Life Beside Christ
Life Beside Christ
Faithful Journeys and Life's Unexpected Turns
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
welcome 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 2:I guess you guessed.
Speaker 1:Mm-hmm, go ahead, it's a return.
Speaker 2:Boo, boo, boo, it's a return.
Speaker 1:Let me get my sound effects ready. Oh yeah, yeah, Go ahead.
Speaker 2:It's a return. It's Brady Boo Okay.
Speaker 1:Okay, poorly executed. Yeah, thank you guys for having me.
Speaker 3:Yeah no problem, man Now.
Speaker 1:No problem, man Go ahead and introduce yourself.
Speaker 3:Brady Hayes, 26, 6'2", 225.
Speaker 1:No big deal. What do you bench though?
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's his bench. I'm not going to say it, but it's more than you can count On one hand.
Speaker 3:Went on a run today, so Did you Yep, once again, no big deal.
Speaker 2:How much how?
Speaker 3:far, 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 1:And then I stopped yeah a mile mine's, usually in the summer, though I don't know.
Speaker 3:I was running more than a mile when we were running together and I stopped.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we should do that again.
Speaker 3:I'll tell you one thing I've gotten really into traditional archery Since I've been on here last.
Speaker 2:I'm just waiting on my arrows to get fletched.
Speaker 1:Very excited, painted yourself a recurve.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that thing looks sick.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that does look sick Almost. As sick as that hat you got on.
Speaker 3:That hat's pretty sick too, yeah.
Speaker 1:So it's nice having Brady back. He'll be regular again.
Speaker 2:Yeah, wink, wink.
Speaker 3:I figure I pop in once every six months.
Speaker 1:There you go.
Speaker 3:But 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 2:I'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 3:Just riffing mainly, yeah.
Speaker 2:So what have you been up to? You been running, you been hunting.
Speaker 3:Do you want me to talk about what I've actually been up to? Yeah?
Speaker 2:what you've actually been doing, are you?
Speaker 3:hinting at real life stuff, or do you want me to just talk about pretty fun activities?
Speaker 2:Wherever you want to go with it. I'm leaving it up to you. You're our guest.
Speaker 3:I've just been hunting.
Speaker 1:Hunting 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 3:A few. I'm not happy about it, just a good three days. Out of my tree stands.
Speaker 2:Nonetheless, yeah, both of them.
Speaker 3:Both of them. But when you got no responsibilities in your life, it's easy to.
Speaker 2:It's true.
Speaker 1:Not for much longer. Not for much longer not for much longer.
Speaker 2:There you go, okay, let's do that.
Speaker 3:Good, 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 2:Yo which was quite the experience.
Speaker 1:yeah, All in St.
Speaker 3:Louis. 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 3:Um 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 1:Yeah, 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 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And try to put yourself in.
Speaker 3:Yeah, 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 3:So 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 1:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Anything else? You want to catch up on? When was the last time you were on?
Speaker 3:You 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 2:Yeah, probably one.
Speaker 3:So maybe August, then may have been maybe early September Only three months. I told you guys I was going to take a six month hiatus.
Speaker 1:Yeah, true, true.
Speaker 2:Back ahead of schedule. Then you'll be back on full time no, no.
Speaker 3:Looking 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 1:I don't think anyone wants to listen to that.
Speaker 3:Welcome back to the life.
Speaker 2:This is day 95.
Speaker 1:We're on hour 8.
Speaker 3:You could probably get Adam Fox to do a full-time, three-month contract with you. Yeah.
Speaker 1:That'd be cool. You'll still be around a little bit.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so what's going on with you? Did you say that?
Speaker 1:Nope, do you want to?
Speaker 2:So I had my last power test to see if I am going to academy for police and passed all that stuff.
Speaker 1:It's like a physical test.
Speaker 2:Yeah, 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 3:Nervous.
Speaker 2:Yeah, 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 1:weeks 16 and you're there monday through friday. You get to come back on weekends yeah, I'll be back, probably late friday.
Speaker 2:Saturday I'll be home and then leave, like sunday, around lunchtime so what's the what's your day look like?
Speaker 1:Are you like an 8 to 4 or 9 to 5, and then you get like the night off, like what's that?
Speaker 2:like 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 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:You guys will know in May, once I am back on the podcast.
