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• Randy: And we're back. Hey. Yeah, it's been a while, but yeah, it's been good. How you doing today, brother? Pj: What up brother? Been a while. Oh man, bless and holly favorite man, bless and holly favorite. It's good to get back into it. I feel like it's been a minute, but I'm excited man, 10 episodes in. Randy: That's right, 10 episodes in. I think with that being said, it's probably good for us to do a little recap episode, talk about anything we maybe left out of our first 10 episodes, maybe talk about any comments that were left, any Bible verses that people shared, just kind of like, you know, recap and maybe give a little bit of a shout out to some of the people who's been engaging with us online. What do you think? Pj: Sounds like a plan, brother. Randy: So I kind of did a little bit of a review of at least what's on YouTube, but I didn't see a ton of stuff, but at least there's some stuff out there that we could kind of talk through. I haven't really looked on iTunes or Spotify or anything else. Let me do a quick look there too, just to see ⁓ if there's been anyone dropping any comments. know it's a little bit less likely on some of these other platforms that... people might actually engage because it's just not as conducive for engagement. Pj: Right. And to be honest with you, ⁓ I get a lot of phone calls, a lot of texts, a lot of Facebook messages, or just people I bump into them in person. And that's been pretty awesome, Really, it's been a blessing, man. It surprises me. I've had at least two, three people, man, that I haven't talked to in a while just kind of reach out to me out the blue. I guess the... having a podcast is like the first thing from my mind. So I'm just like, you know, hey, it's been a minute, whatever. like, what's up? And they're like, hey, man, I watched your podcast. And I just I'm like, OK, like I would have never thought, you know what I mean, that that some of the people who have kind of checked it out would have necessarily done that. So I definitely appreciate that. And I appreciate those conversations. And and I feel like the Lord is kind of using that because I mean, that usually, you know, that that phone call with them just saying, hey, man, I just wanted to let you know, I checked out your podcast. you know, turns into a conversation where we're kind of able to share with each other. So I really like that. Randy: Awesome, no, that's good to hear because at least if the engagement is not always happening online, at least it's still happening and no telling, you know, what other conversations are being generated, you know, behind the scenes. I know that's, you know, one of our purposes for this is, you know, we want to kind of, you know, have our own conversations, but also want to generate even more conversation on topics that we think are important that we as Christians should be discussing. Pj: Absolutely. Absolutely, even if we're not included man, like even if you know two people are you know out there to having the conversations about just in even has nothing to do with us But just has been encouraged to be like, know what? I I kind of you know, want to I want to start these You know these open conversations and kind of you know sharpen on sharpen on so yeah Randy: That's right. That's right. So I'm kind of looking through here on I'm not seeing many comments on either iTunes or Spotify. So I think we'll mostly base this off of what we see on YouTube, since that's where there seems to be the most engagement. And hopefully this will inspire you all who are listening to drop us some comments. You know, tell us what you think about, you know, these episodes, leave your favorite Bible verses or even if it's not your favorite, if as we're covering various topics, if it reminds you of a Bible verse that's related or you're thinking, hey, why did you guys talk about tongues, but you didn't talk about this verse, throw it in there, throw it in the comments and you'll see like we're doing today. At some point we will come back and review and give you a shout out and talk about your comments and talk about the verses that you leave for us. So feel free to, whether it's on Facebook or or YouTube or Spotify or wherever, feel free to just drop us your thoughts, because that's what this is all about for us. We just want to get the conversation going. Pj: Absolutely. is caring. Yeah, man. ⁓ Randy: That's right. All right. So let's, let's start at the beginning. So it looks like, uh, you know, this is a major milestone for us. We've got a 10 episodes out now. Um, the first one was really just kind of our introduction, you know, just kind of explaining, you know, why we're doing this. And we spend a lot of time just kind of talking about our testimony. Pj: Yep, sharing our hearts a little bit just kind of introductions Randy: Yep. And I like, so it looks like at little bluff, little buff, little buff. Yeah. Low buff. Nine 85 left us a comment. I'll go ahead and read it. says trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs three, five through six. And he even put the ESP version. So, ⁓ shout out to little buff. Not any five. Pj: Low buff. Yeah. Yeah. Amen. Randy: Thanks for leaving us a comment in the episode on YouTube. Pj: AKA Brother Brett. Randy: Brother Brett, now you're exposed. Brother Brett has been exposed. Thank you for ⁓ listening to the show. Thank you for leaving us a comment, Brother Brett. Of course, we have our own comment in there, just kind of saying that we got the first one in the books that don't necessarily want to read our stuff. So I'll keep it going here. Let's see what else we got in there. All ⁓ right, so I see, so I left one ⁓ from me personally. Pj: Yeah. you Randy: And honestly, I don't even remember what what that passage is. I'm gonna have to look it up. put Ephesians two, eight and nine. Pj: Well, and while you're looking that up, man, I just I'm sitting here thinking about it. You know, a lot, a lot has happened, I guess you could say since since that first episode, man. And and, you know, I feel like ⁓ there's been a lot of growth in multiple areas. I know that I remember kind of mentioning that this was, you know, out of my comfort zone. And not to