaker 2Yeah , that does look sick Almost . As sick as that hat you got on .
Speaker 3That hat's pretty sick too , yeah .
Speaker 1So it's nice having Brady back . He'll be regular again .
Speaker 2Yeah , wink , wink .
Speaker 3I figure I pop in once every six months .
Speaker 1There you go .
Speaker 3But the good thing , with me retiring from full-time ship , you guys can keep that revenue . Split it two ways . The negative revenue Make pretty good money . Good for you guys .
Speaker 2I'm about to retire , just going down to the river , honestly , I got no money Okay . No , I'm joking , I'm just joking guys . Okay , I wasn't serious . We got you All right , give me a sip of that tea , bro . No , I mean , I don't know what you want to say . Yeah , well . I don't know what kind of content you thought that was going to be . I've just been staring at it . I can just smell it Just riffing . Yeah , I'm just riffing .
Speaker 3Just riffing mainly , yeah .
Speaker 2So what have you been up to ? You been running , you been hunting .
Speaker 3Do you want me to talk about what I've actually been up to ? Yeah ?
Speaker 2what you've actually been doing , are you ?
Speaker 3hinting at real life stuff , or do you want me to just talk about pretty fun activities ?
Speaker 2Wherever you want to go with it . I'm leaving it up to you . You're our guest .
Speaker 3I've just been hunting .
Speaker 1Hunting okay , you getting anything Dude neither one of us you know the answer . I guess you've seen deer huh , yeah , carter's the only one with a deer . Two of them , two of them .
Speaker 3A few . I'm not happy about it , just a good three days . Out of my tree stands .
Speaker 2Nonetheless , yeah , both of them .
Speaker 3Both of them . But when you got no responsibilities in your life , it's easy to .
Speaker 2It's true .
Speaker 1Not for much longer . Not for much longer not for much longer .
Speaker 2There you go , okay , let's do that .
Speaker 3Good , no , okay okay but no , the main thing I've been doing is getting ready for Mason's transplant . He he had nine appointments last week .
Speaker 2Yo which was quite the experience .
Speaker 1yeah , All in St .
Speaker 3Louis . All in St Louis . Yeah , split over two days , so that was made for a long day because you got two hour drive , Then you do like six hours there and then two hour back . It's a full work day .
Speaker 3Um and he had blood work , which is a . That's a nightmare to watch your five month old just get stabbed with a needle . Yeah , Um , but yeah , I mean it's going to be the assuming we get the donor the first of that surgery ever done in St Louis , so we're not real nervous or anything . Pretty good , assuming we get the donor the first of that surgery ever done in st louis , so we're not real nervous or anything pretty good no yeah , we're all pretty sane .
Speaker 1Yeah , I mean , I think most people that are aware of the situation would understand , I guess , the feeling somewhat , um , it's not one that you can recreate in your head .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1And try to put yourself in .
Speaker 3Yeah , it's a weird one and even I don't know if you have kids . You can somewhat imagine it . It's just , even we knew before he was born he was going to have some . He had a heart issue . But then you start getting into the deep parts of it and you start looking at the long term , like they were talking about all the things we got to be careful of when he's on his medicines for that transplant and you're like , whew , it's a lot deeper and it's a lot longer process than we thought .
Speaker 3So yeah it's all good . We're blessed to be so close to St Louis and they've got incredible doctors . All the prayers have meant a lot to us too , so , yeah , been a lot of fun , good year .
Speaker 1Yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah . Anything else ? You want to catch up on ? When was the last time you were on ?
Speaker 3You guys have probably done what three or four yeah , probably four Did I do . He was born July 12th . I feel like what I did , maybe one or two after he was born July 12th . I feel like what I did , maybe one or two after he was born , Maybe .
Speaker 2Yeah , probably one .
Speaker 3So maybe August , then may have been maybe early September Only three months
Academy Training and Haircut Fun
Speaker 3. I told you guys I was going to take a six month hiatus .
Speaker 1Yeah , true , true .
Speaker 2Back ahead of schedule . Then you'll be back on full time no , no .
Speaker 3Looking at full time guest ship is what I'm thinking but you might have to because I won't . I won't be on for shoot , shoot four months yeah , I guess I will have to try to fill in Keith just talking to himself . I don't , I will have to try to fill in Keith's just talking to himself .
