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you are listening to live from the path. Coming from the Pathway Studios here in Johnston Proper. It's good to have you here. Thanks for joining us. You're gonna have to if I fall asleep, like, halfway during the show, you're gonna have to beg my pardon. But tonight was the big hibachi night with Life From The Path. It was alright. It was alright. I had I ate an octopus though. Oh. I wasn't I mean, here's the deal. I didn't walk into it thinking I'm gonna eat an octopus tonight. They're kinda rubbery? Yeah. It was. It was a little bit crunchy. And they had some cordless, some kinda like spice on it. Mhmm. And I I I, you know, I don't know what kind of tongue I have, but it is like a pan European tongue in which I don't tolerate spice.

And, I mean, it wasn't too much that I made a boobous out of myself, but, like, it was a little hot. Like, me and the two year old that also had it had a similar reaction to this, to this baby octopus. Yeah. And he cried and wailed. Yeah. Yeah. I wasn't gonna tell that part of the story, Dave. No. I wasn't talking about the two year old. Hey. You're listening live from the Path. Hey. Thanks for hanging out. So, if you missed if you missed the, the hibachi night,

I would like to invite you to another one at whatever frequency in which you want to pay. You should go ahead and enjoy that. What else did I what else did I have? They had some sushi. Mhmm. I ate a lot of that. I had, here's the deal. I what is it about? Maybe it's just the types of buffets that I go to, but I have yet to go to a buffet where I was impressed with the dessert selection. Except for the canned like, I I'm a pretty big fan of cheap chocolate pudding. Oh, yeah. Stuff they serve by the gallon, you know? I love that stuff. But but I just I have not gone to a buffet, especially like a Chinese buffet. Like, I couldn't move to Asia because these these dessert options are just not not on my palate, man. They often look good and then you eat them and you're like, like it's dry or something in different places. They're like they're like always little little cake squares or something that isn't like cake. It's always got it's almost a little bit more moist than I like. Mhmm. Or it's like something that looks like it should be good like bananas but then it's covered in some kind of weird sugary substance. I'm like, I don't know. I've I've heard rumors that Prairie Meadows has some pretty good dessert at their buffet. Oh, really? I may have partaken before.

So that's that's a verified rumor. That's a verified rumor. I didn't know if I should say that out loud. Anyway I've not gambled there though. No. I've gambled there. Anyway So Except for the horses. You gotta do Never mind. You gotta do the hibachi. It's pretty good. I I wouldn't say it's the best, but it's it's pretty good. And we had a lot had a great company. Mhmm. So very very blessed to to Pete and his family out hanging out there. So anyway, do you wanna do on the buffet. How do you live your life? Alright? Here's what we got going on the show tonight. We got some secular versus Solomon. This is where I'll give you a proverb or bit of wisdom, and you need to tell me whether it's a worldly bit of wisdom or whether it is a something from a biblical bit of wisdom. And, and frankly, sometimes I think we run into the biblical bit of wisdom. We're like, well, I'm not I'm not sure why that's wise. So, we'll we'll maybe hit some of those, see what's going on. We also have some advice on dear life from the path. People still got troubles in the and, and we're we're here to help because, you know, you're at the last straw. Mhmm. And so we can do that. We'll see what's going on and see if we can provide some, hopefully biblically oriented advice on how to handle the affairs of your day to day. Also, we are number seven on, the guy who's, what I gained when I left my religion. And, we may just kick off with that one because I, I don't know. I've been struggling with this one all week. What's going on? So what I gained when I lost my religion, number six last week was getting Sunday mornings back. Up up to this point, we didn't have much of a qualm. It sounded like it was a good idea to ditch his religion.

The getting Sunday mornings back, I think we we really struggle with because to the extent that if you're following Jesus and and have committed your life to him, it it really should wreck your life if you've left your religion because Jesus took that much of it up as opposed to I just lost my Sunday morning. It's probably a good hint that perhaps you didn't understand what Jesus had on the table to begin with. So, you can catch that up. You go to YouTube. You can look at the clips or on our web our commentary on that. This week is number seven. What I gained when I lost my religion from time.com, it's better health. Better health. Jesus is making you sick. Here we go. I realized good health and spiritual commitment don't have to be mutually exclusive. But for me personally, a shift in beliefs brought a shift in priorities such that my physical health became more important to me. Now I feel better than I've ever felt in my life, and this significantly

of my life. Just yesterday, I ran another one of those mud runs with some friends in another state, and I had a blast. I hope to write a few thoughts and observations about that soon. Jesus people can't do mud runs. Number seven. It's the entire thing. Can you deal with it? Yeah. That's the entire thing. So the guy's saying that because I believed in Jesus, I couldn't do mud runs? He couldn't I think it was just a shift in priorities is all. Yeah. Because Jesus totally tells you to wreck your body. He says, hey, man. Make sure that you're eating all the time. Try some of these ding dongs. Yeah. Exactly. Jesus says, hey, make sure you're a glutton in all things. You know, drink as much as possible. Make sure that you're eating as much as possible and don't go on runs. Ridiculous. Praying.

This is this is this is not even an issue. I'm not sure I'm not sure what this one particularly implies except for the fact that he's saying because I was I was consumed with my religion, which seems untrue to be honest with you based upon the Sundays from last week, that I wasn't able to get in physical exercise. But but Right. So let me back up and give him the benefit of doubt here. Is there anything about the way that the church handles their affairs or that we point people to that would give the impression

that this is a this isn't something that should be prioritized, your health? I don't know if I'd go as far as to say that your health shouldn't be prioritized, but maybe the the cost that come with it. So the cost of of doing the gym membership and the dietitian and having the the physical trainer and all the different stuff. I could see just based off of what I know about the organized church sometimes that we could say, well, that kind of money could be going to the church. You don't need to spend that much money. That's that's that's not something you need to do. I would disagree with that though. I think you could take care of yourself and still believe in Jesus. So I I mean, I can see that there may be some things that are that are counterproductive to to health if we're talking about, like, money being spent on being healthy. So so we may have translated a sell the nard, give it to the poor to keep the lard and give it to the poor type of thing. Keep the lard. I I just came up with that. Great. You just did that right now. Twisted right off the top of your head. Well done, sir. The lord has gifted me. That is awesome. I

think I think he's just stretching. Yeah. I think he really has nothing to say, and he thought, well, health. Yeah. I need another one. Next week, it's gonna be because I left the church, can I now go to buffets? Actually, so I I think you might have something though. Okay. Here we go. Alright. Here alright. Here's where I'm going with this. Alright. We have a tendency to to deemphasize the physical when when it comes to we'd we'd rather make sure that our theological and our spiritual life is in order. And so we'd rather we'd rather talk about the things of Jesus instead of actually going out and physically doing doing them. Right. And that seems to be a trend among what I would consider unhealthy churches or at least an unhealthy trend among churches. Mhmm. And so to that extent, yeah, he's kinda hitting on something. But I

think he's kinda stretching it a little bit far when it comes to that. Yeah. We'll de emphasize the physical in light of the spiritual, but I I think he's swinging it. So Yeah. So I I mean, I think there there is it's probably not explicitly stated. Right? Mhmm. But but someone can, I think, maybe implicitly

take the fact that we say, are you the things that we prioritize, are you are you praying or reading your Bible? Those things happen where you're sitting for most Yeah. For most folks. Right? And so it says, well, if you have to choose one or the other, you know, do this. Sit solitary like, sit sedentary somewhere and study. Sit sedentary somewhere and pray Mhmm. Which which again, like, I think they're they're pulling from what God is is is otherwise calling us to do, not something that he otherwise would have stated. But but maybe that emphasis to say if you your focus should be on on this. What we've what we valued is an intellectualism, Forgetting that that we are physical people having a physical experience. That we also have we have a soul, that's true, but we are both of those experiences. And sometimes we we default to saying, I'm concerned about the state of your soul as if Jesus had nothing to say about our physical existence Yeah. Which would again then make his presence on earth kind of a moot point. Mhmm. Maybe he he went to a lot of church potluck dinners and he just like, you know, fried chicken every day and brownies and pecan pie that and and

yeah. I'm just trying to get or came to our cafe and had donuts. I mean, don't have a lot of healthy we have some fruit, but No. I know that I'm not exactly the poster boy for living in the kingdom and being healthy, but can't imagine attributing any of the what I've learned through the bible and through my time, you know, being in church and learning more about god's character and and his heart on stuff and my weight. Like that that's I just I I'm sorry. I'm having trouble even seeing the basis of this. You're a good example. I would say over the past year, you have grown a lot spiritually and have

become a lot healthier. Maybe. Fair enough. I mean, I appreciate the stress both. Yeah. Exactly. No. I'm not a big guy because I spend time in the bible. No. And, you know, and he said that. I mean, like, to be fair, he premised his preface was that they don't have to be mutually exclusive, but then he did follow it up with something that seems like a Yeah. Jack Star. I I don't believe in so I was able to go on a mud run.