say that I've gotten more comfortable with it, but I'm adjusting and. It's just kind of, it's a cool thing to see what, you know, some of the conversations and just be able look back, man. It's cool. Randy: 100%. Okay, so here's the verse that I dropped in there. See, it's been over a month. I don't even remember what I put in there, but it says, ⁓ God saved you by his grace when you believed, and you can't take credit for this. It is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. And ⁓ that's where it ends. Okay, and that was the NLT version. So I think if you, you know, listen back to that conversation, that verse probably came up. Pj: Yes. Randy: or at least I probably paraphrased that verse at some point. And so I wanted to leave the reference in there. So that's that one. You wanna look up the next one? The next one is I say a 4110. Looks like this was Hyland Peterson, 7351. Hyland Peterson, 7351. Pj: me see, what is the verse? Isaiah? Randy: It's Isaiah 41 10. Pj: Isaiah 41 10. Alrighty, give me a second. I'm pulling this up now. See, I got ⁓ this is from the ⁓ New Living Translation says, don't be afraid for I'm with you. Don't be discouraged for I'm your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up in my victorious right hand. Amen. Randy: I'll get the next one queued. Awesome, amen. And we definitely need all the help we could get, because as we mentioned every episode, we're just two regular guys without any kind of certifications or degrees in this. Just kind of speaking from our heart and sharing what the Lord has revealed to us as we read the scriptures and process the different messages and things that we've heard throughout our lives. So ⁓ definitely need the Lord to be with us. Pj: Every day, all day, every day. Randy: All day, every day. Okay, this one's a long one. It's from Melvin Billiott, R3T. Shout out to Melvin Billiott. Thanks for dropping us a comment. Psalms 23. Oh my gosh. The whole chapter? That's a, that's a, let's see, it's not that long. So Psalms 23 in my NLT version says, the Lord is my shepherd. I have all that I need. He lets me rest in green meadows. He leads me beside peaceful screams. He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths. bringing honor to his name. Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid for you are close beside me. You're brought in your staff, protect and comfort me. You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings. Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life and I will live in the house of the Lord forever. And that's the NLT. Pj: Amen. Good stuff. Randy: ⁓ That's a great chapter. I know that's one that's a popular one that people quote a lot. the ⁓ verse ⁓ four, even when I walk through the darkest valley or the shadow of death, whatever your version says. So that's a good one. Pj: Yep. Randy: I don't I still have bars maybe once upon a time I had bars. Pj: No, I don't. That ⁓ Come on. Yes. No protein bars, man. Come on, progress. Randy: Now I just have candy bars, protein bars. Definitely got protein bars, ⁓ not the kind of bars that he's referring to though. ⁓ But yeah, always consider him family as well. Thanks for the shout out. All right. Pj: That's, ⁓ I mean, you did kind of reference in an episode. I remember, you know, that you had ⁓ your album, The Tip. So, you know, just just for y'all ⁓ out there. Randy: Was that was that one we referenced or was that a deleted scene? Because was that a that wasn't a deleted scene? Pj: No, no, no. No, you're talking about basically, you know how we always we feel like we have to do something. So that was kind of the principle of your of your album was like, man, still, you know, God paid everything. I want to at least leave the tip. So. Randy: ⁓ yeah. Yeah, well, you know, it's funny is, you know, I know I've definitely come a long way in my faith and my understanding of the gospel and it becomes more and more obvious to me. Anytime I do go back and I listen to some of my old music because, know, for those of you who don't know, I've put out several albums, ⁓ Christian hip hop albums, ⁓ one of which I did with Mr. Biscuit, aka Lamont Map, who went by Bridge B at the time. ⁓ who is the best hands down best, ⁓ rapper i've ever heard period. ⁓ and i'm not just saying christian rapper He is the best rapper i've ever heard period most talented person Probably yeah, probably just the most all-around most talented person i've ever heard because I mean the dude could rap he could sing he could produce he could do everything. ⁓ But but yeah, I when I go back and I listen to some of my stuff from you know, when I was much much younger ⁓ I do hear you know, I could hear Pj: Just insane. It's, yeah, yeah. Randy: a difference in what I believed in the belief behind some of the lyrics that comes through to me. Where is if I were to write music today, it would probably sound a lot different because I definitely had this mindset of God was holding my sins against me and every time I sin that was falling short and I felt like that was something that was impeding my relationship with God. I definitely feel like my understanding of the gospel and forgiveness has, you know, it's evolved and it's grown a lot since then. And so some of those songs were, you know, I mean, I was very honest in some of my songs about things that I was struggling with. ⁓ You know, it would be a little bit different, you know, today. So anyway. Pj: Glory to God, man. ⁓ And look, man, I can definitely relate to that, but the unfortunate thing is I didn't put out any albums per se, but I used to like to make music just like I mentioned before, that was kind of the way that I processed. And once I got to the point where I could actually write and watching you and Bridge or Mr. Biscuit do y'all thing, kind of influenced that also. But man, like... Dude, I look back at some of my lyrics and I'm like, man, not even just, not even just that I had a foul mouth, but like the one that like, man, it broke my heart. ⁓ whenever I went back and said it, because at the time I thought that I was being so clever. And then I thought that it was really good wordplay. then like, I, once I, you know, started walking with the Lord, I thought about it. And from like, as if he's