Speaker 1I don't think anyone wants to listen to that .
Speaker 3Welcome back to the life .
Speaker 2This is day 95 .
Speaker 1We're on hour 8 .
Speaker 3You could probably get Adam Fox to do a full-time , three-month contract with you . Yeah .
Speaker 1That'd be cool . You'll still be around a little bit .
Speaker 2Yeah , so what's going on with you ? Did you say that ?
Speaker 1Nope , do you want to ?
Speaker 2So I had my last power test to see if I am going to academy for police and passed all that stuff .
Speaker 1It's like a physical test .
Speaker 2Yeah , power test . Yep , it's a wellness test there , you go yeah , nice word , nice word . Peace officer wellness evaluation , something Okay , something I don't know . Okay , there you go . So January 5th , I go down to Belleville to start my four-month go at Academy .
Speaker 3Nervous .
Speaker 2Yeah , a little bit . I mean , I think after the first week I'll be better , just kind of expecting stuff , but right now it's like I have no idea . Yeah , what it even is how many ?
Speaker 1weeks 16 and you're there monday through friday . You get to come back on weekends yeah , I'll be back , probably late friday .
Speaker 2Saturday I'll be home and then leave , like sunday , around lunchtime so what's the what's your day look like ?
Speaker 1Are you like an 8 to 4 or 9 to 5 , and then you get like the night off , like what's that ?
Speaker 2like I think we start pretty early , I think start at like 6 or 7 . And then I think it's usually PT , like just physical stuff , and then classroom , and then you have like the evening off like study or something . That's what I assume . I don't know , we'll see .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2You guys will know in May , once I am back on the podcast .
Speaker 3Are they like little dorm rooms or something Mm-hmm ? Do you have a roommate ?
Speaker 2Yeah , I think it's a guy from Jacksonville .
Speaker 3Gotcha .
Speaker 2I think it was the old something campus there you go Southwestern Illinois College campus SWCC , swcc , yep , so very excited .
Speaker 3Can you guys like leave at night , or are you guys ?
Speaker 2Not for the first couple weeks . It depends on the group . He said . That is like if your group is doing really good and like getting in here and getting after it . Then we'll give you , like evening where you can leave campus or whatever , but yeah , so I'm excited to get after it . Finally have a job , that'd be cool yeah like a whole grown-up or something how the house is going .
Speaker 1You getting there yeah , painting's done .
Speaker 2Um , I think we're working on the bathroom quite a bit now , getting tile down so we can get the tub in vanity and then all the kitchen cabinets fit . But , I think I've got to go up in the attic and put blow-in insulation in , which will suck . Okay , but someone's got to do it . Might as well be me . Yeah , sure , sure , sure , shoo , shoo Might as well be me . Shoo , shoo Might as well what you been up to .
Speaker 1Wrestling Whoa Wrestling ?
Speaker 2Keep in shape .
Speaker 1Huh , keep in wrestling , go ahead .
Speaker 2Keeping in shape who you been wrestling .
Speaker 3Okay , go ahead Keeping in shape .
Speaker 2Who have you been ?
Speaker 1wrestling , just high schoolers , you know , I don't know .
Speaker 3There's no way to make that .
Speaker 1What do you want me to say ?
Speaker 3Coaching , I coach , I don't wrestle maybe .
Speaker 1Well , I mean yeah , they know , yeah , wrestling season stay now , you know .
Speaker 2Yeah , wrestling season is pretty busy , so when does that ?
Speaker 1get done Mid-February .
Speaker 2Yikes .
Speaker 1Yeah , and then baseball usually starts like the week after the Monday after . That's a nightmare .
Speaker 2Yeah , it's insane , but you just love it . You just love the game .
Speaker 1I love parts of it definitely . I think that's with anything , though there's parts that you don't like .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1You put out your ground buying , yet yeah , first I sat in it Sunday morning I knew I wasn't going to see anything . First I sat in it Sunday morning I knew I wasn't going to see anything . The first time I sat in it and it was all wet and you couldn't see through it very well . It was one of those you can see through 270 degrees . You can see out , but it's like camoed in and it was , but it was wet so you couldn't see through it very well . So I had to have the window open the whole time .
Speaker 2It doesn't say you can see through it , but you can't . I mean you have to open the window to shoot through it .
