Street Preachers - EP1

Summary

Street Preachers - Episode 1 Summary

Podcast Information:

• Title: Street Preachers
• Hosts: Philip Anthony Mitchell & Tim Timberlake
• Release Date: August 5, 2025
• Description: Street Preachers is a raw, unfiltered podcast from Philip Anthony Mitchell and Tim Timberlake—two bold voices committed to making sure everyone hears the Gospel of Jesus. From street corners to stages, they bring truth with conviction, passion, and power—because revival doesn’t wait for a microphone. It starts wherever the Word is spoken.

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1. Introduction to Street Preachers Podcast

Philip Anthony Mitchell and Tim Timberlake launch their inaugural episode of the "Street Preachers" podcast, expressing their enthusiasm and divine inspiration behind the creation of the show. They emphasize the podcast's mission to delve deep into scripture and share their personal journeys of faith and redemption.

Philip Anthony Mitchell (00:51): "How did we get here, Tim? How did God put us here?"

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2. Hosts' Backgrounds

a. Tim Timberlake's Story

Tim recounts a pivotal moment at age 12 when his father, a pastor, was diagnosed with terminal throat cancer. The subsequent loss of his father profoundly impacted Tim, leading him to question God's goodness amidst his father's unwavering faith.

Tim Timberlake (04:05): "I never saw his faith waver. I never saw his love waver for people."

Tim describes his descent into a tumultuous lifestyle as a rebellion against his pain and doubt, ultimately leading to his faith journey and eventual pastoral role after a transformative dream inspired by his father's earlier prophetic dream.

Tim Timberlake (08:37): "When I woke up, I was standing in front of a sea full of people... 'Jesus, man, everyone that you could have influenced Jesus, their blood will be held to your account.'"

b. Philip Anthony Mitchell's Story

Philip shares his upbringing in New York City within a devout family, highlighting the contrast between his mother’s fervent faith and his father's initial unbelief. Despite early resistance, Philip's formative years were shaped by witnessing his parents' commitment to God, which laid the foundation for his own spiritual journey.

Philip Anthony Mitchell (10:15): "I saw faith in them and, and my father set a good example for me."

Philip details his own struggles with faith, growing up amidst street life, legal troubles, and personal pain, which ultimately led to his conversion and dedication to ministry.

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3. Redemption and Conversion Experiences

Both hosts delve into their personal paths to redemption, emphasizing the role of divine intervention and personal transformation. Tim speaks about moments of suicidal despair and how unexpected encounters with faith and gospel music led to his salvation.

Tim Timberlake (08:22): "I started yelling at God in that bathroom. God reveals himself to me in that bathroom. God comes and he rescues me."

Philip echoes similar sentiments, describing his emotional battles and the fire born from his pain that fuels his passionate preaching.

Philip Anthony Mitchell (43:18): "The passion in my preaching is born of pain, you know, it's born of fire."

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4. The Origin of the Podcast

The conversation shifts to the genesis of the "Street Preachers" podcast. Two years prior, both hosts had separate visions and dormant podcast studios, symbolized by empty chairs, awaiting the right partnership. A divine convergence led them to collaborate, uniting their stories and missions into a single platform dedicated to reclaiming streets with the Gospel.

Tim Timberlake (34:27): "I set up a little studio... and I'm praying, lord, who belongs in this chair?"

Philip Anthony Mitchell (38:20): "We put it all on tape... God is saying, y'all belong in each other's chair."

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5. The Pain and Purpose in Ministry

Philip and Tim discuss how their past pains and struggles are not mere scars but purposeful tools that equip them to connect deeply with others facing similar battles. They emphasize that their hardships provide authenticity and relatability, enhancing their ministry's impact.

Philip Anthony Mitchell (25:10): "What I gained from them is a sense of awe of God that you spared a person like me."

Tim Timberlake (41:37): "That's what gives us that grit. We still got dirt on our fingernails."

They highlight the importance of embracing pain as a means to empathy and effective leadership within the Christian community.

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6. Vision and Goals for the Podcast

The hosts outline their vision for "Street Preachers" as a beacon of truth and revival in contemporary society. They aim to engage listeners with scripture-based discussions, real-life applications, and prophetic insights into current cultural and spiritual trends. Their goal is to foster a movement that stands firm in faith amidst the challenges of the end times.

Philip Anthony Mitchell (47:43): "Time is running out... encourage people about just being deeply intimate with the Lord Jesus Christ."

Tim Timberlake (29:28): "This is a journey of faith for Tim and I. We're taking a step of faith."

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7. Conclusion and Call to Action

In closing, Philip and Tim express gratitude to their listeners and invite them to join their faith journey. They encourage prayers for their ministry, support in spreading the podcast, and embodying the lessons learned from their testimonies to impact their communities positively.

Philip Anthony Mitchell (46:31): "If this has been a blessing to you on any level at all, we just want to ask you to do two things for us. Very simple, man."

Tim Timberlake (50:11): "Do us a favor, like, subscribe, comment on all platforms, help us share the gospel of Jesus Christ."

They reaffirm their commitment to being vessels of the Gospel, imperfect yet empowered by divine grace to lead and inspire revival wherever they speak.

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Notable Quotes

• Philip Anthony Mitchell (23:21): "I believe there's something beautiful that could come out of our scars."

• Tim Timberlake (42:53): "Pain should pay you. We're fools to endure things and not come out of it with wisdom."

• Philip Anthony Mitchell (33:04): "We are two imperfect fathers, imperfect husbands, imperfect pastors, saved by the grace of Jesus Christ."

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Final Thoughts

Episode 1 of Street Preachers sets a profound tone for the podcast, intertwining personal anecdotes of struggle and redemption with a clear mission to spread the Gospel authentically. Philip and Tim's candid discussions about their pasts, coupled with their unwavering faith, promise a series that is both emotionally resonant and spiritually enriching for listeners seeking genuine conversations about faith in today's world.

