Super Bowl of Preaching | 2026

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- Welcome to the 24th Annual Super Bowl of Preaching.

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We are here with your exclusive pregame coverage

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to the big preach off.

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And we say exclusive because nobody else wants to cover it,

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but we are here for it. - We do.

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- My name is Andy Reider,

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Community Pastor of Crossroads Anywhere.

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Want to introduce you to some of my esteemed colleagues.

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- Hey mi gente, my name is Arturo Minera

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and I'm part of the Reachout team here at Crossroads.

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- I'm Jen and I'm part of our Crossroads Anywhere team.

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So if you stream online, I get to help

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create some of the things that we do.

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- That's right. Yes. - Damico Coleman here,

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our national prison director.

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Shout out everybody across the country

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tuning in right now from prisons got you here with us.

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- It's great. Hey, my name is Jason Hoffman.

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I'm the director of Crossroads Students around here.

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Whether you're snowed in, sick at home,

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joining us from across the nation,

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or you're part of the Crossroads Anywhere Community,

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we're gonna have an amazing time today.

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I also got to introduce my good friend Ross.

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I'm sure he's having a blast out there.

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Actually, you know what? I'm gonna go join him right now.

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You guys hold it down. - Go find him.

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- It's going to be a great day today.

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Crossroads is actually a church that meets

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all over the world, whether we're in buildings like this

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right now, coffee shops, living rooms,

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dorm rooms, and even bars.

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Today we've got some meet ups happening in bars.

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- Amazing. - We'd love to see your crew.

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On the screen there is a QR code. Scan that code.

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Take a picture of the people

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that you are partying with today.

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We'd love to meet you.

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But while we're talking watch parties,

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shout out to my favorite people in Orlando. We love you.

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- We got our Batesville crew.

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Batesville, Indiana. Love you guys.

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We got Heather in Pennsylvania.

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We got folks in Sarasota, Indianapolis.

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Shout out to you guys.

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Hey, wherever you are, whether it's Sao Paulo, Brazil,

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Mexico City, La Paz, Bolivia, or hey in Michigan,

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Dan, we love you guys.

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We're so thankful for you tuning in.

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Now we're going to get to the what of the insanity

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that is the Super Bowl of Preaching in a little bit.

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But I want to get us to the why. Arturo, talk to us.

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- The why is quite simple, Andy.

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And to everyone watching, probably for the first time.

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Look, we're a church for people

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that maybe have given up on church, but not on God.

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And so we saw Super Bowl weekend being

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the lowest attended service across the country

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and decided, you know what? Bet.

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We're going to pull out all the stops

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and make it one of our most attended.

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And so we're glad you're here. And that's the why.

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- That's right.

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Damico, we got a message from the lawyers

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we've got to get through loud and clear here.

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- Yes. So we are legally obligated to make it clear

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to everyone that we have absolutely no affiliation

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with the NFL or the Super Bowl.

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We're just here to have a good time.

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I'm feeling like, right now, and I'm kind of

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feeling like Marshawn Lynch, where my role is

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I just want to make it perfectly clear.

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- You got to keep us on track. - Yeah, yeah.

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- Count on the prison director to keep us honest,

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so that's great. - Absolutely.

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- If you are tuning in, which you are,

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you can still text your friends.

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We are live today so you can text your friends

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Crossroads.net/watch to tune in what is happening right now.

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But first happening I'm going to throw

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to Ross and Jason at the games.

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- We are live here at the games and the energy is rising.

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- Chaos, Ross, out here. - Totally chaos.

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But the good thing is we have a game before the game.

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We've got two contestants here.

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I've got Shamari here. Shamari, how are you feeling?

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- I'm feeling great today.

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- And I'm over here with Mirabel. Hey. What's up?

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- Oh, I'm doing great. How are you, Jason?

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- I didn't realize you were a refs fan.

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Some people Seahawks, some people Patriots.

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You're a fan of the zebras?

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- Yes, 100%. - Okay, I love that.

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Hey, we're gonna play a game, and it's gonna be a ton of fun.

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Here's what's gonna happen.

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These two contestants are going to throw

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as many footballs as they can,

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right in the gullet of this guy right here.

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If they make three, they automatically win,

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or it is the most in one minute.

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Before we get to the action, we got to show you

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one of the favorite parts of Super Bowl,

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which is the commercials.

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- Before the cheers of the crowd,

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before the spotlight,

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before the championship rings.

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It starts in the grind.

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Early mornings, extra reps,

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sacrifice that no one sees

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because greatness isn't given, it's earned.

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Reusable by Band-Aid.

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With liquid activated adhesive, just lick it and stick it.

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Available for purchase at your local pharmacy,

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or get them totally free on the ground or in a trash can,

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or really anywhere you find used Band-Aids.

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- We're live back here with the game about to get begun.

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Not the real game, but the pregame.

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You guys ready? All right, count em off.

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- On your mark, get set. Don't miss. Go!

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- Oh, what an arm. - Miss, miss.

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- What an arm, a Mirabel. - Miss, miss.

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- Oh, we got one. We got one point for the refs.

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We've got tied up. All tied up right here.

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- We got two. It's moving. Mirabel's got three.

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We got a winner. We got a winner.

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Come over here. Post game interview.

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How do you feel about your performance?

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- I just think that God helped me through that.

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It was a very tough first few shots,

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but once I got in the rhythm, I was all in.

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- I love it. God first!

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- Did I hear that you totally cheated

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and her inflatable fell down.

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What would you say to those allegations?

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- Um, why did your inflatable fall down?

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Probably because you miss and hit the top.

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- I can't hear a word you're saying.

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It sounds like you lost your voice.

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We're gonna throw it back to Jen at the TV

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with all kinds of statistics that you viewers put in.

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Check it out.

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- They have been shot-gunning Alani since 8 a.m. Can you tell?

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Hey, we've been polling our community at Crossroads

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with some pretty ridiculous questions.

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I want to share some of the answers with you.

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One of the first ones is:

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have you pooped your pants in the last 12 months?

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This is from adults.

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Here's what I have to say to you is never trust a fart.

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Our next one is movies or TV shows?

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Listen, I got to say, TV shows,

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because every movie coming out right now

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is like three hours long.

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Let's make that a mini series, please.

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Do you prefer voice notes or text messages?

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Here's what this question doesn't ask,

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I want to make very clear, voice mails.

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Dad, I love you so much. Stop with the voicemails.

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I'm not going to listen, but I will call you back.

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Really? Are we still talking 6 or 7?

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The big question though for everybody today

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is Patriots or Seahawks?

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And it looks like our community is saying

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71% to the Seahawks which matches what

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the market is saying, which is 60% believe

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that Seahawks is going to win over the Patriots.

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We'll find out later today. But to Ross at the games.

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- We are live out in the atrium. It is electric.

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We're looking for people to check in with.

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Uh, sir, come over here.

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I'm excited you came out today.

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What's your name? I'm Ross.

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- My name is Kyle Ross.

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- Ross, this is Kyle Ranson Lead Pastor at Crossroads Church

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hanging out in the atrium. Are you kidding me?

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This is the man, the myth, the legend.

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Hey, you're gonna compete today. How are you feeling today?

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- I'm feeling confident, strong.

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Got lots of juice in the tank.

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So ready to go out there and get another win honestly, yeah.

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- I gotta tell you, I don't know what juice of the tank means,

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but Kyle's feeling strong. I'm feeling great.

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Let's see how the community's doing, Kyle.

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Let's go. Come around, come around.

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Oh, right here, right here, right here.

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Hi. Welcome. Welcome to Crossroads.

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- How are you? - Tell us a fit check today.

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What are you wearing today for the big game?

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- My lanta. Okay. This is from Zara.

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- Okay, okay. - It's from my closet.

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I don't remember where I got it from.

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- Yeah, I'm not sure they have those stores

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in Kentucky where I'm from, but you look amazing.

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- We love it. Yeah. Right here.

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Oh, she's feeling great. She's ready.

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It's amazing. Let's find somebody else.

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- I think we gotta find somebody else to talk to real quick.

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Sir, can I talk to you real quick?

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- Are you Gandalf? You're Gandalf, aren't you?

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Oh, my. Is that a wizard staff? That is amazing.

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- We've got hot dogs. We're ready to eat. Right?

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We are. Yeah.

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Now, my dad taught me to whittle.

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Did you whittle this thing or did you find it in the woods?

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What's the story?

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- I bought this thing on eBay 15 years ago

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in place of a cane. - That's awesome. Okay.

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- He's going hiking right after this.

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- Jason, I think we're actually supposed to

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throw Kyle over to the desk, so throw him.

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Pick him up. Let's go, let's go.

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- I can't believe Gandalf was here. Wow.

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- Kyle Ranson, everybody. Great to have you.

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- Great to be here, guys.

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Great to be here. Thanks for coming.

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- Okay. So this isn't your first rodeo.

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This isn't your first Super Bowl.

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- Yeah.

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- Talk to us about what you're most excited,

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what you love about the most.

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- Uh, I mean, honestly, it's kind of three letters.

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It's W-I-N. I love to win.

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I don't even care what the game is.

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I'm happy that it's preaching because I love to preach,

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too, but I'm just. I'm excited to win.

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- If it was bingo, you'd still be cracking skulls.

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- Let's win. That's it. Yeah, absolutely.

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- This is something I've heard you talk about.

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Seriously, heard you talk about how Christians

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shouldn't be like the sad, depressed, serious.

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Like they -- like Jesus was a good hang.

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- Yes.

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- Talk to us a little bit about that.

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- Jesus was the most fun guy to be around of all time.

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There's a reason that His movement is still going on.

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Do you love to hang out with people who suck? No.

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Guess what? He didn't suck. He was fun to be around.

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Fruits of the spirit, second one: Joy.

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God is joyful, and so there's a reason we do this,

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and it's to highlight that part of God's character

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that unfortunately, churches don't tend to

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shed much light on. So that's why we do it.

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- Well said. Okay, let's change it up a little bit.

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If you could say one thing to the audience about

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what you're going to do to the opposing team,

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what would it be?

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- Uh, keep it like PG kind of thing, or like?

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- We can probably edit -- I mean, this is live.

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- We're live. - Oh, we're live? Okay.

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- Well, that's probably.

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- I could try to bleep you.

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- Yeah. Kids, you know when your tummy hurts.

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You ever had a tummy ache, you know what I mean

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And sometimes you just gotta like get it out.

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You just gotta blah.

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- A regular conversation at my home.

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- They're going to feel like that.

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They're going to, the other team will feel like

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they just blah got kind of.

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They won't know what hit them.

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They'll be kind of a mess a little bit.

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Someone will have to come clean them up.

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And if you guys could do that, some sawdust maybe,

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I don't know, just kind of sweep it all up.

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Vacuum it. Wet vac, shop vac.

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Yeah, that's what we're gonna do.

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- Okay, on that note, let's go back into, like, pastor mode.

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So trash talk, like, let's dial that down just a hair.

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We got a few minutes here.

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Let Arturo borrow that mic for a second.

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I want to highlight some of the good things

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that are going on in our community.

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- Yeah.

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- What was over 2000 people

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baptized over the last 12 months?

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- Yeah, for the third year in a row.

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- I did not know that, actually.

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- That's three years in a row.

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- Wow. So we like to have a good time.

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But God's also doing good things

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in and amongst our church, in our community.

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- Yeah, absolutely.

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- Arturo, talk to him about some of the Reach Out stats.

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- One of my favorite personal favorites is

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Crossroads en Espanol. I know that's not Reach Out,

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but you know, I have a heart for that.

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And, uh, yeah, when it comes to Reach Out, Kyle,

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14,000 Thanksgiving Food Drive

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boxes distributed this past year.

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That's a record number.

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And then when it comes to Christmas Gift Drive gifts,

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nearly 13,000, man., and that's including kids

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that have parents within our prison ministry.

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- Yeah. It's wild. - It's just incredible.

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- It's so good. I mean, you're going to hear

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Brian later on talk about collisions.