Speaker 1I guess , you could shoot a hole through it . You could just shoot right through it . But yeah , I'm excited to try to get more time to sit in it over break hopefully . So this is our last week before break for school and then hopefully see the fam for a little bit over break . Yeah , nothing else really new for me , I guess Got a haircut .
Speaker 2Yeah , boy .
Speaker 1Seven years almost turned in the corner on eight years before I walked into a thing haircut place .
Speaker 2And when he says haircut .
Speaker 3Don't even Do you get to wear a hat at work .
Speaker 1No , Dude , dude , I'm going to fight both of you . We'll do it live on the podcast .
Speaker 2I don't care , that's so funny , let's go , come on . He's funny about that Because like you don't even have . That's so funny , let's go , come on . He's funny about that Because like you don't even have to say the joke .
Speaker 3Yeah , I didn't say anything rude , it's just a question . You took it to be rude .
Speaker 1Right you guys . No , no , no , it looks good . First night I saw you guys , so that means you're lying . Either you're lying now or you were lying then .
Speaker 3So which one was it Go ahead ? So I asked if you could wear a hat at work .
Speaker 1No , you guys were giving me crap before we started , just because they didn't hear it doesn't mean , you didn't get , said I don't know what he's talking about . These two are going to get freaking knocked out it looks good .
Speaker 2It does look good .
Speaker 3What's that ?
Speaker 2You can't take my joke .
Speaker 1You can't take my joke . What's ?
Speaker 3that you just recently watched .
Speaker 2You're trying not to laugh .
Speaker 3Lord of the Rings . You watched it . Oh yeah , who's that guy that ? What's his name ? That's like he's trying to get the ring and shut up my precious no oh you gallop .
Speaker 1How does that even relate ? How ?
Speaker 3dude , you don't look , you're just trying to be funny .
Speaker 1I'm just being mean . No , your wife said something freaking funny the first day I sent the , so I , when I left the place I was mad they cut my hair . The lady literally took four cuts across the back of my hair , so it's like still about to my shoulders , and the lady took four cuts and it was like a real man and I was like dude .
Speaker 1I hated it . When I walked out it looked so dumb I I still don't love it . It's all right , um , and that was one of the funniest phone calls I've ever been oh I was just saying a handful of cuss words for sure um , but I yeah , I was a good . What 15 , 20 minute just rant of me ?
Speaker 3ah , she didn't even cut it right . I don't think she cared . It looks better than your super long hair . I'll give you that yeah , okay .
Speaker 1So I sent them a text and they were like carter said something I hadn't told brady and zoe yet .
Speaker 2Well , yeah , because I just happened to call you , I didn't know you got a haircut yeah , I was walking out , you were just mad , I was like what the heck is going on yeah , um .
Speaker 1So then carter said something in our group text and then I guess zoe was texting off brady's phone . I didn't know and I said that I I told carter I looked like lord farquaad , which is so good from shrek , because my hair was just straight at that point and like right around it looked so dumb . And then , zoe , I sent that and then sent a picture . Did I send a picture of it ?
Speaker 3no , no , oh , because we were begging yeah , we were begging for a picture , but I sent a picture , did I ?
Speaker 2send a picture of it . No , no , oh , because we were begging . Yeah , we were begging for a picture .
Speaker 1But I sent the picture of Lord Farquaad , yeah , and then Zoe sends back the picture of the guy that does the berries and cream . Yes , yeah , that was funny , but I was mad , yeah .
Speaker 2So I think you guys get the picture . But no , it looks good , dude , it looks better now .
Speaker 3Yeah , Keith's a little lad who loves berries and cream .
Speaker 2Yeah yeah , little Frodo Baggins over there , frodo , I'll take Frodo . Okay , then never mind , never mind you can't have it .
Speaker 3No , it yeah , it looks , it looks good , it looks good it looks good , get out of here . It's very funny to be 25 years old , walking out of a hair appointment , just mad at her and doing it in four cuts . I don't think she took me seriously , you're just putting words in my mouth . I never said that I got dreams too yeah , that's crazy , you're dumb , it looks cool , yes whatever , especially in the hat .
Speaker 3Better , I'm jealous of it in a hat yeah right now of it in a hat . Yeah , right now I feel pretty confident in my hair get out of here .
