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Phil Robertson
Welcome back to Unashamed. We're back in the lair, Jays. You're back in the duck blind. Does life seem normal again to you? Does everything seem.
Jase Robertson
You know, yesterday, there's a. There's a phrase that is used in the religious world that I do not like. And as much as I've talked about it, it's not working. I'm thinking maybe a bumper sticker, but the phrase is, I'm going to church. Do you know why I don't like that phrase?
Phil Robertson
Dad's been trying to nix that phrase for years.
Jase Robertson
Yeah. What's wrong? You can't go to the church.
Phil Robertson
Well, you can't go because we are the church.
Jase Robertson
We are the church.
Phil Robertson
How does the church go to the church?
Jase Robertson
Wherever I'm going is where the church is going. Especially if there's two or three people with me. When you. So you never did the. Here's the church, here's the steeple. I've done that. I've done that. But that didn't work either. It phased out. Yeah. So yesterday when I was headed to meet with the brothers and sisters in the Lord at a central location, that's a fail. Where a building is of which God does not live in buildings. I have multiple scripture references to that.
Phil Robertson
I guess I will you agree with that, Zach? God does not live in buildings made by men's hand.
Jase Robertson
You know, I've heard a couple people say that. The first person that I heard ever say that was a man by the name of Stephen. Thank you. He got killed for it. But the man who. Who gave the approval to kill him for saying that ended up saying the same exact thing.
Phil Robertson
And wrote several books. Yeah. In the New Testament.
Jase Robertson
And wrote several books about it. So I'd have to. I'd have to agree with you on that, Jason. So here's what happened. So I'm a little grumpy because we have some guests here.
Phil Robertson
We do. I'm super excited about our guest.
Jase Robertson
Something happened this morning that caused a slight bit of grumpiness.
Phil Robertson
And you.
Jase Robertson
I will reveal that when our guests get here, because they were a part of what triggered Grumpy Jase. So we'll wait and share. There's your cliffhanger. So yesterday, my wife and I are. We drive to this building and we.
Phil Robertson
Get out to meet with some of your brothers and sisters.
Jase Robertson
To meet with the brothers and sisters. And they have what they call a service. That's another thing that I've never figured out because I would call it a sitting session with a little standing, but service is actually doing something where you're serving.
Phil Robertson
I wonder why they do call it service. I never really thought about that.
Jase Robertson
Look, I'll just make a list and check it twice. So we get there and I have a. You know, I'm trying to have a good attitude about when we meet. What do they call it, Al? Corporately.
Phil Robertson
Yeah, Corporate worship.
Jase Robertson
Where's that verse at?
Phil Robertson
Nowhere.
Jase Robertson
Okay, so. But I said, you know what? We're going to come to serve today. So we're down at the nursery, we're dropping off a little one, and we literally bumped into a couple that. They were also going to the nursery. And this woman saw Missy and she just. She just got teared up and she said, can I hug you? Which was a little awkward. Missy's like, sure, hugs are welcome.
Phil Robertson
Who doesn't want a good hug?
Jase Robertson
He said, we. We followed y'all on your podcast. We're from Washington. So I started talking to the husband and I was like, what are y'all doing here? Is like, well, there was a. There's. They're going to a funeral in the area. And I think he meant the state of Louisiana. And so we wanted to run by because we heard this is where y'all meet. We were hoping to meet some of you, the duck people.
Phil Robertson
Okay.
Jase Robertson
And I'm not sure they knew which one I was, you know, because we.
Phil Robertson
All pretty much just throw. Throw a rock at any of us.
Jase Robertson
So I said, before you guess, let me just introduce myself. I'm Jace, because I didn't want him to call me Sigh.
Phil Robertson
Or like our good friend that went to school that called you Willie.
Jase Robertson
Yeah, it was a tough crowd today. So. So anyway, we met him, Missy had the hug, and they had a 16 year old son there and they had a toddler, obviously, because they were dropping off. So we like set our piece and now we're going to attend. We're going to go sit. And so as we're.
Phil Robertson
Which by the way, AI says it says AI, a church service is called a service because it is a gathering of Christians to worship God and receive the word of God.
Jase Robertson
Yeah. Where's the serving coming?
Phil Robertson
I don't know. They didn't. That's a terrible definition. So that's what AI said.
Jase Robertson
I have a speech on that, but I'm trying to tell a story. So. So then all of a sudden, somebody tapped me on the shoulder. Well, it's the same guy. And he said, I got a question. Will you baptize me? So at that point, I thought, oh, we have Phil's little class that he's. He's not teaching because he's.
Phil Robertson
Jersey is the. Is the sub. He's stepped in.
Jase Robertson
And. And so I said, oh, you were at the class? And he said, what class? I was like, oh, you weren't at the class. I said, well, I looked at Missy, she looked at me, and I said, well, you know, who baptizes you means nothing. And he said, well, yeah, I know, but I just. I've been following y'all. And I thought, you know, about time. I said, well, I think you might need to hear why we should do this. And he said, well, I'm. I'm open to that. So we went and found. You know, where you walk out when you preach that little. There's some stairs.
Phil Robertson
Yeah. Little cubbyhome.
Jase Robertson
Because I didn't know where to go, and so I just went to the staircase.
Phil Robertson
Yeah.
Jase Robertson
So it was Missy and I.
Phil Robertson
So you did you a little staircase sermon.
Jase Robertson
Yeah, that's what this story is funny, because I went to attend a church service in quotations, and I never attended anything. It turned into a proclamation of Jesus on the staircase.
Phil Robertson
I love it.
Jase Robertson
So they asked questions. Missy and I kind of double, which.
Phil Robertson
By the way, is why you go. You never know.
Jase Robertson
We spent 40 minutes talking about Jesus and, you know, five talking about baptism, because I was like, that's a good.
Phil Robertson
Ratio, by the way. Yeah.
Jase Robertson
I was like, you know, let's talk about Jesus, and are you ready to surrender your life to Jesus? We heard their personal stories, and so the. The Father and the Son after the. They said, we're ready. Well. Well, the wife said, well, you know, and she kind of told her religious history. And she said, I was. I was baptized as a baby, but I have no idea why, because I was a baby. But based on what I just heard, I. I don't want to steal their thunder. I said, there's no stealing any thunder. God. This is about, you know, who Jesus is. And she said, well, I just think I. I'd like to do this, too. So I said, well, perfect. Timing, because I said, they're fixed to sing an invitation song. And we're not going to go walk down the aisle because we're at the end of the aisle.