sitting in the room listening to it, you know, kind of like he is. And I had this line where I said, I said, I'm a student of the greats. I pay my respect like tuition. That's why I look up to Jehovah like a Christian. And I was like, ⁓ man, like, you know what I mean? I, it's just like, and then, you know, you go a little bit further than that and you think, you know, obviously Jay Z Jehovah was, was he self claims calls himself whatever and and he has that part in the song where you know he's just blatantly saying Jesus can't save you life starts when the church ends and I'm like that and that's a guy I'm like ⁓ look at me I'm like dude it's just you know I mean it's just a whole different 180 on you know perspective and everything so yeah I get it man that's it's wild Randy: Yeah. Yeah. I said something not similar. Well, I used that phrase Jehovah in one of my ⁓ songs as well, but I can't remember exactly how it goes, but it was like ⁓ not Jehovah. said, ⁓ man, I can't remember the exact lyric, but ⁓ I basically was kind of referencing Jay-Z a little bit too, because I said, I was talking about Jesus, but I said the only hova I know of that could resurrect. can't remember what I said before that to make it make sense. So delete. Pj: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, well and and man it's just you know, it's like I said it even even whenever I was I mean, you know kind of similar to you like even knowing of God I would say Right. I'm like I still the way I look at stuff now that compared to how I did then and like I guess I'm more mindful of my father's heart now so like even like little things like I'll hear other songs and and I'll be like dang I Randy: Delete. ⁓ Pj: I never caught that before. guess my spirit wasn't as aware. Randy: Yeah. All right. Shall we keep going? So let's see. ⁓ so, ⁓ okay. So let's see. That was all from, I believe that was all episode one. No, are we still on? Yeah. Okay. So actually Mr. Biscuit, ⁓ started episode two. So he was commenting on episode two, which, ⁓ let's see here. So episode two, when we did that one, we were talking about, ⁓ really just kind of going deeper in our, in, in talking about our faith. So that title of that one was exploring the depths of our faith. And I know we talked a little bit about ⁓ Jewish tradition. Pj: I think that was a sermon on the mound, wasn't it? Randy: Yeah, I think yes. Yes, you're right. That's when we read the Sermon on the Mount and we were talking about Jewish tradition a little bit and I was trying to remember the term Tachna and looks like at Laini Dupree 7619 came to the rescue and says, yes, the Tachna Hebrew Bible is fundamentally about laws containing vast amounts of divine instruction, but it's also a rich collection of narratives, history, prophecy and wisdom. literature with its core legal component being the Torah, which is the first five books of the Bible. So yeah, I know I was trying to remember that term and I couldn't remember if I had got it right or what all it contains. So thank you at Lainey Dupree 7619 for clarifying that. Pj: our mystery guest, our mystery commenter. Randy: Our mystery guest. Yep. Our mystery commenter. All right. And then let's see, so then we had a few episodes where we didn't really have any comments. So three, four, five, and six, let's see, three, four, and five, nobody left any comments. So let me just see what those were about real quick. So episode three, we were ⁓ talking about the nature of sin. ⁓ Episode four was Faith Behind Bars, where we ⁓ had Brian, the phone call with me and Brian, and then we talked about Christian manhood. And then number five, Turn the Other Cheek, that was the one where we were really kind of, We started to get down this rabbit hole of talking about like, far do we go in turning the other cheek? Like, you know, we need to be like, you know, protectors of our families and, know, things like that. And like, you know, what's better, right? To like fight in, you know, if someone were to break in our house, ⁓ would it be better to fight and protect or potentially, you know, worry about the salvation of the person who might be trying to attack us? You know, so anything that you would, you know, as we kind of read through those titles, anything that you Pj: Wait, yeah, so I guess this is more or less for you directly, because I remember in that episode, we were talking about something and I said a phrase and you really liked it. I said circumcise Christianity and you're like, ⁓ I like that. And I remember off camera, I was arguing with you about what I said because what I meant to say in the episode was castrated Christianity, but I I said, ⁓ circumcised Christianity. So in the episode, you're like, ⁓ man, I like that circumcised Christianity. So after I was like, I'm pretty sure I said castrated, but then whenever I went back and watched it, was like, dang, he was right. I did, I did say, ⁓ yeah. You, you, you were right. ⁓ but yeah, so it was just funny. So yeah, I, but yeah, no, it was just funny because, know, ⁓ Randy: Wait, wait, wait, wait. Can you say that last part again? One more time? Speak a little louder into the mic. I'll pay. I'll pay you. I'll pay you later. Pj: Alright. Randy: Well, I honestly whenever you told me that you thought you had said ⁓ cash traded, was I was second guessing myself I was like, maybe he did say cash traded because Pj: castrated. It's what I wanted to say, but, know, in the moment, yeah. Randy: Either way, what did you mean by that? just whether you said circumcised Christianity or castrated Christians, what did you mean by that? Pj: Well, it's basically along the principles of, you know, people thinking that Jesus was not ⁓ a man, you know, and we're not, and that's not the example that we're supposed to follow. Like we're still masculine, just like Jesus was masculine, you know, just because Jesus loved didn't mean that he was soft, you know? And I like that ⁓ slogan too, save not soft. So that's kind of the perspective that it was coming from of thinking that Randy: Yeah. Pj: You know, just because you decided to turn your life around and give it to the Lord that you're just kind of supposed to be a pushover or lay down and just, know, I mean, yeah, absolutely. Do I believe that there's a time and a place for grace? 