Uncle Si Honors Charlie Kirk with a Message of Faith & Courage

Summary

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Duck Call Room – Uncle Si Honors Charlie Kirk with a Message of Faith & Courage

Air Date: September 11, 2025
Hosts: Si Robertson, Justin Martin, John-David Owen, Phil Robertson, Brittany Robertson
Episode Theme:
The Duck Call Room crew dedicates this special episode to reflecting on the shocking shooting and death of Charlie Kirk, sharing a powerful conversation on faith, the value of life, respectful debate, loving your enemies, and how to process grief with courage and hope.

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Episode Overview

The episode opens on a somber note, as the crew gathers to discuss the tragic killing of conservative activist and young family man Charlie Kirk, which happened the previous day. In light of both this event and the anniversary of September 11th, the group delves into how society has lost respect for human life, the dangers of dehumanization, and the urgent need to return to respectful dialogue and steadfast faith. The tone is a mix of sorrow, righteous anger, empathy, and hope, with the group leaning on their faith for comfort and resolution.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Tragedy of Charlie Kirk’s Death

• Immediate Reactions: The crew expresses disbelief and heartbreak over the news, noting the trauma of seeing it play out on social media.
  • “My whole body was shaking. My heart was racing… I saw the whole video of it happen.” – Brittany (03:09)
• Value of Life: The senselessness of violence and disregard for human life is a central theme.
  • "So how are we at a point in the world where human life is valued that little?" – Phil (03:56)
• Kirk’s Legacy: Despite not all being regular followers, they note Kirk’s reputation for respectful engagement, even with opponents, and recognize the impact his openness and poise made.
  • "He always seemed to be okay with having an extremely respectful debate. Like, he didn’t name call.” – Phil (04:44)
  • "He talked with everyone. No matter what walk of life you had—he wanted to have a respectful conversation.” – Brittany (04:51)

2. Respectful Debate, Communication, and Accountability

• "How can you be mad enough at a guy that will actually have a conversation with you rather than just spewing off name-calling and all the things?” – Phil (04:58)
• The group laments the current hostile environment where people resolve differences with violence or online hostility, emphasizing that violence never solves deep divisions.
  • "There’s ways to settle your differences besides, you know, going to the evil side, so to speak.” – John David (05:26)

3. Faith in Times of Grief and Uncertainty

• The hosts turn to their faith, noting that real comfort comes from belief in Christ and the hope of eternal life.
  • "His unapologetic stance for Jesus Christ—we know where he is. If we believe what we say we believe, we know where he is.” – Phil (13:39)
• Biblical Encouragement:
  • Jeremiah 29:11 and John 3:16-17 are referenced as reminders that each life has purpose and no one is qualified to judge except Jesus.
  • "If you are still breathing on this planet, your purpose is not done.” – Brittany (10:28)
• Dealing with Anxiety: Brittany shares her journey of returning to faith, noting the difference it made in facing traumatic news and her ability to find peace.
  • "I felt this peace that surpasses all understanding in this situation… don’t fear because He has overcome the world.” – Brittany (16:13)

4. Dangers of Social Media and Dehumanization

• The group discusses how social media has both exposed and numbed people to violence and suffering, desensitizing society to the humanity of others.
  • "Social media has made us absolutely numb to everything… I don’t think our eyes were really ever meant to see [this much] or our hearts to carry [it].” – Brittany (28:23)
• Lack of Accountability:
  • "The stuff you’ll type from the security of your couch is not something you would say in front of somebody...” – Phil (28:52)
• Need for Communication:
  • "It’s just all about respectful communication.” – Brittany (31:39)

5. Loving Your Enemies and Servant Leadership

• The crew reflects on the Christian call to love even enemies, challenging themselves and the audience to overcome hatred with love.
  • "If your enemy says he’s hungry, feed him… I just want to dump the coals… but Jesus is enough.” – Phil & Martin (56:35-57:14)
• They note that all great leaders serve others.
  • "All the great people that I admire and always respected and looked up to—guess what? They were a servant.” – John David (44:28)

6. Grief, Anger, and Moving Forward with Courage

• The hosts acknowledge the legitimacy of anger and frustration but encourage listeners not to dwell there.
  • "It’s okay to be angry. It’s okay to be sad… don’t live in that anger. Don’t let it get in there—process it, and get it out of there. Don’t let this bog you down to steal your joy, because in doing so, the enemy truly wins.” – Phil (57:16)
• They urge listeners to honor Kirk’s life by being bold in faith but maintaining respect and compassion.
  • "If you want to honor his life, be bold. Be respectful. Those two things are not mutually exclusive… Share Jesus.” – Phil (52:53)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On The Loss of Potential:
  • “When the soul is gone, I always…Jeremiah 29:11. God speaking about, ‘Hey, you have no idea the plans I have for you.’” – John David (09:31)
• On Social Media & Division:
  • “Somehow, here in this country, we have Adolf Hitler—possibly the worst human being to ever live—as both a Democrat and a Republican. Why are we going to this extreme of, ‘Oh, you must be Hitler’? …None of that is happening here right now.” – Martin (32:37)
• On Forgiveness:
  • "Even the guy that pulled the trigger—Jesus died for him. Man. And that makes this… tough.” – Phil (42:05)
• On Hope and Responsibility:
  • “No matter what your platform is in this world, your greatest influence is still at your house.” – Martin (52:23)
  • "Somebody is going to minister to your children. …I hope it’s you.” – Phil (52:32)
• On Processing Grief:
  • “Do not become overcome with evil, which is what we saw yesterday—but overcome evil with good.” – Martin (56:32)

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Key Timestamps

• 03:09 – Brittany describes the trauma of seeing the shooting video and its impact.
• 04:44 – Phil and Brittany reflect on Charlie Kirk’s civil, respectful public persona.
• 10:28 – Brittany and John David discuss the continuing purpose for every human life.
• 13:39 – The group speaks on the assurance of faith in Christ and eternal life for Kirk.
• 16:13 – Brittany explains finding peace through Christ amid chaos.
• 28:23–28:52 – Discussion of social media’s negative impact on empathy and accountability.
• 39:04 – The group emphasizes prayer–for both the victim, and for the perpetrator and supporters.
• 49:16 – John David stresses that humans are not qualified to judge others.
• 52:53 – Phil summarizes how to honor Charlie Kirk: “Be bold. Be respectful. Share Jesus.”
• 56:32 – The closing on overcoming evil with good; Romans 12:21.

