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The Eric Metaxas Show

Mark Batterson

The Eric Metaxas Show

Metaxas Media

Religion & Spirituality

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Mark Batterson, lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C., champions the idea of "winning the day," highlighting interesting chapters like "Eat the Frog" from his new book.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey there, folks. I'm recording this in Dallas. You know why that is?

0:24.7

Why? You want to guess? Because I'm in Dallas. Yes, I'm in Dallas. Do I look pasty? That's just because I haven't done my push-ups yet.

0:30.6

But let me just say this, Albin. As far as I know, we're talking to Mark Batterson in a few minutes.

0:36.7

Is that still on schedule? Is he still going to be able to do this? He's a big deal. He did the SIRC maker. He did all these huge books. And somehow he still finds the time to come on this program to promote his next book. I don't know how it's possible. I think his next book is called Win the Lottery or something like. No, it's win the day the day sorry it's in the day yeah no he's

0:55.6

listen he's he's he's a lot of fun to talk to so i i can joke around because he really is a joy

1:00.2

to talk to not like our other guests man that's a lot there are a lot of work aren't they yeah

1:05.3

like my twin brother he this guy is like listen folks uh i'm sitting here this is is hard for me because I'm, I'm looking into the screen and I'm seeing double.

1:15.4

Whoa, what's going on?

1:16.9

I see Albin and then I see another Albin.

1:20.9

And yet it is not you, Albin, but it is your twin brother.

1:24.2

You were once a single egg, which and the DNA is precisely the same and yet you're

1:32.8

slightly different can you explain this genetically yeah yeah we were a single egg and now we're

1:37.9

two chickens so you you explain it but you do you know this listen you're twins. So I figure you must know about this.

1:45.2

Tony, help me out here. Because Albin and I are always talking. I never get to talk to you.

1:50.0

What is it like being in the shadow of a, of a giant like Albin Seder? Has it crushed your spirit

1:56.6

over the years? Well, I have withered a bit as, you know, a blossoming flower. It's sad. He doesn't mean to overshadow you, but he can't help it. He's just such a, such a giant personality that he would crush anybody who would, who would dare to, uh, to try to get some sunlight. He just, he just absolutely, uh, can't help it. Well, when we were growing up, we actually were entertainers. My twin brother did magic and I did ventriloquism. And then we did your twin brother, isn't he sitting right there next to you and he has a name? You see what he did to you, Tony? He just acted like you had died or something. Yeah, yeah. Well, he's still doing ventriloquism. That's the thing.

2:35.4

He thinks of his dummy. Ain't happening. Not this time, buddy. No. Do you guys go out together these days?

2:45.3

Like, where are you now? Because you're obviously, I don't know where you are. I'm in Dallas.

2:48.4

Where are you guys? We're in actually Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the famous Wright brother, takeoff and landing spot, basically.

2:57.3

They're letting us fly the plane this afternoon because they think we're so special.

3:01.5

Takeoff and landing spot. Couldn't you have just said the first flight? we assume that if they're flying that there's a

3:08.9

moment of takeoff and landing well the first people here it wasn't the right brothers but they took

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