You know what makes me kind of sad is malls. You go to malls now and almost all of them

were dreary and awful and terrible and there are stores in there and like Taekwondo clubs and

stuff that never could have existed in a mall, but it just tells you how

undesirable that property has become in most indoor malls this day.

You walk in, then even though there might be some stuff in there

that you want to buy at a couple of those stores

that still linger around that sell good mall clothes.

For the most part, the vibe is death.

The vibe is, ugh, this isn't going anywhere. This is not built for growth. This is in

institutional preservation mode. This is in hang-on mode. But you go somewhere that's really popping.

A great business, a great chain, a great real estate development,

you're like, dang, the end is nowhere near in sight.

This could grow and grow and grow and whoever's behind this,

clearly from the beginning they were thinking let's grow as long as we can grow

this thing. Likewise, the whole Bible, the whole message of Jesus, the book of Matthew, Christianity,

like the whole dang thing about God and the world and the thrust of the religion or what we've been calling the kingdom

to use Jesus terminology is built for growth from the beginning built into

this thing hardwired into the DNA of the whole religion, of the whole exercise,

is the idea that this is for everybody.

Remember back in Genesis 12, you've got the part of the Bible, I mean I have a Bible it's 10 minute Bible

however we look at the Bible I know where Genesis is I'm just gonna read it to you

and Genesis 12 you've got Abram who would later become Abraham this is like God's first

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