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Final Thoughts & Takeaways

• The episode is a heartfelt, sometimes raw, reflection on a violent tragedy, with the Duck Call Room crew channeling pain and outrage into an appeal for compassion, respectful engagement, and, above all, a steadfast commitment to faith and hope.
• There’s a recurring challenge to move past anger and division—to listen, to love, and to engage instead of judging or dehumanizing.
• The message is broad but urgent: Value life. Boldly share your faith. Communicate with respect. And respond to evil not with more evil, but with good.

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Transcript

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[Martin]

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[Phil Robertson]

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[John David Robertson]

Yeah, sure you do.

[Phil Robertson]

But we figured we would get that out. Look, we're having one of these rare episodes today where we're doing a same Day turnaround.

[Martin]

It is September 11th at 10:09 right now.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. So it, you know, in lieu of all the things right. Of this date. And then also what happened yesterday, we figured we would try to get y' all a quick turn one Man, I don't even know what to say. I don't. I don't know. It's just.

[Brittany Robertson]

I called him shaking. My whole body was shaking. My heart was racing because. And I hope that they figure out a way to take this down. But I saw it happen. I saw the whole video of it happen.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Which is really annoying.

[Brittany Robertson]

It's very traumatic that that's okay to.

[Phil Robertson]

Put on social media, but we can't say other words and things like, come on.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah. It's been on a loop literally in my head since yesterday.

[Phil Robertson]

I was never. I'll say this. I didn't see the video. And since she did and I knew it existed, I knew not to get on social media. I was never happier to be putting out corn and food for deer. Right. Because I was completely distracted. Completely un. Cut. I cut the cord. I was out in the woods doing things. So really, the only thing that I knew when she called that had happened. I got the, you know, the news notification that he had been shot. And when I say he, obviously we're talking about Charlie Kirk, a very young fellow, 31 years old, with a very young family. That man will forever be changed. I mean, it's forever changed. It is. I don't know. I don't. I mean, it's just. So how are we at a point in the world where human life is valued that little that this guy. And look, to be fair, I knew who Charlie Kirk was, didn't keep up with him a lot, knew the things that he had done, but didn't watch it. But every time I did watch him and watched a bunch of stuff last night, just preparing for this, too. He always seemed to be okay with having a extremely respectful debate. Like, he didn't name call. He didn't.

[Brittany Robertson]

And he talked with everyone. No matter what walk of life you had, he wanted to have a respectful conversation.

[Phil Robertson]

How can you be mad enough at a guy that will actually have a conversation with you rather than just spewing off name calling and all the things to do that I don't. I'll never understand. I'll never understand how we value life that little these days. We used to value it a lot more. That's what I'll say. Like, that's. You could have a conversation and, you know, the worst happened I mean, well.

[John David Robertson]

There'S ways to settle your differences besides, you know, going to the evil side, so to speak.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Because the difference isn't settled like the. The. If anything, you made it more unsettled.

[Brittany Robertson]

Right.

[Phil Robertson]

So what did you do? You stopped one guy. Like, you shut one guy up in theory, but you didn't shut him up.

[John David Robertson]

Because now, man was 31 years of old, for crying out loud.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. With two very young children.

[John David Robertson]

Well. And everything he done okay. Was positive.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, he was.

[John David Robertson]

And you. You. You actually took a life. A soul was lost when you decided to do what you did. And you can't. You can't take it. It's like. It's like when talking to people that are thinking about getting married, I said, well, don't ever say something in anger.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah. Because you can't take it back or.

[John David Robertson]

You can't take it back.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Once that genius.

[John David Robertson]

Whether you meant it or not, you said it and they heard it. Okay. And. Hey, that hurts.

[Brittany Robertson]

It does.

[John David Robertson]

It does.

[Phil Robertson]

And it takes a while for, like.

[John David Robertson]

What he did, what that guy did, and never be taken back. No. You took a father away from his children, y'. All.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

Over. Over what? You didn't like what he said?

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

You know, come on. Good grief. You know, like you said, where's your respect for. For life.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Just for a human. Right? Like.

[John David Robertson]

Or another human being. Yo, he has a right. You know what? He believes. He has it. That right. Yeah.

[Brittany Robertson]

And he heard everyone else out. He heard.

[John David Robertson]

Well, no, no, like you said, he was always willing to. Well, tell me your side of.

[Brittany Robertson]

Tell me your side. And he. He respectfully listened.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Brittany Robertson]

And it's just shameful.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. That's wild, man. It's.

[John David Robertson]

I run my mouth sometime when I should.

[Brittany Robertson]

Amen, brother.

[John David Robertson]

You just. You do it.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

Really. As we're sitting thinking about, well, wait a minute. He's got. Why he believes it so much his way.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

So to be fair, you know, hey, you know, it's. You need to be slow to speak. Amen.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

And that's one thing I'm. I struggle with. I.

[Brittany Robertson]

As well.

[John David Robertson]

Okay. I really.

[Brittany Robertson]

I work at that daily because when.

[John David Robertson]

I say something stupid, you just. You can. You know.

[Brittany Robertson]

Cause, hey, that's why I had so much respect for him, because I. I actually watched a lot of his videos and his debates, and I was thoroughly impressed. I would be sitting there yelling at the screen, and he would just be sitting cool, calm, collected, and rebuttal in a very respectful way. And I thought that that Was amazing. I aspired to have that level of self control.

[John David Robertson]

Well, I just know a great, great soul was cut short.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

Because we never know what. What he could have done in the future. I always look at that, you know, when. When, you know, to bring it up about, you know, people that have, you know, they go and have a child taken out of their womb. You don't know what you just did. Yeah, you may. Or you may have had. Because when I spoke to a. I went back to my kindergarten. A teacher asked me, come speak to the children. And I said, you know what amazes me about standing here looking at you? I said, I may be talking to the next president of the United States of America.

[Phil Robertson]

Or the next person that.

[John David Robertson]

Comes up with a cure for cancer.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Or anything.

[John David Robertson]

When the soul is gone, I always. Jeremiah 29, verse 11. God speaking about. Hey, you have. You have no idea the plans I have for you. Not to harm you, but to prosper you and to give you a future. Hope for the future, you know, that's why I was asked to speak to the troops on Fort Polk. Cause of suicide rate. Yeah, that's. That's what I said. I said, hey, if you get nothing else from my visit with you, please don't harm yourself. God has a plan for you. You matter, and you have no idea what it. What it could be involved. You may save a lot of people's lives just by your life, how you lived.