Phil Robertson
Yeah, you're there.
Jase Robertson
Going to take a right. Change clothes there. And so. So we walked out. Three minutes later, they're singing the invitation song. We take a right. I motioned to one of the. The elders there. I was like, we're. We're fixed to. I gave the baptism signal, but somebody else had responded, A 14 year old young buck who looked like he was 25. And so he was back there with us. And so we went out there and I told him because basically we had a real raw con. I didn't go into the details. I mean, I. We went through the book of John, we went who Jesus was. And I said, I'm going to ask y'all in your own words. I've been doing this here lately. I said, to tell people what your confession is. And so the mom said, well, there's a lot of people out there. And I said, yep. And I quoted Romans 10, 9 and 10. I said that if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised from the dead, you'll be saved. I said, you're making a vow to God here. And I said, it's supposed to be a little uncomfortable. I said, but based on everything you've heard about Jesus, you know, I think this is, this is a moment you're declaring Jesus is. Is the Lord of my life.
Phil Robertson
Yeah.
Jase Robertson
I said, now, however you want to say that is up to you. So I got them all three out there and there was a mic there. And I just went right down the list. And look, it was as beautiful, a heartfelt, three different versions of I'm surrendering to Jesus.
Phil Robertson
That's good.
Jase Robertson
Tearfully and very powerfully. And I thought, we need to make this a thing moving forward, you know. And so I baptized the dad and then the son and then the mom, and they just. So they were all standing there together and they all just huddled up and just began, you know, to cry, which I got a little bit, or clamp myself. Well, it was just like, what has happened here? I came to sit and now I'm moved by the power of Jesus.
Phil Robertson
You know, it sound like service to me, Jase, because you were of service to these people.
Jase Robertson
And so then it was kind of an awkward silence. I looked at the crowd. The service in quotations is over. And I just raised my hand to the crowd and went, yeah. Everybody started clapping. You know, and hollering. And so then we went in the car and left.
Phil Robertson
That was it.
Jase Robertson
And we took Phil lunch. I told him the story, so that that made his day. And so the story with Phil, he was. He was physically not in as much pain as he's been, which is good. But he seems to have another back surgery now, the other side of it with his Alzheimer's, It. You know, it wasn't the best of days yesterday, but that's the way this is. There's good days and bad days. But I told him the story, and we were going to cook for him, but he called me the night before and said, look, there's this chicken place, and I want two crispy legs. So I said, you want me to go buy two chicken legs at the chicken place? So it was kind of funny and bizarre because my dad doesn't really eat fast food, but, you know, there I was in line at the chicken place.
Phil Robertson
He's grown to light some.
Jase Robertson
So all of a sudd. He. He wanted a couple chicken legs, so. But he's. He's hanging in there. And we appreciate your prayers.
Phil Robertson
And just to let you know for. We're going to bring our guest on here. We're. We're continuing our unashamed Bible study because a lot of you come every week. And so Joe's going to continue to lead that. Obviously, dad can't do that. And then once a month, the first Sunday of every month, we're going to try to have a little celebration for you guys, whoever of us is in town. I'm going to be here on January 5th, the first one. And so, you know, we just encourage you guys, you want to come check us out, check wfr, just like this family obviously did. We're all right.
Jase Robertson
And my point of making fun of our little taglines that doesn't make any sense is what I learned in the process is, is I need to wake up and be willing to serve.
Phil Robertson
Yeah.
Jase Robertson
Because that kind of happened, what we would say by accident, but at some.
Phil Robertson
Point, it was a divine appointment for these folks.
Jase Robertson
That's what I was going to say. Now, do you think it was just a coincidence that we bumped into them in the nursery section and then ended with them being assured that they're in.
Phil Robertson
And even them blessing you with their. With their confession? All right, so we're going to take a break. We come back, we got two very special guests, and we'll introduce them. Zach, I'm sure at your church that you help lead. You guys will be talking about the True meaning of Christmas. And that is the coming of Jesus into. Into the world.
Jase Robertson
Emmanuel. God with us.
Phil Robertson
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Chad Robichaux
Yeah, Something like that. A couple of times. Yeah.
Zach Dasher
Yeah.
Phil Robertson
Get your applause. And Chad Wright is joining us. And Chad has two Ds. Chad. You're the only Chad I've ever known that has two Ds. Is there a reason why you're a Chad?
Zach Dasher
My mom was just a little crazy.
Phil Robertson
They are from. You are from North Georgia.
Jase Robertson
So is it Chad did that?
Phil Robertson
Yeah. Does you have to draw it out?
Zach Dasher
I'm going to tell you whatever. I'll come to whatever you call me. I'm not too picky.
Phil Robertson
I found out he'll come to a Nice big steak. I found that out.
Zach Dasher
Chick fil a biscuit or chick fil a biscuit.
Phil Robertson
Which is good.
Jase Robertson
So here's what cr. Here's what's crazy about. We went duck hunting this morning, and I told y'all last night because we got together at Old J. Stones. He's a griller. He grilled us some steaks, had a nice little time.
Chad Robichaux
Amazing.
Jase Robertson
Pretty good. And you ate all the leftovers this morning at 4.
Zach Dasher
Yeah, it was just as good the second time.
Jase Robertson
Yeah. And so Chad's a runner, by the.
Phil Robertson
Way, so we'll talk about that.
Jase Robertson
So we went to the Elm hole, but I told y'all to lower your expectations because it was. What was it, 70 degrees?
Chad Robichaux
Yeah, it was. It was the warmest that I've ever duck on it.
Jase Robertson
Yeah.
Phil Robertson
And muggy. Just like very, very.
Jase Robertson
No wind. I said, look, I. I got a knack for this. And there's these wood ducks. They're getting up and they're coming over in waves and they're hitting this particular spot in the woods. And that's where we're going to hunt because they're coming. So we go duck hunting this morning, and what few we saw did not come in. Now, we shot. How many we shoot?
Chad Robichaux
Four.
Jase Robertson
Four. So we got some appetizers.
Phil Robertson
Good.
Jase Robertson
And they had some kind of gun specialist that had some kind of prototype, something that have. It hasn't even been released to the public. So I won't go. Go into it.
Chad Robichaux
The vortex. Red dot.