Transcript

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

What's up, family? You're tuned in right now to the Street Preachers Podcast with Tim Timberlake and Philip Anthony Mitchell.

[Tim Timberlake]

We pray that you're blessed by the content you're about to receive. What's up, family? We are excited to introduce to you something brand new, something that we feel the world needs. It's an incredible, incredible, incredible concept that God has placed on me and my brother's heart.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Entitled Street Preachers. Where your hosts? I'm Tim Timberlake.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I'm Philip Anthony Mitchell, and this is the Street Preachers Podcast.

[Tim Timberlake]

We're excited because it gives us an opportunity to have conversations around scripture. And, you know, me and Phil, we own a lot of different podcasts, and we are on our platforms every single weekend, but this gives us a format to unpack scripture conversation in a way that we don't often get a chance to do.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And I was just in thinking, how did we get here, Tim?

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

How? How?

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

How in the world did we get here? How did we get here? I feel like this journey has been divine.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I feel like God put us here.

[Unknown]

Yes.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I feel like God is doing something very special and very important in our lives right now in this season. And I think a lot of people don't even know that we have a relationship.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yes.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You know, they don't even know how all of this came together. So how did we get here, Tim?

[Tim Timberlake]

That's a great question.

[Unknown]

How.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

How did we get here?

[Tim Timberlake]

Well, I. I think first and foremost, we felt like we had a mandate from God.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And the journey that got us here has been both a beautiful and a painful journey in our individual lives.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Kind of going back to the call.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And doing something different. And even when you think about the name of the podcast, Street Preachers, it rings true for both of us.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Both of us are knuckleheads.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

God redeemed.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And, you know, as we listen to the hustle and bustle of the streets out here in New York City today, I'm reminded of what God has redeemed both of us from.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And so for me, my desire now is to really be a servant, but more importantly, a son, because I was a terrible son growing up to my earthly father, who is now with the Lord.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And now I have opportunity to redeem that relationship with my mom. She's still here.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

But just take what I came from and utilize it now to speak clearly to people who may still be struggling, you know, and still be in the streets and still doing things that's contrary to the purpose and the will of God. And so, you know, for me, I'm excited about this journey with you. I'm excited about what God is doing. Me, too. Because I know a little bit about what God has delivered both of us from.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I think. I think for people watching.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I think we should. We should not make an assumption that they know anything, really, about our story.

[Tim Timberlake]

Right, right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Even as we sit here in New York, obviously, you know, this is. I came out of this city. I came out of the darkness here, and. And I'm excited about this journey that you and I about to take together. The street preachers podcast. And I think even the name fits us.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

We came from. We have a story.

[Tim Timberlake]

Absolutely.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

So, I mean, where did it start for you? Till your story? Where did that begin for you? Where did that start for you?

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

So when I was 12 years old, my dad got terminally ill with throat cancer.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Your father was a pastor?

[Tim Timberlake]

He was a pastor. Him and my mom were pastors.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Influential church in North Carolina.

[Unknown]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Of a pretty influential church.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

At 12 years old, he gets terminally ill. He's given two weeks to live, and it completely turns my world upside down.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

My hero, who I never saw do anything wrong. I never saw my father raise his voice.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

I never saw him do anything that was immoral or contrary to, you know, sound biblical lifestyle and just a spirit that live it.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And I saw him fight for his life.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

He was given an opportunity to have an experimental surgery where they cut him from the back of one ear, opened up his throat, and left an incision on the other side.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And when they did that, they removed a tumor from his throat the size of a chipmunk. And when they removed the tumor, they removed a quarter of his tongue, so he's no longer able to eat, drink, or swallow. He's fed through a G tube for the remainder of his life. And so me having faith built off of the backs of my mom and dad, I lost complete faith in God. And my question to God at the time really struggling, was God, if this is the way you treat your servant, if this is the way you treat your son, I don't know if I can serve a God like that.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I think a lot of people struggle with that. Absolutely struggle with how does a loving God allow suffering like that?

[Tim Timberlake]

What I came to learn, though, is my faith wasn't in someone. My faith was in something.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And my faith anchored on the fact that my dad deserved healing in the earth, because I thought he did.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And that's a fleeting faith.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And as a result of the surgery, as a result of the treatment, chemotherapy, radiation, bro, just saw him dwindle down. He was. He was a big guy in stature. 6 5, about 270 before he got sick. The son become a skeleton, a shell of himself. Lost all of his hair, lost tremendous weight. Fought for his life, could no longer eat. But I never saw his faith waver. I never saw his love waver for people. I never saw his tenacity, his drive waver for the things of God. And so I'm fighting for my faith. And I'm out in the streets and I'm wilding out and I'm doing everything contrary to what I've seen them do.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Just because I wanted to prove to God that I couldn't be used by him.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Was you. Was you mad at God?

[Tim Timberlake]

I was tough. I was furious. I was upset. I never got to the place where I doubted God. Never doubted his existence.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

But I doubted his goodness.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Doubted his, and I doubt that he.

[Tim Timberlake]

Was good to me.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

So that sent you onto the streets?

[Tim Timberlake]

Sent me to the streets. Sent me living a lifestyle that was everything but godliness and, and, and, and a reflection of. Of Jesus Christ and really wanted to make God upset with me.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Because I felt upset with God. And the thing, bro, that I remember so vividly, my mom and my dad, they never, ever, ever condemned me.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

They loved me unconditionally.

[Tim Timberlake]

Unconditionally.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Even while he was in the street.

