I think that what we need to ask ourselves as a country, as a nation, is you know, what are the limits that we're going to set for ourselves?

We have a deficit that is out of control. We're spending a trillion dollars

on interest alone, you know, over and over again. This is this is a this is a this is crippling for our country and so

where in the government could we possibly cut back?

Outstanding is a production of the Washington Stand

where you can find news and commentary from a biblical worldview.

Welcome to Outstanding, where we have critical conversations

about the news of the day and the ideas that shape us.

Once again, I'm your tour guide Joseph back home, welcoming you to another exercise in taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

Now I like to consider outstanding a sort of a gym for the mind where we tackle intellectual problems, try to ask the right questions, value the right things.

That means we develop the skill and the aptitude to recognize the wrong questions and the temptations to value the wrong things.

So do your downward dog if you need to stretch a little bit, warm up the old body,

because that's what we're going to do.

Because it's a little interesting today,

honestly, because we are going to try to think

biblically about a federal agency.

That is our job today, right?

So, I mean, it's a little easier when it's like murder,

not murder, right?

Those are not complicated questions

when we start talking about how do we think

biblically about federal agencies it's a bit more nuanced you have to have

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