I I I'm just I feel like this is I think I'm I'm struggling to see even the basis of this. Yeah. So he so one of things he said sorry. No. You're fine. Firstly, a shift in beliefs brought a shift in priorities such that my physical health important to me. Is there anything that we from a foundational perspective that we're like, my physical health is not important. No. Like like, do you think it has a connotation where someone says, like, because you're supposed to be focusing on other people or because there's kingdom work to be done, there's lot of spiritual stuff to be going on that I'm

focusing yourself in this manner is a selfish thing that you shouldn't be doing. No. No. I don't see that at all. I I that from that perspective, if we're honestly looking into the word of God and what we're supposed to be doing is we're supposed to be here doing kingdom work as long as possible. Right? Like, we know that God is gonna work through us. And and I mean, Paul talks about I'm not I I don't know the specific quotes, but he talks about, like, what is it to live as Christ and to die or to to die as Christ, to live as gain, or I may be flip All the way around. I'm sorry. So he he's talking about there's there's physical work to be done here. Yes. It'd be much better to, like, live with Christ and everything like that, but there's there's physical work to be done. If we look at that perspective, we know that we need to take care of ourselves. I know that I need to get healthy because I wanna be 80, still talking to my great great grandchildren about Christ. Like, I wanna live here as long as God's got me here.

That doesn't flip around my priorities of I need to be speaking about the gospel and kingdom living, and that means that kingdom living has a McDonald's right there. Like, that's I just don't see that. So Yeah. And I think actually that that points to a lot of maybe where our issue here is is that people misunderstand the work of the kingdom. Right? It feels sometimes I think it feels like the work of the kingdom requires a a robe, a candle, a book, and some bread. Right? And and that's that's the work that God has us for. Martin Luther may have done that. He also weeded a garden. You know what I'm saying? Like, there's there's there's a life to live where that you we know so that we go as opposed to our job is to know. And so when you when you heighten the intellectualism that surrounds what we are to to understand biblically and you make that the pedestal that you sit on, you're gonna get fat sitting on it because all you do is sit on a pedestal. Right. So it's a risk. That's I'm I'm trying to help this guy out as much as I can to explain why how we might got here. I think that's a stretch, but I suppose it's possible

to have gotten to that point. If if taking care of yourself isn't biblical, Jesus wouldn't have told us that God's gonna take care of our physical needs. I mean, we're he talks about the fact that we're gonna be fed no matter what. Like, that's he knows we have physical needs. He know we have have that situation. If we're not supposed to keep that as a priority, that just doesn't make sense to go those two and two together. I think he's just kind of pulling hairs in a way that it doesn't need to be done. Yeah. Well, what what happened is he he gave up his his faith, gave up on God and with all that extra time he had to do something. So he filled it with physical activity. And so then he thought, well, hey I'm getting healthier now. Now I'm healthier. So this is a benefit. So I can see what he's saying there. Yeah. But it doesn't mean you can't be healthy in Christ. Yeah. Yeah. Anti Jesus pro mud run. So it's so actually, here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna go to the next one

because that one's kinda lame. So I'm gonna give him number eight Alright. See if he can redeem himself. Here we go. Alright. What I gained when I lost my religion. Number eight, better sex. You wouldn't believe how much more you can enjoy sex once you let go of the subtle or often not so subtle body shame that accompanies religious devotion. Boy, he's he's got me pegged on this one. I am ashamed of myself. I know a number of couples who once were devout Christians and now are both nonbelievers, and almost without exception, they have reported an improvement in their sex lives. It's not that religion always directly shames people for their desires and their pleasures, but the Christian faith in particular teaches you never to be totally at home in your own body. It talks as if you belong somewhere else, and this just isn't compatible with fully embracing your own physical existence the way that really good sex requires.

What? Thoughts, boys? Disagree? Okay. So so we're all in agreement here as as Christ believers that that God invented sex. Right? Like, obviously, that happened. Right? And and god invented sex for a reason. It's it's for for a man and a woman in marriage, and he made it pleasurable. He knows exactly what happens. He knows exactly how we feel when that happens. God designed that the way that it is for a reason. It's meant to be pleasurable. It's meant to be a bonding thing that that makes you fall more and more in love with each other. It's not a physical act that the world likes to put it as, but it's a lot more than that. And I think that this guy didn't understand what sex was supposed to be in a biblical relationship and the way that god intended it if it's better outside of his relationship. What is this? Christian in Christian faith in particular teaches you never to be totally at home in your own body. I'm just not into it tonight, babe. Resurrected by Yeah. Exactly. Like, what what is that supposed to mean? I'm super excited about heaven. I can't really be here in the now. Yeah. Like, that's that's absolutely

The deal is like that description, it's weird to apply it to sex because frankly, it should be it would be true in everything. Yeah. Right? Hey, I'm not enjoying this buffet tonight or I'm not enjoying the company together because I've got a better stomach in heaven. Yeah. I mean, stuff is coming down the road and I just can't fully commit to this thing because this isn't the end of all it. Oh, man. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what he's meaning here, but I don't I don't understand Is this Yeah. Based on a perversion of modesty? Well, I'd say so. Yeah. Hold on. So he's well, hold on. There was a hyperlink here. Hold on. Sex and Christianity make strange bedfellows. What? And if you understand Christianity and its fullest, this is you should have the best sex because it's it's pure and Exactly. And it's awesome. It's holy. It's something that God created in this it's

Yeah. It's not like God created Adam and Eve then came around the corner and said, woah. Woah. Adam. No. That doesn't Nope. That way What are you doing? It does. I mean That's what he was doing when he was calling around, asking for Adam. They were hiding. They were having sex. He I have not had that implied, but that's interesting. He described it as a scenario of some kind of shame going on in the bedroom that Yeah. That people are ashamed of their bodies. Not that religion always directly shames people for their desires and pleasures. Yeah. And and that's what's confusing to me because it seems like shame is like the enemy of of Christianity. Like, Jesus came to to absolve us of that. Yeah. He he gave us the the ability to live at peace with the way that God has made us and and these things. So I don't know. The the it's like there's something about Christ that seems to be missing from that picture if shame is in the middle of it. So Yeah. I feel like we should write this dude a letter or send him an email or something and say, hey, man, you need to change the list to just four. And then after that, you should probably give up.