[Tim Timberlake]

Even while I was out in the streets. My mom, she loved me. My father, he loved me unconditionally. And it drew me back to the heart of the father. And so my dad dies in 2002, the day after my 18th birthday. He sits me down on my 18th birthday, bro, and he prophesies over me. He speaks life into me, tells me everything that I would do that I was not doing at the moment. And for five hours, Bo, he sits down with me just like, with. Just like we're sitting there right now. He talks to me. He places his hand on my leg after he gets finished, says, I love you. He goes upstairs to his room. 2am that following morning, my mom knocks on my door.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

He gone.

[Tim Timberlake]

It's gone.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Transition is just like, that's it. Do you remember everything he said to you?

[Tim Timberlake]

I don't. I don't. And I regret it. But that conversation and my regret for not leaning into that conversation.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Shapes the way I have conversations today.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

But you were still out in the street during that.

[Tim Timberlake]

Still out there still wilding out.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And I know some of the stuff you can't really talk about on camera because of everything.

[Tim Timberlake]

The qualifications.

[Unknown]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Cases and the implications.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

But you was far out there. I think a lot of people don't know your story. Obviously, I know a little bit of your story, but you was far out there in them streets.

[Tim Timberlake]

Far out there.

[Unknown]

W and out.

[Tim Timberlake]

All the things, Everything you can imagine.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

All the things.

[Tim Timberlake]

Everything from. From fast life. Women, money, drugs. Drugs, shootouts. Everything you can imagine.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And so I went off to college my freshman year and went to Hampton University. And in my apartment, bro, I went to sleep. And I thought that I woke up.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

When I woke up, I was standing in front of a sea full of people. And when I noticed how many people it was, I looked down at my hands and it was blood smudged on my hands. And I heard the voice of God for the first time say to me, the longer you run from what I've called you to do, Jesus, man, everyone that you could have influenced Jesus, their blood will be held to your account.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Jesus, man. I woke up immediately.

[Tim Timberlake]

I just freaked out of my mind. Three o' clock in the morning, I called my mom.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

How old was you at the time?

[Tim Timberlake]

I was 18.

[Unknown]

18.

[Tim Timberlake]

18.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Call my mom.

[Tim Timberlake]

Hey. I had this dream. So explain it to me. So I explained it to her, great detail. And I thought she was like, oh, my gosh, that's. That's crazy. And she started laughing. I was like, what the heck are you laughing at? And she said, that's the exact dream your father had when God caught him in the ministry. And I left Hampton University that week. Transferred to Bible college.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Went to Bible college in Detroit, Michigan. Finished up there, Moved back to North Carolina.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Right outside of Durham.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Started pastoring. And that's been 21 years.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

21 years. You know, it's crazy, two men. Because even for the time you and I have had a relationship, some of those parts of your story, I didn't even know, you know? But even as I listen to you talk, I see some. Some semblance between our stories that I didn't pick up on before, you know, because I remember when you and I was in Florida and we was having conversations about your past, there was some details you never told me. And I'm looking at some of those details, and I'm seeing some of the semblance in our stories and how God divinely brought us together. Like even. Like even we sitting right here right now, bro. You know, we in Manhattan. We in the City, you know, And I look out, you know, at these streets and think, I came out of these streets in New York, right? In Queen, you know, My parents were immigrants from Trinidad, right. And so I was the first person in my family born in the US and when I got here, my mom was a believer, my father was not a believer. My mother led my father to the Lord and they started a ministry in our house, like in the basement. I was real young at the time and I remember really wanting nothing to do with church. I didn't understand what they was talking about, but I saw things that they were doing in the house that later on would have an impact in my life. So I saw my parents in the Bible. I seen my parents reading and studying the word of God. I would see my parents praying. I would hear my parents in the basement praying and calling my name before the father. My mother had this old wooden cross and she used to bang that cross on the floor. And I would hear my mother calling my name before the father.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

My parents had this ministry and they would try to like drag me in on Sundays.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And I remember sitting in their ministry and not really understanding anything that was going on. But I saw, I saw faith in them and, and my father set a good example for me. He was a, a big introvert, so we didn't have a lot of in depth, deep conversations, but he set a good godly example for me. And you know, he. I saw my father love my mother, love his children. I saw him work multiple jobs. I seen my father be an entrepreneur. I seen my father cut the grass, take care of the, everybody. So my father set a good godly example for me in terms of, in terms of what a man should be. Yeah, I learned a lot from him vicariously, right. My mother was a hardcore woman of faith, so she was more boisterous, you know, she was, she was loud and she would, I would hear preach and you know, and she's preaching to us and, and all these things. And I never knew about your dream, but something similar happened to me when I was, when I was 12. My mother made me, my mother. Father put me like on a fast, right? They put me on fast for like a week. I'm like, this is crazy. You know what I'm saying? Like, not a 12 year old fool. I'm saying like, are you crazy? What is this? No, I never told you this. Like, put me on a fast, like. No, what is this? So I'm drinking, I'm drinking water and crackers for a week, like, yo, this is crazy. You know what I'm saying? And my mother put me on a fast, right? But I never forget. I never forget during this fast. I never told you this, bro. It came at a 12 year old. Faster, bro. At 12, I was like, yo, stop playing. And every day I'm used to eating pork for rice and chicken wings, bro. Like, I'm from Queens, bro. Like, we eat Chinese food, bro. Like he said, oh, like, yo, this is like. Is this abuse? Like, this is abusive, bro. Yo, but I never told you this, man. But. But during that week, true story. During that week, I had a dream. And in the dream, I saw myself walking up a mountain. And I was wearing. I was wearing like a black and red outfit. And I was walking up this mountain and I seen this line of people following me up this mountain all the way to the top, right? Obviously, I don't understand this dream. I don't understand this vision. And I tell my mom and she laughs. Isn't that crazy, Right? I tell my mom, and she laughs. And I will learn later that in her heart, she felt that was God showing me that I would be doing what I'm doing right now.