Jase Robertson
Oh, we can say that. So there's a red dot on all my gun. And they want me to shoot it, but I didn't want to shoot it just into the air. So I thought if any duck comes over, because we weren't seeing many ducks, you know, I'm fixed to take a shot just to see what this feels like. You know, you call those a hope shot. So four came by a little out of range. I picked the back duck and I threw up with this thing. And I was kind of doing a sigh. I was like, all right, he's a little too far. But I got this red dot. I'm looking. I'm going to try about a seven foot lead. And I went boom. And it was like 1001. And that duck. Rubber duck, dead fold. Just poop. And I said, how much does this cost?
Phil Robertson
We got a believer, folks.
Jase Robertson
And actually after the hunt, we went and retrieved the duck because it fell so far. And when I. So I went to look for it on the way back to pick them up because we had Parked the boat, and I looked out across the water. I knew he was dead, but I didn't see the duck, but I saw feathers. So I started tracking the feathers. And I looked to the left, no duck. Looked to the right, no duck. Looked straight ahead, no duck. So there was a lot of feathers. I thought he had to hit hard. The duck looked dead. And then I was thinking a hawk. I was thinking birds of prey. And then a little voice in the back of my head, because I've done this many times. I thought, I don't recall hearing the splash on the water. And so I looked up, and there he was, hanging up in the tree, as dry as he was when he flew over. But he was. It was such a thicket that we. I went back and got them, and I was like, let me see if they can find this duck. And of course, nobody spotted him until I said, look up. He was just.
Phil Robertson
Yeah.
Jase Robertson
So it was pretty cool. Then you say, well, why. Why are you grumpy? You got four ducks. You're hunting with these. You know, our. Our war heroes here, speaking of service, and we appreciate y'all service. I was grumpy because as soon as we had to leave at 9 o'clock and come here to the podcast, here they come. We're out in the decoys, picking the decoy.
Phil Robertson
We look up the woody wave.
Jase Robertson
Wave after wave, look, locking up on us.
Zach Dasher
Yeah, we're everywhere.
Jase Robertson
Oh, just the sky was filled with ducks.
Phil Robertson
But we could have waited an hour.
Jase Robertson
Here's why the grumpiness is. I thought you never want to. And to quote my dad, you never want to be duck hunting on a schedule, because that's what happens.
Phil Robertson
Yeah.
Jase Robertson
So it's pure sacrifice that we're here. And did y'all see any. Did y'all see any groups of drones come in? No.
Phil Robertson
Zach is infatuated with these drones.
Chad Robichaux
That would be in New Jersey.
Jase Robertson
So here's the question. Made it. You two guys are military veterans. How long would it take to correct this problem? I'm serious.
Chad Robichaux
Oh, I think ours. If our military wanted those things out of the sky, they would be down in hours.
Phil Robertson
Well, that's the question. Are they. You think they belong to us? And that's what. I mean, that's what everybody's surmising because the government's just acting like nobody.
Jase Robertson
They're flying in sensitive areas. I thought, well, don't we have a military? And everybody's like, oh, no, it's attack of the drones.
Chad Robichaux
I 100 think. I mean, I watch John Kirby speak about Them, and he says they don't know what they are, but they're not a threat to public safety and they're not a national security threat. Well, that means they know what they are. And then that's what I thought. The Pentagon spokeswoman said it's a local law enforcement matter. They're not reacting because they know what they are. And so we can relax. I think so.
Phil Robertson
I think.
Chad Robichaux
I think we know exactly.
Phil Robertson
Have you. Have you guys seen drones that are. That as big as they're describing? Because they're talking about them being as big as a. As a vehicle.
Jase Robertson
Suv.
Phil Robertson
An suv. Have y'all ever seen them that big?
Chad Robichaux
I've never seen one that big.
Zach Dasher
No, I haven't either. Drones, one a big thing when. When I was kind of coming about after I had done got out. But yeah, you know, people can't. People look, I don't think. I don't like that the government has secrets either. But here's the thing. Some things have to remain secret that.
Phil Robertson
The government is doing because you got enemies, right?
Zach Dasher
Well, you. You have enemies and you have a population who's going to restore. Respond in a way that is detrimental to society. If you was to actually tell them what's going on, you know, you tell me or you. Something bad is about to happen. Well, we. Down here on the river, we don't give two rips. We're not going to go crazy and panic about it. Right? We can take care of ourselves. But these people in these cities, man, if you was to tell them that there's some imminent threat and maybe that's the reason these drones are flying around, maybe it's because it's for your own safety.
Phil Robertson
Right?
Zach Dasher
Well, you want to tell them that? What are they going to do? Yeah, they're going to. They're going to lose their mind.
Phil Robertson
Yeah. Right.
Zach Dasher
You know, so I'm glad you cleared.
Jase Robertson
That up for us.
Zach Dasher
Well, I always. I always side with Chad. This joker right here is sharp. It's a full circle moment for me. The first time I ever heard Chad was on the Unashamed podcast.
Phil Robertson
Really?
Chad Robichaux
Really.
Zach Dasher
It really is. Yeah.
Phil Robertson
I was going to ask them. One of my questions was, how did you meet and what. How did you become friends? Because obviously we've known Chad for a bit. We didn't know you, but once I looked into your story, amazing. You were Navy seal, I guess. Are you all. You're always a Navy seal, right? Because that's something you're not like you were. You are.
Zach Dasher
Yeah, I don't know. I Don't know the answer to that question. I just. I kind of. I kind of just more identify. I try to identify most with. With my faith and. And with Christ. And the older I get, the longer I go into life, the less I identify with my military service or my running or. Or anything. As the. The Holy Spirit just continues that process of sanctification, I less and less really identify with even any. Anything else in my past.
Phil Robertson
So we were talking before we came on Chad, about your running, just to. So I can bring this up. And you. You. You said, well, my favorite race is 100 miles in the mountains. And I was like, 100 miles in the mountains. So. So tell us what kind of racing we're talking about.
Zach Dasher
Well, my. My favorite race is actually Last Man Standing Race, and it's where a bunch of runners show up, usually have about. There's a film on Amazon prime if you guys want to watch it, called Just One Mile. It's me doing this, him winning it, by the way. Nobody can really beat me at it. But I don't mean to sound prideful or anything, just a fact. Yeah, about 100 runners show up from all over the country, and you run this one mile loop over and over again, and you got 20 minutes to complete the loop, but there's about 350ft of climbing and descending in the loop, so it's super steep. And, you know, you come in. If you come in in 15 minutes, well, then you got five minutes to refill your water bottle, get you a little food in your belly, and then you got to be back on the line, toeing the line to go again. And so I love these Last Man Standing races. I think that one that the documentary was done on, I think I ran for 33, 34 hours straight, something like that. And I just like that because it's a. I can really mess with people's mind, right? I mean, you know, you.