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And as a church, I think that's what we see.

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There's this thing that God does of

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He smashes things together that shouldn't exist,

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like Jesus is fully man and fully God at the same time.

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There's power in that smashes together.

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I think this is an example of our church.

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If we're having this crazy, ridiculous fun

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over the top, just laugh out loud and at the same time,

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we're not ignoring getting in the dirt with people

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who are hurting and being Jesus to them.

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And I think those stats speak to that.

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And it's just, I mean, it's an honor

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to be part of this church, right?

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That's how I feel anyway. It's just a joy and an honor.

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- Well said, well said.

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Well, hey, I know you guys got to get out of here.

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You got to go get ready for the big game.

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- Yeah, I gotta go. - All right. Okay.

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Thank you guys for joining us. Appreciate it.

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All right, y'all, we are going to jump in here

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in just a few minutes.

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We are moments away from the biggest preaching competition

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and probably the only one of the year.

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We cannot wait for it.

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We're going to throw back to Jason and Ross

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down on the field right now.

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- We are almost there.

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If you're just tuning in, there's

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still time to get on board.

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So share that link. Make sure somebody doesn't miss this.

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Wherever you are, on your couch, laying in bed,

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your patio, I don't know, wherever we got hot dogs.

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Hope you have something at home. But you don't want to miss this.

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- Yeah. Grab a Pop Tart.

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We're actually going to walk you in to the auditorium

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right now where the game is actually going to happen.

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The Super Bowl of Preaching is going to be live,

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and it is going to happen right here.

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So what I'm going to walk you into is insane:

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Crazy jokes, stupid commercials, insane halftime show.

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The Bible's not boring. We don't think church should be either.

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And so we're going to do everything that we can

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right where you are in your living room,

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in the coffee shop to give you

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the best experience you can possibly can.

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So here's the thing about Crossroads that I love.

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Dude, grab a friend.

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We're in a giant community of all the things.

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You know what? I actually hear the music going right now,

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so I'm gonna send you live into it.

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Ross, let's grab a seat, baby.

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- Welcome to the 2026 Super Bowl of Preaching.

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So great to have you guys.

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Wherever you're tuning in from around the world,

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thanks for joining us for what will almost certainly be

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the weirdest and hopefully most fun

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church experience you have all year long.

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My name is Andy Reider. I'm the Community Pastor

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of what we call Crossroads Anywhere,

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and that is the part of our church that meets online

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or in homes, bars, dorms, cafes, wherever all over the map.

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So great to have you tuning in with us.

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If you're brand new, you picked a great weekend to tune in.

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This is going to be an amazing snapshot

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about who we are as a church and about what we believe

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it means to live that full, joy filled life

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that Jesus calls us to and that He has on offer for us.

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Now we're going to have a lot of fun,

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and the whole thing is packaged around the idea of

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Super Bowl and what it looks like if a church service

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and the Super Bowl, uh, got together, had a baby

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and made this craziness that you're about to watch.

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Now we're going to go down to the field in just a moment

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to not just talk about the Super Bowl,

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but actually get into the experience.

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We had our media team interview some of the teams

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and hear from them about what their strategy is

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going into the game and some of the team dynamics at play.

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- All right. What kind of strategy

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on the field can you share?

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- Yeah. You know, they call me

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the people's pastor for a reason.

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So when I think about this weekend, I'm thinking about --

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Amen.

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Yeah, you know, I'm thinking about

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who are the people I'm speaking to,

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uh, what's going on in their world,

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what's going on in their lives?

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And I want my message to connect to where they are.

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- Chuck clearly has the Amen corner in the audience

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because he gets more amens per passage than anybody I know.

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And I'm just honored to be on the same team with him.

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- You know, I just think, hey, there's a time

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for flash and show and there's a time for a firm foundation.

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We have a firm foundation,

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and it's going to show up on the field.

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- It's the basic block and tackling.

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We've been knocking people around,

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knocking down the devil for a long time.

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We're all on it. - That's right.

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- Chuck, can you name all the Spice Girls?

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- Yeah. Oh, man. Absolutely.

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So salt, pepper, oregano, italian blend.

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Um, I love smoked paprika. Did I say that already?

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Got some ginger, some turmeric, and there's cinnamon.

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Right? You got your nutmeg.

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I definitely have lots of spices in the head.

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- Let's focus on your opponents.

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What would you say are their biggest weaknesses?

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- The ones that come to my mind weaknesses is,

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one, clearly size.

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Do not have the size to handle the slam factor

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that we're going to be bringing. No question.

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Number two, don't have the maturity compared to

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those of us who are living successful lives.

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They're unbelievably young and untested and untried.

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- Here's another one, fashion choices.

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Like fashion choices, are questionable.

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I feel like I want to see more from them

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on the fashion side of things, you know?

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And you might say, well, who am I to speak?

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That's a good question, but I'm still speaking anyway.

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- Brian, Valentine's Day is just around the corner.

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What do you think that Libby really wants this year?

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- Anything Dewalt that's a 12 volt battery.

00:18:10

Done. Got it.

00:18:12

And then I would say the other thing is,

00:18:13

uh, number three SnapOn Phillips head screwdriver.

00:18:20

- All right, Chuck, what would you say is probably

00:18:22

the X factor for this Super Bowl of Preaching

00:18:25

that's going to get you that trophy at the end of the day?

00:18:28

You know, here's the thing.

00:18:29

It's like every Super Bowl of Preaching we've ever done,

00:18:33

it's going to come down to the fourth quarter.

00:18:35

And you know who wins the fourth quarter?

00:18:37

The person who wins the fourth

00:18:38

quarter is the person who's poised.

00:18:40

So at the end of the day, there's going to be --

00:18:42

There's going to be a turnover.

00:18:43

Who knows what the referee is going to throw.

00:18:45

We never know that.

00:18:46

But there's going to be a team that has to be poised

00:18:48

in the fourth quarter position to win.

00:18:49

I'm telling you, at the end of the day,

00:18:51

that's going to be me and Brian.

00:18:52

- Amen. Amen. See, he just gets it going.

00:18:55

Amen corner every time.

00:18:57

Just the man speaks, you have to say Amen.

00:19:00

- Brian, if they were making a movie about your life,

00:19:02

who's on the short list of people you'd prefer to play you?

00:19:06

- Uh, I would go, uh, nice, nice rabbit.

00:19:10

What's the guy's name? Oh. Bad Bunny.

00:19:14

Uh, I would say Bad Bunny's got to be up there.

00:19:17

Taylor Swift is always has to be up there, for sure.

00:19:21

I'd probably go, uh, Timothy Chalet.

00:19:25

Gosh. Help me out here. I wonder how good I am on that stuff.

00:19:28

- No, I think you're probably, you're probably right.

00:19:30

I am thinking, like, world leaders, like,

00:19:32

you know, Putin's probably on that list.

00:19:34

- No. You think Putin?

00:19:36

- What is it about the two of you guys together

00:19:38

that works so well?\

00:19:39

- Well, it's just like my spice rack

00:19:41

only needs two things: salt and pepper.

00:19:43

That's all we need: Salt and pepper. Salt and pepper.

00:19:45

We got that going.

00:19:46

I mean, you actually have that going on yourself.

00:19:48

You got some white there, but like, the salt and pepper,

00:19:51

forget it. It's the standard.

00:19:52

The only thing you need to get through a day

00:19:55

and the only thing we're gonna need

00:19:57

to get through to another

00:19:58

victory is this combo right here?

00:20:00

- That's right, that's right.

00:20:03

- What are you doing to just prepare yourself

00:20:07

for Super Bowl of Preaching?

00:20:08

- You know, it's like good, good sleep,

00:20:11

exercise, hydration. - Yep.

00:20:14

Well, this is actually really good prep for us

00:20:16

because as you can see, we dressed alike.

00:20:19

- Didn't talk about it.

00:20:21

- We didn't talk about it. We trained separately.

00:20:23

But in this time of year when we get the chance

00:20:25

to do stuff like this, we realize, oh, this works.

00:20:29

This has always worked.

00:20:30

- So going into Super Bowl of Preaching, what's your strategy?

00:20:33

- I mean, I'm thinking clarity of thought,

00:20:37

clear thinking from beginning to end.

00:20:39

It's a secret weapon that we have that the other team,

00:20:43

maybe half of them do.

00:20:45

- When we talk you can understand what we're saying.

00:20:47

And that carries through the whole message.

00:20:51

And at the end you're like, wow, I get it.

00:20:54

- I got the point.

00:20:55

- And I think that's probably an

00:20:57

advantage we have in this matchup.

00:21:00

So we'll lean on that strength for sure. Yeah.

00:21:02

- Alli, say you're looking for some extra cash,

00:21:04

what are some things you try to sell

00:21:06

on Facebook Marketplace in a pinch?

00:21:09

- My purse, my phone, my

00:21:12

passport, my social security card.

00:21:18

And then the same for all my family member's.

00:21:21

Bill's phone, his passport, his wallet,

00:21:23

his social security card.

00:21:24

Andrew's phone, wallet, passport, social security card.

00:21:27

Zoe's phone, wallet, passport, social security card.

00:21:30

All of those. - That's great.

00:21:31

- Kyle, let's say you get shipwrecked

00:21:33

and you're stranded on a desert island.

00:21:35

What are some items you really hope to be stranded with?

00:21:38

- Um. Table saw. I would say my miter saw.

00:21:44

I gotta go bandsaw. I'd probably go reciprocating saw.

00:21:47

I'm gonna go Japanese hand saw.

00:21:49

Both the kind with the spine in the back

00:21:51

and kind of goes all the way through.

00:21:52

I would say my dovetail saw is also a good one.

00:21:54

My coping saw, you can't -- I mean,

00:21:56

you can't live without a coping saw.

00:21:57

Uh, drill, not press, but have this attachment

00:21:59

that goes on my drill that's pretty good.

00:22:01

Drill for sure, driver. Those are a few of them. Yeah.

00:22:04

- That's a lot of saws.

00:22:06

- Oh, yeah. There's -- Well,

00:22:08

that's like, I probably need more.

00:22:09

- When you look at your opponents, what are

00:22:11

some things that you're seeing that

00:22:13

it's going to be their downfall?

00:22:15

What are you seeing? - How much time do we have?

00:22:18

- Go for it.

00:22:20

- Okay. Uh, I can't comment specifically on that issue.

00:22:26

Um. But, yeah, I know what we do, okay?

00:22:33

I know what we do. I see it day in. I see it day out.

00:22:36

I know we put in the practice.

00:22:37

I know we're doing -- I know we're doing it.

00:22:40

And, um, honestly, I don't know that we feel

00:22:45

the respect from them. - Yeah.

00:22:48

- That we probably deserve.

00:22:49

I think there might be a little bit of a discounting of us.

00:22:52

- All right. At the end of the day, what's going to be

00:22:54

the X factor that that gets you guys the trophy?

00:22:57

- I'm going to say the Holy Spirit deep in our hearts.

00:22:59

- I was gonna say choreography.

00:23:01

I just I have something things in mind.

00:23:03

- That's a possibility and we can --

00:23:05

There's no -- in a brainstorm there's no bad ideas.

00:23:07

- If you put together the Holy Spirit and choreography,

00:23:11

it's done. It's over.

00:23:14

- Well, the whole season's been leading up to this.

00:23:16

If you're just joining us, welcome to

00:23:18

the 24th annual Super Bowl of Preaching.

00:23:20

Greg Mcelfresh alongside my esteemed colleague

00:23:23

Hannah Shep Driskill. I sense a little tude in the presser.

00:23:26

- I mean, we got more than tude.

00:23:28

We had spicy spices in there, everything was happening.

00:23:31

And I tell you what, I think the editor had just

00:23:33

quite a little bit of fun with that one.

00:23:36

We saw that these these teammates, they're poised.

00:23:38

They're ready to take on the field.

00:23:39

They're ready to take it to the next level.

00:23:41

And it's anybody's game today.

00:23:42

- That's right. It's time to meet them in real life.