100 percent. You do I think that we should give more grace? 100 percent. But do we just let people walk all over us? I don't think that that's what that means, you know. Randy: Right, right. Well, I don't either. I think like the phrase, you know, choose your battles comes to mind here because yeah, there might be a lot of times when maybe we are too quick to fight, or at least I know I am, you know, I get defensive or, you know, I'm too quick to want to attack. And that's the times I need to show grace because I'm not being threatened. My life is not being threatened. My family is not being threatened. If anything, maybe my pride or my ego is or... Not even that sometimes, just sometimes it's just my idea of how things should be that's being threatened. Like I think I should be able to drive from point A to point B without someone going 10 miles under the limit in front of me or riding my bumper behind me. But you know, that's just my idea of how things should be, you know, and maybe I should just give that person a little bit more grace and not be so quick to, you know, want to honk my horn or tell them that they're number one. Pj: Am right? You Right. Yeah, yeah, good stuff, Randy: Yeah. Yeah. But you know what that made me think of too, when you were saying castrated Christianity, just gave me this funny flashback in my mind. I don't know if you remember, I think it was the, I think it was the movie, The Gospel of John, I think. Wasn't there a movie called The Gospel of John? Yeah, I mean, I know we're going to talk later on, we're going to talk about Christian media and I have a whole lot to say about Christian media, but I do remember one of those, it was in my opinion, a cheesy, Pj: Probably. Ha ha! Randy: Christian movie of the gospel. believe it was the gospel of John where it showed Jesus getting baptized. And I just remember as he burst out of the water and his hair was just flowing and flipping backwards, he's just like, you know, you could hear like the choir and I just think, ⁓ my gosh, they just, in my mind, it was just such a funny and cheesy scene. I just remember watching it and just like laughing. Cause I was just like, I couldn't, I couldn't imagine being there. Like this is not, you know, the masculine version of Jesus that I picture. This is like, know, in most portrayals of him, I think do kind of downplay his masculinity, whether it's in movies or whether it's in, you know, even paintings, you know, he doesn't look like the man's man that he probably looked like. He looks like this, very like, you know, soft featured, you know, ⁓ very delicate person that, you know, I just don't see when I read some of the scriptures. Pj: Right, right. And you know, the funny thing is, is I had forgotten about saying that during the episode and I was, I was reading my Bible one day and, and I think what, what caught me and reminded me of it was because I think it was the part where Paul and Peter was arguing about circumcision and I was like circumcised Christianity. So it just popped into my head like that. And I was like, well, You know, it's almost like it that can go in almost a completely different direction. Like, do Christians need to be circumcised? You know, is that the old, you know, versus new kind of thing? So, So. Randy: And that's another good topic to dig into because, you know, I think the Bible makes it pretty clear that there was a time when even Peter was telling people they needed to be circumcised and Paul had the issue with him over that. So what does that tell you? I mean, they were basically struggling. early church was struggling with, I still try to keep the law in its entirety and fulfill it? Or, you know, what does all of this mean? Right. Pj: 100%. Yep, he had to kind of. Yeah, a lot of unchartered territory back then, you know, Randy: Yeah, uncharted territory, a lot of unknowns. And I think that's why Paul was such an important figure and why it was so important that after the road to Damascus, he did go and study on his own and let the spirit reveal the truth to him. Pj: Man, that that that's one of that's one of them little nuggets that I've gotten since we've been doing this podcast that that I remember. Like I used to have these little moments like whenever you and I would talk and I'd be like, hmm, he said something. Let me go look into this. And you brought that up and I don't even remember when or it might have even been off camera because just for y'all watching, a lot of times what ends up happening is we finished his episodes like, all right, you know, God bless. then. we cut the camera and then Randy and I have like a 30, 45 minute conversation that he's like, why don't we just keep recording this or why don't we record another one? And so there's a lot that goes on after the scenes or behind the scenes. yeah, no man, one of those little nuggets was that thing that you told me like, you know, and I guess I had missed it, but that's such a cool thing. Like Paul going away, you know, what was it for like three years? And was like, I'm not, I don't, Randy: Yeah, no doubt. I think so. Pj: I don't want to hear what these apostles have to say. don't care that they walk with Jesus. I'm going to learn from Jesus directly. And he did. like, that's a, mean, that just, that just is, I mean, we already know that Paul's that guy, but I mean, that's just another like, golly, you know what I mean? Randy: Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Well, and it's like, you know, anyone who thinks they don't need to read the Bible because they've read it before, like, I know I've heard people say that, like, I've read the Bible, I don't need to keep reading it. It's like, every time I read it, I'm a new person that's reading it, right? Like, like the me today is not the same as the me yesterday. And so like, I'm learning new things all the time. And then I'm filtering what I read through all these things that I've learned, and all the things that I've learned, I'm filtering through what I read and vice versa. And so I really feel like Paul, Pj: 100%. Randy: had to have had the Old Testament scriptures memorized as a Pharisee, he knew what he thought he knew and how he interpreted and