Uncle Si & Jase Robertson Turn Compliments Into Roasts

Summary

Duck Call Room Podcast Episode Summary

Podcast: Duck Call Room
Episode: Uncle Si & Jase Robertson: Kings of Backhanded Compliments
Date: April 9, 2026
Hosts: Si Robertson, Justin Martin, John-David Owen, John Godwin, Jay Stone, Phillip McMillan, Jacob Mayo

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Episode Overview

This episode of the Duck Call Room combines the usual comedic anecdotes, family banter, and Duck Commander wisdom, with a focus on the art of backhanded compliments, nuggets of faith, and a heartfelt listener question from a military man overseas. True to form, the hosts—led by Uncle Si and Martin—share hunting stories, poke fun at each other's quirks, and reflect on the power of faith through real-world struggles. The episode is peppered with memorable moments, advice, and the kind of friendly ribbing that’s made the show a staple for fans.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Si’s Lost “Pocket Beaver” and Series of Misplaced Accessories

Timestamps: [00:17] – [08:46]

• Si recounts the saga of his "pocket beaver," a card protector lost at a poker game at Jase's house.
• Receives a replacement brass beaver from a fan named Ed, sparking jokes about Si turning it into a necklace.
• Discussion on Si’s habit of losing religious necklaces and other personal items, blending humor with sentimental value.
  • "I have the worst problem keeping up with crosses." – Si, [05:15]
• Si’s wish to start a global movement: "Every human being has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, for crying out loud. So let's try God's way." [06:07]

2. Duck Dynasty Family Fun: Jewelry, Poker, and Tractor Stories

Timestamps: [08:46] – [16:42]

• Debate about jewelry and accessories among the guys; Si claims his beard hides his bling.
• Memories of playing poker on a plane with Willie—Si triumphs and uses his cowboy hat to collect winnings.
  • “When I said, ‘I got a queen high straight,’ Willie said, ‘Where’d my cards go?’…I just took my cowboy hat…raked all the money in.” – Si, [16:00]
• Anecdotes about kids bumping their heads and being rambunctious—the relatable realities of family.
• Si’s dental saga: undergoing dental implants and the backhanded compliments he gets from his wife about his new teeth.
  • “My wife said, ‘You going to come back with bigger teeth?’” – Si, [12:35]

3. Out-Of-This-World Chatter: Space, Astronauts, and American Ingenuity

Timestamps: [17:15] – [20:36]

• Conversation drifts (as it does) to current NASA missions and whether the moon landing was real.
  • “400,000 people that work for NASA…everyone of them will tell you, hey, we’ve landed on the moon. 400,000 people can’t be wrong.” – Si, [19:19]
• Reflections on astronaut resilience and taking things for granted, comparing space travel to enduring local power outages.

4. Listener Question: Struggling to Feel Connected as a Christian

Timestamps: [22:17] – [31:18]

Question from Evan (Military, Deployed Overseas):

"I know the story of Jesus. I’m currently reading through the Bible, even doing all of this praying, reading, telling other people. Why do I still feel like an outsider? I’m a sinner… struggle with lust, my language, and more. But I claim to be a Christian…do you have advice?"

Group Responses:

• Si: “Welcome to the human race. You're not by yourself without struggling with the flesh.” [23:40]
• Martin: Emphasizes the difficulty of accepting grace as a freely given gift: "Our whole life you're taught that to get something, you earn it...when grace is freely given, that's a hard concept to grasp." [24:09]
• Si: “Jesus Christ loved this sinner...He loved me enough to die for me.” [24:28]
• Jase: Shares a conversion story—how lasting change starts with true faith in Christ, not fear.
• The group stresses that all Christians struggle with sin of some kind: “We all got our problems…your struggles actually just make you human.” – Martin, [29:04]
• Encouragement to lean into grace, stay humble, and not isolate oneself—even when feeling like an outsider.
• “He will never forsake you or leave you.” – Si, [30:07]
• Bible-based reminder: It’s Jesus’s death, burial, and resurrection, not our goodness, that reconciles us to God.

5. Road Rage and Small-Town Life

Timestamps: [37:15] – [43:32]

• The crew shares stories of run-ins with road rage, slow drivers, and the joys of small-town driving.
  • “That’s why my favorite thing to do… when I see people doing stuff like that…be Jimmy Johnson and just block everything I can.” – Martin, [41:12]
• Si and Martin discuss how truckers "regulate" lanes, and the inherent humor in country road etiquette.

6. Jase's Family Fireworks Event & Backhanded Compliments

Timestamps: [44:55] – [49:37]

• Announcement: Jase and Missy’s Family Fireworks (June 28th)—a beloved local gathering.

• Reflection on how podcast fans show up in droves and ask for life advice.

• Si humorously mentions his surprise at how "smart" the other guys are: “I was shocked how smart y’all guys really are.” – Si, [46:09]

• Kings of Backhanded Compliments Theme emerges:

  • “He’s always had a weight problem. He’d get fat, then he’d get skinny, then fat again. But this time, hey, he’s lost it and he ain’t got fat again.” – Si about Al, [46:56]
  • “You’ve got great moves...For a big old fat boy.” – Si, [52:28]

7. Faith, Insanity, and the “Truth” of Belief

Timestamps: [48:56] – [51:06]

• Si’s take: “All Christians are insane…Because we don’t have the comprehension…if you believe the story about Jesus…you are insane. Most people say…it can’t be true, it’s too good.” [48:25]
• The group agrees: it’s a wild story, and real faith means clinging to truth—even when it’s counter to the world.

8. Final Reflections on Being an Outsider

Timestamps: [52:54] – [55:23]

• Further response to Evan about outsider feelings, especially in deployment—difference between feeling outside the church and the world.
• Bible Refresher: John 15:18-19 highlighted—how being “set apart” is a core Christian experience.
  • “If you are an insider with Jesus, you’re way better off.” – Si, [55:23]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Si, on the fate of lost items:
  “I have the worst problem keeping up with crosses.” [05:15]

• On global change and faith, Si-style:
  “I want to start a global movement...that every human being has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, for crying out loud. So let's try God's way.” [06:07]

• Martin, on grace and Christianity:
  “...when grace is freely given, that's a hard concept to grasp at first…” [24:09]

• Si, with the signature backhanded compliment:
  “I've known this man for, you know, 40 years. He's always had a weight problem. He'd get fat, then he'd get skinny, and then he'd get fat again. But this time, hey, he's lost it and he ain't got fat again.” [46:56]

• Si, on Christians being “insane” to the world:
  “If you believe the story about Jesus...you are insane. Because most people always say...it's too good [to be true].” [48:25]

• Martin, on faith and the outsider experience:
  “Your struggles actually just make you human.” [29:04]

• Si, encouraging perseverance:
  “He will never forsake you or leave you...He's with you, baby. All the way.” [30:07]

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Episode Structure with Important Timestamps

• [00:17] – [08:46]: Si’s pocket beaver story, lost necklaces, and country jewelry banter.
• [09:02] – [16:42]: Poker tales, hunting happiness, and dental adventures.
• [17:15] – [20:36]: NASA/space updates, astronaut respect, and “moon landing” debate.
• [22:17] – [31:18]: Listener question from Evan, spiritual struggle, and deep faith discussion.
• [37:15] – [43:32]: Road rage tales and driving etiquette in small-town Louisiana.
• [44:55] – [49:37]: Family fireworks event, podcast fans asking advice, and backhanded compliments galore.
• [48:56] – [51:06]: The “insanity” of believing in Jesus and what truth means in faith.
• [52:54] – [55:23]: Continued advice to those who feel like outsiders, biblical encouragement.

