Ep 1159 | Phil & Miss Kay’s Messy Start Mirrors a Couple You Already Know

Unashamed with the Robertson Family

Tread Lively

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion

4.9 • 24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Abraham’s story shows how God builds a nation through faith, not shortcuts. Al, Zach, John Luke, and Christian continue their study of Genesis, tracing the tension between Sarah’s quick fix with Hagar and God’s covenant promise, revealing how Abraham’s failures paved the way for his legendary faith. The guys connect Babel’s downfall, Sarah’s ambiguous laughter, and Abraham’s silence to the birth of Israel, highlighting why trust in God always outlasts our schemes. In this episode: Genesis 1; Genesis 3; Genesis 4; Genesis 6; Genesis 9; Exodus 6, verse 3; Romans 1, verse 16 Today's conversation is about lesson 3 of The Genesis Story: Reading Biblical Narratives taught by Hillsdale Professor Justin Jackson. Take the course with us at no cost to you! Sign up at http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/ Chapters: 00:00–07:32 A Return to Duck Dynasty Days 07:33–18:32 The Scattering of Nations 18:32–26:47 Sarah’s Shortcut & Hagar’s Tears 26:48–31:27 Phil & Miss Kay’s Early Chaos 31:27–38:56 Abraham Makes a Rookie Mistake 38:57–49:43 The Birth of God’s People More about The Genesis Story: Genesis is a book of fundamental importance for the Jewish and Christian faiths and has exerted a profound influence on Western Civilization. In addition to being a great religious text, it is also a literary masterpiece. This free online course explores some of the work’s major narrative themes, including the complex relationship between God and man, the consequences of a rupture in that relationship, and the path towards reconciliation. Check out At Home with Phil Robertson, nearly 800 episodes of Phil's unfiltered wisdom, humor, and biblical truth, available for free for the first time! Get it on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and anywhere you listen to podcasts! https://open.spotify.com/show/3LY8eJ4ZBZHmsImGoDNK2l Listen to Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or anywhere you get podcasts. — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I am unashamed. What about you?
0:06.3	Well, we're back in Genesis today. I'm in studio, which is kind of a big deal because I've
0:10.9	travel quite a way to get, quite a ways to get here. It's weird because I'm so used to
0:15.9	seeing you in a box on the monitor that when you're actually here, it throws me out because I keep looking
0:21.7	at the monitor.
0:22.6	Well, yeah, this is an important thing we're doing here.
0:25.4	If you haven't heard yet, we have an ad-free episode every single Friday thanks to our partners
0:32.4	at Hillsdale College.
0:33.8	And we really want you guys to take these courses online at Hillsdale with us. All you have to do to join us for Unashamed Academy Power by Hillsdale College is sign up at Unashamed for Hillsdale.com. It's totally free. We're all taking the courses right now. We're in the book of Genesis. How long are the classes? What? You think about 20? I'd say they average 25 minutes or so. Yeah. Or you can speed up the audio. You can. I know, so somebody's telling me. I don't know. You know, I listen to my daughter, listen to my podcast in double time. And it totally freaks me out. Yeah. I can't. It sounds like... It's like the chipmunks are doing that.
1:12.3	You start at 1.25, then you can work your way out.
1:14.4	Yeah.
1:15.0	I can't do it. This stuff, though, you don't want to go fast. Like, I'll listen to it and I'll stop, and I'll rewind it and I'll write it down. I'll listen to it again. You got like the more you listen to it, the more you get out of it.
1:25.2	They're all on video.
1:27.2	You can take them wherever, or whenever you want.
1:30.0	If you want to fall on this week, we're on lesson three talking about Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar. But I did get in late last night. Well, which is why we're giving you a pass for having a hard time getting a start of the day. Because Zach was supposed to be in at 93030 and then all of a sudden we get a text we're delayed you know I'll be there at midnight but you didn't get into like 1 a. oh one I got after 1 a.m., which is after 2 a.m. my time. And then I'm like, what's the deal with a rental car because trust me, I've done enough flying into Monroe. Once we get past like 9 o'clock, it's like rental car people are nowhere to be found.
2:04.9	Oh, they shut that.
2:05.7	No.
2:05.7	It's past 5.30. Like 5.30. They're like out. 530 is generous. 530 is generous. It's like four. I would know. I was in a serious mind because they canceled my rental car and apparently you can't get an Uber in Monroe.
2:17.6	No.
2:17.9	So then I called John Luke.
2:19.7	Nobody answers.
2:20.9	Of course.
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