Welcome to Doctrine and Devotion, a podcast that explores Christian faith and practice

from a reformed Baptist perspective.

My name is Joe Thorne.

I am the lead pastor of our Deer Refellership in St. Charles, Illinois.

And I know, I know you guys were waiting for Jimmy to come back and he finally did, he

came back and then he left again.

But it'll be a short time.

He's just going to be gone for a little bit and then he'll be back, no problem.

But you all are like in the interviews that we're doing and so we are doing some more.

And today we're going to be talking to a friend of mine, a guy that I'm getting to know.

We follow each other on social media and he's the guy that has the name.

I just call him Gigi because we're that close.

But when Gigi shows up on social media, he strikes frustration into the hearts of some

Southern Baptist.

I am always eager.

Oh, what's he going to say because I find myself really benefiting from and encouraged

by and agreeing with so much of what he has to say.

But today we have on the podcast Gryphon, Gryphon, thanks for being on the podcast.

We appreciate you, you taking the time out of your schedule to hang with us.

Thanks Joe.

I appreciate that.

I feel like Gigi was a name that like girls in middle school called me.

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