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Hello and welcome back to SoTriology 101.

As you can see, we have a guest with us today.

Our surprise guest is not new to anybody who's tuned into Sotriology 101 before because it's our friend Warren McGrew.

Welcome, Warren, to the broadcast and Happy New Year. Happy New happy new year yeah I'm glad to be here thanks for having me on and uh you look good

you look good late and you look well you don't need any new year's resolution uh you look like

you're entering 2026 healthy and happy well I can I always have that same 20 pounds I should lose.

I've lost the same 20 pounds 30 times, it seems like.

So that's just the way it goes.

When it comes to the holidays, you pack it all back on, it feels like.

But anyway, I wanted to start by saying, first of all,

thank you for those who listen and watch our broadcast.

I know many of you watch

Idol Killer as well as Sociology 101. We appreciate those who view and support our

ministries. End of the year, we always appreciate those who donate and give to help support

the ministries, whether that's here at Sociology 101 or Idol Killer. I know there's a lot of

love for the support that you bring.

So thank you for that.

Also, when you like and share videos, that makes a lot more difference than you think it does.

Every time you say like or you make a comment, even, and that's why we don't delete comments.

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