Ep 98 – Brother Jake’s BYU Commencement Speech
Infants on Thrones
Glenn Ostlund
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2014
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is Infants on Thrones. |
| 0:04.0 | Minnesot. |
| 0:05.0 | Minnesot. |
| 0:07.0 | As our commencement speaker for this graduation ceremony, we will now be pleased to hear from |
| 0:16.8 | Elder Brother M Jank of the Choram of the Infants, Elder Jake. |
| 0:26.2 | Dear graduates, it is wonderful for me to see your smiling faces on this joyous occasion. On this great day of celebration many of you might |
| 0:35.1 | be wondering what exactly I am going to speak about. I, after all, claim to be an |
| 0:40.3 | apostle of Jesus Christ, a watchman on God's tower, communing with a divine to guide |
| 0:45.2 | his flock. |
| 0:46.9 | Now that isn't to say that I speak with God all the time, don't try and paint me into a corner |
| 0:51.3 | of incredibly high expectations now. |
| 0:53.8 | Apostles are just men, imperfect men. |
| 0:57.3 | But it probably wouldn't be unreasonable for you to expect that I as an |
| 1:01.0 | apostle would be given an ability beyond or at least equal to the lay person to discern the issues most deserving of an apostolic voice of warning and counsel. |
| 1:11.0 | After all, that's what a watchman is for, right? |
| 1:16.0 | So with that in mind, it begs the question, what will I address? |
| 1:20.0 | Will I employ my authority and keys as a voice of God to give insight about something that poses a global threat, |
| 1:26.4 | like the devastating impacts of human activity on the global environment or the benefits of being a good stewards of the earth, |
| 1:33.0 | or speak about the continued presence of global poverty |
| 1:36.0 | in ways that you can combat it now that you are empowered with education, |
| 1:40.0 | or address the turmoil broiling in the Middle East as thousands are slaughtered in the name of religious dogball? |
| 1:46.0 | Well, it's funny you should ask because even though all those seem like topics that are incredibly indeed almost absurdly deserving of attention from somebody |
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