Speaker 1I'll go put a hat on right now .
Speaker 3I won't please um it's hard to look at it's really okay , okay you guys got it all out of here , can you ? Well , it's not a real issue for you People with facial hair . What kind of facial hair Can you have as a cop For the city ?
Speaker 2I think you can have Anything that's groomed , but I don't know that . I know in the academy you can only have a groomed Like , not Like long , because people can grab it Like Bobby . I think that's about the line .
Speaker 3So academy you can have a mustache . Yep , here you should show up with a mustache .
Speaker 2I can't grow one . I know that's what's funny yeah that would be funny . I might actually , just to be fun , I might , I will .
Speaker 3Like Jay-Z .
Speaker 2I need a lesson on how to freaking shave .
Speaker 1What do you mean , dude ?
Speaker 2Because I get these , I get razor burn right here yeah .
Speaker 1Real bad . Okay , we'll just do it better .
Speaker 3That's why I don't know what I'm doing wrong . Do you use shaving cream ?
Speaker 2Yeah , he had to think about it .
Speaker 3Well , I bought some nice stuff because it wasn't working .
Speaker 2There's a sharp razor . Yeah , but that might be my problem . I need to probably switch it out .
Speaker 3Into a sharp razor ? Yeah , are you trying to tell me that your razor's too sharp ?
Speaker 1No , that's where I thought he was going .
Speaker 2No , I've been using it for like a month and a half .
Speaker 3How long are you supposed to use it ? Oh , not that long , I mean .
Speaker 2Granted , you're not shaving much , but Well , I've been trying to because I'm getting used to it , but it's not going good .
Speaker 1Hmm , Maybe people can send us in some tips .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 3I don't have a problem . I think you've got weak , sensitive skin .
Speaker 2I think so too Maybe .
Speaker 1What's wrong with me ? Probably a lot of things , Beta mainly .
Speaker 2Beta . Yeah Well , so Okay Well .
Speaker 1So , okay , okay , all right . Well , we'll get into a little bit of Bible talk . I guess A little bit of Bible talk , you got something .
Speaker 2Yeah , okay , you got something . Yeah , all right , ray , you got something , nope .
Speaker 1Okay , so we're in Matthew 10 . This chapter is where Jesus sends out the 12 disciples , not something that I I hope I'm not kind of overlapping with something that you had Carter Carter here , but before I guess , just to start , jesus sends out his disciples and gives them the ability to heal , cast out demons and do all these things that Jesus has been doing for people . Which just that part alone is .
Speaker 2Well , that was my one thing , oh really , how freaking cool was that man ?
Speaker 1Okay , go ahead , I don't want to steal your thunder . No , that was my one thing .
Speaker 2Oh really , how freaking cool , was that man ?
Speaker 1Okay , go ahead , I don't want to steal your thunder . No , that was about it .
Speaker 2It would be sick . But would you be kind of nervous , be like , oh yeah , like I don't want to screw this up , like he told me not to go here and here .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2And get these people looks at me , knocked my dust off my sandals . Yeah , Like , all right , let's go . Yeah .
Speaker 1That'd be sick , though , which I would , so I would almost not believe it at first . Yeah , like because we've talked about them , even seeing Jesus perform these miracles and even still somewhat doubting , like is he actually doing what we see him doing ?
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1But now he says we can do those things like seriously would it be hard to stay humble .
Speaker 2He'd be like I've got the freaking power , oh yeah I bet after , like you , do it a couple times yeah like watch this .
Speaker 1Oh , but it'd be I'd be , scared .
Speaker 2I'd be scared probably , oh I'd be yeah , but then after a few I'd be like I'd be scared probably . Oh , I'd be yeah , but then after a few I'd be like , hey brother , it's going to be all right , but I don't know . I don't know what I'd really be like . I'm just kind of thinking here because I can't really imagine that .
Speaker 1Right , that's not even in our yeah .
Speaker 2It'd be cool , I think . Yeah , it would be power , they need some responsibility , which I don't have . I probably won't get the power .
Speaker 1Okay , guess that's a way of looking at it , huh .
Seventy-Eight-Year-Old Phil Robertson's Outlook
Speaker 1So did you have anything specific about that ? I didn't mean to Nope you go ahead . I was really hoping that wasn't what you had , because I just wanted to highlight how kind of cool it was , I guess .
