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Boys Doc. Now, here's your host, Eric Squarsinski.

Hey, everybody. My name is Eric Skwisinski, and I'm the host of the Preach Boys podcast.

Today's episode is a short one, but I think it's an important one.

On today's episode, I want to talk about how to interact with fundamentalists.

Now, I want you to understand right off the bat here.

I'm not teaching you new ways to debate, things like that.

I want to talk

really into the topic of empathy and just really speak to something that's been on my heart

the last couple of weeks. This was really spurred by a couple of things. One, I've seen a lot

of activity on social media ramping up. People are understandably upset who have left the Independent Baptist Movement.

There are people who feel these very strong feelings.

And I understand that.

I feel incredibly strong feelings as well.

But I do want to make sure that what we're doing and the way that we communicate is helping

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