how it all meant. And then after having Christ reveal himself to Paul, then he had to go back with this new filter, this new lens, and basically reflect and study. And I think it made a lot more sense to him, right? Pj: Yeah, right. Mm-hmm. And imagine how cool it is to go from being in that Pharisee position to knowing about God, to then having him live inside of you, like being one of the first ones and just being like, whoa. You know what mean? This is crazy. Randy: Right. Yeah. Yeah, way I could, the best way I could equate it to is if you've ever watched that movie, The Sixth Sense, spoiler alert, I'm about to spoil that 25 year old movie or however old it is. ⁓ Pj: Yeah. Hold up there. There's some people are like, you know what? I was going to go watch it after this episode. Yeah. Randy: Yeah, if you've never seen it, go ahead and just stop right now. But for those of you who have seen it, you know that there's a scene at the very end of the movie where they reveal the twist, which is that Bruce Willis has been dead the whole time. And then they show this montage of all these different scenes from the beginning of the movie that make more sense now that you know he was, he's actually dead the whole time. And if you go back and rewatch the movie, knowing that... Pj: Yeah, right. Yeah. Randy: everything changes, right? Because all these scenes where you thought maybe that's kind of creepy, this guy is hanging out with this little kid. It's like actually, no, it's actually weirder than that because it's like he's a ghost. Yeah. Right. And I think that's what happened with Paul. I think like he had these scriptures memorized. And then once it was revealed to him that Jesus was the Messiah, that he was God, Pj: If you thought it was weird now, let me add some context. It's way weirder. Randy: you know, then he like was like, hold on a second, now I got to go back and review everything because now everything is going to be, I'm going to see it through a different lens. And he came back with this like really full understanding of, you know, the new covenant and what it meant. Pj: I am. Well, and it goes back to like you were saying, you know, and myself included, even having read the Bible before, you know, again, different, it's a living word and it progresses with you as you progress in your walk. And matter of fact, you know, I was just having a conversation the other night with a friend of mine and I told him, you know, he's going through some things and I told him, said, like, man, I'm like, you know, read your Bible. And I was like, I'm not just telling you to read your Bible because it's a checklist. It's something to do or it sounds good or whatever. I'm like, dude, if you read your Bible and understand like some of the contents of it, you you're gonna, A, you're gonna see that there's situations that are relatable to you, but you're gonna kind of get a better idea of who God is and his character and his heart. I said it, and there's so much value in that that is gonna add to you personally. Like, so I'm not just saying, hey man, go read your Bible because that's gonna, you know, like, Randy: Mm-hmm. Pj: I like don't go read it like it's any other book. Like don't read it to get through it. Like read it to like let it, let it change you. You know what mean? Like let it read you as they say, you know, the Bible's only book that reads you also, you know, kind of, and man, it's, I mean, it's true. Like you said, I mean, it's happened, you know, multiple times and look, it don't even always necessarily happen ⁓ by just reading the Bible. There's been times where you've brought things up and and I'll go and I'll look at a verse and I see it in a different perspective and I'm like, okay, okay. Like, you know, it deals with me differently. So, and I love that. I love that. I hope it don't ever stop having it, you know. ⁓ Randy: Yeah, I mean, I think there's so many layers, you know, in the scriptures, and I also believe in layered learning. So like, I think that each time you read it, you're going to get a little bit different, you know, based on where you're at in your life. And, know, just, you know, everything around you, you're going to get a little bit different, you know, meaning from it. And then a lot of it has so many layers that like, we'll probably never fully exhaust, you know, the full meaning of things and Pj: Right, right. Randy: That's just one of those mysteries that hopefully will be revealed to us on the other side of heaven. Pj: Yeah, I look forward to that. And man, look, check this out. I was just thinking, could you imagine like back in the day, right? So, you know, Paul has this this like, I mean, just experience, right? So then people who haven't seen Paul in these three years and whatnot, like he's rolling back up and they're like, Paul, what up? Let's go kill some Christians. And he starts rebuking people like, listen, you know, like, because I have to imagine, you know, to a certain extent, there are people who who, I mean, you look at what's his name? ⁓ The one that God sent, can't, it was the name, start with the A, was it Ananias? I remember whenever he was blind, like, so yeah, so I'm just saying like whenever God was like Ananias, that is correct, I'm sorry if not, but when he's like, hey, go find Saul, and he was like, mm-mm, I don't want to, you know what mean? you think about. Randy: Yeah, yeah, I think that was NNIS, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, is that the dude that's like killing the brother and like, yeah. Pj: Yeah, so but imagine how many other people were like thinking that whenever they saw Saul for the first time after that was like they thinking they'd get one version of Saul and he's just like this 180 like no like I'm I'm Paul. So it's just kind of cool, ⁓ Randy: Yeah, yeah, that is cool. Okay, so let's see, we got a couple more comments here. So episode six, let's see, what did we talk about for episode six here? Yep, me and Michael, we were talking about biblical leadership. That was when you abandoned me for like a month and we were running out of recordings in the vault. And so I had to pull Michael off the bench and we talked about leadership, yep. Pj: ⁓ that was with you and Michael. You Yeah, that