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Tone and Style

The episode maintains the Duck Commanders’ classic down-home banter: lots of laughter, self-deprecation, gentle zingers, biblical wisdom, and camaraderie. The “backhanded compliment” theme is woven throughout, culminating in hilariously sincere affirmations that reflect the family’s unique way of showing love.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode is a balance of humor and heart, perfect for anyone craving faith-based encouragement with a side of genuine, unvarnished family dynamic. Listeners are reminded that everyone struggles, everyone is at times an outsider, and that true community includes honest advice—and a good bit of playful ribbing.

Transcript

[A]

Foreign. Hey, we. We ain't got Hunter anymore. We got Josh. He gonna boss us around.

[B]

Yeah, he is.

[C]

That's good. Keep us on track side.

[B]

Don't even think about opening that. We ain't ready for you.

[C]

Hunter gave us a little too much away.

[D]

Well, wait a minute. I got. I got my gun control on, so. Hey.

[C]

What?

[D]

Yeah, every time I put these on, I think I'm in a helicopter.

[C]

Well, hey, first and foremost, welcome back to the duck call room podcast. Ladies and greetings.

[A]

Salutation.

[C]

We have an in studio audience, right? One of which is not quite two. So if you hear a little background noise, it's not that big of a deal. We don't mind. I'm used to hearing that, so I don't even hear it anymore.

[D]

We got the queen of broken hearts on the right.

[C]

Do we got five year old? What's your name? I never even asked. What's your name, sister?

[D]

Hey, queen of broken heart?

[C]

Rosemary.

[D]

Rosemary.

[C]

You go good on a steak. That's good.

[D]

What's the little one's name?

[C]

Garlic trouble.

[D]

Probably trouble.

[C]

Rosemary and thyme. Or is it butter? I love all things that go good on a steak. I love.

[B]

I'm getting hungry already.

[D]

My present.

[B]

No, Sigh, leave it alone. I got to tell the story.

[C]

What happened? The Easter Bunny bring you something?

[B]

Well, yes, because it's, you know, April is size. Birthday month and.

[C]

April Fools month.

[B]

That's right. 27th. And I called my guys over, over at, let's see, Newt at Trinity. Diamond got it right. I got it right.

[D]

Newt. Newt at Trinity.

[B]

And I said Newt. I said, psy.

[D]

Was it a diamond?

[B]

Sigh has lost. No, no, don't open it. Sigh. You gotta read the letter first. But I said psy has lost something and I need your help finding it. And I got that letter.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

It's a fine letter.

[B]

Sigh hasn't seen this yet.

[D]

Okay, so I lost something.

[B]

Okay. Was it. Is it your mind?

[C]

It ain't gonna fit in that box.

[D]

I never had that to lose.

[A]

It's a new set of teeth.

[D]

All right, let's see here, boys.

[C]

Did he get a grill?

[D]

When you inform me of the mysterious disappearance of your pocket beaver, I could not pass up the opportunity to send you a. What is that? J.D.

[A]

backup.

[D]

Backup. Oh, okay. Back up and say thanks for all the laughs and all the great stories over the year. You make the whole world a better place. All the best, Ed. What's the last name?

[A]

Starts with an S. Yeah. Ed, we need some handwriting.

[B]

Way to go, Ed.

[A]

Ed.

[C]

S. Well, we can't Say first and last name. It is.

[B]

All right.

[D]

Duckler.

[A]

Also, it didn't say the whole world a better place. It just said the world a better place.

[D]

Well, hey,

[C]

it's a story.

[B]

Look, Johnny D's fact checking him for a change.

[A]

I'm ready for it.

[C]

S. Wait, before you go any further, what did you lose? What is a pocket beaver, by the way?

[D]

From poker, isn't it?

[C]

Well, I'm just catching everybody up.

[B]

He can't wait to open it.

[D]

I had a. A briar. Big beaver. I mean, hey, it was probably, you know, yo about that big around that bail.

[A]

And you kept that in your pocket?

[D]

Well, no, no, that was my poker beaver that I. That was my card.

[B]

Well, he did keep it in his pocket. He brought it to the game, but I lost it.

[C]

Okay?

[D]

And I don't know what happened to it.

[C]

How do you lose?

[B]

Hold on and say you got another one. And then what happened to it?

[D]

Well, hey, look. He found another one. I'm trying to get this. Turn it over the right way. They had it upside down.

[B]

What happened when you got your other one anyway?

[D]

It was on a little glass stand. Well, the first thing that happened was. I don't even know what I was doing, but I just sat down or something or done this, and hey, the stand just shattered.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

So then I had to take a file to it, get all the glass, break all the glass out of it. And file it where? Well, the metal was real sharp.

[A]

The statue.

[D]

And then. Then, hey. The last thing I remember is I took it to a poker game and at Jason's house, and I never seen it again.

[C]

Does Jace have it?

[D]

I don't know, Will.

[B]

He claims to have it.

[D]

We can break a little bitty one here.

[C]

Oh, baby be.

[B]

Oh. You won't lose that one, though. Sigh that.

[D]

Well, I might get somebody to drill a hole. Do it. Put a necklace on it. Or have it that way. I won't.

[C]

Are you really about to wear a beaver chain?

[D]

Yeah. Well, not at all. Because look.

[A]

No, no tail there.

[D]

Don't. Hey, look, the other day.

[B]

Hold it up to the camera, John.

[D]

The other day I lost this here.

[C]

Okay. You lost your dog tag?

[D]

Yeah, because what. Whoever brought me that big book. Yeah, Okay. I was fooling with it and it failed. Well, it broke this chain. And when I come in here today, I've looked all over the house. Cause I said. I can't believe. I said. I have the worst problem keeping up with crosses. I used to have a cross, okay, on this necklace. Well, I lost it then. I bought another one. My wife bought me another one. And look, I lost it in the bed. And hey, we've looked the entire house over, can't find that one.

[C]

Sounds like a good night.

[D]

Hey, I. I'm bad about losing because what this is is the warrior and he's got the armor of God on.