Phil Robertson
My mind is blown.
Zach Dasher
You're running with these people, loop after loop, and, you know, you get down to the core group, and, you know, you look over at a guy and you say, hey, man, you look like you're limping a little bit. You know, your leg doing all right. Well, his leg might be fine, but when you tell him he's limping and that his leg looks like it's a little off, he starts thinking, dang, my leg is kind of bothering me. You know, and, man, you just pick them off, and you just really get to get in people's heads. So that's my favorite format. The longest I've ever ran is 250 miles. That was through the mountains of Arizona. But, yeah, I love to run. It's been a wonderful avenue for me to challenge myself since I left the Navy. And also it's been a thing that's given me this platform that I have. It's really the foundation of the platform that I have to where now we're able to share the gospel. We're able to travel around and speak, and our faith is the foundational element of our business now and everything that we do and. Yeah, man.
Jase Robertson
So, yeah, just for full transparency, my favorite race is 30ft, because, did you know, you may know this, a man who's above average in speed, which I always was, can outrun most vehicles for 30ft. And so when you put a little money on it, it's a pretty good way to make a buck. But now that I've told everybody, well.
Phil Robertson
It was on the movie, too, dad.
Jase Robertson
Now, we also showed it. I remember saying that my dad passed that on to us because at high school, you know, I made a lot of money running 30ft. And even my own brother Willie, who didn't believe it, and we actually did a little duck episode about it because he had one of them souped up. He's got all these tricky trucks. He went through that stage and he said, you ain't gonna outrun this. And we did it three times. They only ran one take, but all three times, he lost and slipped a $100 bill in my hand that I still have because I'm saving for the right moment to spend that.
Phil Robertson
Our good friends at Angel Studios have a new movie, and I have to say, they have had some. They got an amazing run going, Jace, on some of these different movies.
Jase Robertson
They're on a roll. And they had a little film called Sound of Freedom that blew up.
Phil Robertson
Very good. So, Zach, tell us about their newest movie.
Jase Robertson
Basically, what happens is there's a nuclear blast that devastates all of Los Angeles. So kind of like a apocalyptic, end of the world type movie. It's got Neil McDonough in it, which you. You love him out.
Phil Robertson
Oh, he's been in so many good things. He's usually a bad guy in most of the things I've seen him in, but he's a fantastic actor and a believer.
Jase Robertson
Yeah, but in this one, it's, you know, you have all, like, the dilemmas of what. Like, what would happen in some type of apocalyptic event. There's a lot of moral dilemmas in it that you got to work through. But I I love those kind of films anyways. I mean, I think I've said it on a previous promotion that I love anything that, like apocalyptic or dystopian. So this is kind of in that vein. It's done.
Phil Robertson
It's a very, very good movie.
Jase Robertson
I highly recommend it.
Phil Robertson
Yeah. It becomes about humanity. This, this film is coming to theaters December 20th, so we don't want you to miss it. Don't miss homestead in theaters December 20th. Get your tickets now at angel.comunashamed. that's angel.comunashamed. check it out. Dad said the only thing it, that it won't work against is a horse.
Jase Robertson
A horse or a motorcycle.
Phil Robertson
A motorcycle.
Jase Robertson
My only loss was a motorcycle, so I found that out. I mean, it beat me, and so I guess quicker, but if they ever. Most people get in there and floor it and their tire spin, I'm gone.
Phil Robertson
It's over.
Jase Robertson
You lost. So that motorcycle took off without spending that tire. And, you know, it was a controversial loss.
Zach Dasher
Yeah.
Phil Robertson
But so Rome show you. You have obviously your MMA fighter jiu jitsu now. Did you ever do any running? Like.
Chad Robichaux
Well, ran a lot in service because of, you know, being a special operations, all those fields. You run a lot and, But I, I, I probably ran from like 13 years old to about three years ago. I kind of backed off and running because I felt like it was, it was starting to impede my jiu jitsu. Competing in jiu jitsu.
Zach Dasher
You know, I want to say something about Chad real quick, but, you know, everybody focuses on Chad's military background, on all the awesome stuff he's done and is doing, but. Yes. Why are we friends? Well, we met and this man right here, he loves, he, he. His life is dedicated to loving people. He loves and cares about people more on a higher level and on just a. More, Just a whole nother degree than any other person I have I've met in my life. And I don't think people talk about that part of him near as much. And that's one of the things that I'm worst at is loving and caring for people. Not that I don't love people. I just want to be left alone.
Phil Robertson
Right.
Jase Robertson
That's kind of the background I came from.
Zach Dasher
We're loners, and so he inspires me. Just when I see how much he genuinely cares for people, I mean, he'll just send me a random text and tell me he loves me and hope I'm, I'm like, what? This guy's busier than I am.
Jase Robertson
Yeah, well, it reminds Me, when Jesus summed up, you know, when he brought.
Chad Robichaux
Thanks for that, Chad.
Zach Dasher
Yeah, man, appreciate that, man.
Jase Robertson
He brought the new way of thinking from a rule oriented system. And he summed it up by saying, you know, you want some commandments? I'll give you two. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and love people. Love your neighbor as yourself, which is really a glimpse into the character of God. I mean, he's. God is love. And so when you see love transpiring, and I mean real love, not. Not a definition of, you know, physical sex or whatever, Love, you know, First Corinthians 13, kindness and patience and trusting and perseverance and not delighting in evil. That whole list. When you see that, you're seeing the evidence of God on the planet, even, even from people that don't believe in God. That's where. That's where it originally came from. So I wanted to ask you about when you came to Christ. How long was that?