was. That was a good episode, man. I watched it. You know, real good stuff there. ⁓ Shout out to Michael. Randy: Which I was, yeah, yeah. And I should, ⁓ we should drop a link, ⁓ to hit the podcast because I think he, his podcast, he had put it on pause for a little while. And I think recording with us that day, inspired him to knock the dust off the mic and get back to it. So, ⁓ we should put a link and you guys should check out his, his podcast as well. But yeah, but we talked about leadership and, ⁓ let's see at get shot by Mr. Lewis, ⁓ drop the comment. ⁓ it's a Pj: Amen. Yes. Yeah. So for context, get shot by Mr. Lewis. He's a photographer. So yeah, yeah. Yeah, 100 percent. Randy: That's an important clarification. Yeah. Get shot by Mr. Lewis. That's a very creative title too, because it definitely draws your attention when you say, wait, what? Get shot. Like, okay. Pj: Yeah. So that's another brother in Christ, man. And the funny thing is, is ⁓ he and I met each other ⁓ working ⁓ down here in Fuchon, Louisiana, years and years ago. I mean, we probably haven't seen each other in at least I'd much to say around 10 years. But we stay in touch, you know, here and there whenever we can for stuff like this. Really good guy, really talented guy. Also, he sings and does photography he used to produce and stuff like that. So, yeah. Randy: Yeah, well, I'm read his comment and then I gotta go back real quick. So his comment says my brother from another mother PJ Verdon love yo man. God bless. I'm sorry meant to say love you man. But he said love yo man. God bless. So shout out to get shot by Mr. Lewis. If you're looking for someone to do some photography for you, click on that link in the comments for episode six and I'm sure you can connect with him. My go back. So for those of don't know besides Pj: That's right. Yes. Yeah. Randy: just doing podcasts and writing books and trying to run my own company and everything else. also am an Uber driver when I'm on the side, because I'm also, you know, I get bored, you know, sometimes. So I go drive Uber on the weekends. And I'll tell you, I was driving a guy the other night. I picked him up in way in East St. Louis, but like actually it was further than East St. Louis. It was in a not so bad part of Illinois. And I was driving him, ⁓ him and his girlfriend to a Pj: You Randy: party in St. Louis. So we were together in a car for a long time. It was like 35, 40 minutes. And guess what he does? He's a lineman. And he was telling me he's a lineman. And so I said to him, I said, I said, Oh, hey, I said, my brother is actually works on a line crew as well. And he said, Oh, your brother's alignment too. I said, Oh, no, sir. He's not a lineman. He works on a crew with lineman, but he himself is not a lineman. I was educated on that. Yep. Yep. So Pj: Wow, nice. Hahaha! That's right. That's See? ⁓ man. Heck, yeah. There you go. See? It's people learning from people is beautiful, And it's funny ⁓ because I was actually talking with our general foreman like last week and I told him about that and he was like, he was like ⁓ just kind of laughing to himself. He's like, yeah, some people do get butthurt about that kind of stuff. And I was like, yeah. I said, I made sure I clarified. I let him know. Randy: That's right, that's right. Pj: Not a lineman here, buddy. I just work with linemen. Randy: Yeah. Well, I could probably do a whole other podcast just on the crazy people that I meet driving Uber and some of those things that they tell me. ⁓ So I won't go get it. I won't. I won't get into it too much here. But, know, I will say that, you know, it's not for everybody, but God has opened up the doors for me to pray with people and to witness to people and all kinds of things. There's a lot of people out there struggling. Pj: Episode 11. Amen. Randy: You never know who's going to get in your car. And sometimes the person who gets in my car is struggling really bad. And I just can't let them leave without praying with them. So that's a way that God has opened up doors for me to, you know, share the gospel with folks. So and in this occasion, I got to share with them that, know, you were not alignment. You were on the line crew. Pj: Absolutely. No, but that's, that's awesome, man, to be able to insert, you know, God into into any of those situations. And, and who knows, man, look, you know, the equalizer Denzel, he was an Uber driver, he did some crazy stuff. But I mean, you can, they could do like a spin off where you just like bring people to the Lord. I mean, from from the backseat, man, I'd be, I'd be beautiful. I'd be beautiful. Or you could do another start another podcast branch stuff that's called like Uber after dark and then just tell those stories you're talking about. That'd be kind of cool too, man. I'd join you on that one too. I'd start driving. Randy: Instead of the walk talk, we'll call it the ride jive or something like that. The ride vibe, there we go. right. All right, so let's see. Episode seven was about fasting. People fasted from leaving comments on that episode. So there were no comments about that. However, I've been told that not everyone has the time to fast. So that's just something we should consider. Not everyone indeed has actually the time to fast. So I think that... Pj: Yeah, the ride vibe. Randy: To me, it's just worth going back and just reiterating that in that episode we talked about we shouldn't judge people whether they choose to or not choose to. It's the same thing about eating meat or not eating meat. It's between you and God. If you choose to do it or not do it, we shouldn't pressure anyone or feel pressure. So if you don't got the time to fast, nobody's judging you. Pj: Yeah, man. listen, you know that I can tell you that that was one of those episodes where I got a lot of calls, got a lot of good feedback from and yeah, man, I actually, you know, I had some some people that I know shared it. And so ⁓ shout out to you. really appreciate that. You know, now, you know that they found some value in the conversation or whatever. So good stuff. Appreciate you. Randy: All right, let's see episode number eight. ⁓ Let's see that one we talked about what the hell so we kind of reviewed the whole hell gate topic with Kurt