[Brittany Robertson]

If you are still breathing on this planet, your purpose is not done.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah, you still have a purpose. God created you for a purpose. Okay. And, hey, all I can say is, hey, don't mess with what. With what he's got in store for you harming yourself or harming or harming another person.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah, right.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, the grief.

[John David Robertson]

Have a. Have respect for life.

[Phil Robertson]

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[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah, the ripple effect of.

[Phil Robertson]

Because one of the coolest things that I saw last night after it. After it had time had passed, and I figured they had time to take the nonsense down of the actual video. And I wasn't worried about getting on social media anymore. The one of the most shared things I saw was a tweet from him that was about Jesus. Jesus is the way there is. And there's a few of me had. There is one answer. Jesus Christ.

[Brittany Robertson]

Today's a good day to tell someone about Jesus.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. So, like, there's, you know, that is.

[John David Robertson]

You know, well, with, with him, you knew where you stood.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

Of all, what he believed in.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, yeah. He was bold enough in that to say it. And, you know, I think a lot of times he, he, he went first Peter. He did it with gentleness and respect too, like, and, you know, so he was, he was a man living out the word. He was a man living out what we, you know, actively believe in, actively practice and all the things. So he. As I sit here and read size socks, it says, let's taco about Jesus.

[John David Robertson]

Let us, let us pray.

[Phil Robertson]

Let us pray. I am so glad in that moment I looked down and just read his sock. Oh, man, I ain't seen them yet.

[John David Robertson]

Oh. Because, you know, most people don't really understand, you know. You know, I always say, I don't know what you do without him.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

Okay. Now you can have belief and all that, but me personally, because, you know, the stuff that you have to put up with on this earth, it's not really nice. Okay. Just like, just like this. We're talking about. A life was taken.

[Phil Robertson]

It was okay.

[John David Robertson]

And hey, it was unfair to the person that was in that body. Okay. Just because he stood up for what he believed in.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

Okay. And me personally, if I'm going to go out, that's the way I want to be. I want him to say, well, at least he was standing up for what he believed.

[Brittany Robertson]

Bold in your faith.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Be bold.

[Brittany Robertson]

That's a perfect example too, of. For me personally. And he knows this. I will spiral whenever something like this happens. I. I go to, worst case scenario, I start spiraling, I start getting anxious about tomorrow, you know, all the things. And some of you may know, I recently rekindled my relationship with Jesus about a year and a half ago. And before that, I, I was spiraling at every single thing that happened. And I noticed the difference in this. While I was upset and while I, I did feel anxious, especially after seeing the video, because it's just horrific to see, but I did notice a difference in that. Me following Jesus, I felt this peace that surpasses all understanding in this situation, which was wonderful. I felt this you know, don't fear because he has overcome the world kind of peace, which, you know, normally I would have spiraled. I would have, you know, I'm the generation. We experienced 9, 11. We. You know, I was watching people jump out of a building on TV when I was in fifth grade, and it's only progressively gotten worse. The things that I have seen with my eyes on TV, social media, all the things. I mean, just 24 hours before seeing Charlie, I witnessed the Ukrainian woman getting stabbed on the train.

[John David Robertson]

Oh, no. Yeah.

[Brittany Robertson]

And no one did anything. That she just fetal positioned into the floor. And it's just like, you know, when you see things like that with your eyeballs, the only thing that can get you through something like that is having a relationship with Jesus and knowing his word and knowing that he has overcome the world.

[John David Robertson]

Well, here's the thing about that that gets me, okay. Because, you know, we. We're not promised the next second, right? Okay. Something like that can happen to you.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[John David Robertson]

Okay. And that's the scary part. Like you talking about, well, if you don't have no one to turn to. I have, like you said, I can look at that differently than you do.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yes.

[John David Robertson]

Okay. That's why I lost my brother here a while back. Okay? But here's the thing. He lived his life. First 28 years was bad, okay? But then when he come in and knew Jesus, okay, the Creator and always. It's an oxymoron deal. Here's a man that spent 95, 98% of his time in God's creation and didn't know the creator. But when he run up on him the next 50 years, okay, that's all you ever heard from him, it changes your life. Was about the Creator. Well, that's what we're talking about, life and death here. A soul was taken from this earth wrongly. Okay? And if you don't, you know, if you don't know Jesus, okay, me and Brittany just told you, okay, we have a different outlook on life than you do. Yes. Okay. Because I do know the creator. I know the one that created everything you seek, including us. Okay? It makes a difference.

[Brittany Robertson]

Amen.

[Phil Robertson]

It does.

[John David Robertson]

And to have Martin said it, you know, we've gone to the point the human race has, is our respect for life is horrible.

[Brittany Robertson]

There are people out there praising that this happened.

[John David Robertson]

Oh, yeah? Well, no, no, because it was like the guy that was a murderer, he murdered somebody and the women were saying he was hot and all this. They wanted to date him and everything that happened. That's what no that's what the human race has gone to.

[Brittany Robertson]

Unbelievable.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah, but it's the thing about, hey, a life was taken which can't be replaced. Okay. And like we're talking about, we know where Charlie Kirk is.

[Brittany Robertson]

Amen.

[Phil Robertson]

Absolutely.

[John David Robertson]

Okay. I know where my brother is.

[Brittany Robertson]

Amen.

[John David Robertson]

Again, me personally, I don't know what you do without Jesus, okay? I could not live without it.

[Brittany Robertson]

I know exactly what you do without Jesus. And you spiral.

[Phil Robertson]

You spiral and you become a hermit. Almost like, you know, because you become.

[Brittany Robertson]

Fearful of every single thing that you do in the day.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. And that's why, like, even for us, right, like when you see this kind of stuff, because we're in the public eye a lot. We do appearances. We do. There's nothing short of Jesus keeping it from happening to us.

[John David Robertson]

Well, I was just saying we travel a lot.

[Phil Robertson]

That's what I'm saying.

[John David Robertson]

When you travel a lot, you have that option that, hey, you could die.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I mean, the. Yeah.

[Brittany Robertson]

Every time he leaves, I pray. I'm like, Lord, I mean, if it is your will, keep him around.