Speaker 3:Are they like little dorm rooms or something Mm-hmm? Do you have a roommate?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think it's a guy from Jacksonville.
Speaker 3:Gotcha.
Speaker 2:I think it was the old something campus there you go Southwestern Illinois College campus SWCC, swcc, yep, so very excited.
Speaker 3:Can you guys like leave at night, or are you guys?
Speaker 2:Not 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 1:You getting there yeah, painting's done.
Speaker 2:Um, 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 1:Wrestling Whoa Wrestling?
Speaker 2:Keep in shape.
Speaker 1:Huh, keep in wrestling, go ahead.
Speaker 2:Keeping in shape who you been wrestling.
Speaker 3:Okay, go ahead Keeping in shape.
Speaker 2:Who have you been?
Speaker 1:wrestling, just high schoolers, you know, I don't know.
Speaker 3:There's no way to make that.
Speaker 1:What do you want me to say?
Speaker 3:Coaching, I coach, I don't wrestle maybe.
Speaker 1:Well, I mean yeah, they know, yeah, wrestling season stay now, you know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, wrestling season is pretty busy, so when does that?
Speaker 1:get done Mid-February.
Speaker 2:Yikes.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and then baseball usually starts like the week after the Monday after. That's a nightmare.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's insane, but you just love it. You just love the game.
Speaker 1:I love parts of it definitely. I think that's with anything, though there's parts that you don't like.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:You 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 2:It 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 1:I 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 2:Yeah, boy.
Speaker 1:Seven years almost turned in the corner on eight years before I walked into a thing haircut place.
Speaker 2:And when he says haircut.
Speaker 3:Don't even Do you get to wear a hat at work.
Speaker 1:No, Dude, dude, I'm going to fight both of you. We'll do it live on the podcast.
Speaker 2:I 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 3:Yeah, I didn't say anything rude, it's just a question. You took it to be rude.
Speaker 1:Right 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 3:So which one was it Go ahead? So I asked if you could wear a hat at work.
Speaker 1:No, 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 2:It does look good.
Speaker 3:What's that?
Speaker 2:You can't take my joke.
Speaker 1:You can't take my joke. What's?
Speaker 3:that you just recently watched.
Speaker 2:You're trying not to laugh.
Speaker 3:Lord 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 1:How does that even relate? How?
Speaker 3:dude, you don't look, you're just trying to be funny.
Speaker 1:I'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 1:I 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 3:ah, 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 1:So I sent them a text and they were like carter said something I hadn't told brady and zoe yet.
Speaker 2:Well, 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 1:So 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 3:no, no, oh, because we were begging yeah, we were begging for a picture, but I sent a picture, did I?
Speaker 2:send a picture of it. No, no, oh, because we were begging. Yeah, we were begging for a picture.
Speaker 1:But 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 2:So I think you guys get the picture. But no, it looks good, dude, it looks better now.
Speaker 3:Yeah, Keith's a little lad who loves berries and cream.
Speaker 2:Yeah yeah, little Frodo Baggins over there, frodo, I'll take Frodo. Okay, then never mind, never mind you can't have it.
Speaker 3:No, 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 3:Better, 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 1:I'll go put a hat on right now.
Speaker 3:I 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 2:I 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 3:So academy you can have a mustache. Yep, here you should show up with a mustache.
Speaker 2:I 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 3:Like Jay-Z.
Speaker 2:I need a lesson on how to freaking shave.
Speaker 1:What do you mean, dude?
Speaker 2:Because I get these, I get razor burn right here yeah.
Speaker 1:Real bad. Okay, we'll just do it better.
Speaker 3:That's why I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Do you use shaving cream?
Speaker 2:Yeah, he had to think about it.
Speaker 3:Well, I bought some nice stuff because it wasn't working.
Speaker 2:There's a sharp razor. Yeah, but that might be my problem. I need to probably switch it out.
Speaker 3:Into a sharp razor? Yeah, are you trying to tell me that your razor's too sharp?
Speaker 1:No, that's where I thought he was going.
Speaker 2:No, I've been using it for like a month and a half.
Speaker 3:How long are you supposed to use it? Oh, not that long, I mean.
Speaker 2:Granted, 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 1:Hmm, Maybe people can send us in some tips.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:I don't have a problem. I think you've got weak, sensitive skin.
