Welcome to Doctrine and Devotion. The podcast exploring Christian faith and practice

from a reformed Baptist perspective. My name is Joe Thorne, I'm the lead pastor of

Pregnant Fellowship in St. Charles, Illinois.

And I was your father and second pastor at Pregnant Fellowship. Got you. Got you. Yeah, you

ain't you get you get run from me. I know you're trying to run. I'm trying to

distance yourself from you. Create some distance. I know, man. I will find my man. I

kind of you like that. I will be ignored. I left a stain. Yeah, I did everything. I'm

good. You can find a boiled rabbit in your in your pot on your stove when you get home.

And how did you how did you get this phone number though? That's the question I have. How did you

get my new number? Yeah, I had to call. I had to make a few calls. I had to make a few calls

and cash in a few favors. And yeah, yeah. And actually they wouldn't give me the number.

They just dialed it on their phone. I'm using their phone. So I still don't know.

Oh, I'm going to say that. I got a little bit of time, but a little bit of time.

All right, so not listen. First of all, let me just say because we haven't been able to see

each other a whole lot, you know, because of your quote, you know, sickness and quote, whatever.

But I wanted to tell you and I really wanted to tell you on on Sunday,

the 10th. Okay. That you're a good pastor. And I appreciate you. I'm thankful for you.

You know, I've got I've got other pastors here at the church. It's you and Jimmy and Jeff

and Pat and I am Jimmy. So yeah, you and Jimmy. Yeah, yeah. I see things. I can't keep all

of the names straight. Who belongs to you? So I kind of go through the list. But just saying,

like I got lots of pastors and I'm grateful for them all. But then I'm very grateful for you.

You are a great friend. You are a great pastor. And I appreciate you. All right. Here we go.

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