[Unknown]

Wow.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And leading people into the kingdom. I didn't know that, right? And I didn't know that. But I'm walking up this mountain. There's people following me up this mountain. And my mom, she sees, okay, God has spoken to my son for the first time. Although he does not understand, he does not fully grasp the concept of what's happening. God has spoken to my child. And I think for her, she had a peace in her heart. Because my mother had a damaged cervix. And when she came to the country, the doctors told her she would never be able to have children, ever. But my mother, my father, were people of faith. And my mother told me how my father laid out the scriptures, they laid their hands on the prayers of Hannah. And she began to cry out the prayers of Hannah, like, lord, if you give me a son, I will give him back to you, right? And so I don't learn that story till later. So when she puts together how God miraculously gave her this son, and then this dream that I have at 12 years of age for her, like, the pieces together, like, okay, God, you're talking to my son. He does not know, but you're talking to him. Just like, you know, there's people watching this podcast right now, you know, and they look over their shoulder, they can see the goodness of God at different points in their life. They can see the Grace of God at different points in their life. They can see the mercy of God at different points in their life. And when we look back, he gets glory out of some of that story, right? And so. But I'm in these streets, you know, I feel like my environment around me was so strong. So in these streets, man, from the age of 12, all the things, same thing. Like you doing that in the South.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I'm up here doing the North. We don't know each other, but we wilding out. Like, we out here banging, right? You know, all the things, man, all the things that come with the street life. Drugs, women, guns. Like, all those things. We out here in the streets and. And I was in a lot of legal trouble. I was in a lot of legal trouble. Had got locked up twice in six months. My parents did what they had to do to get me out of New York, right? And that's how I end up in the South. I went to North Carolina Central University, end up in the South. That's how I end up in your neck of the woods, right? You know what I'm saying? Like, got pushed out of New York because of legal trouble, end up in the South. But when I get there, I meet a group of dudes who are from New York, far more ruthless than I was. I mean, these dudes terrorizing all of Durham, bro. Like, you. You, bro. You from those parts. You know those parts, man. I'm terrorizing all of Durham, and I'm in the streets with those dudes and. And then that life. I'm down that road another 10 years.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

In that darkness. Until I get to a point where I'm suicidal. And by this point, I got, like, all the trappings of worldly success.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You know, I got luxury car, banging girlfriend, dope apartment, dope furniture. I got street cred money, all of that. But I'm empty, Tim, right? I am so empty. I know that something is missing, but I don't know what it is, right? And I remember, like, just being suicidal twice. One time, Shotgun Byla Hennessy. And God sent someone to the house who used to twist my locks and locks like you brought Used to twist my locks. Who kind of with no words she talked me off that ledge she came in, came to visit me that night I'm weeping Got the shotgun on my lap Ball of Hennessy on the floor she comes to visit me that night My door's unlocked by the grace of God she comes through the door I never forget she sits down on the floor she holds my hand We Cry. She talks me off the ledge with no words. And just like a couple months after that, man Lyn and I move into apartment. We do everything wrong. She gets into a car crash. She comes back to the apartment. She puts on gospel music. She's thanking God that she wasn't injured in this car crash. She's lifting her hands. It's the first time in my life I ever heard gospel music. I crawled into a bathroom. I started yelling at God. I'm thinking to myself, whatever she had, I want that.

[Unknown]

Right?

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I want that. And yelling at God in that bathroom. God reveals himself to me in that bathroom. God comes and he rescues me in that bathroom. That's how I come into the kingdom out of these streets, you know? And so that. That conversion happens for me in North Carolina. Where you from? In that neck of the woods, you know? And so it's like God brought me out of these streets into the kingdom the same way he brought you out of those streets into the kingdom.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And so when I. Even when you and I sit here and we talk about this, Right. I see all these sembl in our story of how we had believing parents, but we had issues with God ourselves, but God showed us mercy and he showed us grace, and he was actually protecting us while he was out there.

[Tim Timberlake]

Absolutely.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You know, A.B. i think about, like, how you've been shot, telling you, you know, I think about the bullets that graze me, you know? So when. When we look back on it, it's like, God preserved you and I. He preserved you, he preserved me, you know, and so I even think about just the name of this podcast, Street Preachers Podcast. I think it's fitting.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Right. For what God has done in our lives. Don't you agree? Absolutely.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Something that I think about, you know, and I listen to a lot of Philip Mitchell. I listen to a lot of messages, and I listen to a lot of podcasts, but I don't recall anyone asking you this question. Something I think about, if you could go back and change something of your past.

[Unknown]

Wow.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Would you, man, If I could go back and change something, would I change anything? You know, like, moments like this. This is the part where people try to rip out of their story pain.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Because I, too, lost my father.

[Unknown]

Yeah. Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Like, right now, all you have is your mother.

[Unknown]

That's it.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

All I have is my mother. Our fathers are in glory. My father died of cancer three months after I started my ministry. And so it would be easy for me to say, I will go back and I will want him here, or I will go back and say I regret a lot of the life that I live. And this is the part where people always start trying to rip the pages of pain out of their story. And I think in my early walk with the Lord, I would have said, I would go back and say I would want my testimony to be different. I would want to rip out of my story the time I spent in the street, the women that I abused and taken advantage of the damage I did to my soul. You know, I think I've done a lot of damage to my soul, all right? And I think there's a lot of things in my past I'm not proud of and things I would say. I want to rip that out of my story, you know, because sometimes you still get images of some of those things, right? And you still have flashbacks. And because we have an adversary, I think there's times he reminds us of things we've done. You know, he'll try to invoke shame or accuse us of things from the past or make me feel. I'm gonna talk for me personally, make me feel.