[Phil Robertson]

You know, you step up in front of a crowd and you, you know, you just never, you never know, right? Like, you never know what that one person may have been, you know, I mean, and so again with us, like, we've got. And the fall is a busy time for us. We're going to be doing a lot of appearances. We always do. And the good news is we go there with the intent to share Jesus and to share a message of positivity. And you know, a lot of times the, in the evil one will do what he can to shut that up and keep it down. But, but it's not going to keep me from doing events, it's not going to keep me from sharing the news about Jesus and what he's done in my life and what he can do in yours. But at the same time, would you be, I mean, I feel like I'd be disingenuous if I said it now more than ever is not in the back of your mind every time you step up on that stage, like, of what, what could happen. Right. Like now. The good news is most of the time for us, we're surrounded by a bunch of like minded people. So, you know, you feel a little safer in that regard. But the ultimate safety net is Jesus. Like we're not, I'm not in a race to get to 77. I'm in a race to spend eternity somewhere. So whatever.

[John David Robertson]

That's the Actual goal.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, whatever that looks like. I want to make. I'd love to make it to 77. Want to see Brittany continue to grow in her walk. I want to see my boys grow up and all the things. But if he calls me home, he calls me home. And, you know, while. I know it'll leave a void here.

[John David Robertson]

But if the positive for you, yeah, it'll fill up.

[Phil Robertson]

It'll fill another void somewhere else.

[John David Robertson]

That's why I was saying our attitude's way different than yours. If you, you don't have it.

[Phil Robertson]

I've had a good day, too. Because you know what else? You know what's happening. We're almost a duck season. You can see it out there. Like, duck season is here. There's ducks around North Louisiana right now. So you know it's coming. But you also know what that means. Don't forget to buy your federal duck stamp.

[John David Robertson]

Hey, it's new.

[Phil Robertson]

It is new.

[John David Robertson]

They've gone digital on you, baby.

[Phil Robertson]

And not only is it new, it's easier than ever. You just go to duck stamp.com, buy your digital stamp online, and boom, you can. It shows up as a digital pass you can keep on your phone. Look, no more waiting for the mail, trying to remember where you put it before you go hunting, hoping you didn't lose it dropping it in the water. Everything that can go wrong with a duck stamp, that's went wrong in the past. Not anymore. Because right there on your phone, the best part, when you buy it, you're supporting real conservation. Millions of acres of wetland habitat protected for future generations. And whether you're chasing mallards or just collecting the art, this one is a no brainer. Look, all you do get on your phone, go to your wallet app, and it is right there. I'm going to show you because I've been cleaning up.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah, and I'm going to get you to do something. When you brought, you brought it up. Boom.

[Phil Robertson]

Look at there. Look how easy.

[John David Robertson]

Hey, you need to airdrop that you got on your phone for me to J.

[Martin]

Stone, ladies and gentlemen.

[John David Robertson]

So I don't learn about air dropping.

[Martin]

So I just say it's so easy. Size said, hey, just go ahead and airdrop it to me. He doesn't even have a phone yet. He knows how to airdrop his duck stamp over.

[John David Robertson]

Well, no, I heard y' all talking.

[Phil Robertson]

About all this stuff and you can do that. You can have, you can take a screenshot.

[John David Robertson]

I don't have a phone. Somebody that's with me has got to have a phone. So they pull it up. Say, yeah, he's got. He. He's got his license in his pocket.

[Phil Robertson]

You want to make it easier and every on you. Let me tell you how to do it. Get your digital duck stamp@duck stamp.com today and make it official. That's Duck Stamp.com. let's hunt. Celebrating anybody's death and murder.

[Brittany Robertson]

Absolutely.

[Phil Robertson]

I don't care. I don't care who it would have been. I told Brittany last night, I said, you know what? I never wanted to see the body cam footage of Osama bin Laden getting killed. Because you know why? Because he was still a human.

[John David Robertson]

He's a human being.

[Phil Robertson]

Was he. Was he by all accounts evil? Absolutely. He was still a human. I don't want to watch that. Like, I don't want to see that. He is still a human. And you know what? If Jesus died for me, he died for him too. And so his life is valuable. It was valuable enough for a man to go to the cross for it. And so the fact that you can. People can glorify that, I will never understand it. And I'm going to blame in a million years.

[John David Robertson]

That's why I said, you need to be slow to answer.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

Bank before you speak because, Emily, you can't take it back. You can't take the words back.

[Martin]

I think I'm 22 minutes in and ain't said a word.

[Brittany Robertson]

I know I was about to say. John David, what are your thoughts?

[Phil Robertson]

Well, I read John David's Instagram story this morning, so I know he's in.

[Martin]

A. I. I'm wrestling with this bull crap.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Because I'm pissed and I'm mad and.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Brittany Robertson]

Sad. All the things.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

It's a weird, weird time to be alive whenever.

[Phil Robertson]

That's a weird time to be raising young children, too.

[John David Robertson]

You hear something that happened. Hello.

[Martin]

And you. You search it and you see a guy get shot in the neck. And the next video is him walking his daughter across a parking lot.

[John David Robertson]

Man.

[Brittany Robertson]

And I told myself I wouldn't get a crap.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

And so like, yeah, that's weighing on me this morning and weighing on me yesterday. And it's just like, I didn't mean to see that.

[John David Robertson]

I was just like, what?

[Martin]

That guy got shot.

[John David Robertson]

He seemed, you know, ju.

[Martin]

Just full disclosure. If you're talking about politics on my feed and I disagree with you, delete. If I agree with you, you got three seconds. And then I'm probably moving on. It's just not my thing. But, you know, I've watched his stuff. I knew exactly who he was I knew what he stood for. I knew how he went to college campuses and did all that. But the fact that we've gotten to a point where you would think social media and seeing that would make us humanize others, would make us realize like, this isn't some mythical creature. This is just a dude that's 31 years old that at 18 said, I got an idea. And it worked.

[John David Robertson]

Worked well.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

And this is who he was. And he was just living his life doing what he thought was right. There's people that thought it was wrong, sure. But the fact that we've now just. It's their enemy. They're an enemy. We're an enemy. It's they all this. And we've got people that are like, oh, heck yeah, that guy's gone.

[John David Robertson]

What?

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

What are we?

[Phil Robertson]

And so the general public get to become the judge because we're seeing it.

[Brittany Robertson]

With our eyes on social media. That's what I'm saying. I feel like social media has made us absolutely numb to everything we have. We have seen so much play out that I don't think our eyes were really ever meant to see or our hearts to carry. And when you carry all that for.

[Phil Robertson]

A long time, I'm gonna go a step further and say the problem with social media is it removed the consequences.

[Martin]

Well, and you.

[John David Robertson]

And the fact that no accountability.