Speaker 2:I think so too Maybe.
Speaker 1:What's wrong with me? Probably a lot of things, Beta mainly.
Speaker 2:Beta. Yeah Well, so Okay Well.
Speaker 1:So, 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 2:Yeah, okay, you got something. Yeah, all right, ray, you got something, nope.
Speaker 1:Okay, 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 2:Well, that was my one thing, oh really, how freaking cool was that man?
Speaker 1:Okay, go ahead, I don't want to steal your thunder. No, that was my one thing.
Speaker 2:Oh really, how freaking cool, was that man?
Speaker 1:Okay, go ahead, I don't want to steal your thunder. No, that was about it.
Speaker 2:It 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 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And get these people looks at me, knocked my dust off my sandals. Yeah, Like, all right, let's go. Yeah.
Speaker 1:That'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 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:But now he says we can do those things like seriously would it be hard to stay humble.
Speaker 2:He'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 1:Oh, but it'd be I'd be, scared.
Speaker 2:I'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 1:Right, that's not even in our yeah.
Speaker 2:It'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 1:Okay, guess that's a way of looking at it, huh. So 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 2:Yeah, so sick.
Speaker 1:I thought it's interesting part.
Speaker 3:Let 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 3:You 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 1:It'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 3:The Chosen was in Controversy.
Speaker 1:Mm-mm. Was this for the camera crew?
Speaker 3:stuff. No, I don't believe so. It was something like they're just not following the Bible anymore.
Speaker 1:Really Well. That's unfortunate.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I meant to send that to you guys the other day.
Speaker 1:Oh dang.
Speaker 3:I mean you guys can go on, I guess, and all that. No, you can.
Speaker 2:How 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 1:God'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 2:Yeah, 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 1:So 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 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Like it just ceased to exist, yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And that will be better than what those people will face.
Speaker 2:Yeah, not welcoming Like.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I 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 1:Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2:But 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 1:That'd be weird. Yeah, it would.
Speaker 2:It'd just be hard to trust, but I hope you would, because if you don't? There's some trouble.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 2:Yeah, how terrible that was.
Speaker 1:And 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 1:You know, like I don't know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it would be strange just to, I mean.
Speaker 1:I think it would be pretty like cool, I don't.
Speaker 2:I but just to like automatically get it yeah. It's like I didn't do anything for this.
Speaker 1:I'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 2:I 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 1:Yeah, 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 2:That'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 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Seems like we had similar thoughts.
Speaker 1:Yeah, brady, did you have something you wanted to chime in?
Speaker 3:No, you guys are killing it.
Speaker 2:No, we're actually killing the podcast. Yeah, literally.
Speaker 3:The 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 1:your own research.
Speaker 3:But 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 2:Yeah, 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 1:What was that? Isn't that what your dad says? Or is that what Harold says?
Speaker 2:Harold.
Speaker 3:I forgot about that. All right, I don't know why.
Speaker 1:This just popped in my head. Have you guys seen how Phil Robertson has been doing?
Speaker 2:Kind 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 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's pretty sad.
Speaker 1:I 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 1:he'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 2:Yeah, he's also 78, so.
Speaker 1:I thought he was older than that.
Speaker 2:He looks older.
Speaker 3:Isn't that crazy. He seems older than that, lived a full life.
Speaker 1:Yeah, all right, well, I'll get back to. Sorry for the.
Speaker 2:No, you're good, brother, shoot off there. I like a little shoot off.
Speaker 3:The part that I think offshoot maybe.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you're right, I mean.
Speaker 3:I could have let it go, I guess.
Speaker 2:But that's why you're here, yeah.
Speaker 3:You know, that's why we need you. That's why we need you, you're so back. Yep.
Speaker 1:Back 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 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:But 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 2:Natural.
Speaker 1:Right Normal to all of us.
Speaker 2:yeah, 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 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So that would be tough, but I mean that's also what they did following Jesus. I mean quit everything.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 3:I took a drink of my drink and he thought that was funny.
Speaker 2:No, I was doing the face from Rick and Morty, okay.
Speaker 3:Okay, all right, that's on us. Well, not us, that's on him.
Speaker 1:I 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 1:and Judas no um, which is a little scary to begin with, but also pretty comforting.
