Hi, this is Jonathan Levin. This is Mark Deber. Welcome to this episode of Nine Marks Pastures Talk. Why do we always whisper at the beginning? You're a little soft. It's true. What's going on? Well, even you. Am I? Doesn't sound like... Welcome to this episode.

No, no, no.

No, no. No, no.

No, I just mean not normal voice.

I don't know.

Maybe we're shy. I'm just breaking in. All right. Your voice is sounding better. It was a little raspier, but sounds a little bit better. It was a little raspy after the weekend.

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We've had over 300 episodes, Mark, and one thing we've never talked about.

This is going to be a little surprising. Drumroll.

I literally have no idea what you're about to say.

Congregationalism.

You're kidding.

That's what I thought.

But Alex Duke tells me we've never discussed congregationalism.

You know, as we may have done it like 17 times ago and he knows he can just manipulate

us, but if he tells us that, you're just going to believe it.

Yeah, he could.

You know.

But he knows that people would complain because they want fresh material.

Okay.

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