[Phil Robertson]

There is zero accountability. Zero. Because the stuff you'll type from the security of your couch is not something that you would say in front of somebody for fear of getting your teeth knocked down your throat. Right. And so. And again, I'm going to go ahead and say I don't care. Violence is a form of solving a disagreement. Never works. And you're talking to a guy that in high school playing football had a lot of different things go on, even with the best of friends, that we would fight. Fist fight each other.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

You know what? That saw nothing. You know what happened when we were both laying on the ground out of breath, bloody. We stopped and talked to each other. And you know what actually solved the issue the moment?

[John David Robertson]

Communication.

[Brittany Robertson]

Communication.

[Phil Robertson]

Not the. Not the fish to go. Not boys being boys and males being males and letting a bunch of testosterone out. It's when we were both out of breath, laughing about what we just did and we actually communicated about the issue. Then it got solved.

[John David Robertson]

Well, that.

[Phil Robertson]

Right.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah. And so guy I had fought was we become best friends.

[Phil Robertson]

That's what I'm saying. And there's so many times, like you.

[John David Robertson]

Said, we communicated afterwards. Well, that was stupid. Wasn't it.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Brittany Robertson]

Speaking of, did y' all see the Forest Frank speaking of communication, the Forest Frank situation. Oh, and what's his name? Corey Asbury. He kind of picked. Made fun of Forest Frank and his situation. He had broken his back. A miracle happened. It was a great situation. And it was becoming a trend to kind of like pretend that you broke your back and you know, all the things. Well, he kind of forest reached out and. And made a video and was like, that hurt. That was hurtful. Because that was a really dark time in my life. That was something that was traumatic that happened in my life, and you're turning it into something fun. And Corey responded and was like, I am so sorry. Here's my story of that's how I deal with traumatic things is by humor. Which I can attest to that because I make jokes in probably bad situations just because I get uncomfortable with traumatic things. But they had this dialogue. They didn't know each other. They had this dialogue that could have gone one way or the other. And now they're like BFFs and want to hang out and spend time with each other's families after that. So it's just all about a respectful communication.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, it's. It's. Which is, again, social media has ruined that.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

As you don't talk to people.

[John David Robertson]

Well, no, there's no accountability.

[Phil Robertson]

There's no account. But you don't even sit there and talk. Right. Like, you're in your own world. You're self absorbed. And this is what's right and this is what's wrong. And I got no time to hear nobody else.

[John David Robertson]

I will say this. The political arena in the United States of America needs to hear what we're talking about and what we said here and put it into action.

[Phil Robertson]

Let's freaking talk to people.

[John David Robertson]

Because y' all are using words, okay, about the President and about each other. That, hey, that's pure evil.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Their actions aren't helping them want to communicate anything.

[John David Robertson]

What you're saying is even making it worse.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

Okay.

[Martin]

Well, nowadays everybody got to go to some weird extreme of like, somehow here in this country, we have Adolf Hitler, possibly the worst human being to ever live as both a Democrat and a Republican. That's what we're just down to calling each other. I'm like, hold on. Ain't nobody in America got no gas chambers going on?

[Brittany Robertson]

Right?

[Martin]

Like, why are we going to this extreme of, oh, you must be Hitler? And I'm like, that really? Wasn't that my papaw? The guy I grew up across the street from. Was in the back of a plane with a gun, shooting at people over what that guy did.

[Phil Robertson]

Right.

[Martin]

That's not where we're at.

[Brittany Robertson]

No do. It's.

[Martin]

That's not what's happening in America. So, like, why do we go to these.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah, you're using. You're using something and misusing it.

[Brittany Robertson]

Cannot be compared. Yeah, that's my biggest thing with people, with the whole Nazi and Hitler thing. And I'm like, have you even, like, looked into the history of Hitler and the things that he has done? None of that is happening here right now. So you. It's not comparable.

[John David Robertson]

Well, I've got a personal one on that. Bill Robertson went overseas and he visited the beaches of Normandy and all that. Okay. My brother, we spent a lifetime together. He never once mentioned thank you for your service. He went and actually went inside the gas chamber and saw the nail scratches on the concrete. When he come back, he said, I owe you apology, sir.

[Phil Robertson]

You may be the first documented Robertson apology.

[John David Robertson]

Well, no, no. Yeah. When he addressed.

[Phil Robertson]

Quite possibly the last.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah. When he addressed me as sir, I really got. You know, I looked, I said, whoa, whoa, dude, what's wrong? What is happening? He said, hey, I have. You know, I should have told you I appreciate you wearing our nation's uniform.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

I've been on the beaches of Normandy, and that's. That's not the beach.

[John David Robertson]

Okay.

[Martin]

That's not. You ain't carrying a turtle box and a yeti across that. It's a football field.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Martin]

And it's. Them boys ran up it to stop evil from happening. Philip, when was the last time you bragged about your wireless company?

[Phil Robertson]

It's been.

[John David Robertson]

It didn't.

[Martin]

It's been a while. You know what I can say? My wireless company gave away a thousand American flags to deserving vets.

[Phil Robertson]

There you go.

[Martin]

They forgave $10 million in veteran debt.

[Phil Robertson]

Come on.

[Martin]

They've raised almost half a million dollars to prevent veteran suicide. In other words, when your wireless company is pure talk, there's a whole lot to brag about. You can even brag about the coverage you get with your talk. A 5G network that is insanely fast, dependable, and secure. And you can definitely brag about how much money you save for with pure talk. I don't even want to ask you because I don't want to embarrass you about how much money you're spending for wireless. But unlimited talk, text and plenty of Data is just 25 bucks a month, saving the average family over $1,000 a year.

[Phil Robertson]

Put a grand back in your pocket, man.

[Martin]

D needs that when he goes and plays poker.

[John David Robertson]

I'm telling you. Hey, that'd be a night of poker for me, boy.

[Martin]

Look, and I switched over. It took like 10 minutes. Kept my same phone number, which I've had since I was 16, so I wanted to keep that. And it took like 5, 10 minutes. Super easy to switch. I'm on PureTalk, and I can tell you the coverage is second to none. Couldn't tell a difference. It works great, and it's just putting money back in my pocket. It's time to switch to my wireless company, PureTalk. Go to PureTalk.com, duck and save an additional 50% off your first month. Again, PureTalk.com Duck to make the switch today. Pure Talk wireless. Worth bragging about. I'm sitting here, you know, my mind is. Is been all over the place since yesterday. And it's like, the Christian response is, love, everybody. The John David response is, I got guns, too.

[John David Robertson]

Well, no.

[Martin]

And then the. The dad in me response is, I also have about 60 acres at an unlocation. Maybe I can build a wall big enough.