00:23:44

Let's throw it down to the field for today's starting lineups.

00:23:51

- And now your 2026 Super Bowl of Preaching teams.

00:23:58

First up give it up for Team Tome.

00:24:09

[hype music]

00:24:31

- Up next, their opponents. Let's hear it for Team Ranson.

00:24:43

[hype music]

00:25:13

- Well, the teams are out on the field.

00:25:16

What a display of something.

00:25:18

I've been calling this game over a decade.

00:25:20

I still can't keep it straight.

00:25:21

If somebody's new around here, lay the rules on us.

00:25:23

- This is how it works.

00:25:25

Well, you're going to see each pastor preach

00:25:28

an eight minute quarter.

00:25:29

They have to use a scripture and a random object

00:25:33

chosen strategically by, not that pose,

00:25:36

but by the opposing team.

00:25:38

Here's how the points break down.

00:25:40

You got six points for a compelling message,

00:25:42

three points for use of the prop,

00:25:45

one point as an extra point option, and as any --

00:25:48

- I hate to interrupt you.

00:25:49

I'm not sure if that's against the rules, but it should be.

00:25:51

- It really should be. It really should be.

00:25:54

And in fact, you have options for a negative three points,

00:25:57

which is a penalty that can be assessed

00:25:59

by the referee, Matt Casselman.

00:26:03

- Well, speaking of, he moved up from the Foot Locker

00:26:05

all the way to the old Sears in the Crossroads Dayton facility.

00:26:10

Let's head down to the field for today's coin toss.

00:26:13

Matt Casselman.

00:26:15

- All right. Let's bring it in for the coin toss.

00:26:18

I want a good, clean game.

00:26:22

Oh, shoot, I don't actually have a coin on me.

00:26:25

Ever since we moved into our Dayton location at the mall,

00:26:27

Crossroads has been paying me in gift cards from the mall.

00:26:30

So this one's an Auntie Anne's gift card.

00:26:33

I think I've got Hot Topic and Wet Seal in here.

00:26:35

All right. - I don't know what that is.

00:26:37

- Brian, a Senior Pastor, you'll call it.

00:26:39

This is heads. This is tails.

00:26:41

- Tails. What I be kicking.

00:26:43

- It is tails. - Yes.

00:26:44

- All right. You'll maintain possession

00:26:46

of the Bible for the first quarter.

00:26:48

And team Ranson, would you like to pick a random prop for them?

00:26:51

- Yep.

00:26:54

- Oh. That's perfect. - Yeah. Obviously.

00:26:59

Chuck, your random prop is an actual a little --

00:27:02

Yeah, a little hot dog, hot dog stapler.

00:27:04

- Hot dog stapler it is. Okay. All right.

00:27:07

- All right, M-I-N-G-O, let's go. Let's go.

00:27:09

Let's go. It's your time, your time, your time, your house.

00:27:11

- Come on, come on, come on, come on.

00:27:13

- Let's go. - All right. [whistle]

00:27:16

- All right. Hey, bring it in, everybody, bring it in.

00:27:18

Because I'm gonna guess that you are here today

00:27:20

because if there's more for your life,

00:27:22

you're up for it, am I right?

00:27:24

You want more. You could be anywhere today,

00:27:26

but you chose to be here. You answered an invitation.

00:27:29

And you think it's because if there is something here

00:27:31

that can transform your life, you're leaning in.

00:27:33

You're leaning in.

00:27:34

I want to tell you something that's probably

00:27:36

going to sound strange coming from a pastor,

00:27:38

I believe there's something that can transform your life

00:27:40

we're talking about today, and it's not

00:27:42

telling you to come to church more often.

00:27:44

Although great, come to church more often.

00:27:46

Even today it's not telling you

00:27:47

you should pray more often. Although absolutely.

00:27:50

If you want transformation, you should pray more often.

00:27:52

But today we're talking about something that I think

00:27:55

can literally transform your life, and it has

00:27:58

everything to do with the people you have around you.

00:28:01

So there's going to be two teams playing in the game today,

00:28:04

but we want to talk about a team

00:28:06

that literally makes or breaks your life.

00:28:08

The Bible talks about this in many places.

00:28:10

One of them is in Hebrews chapter ten,

00:28:12

where the writer is encouraging followers of Jesus

00:28:15

about community, and he says this:

00:28:17

Let us consider how to stir up one another

00:28:20

to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together.

00:28:25

Big idea today is this: everyone needs a huddle.

00:28:27

Everybody say huddle. - Huddle.

00:28:29

- We all need a huddle. And Brian, Kyle and Alli

00:28:32

are going to be talking about the kind of people

00:28:34

you need in your huddle.

00:28:36

But I want to talk about why a huddle

00:28:38

is so important for a strong life.

00:28:41

You know, when I think back on the hardest moments

00:28:43

of my life, there are many that come to mind.

00:28:45

But what I can tell you is some of them made me better

00:28:49

and some of them almost broke me.

00:28:51

I think about a moment when I made a one time decision

00:28:54

that literally almost tanked my life.

00:28:56

I think about a time when I almost died on the highway.

00:28:59

I was actually in Columbus, right near Polaris Parkway.

00:29:02

I think about another opportunity or a moment

00:29:04

that was hard for me when I first moved to Cincinnati,

00:29:06

and I was isolating and I was in trouble.

00:29:10

I was really, really at a low point.

00:29:12

Apparently my default spiritual gift is: I got this.

00:29:16

That's actually not a spiritual gift.

00:29:17

It's a spiritual deficit. Y'all, I don't got this.

00:29:20

Amen.

00:29:21

I need help, I need help. Amen.

00:29:25

I also think about some other hard moments in my life,

00:29:28

low moments, you might say,

00:29:29

like when I was at my dad's deathbed,

00:29:32

but I was surrounded by dudes

00:29:34

that really covered me in that time.

00:29:36

I think about when my wife and I were facing

00:29:38

the loss of our first child and pregnancy.

00:29:40

And I'm telling you, we were

00:29:41

supported and surrounded by people.

00:29:43

And when I look back, the pattern is very clear.

00:29:45

It didn't mean that isolation was only bad for me.

00:29:49

Isolation is what made things dangerous for me.

00:29:52

There are times in my life when I was going through

00:29:54

hard things, but when I had close community,

00:29:57

even though I didn't escape the pain,

00:29:59

I didn't have to face it by myself because I had a huddle.

00:30:03

The quality of your huddle, the quality of people around you

00:30:06

determines the quality of your life.

00:30:07

I want you to lock that in.

00:30:08

The quality of your huddle determines the quality

00:30:11

and the direction of your life.

00:30:12

There's going to be a lot of plays in the game today.

00:30:14

None of them go like this:

00:30:16

Why don't we all just do our own thing

00:30:17

and vibe and see what happens?

00:30:19

That never happens. There's a huddle.

00:30:21

Relationship is so important.

00:30:22

I don't know if I have a rooting interest in today's game,

00:30:25

but if I do, it's probably the Seattle Seahawks.

00:30:27

And not just because I'm wearing the Seahawks jersey,

00:30:29

but it's really because of the story of relationship

00:30:32

playing out on that team.

00:30:33

And honestly, in some ways, the worst to first story

00:30:35

of their quarterback Sam Darnold.

00:30:37

Sam Darnold actually started out the best.

00:30:39

He was the third draft pick the year he came into the league.

00:30:42

But Sam Darnold's career just tanked.

00:30:45

First of all, he's with the Jets,

00:30:46

so that's not helpful at all.

00:30:48

But it tanked for him.

00:30:49

He was less Sam Darnold

00:30:51

and more Sam, Darn it, why did you mess up again?

00:30:54

Like it was not going well for Sam.

00:30:56

And yet last year he had the game and the career

00:30:59

and the season of his life: 14 wins.

00:31:02

Only to have the Minnesota Vikings say, you know what,

00:31:05

we're going to drop you and go a new direction at quarterback.

00:31:08

So this is a guy who didn't feel

00:31:09

like he had people in his corner.

00:31:11

But he comes to Seattle and within one year

00:31:13

Sam Darnold is playing for a Super Bowl.

00:31:15

I think that's a pretty cool story.

00:31:17

It's a pretty cool turnaround for him.

00:31:18

And one of the things I love about his story is

00:31:20

one of the people he credits with being

00:31:23

a confidence booster for him is this guy, Ernest Jones,

00:31:26

who he never shares the field with.

00:31:28

He doesn't share the field with Ernest Jones

00:31:30

because Ernest Jones is on defense.

00:31:31

But when he came to Seattle, all the haters and doubters,

00:31:35

Ernest Jones wanted to make it very clear:

00:31:37

Sam Darnold is my ___ quarterback.

00:31:40

He had some other words in there that I'm not going to use,

00:31:42

but he had some other words.

00:31:43

You know, maybe it would have helped if Ernest

00:31:45

had his mouth stapled shut with this stapler,

00:31:48

but he didn't, so he went ahead and said what he wanted to say.

00:31:50

- That's good.

00:31:51

- Might have helped him, I don't know.

00:31:53

- That's very good. [whistle]

00:31:56

- Pastoral, foul, unnecessary excellence.

00:31:59

Chuck, you're just too good. That's so -- I just.

00:32:03

- Are you serious right now? - I'm trying to help them out,

00:32:05

so I'm going to take three points just off the bat.

00:32:08

- Okay, okay, okay. - Wow.

00:32:10

- That's good, guys, good call.

00:32:11

- I want to object, but I'm not going.

00:32:13

- Yeah, no, take the points.

00:32:15

-I think the need for a huddle is why Hebrews 10 was written.

00:32:19

What does it say? It says, let us consider this.

00:32:21

We need to lock in and realize lone wolves die.

00:32:25

You were not meant to live alone.

00:32:27

We need people, as it says, to stir us up.

00:32:31

That word means to provoke, to stimulate, to push.

00:32:34

You know why? Because we're better together.

00:32:36

I'm a better preacher, communicator, leader, pastor

00:32:39

because of the ways that Bryan stirs me up,

00:32:41

because the ways that Kyle stirs me up,

00:32:43

because the ways that Alli stirs me up

00:32:45

and helps me to be better together.

00:32:47

We need people like that in our lives. Why?

00:32:49

So that we can pursue love and good deeds.

00:32:51

These are the marks of a life of following Jesus.

00:32:54

The quality of your huddle determines the quality

00:32:56

and the direction of your life.

00:32:58

Translation for me is if I'm going to have a life

00:33:00

that looks like Jesus, I need people

00:33:02

who won't let me drift because it's so easy to drift.

00:33:06

But let me tell you the power of a huddle.

00:33:07

You're going to see this all day long in the game.

00:33:09

Two things happen in the huddle.

00:33:11

Number one, the huddle is where you get reset.

00:33:14

Because guess what?

00:33:15

Dudes are going to take hard hits in this game today.

00:33:17

And when you see those hard hits.

00:33:18

You know they're going to do, they're going to get up

00:33:20

and they're going to go back into their huddle.

00:33:22

We need people in our lives that we can go to

00:33:24

when life hits us hard.

00:33:26

And that's what you get in a huddle.

00:33:28

And then the beautiful thing is

00:33:30

then you're going to get re-sent in a huddle.

00:33:32

Because when they come to the huddle, you know what they get?

00:33:35

They get the next play.

00:33:36

One of the teams that's going to win the day,

00:33:38

I bet you they're going to have a next play mentality.

00:33:40

They're going to have a mentality that says,

00:33:42

you know what, forget what happened in the past.

00:33:44

What's the next play?

00:33:45

And I think some of us need to have a next play mentality.

00:33:48

Some of you need to have a next play mentality

00:33:49

when it comes to your marriage.

00:33:51

You need to have a next play mentality

00:33:52

when it comes to your job, to school,

00:33:54

you need to have a next play mentality

00:33:55

when it comes to your relationship with God,

00:33:57

believing that when you get around a huddle

00:34:00

that makes you better, God has a next play for you.

00:34:03

You were not meant to sit on the sidelines.

00:34:05

You are meant to be in the game.

