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I'm Jay Coyle, and this is The Bodies Behind the Bus podcast.

I am all about blessed subtraction.

There is a pile of dead bodies behind the Mars Hill bus.

And by God's grace it'll be a mountain by the time we're done.

You either get on the bus or you get run over by the bus.

Those are the options. But the bus ain't going to stop. You either get on the bus. Those are the options. But the bus ain't going to stop. You either get on the bus

so you get run over by the bus. Those are the options. But the bus ain't going to stop.

The other guys, like, they were just, they were like down, heads down, upset, and feeling bad.

But Pastor In turned toward me, and he kind of like, he was sitting on one of our other

couches, and he kind of, like, leaned forward, put his hands on his elbows, and he's just, like,

looking at me.

And he's got this very sad expression on his face, but there's also this thing that, like,

I've seen him do many times where he's like, I'm asking you a question with my gaze.

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