Official Average Boy Podcast #114
The Official Average Boy Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
What do glow-in-the-dark sunglasses, a stuck locker, and an illustrated snowfamily have in common? They're all part of Average Boy's story about the importance of finding trustworthy people in your life. Join Bob and Jesse as they discuss how the kindest people (like janitor Mr. Gribble) are the best ones to know. This week's episode also tackles a big listener question: How do we know God is real? The guys break down the evidence for God found in creation and the power of faith.
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| 0:00.0 | average boy he's average boy he's average boy he's average boy and jess bringing the With shoes untied and his ears slicked back, taking life on one day at a time. |
| 0:23.0 | Average Boy and Jess bringing the rhyme. |
| 0:26.4 | Welcome to episode 114 of the official Average Boy podcast. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Jesse from Focus on the Family Clubhouse Magazine. |
| 0:34.0 | And I'm Bob Smiley, aka Average Boy,k.a. A.k.a.a. the lovable, loud, lighthearted, laugh-filled |
| 0:41.6 | leader of learning and... And lover of luminous leftovers. Oh, wow. I nailed that one. That's actually |
| 0:51.1 | really funny if you know the story that I'm about to tell. In fact, |
| 0:54.5 | if this is the second time that you're listening to this, I bet you're laughing now too with me |
| 0:59.3 | because you know exactly what I'm talking about. Oh, okay. Well, you know, I haven't heard this story. |
| 1:06.2 | This is my first time, but, you know, I do know we have lots of families who listen to our episodes |
| 1:11.5 | over and over again. However, for those of us who are just as confused as I am, but also |
| 1:18.5 | interested in your story, do you care to fill us in? Oh, of course. And since this is your |
| 1:24.1 | first time listening to this, Merry Christmas. But if this is the second time you're listening, oh, happy New Year. And if it's your eighth time listening, then, oh, happy Arbor Day. |
| 1:37.6 | Okay, A.B. We are recording this around Christmas time. So I have to say, Merry Christmas to you too. You know, |
| 1:45.8 | Christmas is my favorite holiday. It's when we get to celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. |
| 1:51.1 | In fact, this year, we're going to, wait, wait, hang on, are you distracting me with all this |
| 1:58.6 | holiday talk because you don't want to get into the |
| 2:01.0 | story you're about to tell us? No, not at all. I mean, normally, yeah, that's kind of my go-to move, but not this time. And Jesse, you're actually going to love this story because it involves Mr. Gribble. Oh, Mr. Gribble. You know, I haven't heard his name in a while. So, for our first time listeners. |
| 2:18.8 | Merry Christmas! |
| 2:19.7 | No, no, no. |
| 2:20.4 | I mean, Mr. Gribble, you know, I haven't heard his name in a while. So for our first time listeners... |
| 2:18.7 | Merry Christmas! No, no, no. I mean, yes, Merry Christmas. But I wanted to explain that to our first time listeners, Mr. Gribble is the janitor at your school. |
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