00:34:07

- Yes. Amen. [applause]

00:34:08

= You're meant to be in the game.

00:34:11

So I want to say this next part with love,

00:34:13

but also with clarity, because some of us

00:34:16

are not in a huddle, not because people don't want us.

00:34:19

It's because we're choosing isolation.

00:34:22

We say we're too busy.

00:34:23

We say we'll get to it someday.

00:34:25

We say we've been burned in groups before.

00:34:27

But underneath that is a decision

00:34:29

to keep people at arm's length,

00:34:30

to think that you can carry

00:34:31

the weight of your life on your own,

00:34:33

to think that you can follow Jesus on your own.

00:34:35

And I love you enough to tell you, my friends,

00:34:38

that decision is slowly killing you.

00:34:40

We need a huddle because we don't fall apart on the field.

00:34:43

We fall apart when we stop huddling.

00:34:45

Even Jesus had a huddle.

00:34:47

There are parts of Jesus's life that were available to the 12.

00:34:50

There are parts of Jesus's life,

00:34:52

especially His highest highs and His lowest lows,

00:34:54

that were only available to three people:

00:34:56

Peter, James, and John.

00:34:57

Jesus needed a huddle, and if Jesus needs a huddle,

00:35:01

I need a huddle. I need a huddle.

00:35:03

You need a huddle. We need a huddle.

00:35:06

Some of you don't even need this sermon,

00:35:08

you don't need another message.

00:35:09

You don't need more willpower.

00:35:11

You need people. You need people.

00:35:13

You need to know that there are people in your life

00:35:16

who will help you get reset and will help you get re-sent.

00:35:19

You need a huddle.

00:35:20

And so today, as you listen to all of us talk,

00:35:22

I want you to just lean in and ask yourself the question,

00:35:24

what is pinging me today

00:35:25

and what am I going to do about it tomorrow?

00:35:27

So I want you to huddle up right now with me.

00:35:29

I want you to lean in, just do something physical

00:35:31

that represents a posture I want you to have,

00:35:33

because this is what it means to be in a huddle.

00:35:35

It means we lean in to relationship,

00:35:37

we don't lean out to isolation.

00:35:39

It means we lean in and take the risk of vulnerability.

00:35:42

That's the power of a huddle.

00:35:44

The quality of the huddle

00:35:45

determines the quality of your life.

00:35:46

It can change your life.

00:35:48

Now, if you've ever played any sport,

00:35:49

you know you got to break the huddle.

00:35:51

So we're going to do that now.

00:35:52

Everybody put your hands in, put your hands in.

00:35:54

We're going to be a huddle.

00:35:55

If you're at home, if you're at a site,

00:35:57

we're going to be a big huddle right now.

00:35:58

And the way that you break the huddle is there's a word

00:36:00

we're going to use to break the huddle on three.

00:36:02

Our words are going to be huddle up, okay?

00:36:04

So huddle up on me. Huddle up on three. One. Two. Three.

00:36:07

- Huddle up! - Let's huddle up.

00:36:11

[whistle] - Touchdown, Team Tome. [applause]

00:36:20

- Chuck, you're so good. I really hope you win.

00:36:24

All right. Six points for a great message.

00:36:26

Three points for the excellent use of the stapler.

00:36:28

You did have the three point awesome penalty.

00:36:31

Uh, so your extra bonus point question is:

00:36:35

according to ChatGPT, within --

00:36:39

ChatGPT knows us more than we know ourselves.

00:36:41

Within 10% how many people speak more than one language fluently?

00:36:46

- Within 10%? - I know, unbelievable.

00:36:52

- Now, we had this question last service, you know?

00:36:54

- Yeah. It is the same question.

00:36:56

- It is the same question we had.

00:36:57

They're all supposed to be new and unique.

00:36:59

You want us to pretend like we didn't hear it?

00:37:01

- Oh, just -- Oh, that's my bad.

00:37:03

Yeah.

00:37:04

Okay. All right, all right, all right.

00:37:06

- We're kind of -- - Right, right.

00:37:08

- I want to help you win. - I'm trying to help you.

00:37:11

- We don't need the help. You got another one for us?

00:37:13

- Within 10%. Forget that. That's silly.

00:37:16

- All right.

00:37:17

- Within 10%, how many people's jobs

00:37:19

call for them to work remotely?

00:37:24

- Call for them?

00:37:25

- I don't know. 25? Half. Take a half?

00:37:30

- 30. I hear 30 in the crowd.

00:37:32

- Uh, 95.

00:37:33

40 takes us 40 covers from 30 to 50. So yeah.

00:37:37

40%.

00:37:38

- It's 45%. - Oh, come on, come on.

00:37:43

- For the extra point. - Wow.

00:37:45

- Resulting in an end of first quarter score:

00:37:47

Team Tome 9, Team Ranson 0. That's the end of the first.

00:37:51

- Mingo draws first blood for Team Tome.

00:37:53

I'll tell you what, today you spell the word super M-I-N-G-O.

00:37:57

- Absolutely. This is classic veteran moves right here.

00:38:01

Using that random prop as if he planned it in his message.

00:38:05

He might have a few of those staplers on his desk,

00:38:07

I'll tell you that right now.

00:38:09

- Well, there's only one way to find out what happens next.

00:38:12

We throw it back down to the field for Alli Patterson

00:38:14

in the start of the second quarter.

00:38:15

- Come on, Alli. - Hold on, hold on, hold on.

00:38:19

-Chuck.

00:38:20

- Please chose the random prop here.

00:38:22

Oh, thank you. Don't want that?

00:38:26

- Alli, your random prop is a Bigfoot bucket hat.

00:38:29

- I'll trade you. - Gotcha.

00:38:31

- Bigfoot bucket hat. All right.

00:38:32

- Bigfoot bucket hat. [whistle]

00:38:33

- Okay, well, this year's NFL season actually

00:38:36

highlighted for us one specific player

00:38:39

that everybody needs to have in their huddle.

00:38:42

This season in the NFL was the year of the unc.

00:38:45

The old geezer back, baby.

00:38:47

They're everywhere in the NFL this year.

00:38:50

And I just started watching that thinking

00:38:52

sooner or later every team has a situation

00:38:55

where they need to call on an unc,

00:38:58

and you're going to have one too.

00:38:59

When Burrow went out with turf toe,

00:39:01

who did the Bengals call? 40 year old Joe Flacco.

00:39:05

When Jones went down with an Achilles injury

00:39:07

and the Colts backups were hurt, too,

00:39:09

they called on Philip Rivers at 44 years old.

00:39:13

And the Steelers, man, still no viable starter

00:39:16

after Roethlisberger, they signed Aaron Rodgers

00:39:20

for a one year contract at 41 years old.

00:39:22

This year the old guys are everywhere,

00:39:25

and all those situations had one thing in common:

00:39:28

the game plan wasn't working. There was a gap.

00:39:31

There was a gap because of injury

00:39:32

or a gap because of experience

00:39:33

or a gap because something was missing.

00:39:35

But there's a gap in the game plan,

00:39:38

and that's when you call in the unc.

00:39:40

And your life, your life is going to hit a gap.

00:39:43

It's going to hit a rough patch.

00:39:45

It's going to hit a point where what you need

00:39:47

isn't fresh legs and future potential,

00:39:49

it's the weight of experience. You need an unc.

00:39:53

Uncs are the people who keep us standing

00:39:56

when life hits a rough patch.

00:39:58

They've been there, an unc is a seasoned vet, a sage,

00:40:02

you know, somebody who can walk in wearing this hat

00:40:06

and still have your respect

00:40:07

because of all the things they've been through.

00:40:09

- Yeah. [applause]

00:40:11

Uncs step in and they stabilize a locker room,

00:40:15

a team, a life because they've faced the opponent

00:40:18

down before and they're still on their feet.

00:40:21

A good unc knows their job. Knows their job.

00:40:25

A good unc knows that they're probably not

00:40:28

the long term future of that situation.

00:40:30

Their job is to step in and hold the line.

00:40:32

Don't let it fall apart.

00:40:33

Keep this team together.

00:40:36

And their experience has made them really tough.

00:40:39

Philip Rivers got asked by the press

00:40:42

when he was going to face actual hits on the field again

00:40:46

and the press was questioning him:

00:40:47

Do you think you can handle it, you know, at 44 years old?

00:40:50

And he was like, "Handle it? I'm looking forward to it.

00:40:53

I've actually missed getting hit."

00:40:56

That is the guy that you want to call.

00:40:58

That's the unc you need in your huddle,

00:41:00

the one when your life takes some hits,

00:41:02

they can step in that gap and actually willing

00:41:05

to take them for you.

00:41:06

There's an unc in Scripture that I love, an unc in the Bible.

00:41:10

You may not know this guy. His name is Jethro.

00:41:12

But I'll bet you recognize the name of his son-in-law, Moses.

00:41:17

So Moses was the man in Israel at the most important time.

00:41:21

He was like the starting QB and he was doing everything.

00:41:27

He was settling all the disputes,

00:41:29

teaching the Word of God,

00:41:30

the chosen single point leader for the nation of Israel.

00:41:34

But his system was breaking down.

00:41:36

He was exhausted.

00:41:37

The people were waiting all day for things.

00:41:39

It just wasn't working right.

00:41:42

He had hit a rough patch and in walks

00:41:44

his father-in-law for a visit.

00:41:46

Jethro comes on the scene and he pulls some classic unc moves.

00:41:50

Jethro names the problem, sees through the situation,

00:41:53

and gives Moses a new game plan.

00:41:55

Even Moses needed an unc.

00:41:57

Listen to what he tells him to do.

00:41:59

In Exodus 18, he says: Select capable men from all the people.

00:42:04

Men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain,

00:42:08

and appoint them as officials over thousands,

00:42:10

over hundreds, over fiftys and tens.

00:42:14

Do you hear the game plan? Do you hear the wisdom?

00:42:17

How did Jethro know? He stepped into the gap,

00:42:20

and he gave Moses a specific game plan

00:42:23

based on the weight of his own experience.

00:42:25

He wasn't trying to take over for Moses.

00:42:27

He was trying to sustain the team

00:42:30

so they could get to the future.

00:42:32

That's what uncs do. A great uncle keeps you on your feet.

00:42:38

[whistle] Excessive use of slang.

00:42:41

You said unc like 40 times. Pandering to the youth.

00:42:45

- That was a lot.

00:42:46

- Okay, Boomer, a 3 point penalty is going to be assessed.

00:42:50

- Wow. Wow.

00:42:52

- First of all. - That's a good call, ref.

00:42:54

That's a good call. - I love you, boomers.

00:42:55

I'm not one. I'm offended by you.

00:43:02

I believe that God is equipping some of you in here,

00:43:06

boomers, Xers, even some of you millennials.

00:43:09

I believe He's equipping you, calling you

00:43:11

to be an unc in someone's life.

00:43:13

You don't have to be 70 to do this.

00:43:15

You're ten years older than somebody.

00:43:17

God can ask you to step in the gap of somebody else's life

00:43:21

and help them through a rough patch.

00:43:23

I have an unc, an unc.

00:43:25

She is about 11 years older than me,

00:43:27

and I call her for some very specific times in my life.

00:43:30

So I call her, for instance, um, maybe about six months ago,

00:43:34

I was feeling super disconnected from God

00:43:36

and I called her. I really respect her faith.

00:43:40

She's been following Jesus much longer than I have.

00:43:42

And I said, what do you do in these moments?

00:43:45

I need your experience to get me through.

00:43:48

I call her for questions about my kids sometimes.

00:43:50

I have like semi adult kids and hers are 30-ish

00:43:53

and they like her and I want to know how she did it. Right?

00:43:58

I also call her when I find a wrinkle in a weird place.

00:44:00

For real I need a product reco.

00:44:03

I found a wrinkle on my earlobe.

00:44:04

I didn't know your earlobe could get wrinkles.

00:44:07

Apparently it can.

00:44:08

So I call her for all kinds of different things.

00:44:12

And guess what? She likes it.