[C]

Okay?

[D]

Okay. So I knew. I said, oh, I got to think about it. Looked all over the house. I said, oh, I know what happened. I broke it off when I was handling that barn door book they sent me. And when I come in here, I looked, it was sitting in my chair.

[C]

Oh, okay.

[D]

Then I had to put it back

[C]

on the lost and found.

[A]

How long have you been wearing chains, huh?

[C]

Since he got.

[D]

Well, anything that was. Was religious. But speaking of that flavor.

[C]

Flavor?

[D]

Look, I've been through two wars and I'm sick of them, okay? So hey, I want to start a global movement, okay? Okay. That every human being has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, for crying out loud.

[C]

Okay?

[D]

So let's try God's way.

[A]

I'm in.

[D]

Let's love each other, for crying out loud.

[C]

What makes you happy, huh? I setting you up for not much.

[D]

It'll take much to make me happy.

[A]

Happiness is killing things.

[C]

You know what makes me happy? Taking a mallard Drake's head. Smooth off.

[D]

Well, hey, you know what makes me happy? Throwing that little 32 ounce jig out there in Caney Lake and give it about a two count.

[C]

You better start reeling if it's 32 ounces. Oh no, that's gonna find the bottom.

[D]

Oh no.

[A]

Cause look, he meant in 1 32nd.

[D]

Yeah, water ain't but 7 foot deep before I fix the fish and I throw it and you let it. You give it a one, a one, two count. And right when you say two, that big white perch popped that sucker and you really.

[C]

Oh, he going crappy fishing. You go mcgobbinguys.com, huh?

[A]

Well, now he booked.

[D]

Stone had to sell his boat because he has daughters and he had. They had to have cars.

[C]

Do you think the first person that ever made a brass beaver said, what in the world am I doing here? No, he knew there was a market for a brass beaver.

[D]

Oh,

[A]

that thing is dense.

[B]

That's a heavy beaver.

[D]

His tail just snapped me right in the gut.

[C]

That thing's heavier than it.

[D]

Hey, I'm telling you, I think they

[A]

made out of tungsten.

[D]

Hey, I tell right now this is too small. I'll lose this sucker.

[A]

Well, leave it somewhere safe.

[D]

Hey, I might have to Drill me a hole to put a chain on it. Oh, speaking of change, we're fixed to go to Missouri to get my permanent teeth.

[B]

Yes.

[D]

I left a necklace up there in the hotel. No one in this. In the.

[A]

In the dentist office.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

How many necklaces are you wearing?

[D]

No, no, this one used to have a cross on it, but I lost the cross.

[B]

Wait, what's it look like?

[D]

Well, no, no, it's a real nice chain.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

I had to take it off when I was X raying. It's somewhere around the X ray machine. Yeah, but still need to get it because that was a real good necklace.

[C]

I never knew you were a man with so many accessories. I thought it was just a pacemaker and an oxygen.

[D]

It had to cross them.

[A]

I really thought I was the jewelry guy over here.

[D]

No, no, it has. It had my cross on it that I. I lost.

[C]

Look, he just didn't support your decision to wear a cross or any other jewelry. You've just always keep them. You've kept them very well hidden. I'll give you that beard doesn't.

[B]

The beard and the high, you know, and the four.

[C]

And the four layers of shirts he wears every day.

[D]

This one here?

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[D]

A fan sent this to me.

[C]

Which, by the way, speaking of fans sending us stuff. Thank y' all to the folks that have sent us the two salt guns to shoot these big blow flies.

[A]

We got another one.

[C]

We got another one. We got. I got it over here. We got one that's in America. Oh, red, white and blue one.

[D]

And I do thank you, Ed, for sending this. The beaver.

[C]

The beaver.

[D]

I probably won't keep it long because, hey, that's a. I probably will lose.

[C]

You need to use it, though, because that beaver looks angry.

[B]

That is an angry beaver.

[A]

I mean, he is a good cartoon, by the way.

[B]

You can psych people out with that when you just look at them. There you go.

[D]

Little bitty one. I had one that was, you know, he was his size at belt.

[A]

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[C]

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[D]

Okay. We love it. Okay.

[C]

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[B]

Sal, are you excited about finally getting finished with your new teeth? You'll be done after this next.

[D]

Well, I'm curious because my wife said, why. I guess it's cause I had big teeth. But you know, she said, speaking of Bucky Beaver. Yeah. Yes, y'.

[C]

All.

[D]

But. But I have to say though, Tommy had, you know, when Tommy smile, you know, he looked like. He made his face look like it was this wide because of the size of his teeth.

[B]

Really? Well, that was that his real teeth.

[D]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Tommy had a set of choppers. Now, I mean, talking about big ones. Choppers.

[C]

I'm staying out of siblings and making fun of themselves.

[B]

One What?

[D]

Well, hey, no, no. Cause look, when. When Doc Owens pull my teeth to. To put the implants in, you know, you talk about yo. 77 years on a set of teaser rough.

[B]

Dr. Olson.

[C]

Dr. Oh, I didn't know.

[A]

Tooth. Doctor. I was excited.

[D]

Hey, the mad sciences, everybody knows. Yeah, Grandpa, they know I'm talking about.

[B]

That's right. So you. So you like them? Are you happy with.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

And have you seen the ones they're going to put in yet? Okay, we'll see them.

[D]

My wife said, you going to come back with bigger teeth?

[B]

And I said, oh, I don't really think so.

[D]

I Don't.

[B]

As soon as. As soon as we get the new teeth in and done, I'm going to take a picture and say, Doc told

[D]

me that was going to be a little bit smaller. He did? Yeah, because the ones I got in right now, he said they're kind of clumsy.

[C]

Hey, what do you do with them?

[D]

How are teeth clumsy? I guess they keep them. I don't.

[C]

No, no, no. We want them.

[A]

I'm gonna hang them on a wall right there.

[C]

I want them in, like, a clear jar on the wall.

[D]

Well, I'll have. Yeah, I like

[C]

chain.

[B]

A chain. Put them on a chain, dip them in gold.

[C]

But, ladies and gentlemen, Josh. That's Josh, AKA Big Hair. Yeah. You know, we just kind of. When he first started here, nobody could remember Josh because it's too pedestrian. So he. Big hair.

[B]

Big hair.

[C]

But Hunter's out. Hunter's grandmother passed away. So if you want to keep the Jones family in your thoughts and prayers, we know y' all love Hunter. We love Hunter.

[D]

I'm fixed. I. Hunter, hey, I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother, dude.

[A]

We love you, dog.

[D]

Hi, Grandma. Hey. They're special.

[C]

There you go.

[D]

Grandma and Grandpa special.

[C]

So Josh graciously filled in for. There you go.

[A]

And already with a stellar idea.

[C]

That is a good one.