Speaker 2Yeah , so sick .
Speaker 1I thought it's interesting part .
Speaker 3Let me find it and read a little real quick . Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you and your belts . No bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff for the worker is worth his keep . Um , that is crazy to me because it's like oh , that was right into the mic . Um , like I , I pack like crazy on trips . It's like so you've got your hair . That's kind of embarrassing get out of here like you can .
Speaker 3You know how you have that me with shoes . It's an embarrassing amount for a man to pack on a trip , so I can't imagine being sent out like that and told not to bring anything . But once again , like you're saying , you've been given so much power .
Speaker 1It's still hard to imagine , though , yeah , and you've been given so much power , it's still hard to imagine though , yeah , and then at that point , like I imagine Jesus was like hey , I think in the Chosen the show , he like says okay , you're going to go here , you two are going to go there . I don't know if that's what actually happened , but I imagine he gave some kind of direction . But then also to be like how many of those disciples have been away from where Jesus is sending them , I guess , and just being like , okay , I'm going to go to this strange place and trust that someone's going to let me sleep in their house and feed me , did you guys see ?
Speaker 3The Chosen was in Controversy .
Speaker 1Mm-mm . Was this for the camera crew ?
Speaker 3stuff . No , I don't believe so . It was something like they're just not following the Bible anymore .
Speaker 1Really Well . That's unfortunate .
Speaker 3Yeah , I meant to send that to you guys the other day .
Speaker 1Oh dang .
Speaker 3I mean you guys can go on , I guess , and all that . No , you can .
Speaker 2How would they know ? Search for some worthy person there and stay at his house until you leave Right Worthy ? Yeah , I don't know . That's kind of like I assume I don't know .
Speaker 1God's doing his work right , that's kind of how I take it I don't know um , excuse me , sorry , excuse me sorry . Yeah , I would imagine God has his hand in all of it , and I guess Jesus knows where they're going , and so you know , I don't know .
Speaker 2Yeah , it would be kind of strange , something kind of crazy that I think about . It says if the home is , oh , wait , wait , wait , whoa , if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words , shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town . I tell you the truth I will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than that town .
Speaker 1So that was one that I pulled up . I kind of marked it wasn't like the main thing but like we remember , I guess , from the Old Testament , what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1Like it just ceased to exist , yeah .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1And that will be better than what those people will face .
Speaker 2Yeah , not welcoming Like .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2I don't know . Think of it as I'm sure you would know , just that this is one of God's people that's doing miracles .
Speaker 1Mm-hmm .
Speaker 2But think of it as like some person coming into Linville like , hey , can I stay at your house ? Yeah , sure , I don't know .
Speaker 1That'd be weird . Yeah , it would .
Speaker 2It'd just be hard to trust , but I hope you would , because if you don't ? There's some trouble .
Speaker 1Yeah , that was one part that really stuck out to me reading through Matthew 10 , was just that that it'd be more bearable to be in Sodom and Gomorrah .
Speaker 2Yeah , how terrible that was .
Speaker 1And yeah , but also a little bit before that , it says freely , you have received , freely give . It's like well , it seems pretty plain , but like we we said earlier , like now , you feel like you're you're kind of a big shot with this power like yeah all right , so like it would be hard , like even just as like human nature , I think we're a little greedy , like , okay , like I'll heal him , but I can also maybe fix that too like yeah , yeah you know , like what , what do you got for me ?
Speaker 1You know , like I don't know .
Speaker 2Yeah , it would be strange just to , I mean .
Speaker 1I think it would be pretty like cool , I don't .
Speaker 2I but just to like automatically get it yeah . It's like I didn't do anything for this .
Speaker 1I'm following Jesus , but yeah , and thinking back to our last conversation was like giving , I think I bet the disciples just the feeling of healing people and casting out demons and probably seeing their reaction was enough to keep them like , okay , this is good . This is for God and I don't need anything from it . Just to see these reactions and people being healed and families feeling better and being able to not worry about those things .
Speaker 2I feel like that's kind of how it's described . They said let's see , go rather to the lost sheep of Israelrael . So I kind of look at is like , go , herd these stray sheep , yeah , which is what we should be doing as christians . So it's kind of a look at like like that , where we should be reaching out to these people that are kind of lost and showing them God's glory , the gift .