Zach Dasher
Oh, in 2012, the Navy sent me on a deployment. I spent a month or two in North Africa. And we had left North Africa and we were rejocking our gear in Germany, and they stuck us in this old, like, rundown, dingy barracks because we were just going to be there for a few weeks. And a barracks is a building that people stay in. That's what we call it in the military, a barracks. And it was empty. It was just me and a couple other guys staying in there. And just to make a long story short, this place was inhabited by some sort of evil spirit. And we began experiencing some pretty scary things. Me and the three guys that I was with were in there. And to the point that eventually we were all sleeping in the same room together because we were so freaked out about what we were experiencing. You could feel it. So the initial thing, I was laying in my bed one night, something slammed, hit my door, and it jolted me awake out of sleep. And then I could hear voices echoing up and down the hallway of this building. Big, long hallways. I'd heard it was used to house Holocaust victims. It dated all the way back to World War II. And I woke up, my roommate was asleep. Looked in the hallway, nobody was there. Went to the gallery guys across the hallway, they were dead asleep. And I thought, okay, that's strange. So it was a lot of bumps in the nights. The oven turned on one time. But even more so, it was a feeling, it was a presence that was so oppressive that when I would walk into this place, there was a stairwell I'd walk up the stairwell, and then it turned back up to a landing. We were staying on the second deck, and I could feel something staring at me. You know, we have that instinct just like an animal. And I would fully expect to turn around and look up at that landing and see something up there. Anyways, we got to our wit's end on this thing, and I called my little brother. I wasn't a Christian man. I didn't want. God, would not have ever chose God. I don't believe. I actually believe that since I was a good guy. I was a Navy Seal, right? I was serving my country. I was doing a hard job. If I was a good guy, that if there was a God, if I got killed, he's going to send me to the good place. Of course, you know what I mean? What a lie that was. You know what I mean? And so I called my little brother because I knew my little brother was a Christian. I said, look, man, we have encountered something here that is outside of our knowledge of warfare. I don't know how to combat this thing.
Phil Robertson
You couldn't just shoot it. You couldn't. I mean, the things you would do in normal warfare won't work.
Zach Dasher
Exactly, exactly. And I said, blake, you know, can you help me with this? And he said, let me. Let me put you in touch with my pastor. That pastor called me the same day on a little flip phone I had. And I told the pastor what was going on. And that pastor said, it ain't no big deal. I said, what are you talking about, man? No, this is a big deal. We got four Navy SEALs sleeping in the same room together. Something's going on here, man. And he said, no, don't worry about it. He said, put me on speakerphone. And he said, I want you to just walk up and down the hallways of this place. And he said, I'm going to pray. So I said, all right, this is foolish, but I'm at my wits end here. And I walk around this place. He prays. He's praying in the name of Jesus. He says, go now to the room. You're staying in there. He said, you got some olive oil? I said, yeah. He said, take a little. Just a dab of that olive oil. He said, just dab it right there above the doorway, you know, of your room. And I said, okay, man, that's it. Nothing happened? No spirits descended or dove started, nothing. He said, yeah, that's it, man. So we, you know, we wound down that night, laid in bed, total, total peace. Had just returned to this Place. Whatever that thing was left. I don't even know what it was, why it was there, how it got there. I. I'm not here.
Jase Robertson
I got you to thinking about God.
Zach Dasher
I'm not here to explain that.
Phil Robertson
Yeah.
Zach Dasher
But whatever that thing was, was gone. And so I am no fool. So I said, there's some power here. And so I got my hands on a Bible and I started reading in the book of Matthew. And the first thing that I realized when I started reading God's Word for the first time, first thing I realized was what a wretched human I was. That old thing about how I was a good person. Right. I was doing a good job, a hard thing. If I die, surely I'll go to the good place. If there is a good place. I realized, no, man. When you get to the Sermon on the Mount and you get there right quick and you get to the Beatitudes and you get to the Sermon on the Mount, you say, I'm screwed. If this is true, I am screwed.
Phil Robertson
Right.
Zach Dasher
And as I went, the Holy Spirit revealed to me the truth of the Gospel and showed me why I needed Christ. And I received a gift of salvation just maybe a week or so after.
Phil Robertson
Was it at those barracks?
Zach Dasher
Yeah, at the same barracks. Received a gift of salvation.
Phil Robertson
Look at the blessing of that, from the power of the Holy Spirit. It's interesting because I was going to ask you guys about Ephesians 6, because we just studied Ephesians last time on the podcast last year. And, you know, you have that section about armor. Obviously, it's a military thing, and it's connected to Roman soldiers, and you got all these different comparisons to spiritual things, to physical things. But it closes with three verses on prayer. Way more talk to Paul talks about prayer in that context than he does any of the other sort of defensive weapons that you're talking about. Helmet of salvation sort of truth. So it is interesting that you brought that up, that that really is our first and greatest weapon in spiritual warfare is prayer.
Zach Dasher
And it's the one. I think it's the one that we leverage the least.
Phil Robertson
That's right.
Zach Dasher
It's like, I don't know about you guys, but I love reading my Bible. I mean, I could read my Bible for hours a day, but it's hard to pray. A lot of times, you know, you talk about, well, I want to read my Bible. Well, it takes a long time to get to the point, and the Lord leads you there to where you can sit down and pray for hours. I mean, how often do you do that? And it's the most powerful tool that God. And what a gift we have access to God through Jesus Christ, are you. And we don't leverage that like we leverage that gift. What, three minutes a day in the morning and five seconds at a little prayer around dinner. You know, I've got to the point, you know, my family, we got stuck in the hole, we sit down to eat dinner, and it's a thank you, Lord, for this food. Amen. I'm done with that. If we have time to pray, by gosh, we are going to pray and we're going to take it seriously because it's the most powerful tool that the Lord has gifted us with.
Phil Robertson
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Jase Robertson
I have not, but it's on the docket.
Phil Robertson
It's on the docket. We got one coming up. Jace likes to do the catch and cook method. So the stuff he does. Or kill and cook. Yeah, well, catch, kill and cook. There you go. But we got a lot of cool stuff. Mom and dad are on there. We've had silent before as well, so we got a lot of cool stuff. We want you to check them out. You can sign up@blazetv.com Robertson and you'll get $20 off. Sign up for Blaze TV. Plus, today is the only time, in my opinion, that you engage the. The. All the deity, the Father, Son, the Holy Spirit at the same time. Yeah, and I think about that Romans 8, you know, where the spirit interprets what we can't even say because we're human beings. That is so much bigger than us. So that idea of having all the whole godhead in a conversation at one time is powerful because, you know, we cry out for help, we thank Jesus for saving us, but when you're in a conversation with a godhead, I mean, there's nothing better. We've talked a little bit about your story in the past, but when you came to Christ, was it something similar? Was it, you know, when I came.