I know I know a number of couples who once were devout Christians and now are both nonbelievers. Almost without exception, they've reported an improvement in their sex life. I wonder if they weren't They were devout religious Is he talking about is he talking about married couples or couples that that aren't married? I don't know. I was he implies religious devout, but I you know, where he's coming from, who knows? Mhmm. Like, I can see that if it's if it's not married couples that are being shamed because they're having premarital sex before they they have that covenant with god. And now that they don't have to worry about that, their sex life's much better, but I don't get that from a from a married relationships standpoint. Yeah. I mean, the basis here is that it's

they have reported improvement in their sex lives as if religion shames people for their desires and their pleasures. I suppose that, like, what we're fucking the feeling guilty about things that actually weren't good Mhmm. That weren't for your joy and weren't for ultimately for the beneficial of both people. And now that you can take that away and say, well, you know, I don't like to be shamed upon things that I here's the deal. If you pull if you pull a sense of shame from anything anybody does, it's always gonna seem better. If I can steal from somewhere and there was a consequence of that and you pull the consequence away where I don't feel bad about stealing, It's gonna seem like an improved scenario because I got rid of the thing that that that morally said, hey, man. You're destroying yourself. Well, you you didn't stop destroying yourself. You just took away the beacon that says, hey, man. You're destroying yourself. You know what? Yeah. You know, the only thing I can kind of somewhat relate to what he's saying is I my wife and I, we both waited till marriage to participate

in those activities. And the first time, you're like, my whole life it's been no no no. Now it's yes yes yes. Now I got over that in about thirty seconds. Yeah. Yeah. Right. But but it was the furthest It takes longer for a new five minutes. And what's that? It takes longer for the ladies to get past that. It does. But There's a lot more pressure on them. Thirty years later, she's quite fine. You know, things have worked out. It's worked out. And and and maybe that's what the some of these people have a misunderstanding of of the beauty of of intimacy in marriage and and always felt the shame because they never got over the no. It's okay now. No. And that's that's actually probably true. It's true to say that the church has contributed to an unhealthy view of what sex is Yeah. Because what we did is is is we took the Catholic issue which is where you find the thing that God doesn't want you to do. We found two steps back and then condemned that so that you didn't come anywhere near close to it. Yeah. And so, you know, it's sex is bad. No, it's not. Don't say something's bad when it's not bad. It just it's that this is what it's designed for. This is how Yeah. This is how you will enjoy it and this is what God has created it for. And as opposed to talking about what it will be, we condemned it as if it's bad when you're x age and in x circumstances and it's good when it's this, but not in the right context. We didn't provide the context of what makes it what the good bad is. Maybe it's Christian parents who kept saying it's bad, it's bad, it's bad, not giving them the full truth. It's great. Yeah. It's awesome. Yeah. Wait till you get married. Yeah, put this put this And it'll be really great. No regrets, you know? Yeah. Yeah.

So I mean, there's there's probably some truth to that. Explanation seems pretty lame. And we we probably have it's it's one of those deals where like every every every hotshot pastor that's out there is talking about sex and we're like, oh, you know, that guy's leading. The truth is it's like people are drawn to that. It's a it's a curiosity that people wanna know, and I think the church has failed to a certain extent to address it in appropriate ways. Like, we just act like people will sort sort themselves out with it and they do poorly because we're not we're not speaking to it, you know? Yeah. So when when the church bails on things like sex and money, people make their own decisions and they make poor decisions because those are two things that are easy to worship. And then they they answer quick needs and it's pretty easy to get caught up in that. And what we've done is we've taken the easy road that says both sucks, stay away from it. And we we've not allowed, you know, God to work through those circumstances to understand his plan on on how on how what we have can benefit others and what he has given us in sex is a beautiful thing. And, you know, we I we've probably bailed on that conversation more often than we haven't and that probably has been a detriment.

So I suppose he just it just represents a misunderstanding of what it is. Alright. I slightly, I guess, redeemed on the better sex. Not the better health though. I'll give you a preview on number nine for next week. Friends who are more fun. What I gained when I lost my religion, he had boring Jesus has boring friends. Sweet. Not the Jesus I heard He's

not the right guy. I mean, he didn't pray that way, but yeah. Alright. So anyway, we'll check that out next week. Friends are friends who are more fun? I don't know. He's he's really taking a downhill slide on me on this one. Yeah. That's kind of a bullying. It's like the the, 50 truths or the 50, reasons that God doesn't exist guy. Like, after a while, it kinda just went straight downhill. It seems like the same one year ago. It's like, hey, man. It's the exact same thing you said in different words. Stuff. He just rephrased the argument. He doesn't heal a leopard and a lynx. Blah. Here we go. And now for America's fastest growing game show, Secular

or solid? And you found yourself in the midst of unbeknownst to yourself and like a sly lynx creeping upon the back door. It's America's fastest growing Internet game show with an asterisk, secular versus

Sullivan. Here's the nature of the game. In case you're unfamiliar, I will give you a bit of wisdom, and you need to tell me whether there's secular bit of wisdom of the world or what is a biblical bit of wisdom. Frankly, we need to know where our wisdom is coming from. You got a sweet bumper sticker on a desk calendar. The question is that is that knowledge that you're bringing into your life and living by really something that Jesus would have advocated for? And so, that's what we're gonna walk through today. So I will give you that. You need to give me an answer of secular versus Solomon. If the answer is secular, I want a country of origin. Where does this wisdom come from? Because, you know, if you can't trust a Polock, I don't know who you can trust. So, I need to know where that's those things are happening at. And that is your job. If you're on the chat at home, I don't even think we have a chat anymore. I gotta fix that. Chat broke. You're gonna have to keep notes, on a on a desk at your place and take a picture of it. Let me know how you did. But that's, secular versus Solomon. You guys ready? You ready? Alright. Alright. Here we go. Secular versus Solomon. Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut. Secular or Solomon? John Buba. I'm gonna go Solomon. Solomon. Dave Herrick. Secular. I'm gonna go England. England. Dan Hudson. That is secular Antarctica. They have a lot of fishing up there.

I'm not sure that's an incorporated country. Wouldn't that be down there? Some yep. The continent, Nancy. Oh, yeah. That's right. Shoes are better? Bummer.

Say Iceland or Greenland. Iceland. Okay. That was my next thing. Solid. Fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut. Secular Solomon, it is Secular Korea. Korea. Secular Korea. It's close. Minus 20. Move it. Oh, yeah. Mike's here.

Best move. Yeah. We're starting out rough, guys. So Starting out rough on me. Minus 20. Even the fish wouldn't get into trouble. You think Solomon? Hey, man. They use nets. I said, starting out here with a little rough, gentlemen. No. That's true. That's true. You beat up on yourself. Here we go. Secular Solomon, the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise, secular or Solomon. Dave Herrick. Oh, come on. That's Solomon. It's got wise. It's got righteous. Herrick's betting the farm on Solomon. Dan Hudson? I'm I'm gonna go secular. I'll add that as an ancient Aztecan

proverb. Aztec is a country. Dan Hudson says, John Buba. I'm a go Solomon. The fruit of the righteous is the tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise. It is indeed Solomon, Proverbs eleven thirty. Capturing capturing souls like a creepy Halloween movie Is king Solomon I go like a dream catcher. There's wise. There's righteous. You know it's Solomon.

Soul capturing, put a link in it. Dan says, it's a Nasdaq. They do use to catch spirits and stuff. You know? Kenny, man. Kenny, man. Kenny, man. Here we go. Ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat. The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat. Secular or Solomon, Dan Hudson. Okay. I'll go I'll go Solomon on that. Solomon on that. John Buba. I'm go Solomon. Solomon, Dave Herrick. Solomon again. The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but the poor man hears no threat. Not often the time though the way we think about that. The poor the poor man is a freer man. He has very little to be held against him. And that is indeed Solomon. Proverbs thirteen eight. Proverbs, thirteen eight. For the abacus at home.

Here we go. Really, man? Sorry. I usually don't keep a liquid in the studio because I do things like this, but the coffee is delicious. Here we go. Secular or Solomon. It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil the proud. Secular or

Jerick? Solomon again. Double Solomon, Dan Hudson. Yeah. I'm I'm going Solomon too. Non Aztec Solomon, John Bubba. Solomon. He makes mistakes in lights, but not this one. Proverbs sixteen nineteen. It's better to be of lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. Congratulations, boo. Things really turn around for you. I told you I start off rough. Don't put the cart before the horse unless it's an electric cart in a very, very optimistic horse. Hey, man. Like vinegar to the teeth and smokes the eyes, so is the slugger to the one who sends him. That's you.

Shoot. When a finger points at the moon, the imbecile looks at the finger. When a finger points at the moon, the imbecile looks at the finger. Secular or Solomon Dan. Boy, that's gonna be secular. What non country can I say? Have God Center.