[Tim Timberlake]

Unworthy.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Make me feel ill equipped, make me feel that because of my background, I shouldn't be sitting on this couch or I shouldn't be pastoring at church or whatever the case. And I will want to rip those things out of my story. But I'm not sure if I would change anything now. And I think there is something beautiful that could come out of our scars. And I think. I think from my scars and from the things I would have changed, I think what I've gained from them is a sense of awe of God that you spared a person like me. You was gracious to a person like me. You was kind to a person like me. He was merciful. And so when I think about what I would change and how God covered that with grace and with his blood, I think I wouldn't change it now. Because I think what it does for me now, it gives me a greater awe of who God is and his nature and his kindness. I still bear the scars of a lot of that. But I think even those scars help me to better identify with people who are dealing with shame or pain, even if they didn't come out the street like you or not. You know, it could have been people who've been in church their whole life that had an abortion or been in church their whole life and was living a double life. I think I can identify with people who have felt shame, who feels unworthy, who feels undeserving and so I would have ripped things out. I'm not sure that I would right now. I think. I think all of that has served to create the man that I am. And I think all of that was strategic and what God is doing right now in my life. But what about you? Would you. Would you rip anything out of your past? Would you do anything different?

[Tim Timberlake]

The one thing that I wrestle with.

[Unknown]

Is.

[Tim Timberlake]

How I wasn't intentional.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

In the last parts of my dad's life, father's life.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And, you know, I wrestle with that every day. Like, my dad never saw me living for Jesus. He never saw me lesbian.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Lord.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And I just remember, you know, his heart in the conversation that he had with me on my birthday. And I try to go back and I try to remember it. I wouldn't change the anger, I wouldn't change the decisions that I made that led me down some crazy dark paths. I wouldn't change, you know, the things that made me who I am today. I believe that's what makes us unique in the gospel. I believe that's why we have a no nonsense mentality with our approach to the gospel of Jesus Christ and the proclamation of that gospel. But I do wrestle with the idea of what would I have gleaned from that last conversation or conversations leading up to his death if I was more intentionally, if I leaned into that conversation differently, a little bit more. And so I wrestle with that, you.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Know, but even you never told me that. Dag, bro, I'm about to cry. You never told me that. But, like, right now, your little man is with us. Yeah, right, like, like Max is with us right now in New York. Like, little man's in the studio, little man out there with Lena right now in the street. But he gets to benefit from what you didn't get from your father.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

So it's like the pain that you carry of not squeezing that last bit of wisdom out of your father, Max gets the benefit from that.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Because I know you're not going to duplicate that pain for him.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

So you're going to make sure that what you could have gotten from your father, you're going to make sure that Max gets that.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And so I think even if you become a sacrificial lamb for just a moment, Max gets to harvest from that pain. Right. So it's a thorn for you, but it'll be a blessing for him. And I think there's a lot of people even watching right now who we may have scars from the past, but it's like, how do we use those scars from the past to pour into the lives of our children or the people who are looking up to us? How do we not allow those things to become coffins, but to become classrooms? It's like, so everything we go through, we can respond to it one or two ways either becomes a coffin that buries us or a classroom that teaches us. And so I think for you, that could be a coffin. Because your father, I. I remember your father, bro.

[Unknown]

Right?

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Like me running the streets of North Carolina for 10 years, wilding out in North Carolina, even though I'm out there wilding out your parents, your parents had. Your parents was like legends in the body of Christ, your mother still is, right? So it's like everybody in the streets knew the Timberlakes. Like, I knew the Timberlakes, bro. I knew your family. When I was in the streets, everybody knew the Timberlakes, right? So I knew the Timberlake's. I knew. I knew about you when you was in the streets. I knew your name. Everybody knew about Tim Timberlake, right? I mean, bro. I mean, your name probably wasn't popular for the right reasons though, bro. You know what I'm saying, bro? Let's keep it 100. Like, I knew about Tim Timberlake. Like, I heard Tim Timberlake in the streets. I knew your parents were preachers. I knew that. I knew they had one of the largest churches in North Carolina, right? It was just too far for me to get out there, right? But. But I knew about your parents. I knew you was in the streets. And I knew your father was a legend. And I knew your father was a great man of God. And I know there's probably more you could have gotten out of him. But that scar you have, man, you take that scar and then Max gets the benefit from that. Because now Max will get more from you what you didn't get from your father. And so you take that scar and you turn it around, and I think that boy, he gets the benefit.

[Tim Timberlake]

Absolutely.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You know what I'm saying?

[Tim Timberlake]

100.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yeah, man.

[Tim Timberlake]

That's a beautiful thing.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I mean, but I got a little bit of that too.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You know, it's like when my ministry started, my father was gone three months after that, so he never got a chance to see what I would become, right? He never got a chance to see, like, he never got a chance to see me change, fully repent. I mean, he got to see me preach for all of 60, 90 days, and then he was gone. I mean, he was so sick, he couldn't get out the household. I mean, he got to see me preach, what, five or six sermons, and then he was gone. So, you know, we never got a chance to really talk about, you know, my future or him giving me advice for the ministry. Never got a chance to do all of that.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And, you know, my prayer is that I'll be able to do better for my two sons, for Malachi and Josiah, you know, that we gotta. We both got a. A scar there.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

That we got to do better for our boys.

[Tim Timberlake]

100.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You know, we gotta do better for our boys.

[Tim Timberlake]

You know, I. I think that's also, though, what makes you a good son to God. You know, that's what drives me, like, my. My mission.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Is just to be a good son to God. I see the way you live. I see the way you approach your relationship with him. And there's just a desire, a desperation to just be a good son to God, bro.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I'm trying, bro.

[Tim Timberlake]

Beyond. Beyond trying, man. Pastoring, beyond preaching. And if I'm being honest, that's why this is necessary.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

It is.

[Tim Timberlake]

Living out in front of the world.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

What?

[Tim Timberlake]

Two sons.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Steward their life. Like.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

God has redeemed us from this life.

[Unknown]

Yeah. He did.