[A]

Making a gold chain, gold tooth necklace. We should all get one of your teeth.

[D]

Oh, I've got.

[A]

And dip it in gold.

[B]

He's got the old teeth, but we don't want them.

[A]

Oh, I want that.

[D]

I bring my. My teeth in here and show you, y' all what I said about how bad 77 years is on a set of teeth.

[B]

Put them on the chains. I bring them in here. One for each of us.

[D]

No, I put them on a necklace.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

What's the difference between a chain and a necklace?

[D]

Oh, that made me look like a head hone. Yeah, I better not do that.

[B]

He's from the Robertson tribe.

[C]

Hey, you ain't got enough teeth to look like much of a head hunter. You didn't do very well.

[D]

That's what. That's what was so crazy, because I asked Philip, we drive down the road, and I said, how many teeth does a human being have? And then.

[B]

No, then you said, count them. Yeah, I said, count my teeth. Driving down the road. I'm trying to.

[D]

Yeah, he's trying to count his teeth.

[B]

And then I just asked Siri. I was like.

[D]

But, hey, so. Yeah.

[B]

How many teeth.

[D]

He. Google it. How many teeth we got, Siri? And she said, well, normal person has got 32. I think because you do, you normally. They pull the molars, so that leaves you 30.

[C]

Your wisdom, too.

[D]

Well, I was down to about 13, is all I had left in my head. So you saw, I lost a lot of teeth.

[A]

My man was in a bag.

[D]

Life is rough on teeth, boys. And then when I seen the ones that he gave me, I said, good grief, these things are.

[B]

Yeah, but you did keep them. Where are they?

[D]

You got them under your pillow in the house somewhere. That'd be another thing I'll probably lost with all this moving around.

[B]

That's a good loss.

[D]

Yeah. Hey, you. I probably.

[B]

That's a good loss.

[C]

I guarantee if you make you some kind of statue for your card protector out of your old teeth, there'll be a lot less. People call you, like, what? Card protector out of his old. That's why he's got that beaver, is to protect your car.

[A]

Oh.

[C]

Oh, that on top of your car. You don't accidentally get folded or whatever?

[D]

Oh, no. Yeah, that's like Willie, we're playing on a plane, playing poker.

[B]

Yeah, you were there.

[D]

I got Willie. I got Willie beat, and he knows it.

[A]

Did you?

[D]

Okay, so say, hey. And I, we done got all the money in the pot, yo. So I said, okay. Hey. I said, yo. And when I said, I got. I got a queen high straight. Willie said, well, hey, where'd my cars go? I said, hey, that ain't gonna work, Willie. So I just went ahead. I had a cowboy hat on. I just took my cowboy hat, put it under, and raked all the money in my cowboy hat.

[C]

Yeah, I was there.

[D]

This is going home with me.

[C]

But I was there.

[A]

Oh, some of my money.

[B]

That's when Willie's told the pilot, don't open the door until we get this hand over with.

[A]

Until the.

[D]

He said, nobody moves and don't open the door till this hand is finished. I said, well, it's finished, Willie. Cause I got a queen.

[C]

I think our cutest little fan. Rosemary bonked her head, didn't she? Is that what I heard? Yeah, I'm used to that thud, too.

[D]

Oh, yep.

[C]

Jackson ain't ever seen something he didn't want to hit his head on.

[A]

Apparently, he's a headbutter.

[C]

Oh, just full speed. Britney said, you.

[D]

That's why I got knots all over mine. Britney said that day, she said, last child I was. Bam, bam, bam said, you know, that

[C]

boy should us bruise easy. I said, no. Have you watched him? He earns every one of them. Oh, we got.

[B]

We got a runner over here.

[A]

We got a runner out well, while we're here. Sigh.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

You know what's happening today, the day we filmed this?

[D]

Right.

[A]

Are you aware of what's going down?

[C]

We're about to lose contact with our astronaut friends.

[A]

They are about to go around the moon.

[D]

Oh, they're gonna go on the back of it? Yep. Today they lose. Lose communication.

[A]

I've been watching it all day. They're 11, 000 miles away from the moon, which means they're 253,000 miles away from us.

[C]

Wait, time out there. How far away from the moon?

[A]

11,000 miles away.

[C]

And they've been going this long?

[A]

Oh, they're going to be at the moon by. By the time I get off work.

[D]

250,000 miles.

[A]

They're that far away.

[C]

That's crazy.

[B]

That's a long way from home.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I couldn't do it.

[A]

Nobody's asking you to.

[C]

Oh, I don't know how you voluntarily say.

[D]

Yeah, no, no, no, no. I said since we had bush on here, the astronauts. Yeah, I want. I want to go because I want to. I want to experience the ride.

[A]

You want to go to space?

[D]

You think you make it out?

[C]

No, no, no.

[D]

Yeah. And plus, I'm. I want to be the one to

[C]

tell them, you know, no, that's welcome to Earth.

[D]

And I'm gonna say, hey, look, that's the candles. I'm ready to go.

[C]

I hate to tell you, but I think oxygen is the last thing they want on a rocket. It tends to go, Bo,

[B]

be our. Will you be our representative to the aliens when you get out there?

[D]

I know such things.

[B]

Okay?

[A]

We do. Well, we. We got to talk more. We got to bring Butch back because I got more questions.

[D]

We wasn't prepared. We need. We need to write down questions as that man.

[A]

This is true. But anyway, have you been keeping up with NASA?

[D]

Well, no, no. I watched the liftoff.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

Okay. And I know they're going back to the moon, what, six years. We've been way back in a minute. Way back there.

[A]

Did Butch make you change your tune on if we have landed on the moon?

[D]

Yeah, I told him. I said. I used to kid around about it, you know, the Area 51. But he said, hey, there's 400,000 people that work for NASA, and everyone I'm will tell you, hey, we've landed on the moon. Okay, go. Hey, 400,000 people can't be wrong. Okay?

[C]

I don't know how many voted for Biden.

[A]

Whoa.

[C]

God,

[A]

he did that. Don't go that way. I was just giving. I was just Giving any moon doubt, landing doubters a chance to come clean. And Martin went there.

[D]

No, no.

[C]

Hey, I'll tell you, I couldn't help myself.

[D]

The astronaut, what it did for me, what we take so much for granted.

[C]

I told you, that man spent almost a year in space. And we was over here crying about eight days without power.

[A]

Yeah, but he had power.

[C]

But he couldn't go nowhere. He was in space. Like when I looked at that, I said, yeah, you know.

[D]

Yeah. Hey. And it was only supposed to be going two weeks.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

So he had to call his families today. Now it's going to be a little, you know, this is 2024. Oh, I'll be home 2020.

[C]

He definitely made me take some self accountability with his mindset.

[D]

Oh, no.

[C]

I was like, yeah, okay, that, that, that six days without that big of a deal.