We're gonna we're gonna go Russia with that. Floyd steakhouse. John Hoover. I'm gonna go secular. I'm gonna go Greece. When a finger points at the moon, the imbecile looks at the finger. Dave Herrick.

Secular, I'm gonna say Italy. The answer is China. China. I was closer. Never never stare at a Chinese finger even during an eclipse.

Secular or Solomon. Man, that flipped. He cannot be a gentleman that loveth not a dog. He cannot be a gentleman that loveth not a dog. Secular or Solomon, John Buba. I'm gonna go secular. I'm gonna go Scotland.

Makes a ton of sense. Dave Herrick. Secular, Germany. Very racist. That that that that's definitely a British secular. He we can't he cannot be a gentleman that loveth not a dog.

Herrsch bigotry knows no bounds German. German proverb. Nice. We all guessed European. No. Yeah. You guys you guys narrowed that down. Dog lovers in Western Europe. Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit

is a man of understanding secular or Solomon. Dan? Von Z says it would be a a Solomon. Solomon. He's cool. I'm gonna go Solomon. Proverbs 15. Cool cool Solomon. Proverbs 15. Dave Herrick. Solomon as well. Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a sweet, cool spirit is a man of understanding with some bad living by me. Proverbs seventeen seventeen.

A nice effort, Buva. 10 deduction for your boldness and your arrogance. I'm told to be bold, man. Yeah. I I won't share my spoils with the proud. Negative 20 even. Secular or Solomon, if one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness. Secular or Solomon? John Buva. Solomon, Proverbs nine. Proverbs nine. Dave Herrick. Solomon. Do you care to make a Proverbs guess? Proverbs 16. 16. Dan Hudson. This is probably where the change in the ESV will bite me, but I'm gonna say it is secular Saudi Arabia.

Interesting choice. If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in under darkness. It is indeed Solomon. Proverbs 20. Proverbs 20. Normally, mom and dad stuff is the beginning within the first day. Hey, man. My son. Like, the first couple chapters are are father to his son and then six to

name. So I hear parents. I go straight to beginning. I say beginning of Proverbs and, hey. Look. A Chinese finger. Forget that eclipse. Look at that finger. Look at that. Am John Bubba. I am in Brazil. Secular Solomon, hey. How are you doing at home? Everybody doing well? You got good points? I'm not assigning you points.

You know, do it appropriately. Be trustworthy and honest in all your ways. You're all at minus 20. Yeah. Yeah. Secular Solomon, tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth. Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth. Secular or Solomon, Dave Herrick. Wow. That's pretty good advice. Other than being immoral in a lot of different counts. I'm

gonna say let's say secular France. Never trust a Frenchman.

Sudan. Secular Brazil. The same. Secular Sudan. Yep. What's the matter with you? Lots of things. What's the matter with you? What's the matter with you? Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps the secret, tell him the truth, if he's Sudanese. Sudan. Secular

Portugal. I I was close. Portugal. I was in the same area. What okay. What's what would be a good if you were to take this test, what's a good introductory thing to tell you to a lie to tell your friend that would otherwise not burn the bridge of friendship so that you could keep him as a friend? I have three nipples. And then what? What's the follow-up? That's it. That's it. That's the whole thing. And then so what what do you decide? You want them to keep that a secret? You say, hey. Don't tell don't tell anybody. Don't tell anybody. I have three nipples. And then you just let it go? Three months later, you ask all your friends, hey, man. How many nipples do I have? And if they all say two and mean it, you

buddy. Two, but I don't mean it. Chuck says three. Yeah. Exactly. If somebody says, two, I think. You know they know you got three nipples. Yeah. I heard from the Portuguese exchange student that you have you have more than your own Raul told me about your nipples. Why is it Raul in Portugal? I don't know. Is that a Portuguese name? I think so. What's a common name in Portugal? Eric, you're a world man. What do you know We're a world man. Man of the world. I I met Emmanuel. From Portugal? That's close to Raul. When I was there. Yeah. No. That's true. Alright. I rescind partially. Negative 20.

That's fair. I expect that. Secular or Solomon, god gives the milk but not the pale. God gives the milk but not the pale. Secular Solomon, Dan Hudson. That's a, secular and we're gonna call it Texas before it was America.

Secular is the Republic Of Texas. The Republic of Texas. Republic of Texas. John Buba. I'm gonna go secular, and I'm gonna go with the Ukraine. Makes a lot of sense. John, Dave Herrick. Secular, I'm gonna say Netherlands. God gives the milk, but not the pail. Is that true? What? Is it a true proverb? Is it a true proverb? I I'm not telling you where it came from yet, but is it true? God give the milk, but not the pail.

Milk, but not the pail. No. Why not? Because god kinda provides you with the skills that you have too and and the recept I mean, god provides you everything, man. It's not like you're doing work based off of your work. It's you're doing work based off of god using you as a tool, man. You don't do anything. It's the holy spirit. He doesn't just give you the receptacle to pour the milk into.

Or he does that. Yeah. I'm a say no. Let's tie this all up. No. No. That is wrong. You Ukrainians. Okay. Well, so what's the misunderstanding here? God gives the milk but not the pail if it's not true.

You gotta have some effort involved? Is that the point? So like you didn't make the pail. You didn't make for a milk import. You gotta go find a pail. What I'm saying is like if it's Don't give it a half away. So it's about finding the pail. Maybe. It's doesn't give the pail. He's saying you search for the pale and then God delivers the milk and then we believe that?

I don't like dairy. I'm not God only. Tolerant. It provides half the task. Is that what he's saying? The syrup I'm in. Milk. Milk. So is it implying that they God gives the milk but not the pail. He's saying, like like, you use the milk to fill the pail. So what he's saying is is what God is offering, you have to bring something to the table to put it in. This sounds like something that my kids might or my daughter, if she gets all really me going out and asking her to clean her room, she's gonna come back with the room half cleaned and say, well, God gives

pale, dad. You gotta meet me half That's true. That is a quip. It's like, hey, man. Meet me halfway. God gives the milk, not the pail. Where Like, no. You you need to fill the job. Come on. I just even implying the opposite though where you say, I bring the pail. God will give the milk. In either case, don't don't trust a Romanian. God gives the milk, but not the pale if you're from Romania. Romania. Exactly what I said when I said Ukraine.

That's not what I heard when you that. Romania Ukraine. I heard I heard gibberish. Fastest growing game show. It's kinda what it is. Secular And you've been playing America's fastest growing Internet game show, a completely unproven asterisk bullet point, whatever it takes for you to not May or may not be true. Maybe not true. I don't I don't check up on other Internet game shows. But anyway, if you wanna cast previous

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only because it's it's good to know what actually is a good bit of wisdom. It's generally if it's not the Bible, it's it's probably Ben Franklin or a crazy Romanian with a pale looking for Jesus. Alright.

Let's see. What else we got going on here? Abuba, what do what do you got? You got some in Dear Life in the Path? I do got some Dear Life in the Path. If if you never say that again, I I'd be happy to. Brother needs some milk. Hey, man. God brings some milk. He doesn't bring the pail. Dear Life from the Path. We have a neighbor who decorates his yard for Halloween in the worst way imaginable.

Every year, it becomes more Macaber. He has bodies You can say Macaber. Excuse me. Macaber. Sorry. My bad. He has bodies hanging from tree limbs, gravestones with RIP on dirt mounds, and other unbelievable atrocities. He thinks it's funny. It is despicable, and it scares the children who must walk past his yard.

When we ask him not to put such deplorable items in our neighborhood, he doesn't take it seriously. I'm thinking about taking up a collection and bribing him not to put his growing vulgar display up this year. What can we do spooked in Topeka? I can't think of a worse idea. Wow. You're gonna pay him because he's been doing all put

stuff down, like, I'm gonna go buy more stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Right. That's really that's the stupidest way to slap your dog. Some 65 year old English teacher that's just upset at all the bodies. First of all, what what was the with the example of the so the the hanging from the tree, but then like Body limbs. Yeah. So Graves with an RIP coming out of it? Yeah. Since when is that Well, on a dirt mound. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I'm sorry. You can drive past that sometimes.

