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Today's talk comes from Pastor Ben Stewart

and it's a continuation of a series about Jonah. Well, right out of college I became a youth pastor and every summer I used to love to take my students

white water rafting.

And I would take them to Colorado,

we'd always go with one of those outfitters

that had the rafts and had all the gear

and they had these guides,

and you would kind of get grouped up by a guide,

you would get in their raft, and they would take you down the river. And then you would get grouped up by a guide you would get in their raft and they would take you down the river.

And then you would take a bus ride home and there was always a debate at the end of the day among our students

as to who had the coolest rafting guide.

And it would typically start on the bus, someone would be like, oh my god, as to who had the coolest rafting guide.

And it would typically start on the bus,

someone would be like, oh my gosh, this year,

my guide was the coolest guy,

and they would say something, and someone else would say,

well, see, that's weird,

because I think my guide was cooler

for the following reasons, and on the argument would go.

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