Speaker 2:Yeah, exciting.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I just want to go tell everybody which I should.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Let's go do it Trick or treat. Here's the Lord.
Speaker 1:That 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 1:So 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 2:Yeah, I think that's a pretty popular verse, isn't it? I feel like I've heard that before.
Speaker 1:Probably.
Speaker 2:Well, I've definitely heard it before.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I think, if I before Probably.
Speaker 1:Well, 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 2:Yeah, it would be tough.
Speaker 1:I 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 2:Like, yeah, yeah, that's right, choose to die based on a lie.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 2:Now on to Brady's hot take.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we need one.
Speaker 3:I don't have one prepared, yeah. I got nothing.
Speaker 2:You're also my guest for the new segment, carter's Karaoke Yep, so you have to sing your favorite Christian song.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I'm not going to do that, okay, okay.
Speaker 2:Okay, so Carter's karaoke is really hitting the mark.
Speaker 3:We're two for two here. Has anybody done it? No, no.
Speaker 2:It was me and you. Yeah, it was two people, oh yeah.
Speaker 3:Carter's resume.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Carter 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 3:What.
Speaker 2:Shoot. Oh, what do you think I said I?
Speaker 3:was like what. Oh, I know I have a hot take. I know I'm upset about something.
Speaker 1:Okay, we'll take a break.
Speaker 2:Oh, I solved Interstate problems. Three lanes All the time, semis, I think you still have.
Speaker 1:Similar problems. No, yeah, you win Lanes all the time, semis right lane, I think you still have similar problems. No, yeah, you win.
Speaker 2:Okay, 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 1:Do you think people are actually going to follow those rules?
Speaker 2:No, I'm just. If people did, it'd solve a lot of problems, I think Okay.
Speaker 3:I think semis just shouldn't be able to pass.
Speaker 2:Yeah, agreed, yeah, I do not like them. I went to Oklahoma, you remember that.
Speaker 1:Remember that.
Speaker 2:You remember it?
Speaker 1:Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2:It 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 3:My 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 1:Yeah, I agree, because they're just on their phone or something. Yeah, and yeah, not really paying attention.
Speaker 2:It'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 3:Yeah, 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 1:You're going to kind of back to the beginning, but you going to be hunting some more.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I was going to hunt tonight, but I didn't. It's hard to.
Speaker 1:I found it hard to hunt on my night shifts, getting up a little bit earlier than.
Speaker 3:Yeah, 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 2:No, Really, I'll be on days whenever I start. Oh, because you like.
Speaker 1:FTO. What is that? I think is what it's called. What is?
Speaker 2:it 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 1:You think you'll like that or not.
Speaker 2:I think so.
Speaker 3:I don't like the morning. Do you know, if we're on complete opposite schedules, we'll never see each other.
Speaker 2:Dude, I'll freaking just come hang out.
Speaker 1:I guess Zoe will just always have someone at the house yeah.
Speaker 3:Nights are so bad. Switching every two weeks is really bad too.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I imagine being on nights I feel like.
Speaker 3:I'm sick and tired all the time.
Speaker 2:Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired all?
Speaker 3:the time. Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired, carter?
Speaker 2:Ramsey. Yeah, me too, dude.
Speaker 3:You want to put it all in a Roth.
Speaker 2:That was good that was good, all right.
Speaker 1:Well, you guys got any other thoughts?
Speaker 3:No, thank you for having me on. Yeah, hey, you're welcome, man thoughts.
Speaker 1:No, thank you for having me on. Yeah, hey, you're welcome man, anytime, anytime, literally.
Speaker 2:Yeah, what are we? What are we? Anytime?
Speaker 1:All the listeners will have to let us know how much they appreciate Brady being back.
Speaker 2:Yeah, If we get three emails that Brady should be on next time he will be back.
Speaker 3:I 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 1:It's just getting back into the groove of things. You got to be back more.
Speaker 3:I think your views when I was looking, do better without me. No, dads are the best.
Speaker 1:Yeah, they are actually, but with you too.
Speaker 3:Yeah, but since I've dropped out, you guys have gone up a little bit, a few.
Speaker 2:I 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.
Speaker 1:No, but any of you guys. We appreciate emails. Follow us on instagram life beside christ podcast. Email us at life beside christ pod at gmailcom. And please, if you feel like it, share the podcast with friends. Talk about it with each other.
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