Not in Halloween. Yeah. Like, you know what creeps me out? Lazy cemetery man who didn't dig. Exactly. You know what really, like, grinds my gears into just as totally vulgar when I drive past a cemetery? I'm just upset. I'm like, hey, man. Those are dead bodies, and I'm sick of seeing them. You're scaring the crap out of the kids. Put that stuff in a wall where it belongs. I mean, here's the deal. Like, just you know, don't overreach here. Like, limbs from the trees. I okay. I mean, could that could scare kids. I get that. But, like, I you kinda brought in a couple things that are pretty normal. Yeah. Most children are are not freaking out at the side of a of a mound with a with a headstone on it. Yeah. What's Rip mean, mom? What's Rip? Who's Rip and and why does he like, holy? Yeah. Who's Rip?

Be honest. Is it the kids that are freaking out or is it Oh, no. Yeah. Totally this person. They like it. Just stay away from that guy. He's a creep. But but you know what? Just don't don't collect money. Don't I mean, just leave him alone. It's it's it's it's a short little holiday. It's over and it's done. Let people have their fun. I can't think I totally Oh, go ahead. I was saying, can't think of a circumstance in which, like, finding something offensive that your neighbor is doing, then you solve it by taking up a collection. Jim, we'll give you $500 to stop.

No. Okay. But Christmas is coming. This sounds like rewarding behavior. Creepy Santa. Headless Santa's on the way. Yeah. Hey. I feel like you're setting up a whole system. We talked about last year. What are you gonna give me this year to not put it up? Yeah. I planted another tree just so I can hang more limbs from the people. It was gonna be $1,800. Okay. Well, so alright. Legitimate, we've mocked this person. Legitimately, what's the how do you solve this problem? TP the house. TP?

Vandalize. I say I say you get, like, a creepy, like, Frankenstein's monster mob and then just go over to their house, and it seems like you're a part of the display at that point in time, which would be really Zombie crawl. Exactly. Nice. Joy up with, like, pitchforks and flames, and it looks totally like it's a part of his display. You're kinda Just joyed in? Yeah. What if he loves it? He he wants you to That's why I'm saying I'm giving advice to the dude. Like, set it up to where they start mobbing your house, and it looks even cooler. Don't I don't wanna give this join them? Do not wanna give spooked into big advice.

Yeah. Alright. So here's the deal. I I would I would talk to him, I guess. And and then if it doesn't do anything, then I I I feel like Dane's advice for yourself. Yeah. Because it's really I think it's kind of ridiculous to talk to your neighbor about, hey, I don't like what you're doing. It's like, well, then move. Yeah. Where where does that stop? That's what I would say. You know Jonathan, you put up way too many Christmas lights in the A solid community thought. You don't like what I do personally? Shut your mouth and get out. Buy my land. I mean Go find a homeowner's association. Recently realized that you painted your fence a defensive color. I'm sick of it. And and I would personally be the guy who wouldn't like that. I mean, I think it's kinda creepy when people do go back crazy for Halloween, but I wouldn't say you know, I'd be just like, oh, that's man, the show is excessive, you know, and and and kinda get over it. Dan, I plan on wearing a banana costume. Is that going crazy for Halloween?

That sounds great. Hold on a second. Let let me let me back this up for just second. So let's say you're you you live in a cul de sac. Ten ten houses around you. You put up something literally like like the other nine neighbors are. It's freaking out the kids. And some guy comes to your door and says, you know, hey, it's kind of freaking out the kids. Like, I don't know. It seems like a pretty hard character that refuses to dial it back. Like, because you're like, to whose benefit is he doing that? Maybe he doesn't even know he's being that offensive. It seems normal to him. I don't know why you wouldn't have that conversation. I'd yeah. I wanna I'd wanna know that I'm really freaking out the kids or if I'm freaking out mom. Well, yeah. I mean, like and the contingency here is is that, you know, I I this guy's probably overreacting. He probably doesn't like it. He finds it gross. Anybody that uses the phrase macabre, like, you know, he's got a problem with it.

I I that's why I I agree. I think he's kind of an older guy who just finds is offended by it. I doubt the kids are actually scared. Mhmm. So maybe the question is, is it true or not? But I don't know. The cubility aspect to me feels like digging in your heels and refusing to to to even bring it up. Like, you don't like it move. That seems dumb. I don't care about anybody else around me. I'm gonna do what I want. It's kinda lame. And it could be that our friend spooked has had a death in their life recently. I mean, I was more sensitive to that type of stuff when

I had fresh Yeah. Family members pass away. And it's just like Alright. You know, I don't need to see skeletons in in cemeteries and Yeah. It's real. You know, I know you're having fun, but it's it's it's not fun when people die. Yeah. But that's that's a different thing than being spooked. No. Yeah. Of actually being scared. Yeah. Feel like if that were the actual situation, that definitely would have been mentioned. Yeah. Yeah. No. That's probably true. Alright.

Okay. What what's the secular advice? Alright. Dear spooked, what you're describing is a feature of Halloween that many children enjoy. However, you can't protect your children forever. When they're old enough to understand, explain to them that this is all done in the spirit of fun and it's not real or dangerous. That's what they got. Okay. Yeah. I think we could okay. I kind of agree with that. Turning into a teaching opportunity.

I've I I agree with Ben having the conversation. If it's legitimately something that you feel is either spooking you and you have the entitlement to say it, yes, Or it's legitimately spooky children. Once again, you have the entitlement to say it. Yeah. You can go say, hey, you know, Jimmy, your your yard's freaking out all my kids. But if they blatantly refuse to do it and or change anything, I mean, I don't think that it's necessary to just start taking up a collection as a as a homeowners association and get that person out. I think you could just go, alright. Well, they said no. Don't be freaked out. It's it's not real. Yeah. Kinda deal. Yeah. Alright.

Do another one? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Fire it up. Alright. Dear to Life From The Path. When my husband and I were 18, we decided to have each other's initials tattooed on our ring fingers. His tattoo included the initial that one day became my last name. It's been ten years and our marriage is still solid and beautiful. I've worked hard in a nursing career, but I feel self conscious about my tattoo, although I now wear rings as well. I still like my tattoo, but I don't want people judging me because of it. My husband says I'll only hurt myself if I remove something I love having.

Do I express my love the way I wish or succumb to nasty stares from patients? Inked for love. It's it's a tattoo on the ring finger? Yeah. It's tattoo on the ring finger rather than having a ring when it started. So It's not that big of a tattoo. Right? Yeah. It's it's probably half an inch and then around the finger.

So wait. Wait. Sorry. Why I'm not understanding. What's the concern? So Apparently, so do I express my love the way I wish or succumb to nasty stares from patients? So apparently, she's getting negative reactions for her tattoo. I wish she's anticipating negative reaction tattoo. I don't Yeah. I don't know if I'd look at a tattoo and go, oh, you can't provide medical care to me. You must be married. Is that someone's initials on that ring finger? Sinner. Yeah. Like, I don't understand. Like I don't either. Seems fine. Yeah. Go about your business. Yeah. Seems fine to me. You're ridiculous. Okay.

Well, go so legitimate advice. Yeah. Yeah. Keep the keep the tattoo. If you wanna keep the tattoo, keep it. If it's bothers to you, get rid of it. Can she not wear a ring while nursing? Can she just put a ring over it? That's what was thinking too. Why not just throw a ring over it or constantly have a band aid out? Well, I mean, if you chose not to get a ring, just what's actually, that seems What's your right? I don't want a nurse losing a ring in my intestines or something Yeah. When they're in the surgeries. What? Alright. That's how you get the staph infection. Is someone having a ring on and it just gets stuck in your intestine? Hey. Hey. You tell me that doesn't breed staph. Haven't you ever heard of ringworm?

Is that what that's from? It's a worm off your ring. Dan's on my side on this one. Yeah. That's a great person. Have your side on this one with ringworm. Yeah. It's not a problem. What's the secular? Alright. Deering for love. I agree with your husband. You are entitled to express your love any way you wish. Many professional people sport tattoos that are far more flamboyant than the one you have. If you catch a patient staring, smile and share the story behind it. I think it is sweet and rather charming. Yeah. Yep. I agree. Alright. We got time one more one more? Yep. Dear life from the path, I am friends with two women who dislike each other.