[Tim Timberlake]

He's given us the opportunity to now share from that posture of pain, from that posture of prayer and proclamation.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

What this life is about. And it's all modeled, it's all molded, it's framed from the perspective of man. We just desperately want to be good son.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And I think. I think, you know, I feel like that's a. That's a. A desire of mine. I feel a lot of people watching may even struggle with that.

[Unknown]

Yeah. Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I think for me, you know, when I think about how God rescued us from these streets, you know, everything in my heart wants to be a good son. I want to finish well, you know, And I even think about the mistakes I made coming into the kingdom. You know, my first couple years into the kingdom. I think about the hurt that I caused God, family, people. I feel like my whole life right now is a second chance. That makes sense.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I feel my life, my marriage, my parenting, ministry, my walk. I feel like all of it is a second chance. And for me, like, I've redefined success. You know, I feel like some people see some sex as, you know, a certain place they're going to get to financially or a certain place they're going to get to in ministry or in corporate America. Like, for me, I go back to, like, second Timothy four. I think for me, Successes is, can I get to the end? Can I get to the end and say, with the Apostle Paul, you know, that I kept the faith, that I fought that good fight, and that I finished my race and that you finish your race. I want to get to the end and be able to say, I did that, Tim. You know, I want the Father to look at me from my stewardship in this life to say, well done, my good and faithful servant. Your heart burns for the same thing.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

It's like, I think about that day and you and I talk about this. We think about that day. We will see our Father.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And we will get that embrace from our Father. And on that day, you know, he's not asking me questions about my Instagram following. Instagram following. You know, did we finish our race? Did we do what we were supposed to do? And I want to be able to do that. And I think even as we talk about pleasing our Father, I feel like we should almost even acknowledge in this moment the people who even struggle to see him that way.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And I think there was a journey for me to get to the point of saying, I want to be pleasing to my father. I couldn't even call him Father in the beginning.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Just, just, just trying to understand him as a father. With the death of my father and the fact that, you know, my father and I didn't talk a lot, although he was a good godly man, I saw him do all the things. It was a struggle for me. I only see God as just Lord and Savior.

[Tim Timberlake]

Oh, wow.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And boss.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And I only saw myself as servant. So it took many years for me to go from just seeing myself as servant to seeing myself as son. Like, it took. It took work in my heart. It took me going back to the words of Jesus when he would always say, man, he's come to reveal the Father to us. Jesus kept calling him the Father. So it took time for me to get to the point to see him as a father. But like, you and I talk even from our prayer rooms.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

How we'd be in there shedding tears in our prayer room and sitting with our Bibles in our prayer room. And I'm praying for you. Praying for me. I say, I'm sitting here with the Father.

[Tim Timberlake]

That's right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I'm sitting here with my father.

[Unknown]

That's right. Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Just sitting before my father, shedding tears with my father, trying to develop this intimacy with my father. And so I think that. That we should even acknowledge that for a lot of people, that's A difficult thing, but it's a journey they got to stay on until they get to the place where they see God as this father.

[Unknown]

That's it.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You know, that this is how we see him, and that in our hearts, like you said, our hearts bleed when you and I talk a lot off camera. We want to be pleasing to him.

[Tim Timberlake]

That's it.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You know, we want to. We want to be pleasing to him and we want to set a good example, you know, of being pleasing to him. That thing is burning on the inside of us.

[Unknown]

Right?

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And so I think about that. I even think about, like, how we got here. How did we get here, Tim?

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Right now, as I'm talking to you, I'm thinking, right? People are going to see this and they're going to wonder, like, well, we've seen Tim Timberlake while other people. We've seen Philip Anthony Mitchell, other people. How did these two dudes end up on this couch? How did they.

[Unknown]

How did they get here?

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You know, I'm thinking about the beach.

[Unknown]

Yeah. Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I'm thinking about what happened two years before that beach.

[Tim Timberlake]

Absolutely, man. We gotta talk about that.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

How did. How did. How did we get here, Tim? So it really started two years ago.

[Tim Timberlake]

Two years.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Two empty chairs.

[Tim Timberlake]

Two empty chairs.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Tell me. Tell. Tell me about your empty chair. And I'm gonna tell you about my empty chair.

[Tim Timberlake]

Got it. Got it placed on both of our hearts, unbeknownst to either one of us. Two years ago.

[Unknown]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

To do a podcast.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And I had no idea what that would look like. And so just kind of operating in obedience.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

I set up a little studio. You know what I'm saying? I got. I got my little set up in there, and I got two chairs.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

I got no idea who's supposed to be in that second chair. All I know is I got a mandate from God. Start a podcast.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

To create opportunities for people to engage with scripture.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

To proclaim the gospel.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

To talk through real life situations, cultural moments. And I got no idea who in the world is supposed to be sitting beside.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

So you got a podcast studio. Got your mics, mics, all this.

[Tim Timberlake]

All lights, cameras, everything.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And an empty chair.

[Tim Timberlake]

Empty chair.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And I shoot one episode. I moved the second chair out because I'm not sure who's supposed to be filling in it. I shoot a second episode, a third episode, and the Holy Spirit won't let me release it.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Just no more, no more.

[Tim Timberlake]

And so I'm talking to Jan, she's like, well, what are you gonna do like you.

[Unknown]

You.

[Tim Timberlake]

You got people expecting to see you on this podcast.

[Unknown]

You.

[Tim Timberlake]

You told people to go start this podcast. I'm like, I don't know. I just don't feel the liberty to do it. To do it.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I don't know why. You just felt a pause.

[Tim Timberlake]

Just for the pause. It wasn't a no, it wasn't a stop. It was just wait. Yeah, just wait.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

That was two years.

[Unknown]

Two years ago.

