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Slack.com slash DHQ. Welcome to the show, everybody. Obviously, there's quite a lot happening

in the world today in the country. We're going to talk about all of that, lots of important

news. But I want to begin by discussing something even more important than any of that, namely

myself. Well, not myself exactly, but my book. I did just announce yesterday that I have

a new book coming out being released February 25th, but you can pre-order it now. And I would

ask that you do pre-order it rather than waiting to the last minute. You damn procrastinators.

The book is called Church of Cowards. And it brings together in one volume, my thoughts

on the subject I've spoken about often on this show written about. And that is the problem

with apathy, cowardice, and complacency in the church. And this is a problem that cannot

be pinned entirely on church leadership on the so-called Christian leaders in the country

and throughout the world. Though, obviously, of course, there's a significant portion

of blame that goes to them. And I talk about that in the book. But this is also an issue

that implicates everybody. Me, you, everyone. I don't think any of us are entirely innocent.

So I try not to spare anybody in this book myself included. And I hope you'll give it a

read. Church of Cowards. Go to Amazon. Look it up by the book before it comes out on February

25th. Okay. Speaking of bad leadership, the Democrat party continues to, continues to

somehow make the Republican party look like it has its crap together by comparison, which,

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