Cameron. I know you watched the full hell gate episode I watched some of it. You have been following the story a lot more closely than I have been but we kind of just discussed our, you take on on that whole conversation. Pj: Well, know, and another thing on that, like, guess it was kind of cool to see, like, I feel like, you know, what we've seen in the past couple of years is kind of like a spiritual awakening, right? There's been a lot of revival, a lot of different people all over the place, coming to Jesus, which is a beautiful thing. You know what mean? Like it just there's just been this surgeons, right? So. Randy: Mm-hmm. Pj: You know, it was kind of cool to see like somebody like Kirk Cameron kind of have that same share that same heart like they've it's been put on their heart to like, hey, man, like, you know, let's have let's let's have these conversations. You know, why should we not, especially, you know, whenever you're thinking about your audience being like, hey, man, my brothers and sisters in Christ, these are like the you know, these people get it. They're gracious. They're loving. They're, you know, forgiving. Like these are the people to have these conversations with. Unfortunately, that's not the way that they respond, it's, mean, really, I think it's awesome. And I guess, to add on to some stuff that are kind of condensed out, man, there's been so many different ⁓ people who have gotten those same responses, other than Kirk Cameron. ⁓ I I love listening to Forrest Frank and he had got a bunch of flack. ⁓ around the time where he kind of documented the whole breaking his back situation and, and whatnot. And, man, you know, he, he said the same exact thing as Kurt Cameron, where he was, he was like, you know, he was like, you know, whenever I signed up for this, I expected to get ridiculed by the world. I expected, you know, people on the outside in or, or, you know, atheists or whatever. He's like, but what's been overwhelmingly surprising is the amount of Christians that, that, you know, have, have come at me. And, and he, you know, so And it wasn't even just them two. was multiple people. think Brandon Lake at one time with the whole thing with Jelly Roll. Like it's just you kept just hearing this kind of like repetitive thing of like Christians feeling like they were being attacked by other Christians. And to be honest with you, that was ⁓ one of my my favorite episodes. You know, I really I enjoy that conversation. That was another one that I got some good feedback from from people about. So, yeah, man, that was that was a good one. Randy: Mm-hmm. Awesome. All right. So let's see. Uh, the next one that we did was, Oh wait, hold on. I'm afraid. Move on to the next one. Uh, there was a few comments, um, all from at Carbohol 504. that someone you know? Hi Carbohol 504 somebody I know. Okay. Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Gotcha. Okay. Uh, you know, I had a thought that that might be who it was, but I wasn't sure. So, um, Pj: Yeah, that's somebody that you know. That's Stacy. Remember Stacy and Sarah from church? Yeah, Stacy. Randy: And that one she put, is definitely exposing himself more and more to those personal supernatural encounters or transforming lives and they're speaking out. Okay, awesome. Stacy's turned into a super fan because she left two more comments right after that. She said, yes, conversations are important. We need to learn to have them and keep our peace. And then also, amen. We need to feast with him. We are the temple. need to press into the holy of holies. We need to sit at the table of showbread to commune with him. So thank you. Shout out to at Carbohol 504 for dropping those comments for us there. And then episode number nine, which was all we need is love, where we talked about the meaning of life, being love. ⁓ Let's see, that one also got a comment from at Carbohol 504. That's so true when you are forward facing, you don't always see or remember when God takes those struggles from you. Pj: Yep. Good stuff. Randy: ⁓ when you've truly surrendered. And then from Atlany Dupree, Atlany Dupree's got some competition because I think she's either tied with at Carbohol 504 or maybe even has been surpassed. So yes, this is now a competition to see who's going to leave the most comments. But she said the song you played by Cross Movement couldn't be heard. I remedied that. I went and I dropped a link to the ambassador song. It was love in there because Pj: ⁓ wow. Randy: I realized that with the ⁓ AI doing some audio balancing, sometimes it thinks that things like that are background noise and it tries to filter it out, even though when we were playing it, we could hear the song clear as day. I realized that probably should have left the AI audio enhancements out for that episode ⁓ in retrospect. So I put the link in there. So if anyone is wondering what we were talking about, go and listen to that song. It is a great song. Listen to the whole album. It's a great album. Pj: Yeah. Yeah, for sure. You know, the funny thing is I was watching that one back and like I was in the middle of talking whenever you accidentally queued it up, but the A.I. cut it out. So I was just like, well, and then I was like, why do I even do that? And I was like, oh, OK. You're like, oh, sorry. And I didn't. And so I was like, oh, OK, because I didn't hear it. So, you I I didn't hear it in an episode. So it was just it was just funny. was like, dang, why did I just stop? Like what would happen there? So, yeah, that was funny. Randy: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. And for anyone who's listening thinking, wait a second, they listen to their own show, Joe Rogan doesn't listen to his episodes. It's because we're trying to improve. We're trying to improve. We're trying to listen to where we have the filler words and where we maybe like, know, deviate from the topic or drift off or just anything that could be improved or listening to try to do better with each episode so we can bring you all some premium content. Pj: I 100%. Yeah. And, and I mean, you know, realistically, it's not like I watch it because I mean, I don't like to see myself because I always feel like I either look or sound goofy or whatever. But, know, I