Chad Robichaux
To Christ, it was. It was after all the. All my deployments, Afghanistan, I came home and just fell on my face. And I. And I was at that. Just complete rock bottom mom, you know, in. In a complete state of panic, Panic attacks, anxiety, depression, and, and just real hopelessness. And, and, and I spent about three years in just this dark downward spiral. And at the end of that three years ended in a suicide attempt.
Phil Robertson
And.
Chad Robichaux
And that's when my wife came in and, and some amazing people from my community came in and got around me and. And I was really confronted with the truth that everything had tried to repair the damage that done to myself, to people around me, that I was trying to fix myself, that I was not capable. Everything I tried, it failed. Medication, counseling, professional success and MMA stuff. Build rebuilding my ego and, and trying to, you know, rebuild what I thought I lost from my, you know, my Persona and then bravado. All those things, you know, so some of those things are good, some of the things are bad. No sinks had helped heal me and restore me. And the only thing I had yet to try was it was a relationship with Jesus. And so for me, it was kind of like I made it into my rope. I've tried everything else. What do I have to lose? And. And I made a, A very. On it, I'd say uninformed decision because I didn't even really understand what I was doing, but it was just like, I'm gonna give God a chance. And, and, and, but that came. That decision came with about a year of discipleship that radically changed me. Yeah, because I realized that all the things that happened to me, the anxiety, depression, those all came from some moments that happened in my life. And some bad things happened, but those things didn't leave me to be in a closet my pistol man wanted to take. My life would have led me. There were the choices that I made, responses to those things. And so I really. I realized through this year discipleship that the problem I had was a. A problem with my own wretchedness, with the choices that I was making. And in all these bad things that happened to me, you know, those things were. Were not what had caused me to be in that situation I was in. It was a choice I was making. So the Bible gave me a new blueprint to make better choices. And so did I still get anxiety, depression, all those things? Of course I did. I've been through some hard things, but when I did, I went to the Bible for how to. How to respond in accordance to what I was dealing with. And I became very intentional about it. And through that, I found restoration, I found hope, and, and ultimately I found new purpose, and that purpose manifested in me, just this deep desire to pay it forward and share that story with others, and that I knew how many other people were struggling with the same thing I was struggling with. And, you know, my whole life has been just committed to that, that. That sense.
Phil Robertson
Yeah. You remind me a lot, Chad, of. Of dad. And I love what you said, Chad. Right. About his heart for people. That's what we saw in dad. Once he figured it out, and once he saw that and that life change, then he decided the rest of his life was going to be helping people find what I found.
Chad Robichaux
Yeah. For me, like, it's funny when I hear people say that about me and a lot of people. I hear a lot of people say that about me now. Not as eloquent and beautiful as a. Chad said, it really, really meant a lot. You said that. But my wife gets to see both. She's this contrast. She's like, you did not like people. I didn't want to talk to anybody. I didn't want friends. I had the guys I worked with, and that was it. I didn't want, like, don't invite anybody I don't know over for dinner. Like, I don't like that. My wife was like, she used to hate that, that she couldn't invite her people.
Phil Robertson
Yeah.
Chad Robichaux
I didn't want to meet new people. Yeah. So. So the fact now that I, like, had this heart for people and I really had this just, really, just compassionate heart for people is still surprising to me.
Zach Dasher
You've been made a new creature.
Phil Robertson
Yeah.
Chad Robichaux
It's a brand new creation.
Jase Robertson
Well, that's what I started off this podcast for. Y'all join us talking about this family, because when you're in the public eye, there's a certain amount of weirdos that show up, you know?
Phil Robertson
You mean weirder than the people at this table?
Jase Robertson
Oh, yeah, Way weirder. But what happens is we're not weird.
Phil Robertson
That's the thing.
Jase Robertson
It's like, you know, the first time I kind of gave an altar call at a speech, I was giving the first person, and I was standing out the front the first person when they came down, and I thought, now we're talking. All these people are giving their lives to. To Jesus. So the first person that I came up to, because I thought he was going to say, I'm ready to give my life for Jesus. And they said, will you take a picture with me? And I. It was. When that happened, you know, it's just my old man just thought, what am I doing? What. What are we doing here? And it gets to the point it's hard to love people. And so now, which, by the way, I made an adjustment, I'll let somebody else do their alternate call because I just take that distraction out of the equation. I share Jesus, because if they get hooked on Jesus, they're not going anywhere. But what I was going to say is, you can even in that my first thought was when the woman started crying in front of my wife, I thought, oh, boy. I mean, because that's not a normal occurrence. Hey, are you messy? And then bust out into tears. And so my first thought was, okay, this person might be a little weird or mentally unstable. But you know what I realized what's helped us deal with people. We talked about this in the duck blind because me and you are kind of lone woofers, is I realized that they're not attracted to us. They're attracted to the spirit of God living in us. And so that's why when this guy was talking about being baptized, he was just thinking, oh, this will be cool. This famous guy baptized me. And I was like, hold the phone, time out. And it became a beautiful thing. God teaches you to love people where they're at because that's what he did for us on a cross. And so you're seeing more that God has given us this treasure, this answer to life and to clue into his existence. And that needs to be the way we're thinking when we see people. And I'm going to tell you, another person who's really good at this and I think you'll agree, is our dad. I mean, just when we were young, I remember just seeing what we would call just the trash of society come in. I was just always surprised at how he would ask them for questions about different things. He treated them with respect, human beings. But I realized that he realized they were God created creatures who had lost their way. And through the power of the gospel, you would see these people that you would just think had fallen through the crack of society. And so we had that foundation. But even though, you know our default setting, it's a difficult place to have that kind of love that God has.
Phil Robertson
Had for all of us when it's even birthed our church into being a place where it's like, you know, the people that other churches say, we don't know what to do with this person. Someone will say, we'll send them down there to wfr. They'll take anybody. I want to be the place that'll take anybody. You know, I mean, that seems like A Jesus kind of place to me to be there. So I want to ask you guys something, because we don't have a lot of time left on this podcast, but, you know, we've been Studying in Colossians 3, which talks about the new life, the old life. You walk away from the elements. And he has a whole long list.
Chad Robichaux
Yeah.
Phil Robertson
Of all the stuff you do in that old life. We're all sitting here realizing what that is. Then he talks about this new life that you both described. And then it's interesting because he goes right into family, goes right into wives and husbands, children, how you parent, how they respond to you, and even your career and work situation. So I want to ask you guys. I mean, you obviously both spent a lot of time deployed as young men in service to our country, and so I know that had to have been hard. You're away from your family, and yet you know you're coming back, and then all of a sudden you find Christ. How has that changed you in terms of being a husband, being a father, just being a man of God in your own family? I mean, what's been the biggest change there for you?
