If we are leveraging righteousness and holiness and the name of God to gain things for

ourself into a pure certain way or to appear better than other people, we're missing the mark.

Hello, hello, hello ladies and gents. My name is Kirby Kelly and welcome to this week's episode

of the Bot and Beloved podcast. As always, get your girl Kirby Kelly back at it again.

Not only with a good word from the word because we are going to be talking about the word,

what scripture says about what our topic is today. I mean, if you're reading the title,

you know what it is that we're talking about today. And I say we and we're because I have a guest

with me, my good friend, Josh Benson, aka church chat. Josh! It's good to be here, Kirby,

thanks for having me on. Oh, absolutely. I've been wanting to make this happen for like ever.

And so thank you for taking the time to just be here.

Richard, I mean, we live so far apart. It was so difficult making the trek to the church.

I know, I can't believe you literally swam two miles running in the snow uphill, but I'm here.

I know. I'm ready to go. It's amazing. We literally live like right by each other.

We were kind of like, maybe so little maybe babies. We love it. You and my husband are like besties.

All the time. Yeah. So this place is common to me. It's like it's my second home.

You know, whenever Sydney kicks me out of the house, I'm just always happy with Rich.

That does not happen. But how about for those of you guys, the listeners who don't know Josh,

Josh, how about you just let everybody know a little bit about who you are, what you do,

what you're passionate about, all the good things. That is Josh Benson.

For sure. Yeah. So Josh Benson. I am a husband. I married my wife last year in April.

Sydney, Richard Benson. I am passionate about Christian culture and Jesus and I make content

around that. You've probably seen, or maybe your viewers have seen church chat or maybe some of my

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