00:44:15

She wants to be called on.

00:44:16

She wants to step in the gaps of my life.

00:44:19

And you can do that for someone else.

00:44:21

We are just starved for somebody to see

00:44:24

the places that life isn't working for us,

00:44:26

and to step into that gap and help us get through.

00:44:29

I want to talk to you men for a second because, um,

00:44:33

I read a survey question as I was doing

00:44:35

some research for this message.

00:44:37

And did you know that 66% of young men

00:44:40

ages 18 to 23 agree with the statement:

00:44:44

no one really knows me. 66%.

00:44:48

That might be the most isolated, lonely

00:44:51

generational statistic I have ever read.

00:44:53

So, men in the room, it's time to step up.

00:44:56

You are the unc that 18 to 23 year old men need.

00:45:00

It is time to answer the call.

00:45:02

This is not -- this is not over.

00:45:04

Maybe you were the man or the woman for a season.

00:45:07

God has so much more to offer you if you're willing

00:45:10

to step in the gaps of somebody else's life.

00:45:13

Joe Flacco had his career high,

00:45:16

career high passing game this season with the Bengals.

00:45:20

Did you know that? That's crazy.

00:45:23

There's so much more left for you to give.

00:45:25

Let God use you as the wisdom, the experience,

00:45:29

the love, the support that somebody around you needs

00:45:32

and be tough enough to take some hits for them.

00:45:34

Right? Because you have an unc that took them for you.

00:45:38

There is the ultimate big brother, the ultimate sage,

00:45:41

the ultimate wisdom, and it comes from somebody named Jesus.

00:45:45

And He doesn't just have what it takes

00:45:47

to fix up your life on the outside.

00:45:49

He actually steps in the gaps

00:45:51

that you and I have on the inside.

00:45:53

And He begins to bring that stability, that wisdom,

00:45:56

that character to our life from the inside out.

00:46:00

The Bible says we have an enemy that's trying to take us down.

00:46:03

And if Jesus isn't in those places, it's going to work.

00:46:06

He's trying to mess with you.

00:46:08

He's trying to mess with your identity, your family,

00:46:10

your body, your mental health, your job, whatever.

00:46:13

And he will take you down.

00:46:15

But Jesus is the one that will step in the gap

00:46:19

and pull you back on your feet again.

00:46:21

He is the unc that will keep you standing.

00:46:23

He proved to us on the Cross.

00:46:25

This is one of my favorite, most simple verses

00:46:28

of what happened on the Cross, 1 John 3:8 says that

00:46:31

the Son of God, the reason the Son of God appeared

00:46:36

was to destroy the devil's work.

00:46:38

That's the reason He came.

00:46:40

He came so that you can get back on your feet again.

00:46:43

He came so that the tactics don't work,

00:46:45

that you won't be flattened, that

00:46:47

you'll end up standing again.

00:46:48

A lot of us are going to leave here today,

00:46:50

and we're going to walk back into a mess of some kind.

00:46:53

I know that because I've got one, and if I've got one,

00:46:56

I know we all have one.

00:46:57

We're going to walk out this door and we need something.

00:47:00

We need two people,

00:47:01

for whatever that situation is that you're facing,

00:47:04

you need somebody who's been there

00:47:06

and is back on their feet again, and you need Jesus.

00:47:09

You need the God who says,

00:47:10

"I will never walk away from you, never forsake you.

00:47:13

I will never leave you."

00:47:15

That's the kind of God that we get

00:47:17

to face these gaps in our life with.

00:47:21

He has a new game plan for you, and you know,

00:47:23

you can just ask Him to run it.

00:47:25

You can just say, "Jesus, I'm ready to leave behind

00:47:28

how I was doing life. I want you to forgive me

00:47:32

and come into my huddle. Lead, call the plays.

00:47:35

I'm ready to follow You to my new game plan."

00:47:38

He'll do it, and it'll be the best decision

00:47:40

that you have ever made, because He's been there.

00:47:43

He's looked the enemy in the face

00:47:44

and He ended up back on His feet again.

00:47:46

He's the unc that keeps you standing.

00:47:49

- Amen. Amen. [whistle]

00:47:51

- That's good work. - Touchdown, Team Ranson!

00:47:54

- Did a very good job.

00:47:56

- I thought for a second I was like, where's my prop?

00:48:01

- Yeah, there it is.

00:48:02

- I used it so long ago, I crushed it,

00:48:05

but I thought for a second I forgot it.

00:48:07

- You crushed your message, you crushed the prop usage.

00:48:09

However, there was the three point penalty.

00:48:11

Hey, targeting. [That's targeting. whistle]

00:48:14

- You be quiet. - Targeting.

00:48:16

- She thought your head was warm.

00:48:18

- Roughing the ref.

00:48:20

You're gonna have to talk to my mom about that.

00:48:22

She's gonna be furious.

00:48:25

-Actually, she told me you need a hard time.

00:48:28

She sent me in here to give you tough love.

00:48:30

- All right, here's your extra point question.

00:48:32

Your extra point question, within 10%,

00:48:34

how many people's favorite movie is in black and white?

00:48:39

- What?

00:48:40

- I'm gonna --Black and white?

00:48:42

- What year is it?

00:48:44

- I guess how many people like It's a Wonderful Life,

00:48:47

that's the only one I can think of.

00:48:49

Um, what do you think? - It's gotta be low, right?

00:48:52

Like the beginning of Wicked.

00:48:54

That was good. That was a black and white.

00:48:56

- That can't count.

00:48:58

- 30? You want to say, like, 25?

00:49:01

- 40%.

00:49:02

- Well, we get a range.

00:49:04

So if we said ten, we'd have 0 to 20?

00:49:07

Or 12? 12.12. Let's do 12.

00:49:11

- Oh, I'm not making this up. It's 3%.

00:49:14

- Ha!

00:49:15

- So, wait. Wait. Oh, yeah. Oh.

00:49:19

- You're struggling with the math.

00:49:21

- It's okay, you guys, math is so hard.

00:49:23

Math is really hard.

00:49:24

It's the only thing harder than sports. One, two.

00:49:27

So hold on, okay. You did get -- Hold on.

00:49:32

I honestly can't remember.

00:49:34

I stopped scoring long ago, so let's just call it six seven.

00:49:39

That's the end of the half.

00:49:40

- Oh, boy. Six seven.

00:49:42

Castleman making up numbers as he goes.

00:49:45

I thought Patterson's message was heartwarming.

00:49:47

Some students out in the atrium fist bumped me.

00:49:49

They said, what's up, unc? I loved it.

00:49:51

- They did? That's so wonderful.

00:49:52

I do hate to break it to you, buddy,

00:49:54

because unc has multiple meanings.

00:49:55

One of them is uncool, so that's a bummer for you.

00:49:58

That's what they were saying to you.

00:49:59

But I tell you what, though, the ref doesn't know math,

00:50:02

he doesn't know sports. He just doesn't know reffing.

00:50:04

So it's really just anybody's game here.

00:50:07

And we got a whole lot more for us today. So exciting.

00:50:10

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00:50:12

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00:50:15

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00:50:18

Mingo's Mangoes. Mingo's Mangoes.

00:50:24

- [whispering] Hey, I'm Chuck Mingo

00:50:26

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00:50:29

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00:50:33

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00:50:39

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00:50:46

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00:50:51

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00:50:57

Like Proverbs says, where a mangoes,

00:51:01

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00:51:05

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00:53:23

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00:53:28

If you would stand on your feet

00:53:30

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00:53:37

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00:54:58

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00:57:58

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01:00:22

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01:00:25

You gotta love hearing Bon Jovi

01:00:26

and K-pop Demon Hunters in the same same show.

01:00:30

Hey man, thank you guys so much for joining us.

01:00:34

I feel like they hacked my Spotify playlist there.

01:00:37

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01:00:39

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01:00:41

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01:00:44

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that would love to reach out, connect with you,

01:01:05

and help you figure out what it looks like

01:01:07

to take your next step with God

01:01:10

and growing with community.

01:01:11

If you heard what Chuck said talking about

01:01:13

the importance of a huddle, hey, we have

01:01:15

an incredible opportunity that could help form that

01:01:17

for you and help you grow and take next steps with God.

01:01:20

I want to give you a glimpse into what

01:01:22

the upcoming Run Journey is going to look like right now.

01:01:25

- Ever dream of a life that feels like more than

01:01:27

just the grind of wake up, go to work or school,

01:01:29

drive the kids to so many games, scroll a bit,

01:01:32

pay the bills, scroll a little bit more,

01:01:34

fall asleep in front of a screen, and repeat?

01:01:39

If you listen, there's a voice

01:01:41

that can cut through the noise of your busy life.

01:01:44

It doesn't shout. It speaks like a spark.

01:01:47

Awake, O sleeper.

01:01:50

An invitation to raise your eyes

01:01:51

from the endless tasks and look up,

01:01:54

because there is more.

01:01:56

More than the grind.

01:01:57

More than just making it to Friday.

01:01:59

You weren't made to coast through life on autopilot

01:02:02

or chase someone else's dream.

01:02:03

You were designed to run a race

01:02:05

that only you can run, and you can win.

01:02:09

No matter the life you're currently living,

01:02:11

you can run with purpose and level up.

01:02:14

Join us as we follow the journeys of the Apostle Paul

01:02:17

and learn from the radical race he ran to change the world.

01:02:20

It's time to wipe the sleep from your soul.

01:02:22

Wake up, run your race, and win.

01:02:26

Real Encounters with God; the Run Journey.

01:02:33

- Man, that video gives you a

01:02:34

great glimpse into what's coming.

01:02:37

The Run Journey is going to be an incredible opportunity.

01:02:39

If anything in that video resonated with you,

01:02:42

any of that sense of being

01:02:43

stressed out or being numbed out,

01:02:45

or feel like you're constantly running,

01:02:47

but not sure that you're actually getting anywhere?

01:02:50

The Run Journey could be incredible for you.

01:02:52

It could be the perfect thing to help you start

01:02:54

to get traction and go to a new place with God.

01:02:57

Now, this experience brings together

01:02:59

two of our most impactful and popular things

01:03:02

that we've ever done around here.

01:03:03

The first is called Real Encounters,

01:03:05

where we actually go to places around the globe

01:03:08

and film on location to capture the truth of the Bible.

01:03:11

And that'll be Turkey and Greece this year.

01:03:13

It's incredible stuff.

01:03:14

And the second thing is actually the Journey.

01:03:17

This is something we've done for 15 years.

01:03:19

I actually met my wife at Crossroads 15 years ago

01:03:22

as part of a Journey.

01:03:24

It's this thing where all of our teaching,

01:03:25

our entire community, from kids and students

01:03:28

all the way up to adults, where they, uh, focus in

01:03:32

on one topic where they want to see God grow them.

01:03:36

And this year, it's actually around

01:03:38

the race that God has created you to run.

01:03:41

There's three components to the Journey.

01:03:43

The first is just the weekly service,

01:03:45

watching the weekly teaching.

01:03:46

That's like what you're doing right now

01:03:48

at a site or online. Perfect.

01:03:50

The second thing is actually doing this.

01:03:53

This is your individual Run Journey guide.

01:03:55

It's like a customized book for you that you can process

01:03:59

and figure out how you're going to apply

01:04:01

and run more hard after the race that

01:04:03

you feel like God has put in front of you.

01:04:05

And then the third is actually meeting with a group.

01:04:08

We've got online groups and in-person groups.

01:04:11

You need to have a huddle, as Chuck said,

01:04:12

you need to have people that you're growing around

01:04:15

and growing alongside of, and

01:04:16

the Journey can help you do that.

01:04:18

Five weeks. Again, all the details

01:04:20

at crossroads.net/journey.

01:04:24

And you can actually check that all out

01:04:26

and get started right now.

01:04:27

I want to give you a sense of how

01:04:28

to jump into the Journey right now.

01:04:41

- What's a journey, you ask?

01:04:43

No, not that one. It's not rocket science.