[D]

Oh, that reminds me. But this is for all the, the guys and gals and anybody that was with rescuing that pilot in Iran. Fantastic job, gentlemen. And ladies and gentlemen out of this world. Okay. That's taking care of our men and ladies in uniform.

[C]

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[D]

Baby.

[C]

Ain't it good?

[A]

It's so good. It's our friend Cy Robertson would say, fire on the grill.

[C]

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[D]

A big me. These are folks.

[C]

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[D]

All. Here's my advice to you. Welcome to the human race. Because you're, you're not by yourself without struggling with the flesh.

[C]

Amen. That's why I asked him if I could read it, because I told him, I was like, I think there's a lot of people that are feeling that feel the same way as you do. I know for a while, I mean, it took me a minute to finally freely and willingly accept God's grace, right? Because our whole life you're taught that to get something, you earn it.

[D]

You got me shaking, right?

[C]

Like you, you earn it. You have to attain to do it. You have to try to get there. You have to do this checklist of things and then you earn it and you get it. And when grace is freely given, that's a hard concept to grasp at first and one to just really lean in on.

[D]

So here's another thing. Me personally, okay, I'm right there with you. Because Jesus Christ loved this sinner, this horrible person that I am, okay? He loved me enough to die for me. And all the blessings I give, he gives them willingly to me. I will never achieve righteousness in and of myself, I said. But I know the man, and I know the Savior. He's achieved it and has it, and he's willing to give me his righteousness. Everything from God is a gift, sir. Just be humble and say, thank you, Lord. I appreciate that you love me that much to give me what you've given me. Cause that's all it is to it.

[B]

That's right, Si. And look, we just celebrated the resurrection of Christ. And so look, it wasn't that Jesus just rose from the grave. He went back to the Father to be our mediator in heaven. He's sitting at the right hand of the Father. Every time you blow it, he's saying, father, don't count that against him. Count my blood for that.

[D]

Not only that, he's a human being. He ascended back to the Father in a glorified fleshly body.

[B]

He was standing around and he said, hey, guys, wait here until the counselor comes to you. The spirit's going to be poured out.

[D]

I'm leaving what I'm sending somebody for.

[B]

He left bodily and a cloud hit him from their sight. And the angel appeared and said, what are you looking at? Jesus is coming back. I mean, he's got to go to heaven to mediate on our behalf. So it's the best, greatest news that ever could happen. And people change. I'm going to tell you how people change. And of course, I changed back when I was 19 years old, but I had a guy in a bar with a gun in my ribs telling me that he was going to kill me.

[C]

Were you hustling pool again?

[B]

I was hustling pool, that's true. And let me explain to you, that ain't what converted me, Johnny D. The gun didn't convert me.

[A]

Would have got me quick.

[C]

The gun didn't, but the bullet did.

[D]

I was thinking it got your attention, it got my attention.

[B]

But here's what happened. When I came to Christ and changed my life, this guy calls me the guy who had the gun in my ribs. And he said, hey, look, I've never seen anybody change like you have. And everybody's talking about it. I want to know what happened.

[D]

So I was like, what took place that changed you from what you was to what you are now?

[B]

And I didn't understand it all, but I put my faith in Christ and what he did for me. And that's. That's where we started our journey. This guy calls me out of the blue. I take him down to Phil's house. Phil meets with him and he says, look, I want to tell you the good news about Jesus first. You got to understand the bad news with me. We're all going to go in that grave one day and Jesus is going to resurrect our dead bodies. And the guy said, hold on, you're not going to put that on me. I'm going to die.

[D]

Yeah. You ain't going to put a guilt truck.

[B]

And Phil was like, yeah, yeah. One day you're all gonna die.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

He said, I ain't listening to this. He got in his car and drove off. And two weeks later, I got a phone call and they told me what happened to him. I called Phil. I said, phil? He said, yep. What about it, Mac? I said, remember that guy that you studied with that said he wasn't gonna die? Yeah. I said, he's dead. Two weeks later, he got killed in the same situation in a pool hall. Somebody stabbed him and killed him.

[D]

God had gave him one last shot when you took him down to Phil's house. And Phil tried to share the greatest news ever with him and he denied it, right?

[C]

Yeah. And I think even back on this one, Evan, I think the important thing to remember, I'm going to look at the camera is you see Christians celebrating God, celebrating Jesus and all that. We all still struggle, buddy.

[B]

Oh, my goodness.

[C]

Just like your struggles that you laid out there. We all struggle. It may not be with what you struggle with, but we all struggle to live a sin free life.

[D]

Oh, we all go.

[C]

We all, we all got our problems.

[D]

Whether we got our trials and tribulations.

[C]

Yeah. Whether it be jealousy, greed, gluttony. I mean, you name it, right? Like the list goes on and on. There's a bunch of lists in there in that Bible that you're reading through. There's a bunch of lists.

[B]

And.

[C]

And we all struggle. So your struggles actually just make you human.

[D]

Well, like that's, here's, here's the point of this, my man. Your trials and tribulations is going to make you the person you're. You're meant to be.

[C]

Yeah. And when you beat, when you beat that one, there's. There's another one coming.

[D]

Yeah, there's some more coming.

[C]

But it all adds to your testimony and proven that what the work in the blood of Christ is all about and being able to share that with others because you'll be able to conn with people that maybe I wouldn't be or Phil wouldn't be. So thank you for your service. Keep trudging down the road, Evan. It's, it's. It's not an easy road. We know that. Right. It's a narrow road.

[D]

Hey, here's my. Another thing. You're not alone, my man.

[C]

Yeah. And that was the point.

[D]

I wanted to promise you that he will never forsake you or leave you.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

And hey, that's the person. He can't lie.

[C]

Amen.

[D]

He's with you, baby. All the way.

[B]

And our human minds, we tend to think that there's a scale and if we could just do enough good to outweigh the bad, but that's not true. The Bible says that when you sin, you break God's law and you're guilty of breaking all of them.

[D]

So the whole.

[B]

All the sins are put on you when you're separated from God. Here's what gets you back, is Jesus's death, burial, resurrection, because he came from the grave and he gave the blood for our new covenant. He was God in the flesh, and he was perfect, and he never sinned. He was the perfect sacrifice. So he's worthy to make that sacrifice for you and for all these guys in here and me.

[C]

But there you go. Thank you, Evan. Yeah, thank you for the question. Thanks for being willing to let us address it on here because like I said, I know there's probably a lot

[D]

of folks I want you to. More than you, and I don't feel right.

[C]

And also, ma'. Am. Hey, man. We're covering you guys in prayer. Those of you that are deployed over there fighting.

[D]

That's it.

[C]

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[A]

I gotta reverse this. I. I was y' all kind of crushed that last part. So I am in part B. I kept thinking of something, then y' all just stole it. Part B. We went to S's house the other night.