[John David Robertson]

Nope.

[Martin]

And me and my five can go out there and never talk to another human.

[Brittany Robertson]

Wait, Martin's come with you?

[Martin]

Invited.

[Phil Robertson]

I know where it is.

[John David Robertson]

Where?

[Phil Robertson]

This undisclosed location.

[John David Robertson]

I've been there. I'm with you.

[Martin]

And so your mind's like, what's the right answer?

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah, yeah.

[John David Robertson]

Well, that's why. Okay, that's. Hey, come back to Jesus. Yep. Okay.

[Martin]

That is the right answer.

[John David Robertson]

Me personally, when I first. When I first gave my life to Jesus, I was. I didn't know what I was doing. Okay. Because I thought once I do that, well, he's going to put me in a protective bubble.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

I'm good. And I'm good because I'm not good.

[Brittany Robertson]

Nothing bad is ever going to happen.

[John David Robertson]

Well, that's the wrong answer.

[Martin]

That whole Jesus line about, in this world, you will have troubles isn't my favorite one.

[John David Robertson]

You will.

[Phil Robertson]

And I will tell you this. It is true.

[John David Robertson]

If you think you're not going to have trials and tribulations. Look, Jesus came and suffered. Well, to be a true Christian, you can suffer.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[John David Robertson]

You do it right, you're going.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, if you walk. If you walk the walk. Yes, absolutely.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

Because people are going to do you just like him. They're going to mock you.

[John David Robertson]

They treated him badly.

[Phil Robertson]

They're going to spit on you. They're going to do all the things. And in extreme cases, they're going to do what happened yesterday and then to.

[John David Robertson]

Do what he said, okay, Love your enemies.

[Phil Robertson]

And it's wild to think sometimes you.

[Martin]

Just want to go, that's.

[John David Robertson]

That's a tough one. Okay. Jesus said, you want to do them? You really want to hurt them?

[Phil Robertson]

Love them.

[John David Robertson]

Love them.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, they.

[John David Robertson]

They just won't know what to do.

[Phil Robertson]

Dump them coals on their head.

[John David Robertson]

That's right. You're just. Hey, you've just reached in and got. Had your. Your grill going. It was white hot.

[Phil Robertson]

Yep.

[John David Robertson]

And what you've done is you scooped up a whole shovel full and put it on his head.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

By putting your arms around him, said, hey, look, I forgive you.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

Because that's what Jesus did to us.

[Brittany Robertson]

I prayed yesterday for not not only the shooter, but I also prayed for every single person that is praising the fact that this happened because that means you really need help. You have so much hate in your heart. And that's sad that while it makes me mad, it also makes me very sad.

[John David Robertson]

And, well, no, I've always said God does a couple of things. A lot. God cries a lot. Okay. And he laughs a lot because he cries that we're so stupid. Okay? And, hey, that's what I tell him when I come to him, when I've done something wrong.

[Brittany Robertson]

I'm sorry for being.

[John David Robertson]

Hey, yeah, hey, look. Yeah, it's me again. And guess what I've done.

[Martin]

Uncle Sa.

[Brittany Robertson]

I don't mess up that guy.

[John David Robertson]

I've done it again.

[Brittany Robertson]

Knowing better, knowing better.

[John David Robertson]

I did it again. Oh, yes, it's me. It's stupid again.

[Brittany Robertson]

It's me with my road rage because I got bad road rage every single day. I'm like, hey, I'm sorry. It's me again. I'm. I'm trying.

[John David Robertson]

I do it on a daily basis.

[Brittany Robertson]

I'm trying. I'm so sorry.

[Phil Robertson]

I always wonder why we ride separate.

[John David Robertson]

I would.

[Martin]

Hey, I'm not getting Britney's car.

[John David Robertson]

Here's the good. Here's the good part of that, Okay? I know that he says, hey, look, get up off of your butt. Dust off. Dust the dirt off.

[Brittany Robertson]

Try again.

[John David Robertson]

Hey, come home.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, get back in the game.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah, get back in the game.

[Brittany Robertson]

You got this.

[Phil Robertson]

Get back in the game.

[John David Robertson]

I got you back.

[Brittany Robertson]

You got this. I got you.

[John David Robertson]

Tell me. Hey, I've got your back.

[Martin]

Daddy doesn't listen to Forest Frank over here.

[John David Robertson]

Oh, no, no, but I'm serious. Oh, hey, you know, because that's why I always. I was all right. Tim always whispered. I always respected Phil for him doing that Movie the blind.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah, because it put all his sin out there.

[John David Robertson]

No, no, just think about this. You say what you want to do, what to do, what you, you want to show every fraud and filthy thing that I've ever done.

[Brittany Robertson]

Because I don't want people knowing what I've done.

[John David Robertson]

And I said, no, I'm not doing that. Number one, I'm ashamed of myself that I even did it. Yeah, and then you want to film it and then show it to the world.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

Well, hey, it's seen anyway.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

You can't hide it from him.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. The one that matters is okay.

[John David Robertson]

The one. Hey. The one you.

[Brittany Robertson]

Hey, you seen it all. And he still loves.

[John David Robertson]

Hey, I. They made me a big TV star. Well, guess what? Hey, I've always been on the camera. His camera.

[Brittany Robertson]

Amen.

[John David Robertson]

Okay.

[Martin]

He's watching.

[John David Robertson]

You may, you may fool your neighbor, Jango.

[Brittany Robertson]

Fool.

[John David Robertson]

You ain't gonna fool him.

[Brittany Robertson]

Almighty. Sadly, all knowing, all seeing, here's what I'll say.

[Phil Robertson]

Sadly, those people that think they're fooling their neighbor ain't fooling nobody.

[John David Robertson]

Well, they ain't fooling neither. They. The neighbor knows. Okay.

[Phil Robertson]

Their neighbor knows. Their neighbor know, like everybody knows. Yeah. Don't. It's.

[John David Robertson]

That's why when they asked me quit.

[Phil Robertson]

Being a bad actor. Quit all.

[John David Robertson]

They asked me, what words of wisdom are you going to leave us with on the side before you go? And I said, hey, go yet. Don't leave them, please don't. I always tell them. Okay. Hey, look, here they are. Thank God that he loves you the way he does. He loves you enough to just wipe it all away.

[Phil Robertson]

And that is what makes us struggle like yesterday's struggle too. Right? Because you know, we can be upset, we can be anything but even the guy that pulled the trigger, Jesus died for him.

[John David Robertson]

Yup.