01:04:45

It's just something life changing

01:04:47

we've been doing as a community for 20 years.

01:04:50

Will it work for you? We're betting on it.

01:04:53

Thousands of people have made incredible progress

01:04:55

leveling up and getting off the sidelines of their lives.

01:04:58

And you can too.

01:05:00

Too busy? We get it.

01:05:02

But this is so worth it,

01:05:03

if you're into finding your purpose and winning at life.

01:05:07

Who doesn't need a win?

01:05:11

I thought so.

01:05:13

So we've made it simple.

01:05:15

There are just three steps to the Journey.

01:05:17

Step one: attend the weekend at a site or online.

01:05:21

See the Bible come alive from here or here or even here.

01:05:29

Step two: do your individual work

01:05:31

in this specially designed personal reflection folder.

01:05:35

Step three: meet with the group online or in person.

01:05:39

We've created original content just for groups

01:05:42

that includes this sweet original game

01:05:44

that is both fun and deep. Heads up Mattel!

01:05:48

And our Lead Pastor Kyle has something encouraging,

01:05:51

challenging, and inspiring just for your group via video

01:05:54

each week as you discover the race you were made to run.

01:05:59

Now all you have to do is show up

01:06:02

and experience five incredible weeks

01:06:04

that just might change your life.

01:06:07

Go here to learn more.

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01:07:02

- Nope.

01:07:13

- A mailman said nope, no thank you.

01:07:15

- I tell you what, we are having a good time today.

01:07:18

And it's not just the commercials,

01:07:20

it's not just the laughs, it's the teaching,

01:07:22

it's everything, and you only get it here

01:07:24

at the Super Bowl of Preaching.

01:07:26

You got a Beyonce fan that just blows on you.

01:07:28

That's amazing. Everybody needs that. Everyone deserves that.

01:07:30

- I want that wig when they're done with it.

01:07:32

- Yeah, you do. You need it.

01:07:34

- Hey, we got a second half coming up for you.

01:07:35

Send it down to the field for Brian Tome.

01:07:38

- We're going up, up, up. It's our moment.

01:07:41

You know, we gotta be golden.

01:07:43

Sorry, guys. I was preoccupied with something.

01:07:45

Oh, sorry. That's my bad.

01:07:49

- You would be great for the halftime show.

01:07:52

- Oh, come on. - Don't you think?

01:07:53

Like, I think he'd be great the halftime show.

01:07:56

- What would I even do? I mean, would I do, like,

01:07:59

you know, a jazz square or like this?

01:08:04

- Oh! - Man. [applause]

01:08:10

- Okay, maybe next year. Maybe next year.

01:08:12

All right, so, Brian, you have possession.

01:08:14

- And it hurts me every time to watch you.

01:08:17

Ow, that hurts. - Me too.

01:08:19

All right. Choose a random prop. Oh.

01:08:23

- It even smells bad.

01:08:25

- Yeah. You have leftover Chinese food.

01:08:30

- It's leftovers. - Been there for a while.

01:08:34

- Yeah. Yeah. It is. Okay. All right.

01:08:38

Boy, this smell. I'm going to keep this.

01:08:40

I'm gonna keep this. Keep it right there.

01:08:43

Ah! All right. There's a profound things that happens

01:08:48

when there are collisions.

01:08:51

Jesus comes and the Bible speaks clearly

01:08:54

that the right understands Jesus is fully God

01:08:57

and fully man at the same time.

01:08:59

Wait a minute. God and man together?

01:09:02

That collision is really potent and powerful.

01:09:04

When you do have those things, it's really intense.

01:09:07

Uh, when we do camps, our Man Camp we'll have

01:09:10

a whole bunch of kegs of beers at trailers.

01:09:14

And right beside that is the prayer tent.

01:09:16

And having those things together seems like

01:09:18

they shouldn't be, but because they are,

01:09:20

it's an amazing, beautiful collision.

01:09:22

We have, we have, last week if you came to Crossroads,

01:09:25

we had 60 minutes straight of prayer. 60 It was prayer.

01:09:29

We prayed for 60 minutes. It was great. It was creative.

01:09:31

And then today we're just having fun.

01:09:35

Wait a minute. A church that prays for an hour straight

01:09:38

and just has fun and has stupid junior high humor?

01:09:41

Yeah, the collision there is a potency.

01:09:43

Alli-Cat had talked a couple quarters ago about uncs.

01:09:48

Uncs that we have to value the older people in our life

01:09:51

and bring older people in our life.

01:09:52

So I'm going to spend the rest of my time

01:09:54

talking about how we need younger people in our life.

01:09:57

You must have young people in your huddle.

01:10:02

- Yeah.

01:10:03

Drake Maye, 23 years old for the New England Patriots.

01:10:07

Sam Darnold is 28.

01:10:08

Half the division quarterbacks were 26 years or younger.

01:10:14

If you Google the average age of an NFL

01:10:17

starting quarterback in the Super Bowl,

01:10:18

it's going to be a number, I think, about 30, 31.

01:10:21

But that's not the whole story, because

01:10:23

what overweights those numbers is someone like

01:10:25

a Tom Brady, who weights the

01:10:27

numbers as a 42 year old who won,

01:10:30

but his very first Super Bowl was 24.

01:10:33

The quarterbacks make their mark when they are young.

01:10:37

Those of you who are young, younger,

01:10:38

yes, you do have a lot of runway,

01:10:40

but I'm telling you right now is really critical.

01:10:44

You don't just have a great future.

01:10:46

You have a critical now, your present now.

01:10:50

Terry Bradshaw was 26 his first Super Bowl.

01:10:52

Montana was 25.

01:10:54

Marino and Roethlisberger, they had their first at 23.

01:10:59

And if you're here today, which we all are,

01:11:00

you're part, even if it's just for one day,

01:11:03

your first time, you're a part of

01:11:04

the greatest movement the world has ever known.

01:11:06

There's not even a close second place.

01:11:08

And that's the movement of Jesus Christ

01:11:10

who started a church that's been ever expanding

01:11:12

across the entire world. [applause]

01:11:15

And how did He choose to do that?

01:11:19

Through young people.

01:11:21

The Apostle Paul wrote most of the New Testament,

01:11:24

more than anybody else did anyway.

01:11:25

He has a young pastor he builds into, Timothy,

01:11:29

two books to him, 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy.

01:11:31

Timothy's in his late, his late 20s.

01:11:33

Here's what he says to him:

01:11:35

Let no one despise you for your youth,

01:11:38

but set the believers an example in speech,

01:11:42

in conduct, in love, in faith, in impurity.

01:11:44

Hey, don't let people look down

01:11:45

on you just because you're young.

01:11:46

Young folks, just because you're young

01:11:48

doesn't mean you don't understand how God works.

01:11:50

Just because you're young doesn't mean

01:11:52

you can't hear from God in a significantly profound way.

01:11:55

Our culture is disproportionately weighted old.

01:12:00

And you might say, I don't understand.

01:12:01

How could you say that?

01:12:02

Well, let me give you some examples.

01:12:04

First of all, whenever you see a movie

01:12:06

in the world of World War II era,

01:12:08

you see the main figures or characters

01:12:10

are like a a John Wayne or Clint Eastwood

01:12:13

or or even if you took a look at, um, oh, what's the name,

01:12:17

what's what's the Steven Spielberg

01:12:18

one, the most recent one?

01:12:19

- Saving Private Ryan? - Saving Private Ryan. Right.

01:12:22

Those guys are pretty old.

01:12:23

You know, the tank commanders in World War II.

01:12:26

- Recent? - What? Saving Private Ryan.

01:12:29

- That's like 20 years old.

01:12:30

- Saving Private Ryan. Recent movie. Good.

01:12:33

- Well, okay, a more recent movie. A more recent movie.

01:12:37

- More recent than John Wayne.

01:12:39

- I'm gonna admit, I am old, yes, I am old.

01:12:42

I'm gonna get into my age in just a moment.

01:12:45

But nonetheless, no movie shows how young those GIs were.

01:12:50

Tank commanders who ran tanks in World War II,

01:12:52

they were 19 years old, 18 years old.

01:12:55

Fighter pilots in World War II, they were 18, 19 years old.

01:12:57

By the time they were 29, too old.

01:12:59

It was young people through and through

01:13:02

and this even affects the way we are today.

01:13:05

We can't even design movies that are historically accurate

01:13:09

with young people having significant, important roles

01:13:12

in the adult world.

01:13:13

And today we still have those of us who are older

01:13:16

having a culture that's wired to support us,

01:13:19

not necessarily younger people.

01:13:20

Now, these are some stats

01:13:22

you might have already been aware of,

01:13:24

might be brand new to you, but it is what it is.

01:13:26

A lot of people have talked about

01:13:28

how our stock market is inflated.

01:13:30

It's inflated because people in power are older,

01:13:32

and we do all that we can to keep the stocks propped up,

01:13:35

which I'm very thankful for that

01:13:37

because I'm 60 years old and I need that.

01:13:39

I need that 403 b that my retirement account

01:13:41

to be just fine and stable.

01:13:43

But because we're not having massive corrections,

01:13:46

prices aren't coming down

01:13:47

and young people can't buy into the market,

01:13:49

which is why young people are so drawn to Bitcoin,

01:13:54

things that don't make any sense at all.

01:13:56

[whistle] - Yeah, that's good.

01:13:57

- You dropped your flag, ma'am.

01:13:59

- No, no, this is a challenge.

01:14:01

- Okay, I'll get this one.

01:14:02

- We would like to challenge Brian

01:14:04

to explain Bitcoin to everyone.

01:14:05

- Oh. [laughter]

01:14:09

- Right. Wouldn't you like to know?

01:14:11

- All right, all right. - Tell us about it.

01:14:13

- What is something worth?

01:14:16

What somebody's willing to pay for it.

01:14:18

That's all it's worth, your house, your car,

01:14:20

whatever someone -- So apparently,

01:14:22

some people worth paying for the idea

01:14:24

that there's digital money out there that has no value.

01:14:27

That's what it is. - Amen.

01:14:29

- I overturned because I think he explained it

01:14:33

as well as any of us understand it. So.

01:14:35

- Yeah. Yeah, yeah. - Okay.

01:14:39

- But young people are drawn to it because they go,

01:14:41

"I can get in on this. I can afford this."

01:14:44

The average first time home builder.

01:14:45

I was 28 when I owned my first house, got my first mortgage.

01:14:49

Kyle was 24, you said, 24.

01:14:51

Average first time home buyer today is 40 years old.

01:14:55

40. Here's a graph that shows that.

01:14:58

That has massive ramifications.

01:15:00

Variety of reasons for it, houses more expensive,

01:15:05

hard time to save for a house

01:15:06

when rent is escalated elevated.

01:15:08

I had to put 5% down on my house.

01:15:10

They have to put 10% down, whatever it is.

01:15:12

I'm just saying the signs show that when you're younger,

01:15:14

it is hard right now. Really, really hard.

01:15:17

We're making it harder for young people.

01:15:19

And the truth is, Jesus made it easier for young people.

01:15:23

He brought people into His inner circle.

01:15:26

We get it wrong with World War II movies,

01:15:29

and we get it wrong with every movie

01:15:31

about Jesus and his 12 disciples.

01:15:33

Every single one is dead wrong,

01:15:35

including The Chosen, which is really good.

01:15:37

But it's wrong. It's wrong.

01:15:40

Well, how? Because the disciples are always too old.

01:15:43

Way too old. How do I know that?

01:15:45

Well, if we took a look at Matthew 17:26-27,

01:15:49

Jesus is getting grief from

01:15:50

the temple professional hierarchy that

01:15:52

Him and his disciples have to pay the temple tax.

01:15:55

They're in Jerusalem. You're going to come here,

01:15:57

you got to pay the temple tax.

01:15:58

And so, Jesus, there's a lot of stuff happens in the story.

01:16:00

I'd love to give a whole sermon on it,

01:16:02

but I only have one quarter for you.

01:16:04

But let's take a look at what happens,

01:16:05

how He raises the money for this temple tax.