Neither one has family, so I usually invite them over for holiday dinners. Over the past ten years, they have tolerated each other and have been cordial. But this summer, they had a big row and the divide is even wider. I love them both, but how do I now handle Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners knowing how they feel about each other? Should I extend the usual invitation and hope for the best, or should I not invite either of them to avoid the possible conflict?

I will not take sides. I think both of them are being petty and childish, but I also don't know what to do. My family is quite large and these two have always blended in nicely in the middle. Oh, I don't really understand the last comment relative to the rest. There are all the families at the event? Yeah. Fair apparently, a big family. Large number of people in the world, but they don't have to interact with each other. Oh, okay. So it's pretty easy. Said placemats. In fact, one to one and then one to the other. Just just have a conversation and say, invite you guys to have an issue, one to Christmas. Yeah.

But with the but the whole family comes to both? Apparently so. So then one family's missing in one and one family's missing in the other? No. One person Oh. It's just one person that's not being invited. It's just like a friend. Jenny goes to one, Jill goes to the other. No. No. No. Tell them to pull it together. Doesn't seem like they're gonna do it Obviously, that they they don't have that capacity. I don't think that she doesn't sound like she's tried.

Well, I think she's tried for ten years. Well, it sounds like she's just trying she's assuming they're gonna work it out. Like, she keeps inviting them. Like, I don't get the impression that she's actually, like, sat down and said, look, square this away. I can't have this. Otherwise, I have to start making weird decisions, like who's gonna come to Thanksgiving and Christmas. I would say do that. You think your Christmas or Thanksgiving is gonna be a motivation for them to reconcile the relationship? It's no. No. No. That's gonna be the tipping point? Not implicitly on its own, but there is shame involved in that. Right? Like, there's a there's an there's an an aspect of Chuck can't be with us this Thanksgiving he can't get along. So we should shame them into being friends. Here's the deal. Shame

you gotta be careful with that. I I there's not implicitly I I I sometimes we treat shame as completely off the table, and I I'm not sure we should. I'm not sure shame is always a bad thing. Okay. But this is the bright application for shame? I'm saying I say there's there is a by saying, you you guys are putting me in position where if you can't get along, I can't have you both at the at the same event. I don't wanna do that.

Mhmm. We've gotta work this out. Otherwise, I don't have a choice, that's what's good that's what I'm gonna have to do. And that that puts it to them to say, this look what this has come to. It's come to the point where our mutual friend has to stress over who gets invited to what thing and who gets separated from the family event because we can't work our stuff together. It could be a catalyst. It could not. But I don't see any reason not to try it. Alright. I see where you're from with that. Alright. You wanna hear what Sankula has to say? Yeah. Dear in the middle, because you feel that having them together in the same room would cause tension for you, my advice is to have them over on alternate holidays. Yeah. I'm not saying that's not the ultimate what may happen. I just I don't see any reason not to take We wouldn't start with that. What what is the most optimistic route? Yeah. You're right. That that does seem like it's a better goal. Otherwise, it's just, you know, what's the dish what's the issue with our holidays? The the bigger problem is the fact that you've got friends that are feuding. That relationship does need to be put in order. So I don't see a problem with leveraging the the molehill in order to try and solve the mountain. Yeah. Yeah. No. I think that makes a lot of sense. Yeah. Have you guys have you ever been a part of something like that?

Like trying to trying to bridge together two people that just simply couldn't get along? Yes. Every birthday party my children have ever had. They could do they share a birthday How does it work out? I gotta invite their friends who don't like each other. Mhmm. I'm like, well, make her choice. I'm not gonna play the game. So so oh oh, they have they have friends. They have friends who don't like each other but they like both of them. Oh, I got you. You know, it's like you can't you can't control their relationship. I mean, you can Mhmm. Yeah. I got it. On the second episode, it's my birthday and it's like that works for about an hour or I have a tight knit group of friends and like, that involves some relationships and we're friends with both parts of relationship. And when the relationship crumbles, we all have to do that awkward will. Are we friends with them? We're friends with them now. And I hate choosing, so I'm kinda just like, hey, I love you. I love you. You guys didn't work out, but that doesn't mean we can't be friends and it's always awkward. So I've had to deal with that. Okay. Okay.

It's not fun, but whatever. I'd rather have the friendship both. No. I I understand. Do want me to keep so you can keep just agreeing with what I'm saying? No. I think I think what you're saying is good, and it makes me happy. Alright. Good stuff. You make me happy. Thanks for being here. Hey. Hey. Don't don't mock me. I can't take your stuff anymore. That's what I'm saying. Hey, listen, Eric. You're listening to Life The Path. We're broadcasting every Monday night at 10PM at lifefromthepath.org, also at Saturdays at seven on the Truth Network ninety nine point three FM. We're so glad to have you with us. Hey. Here's the deal. If you've if this is first time you're here at the show, just know that every once in a while, we go hit up a buffet

and that you're invited. And if that makes you like the show even more, I think that's great. If we didn't offer any redeeming value for you to listen, at least know that we eat buffet. So, anyway, if you're listening to all the podcast, give us, like, I don't know, twenty seconds. We'll be right back with you. You can hear some more of the show. You're on 993. We've gotta let you go. You've been listening too. Live from the back. Shoot. So here's the deal. I found some of the comments,

and there's a there's a there's couple good ones out there. So and poor guy, I feel bad because I I didn't see these until now. So here's the three comments sitting out on the video. One, milk from nipple number three, question mark? What? Is your that third nipple of yours that you lied to the poor Does it lactate? Yes. Yeah. Absolutely. I would assume so. Oh, absolutely. I would just need to straighten third nipple. It lactates. You have to provide the pale, though. Okay. Yeah. God doesn't provide the pale for your third nipple lactating. Was that the full proverb that the Romanian man just didn't get a chance to write down?

God provides the milk, not the pale for your third nipple. Yeah. No. Yeah. He didn't say there wasn't a dot dot dot. So I mean, either got he got censored or he had completed his thought already. Let's see. There's a guess of second or ninth stage. Here we go. Question was, I I have sex outside of wedlock. If I choose to wait until I get married starting today per se, can it be just as fulfilling as if I were a virgin?

I'd say, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I would agree. I mean, we're we're forgiven for sins. It's the whole concept. Right? Like, we we live like a different life after we we put down our our old life. Yeah. And and I I guess maybe to to speak to that, it's not a it's not a timing issue. It's a it's a situational. Right? It's like spiritual Yeah. You're getting your heart. Thing. It's the the the problem with with prior to prior to getting married is is like God designed you to enjoy sex in that relationship in that way with the connection with that person. And so if that isn't

I suppose if that isn't happening, yeah, it changes. Like, when you get into the circumstance that otherwise God created that to thrive in, yeah, yeah, it's different. I mean Yeah. Reasonably, I suppose if I'm asking a question from that perspective, I might say, well, if this is the person I eventually marry, what's the difference? Yeah. I think he's ultimately asking the question from the wrong perspective. He's saying, you know, can I be in the same situation as as someone who is not where I am? In other words, you know, we've already had sex and there's this other couple that they've not had sex. Can ours be just as fulfilling as theirs? You're comparing apples to oranges at that point. When you guys get married, the the bigger question is just from here to there, what is the best course for you guys? Got you. Yep. And that's to follow and be obedient to what what God's calling you to do. So that means to abstain from here to the day that you're you're married. Right. So it, you know, it you're comparing yourself to a life that you ultimately cannot have. Yeah. So this was an irrelevant question at this point. Yeah. Yeah. It just Yeah. Yeah. You have to deal with the circumstances that either you're in or you've created or whatever and that's Mhmm. And and I suppose if the broad question is is like, how do I know that it's actually more fulfilling?