[C]

You went for a visit?

[A]

Oh, yeah. Me and Phil went and saw him.

[C]

You take Carter?

[A]

No, but I should have because SA has an Xbox.

[C]

Wait, what? You have an Xbox?

[D]

I don't even see.

[B]

He got all kinds of stuff he on.

[D]

I don't even know.

[C]

Did that come with a house or did he take it with him?

[B]

The house.

[C]

Oh, okay.

[A]

I looked down, I said, sigh. You've been playing Xbox. And he goes, I don't even know what that means, but I was shocked that there was just one there we could get.

[C]

Sigh. Tiger woods again.

[A]

You want to play some video games?

[D]

Oh, no, no, no. Hey, me and my. Me and Scott, when he was younger, we played Tiger woods golf over the trees. Over the trees. Jack. We pulled. We pulled a shark on them.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Hey, and pull it off.

[C]

I mean, Tiger still trying to drive like it.

[D]

Yeah. Yeah. But he's in a vehicle.

[A]

What is it with Tiger woods and cars?

[B]

Wait, wait, wait.

[D]

I got.

[B]

I want to say, I think that, you know, he flipped that car. I think that he hit his head. I don't know what happened, but I was feeling bad for him because I know I've been in a wreck before. And not understanding what I'm saying, he was just like. I don't think he knew what he was talking about.

[C]

I felt bad for the fellow because he's obviously searching to fill a hole in his life that golf used to fill. And there's only one thing Left tiger as Jesus, buddy. There's only one thing left, friend.

[A]

Whenever you're in such a bind that you drop. Hold on, let me call the President.

[C]

Let me call Trump.

[B]

See, I think he was talking out of his head.

[C]

Yeah, well, yeah, I mean, probably.

[D]

Look, he's dating the president. Daughter.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Crying out loud.

[C]

Yeah. He should have said, I just gotta phone my future father in law. He didn't have to say the president.

[A]

Yeah, I would have added that, though. I mean, the best I got is Jay Russell and he's retired sheriff.

[D]

Now.

[B]

You got.

[A]

I'm ever fine. I'm gonna be like, hold on, let me. I sell worms to the retired sheriff. So just everybody calm down here for a second.

[D]

Everybody knows the sheriff.

[A]

He's retired, former. I do know Mr. Mark, too, but

[B]

I never would have got out of my car. I mean, I just said, send the ambulance.

[C]

You just laid in that thing like

[A]

a turtle upside down.

[B]

Whatever. French fries came out, I would eat those too.

[A]

You know, just waiting to press the seatbelt button and fall.

[D]

Here's the thing.

[B]

I'm not getting out, getting interviewed.

[D]

That got me. Okay. They found two white pills in his. In his pocket. How do you know? I don't have a clue. He told them when he. When they done found it, he said, yeah, I'm on medication. You know, I've. I've had legal. I've had 20 surgeries on my back and leg, you know, yeah, I'm taking. I'm taking pills. That's why I want to ask you. We're going to give you the urine test. He said, no, I'm not going to take that. He says, because I'm on medication and it's going to show up dummies. I don't know. When I was asking him and doing all the tests he's done told them I'm on meds. Yeah, crying out loud.

[C]

But what Tiger's missing is a you. Tiger doesn't have you, Bill. Well, you drive sigh everywhere. Because Lord knows he don't need to be driving.

[B]

That's right. You know.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Needs a feel, tiger.

[D]

Hey, I'm a good driver.

[C]

And just so you're aware, he's available.

[D]

All right, look, I'm available, too, Mr. Woods.

[C]

I have a lot of discernment.

[D]

Hey, I was coming for the day. I was going to church and there was a wreck.

[B]

Was it your fault?

[D]

No.

[B]

Okay?

[D]

I wasn't involved in it. But hey, you know, the guy was going way too fast because it tore that pickup up. Brand new one, too.

[A]

I saw That.

[D]

I mean, red one.

[B]

We were Sunday.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, wait, Sunday.

[D]

I think it was Sunday.

[A]

There was one last time we left last week. Good one.

[D]

Yeah. It was fun.

[C]

Or bad.

[A]

I got yelled at for not going fast enough for the first time ever.

[C]

By who?

[A]

I. I didn't catch his name.

[C]

Oh, oh, he was driving by you.

[D]

I thought he didn't run him down to say.

[C]

Well, you learned your lesson about chasing them down and wanting to give him a good stern talking.

[A]

Well, no, he did it to me

[B]

so that they heard the podcast.

[A]

There's a red light.

[C]

Probably a listener.

[A]

Yeah, it's clearly red. And when I see a red light, all we're going to go as slow as we can.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Gas is 380 a gallon. You got a coast.

[C]

And hopefully it'll change.

[A]

Never slow down.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So I'm going about 30 and the speed limit's 50. But if I'm going 50, all I'm doing. Stopping sooner.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Right.

[C]

Yeah. So now your brake pads in.

[A]

All of a sudden I got Lottie in the truck, you know, and there's just honking. And I'm like, what is going on? I mean. And then I'm to the red light,

[C]

can't go anywhere anyway.

[A]

And old boy pulls up next to me, window down, head hanging out the window, just yelling, oh, boy. And he, he. I can't repeat it here. This is a family show.

[D]

Hey.

[A]

And I looked at him and I went, huh?

[D]

Roads.

[A]

And that made him even matter.

[D]

Hey, Road rage is. Is real.

[A]

And then he said, get out of the way.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Which is not what he said. Had more words.

[D]

You don't want to. You don't want to be getting involved with them people.

[A]

And so then I just said, I waved at him. And then my favorite part is at the next red light, we were back together.

[B]

Is he still mad?

[A]

Oh, yeah. He was two cars up, but I could see him in there. Just.

[B]

But you're not mad. You're just.

[C]

You know what you should have done.

[A]

I was genuinely confused when he was

[C]

doing all that is just rolled down the window and let him sing Lottie in the back seat. But this. That's really what you want to do, huh? Right. Right here.

[A]

I just can't imagine being that angry at 7:15 in the morning.

[D]

That's why I do a lot

[C]

earlier, bro.

[D]

I do a lot of singing when somebody does like that. I roll the ones down. I'm going to get him. Get louder. I said, I'm happy, dude.

[B]

That's payback.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

You speeding? Hey, no, And I was going, speed limit.

[D]

You speed.

[B]

Oh, yes.

[A]

I've seen you.

[B]

Hey, hey, hey. No, I think it's got accelerator, son. Hit it. So you're the worst road ranger ever.

[D]

No, I'm not.

[A]

He's not as bad as this. I was genuinely a little scared. I was like, I messed with this

[D]

guy, but I'm scared of road rage.

[B]

Oh, you're scared.

[D]

You have.