01:16:09

He says to Peter, go to the sea and cast a hook

01:16:11

and take the first fish that comes up,

01:16:13

and when you open its mouth you'll find a shekel.

01:16:16

Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.

01:16:22

In other words, here's the money we need to pay

01:16:24

for you and pay for me. Nobody else.

01:16:28

Well, why is that?

01:16:29

It's because you had to be 20 years old

01:16:32

to pay the temple tax or older.

01:16:34

And only him and Peter were 20 years or older.

01:16:37

Jesus is about 32, 33 at this point.

01:16:40

We don't know how old Peter was. He was at least 20.

01:16:43

And really, every single other

01:16:45

disciple is is younger than that.

01:16:47

14, 15, 19. All of them.

01:16:50

This is basic Bible stuff, and yet you can't find

01:16:53

a single piece of art that reflects young kids

01:16:56

with acne who were disciples.

01:16:59

Why would this be? Is it young people have more energy?

01:17:02

Young people have more flexibility?

01:17:03

Young people are more gung ho?

01:17:05

Young people are more teachable?

01:17:07

Young people are less prideful? Young people are..?

01:17:09

I don't know, I don't know.

01:17:11

I do know this: Every wave starts in the student section,

01:17:15

which is why here Crossroads we pour massive resources

01:17:18

into younger generation, and we restructure

01:17:21

our organizational structure for younger people to rise.

01:17:24

And a lot of stuff that happens at Crossroads

01:17:26

I don't even like because I'm 60.

01:17:33

Like the halftime show.

01:17:34

Glad you liked it. I didn't like it.

01:17:40

There was only one song that was worth anything the whole thing.

01:17:43

You know what that was? Bon Jovi, Livin on a Prayer.

01:17:47

I'm like, "Oh, Bon Jovi, God bless America. Oh."

01:17:55

[whistle] - Holding onto the past.

01:17:59

- Love it. Good call.

01:18:01

- The Bon Jovi reference, Saving Private Ryan.

01:18:03

- I admit it. - Three point penalty.

01:18:07

- Now, just one last thing about Super Bowl h

01:18:11

alftimes and you know some of

01:18:12

you will be surprised about this.

01:18:13

There's a lot of hubbub about Bad Bunny

01:18:15

and the actual Super Bowl going, I'm like,

01:18:18

it's a great decision. I don't even know who he is.

01:18:20

I've never listened to him.

01:18:22

All the young people are like, why is that?

01:18:24

Because the young people like Bad Bunny.

01:18:26

It's a business decision. It's not an American decision.

01:18:29

It's a business decision for the NFL going,

01:18:31

"We need to keep attracting younger fans,"

01:18:33

and those of us who are older will never get it. We won't.

01:18:36

And in our church, I've been saying that all of us

01:18:38

who are little older, we need to

01:18:39

keep leaning to the next generation.

01:18:41

We keep pushing young because that's what Jesus did.

01:18:45

So if you are young, now is your time.

01:18:49

Do things that are going to set you up for your future.

01:18:51

You have a long runway. But I tell you what,

01:18:54

this moment, the runway is your most important time.

01:18:56

Do things that are building your skills.

01:18:58

Do things that are building your networking.

01:19:00

Do things that are building your mind.

01:19:03

Don't just mindlessly do what everybody else does your age.

01:19:05

A higher percentage of those people are going nowhere.

01:19:07

If you want to go someplace,

01:19:08

you'll make different decisions to get yourself ahead.

01:19:11

And then finally, for those of us who are older,

01:19:13

it's time for you and I to be

01:19:15

building into the next generation.

01:19:17

We dumb things down too much for the next generation.

01:19:20

We need to have high standards,

01:19:22

allow them to rise to the level of our expectations.

01:19:25

All of us, you must have young people in your huddle.

01:19:32

[whistle] - Touchdown, Team Tome!

01:19:41

Brian, you're awarded six points for a great message.

01:19:43

However, you did have the penalty

01:19:45

and you didn't reference the random prop.

01:19:50

- OH! Why aren't you helping me?

01:19:52

Why aren't you helping me? What are you doing?

01:19:54

You're my teammate. Gosh.

01:19:56

- I let you down. - You did. You did.

01:19:58

- Food isn't the only thing that's old.

01:20:01

- The Holy Spirit was flowing.

01:20:02

And you know the Holy Spirit's flowing.

01:20:04

- You just don't quench the Spirit.

01:20:05

- Yeah. Don't quench the Chinese.

01:20:08

- All right. For the extra point, which you need.

01:20:11

Within 10%, how many people have played in a marching band?

01:20:19

- You mean percentage of American population?

01:20:21

What does that mean? How many people?

01:20:23

- What percentage of the American population

01:20:25

have played in a marching band?

01:20:26

- Percentage of the American population.

01:20:29

That's got to be low again.

01:20:30

[indiscernible crosstalk]

01:20:31

- I think we're probably talking about.

01:20:33

- Just like to wear weird things.

01:20:34

- Hey, this is our question, not your question.

01:20:36

Shut your yapper. Shut your small mouth over there.

01:20:39

- Poll the crowd?

01:20:41

- Marching band. How many people were in marching band?

01:20:43

- It's gotta be small. Yeah. How many people?

01:20:45

That many? It's gotta be --

01:20:46

- All right, we need a answer. - Under 10%.

01:20:48

I think if we do, like, I would go, I would say 14.

01:20:53

That's how I would say yeah. 13, 13%.

01:20:55

- 13%? - 13%.

01:20:57

- It is 10%, which gives you the extra point.

01:21:00

- All right.

01:21:02

- Giving you an end of third quarter score,

01:21:05

Team Tome 11 and Team Ranson 6.

01:21:10

- Okay, let's do it.

01:21:11

- All right. There's only one quarter left to go.

01:21:13

Interesting stat: Brian Tome bought his first house at 28.

01:21:18

28 is also the number of years

01:21:20

since Saving Private Ryan was released.

01:21:22

- That makes total sense.

01:21:24

He thought it was just yesterday.

01:21:25

The mind must be going. That's okay, it's the first sign.

01:21:29

- Look at the replay here.

01:21:31

So we got unbelievable backflip by Castleman.

01:21:34

Just hoping to be invited into the halftime show.

01:21:37

And then unfortunately he

01:21:39

remembers he didn't use the prop.

01:21:41

And he does what every great teammate does,

01:21:43

he blames Chuck Mingo.

01:21:45

- That's right. That's right.

01:21:47

Great teammate, great showmanship there.

01:21:49

- Let's head back down to the field.

01:21:50

Kyle Ranson in the fourth quarter.

01:21:53

- All right. Ranson, you have the Bible for this quarter.

01:21:56

And your random prop, there you go, is --

01:22:01

Oh, an arm sling. - Yeah.

01:22:03

Okay.

01:22:04

All right. Good luck with that.

01:22:06

- Great, an arm sling. Perfect.

01:22:10

Well, we've been talking about the people

01:22:12

that you need in your huddle,

01:22:14

but why does a huddle ever come to exist in the first place?

01:22:19

It's because there's a galvanizer

01:22:22

who goes to the people sitting on the sidelines,

01:22:25

gets in their face and says, "The time is now."

01:22:29

And God is looking at you and wanting you

01:22:32

to be that galvanizer for somebody else in your life.

01:22:36

Now, what makes the galvanizer? Two things.

01:22:38

First, the galvanizer has seen the game clock

01:22:41

and knows that it's the fourth quarter.

01:22:44

You ever notice in an NFL game

01:22:45

everything changes in the fourth quarter.

01:22:47

Sometimes it's frustrating because all of a sudden

01:22:49

the offense that couldn't complete a two yard pass

01:22:51

is making 50 yard bombs.

01:22:53

The defense that couldn't get a stop is like the '85 Bears.

01:22:56

It's crazy. Why does that happen?

01:22:58

It happens because all the players, all the coaches

01:23:01

look at the clock and they go, it's now or never.

01:23:05

You can't just keep waiting on your life.

01:23:07

Eventually, at some point, if you keep waiting

01:23:10

to eat the Chinese food, it's going to go bad.

01:23:12

So you guys might want to dig into

01:23:14

that a little bit right there.

01:23:15

That's my teammate right there. - Taking that one.

01:23:17

- He used our prop. We should get those points.

01:23:23

- Yes, he does. Yes that's true.

01:23:26

- Hey the prop was supposed to be used. The prop got used.

01:23:30

- No one in this room, especially me,

01:23:32

knows what a turnover is. So, uh, yeah, I agree.

01:23:36

The prop was used. You get the points. Well done.

01:23:39

- That's great. Thank you. That's great. Thank you.

01:23:41

- Hey! Hey! My hat.

01:23:43

Can you hand me my hat, please?

01:23:44

- No. - Thank you. Thank you so much.

01:23:46

I appreciate it. God bless you. God bless you.

01:23:49

- Sorry about that. - Jedi mind trick.

01:23:51

- Uh. Everyone else thinks we are planning this stuff.

01:23:56

We're not. Oh, yeah, she's planning this.

01:24:00

- Galvanizers know that it's the fourth quarter.

01:24:02

In fact, do you know that God says that you and I

01:24:05

were born in the fourth quarter?

01:24:07

See, according to God, time is like me and Alli, short.

01:24:14

It says this in Psalm 14:

01:24:16

Lord, what are human beings that You care for them,

01:24:18

mere mortals that you think of them?

01:24:20

They are like a breath;

01:24:22

their days are like a fleeting shadow.

01:24:25

See, the clock is ticking and time is short.

01:24:28

But most people live as if the game will last forever.

01:24:33

That's why when you go to a graveyard,

01:24:34

it's full of buried treasure.

01:24:36

And I don't mean gold bars in there

01:24:37

like King Tut's tomb or something.

01:24:39

I mean, energy that never got spent.

01:24:42

I mean, chips that never got pushed in.

01:24:45

I mean, relational capital that never got invested

01:24:48

for the sake of seeing someone else's life go forward.

01:24:51

And I'll just tell you, none of us up here

01:24:53

want that to happen in your life. We don't want that.

01:24:55

It's why we're pushing this thing called

01:24:57

the Run Journey on you. And yes, we're pushing it on you.

01:25:00

Why? Because you weren't made to live

01:25:03

a hamster wheel life that leads to nowhere.

01:25:06

God says He has a gift for you, a race to run,

01:25:09

purpose filled, critical race to run for His Kingdom.

01:25:13

Do you know what it is? And do you know how to win?

01:25:17

He says this in 1 Corinthians 9:24:

01:25:20

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run,

01:25:24

but only one gets the prize?

01:25:26

Run in such a way as to get the prize.

01:25:29

See, God doesn't want you to participation trophy for life.

01:25:32

He wants you to aim for the prize.

01:25:35

In the NFL that's the Lombardi trophy.

01:25:37

You're supposed to play to win.

01:25:38

I don't know if the Ohio teams know that.

01:25:42

You're trying to win the trophy, not go 6 and 11,

01:25:45

not finish 5 and 12.

01:25:46

And so I have a proposal for my home state of Ohio.

01:25:49

What if we took Cleveland's defense, Cincinnati's offense

01:25:52

and smashed it into one winning team?

01:25:55

Come on, let's make it happen. Let's make it happen.

01:25:58

God wants you to win, but it will not happen

01:26:02

unless a galvanizer gets in your face

01:26:04

and says the time is now.

01:26:07

A galvanizer is not only recognized

01:26:09

that it's the fourth quarter,

01:26:10

Galvanizers don't wait for someone else to make the call.

01:26:15

I'm a dad. I have three kids.

01:26:17

And for the record, I like kids. I do.

01:26:19

I like kids, mostly because they're gullible.

01:26:22

I mean, they'll believe anything.

01:26:24

Just ask a nine year old to defend

01:26:27

the Tooth Fairy's business model.

01:26:28

They will do it confidently. You're like, really?

01:26:31

You think there's someone that

01:26:32

wants to pay cash for your teeth?

01:26:34

The same yellow molars I have to beg you to brush every night.

