Mugs, 'fallible,' and 'take your lampstand'
The discussion pivots when the hosts learn Murray sells mugs and T-shirts proclaiming the article's slogan — 'this is not an integrity driven' piece, 'it's a sales pitch.' A running gag erupts over a host's recurring mispronunciation of 'fallible' as 'fallible'; Mike is teased by name: 'you say that wrong all the time.' A speaker lands the thesis: 'the opposite of pharisaical behavior is not holy... Jesus is holy.' The hosts press Matthew 5:7 and Revelation's 'I will take your lampstand' against a 'brokenness as ministry' banner, joking the mug should read 'I will take your lampstands,' and coin the 'burn Trump' gospel — 'feel the Bern' meets 'vote for Trump.'
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