will say this, that I feel like, I feel like there's, you know, there is, maybe it's just me, but I feel like a lot is going on when we're recording these episodes. And some, so sometimes I get more substance out of our conversation by listening back to it from not being involved in it. you know what I mean? Because, I mean, there's a lot of there's a lot. Sometimes I hear you better, I hear my response better. And I think about it a little bit deeper than instead of just, you know, we're just in the middle of a conversation, you know, and, to be honest with you, there's a lot of times where I'm like, I don't even remember everything that we said or even talked about. you know, I do go back and kind of check them out and Randy: Mmm, yeah. Pj: I mean, look, if you're not going to endorse or support your yourself, then why would you expect anybody else to I guess, you know, Randy: Well, there you go. And you just never know too. Sometimes you got to go validate if you said castrated or circumcised. I know sometimes I know sometimes when I'm talking, I say I say backwards words or I say words backwards sometimes and I just I would never think I did. And then I go back and I hear it and I'm like, wait a second. I said those words backwards. Baton Rouge or Rouge Baton. Which one is it? know, red stick or stick red. Pj: Right, right. Yeah, you got to fact check Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, and then look, sometimes I'm like, man, I might be our only view this week. I don't even know. I'll I'll take it. Yeah. Randy: Well, then you might as well leave a comment too, because our comments are kind of sparse. So again, just a reminder to everybody, leave your favorite verse, leave your comments, leave your thoughts about the episode in the comments, whether you're watching in on YouTube or listening on Facebook or whatever venue, we'll give you the shout outs because we want to create some engagement. Just let us know what your thoughts and let us know that you're listening. Even if you don't agree with us, like, hey, we're not going to argue with you. Like if you disagree. Pj: Live. Randy: Tell us why we're very open minded to hear where we're wrong. As we say on every episode, we're not pastors, we're not priests, we're just regular guys. you know, if you think we're wrong, tell us where we're wrong. I'll read it right here for everyone to hear. Pj: Well, yeah, and I want to say that this was some stuff that got cut out, but we kind of made this disclaimer, like just because we're having these conversations doesn't mean that we think that we have it all figured out or we're right. Like I'm very much, I'm very open to learn from anybody at any time. You know what I mean? I don't by no means claim to have it all figured out or no better than. Anyone this is just me sharing my walk with y'all in front of a camera and my conversations with my brother with y'all in front of a camera. mean, I don't don't claim to have any special, you know, understanding or or whatever. mean, there's been a lot of times where, you know, in the past where I've had conversations, even like the one that I mentioned, you know, that that got me into some trouble. You know, I genuinely asked because I was curious. I wanted to know from somebody who I knew. ⁓ didn't see things the same way that I did, but that I loved and respected him and his walk. and, and, you know, I know that he's knowledgeable about his Bible and I was genuinely like, like I've heard you say, like, I've, just really want to know, like, maybe it you know, I, I will, I have no problem assuming that maybe I'm off, I miss something. So I'm like, Hey, if you can explain it to me in a way that I haven't seen it or, or been, had it explained to me before, I'm all for it. So we encourage that. Randy: Yeah, yeah. And just for, yeah, 100%. And just for anyone who didn't hear that episode and doesn't know what you're referencing, give them like a 30 second like recap of how you got in trouble. Pj: Man, no, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, y'all are just gonna have to stay tuned and find out. Yeah. Yes. Well, well, well, well, because even though we, we already recorded it has not been released yet. So, you know, it's, it's still sitting in the queue. ⁓ but I guess, yeah, just, just so, ⁓ I guess y'all are looking out for it. ⁓ Randy: You have to go mining. You got to go mining for the episode. ⁓ man, that's cold blooded. Hahaha It's in the vault. Pj: the conversation that I'm talking about led me to being asked not to come back to a church. So I'll leave it. I'll leave it there. Yeah. Yeah. So, but it's all good. All love. Randy: Dun dun dun. To be continued. All right, man. that's the... Sorry, go ahead. So that was the recap. That was all the comments on all of our episodes up to this point. All right, so you ready to finally get into it? Pj: That's it. Yep, let's talk about it. Man. Yeah, so that was the longest intro ever. So now what are we are we what are we discussing today? Randy: Just kidding with you all that that's that's just about just about the does it I think right I mean so for today we wanted to give some shoutouts to everybody who's been engaging with us on Social media and whatnot and just do a quick recap Now that we've got ten in the books Which is a major milestone for us. I don't know if you guys know this but you know most podcasts don't even make it to this point and very very few make it 20. So that'll be the real test as if we make it to 21. And so looking forward to doing another recap ⁓ in 10 more episodes and kind of reviewing all of the comments and all of your favorite verses that you drop in those comments between now and then. So please do engage us in the comments below. Pj: Absolutely. And then feel free to ⁓ include us in any conversations that you are out there having on the side. You know what mean? Randy: All right, man. Well, what do you think? Think that does it? Pj: Yep, I think we should call it for today. Randy: All right, everybody. Well, hey, I think that does it for this episode of Walk Talk. Thank you so much for listening. And if you haven't already, please follow the show. And before you go, leave your thoughts in the comments below. God bless. Pj: God bless.