01:26:37

Really? And they're like, yeah, absolutely. It's wild.

01:26:41

Now, adults, we also believe in crazy stuff. We do.

01:26:45

We believe in someone else.

01:26:49

We believe that someone else will come along

01:26:51

and they'll make the call.

01:26:53

We believe that someone else will step in

01:26:55

and they'll extend the invite.

01:26:57

We believe that somebody else will come along

01:26:59

and they'll take on the battle. They'll do the fight.

01:27:02

I'll just remind you, in the Bible,

01:27:04

there was an army sitting around doing nothing

01:27:07

about the giants shouting at God's people

01:27:09

until a little boy came along with a sling

01:27:11

and shot a rock at Goliath. [cheers]

01:27:16

Someone else doesn't exist.

01:27:19

And the Galvanizers get this, the Galvanizers get it.

01:27:22

Mike Vrabel, he's a galvanizer.

01:27:24

He doesn't sit around and wait for somebody else

01:27:26

to pull the coaches together and make the game plan.

01:27:28

He doesn't do that.

01:27:29

In fact, I read an article that said he got on his players

01:27:32

for waiting for someone else to pick up their socks.

01:27:35

He said, "Don't wait for somebody else. It's your job."

01:27:38

Drake Maye, he's a galvanizer.

01:27:39

He doesn't wait for somebody else

01:27:41

to pull his receivers together to put in some work.

01:27:43

And God says He's tired of you waiting for someone else.

01:27:47

He's looking at you to be the galvanizer.

01:27:51

Jesus says this very clearly in Luke 10:2.

01:27:55

He says: The harvest is plentiful,

01:27:56

but the workers are few.

01:27:58

Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore,

01:28:01

to send out workers into His harvest field.

01:28:05

Too many of God's people hear those words

01:28:07

and they're like, "Amen, God! That's right.

01:28:09

Send out a worker, someone else into the field."

01:28:12

Well, you stop reading too early

01:28:14

because in the next sentence Jesus says,

01:28:16

"Go, I am sending you." You. God's looking at you.

01:28:21

He says, "I put you in the circles I put you in

01:28:23

intentionally so that you would make the call,

01:28:25

so that you would send the text,

01:28:27

so that you would make the invite,

01:28:28

so you would form the group, so that you would do it. You."

01:28:32

And man, I have good news for you, by the way.

01:28:34

You don't have to be a good, good, perfect person

01:28:38

in order for God to entrust you with that work.

01:28:40

You don't have to have straight A's

01:28:42

on your spiritual report card.

01:28:43

You're like, I don't have that. Me neither. It's okay.

01:28:45

God wants to use you, He will use you.

01:28:48

He's got a race for you to run

01:28:50

and we want you to know what it is.

01:28:51

We want you to start running and win.

01:28:54

Man, if you've heard nothing else today,

01:28:56

I hope you've heard about a God who loves you,

01:28:59

a God who wants to be the veteran in your life, the unc,

01:29:02

the older brother who has your back and can walk you

01:29:04

through whatever you're going through in your life.

01:29:07

I hope you know there's a God who has the energy

01:29:09

and the vision and the vigor of youth who still believes,

01:29:11

yes, still, that anything is possible in your life.

01:29:14

There's a team captain who wants you in His huddle.

01:29:17

That's the God who exists.

01:29:19

Do you know him? Do you want him? Will you step in?

01:29:22

That's the call. That's the decision.

01:29:24

I think you've heard enough of us talking.

01:29:27

It's time for you to talk to God.

01:29:28

Maybe you're like, "I don't talk to God."

01:29:30

I don't care. Try it. What have you got to lose?

01:29:34

I want everybody to close your eyes right now.

01:29:37

And I'll walk you through a couple conversations

01:29:39

you might want to have with Him.

01:29:41

First, maybe you're somebody who you walked in here

01:29:43

and you don't really know what you believe about God,

01:29:45

but maybe something sparked in you.

01:29:47

There was something said in a message that

01:29:49

lit up something inside of you, and you thought,

01:29:51

"Man, I wish that was true."

01:29:53

If that's you, you can pray

01:29:56

this simple prayer to God right now.

01:29:57

You can say, God if You're real, I want to know You.

01:30:04

And maybe you want to make a commitment to Him

01:30:06

to come back and see.

01:30:09

Maybe you're somebody who God's already got ahold of you.

01:30:11

God's already changed your life. That's awesome.

01:30:14

I want you right now to ask God to put

01:30:16

a picture in your mind of the person or the people

01:30:19

He wants you to run after,

01:30:21

He wants you to be the galvanizer to.

01:30:26

With those pictures in your mind,

01:30:29

why don't you commit to God right now?

01:30:31

Commit to be the galvanizers.

01:30:33

Do not commit lightly, but commit.

01:30:37

Still with your eyes closed, one last thing.

01:30:39

I want you to put your hands out

01:30:40

like someone's putting a present into your lap.

01:30:42

Is that weird? Yeah. Get over it. It's okay, it's okay.

01:30:46

Put your hands out.

01:30:47

I want to invite Brian to pray a blessing over your life.

01:30:55

- All right, so, God, I'm praying

01:30:57

as our hands are extended, that You put

01:31:00

something into us that we don't have right now.

01:31:02

Maybe You give us some more grace.

01:31:05

Maybe You give us a fresh, a fresh touch of Your Spirit.

01:31:10

God, You give us the awareness that we are forgiven.

01:31:13

God, You put into us an appreciation

01:31:16

for the people You put in our huddle.

01:31:18

God. I'm also praying you put into our lives

01:31:22

people who we don't have that we need.

01:31:24

Thank You for being God of generosity,

01:31:26

and we pray that You would do this in our lives,

01:31:29

in all of our lives. We pray this in the name of Jesus.

01:31:32

- Amen. - Amen. - Amen.

01:31:34

- Touchdown, Team Ranson! [cheers]

01:31:42

All right, now, before we get to your points,

01:31:44

we're going to get to their points

01:31:46

because you you got points for them,

01:31:48

which I thought was super nice. [crosstalk]

01:31:50

- They needed help.

01:31:51

- My favorite part of sports is one team helping the other team.

01:31:55

And that's how I love it.

01:31:57

So they have now a score of 14. Yep. Good.

01:32:01

And then you had 6 points for a great message

01:32:03

and additional 3 points for the excellent use of your prop.

01:32:07

No need for the extra point because you have 15 points

01:32:10

resulting in an end of game

01:32:12

Team Ranson is the Super Bowl winner.

01:32:18

[music: Queen, We are the Champions]

01:32:46

- You got that one fair and square.

01:32:48

Yes, you did fair and square. I don't like it.

01:32:51

The next service coming around, we'll see what happens.

01:32:53

So uh, hey, you know what I thought?

01:32:56

This has been really good for all of us, at least for me.

01:32:59

I'm curious, we've got something coming up

01:33:01

really important next week.

01:33:02

We haven't done a Journey for a while, actually,

01:33:06

where our whole church gets united about something.

01:33:08

We do a multi-pronged spiritual growth strategy

01:33:11

to grow in our lives a certain area

01:33:13

and a group huddle experience is really critical.

01:33:15

I'm just curious, what are you guys doing for your huddle?

01:33:17

- Kind of for the small group. Yeah.

01:33:19

So I'm going to be helping out with an online group.

01:33:21

There's a group of guys getting together

01:33:22

Monday night, so I'm inviting a couple others

01:33:24

to join us, but we're going to be doing that

01:33:26

Monday nights together.

01:33:27

- I haven't thought about it at all until this weekend,

01:33:29

so now I am thinking about it.

01:33:30

Fortunately, I have about two weeks to get it together,

01:33:32

so Lib and I'll probably do some stuff with couple friends

01:33:35

and I'll probably do some guy stuff too.

01:33:37

So but it's important for me. We're going to do that.

01:33:39

How about you? - Yeah.

01:33:41

We've done the last few Journeys whenever those were

01:33:43

separately, like Bill's done it with guys

01:33:45

and I've done it with women

01:33:46

and this time we want to do it together.

01:33:48

So we're going to do some couples

01:33:49

and invite them into our home and we'll host.

01:33:51

- Me, I'm going to help host some online groups.

01:33:54

And then I texted my guys text thread

01:33:57

and just said, "Hey, who's in?"

01:33:58

And surprisingly, a lot of guys are in. Yeah, pretty awesome.

01:34:02

- Good job galvanizing. - There you go.

01:34:04

- Yeah. Yeah. All right. So hey, it has been fantastic.

01:34:07

Let's just take it right back to all of our sites

01:34:09

where your community pastors

01:34:11

will tell you what they're doing.

01:34:13

- Hey, thank you so much for tuning in today.

01:34:16

Now, Crossroads is not always like this,

01:34:18

but it's always, always good.

01:34:21

It's a chance for you to grow with God

01:34:23

and take a new step in your relationship with H

01:34:25

im. Now we got some good stuff happening next week

01:34:28

as we kick off the Run Journey.

01:34:29

I'm curious. Want to hear from y'all.

01:34:31

What are you most excited about the Run Journey?

01:34:33

- Yeah, like I said, it's an opportunity to grow with God.

01:34:35

One of my favorite things about Crossroads,

01:34:37

is I'm ready to grow with God.

01:34:38

I don't have to do it alone.

01:34:39

So I love the Journey because everybody's in a group,

01:34:42

everybody has individual work

01:34:43

and we're all showing up every

01:34:45

single week, online or in person.

01:34:46

- Yeah. Arturo? - You know what?

01:34:48

I've never done a group Journey kind of thing here,

01:34:51

so I'm excited to do that with my wife.

01:34:53

And we just recently became a fan of board games,

01:34:55

so I'm excited to be able to do that.

01:34:57

Double whammy.

01:34:58

Worlds colliding, I love it. Jen?

01:35:00

- I get to host online groups for the Journey,

01:35:02

which I'm pretty pumped about myself.

01:35:04

You're doing one, Chuck Mingo, Hannah Driskill,

01:35:07

Justin Mosteller, just to name drop a few.

01:35:10

- You can join our groups. We'd love to have you.

01:35:12

- I didn't get invited though, so oh well.

01:35:13

- Sorry. I'm so excited about that. It's going to be great.

01:35:16

- It's awesome. Rikko?

01:35:17

- Yeah. Yeah, actually, um, so since

01:35:19

we're actually going to have the Journey

01:35:20

available to everyone in prisons across the country,

01:35:23

absolutely, yeah, on the Pando

01:35:25

app. I'm excited to see the response. That's honestly.

01:35:27

- That'll be cool. - Ross?

01:35:28

- Yeah, and being a part of Crossroads Anywhere,

01:35:30

I'm from Tampa, and you know what we saw today on the field,

01:35:34

the big thing is no excuses.

01:35:35

There's no excuse for you not to get involved in this Journey.

01:35:38

There's so many awesome ways as a church,

01:35:40

wherever you are, jump on board. Let's play some games.

01:35:44

- Wait, so you don't work here

01:35:45

and you're still going to do it?

01:35:46

- Uh, yeah. I don't even go here. So, uh.

01:35:49

- Found him on Craigslist, along with that jacket.

01:35:53

- It's a really nice jacket.

01:35:55

Hey. It's my Sunday best. Thank you.

01:35:57

- He killed that leopard.

01:35:58

- All right. Hey, uh, here's the real question.

01:36:00

We're done with the Super Bowl of Preaching.

01:36:02

Who do you guys think is gonna win tonight?

01:36:04

Who's got Patriots?

01:36:05

- Oh, dude, I'm a huge Patriots fan.

01:36:07

Give me legacy for the win.

01:36:10

- Who thinks Seahawks?

01:36:12

Who wants to see a different game? Yes.

01:36:14

- I'm rooting for saying who dey.

01:36:16

- That's right.

01:36:17

- All about the halftime.

01:36:18

- Hey guys thank you so much for joining us.

01:36:21

- We'll see you next week for the kickoff of the Run Journey.

01:36:24

- Let's get some hot dogs. - Let's go.

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