I mean, if it from a from a theological perspective, either you trust God or you don't, right? Like if he says it's gonna be better, you have to assume that's gonna be the If he's not God, then it's irrelevant and then there's no reason to kind of haggle about it. It's more fulfilling because it's obedient and and, you know, fulfilling of God's relationship and what he wants is one of the things that he he offers us. It's that's that's where it comes from. And if you're able to to get to that point where you you do abstain and you may have had sex with that person up to this point, but if you wait until that marriage and you you decide that because this is something that God's commanded of me and because this is something that God wants for me and has something in store for me, then I'm going to hold out going forward and I'm going to reinvent this relationship. I think that that's perfectly, like, grounds for having a fulfilling relationship sexually. So people people on the side of Christ wouldn't understand

the spiritual element of the sexual expression. I mean, it is a deeply spiritual thing. If they don't understand spiritual things, you know, it's purely a physical thing. So they're getting that half of it and they go, hey, this is cool. This is great. But like there's this other part that's so much

bigger and just fantastic that that is is the spiritual side of it. I don't even know how to put it into words without being goofy and and put you in a creepy place but I'd stay out that place. Yeah, was gonna say, I feel like you need to stay out of It's just a fantastic spiritual experience beyond the physical. When you have that the context of of of the scripture and obedience to God and and and being in God's will and and knowing this is how he created it and and there's just this big

picture of of godness happening. Yeah. And it's it. Okay. Alright. I think that answers the question. Lactating third nipple, secular United States and

yeah, as a Republican Texas. Whenever you decide to to to be to follow through some obedience to God, it's something that he's designed. Yeah. I think that's gonna be fulfilling. Definitely. Alright. Sweet. What did you get? You got some more you got some more dear life in the path over there? I closed them down but I can pull them back up. Sweet. Yep. Life in the path never closes. Never closes. Hey, actually, hey, while you're doing that, so we were talking before the show started. Dave came across on gotquestions.org,

the top 20 most frequently asked Bible questions. So I don't wanna talk through all these, but I think the interesting thing is what the questions are Mhmm. That are most frequently asked, not necessarily what the answers are. So, like, check out the top 20 most frequently asked Bible questions. I don't I don't think these are in any particular order. One, women pastors or preachers, what does the Bible say about women in ministry? What does the Bible say about homosexuality? What does the Bible say about tattoos?

Once saved, always saved. Is eternal security biblical? Can a Christian lose salvation? Is it a sin according to the Bible? What does the Bible say about interracial marriage? Who was Cain's wife? What does the Christian view of suicide? Do animals go to heaven? What happens after death? What does the Bible say about Christian tithing? What does the gift of speaking in tongues? What does the Bible say about dinosaurs? What is the importance of Christian baptism? What does the Bible say about drinking alcohol? What does the Bible say about gambling? What does the Bible teach about the Trinity? What does the Bible say about sex before marriage? Where was Jesus for three days between his death and resurrection? And what does the Bible say about divorce and remarriage? And so here's the deal. Like, it's not that on their own, these questions aren't

interesting. But like the general premise of them is tends to be starting from a here's things that I I wanna do or have done. What does the Bible say about that? You know, like like, hey, what's a what's a here's a moral looking for a moral guidepost. Mhmm. Right? We're not looking when we approach the Bible, are we looking for Jesus? Are we looking to understand what the moral what the the pooleon, what the pylons are? Mhmm.

And that seems predominantly what we're asking. Mhmm. And it's it's interesting that when you're when you're approaching the bible, like, that's that's the predominance of the question. And that I think maybe for me, what if people are unfamiliar with the bible and these are the questions they're coming for, I I we're not talking about the bible right. Mhmm. We're not talking about the Bible correctly. If if like that's that's immediately if we've introduced the concept of the man, of God, man, Jesus Christ and the question isn't isn't like, I don't understand, man. How is that? Like, that's a reasonable question. What does that mean? What was he what was he asking? What does he want? Mhmm. But we wanna know what does the what does the Bible say about tattoos? We're looking for it for a Yeah. A moral moral guidepost. This is like you going to your wife saying, hey, the neighbor's kinda cute. What can I do with her to not make you upset? Yeah. How far can I go with her? Yeah. You know? Yeah. What would be alright with you? Well

As opposed as opposed to otherwise, like, in that same scenario, pursuing your trying to understand your wife more Yeah. So that you're not bothering talking about things like, how far can I go with a neighbor? Yeah. So so I mean, anyway, it's it's just it's interesting on the types of things that we want the Bible to tell us compared to the things that the Bible is actually trying to communicate. Does it encompass these things?

Mostly. Mostly, it touches on them, but not but generally not for the reasons that you're asking. Mhmm. Like, God is trying to to point to you so, like, you can understand the identity he's given you, and and know when you're outside of that. That's that's the reason I wanna know that is because I wanna know I I understand what God has created for me. But like if we're just looking for a moral guidepost, I mean, there's a lot more lenient and frankly more benevolent moral guidepost as far as the whatever hedistic thing you wanna be a part of. I'd go somewhere else. Yeah. Because busy he is and Jesus isn't who he says he is. What are checking the Bible for anyway? Mhmm. There's there's again, there's better places to get it. Plenty of guys on the Internet tell you do what you want. Yeah. So, anyway, I thought I thought that was interesting that the types of questions that people are are asking of the bible and then

what the bible is actually trying to say. What you got, boo boo? Alright. Dear Life of the Path. Wonderful man named Frank said he was interested in developing a relationship. The problem?

He is a super neat freak. A person could live in his garage. It's that clean. The floor is spotless and everything is in its place. Frank washes and shines his car every second day. When there is a delivery to his house, he makes the delivery people remove their shoes before entering. I'm neat, but not to that extreme. When I'm at Frank's house, I'm on pins and needles if I leave a glass on a table that might leave a ring and terrified I'll drop something on his carpet.

Frank has never said anything, but I wonder what he's thinking. I like Frank a lot. But when he comes to my apartment, I noticed his 360 degree gaze around the rooms. Another possible problem, he has no interest in culture or the arts. I didn't see that coming. Go ahead. Turn there.

Am I right in seeing more minuses than pluses in such a relationship? The complete balance. I've weighed everything he has found in want. Neat enough in Pennsylvania.

Here's the deal. I I I I kinda get the premise of that question, and it took a weird turn. Let me describe two things about him. He's a neat freak. Long long story. And he doesn't like the arts. Seems like that was an afterthought.

Is he evaluating this guy for a friendship or for like, a roommate? Seems okay. So am I right in seeing more minuses than pluses in such a relationship? I'm guessing that this is for a relationship more than a friendship. Okay. I'm guessing. Here's the deal. I feel like you've created a lot of this in your own mind. If if you've been to Frank's house wait.

His 360 degree gaze in each of the rooms. When I enter a room, don't you tend to look around? Yeah. I was gonna say, I I I tend to look at places that I go to. You gotta know where the exits are. I'm just imagining this awkward person walking in, standing in a room, and turning an entire three sixty, and then walking into the next room doing a whole three sixty. I'm not worried about his neat freakness. I was just playing weird. This person's like, I have a ritual. Whenever I walk into a room, I need to do a circle like I'm doing the hokey pokey. Is that okay? I spin everywhere much like the dog does before he sits down. That's

what I do. I'm not checking your place for dirt. I'm just doing a a real quick jig. Yeah. Yeah. But I'm not cultured. This description sounds like the way Seinfeld would describe someone. Yeah. He's looking for ways to reject people. Yeah. So here's the deal. If you don't wanna if you don't want a relationship with this man, like, just tell him you don't find him attractive or whatever the truth is.

