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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.

You're listening to the church politics podcast with Michael Ware and Justin Gibney,

where you can get in-depth political analysis from a Christian worldview.

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

What's going on in camp?

This is Justin Gibney, the president of the Ann campaign, and you are listening, as you

know, to another episode of the church politics podcast.

And it will be me again solo this time.

So hopefully you will enjoy it. Now, I know that you are used to, you know,

when we come on and do the church politics podcast, you're used to hearing a little sports

commentary at the beginning of the podcast. But let me tell you something. You don't always get what

you want. I need y'all to be a little bit considerate and compassionate for me right now for a few reasons. I live in Atlanta and it is just not a good time to talk about sports in Atlanta right now. The college team that I played for and that I root for relentlessly is struggling. And most painfully, maybe,

I'm just coming to grips with the fact that the Lakers won an asterisk marked championship.

And I say asterisk marked because we all know this wasn't a real season. I mean, I guess you can

still have the trophy. And if you want to feel good about it, I'm not trying to steal your joy. Actually, I am. But I'm still trying to get over

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