[Tim Timberlake]

So last year, we're talking, and it's like both of us are seeing what's happening. Both of us are experiencing what God is doing in our churches. And, man, what God is doing in 2019 is nothing short a revival. It's supernatural. I'm seeing what God is doing in celebration. Church is a revival, and I'm seeing God take what he's placed in your heart all over the world. I'm seeing what God is doing in celebration. Church go all over the world. We're talking on the phone, and we're like, why don't we do something together?

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

That's crazy, right?

[Tim Timberlake]

It's wild.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And then we go to Jacksonville.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And then you and I jump in the truck, we drive to the beach. Cold, windy, sitting the 10. But we sit in 10 meetings, bro. Yo, Tim and I. Yo, Tim and I went to. We o. Tim and I was in Jacksonville. Tim and I. Degrees outside. Tim and I was in Jacksonville. Tim and I was in Jacksonville, and we go to the beach in Jacksonville, and we set up a tent on the beach.

[Tim Timberlake]

On the beach.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Windy is blowing on the beach, and we sitting in two chairs in the. In the tent in the beach. And you told me the story. And I told Tim. I told Tim two years ago. I told Tim two years ago. I was in my. In my basement, in my house, and I felt like I wanted another platform to be able to share the gospel outside of Sunday morning. And I didn't know what that platform was supposed to be. And at that time, I was like, okay, maybe. Maybe it needs to be a podcast or whatever. And I told Tim. I told Tim guys that I took $10,000 and I converted a room in my basement into a podcast studio. Got mics, equipment, all the things, and I set up this podcast studio in the basement, and I had a chair, right? And I was trying to get. I had a chair, and I was trying to get Lena to jump on this podcast. Like, Lena and I gonna do this podcast. Lena was like, nah, right? Lena was like, ain't doing this podcast with you, right? Lena, she loves the background and. And so I'm sitting there in the podcast studio. It's beautiful. You know, did the whole thing over. Walls, lights, cameras, everything. Got this chair right there. And I remember the first time I sit down to try to do any recording, I got these two mics, and I got this empty chair, and I'm like, lord, like, what am I doing right now? And. And I got this empty chair, and I'm asking, lord, who belongs in this chair? And I don't got no answer. Right. I don't. I don't have no answer. Who belongs in this chair? And that chair just sat empty. Days, weeks, months, years. That chair sat empty until I just folded up all that equipment. And so I remember when you and I get on the beach and we're talking, you telling me your story about your studio in an empty chair.

[Tim Timberlake]

Two years.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yeah, two years I'm telling you my story about a studio in an empty chair and praying for those years, like, lord, who belongs in this chair? You're praying, lord, who belongs that chair? Now here we are on the beach in Jacksonville, telling these stories, and in that moment, feel like God is saying, y' all belong in each other's chair.

[Tim Timberlake]

Absolutely.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And not knowing.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And at the same time, this happening. At the same time this is happening. You're coming out of a difficult season in ministry in Jacksonville. I mean, I don't know if we could put all of that on tape.

[Tim Timberlake]

No, we can tell.

[Unknown]

We.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

We put it on wet. They put it all on tape. I mean, like. I mean, you're coming out of a very difficult season where you get a church handed to you.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And then persecution comes after that.

[Tim Timberlake]

Absolutely.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And then you're dealing with a.

[Unknown]

A public. Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Persecution.

[Tim Timberlake]

Lawsuits.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Lawsuits, slander. A public persecution that blew up in Jacksonville. It was all over the news.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And the church clears out.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And now it's you and Jen and an empty room.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And. And Lyn and I, we're coming out of COVID We lost everything in Covid. And then there's Lena and I and our team in an empty room.

[Tim Timberlake]

Absolutely.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And we both not even knowing at the time we was going to be sitting right here. You're preaching to an empty room two years ago. Telling you I'm preaching to an empty room two years ago with an empty podcast chair. You got an empty podcast chair. And. And God does something special in Jacksonville.

[Unknown]

He.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

He breathes on your ministry. Right. Like, in the face of persecution, he's breathing on your ministry. And revival breaks out in Jacksonville. Revival breaks out in Atlanta.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And we don't even learn that this is happening. It's almost like God is doing something in me. Absolutely. In this part of the country. He's doing something in you in that part of the country. Not knowing that our path was gonna collide.

[Tim Timberlake]

Emergence.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

That our path was gonna collide. And that God would. Would bring us to this point that we are right now, you know, to the birth of the street preachers podcast, you know, and that time, like, that time was very difficult for you, right?

[Tim Timberlake]

It was. It was painful.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

But it was beautiful at the same time.

[Unknown]

How.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Why you say that?

[Tim Timberlake]

I. I've never. I've never stewarded God's house or call or the purpose of God.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Without great pain. I don't know why.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

He's never stewarded your call.

[Tim Timberlake]

Never great pain.

[Unknown]

Never.

[Tim Timberlake]

I've never. I've never known what leading is without great pain, without great tension, without. I don't know why. I see, you know, other great men and women of God who lead with less pain. I would like to lead with less pain. But it is. It is sort of the path that God has placed me on. I mean, you and I both.

[Unknown]

Bro.

[Tim Timberlake]

Bro, we. We talk about this, and did I.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Tell you my path is the same? I don't know if I've ever told you this. I feel like Lena Nye's path is exactly the same. I say to Lena all the time, it's like, why is it our ministry feels like everything is the rugged side of the mountain?

[Tim Timberlake]

Everything.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

It's like we know no season without pain or without warfare or battles. You know, it's the same thing, bro.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yes, it's. But, you know, the reason I say it's beautiful is because that's what gives us that grit.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

We still got dirt on our fingernails. We still are connected to the pain of humanity. We're not so disconnected.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

From who God has called us to lead, that we are not in tune.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

You know, one of the. I was. I was talking to a mutual friend of ours. I think a lot of leaders now have hit a stride of having conversations no one is asking for. It's pain that keeps us connected to the pulse of humanity. And so for me, this is 21 years, Pastor, and I've never led without great pain.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

I've never led without moments of great faith and great doubt. You and I both at the same time.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You and I both.