[B]

You have to admit, though, I'm not a road rager. I'm trying to, like, do counseling with people going down the road. I'm like, slow down. Take it easy.

[D]

Well, no, no, because we always discuss it when somebody does something stupid.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

In front of us.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

Now, can you believe he just done that? Because we had one that. Hey, he come running up in the right lane, and he's just. He's a Weaver bird. Weaver bird. Yeah, yeah. Look, he's got an 18 wheeler that's got his lights on, brake lights on, and this guy. And there's a car just right by him in. In our lane suffice lane. And hey, he just. And I mean, hey, he missed that 18 Wheeler, I mean, by like all

[C]

inches, you know, my favorite thing to do. And this is terrible, right? But when I see people doing stuff like that behind me, like in my rear view, my. My then goal becomes to ruin their day as much as possible.

[D]

Well, no, no, I always like it. Always.

[A]

Apparently I do that without even noticing.

[C]

Goal is like to be Jimmy Johnson and just get up there and block everything I can.

[D]

Oh, no, no, no, no.

[C]

For that human.

[D]

I love it when a trucker does that.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Oh, they do it all the time.

[D]

Because when you. There's a sign up there and everybody. You see them getting over and you got these idiots that. And what he said. Well, 18 Wheeler said, I'll pull all this. I'll bring this to a screeching hall. He just gets center line and tell me. All right, try to come on either side.

[A]

I'm in.

[D]

I'm gonna put. If you come on the ditch side, you're going in the ditch. You come on the other side, you're going in the medium.

[A]

You ain't getting by me into the medium. Yeah. I just don't get why everybody's in such a big hurry. I mean, we used to have to ride horses, for crying out.

[C]

Human nature, man. Their time is inherently more valuable than yours, but you get there faster. Yeah, no, same time.

[D]

Well, not only that, with all the red. Hey, not only that. They think they own the highway. Yeah, they think it Belongs to them. That's why they in the fast lane going 30 miles an hour.

[B]

That does upset Psy when somebody's in the fast lane going slow.

[A]

Well, that's why.

[C]

Yeah, hold on.

[A]

That's why I got yelled at.

[B]

Yeah, it was probably psy. Wait, there's no such thing as fast lane in town. Yeah, that street. It was the interstate.

[A]

And Josh really is bringing the heat today. Thank you. Highway with red lights. And I got yelled at for being in the fast lane. Cruising up to a red light.

[C]

Which one? What road were you on?

[A]

Cyprus 5, your favorite.

[B]

Oh, one.

[C]

Now that thing will taste. That thing will test your. Jesus. That road right there.

[A]

Apparently I'm the tester. Yeah, I was sent that day that man, those weren't words.

[C]

Where you buy you a.

[A]

That's eyes pass that.

[D]

I was just say that's a dangerous place. 165 South. Because they got a bunch of people that walk in across the highway.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yep. Every time Jace had an event out

[D]

there, we have got run over.

[C]

All right, look. Springtime is here. It's warming up. You know what that means? That means more outside cooking. And y' all know we love to eat beef around here. And that's why because of our friends over at Tri Tails beef makes such a good product, baby. Ain't it good?

[A]

It's so good. It's our friend Cy Robertson would say, fire on the grill.

[C]

Look, before we got Tri tails getting ready for a cookout, man, somebody had to run the grocery store, do all the things, grab whatever was left in case you were late in the day. And you never really know where that beef come from. But with Tri Tails beef, we skip the grocery store and do it a different way. Tritails comes from a family ranch out in Texas. They're a fifth generation American ranch. So they've been at it for a while now. Look, the beef comes straight from their ranch. And other ranchers they work with who raise cattle the same way. Their steaks are properly aged and shipped straight from the ranch to your door. We threw a couple of ribeyes on the grill. Look, salt, pepper, garlic, hot fire. That's all you need. Look, because I tell you what, when the beef comes from people who raise cattle for a living, you can taste the difference. The tenderness and the flavor are fantastic. So if you're stocking the freezer for grilling season, go check out Tri Tail's beef. I know in size case. Christine loves it, which is just a. She doesn't eat meat.

[D]

A big me. These are folks.

[C]

Yeah. Just go to try beef dot com. That's tribe dot com. Support ranch families and eat some dang good steak.

[A]

Speaking of Jace's event June 28, put it on your calendars.

[B]

What is that?

[A]

Family fireworks out at Jason Missy's.

[D]

Log a good message to go with it.

[C]

Oh, man, I think I'm be out of town.

[A]

What? I won't.

[D]

That's always an enjoyable time.

[C]

Pretty sure I am.

[A]

It's on June 28th this year. That's the weekend before the 4th of July.

[C]

Yeah, I think we're doing Wheeler's high school charity tournament thing.

[A]

Oh, I think it's that Sunday. So put it on your calendars. You won't see Martin, but you'll see the rest of it.

[C]

Maybe. I mean, I may still be here. I don't know when it's turned by, but I think I know it coincides with our fourth of July gathering that we always do. And I know it's before 4th of July, so I don't know.

[B]

And last year, I was shocked at how many people came up to me and sigh was like, hey, we listen to the podcast every.

[C]

Yeah, it's awesome.

[B]

Yeah, that's all we heard.

[C]

I thoroughly enjoyed it. Last year we got that little rain shower to cool things off. Hey, came and visited.

[D]

Well, I tell y', all, y', all, y' all surprised me, especially when the fans asked for joke. Some advice on something. Oh, I was shocked at how smart y' all guys really are.

[A]

Thanks, Jace.

[D]

Hey, well, hey, I'm just telling you.

[A]

Good night. I thought you were horrible.

[D]

We put out some good information here.

[A]

Good Lord, Bill, you've read your Bible before.

[C]

They are the.

[A]

I even knew that I shouldn't talk earlier when they were giving advice to Evan because they covered it well.

[C]

That's the. Yeah, yeah. We just need to change Backhanded compliment to Robertson.

[A]

Yeah. You did it. Yeah. Last time we filmed with. With Al, you did it for like 20 minutes before we started.

[D]

What?

[A]

Backhanded compliments to Al.

[D]

Backhanded compliments.

[A]

The whole ad for PhD weight loss is just like. I mean, you've always struggled with weight.

[B]

Hey, side.

[A]

Did you get out skinny?

[B]

You can go to the moon, Johnny D. Did you?

[D]

Well, no, no. Cause, hey, look, they was doing a commercial and I didn't like the way it was going, so I wanted to give it a little shot in the arm and said, hey, look, I've known this man for, you know, 40 years. He's always had a weight problem. He'd get fat, then he'd get skinny, and then he'd get fat again. And I said, but this time, hey, he's lost it and he ain't got fed again.

[A]

I did see Al walking in the neighborhood yesterday.

[B]

Hey, side. I mean, Al preached yesterday with Mike.

[A]

How was it?

