La La, La, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, friends. Hello, friends. Greg Kogel here and the show of Stand a Reason, and I thank you for listening in, and I'm hoping you will be glad you did.

We're going to dedicate this hour to our open mic calls, and that's good news in one sense because there's many of you

who have called in with open mic calls and are wondering if we forgot you. Well, we didn't,

and I am going to work through the list here this hour.

Of course, open mic calls are when you contact us, usually through our website, and leave a question there.

So we can take your personalized question, hear your voice, hear how you characterize it,

and then I can respond to it.

Of course, there's no interaction because you're not live on the ear with me,

but nevertheless, I can respond to the question that you've raised, and I'm glad to do that.

If you like to leave a question like that, in other words, you don't want to call in during regular showtime at 855-243-9-975, and that showtime would be 4 to 6 p.m. Mondays, and Tuesdays, rather.

Tuesdays. I almost said Monday through Friday, which that would be different.

On Tuesdays, when I'm here in the office, in the studio, doing the shows, you can call in,

Amy will take your call, put you in the queue, and after I've talked to others, I will talk to you.

Now, that sometimes takes a while, and an alternative we've offered

is the open mic call. So that number again is 855-243-9975 to talk to me during the live show,

Tuesdays 4-6, or you can do an open-mic call by just going to our website, our homepage, s-tr.org,

and look under podcasts, and there it says live broadcasts, and click the button and follow the

prompts and make your recording, and we'll put you in the queue, and we'll be glad to answer the questions,

and that's what I'm doing today. So the first question that I have is from Nancy, and it has to do

with animal death and the impact of the fall on the creation. So let's hear what you have to say, Nancy.

Hi, Greg. I just wanted to express my gratitude for all you do at Stand to Reason and your clear voice in our culture.

I had a question on one of the podcasts you did on animals dying before the fall. And there were a couple passages I thought

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