[Phil Robertson]

Man. And that, that makes this. Oh, I mean, those are the things.

[John David Robertson]

That like, shake a song about, right? Like, yeah, he. He wrote a song about that. He really did. And he said, hey, yours is coming.

[Phil Robertson]

It just. It just makes it tough when you know that even in all of that, Jesus died for that man. Well, no, no man, woman. I guess we don't know. You don't know nobody.

[Martin]

I'm anxious to find out.

[Brittany Robertson]

There's nothing you can do, literally on this planet. Nothing that could make him not love you.

[Martin]

He loved the people there's nailed him to the cross.

[John David Robertson]

Nothing that will separate you from God absolutely.

[Martin]

That one old boy realized that. He said, oh, what have we done?

[John David Robertson]

Here's what makes me mad and that I deal I have a horrible time doing. We. We can reach such heights. You see, guys that, hey, they. They. You know, our first responders, the guys, as we're talking about September 11th, you know, left.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

Hey, them guys ran into a falling building.

[Martin]

Those were the good guys.

[John David Robertson]

Their love for their fellow man was more powerful than their fear of death.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yes.

[Martin]

And it was more powerful than them psychopaths that ran into that building.

[John David Robertson]

Like you said, y', all, we pray for them.

[Brittany Robertson]

We pray for them. Yeah, we love it.

[John David Robertson]

That's the deal about, hey, you'll love your neighbor. And like, you know, when I read that, I said, lord, what?

[Brittany Robertson]

Are you sure?

[John David Robertson]

I've got to love him, that guy.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Because loving them to heat burning.

[John David Robertson]

Well, hey, yeah, I. I done it for him, too.

[Phil Robertson]

Well, it's like that, you know, the whole deal. The. What you were quoting there? The loving them to heat burning coals is. Sometimes it feels like a lot easier. Can I just go dump the hot coals on. I mean, it would be a lot easier just grab a shovel and some hot coals rather than to love them.

[Martin]

I don't even need a hot coal. Yeah, give me the shovel.

[Phil Robertson]

Just give me the shovel. Yeah, we'll go straight home alone, right? We'll go. We'll go. Go. Old man in the big boots and just hit them right across the face with.

[John David Robertson]

Here's one that you need to look at.

[Martin]

Old man in the big.

[John David Robertson]

All the great people that I admire and always respected and looked up to. Guess what? There was a servant.

[Phil Robertson]

Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Servant leadership is the way that's backwards.

[John David Robertson]

Of who you think, oh, no, I'm a great leader. No, you're not. I ain't never seen you serve anybody.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, you're not willing to serve. You're not a leader.

[John David Robertson]

You ain't a leader. All the leaders I know of, they're the last one that's walked out of the building at night.

[Phil Robertson]

First ones there.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

No matter what happens to them. You know, I knew a woman in Caucus, Kentucky, that was, you know, my wife grew up with her, you know, most positive person I've ever been around in my life.

[Phil Robertson]

I say something because that's you to me, so.

[John David Robertson]

Well, no, no, I don't matter what.

[Martin]

Happened, because if you're that person inside.

[John David Robertson]

She had some disease and was told by the doctor, well, you'll be within. In a wheelchair within. She said, well, hey, I'm tired of walking around anyway.

[Phil Robertson]

And my feet.

[Brittany Robertson]

Well, yeah, talk about glass.

[John David Robertson]

The old deal about, hey, look, all you got to do is Clear your head and look. There's always a silver lining in a black cloud.

[Phil Robertson]

Oh, man. Look, I woke up this morning at 4:00am in Austin, Texas, and you know what I'm ready to do?

[Martin]

Go home, put your head on your pillow.

[Phil Robertson]

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[John David Robertson]

Hey, Hey. I was so just. I was just. I went.

[Phil Robertson]

You went back there.

[John David Robertson]

I went home and it's on and just. It was wonderful. Hey, I don't even have to dry off. I just slip my robe on. Get out of the shower. There you go.

[Phil Robertson]

But if you want to dry off.

[John David Robertson]

You know, if you do, you already set a towel.

[Phil Robertson]

There you go. Number one, cause of dry skin.

[John David Robertson]

According to John, there's good towels.

[Phil Robertson]

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[Martin]

What's crazy is we recorded an episode that was supposed to air. When this one did, we talked about 911 and we talked about September 12th when everybody was Armin arm again.

[John David Robertson]

And Martin. No, no. That was the greatest part of that.

[Martin]

You literally said, what's it going to take to get us back there?

[John David Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

I don't like what happened yesterday.

[Phil Robertson]

Why is it always this?

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah. Why does it come to this?

[Martin]

Surely if you disagree with everything we stand for and say, maybe you do. I don't know why you're listening, but thanks for tuning in. Like. And subscribe, I guess.

[Brittany Robertson]

I don't know.

[John David Robertson]

Well, but.

[Martin]

But now is the time more than ever for us to say we're going backwards.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah. That's why we can agree that we're going backwards.

[John David Robertson]

That's why my favorite two verses in the Bible is John 3, 16, 17, and especially 17. Now, this is the Creator we're talking about, Jesus Christ, who is qualified to judge us all, okay? Because he was perfect. But hey, what did he say? I didn't come to judge you or condemn you or to condemn you. Guess what? I come to save you. Well, all right. You need. A human being needs to get out of the position because you are not qualified. Don't ever step in and say you're qualified to judge another human being.

[Brittany Robertson]

Never.

[John David Robertson]

You're not and you never will be.

[Brittany Robertson]

Ever.

[John David Robertson]

And we need to learn that he's God and we're not.

[Brittany Robertson]

Amen.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah, man. We're not red. We're not blue. We're freaking human.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah.

[Brittany Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

We're an American.

[Phil Robertson]

We're not red. We're not blue. We're not whatever color of the rainbow you choose to identify with. I don't even care. You're still a human human being and you're still worth. You're still worth the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. So you know what? In my book, you're all right, you know, like I can sit down and listen to you. I only ask for the same.

[John David Robertson]

I may not just. I may disagree with you.

[Phil Robertson]

I only ask for the same respect. If you listen to me, I can listen to you. Will you listen to me? And I can guarantee you that I'll. I mean, I may make a joke, but there ain't gonna be no name calling. There ain't gonna be. You know, we can. We can sit down and have a good, wholesome time. And I hope that this gets people to a point where they will just listen instead of shut off, instead of make the post about whatever. Right? Just. Just listen, man.