[B]

And it was fantastic. But I noticed that Al had a little. A little underarm sweat going on. Did you see that? Oh, I didn't even know pouring sweat.

[C]

That's a problem with pastels and Easter, man. You can't hide it.

[B]

Hey, when you lose that much weight, I guess you're gonna start sweating.

[D]

Oh, well, yeah,

[B]

he was nervous.

[C]

The.

[A]

It's Al's and Mike's Super Bowl. They're preachers.

[B]

That's true.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Well, no, no, you know what I enjoyed about that lesson, and I. When we. I wouldn't. At their house. Was Jay's house okay?

[B]

Was Kay there?

[D]

Huh? Yeah.

[B]

Oh, good.

[C]

Yeah, I was.

[D]

She was good.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

We ate a big. What do you grow, the roast ham? No, the.

[C]

Lay the tenderloin.

[D]

Yeah, tenderloin. He cooked two of them. Oh, they were wonderful.

[B]

I didn't get no ambulance.

[C]

I don't.

[D]

But, hey, you know what I got out of his lesson? All Christians are insane.

[B]

Oh. Oh, aliens and strangers.

[D]

Oh, no, no. I'm just saying, all Christians, those that believe in Jesus.

[B]

I did hear him say that. Something like that.

[D]

They're insane. Because, hey, you know, like Phil told Bill Smith when he was alive, you know Bill, it's too good to be true. And Bill says, yeah, but it is, you know, but anybody that believes in Jesus, they're nuts. I've come to that conclusion because we don't really have the comprehension. Human being that back together. Yeah.

[A]

You got to keep going. You can't just leave it.

[C]

That kind of honors the middle part of our show.

[D]

Cause I'm just saying, okay, if you believe the story about Jesus, who he is, what he's done in the past, if you present future, okay, you are insane. Because most people always say what Phil says, it can't be. It can't be true. It's too good.

[B]

It's a wild story.

[D]

Yeah, it's a wild story. Yeah.

[C]

Almost like he couldn't make it up.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And people would just.

[D]

But they don't. Hey, there's so many verses. Okay. Because I want. It comes to mind is Jesus came to this earth full of two things, truth and grace. And the astronaut brought that up. Good point about that. And I said, yeah, I don't care what you believe, but you need to ask yourself A question. Is it the truth? That's all that matters. If it. If it is the truth, you better grab hold of it and get on board, Jack. Yep.

[A]

Get on board, Jack.

[B]

That's a good point.

[D]

Yeah. Well, no, I'm serious. Because I've almost changed the way I preach because of what the astronaut said. Because I'm always bringing in, well, hey, here's the bottom line on it. When you get down, right down to it, you need to ask yourself one question. What you're seeing or what you're believing in. Is it true?

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Because if it ain't true, hey, it's garbage.

[C]

Get rid of it.

[D]

Yeah, it's garbage. Throw it out where it belongs. Yeah, but if it is true, you better get on board, Jack. You better train leaving the station.

[C]

You better hold on.

[D]

You better grab hold when you can. You better grab hold.

[B]

The cornerstone of life.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Who holds it all together.

[A]

That was interesting.

[B]

I like it.

[A]

I'll be. I'll be insane with you.

[B]

That's the mind.

[D]

I'm just saying, because we really don't have the comprehension, you know, because I look at it all the time when I mess up. Have to go to the Lord and tell him that, hey, I've done it again.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

You know. And all he says is, hey, dad, put that on my tap. And that's the best part of this whole story.

[A]

Preaching from a poker player. Put it on my tab there.

[C]

And a pool hustler. Former pool.

[B]

That was all.

[C]

He tells the truth. Now he tells the truth when he shows up with his pool.

[A]

Cute.

[C]

You don't come stumbling in.

[A]

I'm very good at this, sir.

[C]

I'm good. Would you like to play? I'll give you the seven.

[D]

And I'm not good at it. To show you how good I am. What are we playing for? How much. How much are we putting on this?

[B]

That's too funny. I can't with these boys.

[C]

He's shaking his head.

[A]

Hustler. Anybody that wants danced on a stage with skates and was a pool hustler.

[B]

That's true.

[A]

You got to respect it.

[D]

Hey, the boy's got. You know, for a fat person, he's got some pretty good moves.

[A]

Backhanded cop.

[B]

Hey, now, he does know.

[D]

That's true.

[C]

Here's a Robertson.

[A]

You've got great moves.

[C]

Thank you.

[A]

For a big old fat boy.

[D]

That's right. For a big old fat boy. Hey, hey, that's my buddy. I say that.

[A]

Oh, we know. I love it.

[C]

I don't know.

[D]

You ought to hear some stuff. He says about me.

[A]

He don't say nothing about you.

[D]

Oh, that's bull.

[A]

I've never heard he says it to

[D]

her face because I know he's gonna say it behind my back.

[C]

Lord have mercy. Well, y' all ready?

[A]

I got this one.

[D]

What do you got?

[A]

Well, when y' all were talking about Evan's situation, he called himself an outsider, and I don't know what he meant in that sense. I actually have more questions for him

[D]

then I'll tell you he did. He is an outsider because I am. I am a one of abnormal birth

[B]

who's been grafted in like wild olives. But no, he's talking about, hey, look,

[D]

my birth consisted of. I was born of water and the spirit.

[B]

Yeah, but s. He's saying he feels outside of the family. That's what I felt like he was saying.

[A]

Also, he's deployed. Never been there, but I got a

[C]

feeling, especially for the fourth time. I mean, he's done two combat tours, a non combat tour, and he's back over there. And this is in six years.

[A]

And as someone who's been to the movies and seen things that I believe to be true and known, some people that have gone on combat, they're not sitting around a fire sharing feelings, saying Kumbaya. So that could be another reason you feel like an outsider. You're trying to be a believer in a place where it is way more difficult than West Monroe, Louisiana, where we all went to church yesterday and wore pastels to be a believer.

[D]

Well, no. No, because I always tell people it's easier to be a Christian if you surround yourself and you run with people of, like, faith.

[A]

And he might not have that opportunity.

[D]

He may not have that currently available.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

But I will say this to you. What Jesus told his disciples in John 15:18. Let's go to 19:15. 19. If you belong to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is. As it is. You do not belong to the world. But I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember what I told you. A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. So there's something to being a little different. And those people that followed Jesus were so different. They were stabbed, they were beheaded, they were cast out onto an island. Peter was crucified upside down. So you might be an outsider currently, but. And I don't know what you meant by that, if you didn't feel like you fit in with the church, or you feel like you don't know how to fit in with your friends, but. But, hey, Jesus ran with a lot of outsiders.

[D]

Hey, you can be there for you. But, hey, if you are insider with Jesus, you're way better off. All right, that's it.

[C]

See y' all next time. Right here in the duck call room.

[D]

We're out, Sam.