I think it's a toss-up between Genesis 128, where having just made man in his image and likeness,

the next words are, and God blessed them. That is so profound, so significant, that God is happy with what he's made,

and that he is speaking good words over

his his creation that's so beautiful and it's so I think revealing of the heart and the character

of God.

All right.

Welcome to episode 20.

Episode 20. Wow 20, wow.

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My name is Alex Duke, and with me are my two friends.

Samalati, Jim Hamilton. I love that you say your own names as if I forgot them. You know, you're my two friends. Sam Alati? Jim Hamilton.

I love that you say your own names as if I forgot them.

You can I point something out to our listeners?

Please.

I just want to talk about Jim's Bible for a second.

And what people need to know is that Jim has a lot of bookmarks in his Bible, and they

are all checks made out to him.

And every time we show up to Bible talk. Some of them are made out to my sons.

They did long work, and they'd get a check, and they'd give it to me, and I'd do the electronic

deposit thing, and then I stick. It makes a great bookmark. It's not a way of like

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