[Brittany Robertson]

Just listen. And then what happened to agreeing to disagree? You can agree to disagree.

[Phil Robertson]

I disagree with a lot of folks.

[John David Robertson]

Oh, no, no.

[Phil Robertson]

I love them.

[John David Robertson]

Me and my wife Want to see? That's the point.

[Brittany Robertson]

Oh, shots fired.

[John David Robertson]

Okay, Try God's way. God loves us enough to put up with everything we can come up with. And, hey, he cleans it up and puts up with it.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

In grief. All he asked you. Here's what he asked you to do. You can try, right?

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah.

[John David Robertson]

That's all God asks is, hey, try my way.

[Phil Robertson]

Give it a whirlwind. See what? See how your life is.

[John David Robertson]

That's why I said, hey, Jesus has given us everything we need.

[Phil Robertson]

He is the answer, and he is more than enough, and he's more than.

[John David Robertson]

Able to pull it off. All you've got to do is your part, and your part is this. You can give it a whirl, right? You can try. Hey, that's where our nation is at. And we need to stop all of this bickering and little fight and squabbles we got that has turned into, we're killing each other.

[Phil Robertson]

Get back around the dinner table. Get back to laughing.

[John David Robertson]

Come put your feet under the table.

[Phil Robertson]

It's September. Go to a dove field, for crying out loud. Make fun of each other's poor shooting. Go to, like. I mean, go do something.

[Martin]

Go concentrate on the most important people in the world. Actually, after I. I kind of made a post about dads this morning and Charlie being a dad, but then I clicked over on this dude. He likes to sling kettlebells around. So I like him. He's in. But he said, no matter what your platform is in this world, your greatest influence is still at your house, right?

[John David Robertson]

At home with your kids.

[Phil Robertson]

We've said it on here before, and it's. That's worth repeating. Somebody is going to minister to your children.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

I hope it's you.

[John David Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin]

If you want to fix the world.

[Phil Robertson]

You know what I'm saying?

[John David Robertson]

Yeah.

[Phil Robertson]

I hope it's you.

[Brittany Robertson]

It's going to be me.

[Phil Robertson]

We'll wrap it up here pretty quick. I think, you know, with everything I've read and seem to know about Mr. Kirk, if you want to honor his life, be bold.

[John David Robertson]

Live like he lived.

[Phil Robertson]

Be bold. Be respectful.

[John David Robertson]

You can be bold.

[Phil Robertson]

You can be bold, and you can be respectful. Those two things are not mutually exclusive of each other. Be bold, be respectful. Share Jesus. Right? Like that is, if you. If you want to. With everything that I know and everything that I've read about him, those seem to be the pillars that he stood on.

[John David Robertson]

Well, I think Charlie would tell you, hey, walk the walk and talk. To talk.

[Phil Robertson]

And to those of you listening to this that are angry it's okay to be angry.

[Martin]

I was about to go down that road.

[Phil Robertson]

It's okay. It's okay that that is a natural reaction to. To whatever form of grief you're feeling here. It's okay to be angry. It's okay to be sad. I'm not going to go so far to say it's okay to be happy. I don't think that is a natural grief response. I think maybe that could be some sort of trauma respons experience from something that happened otherwise in your life. But I don't think that that is the right reaction to any of this. But don't live in that anger. Don't live in that sadness. Because let me tell you something. While I know it seemed to be that he was a great husband and a great father, I didn't know him personally, but I'm just saying what it seems to be. He has a smile on his face while he is sitting with the Creator, like, and he knows he made it. And I can guarantee you, while part of him wishes that he were still here to watch his kids grow, I'm sure he is made whole again with Jesus Christ. And he wouldn't come back. He would not. Because what he is experiencing, you know, what he doesn't have to worry about anymore.

[John David Robertson]

That.

[Phil Robertson]

You know, what solved that. That. And now he will be watching over his children, fostering them, caring for them. I mean, I do believe in that book we talk about guardian angels. I don't know how they work, but I believe that they're there, there. I believe that they're real. And you know, and I'm sure he's chatting it up a Phil and you know, and. And all the things and saying, boy, can you believe it? Like, we made it. This is real and we made it and it was worth it.

[John David Robertson]

Well, here's what the truth of this to me, okay? You heard a lot from us. We're frustrated with. Just like I would say most of the human race is frustrated with the way we are operating today, okay? Because nobody should want bad stuff for anyone. Like, I want the best for you. And I know this. God the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. They only want the best for all of us.

[Phil Robertson]

That is the truth.

[John David Robertson]

Okay?

[Martin]

Speaking of being angry, I think probably if you've listened to this whole thing by now, you can tell, like some of us are processing it well. Some of us are real pissed off. And I'll be in that category. My dad leads an anger group and when I got to work today, he was kind of antsy. And he was pacing around, and I couldn't figure out he's doing it. He stole one of my jobs, and he put this on our sign outside. And that's how we're going to end it right now. Do not become overcome with evil, which is what we saw yesterday.

[Phil Robertson]

Yep.

[Martin]

But overcome evil with good.

[Phil Robertson]

If you're.

[Martin]

Romans 12:21.

[Phil Robertson]

If your enemy says he's hungry, feed him. And doing so. I didn't even know Big Dave did that, but I do know. I do know Roman Romans 12. Well, because it. Again, I. I. Sometimes I just want to dump the coals. I don't want to. I don't want to feed them. I don't want to love them to the point of doing that. Sometimes I just want to go get the hot coals and say, watch this. Because I'm human and I'm flawed. And that's okay, because Jesus is enough. And that's what I'll leave you with. He is enough.

[John David Robertson]

That's the answer to everything, folks.

[Phil Robertson]

Amen. All right. We love y'. All. Thank y' all for a quick turn. Hanging in with us. You know, I know there's going to be some of y' all that are still mad, and you have every right to be. But again, my only encouragement is don't live there. Don't let it get in there. Process it, and get it out of there. Don't let this bog you down to steal your joy, because in doing so, the enemy truly wins.

[John David Robertson]

You always go with the fruits of the spirit. Okay, all of that is good. You could process all this stuff that's bad, but that's what you throw away, and then you replace it with joy, peace, love, self confidence.

[Phil Robertson]

Yeah. Patience. All the things.

[John David Robertson]

All the good things of the Holy Spirit. Okay. Keep that, and, hey, you'll be in good shape.

[Phil Robertson]

We love y'.

[John David Robertson]

All.

[Phil Robertson]

Thank y', all, and we'll see you next time right here in the duck call room. We're out.

[John David Robertson]

Sa.