Chad Robichaux
I'll let Chad go first, because I know he's got a good one. I do, too. But I want to. I don't want to steal time from.
Zach Dasher
Him, because, I mean. I mean, I'd say the most logical answer to that question is how has it not changed me? My wife won't mind me telling this, but my wife's a recovering addict, and we had a lot of rough, rough times. Jason and I were talking about this at dinner last night. It's the power of the Holy Spirit that enabled me to forgive her for that period of her life. And how has it changed me? You know, in my opinion, the. The best way that we can attempt to represent or emulate Christ in our lives is by way of selflessness. You know, you ask. You ask any special operations guy, what's the number one characteristic you want to see in a teammate? It's selflessness. It's not proficiency, it's not shooting. It's not physical fitness. It's selflessness. And that's how we get to image Christ is through selflessness. And so it's changed me in that way in terms of my marriage. I look at the foundational mission of my life in terms of actionable steps, is leading God's daughter home, leading my wife home, and being selfless to her and imaging Christ to her along that journey. And so that obviously bleeds into every aspect of that Relationship and it's changed everything for me. And let me go ahead and tell you right now, I'm not perfect at it. And I still make a lot of mistakes and I still struggle with certain sins and things like this and even sometimes succumb to them. So don't think that I'm sitting here saying I'm a perfect husband. But that's the number one thing that I want to do, is I want to lead his daughter home. And I'm so thankful that God has gifted me with his daughter and put her in, you know, under my care. I mean, what a responsibility that he entrusts us with. And my job is to die. That is my job and I'll never completely do it because my old self, boy rears its ugly head so many times, man, all the time. But man, I know my job is to die.
Phil Robertson
Thanks be to Christ, right?
Zach Dasher
Yes.
Chad Robichaux
Maybe the same for me. I mean, look, before I surrendered my life to Jesus, I, I, everything was about me. I, I always worked hard, always was. I felt like I'm a provider for my wife. I'm going to make sure I'm working hard, going to put a roof over their head. They got to be safe, all the things that I'm supposed to do. So I felt like that was, that was my responsibility, that was my duty and I did it well. But what I realized looking backwards now is that I was the center of my own universe. Like the whole world revol drama Me, my wife, I was in a marriage for my wife to provide what I wanted out of a relationship. My kids were, I was there, there, Father, for them to be there to serve me. Everything was me focused and I was, you know, very selfish. And, and, and so that surrender to Christ I think changed something in my heart and make me from selfish to, and I would never admit it to being selfish before. I'm like, what do you mean I'm selfish? Like everything I do is for, like I'm serving the military. I'm serving like I'm working hard, I'm providing. Like I would have never even saw it, much less admitted it.
Zach Dasher
I'm here.
Chad Robichaux
But the truth is, you know, I was, I was selfish. And it's a shift happened in my heart to go from selfish to selfless and realize that my life's really not about me. My life is about service. And that's why I think I'm, I thought it was service driven before, but now even more so. I'm, I'm service oriented, service driven. My life is about others. But it Starts at my home, it starts with my wife, it starts with my children. And because, you know, I can't serve well in ministry if I can't do that at home first. So it starts there.
Phil Robertson
I love that. And you both sounds like wound up landing in the same spot. Which by the way, is exactly what Ephesians 5 and Colossians 3 give us the example for. Because we serve our wives as Christ loves us and serves us. I mean, he gave his life for us. The ultimate sacrifice and the ultimate selfless movement. He did it.
Zach Dasher
He not only gave his life for us because, you know, we can wrap our mind around that as warriors, we understand a man. It's not that big of a deal for us to think that a man would give his life for another man or for somebody that they loved or cared about. No, he didn't just give his life for us. What Christ did is he took the sin of all of humanity upon himself and literally bore that on the cross in one moment. In one moment. And that separated him in some way, shape or form from the Father. And that was like the biggest moment of. We can't understand what that felt like. Like we can understand a man giving his life for a man. That ain't no big deal. But we can't understand what the weight of the sin of all humanity feels like. What that, how that crushes you. I mean, it's just incomprehensible.
Jase Robertson
And to do it in love because.
Phil Robertson
He loved us, even enemies, which is powerful. So look, as we wrap up here, man, what a conversation. This went super fast.
Chad Robichaux
We could spend hours just.
Phil Robertson
We could, we could. So you've got, we've talked about your books. You got a new fixture fiction series coming out.
Chad Robichaux
Dude, I got a new fiction series come out called Silent Horizons. It's actually available on Amazon right now for pre ordering.
Phil Robertson
I can't wait to get into it because I love, you know, fictional stuff especially I'm assuming it's like military.
Chad Robichaux
Yeah, it's very much Jack Carr style. That style.
Phil Robertson
My Jack Carr. Brad Thor, I read him. Ryan Stack, who's a cover.
Chad Robichaux
Yeah, Ryan's awesome.
Phil Robertson
Ryan's a great guy. So I read him as well.
Chad Robichaux
In fact, Jack, Jack wrote the, the, the forward cover. Like the COVID endorsement on it. Jack Carr did.
Phil Robertson
And I'm so excited to see you get into this because I, I just think you'll have a perspective that will make some really good reading. Podcast. What you're doing a podcast?
Chad Robichaux
Yeah, so the Resilience shows, my podcast. And in fact, as we're recording today and it'll already be out once. Once this drops. But. But is the episode with. With Chad Wright. So, I mean, we just. This was short. We didn't get really into Chad Storm. If you want to hear Chad's full. Yeah, like, story. We. He just. He, he man, he. He unburdened and bore. Bore his life story, which is super powerful. Like, challenge me, encourage me.
Zach Dasher
He inspired me to do that.
Phil Robertson
So what's the name of the podcast?
Chad Robichaux
The Resilient Show.
Phil Robertson
And what's your podcast you get? Because you have one too.
Zach Dasher
The Three of Seven podcasts.
Phil Robertson
Three of Seven?
Zach Dasher
Yes, sir.
Jase Robertson
Oh, see, See, Zach, there's a name.
Phil Robertson
There's a name.
Chad Robichaux
Yeah.
Jase Robertson
3 of 7.
Phil Robertson
The only one I've known close to that. 7 of 9. She was on Star Trek, but that's.