Speaker 1Yeah , I don't know why , but I just kind of pictured maybe the sheep not being lost but just being in one place not knowing where to go . I guess that's kind of being lost , but not completely separate , just not knowing the right path to be with the other sheep . Yeah , that , yeah , I don't know so kind of like lost yeah you're right , you're right , yeah , yeah um so that's about all I had .
Speaker 2That's what I got out of 10 . Yeah , I'm sure there's more to it , but that's just what popped out to me .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2Seems like we had similar thoughts .
Speaker 1Yeah , brady , did you have something you wanted to chime in ?
Speaker 3No , you guys are killing it .
Speaker 2No , we're actually killing the podcast . Yeah , literally .
Speaker 3The controversy , though , was in a scene they released for the upcoming season . In a scene they released for the upcoming season , judas and Jesus are talking , and Jesus says to Judas that he'll pray for him , for his decision coming up , about whether to betray him or not , and people are talking about how that's not what would have happened at all , and because if Jesus prayed for him to , uh , not betray him , then none of us would be forgiven , and so I don't know . You have to look into it on your own , do ?
Speaker 1your own research .
Speaker 3But I thought that was interesting and it shows that while shows are enjoyable and movies and whatever , it's always just better to get it straight from the Bible .
Speaker 2Yeah , Because why it's the word of the Lord and we can trust it to be true right there you go there , you go , go on .
Speaker 1What was that ? Isn't that what your dad says ? Or is that what Harold says ?
Speaker 2Harold .
Speaker 3I forgot about that . All right , I don't know why .
Speaker 1This just popped in my head . Have you guys seen how Phil Robertson has been doing ?
Speaker 2Kind of I saw Alzheimer's . Yeah , I saw , I guess he's got some other like blood disease or something too . Yeah , that doesn't help .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2Yeah , that's pretty sad .
Speaker 1I always thought though because I think we had a conversation before , I don't know if we talked about it on here but especially after starting to go to church with you guys , one thing , one thing for me that kind of changed my perspective on it , anyways , was death and losing people , and phil , in one of his , one of their episodes , said when I die I don't know if you guys seen he says when I die , don't be sad like there's no better place for me to be than after I die yeah , I did see that um , which is I like ?
Speaker 1he's probably just so wise , and knowledgeable . Yeah , just so much closer to God . But yeah , I just thought that was an interesting outlook on things .
Speaker 2Yeah , he's also 78 , so
Faith Over Fear and Driving Etiquette
Speaker 2.
Speaker 1I thought he was older than that .
Speaker 2He looks older .
Speaker 3Isn't that crazy . He seems older than that , lived a full life .
Speaker 1Yeah , all right , well , I'll get back to . Sorry for the .
Speaker 2No , you're good , brother , shoot off there . I like a little shoot off .
Speaker 3The part that I think offshoot maybe .
Speaker 1Yeah , you're right , I mean .
Speaker 3I could have let it go , I guess .
Speaker 2But that's why you're here , yeah .
Speaker 3You know , that's why we need you . That's why we need you , you're so back . Yep .
Speaker 1Back every six months . So back , no . But the little bit that I picked out or that stuck out to me was the theme of not fearing , and in 26 through 33 , a couple times he's telling them what it's going to be like don't be afraid . All this stuff , and it made me think of just how many times Jesus says fear not or do not be afraid , and not just Jesus , but in how many times it's said in the Bible . And then I thought back . I think your dad included in a sermon one time that fear not or do not be afraid is the most repeated phrase in the entire Bible . And I'm not going to say I counted it because I didn't , but the Internet said that it is said in the Bible 300 to 350 times , which is kind of crazy .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1But he's telling them all this stuff and it makes you just think of the saying the faith over fear and putting that in front of fear , and fear is just something that's .
Speaker 2Natural .
Speaker 1Right Normal to all of us .
Speaker 2yeah , I think fear drives a lot of our decisions I think , with this power that they're given I don't know if it's called a power or whatever- yeah um , they would have had to have thought , okay , there's people out there that don't like it , right , and I might have to die for this . Yeah , so maybe that's the faith over fear , just like . All right , we're going to do it as best as we can for as long as we can , but in the end we're probably going to be put to death for it .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2So that would be tough , but I mean that's also what they did following Jesus . I mean quit everything .
