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Fellas, I'm ready to get up and do my thing.

I want to get into it, man, you know.

Like I, you know, I'm the man, don't you?

Can I count it off?

One, two, three, four.

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Transcend partisanship and political ideology with us as we seek true discipleship in the public square.

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Justin, we took a bit of a break and it was encouraging, but we've also felt the pressure

of listeners who have bit bit asked us, when are you going to come back to help us sort out what's

been, and really an absolutely unbelievable couple of weeks of news. And so I'm really glad to be

back with you, glad to be back for our listeners. But before we get to, I think, the big

stories that folks are going to be interested in, how are you doing? Catch us up. It's been a

few weeks. Doing well. I just flew in. I know we've both been really busy. Just flew in from

Minneapolis, Minnesota was speaking at Bethel University. So I had a good

time there. Shout out to all the folks that came to to hear me at Bethel. And the important thing is

we're back. I'm glad to be back. I'm with you. I heard a lot of supporters and people that follow

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