Jase Robertson
Another story I kind of went through.
Zach Dasher
Three stands for body, soul, spirit. Seven is a biblical number for completion. Everything we talk about is developing our body, our soul and our spirit in order to achieve the most complete version of ourselves that we can. You know what I mean? So that's what it's all about.
Phil Robertson
I like that.
Chad Robichaux
I like it.
Phil Robertson
It's great having you guys on. Always welcome here.
Zach Dasher
A great honor.
Phil Robertson
Yeah, yeah. In the duck commander land.
Chad Robichaux
So we love being here mainly for Jay's food.
Phil Robertson
Yeah. So I will say this. I'll leave with this because a lot of people there was a little back and forth back with Jay and Jase, and I don't know where all this started, but. But there were a lot of our fans wanting them to get into a physical battle with each other. I don't know where Jason, were you aware of this? It was going with the back and forth with the duck call room. So Chad, you know, both, you know Jay and jiu jitsu and all that. Does Jace need to get into a physical altercation with J. Stone?
Chad Robichaux
I don't know if they need to because they. But look, if. If. If it happened with. With shotguns, I'm gonna give Jason. Jay may not like him. I'm give jsta.
Jase Robertson
All I'm going to say is this. Here's all I'm going to say. I'm with two of the finest warriors that we can produce. We're talking about Jay. They work out. I work out the natural way. You know, cut firewood, stuff like that. I don't. I've never seen the indoor of a gym. I will just say this. If you shoot at me, you better not miss.
Chad Robichaux
Oh, yeah. That's what I say. I got you the shotgun on the. On the hand to hand side. I love you, but the jiu jitsu's.
Jase Robertson
Yeah, well, that's why I'm fast. There's a time to run.
Phil Robertson
That's why Chad Wright is a Mandy Lynch. You just run in the hills for.
Jase Robertson
100 miles, nobody's catching you.
Chad Robichaux
He's getting good.
Jase Robertson
I'm not.
Phil Robertson
I had to work that in. I had to work that in for stone because I know his name for we're out of time. We'll see you next time on the shame. Thank you all for being here. Oh, yeah, thanks for listening to the unashamed podcast. Help us out by rating us on itunes and don't miss an episode by subscribing on YouTube. And be sure to click that little bell to get notified about new episodes. And for even more content that you won't get anywhere else, subscribe to BlazeTV@BlazeTV.com Unashamed.
Podcast Information:
In this episode, the Robertson family delves into the traditional notion of attending church. Jase Robertson challenges the commonly used phrase, "I'm going to church," expressing his discomfort with it. He argues that the phrase doesn't encapsulate the true essence of Christian fellowship.
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Phil reinforces the idea that church isn't confined to a building but is embodied by believers wherever they go. This perspective shifts the focus from a physical location to a community-driven faith practice.
Jase shares a transformative experience where he and his wife, Missy, unexpectedly baptized a family during a church service. While attending what he refers to as a "service" rather than a traditional worship session, they encountered a couple from Washington attending a local funeral.
The interaction began innocuously with a heartfelt hug from the woman, leading to a deeper conversation about faith. Jase and Missy facilitated a spontaneous baptism for the father, son, and mother, resulting in an emotional and spiritual breakthrough for the family.
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This story underscores the impact of being receptive and willing to serve, highlighting the spontaneous and powerful moments that can occur when faith is actively practiced.
Jase opens up about the health struggles of his father, Phil Robertson, who is dealing with back surgery and Alzheimer's disease. Despite the tough days, the family remains resilient and supportive of one another. Jase recounts a humorous yet touching moment where Phil requested crispy chicken legs, illustrating the strength and unity within the family.
This segment emphasizes the importance of familial bonds and faith in overcoming personal hardships.
The episode takes a turn as the Robertson family welcomes military veterans Chad Robichaux and Zach Dasher to discuss the enigmatic presence of large drones in sensitive areas. The veterans share their insights on the government's handling of these drones, expressing skepticism about official statements and suggesting that these drones might be more advanced and widespread than publicly acknowledged.
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The conversation raises critical questions about national security, government transparency, and the potential implications of unidentified aerial phenomena.
Zach Dasher shares his profound personal journey of encountering what he describes as an oppressive spiritual presence while deployed in North Africa. Faced with unexplained phenomena and fear, Zach reached out to his Christian brother for help, leading to a transformative prayer session that brought peace and resolution.
This pivotal moment catalyzed Zach's realization of his own wretchedness and the necessity of embracing Christ for salvation. His testimony highlights the profound impact of faith in overcoming supernatural and personal struggles.
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Chad Robichaux recounts his descent into depression, anxiety, and eventual suicide attempt following his return from deployments in Afghanistan. Despite trying various coping mechanisms like medication, counseling, and professional success, Chad found true healing through a relationship with Jesus Christ. His journey from selfishness to selflessness reshaped his life, emphasizing service to others and prioritizing his faith.
Chad's story is a testament to the transformative power of faith and community support in overcoming mental and emotional battles.
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The conversation shifts to the significance of prayer as a pivotal tool in spiritual warfare. Referencing Ephesians 6, the hosts discuss how prayer is arguably the most potent weapon believers possess but is often underutilized. They advocate for a more intentional and serious approach to prayer, emphasizing its role in connecting with God and combating spiritual challenges.
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The Robertson family and guests delve into the concept of selflessness as the cornerstone of Christian living. They discuss how embracing selflessness not only strengthens personal relationships but also mirrors the sacrificial love of Christ. Both Zach and Chad share how their faith has fundamentally changed their approaches to marriage, parenting, and service, focusing on leading with humility and prioritizing others' well-being.
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As the episode wraps up, the Robertson family emphasizes the continuous journey of faith, self-improvement, and service to others. They encourage listeners to embrace prayer, selflessness, and active faith as means to lead a fulfilling and impactful Christian life. The episode concludes with a light-hearted exchange about potential physical altercations, humorously highlighting the camaraderie and rapport among the guests.
Episode 1009 of Unashamed with the Robertson Family offers a rich tapestry of personal testimonies, faith-driven insights, and engaging discussions on contemporary issues like military drones. The Robertson family effectively blends their Christian faith with real-life challenges, providing listeners with both inspiration and practical lessons on living an unashamed life grounded in scripture and service.
For those who haven't tuned into this episode, it serves as a compelling exploration of faith in action, the power of community, and the unwavering commitment to share the Gospel beyond traditional boundaries.