Speaker 1Yeah , I guess maybe I should read it for anyone just listening . So 26 through 33 . So do not be afraid of them , for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed or hidden that will not be made known what .
Speaker 3I took a drink of my drink and he thought that was funny .
Speaker 2No , I was doing the face from Rick and Morty , okay .
Speaker 3Okay , all right , that's on us . Well , not us , that's on him .
Speaker 1I tell you in the dark speak in the daylight . I'm sorry , what I tell you in the dark ? Speak in the daylight . What is whispered in your ear proclaim from the roofs Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul . Rather be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell . Are not two sparrows sold for a penny ? Verse 2 . Whoever acknowledges me before others , I will also acknowledge before my father in heaven . But whoever disowns me before others , I will disown before my father in heaven .
Speaker 1and Judas no um , which is a little scary to begin with , but also pretty comforting .
Speaker 2Yeah , exciting .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2I just want to go tell everybody which I should .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2Let's go do it Trick or treat . Here's the Lord .
Speaker 1That should be the new saying . But yeah , I just thought that that was so . Then I was just like , well , what other verses can we look at that have the same message ? And I had a couple picked out here . The first one was Isaiah 41 , 10 .
Speaker 1So do not fear , for I am with you . Do not be dismayed , for I am God , or I am your God . I will strengthen you and help you . I will uphold you with many righteous . I cannot read I will uphold you with my righteous hand , and it's just God saying that he's obviously with us and there for strength and help . And then the other one , and then the other one was Psalm 56 , 3 and 4 . When I am afraid , I put my trust in you , in God , whose word I praise . In God I trust and am not afraid . What can mere morals do to me ? And I think that just kind of reiterates the point that Jesus says , like sure , someone could kill you , but they're killing your body , not your flesh or not your soul , and that belongs to God and only he can do that . Yeah , I don't know , I think that kind of just a little bit comforting .
Speaker 2Yeah , I think that's a pretty popular verse , isn't it ? I feel like I've heard that before .
Speaker 1Probably .
Speaker 2Well , I've definitely heard it before .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2I think , if I before Probably .
Speaker 1Well , I've definitely heard it before , but yeah , I think , if I know , Shoot yeah . So that's what I like that saying . I guess it's kind of turned into I don't want to say like cliche , because it's a biblical thing , but like the faith over fear , Mm-hmm . But it gets slapped on a lot of shirts and stuff like that now , but it's obviously like a pretty important message .
Speaker 2Yeah , it would be tough .
Speaker 1I mean , you think of like someone murdering you for your faith , yeah , and that would be like literally the worst time to back down and be like oh no no , no , I'm joking , yeah , and that'd be like literally the worst time to back down and be like , oh , no , no , no , yeah , I'm joking , yeah , and that's that kind of goes to the point of like Jesus and the disciples after Jesus was crucified , like people don't choose to die on based on a lie .
Speaker 2Like , yeah , yeah , that's right , choose to die based on a lie .
Speaker 1Yeah , I think that's just one of those things that we look at as Proof . Yeah , in what we're reading , Yep , I agree .
Speaker 2Now on to Brady's hot take .
Speaker 1Yeah , we need one .
Speaker 3I don't have one prepared , yeah . I got nothing .
Speaker 2You're also my guest for the new segment , carter's Karaoke Yep , so you have to sing your favorite Christian song .
Speaker 3Yeah , I'm not going to do that , okay , okay .
Speaker 2Okay , so Carter's karaoke is really hitting the mark .
Speaker 3We're two for two here . Has anybody done it ? No , no .
Speaker 2It was me and you . Yeah , it was two people , oh yeah .
Speaker 3Carter's resume .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1Carter had his shot last episode and just mouth open drooling to get something hot , yep . That's just him . Every day , though , yeah Shoot .
Speaker 3What .
Speaker 2Shoot . Oh , what do you think I said I ?
Speaker 3was like what . Oh , I know I have a hot take . I know I'm upset about something .
Speaker 1Okay , we'll take a break .
Speaker 2Oh , I solved Interstate problems . Three lanes All the time , semis , I think you still have .
Speaker 1Similar problems . No , yeah , you win Lanes all the time , semis right lane , I think you still have similar problems . No , yeah , you win .