[Tim Timberlake]

And so, you know, I think that's what makes you unique. I think when people see you preach, hear you preach, and, man, what God is doing through you is nothing short of supernatural. I saw on your page. I'm calling you out for a second. A lady in Japan. A lady in Japan, bro.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Japan.

[Tim Timberlake]

Sitting here talking about the message that you preached last week and how your life has impacted that comes through pain, you know, And I think what we're seeing today is people being platformed without purpose, being refined. And because purpose hasn't been refined, pain hasn't been revealed.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And a leader that has not stewarded the right amount of pain has an insensitivity to people going through their own.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

That's good, bro.

[Tim Timberlake]

And so I think what people see and hear in you is both your time, intentional time with the Holy Spirit, your time in the Word of God, your time with the Father, but also your time, years and years and years and years of stewarding pain behind the scenes that no one except for your family may know about.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I appreciate you just even affirming that, you know, and. And the same thing for you, you know, And I think. I know there's a lot of mouths, you know, on me and a lot of persecution, and, you know, I pray, you know, for all my enemies and things of that nature, man, but people think they know me, and a lot of what they hear in me, it is all pain. You know, the passion in my preaching is born of pain, you know, it's born of fire.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I've been refined in the fire. I'm in pain right now, you know, and, you know, some of the things happening in my life right now, as you're recording, you know, some of the battles I'm fighting right now in the public and. And all the things. I know, the battles you're fighting still with lawsuits and all the things. And. And I think that. And I'm not going to let that pain go to waste. Like, one of the things I believe is that I believe, Tim, that pain should pay you.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I think we're. We're fools to endure things and not come out of it with wisdom.

[Tim Timberlake]

Absolutely.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And testimonies and lessons that we can teach others.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And. And that's what we want to do.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

That's what we want to do with this podcast. And so even as I think right now, as we, like, coming down to the end of this first episode of the Street Preachers podcast, I think I want people to hear that you have two dudes right here who are not perfect.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Have made a lot of mistakes.

[Tim Timberlake]

Absolutely.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Have come from a very dark past, have been redeemed by a very loving God. Who have thrown ourselves on the altar of ministry, have given our lives for the work of the gospel. This is what you and I talk about. This is what's bleeding in our hearts. We see what's happening right now. We feel about it, and this is who we are. We are two imperfect fathers, imperfect husbands, imperfect pastors, saved by the grace of Jesus Christ, redeemed from darkness, brought into the light, and feel that God has anointed these feet to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the cities that we are in, the nation that we are in, the generation that we're in. And I don't know what's going to happen. You and I really don't know what's going to happen after this.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

But we are. For those of you watching, Tim and I are really here right now by faith. Yeah, yeah, we're here right now by faith. We're doing this podcast by faith. We don't know what Jesus is going to do with it. When we was in here praying before we hopped on here, I prayed that Lord would just take this as a seed.

[Tim Timberlake]

Absolutely right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

This is just going to be a seed, and we're going to see what Jesus does with this seed, you know? And so, man, for everybody watching right now, we want to just thank you for tuning into this first episode of the Street Preachers podcast. We want to thank you for leaning in with my partner Tim, and not want to thank you for just tuning in right now and just listening to the stories of two brothers that the Lord rescued from a very dark past. For Tim and I, I think our prayer is that the Lord will use this podcast to be a blessing to you, to be a blessing to our church families, to be a blessing to this nation. In this hour, we can't make you no promises of where this is going, but we. We can say we believe that we're sitting here right now by the divine will.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Of the Lord Jesus Christ. I feel like God put him where he is. I feel like God has placed me where I am. And I feel like. And Tim and I talk about this a lot. Time is running out.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

If you're watching right now, listen to me. Time is running out. And all around us, Tim and I talk about this. We just see the wind of the end times just blowing right now. In society, we know that time is running out. And as time is running out, I think it's very important we encourage people about just being deeply intimate with the Lord Jesus Christ, staying connected to local communities, knowing the scriptures for yourself. That's Right. You know, and paying attention to the voices you're listening to in this hour, our prayer for Tim and I is that we would help, not come and take you away from your local church or your local shepherd, but we want to come alongside. Well, via local shepherd is to just add into the culture voices that's going to stand for the Lord Jesus Christ in these last days, in this last hour.

[Tim Timberlake]

That's right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And our prayer is that you would take this journey with us. Right. We don't know where this is going, but our prayer is that you would take this journey with us as we talk, as we unpack God's word, as we unpack what the Lord is doing right now on earth and what we see coming right now for America. What we see coming right now for America. In fact, Tim and I are going to unpack some of that in our next episode. So we just want to thank you for tuning in to this first episode of the Street Preachers podcast. Man, do us a favor, man. If this has been a blessing to you on any level at all, we just want to ask you to do two things for us. Very simple, man. Pray for Tim and I as we take this journey. This is a journey of faith for Tim and I. We're taking a step of faith. You know, he has a lot going on in his life and so do I. We're stewarding ministries, families, businesses, everything. Two things. Just pray for us that God would anoint us for this journey and that he would. He would breathe on this podcast and use it to be a blessing in the culture. And if this was a blessing to you, man, share it with somebody. Share it with anybody. Let them know that Tim Timberlake and Philip Anthony here, baby. Have planted a seed that's in the earth and encourage people to lean and share it. Let people know what's happening. And Tim and I are going to catch you on the next episode of the Street Preachers Podcast. Yo, we out. Thank you for listening to this episode of the Street Preachers Podcast with Tim Timberlake and Philip Anthony Mitchell.

[Tim Timberlake]

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