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Hey there, I'm your host, Trevor Windsor, and we're so thankful you're taking time out of your day to hang out with us.

Today we have a special treat for you. Today's episode will be a message from our advancement

specialist and pastor, Rodney Wright. This is a recent message from Rodney titled Bringing Hope and Freedom.

Sometimes, how do you know that the message or the conversation of sexuality is not an easy conversation to always have,

let alone to have it on a Sunday morning with a whole congregation.

And so I don't want to do this.

So Ryan's going to come up and finish the message right now.

So Ryan, would you, he's not moving.

Okay, he's giving me the signal to go ahead with us.

Okay. So I just want to start by

really helping us flip the script, if I could use that term. That church would be, our faith communities,

would actually be one of the healthiest places in the world where we can participate in the life of

God.

This God, the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, the Father that you have up on the walls here,

this triune being, one God, one being, in three persons, God the Father, God the Son,

and God the Holy Spirit.

This is what Orthodox Christianity has always believed, that what's most true about God is Holy Spirit. This is what Orthodox Christianity is always believed,

that what's most true about God is their relationship.

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