Speaker 2Okay , here's my thought . I thought of this today on my drive Loaded semis to the right . If you're not loaded , you stay in the right until you need to pass loaded semis . Then you can go in the middle . Cars are middle and left Okay hold on Pause .
Speaker 1Do you think people are actually going to follow those rules ?
Speaker 2No , I'm just . If people did , it'd solve a lot of problems , I think Okay .
Speaker 3I think semis just shouldn't be able to pass .
Speaker 2Yeah , agreed , yeah , I do not like them . I went to Oklahoma , you remember that .
Speaker 1Remember that .
Speaker 2You remember it ?
Speaker 1Mm-hmm .
Speaker 2It was terrible , because the hills , them boys . They just want to pass so bad and then they're slowing down together . Then they speed up together and then they slow down together . It's like all right , what are we doing here ?
Speaker 3My hot take not really a really hot take my pet peeve when you're driving and you've got your auto , your cruise on and somebody you pass , somebody just going what you've been going and then they pass you and then they slow down again . That drives me nuts .
Speaker 1Yeah , I agree , because they're just on their phone or something . Yeah , and yeah , not really paying attention .
Speaker 2It's a lot of work . You see them up there and you're like , all right , I'm catching , catching , catching , Pass , Good , and then they freaking go . It's like what I just did all that work just to argue for a couple miles you know , and also some people seem to get upset when you pass them .
Speaker 3Yeah , like it's a attack on their manhood . Yeah , it's like dude , you can pass me if you want , just go faster , yeah . Don't care , there you go , but yeah , that's what I've been up to , yeah .
Speaker 1You're going to kind of back to the beginning , but you going to be hunting some more .
Speaker 3Yeah , I was going to hunt tonight , but I didn't . It's hard to .
Speaker 1I found it hard to hunt on my night shifts , getting up a little bit earlier than .
Speaker 3Yeah , because once you kind of in the thick of your night shift , you sleep till like four that's what I do and then go on with your day . So it's hard to go home , sleep for three hours and then get back up and yeah , that ain't worth it yeah , you going to be on night shift when you start ?
Speaker 2No , Really , I'll be on days whenever I start . Oh , because you like .
Speaker 1FTO . What is that ? I think is what it's called . What is ?
Speaker 2it FTO . Oh , it stands for something cool . I don't know what it is yet . Okay , but then Field training officer . Yeah , yeah , yeah , very good , see , that was a test . I knew it the whole time , but then if I get past that , then I'll be on nights .
Speaker 1You think you'll like that or not .
Speaker 2I think so .
Speaker 3I don't like the morning . Do you know , if we're on complete opposite schedules , we'll never see each other .
Speaker 2Dude , I'll freaking just come hang out .
Speaker 1I guess Zoe will just always have someone at the house yeah .
Speaker 3Nights are so bad . Switching every two weeks is really bad too .
Speaker 1Yeah , I imagine being on nights I feel like .
Speaker 3I'm sick and tired all the time .
Speaker 2Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired all ?
Speaker 3the time . Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired , carter ?
Speaker 2Ramsey . Yeah , me too , dude .
Speaker 3You want to put it all in a Roth .
Speaker 2That was good that was good , all right .
Speaker 1Well , you guys got any other thoughts ?
Speaker 3No , thank you for having me on . Yeah , hey , you're welcome , man thoughts .
Speaker 1No , thank you for having me on . Yeah , hey , you're welcome man , anytime , anytime , literally .
Speaker 2Yeah , what are we ? What are we ? Anytime ?
Brady's Return Boosts Podcast Engagement
Speaker 1All the listeners will have to let us know how much they appreciate Brady being back .
Speaker 2Yeah , If we get three emails that Brady should be on next time he will be back .
Speaker 3I don't think they're going to like it . I felt like I was a downer . I'm very monotone tonight and I don't know why .
Speaker 1It's just getting back into the groove of things . You got to be back more .
Speaker 3I think your views when I was looking , do better without me . No , dads are the best .
Speaker 1Yeah , they are actually , but with you too .
Speaker 3Yeah , but since I've dropped out , you guys have gone up a little bit , a few .
Speaker 2I don't even know the freaking . I can't figure that thing out . We got listeners . Dude People listen to us . Yeah , what the heck .
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