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You're listening to a new evangelicals production.

The Tim and April Show, where we unravel faith, politics and culture.

Hello, everybody, and welcome to another episode of the Tim and April show.

My name is April a Joy. My name is April a Joy.

My name is Tim Whitaker.

And we did not discuss that intro beforehand, and I still just did it.

I don't want to be that guy, but I did say before we started recording, hey, I could do the intro this time because it's my last show for a month. And then you just bulldoze right in. I didn't hear you say that at all. I think you were muted. I honestly didn't hear you. I was probably fitted. I don't know. My bad. That's so funny. I mean to cut you, miss that. I was like, oh, my last show for a month. So excited. That's why you gave that like, that kind of shocked face when I started. I thought you were just shocked. I was like, oh, look, this is great. But no, you were shocked because I stole it from you.

Mabby. I'll tell you what, we'll do half and half. You do the intro. Friends, we have so much to talk about today. Okay, we're going to cover Ryan Walters. We're covering Epstein updates. We're

talking about Gaza, of course. And our good old friend, Sean Foyt, that Christian persecution complex is just so sweet. Plus, of course, weird Christian shit. That's all coming your way. Thanks for being here. Make sure to subscribe to the channel. Drop a like in this video. It helps to get out to more people. And yes, this is my last show for a month. I'm taking time away from the new evangelicals and from the show. My team, Melinda Hale, executive director and the board said, Tim, take a break. It's been four years. You need a break. Spent time with your family. I said, you know what? I will do that. So April, you're on your own. See you. On my own. But I might be pressed down, but I'm not destroyed. That's right. Persecuted, not abandoned.

Yeah. I will, I will be having some lovely. Yes. I'll have some lovely guest hosts with me every Thursday for the month of August. We won't be doing our deep dives, so there'll be no Monday episodes in August.

But come join us live every Thursday on YouTube at noon,

Eastern, or catch the podcast after.

But Tim, you will definitely be missed.

And also, I'm glad that you're back because you got raptured at the end of the last live and left me hanging quite literally.

I was like, uh, Tim?

And I was in the middle of one of those like like Tim Rance.

I was really going getting my momentum.

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