Because this potential meat freakness, which he has not mentioned, you know, and, like, here's the deal. I assume that if if if, she had gone to his house and left, like, a cup on a table somewhere and he had like come in within thirty seconds and kinda wiped it off, that would have been part of the description. Yeah. Like if it had happened, it would have reinforced. But she didn't really say any of that. So I'm assuming it's not happening. Yeah. She doesn't know what he's thinking. Yeah. Right. Hey, Well, ask him. What you thinking? Are you in Neat enough. I think You got here's the deal. If you're gonna be elated, you've gotta know who you're dealing with. I don't think it's it to me, it's not off the table like, hey, man. Like, how touchy are you on this neat stuff? Like, does that really bother you? I feel like that's first date stuff. Yeah. Yeah. It doesn't bother me. Like, here's the deal. If you wanna check it out and be kinda sly boots about it, order a hotdog or something. Just dribble a little something on your chin. See see how he handles it. Drip a little something on your chin. If they if he, like, shakes around and, like, can't barely stand it or was like, hey, man. You got a little something on your chin. Just see how he handles it. You know, that's true. I have been in a a situation like that where I've gotten something on my face and someone has licked their thumb and done the whole mom thing. And it was it was no longer a date after that point.

It was a straight up, hey, mom. Can I go hang out with my friends now kind of deal? It was awkward. I'm gonna try that whole dribble on the on the chin thing going forward if she nope. Not happening. Yeah. Yeah. If if she comes after it with her thumb, I just gotta let her go. Yeah. I'm like, you you best not put that on my face. Alright. Thanks for inviting me to your place. Can I clean your toilet?

Hey. I noticed you have dirt on the corners. Can I clean that? Yeah. Can I anyway, I'm gonna spin around real quick, and then I'm gonna get right on that? That's exactly Hey. Let me do a three sixty real quick like I'm a cleaning robot. Did you know my nickname's Roomba? Yeah. They call me the Roomba. Alright. So advice straight up advice, like, you you're not being honest. Yeah. There's

something you're missing or you're just splitting hairs on something and you're, I don't know. Yeah. Like, if you don't wanna date him or you're looking for excuse, like, figure out why you don't wanna date him and part company. You don't even have to tell him. Say, look, it's not working out, Frank. Yeah. Frank, if Frank smells awful and that's the reason, but you wanna come up with neat freak instead. Yeah. I think you're just looking for a way to get out of this. Yeah. Right. You're too clean and you hate the arts. Get out. Spin elsewhere, buddy. Have you composed music recently, Frank? Can't be in this relationship. Culture cold and it's sick of you too. Get out.

I hate culture. I love this guy. The arts. He's my favorite. Alright. Dear need enough. If what you want from the relationship is just friendship, I don't see a problem. However, if you're looking for more than that, then I'm afraid my answer is yes. What? To which I'll add one more minus, your inability to discuss your misgivings. Yes. What? So wait a minute. I don't understand though. Like, why is that okay for friendship material? Yeah. Exactly. I can be your friend even though you hate things that I hate and you seem to be an eat freak that I can barely tolerate. But we can be buds. Hey, man. You judge my entire existence every time you come over to my house, but I think we can really watch a TV show together.

By the way, I hate to hate the fact you hate arts. Alright. Yeah. I don't understand. Give me one more. Okay. I got one more. I need to I need someone to cleanse my palate after that guy. Oh. This should be interesting. Uh-oh. Dear life from the path. Recently, went to the funeral of a family member. As we were leaving the chapel, a relative asked me if I was aware that the funeral had been livestreamed. I was appalled.

After all, going to a funeral allows us a chance to say goodbye to the deceased and to be there to support the surviving family and friends. I don't believe that live streaming can accomplish either of those missions. Am I wrong to think that this was really inappropriate? Baffled in Boston. Live streaming funerals. Thoughts, boys? Was it a private funeral? What makes I mean What's the difference? Yeah. I was gonna say, does that mean, like, there's security and red ropes? You're nodding. Hey, man. If I could be funeral security, I might get on that business.

You wanna be a bouncer? Actually, would totally be a funeral bouncer. I'm not on the list, sir. You're not You guys are getting out of control. I gotta Explain to me how you knew Charlie, and I'll let you in. I think you're I don't think anything about this. People who are willing to cause trouble at funeral, I feel like are more to handle than you're thinking. Don't I know, Like a guy that's willing Somebody's trying to get in a funeral that I'm working security at. I'll keep him out. Alright. Maybe this was a less than productive tangent. Alright. So is it is it okay to livestream a funeral? Of course. Okay. What's it And let's say uncle Buck is in in California and he has just had surgery,

just had both of his hips replaced and and and aunt, you know, Margaret is on the other's coast. And he can't go to the funeral but he sure would love to say goodbye in in a little way that So he'll yeah. He'll just like, is is does someone have the camera and, like, walk it up to Here's the deal. I mean, what's what's look what he's participating in. He's he may not be able to be there. Let's use uncle Buck as an example. Okay? I like it. He can't make it. He gets to see the things that people are saying about his brother or friend, whatever. Right? And and enjoy in the reminiscing the experience. To to say that those that first thing is not accomplished

by by live streaming, I think is is false. Yeah. I disagree with that. I think it's false. Yeah. It it doesn't accomplish necessarily being there to support the family. But, if the truth is you literally can't be there to support the family in that way, like, let's call it for what it is. I don't know why we would say, hey, man. I know you just got out of surgery and you wanna watch your brother's funeral, but, like, I'm offended by that. No grief for you. Like, I don't get it. Right. Yeah. If if I were in a situation where someone in my family passed away and I was not able to get to aunt Margaret on the East Coast, right, I would appreciate the fact that I could be

in some way present for the situation, you know, watching it happen and and hearing the memoirs and seeing the pictures and people there. It's a comforting thought that that's happening. You know, it's comforting that that this person is being is being respected in in their death and in their life and, you know, celebrating their life, the life celebration thing we talk about sometimes. I think that that's perfectly acceptable for someone to be there. I think they should On stream. Enable chat as well. Yeah. So I was just gonna say That's awesome. Someone's on a computer and uncle uncle Buck would like to say something now.

R o f l. So, like, I I literally had in my tongue, there's a way to do this wrong. And then Dan Dan sailed right in from the from the cheap seats and had it ready to go. I mean, you can run commercials at the start, sell advertising, and do a chat. This is a hologram of them dancing. This funeral brought to you by Toyota Camry. Go. Rearrangements. Welcome. Welcome.

Yeah. There's a way to do it wrong. Alright? There's a way. I'll be right back. Not really. I've did. And we're gonna go on commercial break now. Yeah. There's a way to do it wrong, but, like, it's not implicitly it's different. Right? I mean, you couldn't always do that. And I suppose there's a thought that, like, it's encroaching upon a a private event. But, like, mean, you don't it doesn't have to be open to everybody. Share it with who you wanna share with. Right. I don't think there but there's nothing implicitly wrong. A lot of people film those to watch it later. Right. Now you're just haggling over how soon Right. After the event you're allowed to watch it. I think that the thing that could become an issue is is how

broadcast the funeral actually is. Like, is this, like, something that's on the front page of YouTube that everybody can hop on and just watch aunt Margaret's funeral for some reason. Yeah. I I can see where that could become an issue, but I don't think there's many people out there that would search, hey. I wanna watch a live funeral. Like, I feel like there's a lot of other stuff to watch. You should you should find yourself in the TV show. Never been on live leak before, Chan. Alright. Oh, wow. I guess true. Alright. Alright. Live funeral. Yes. So so we're for it? It's okay? I think it's a thumb. I think it's yeah. I'm good. The two things can be accomplished. Alright. Let's hear what let's hear what secular he's got. Dear baffled, you may be passing judgment too quickly. These days, many funerals and memorial,

excuse me, are livestreamed but are not available to the general public. To view them, one needs an access code. While I agree that the purpose of a funeral is to comfort the living as well as pay respects to the deceased, what you haven't taken into account is that there may be individuals who may be unable to attend. It could be that the airfare is more than some relatives can afford or that health problems make travel difficult in Uncle Buck's case. In some cases, streaming the service or memorial is a practical solution so that everyone can be included.

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I'm not your deceased. So, yeah, let's go with Kat. Yeah. Yeah. If you livestream your funeral, leave us out of that stuff. Don't give us the access code. Yeah. We don't we don't we don't need that. Unless you're selling advertising, just so I can give an idea of what you can do wrong. This funeral brought to you by Live From The Path. I will not sponsor a funeral. Pretty much only because we don't have any free cash. Spinner. How about you? Alright. Have a good week.