Super Bowl of Preaching 2025

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- Welcome to the 23rd Annual Super Bowl of Preaching.

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Hey, thank you so much for tuning in.

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We're so glad that you are here for all of this craziness.

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Two things for you right off the bat.

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One, yes, this is a church, and two, no,

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there is nothing we can do to keep

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the Chiefs from a three-peat this year.

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We're going to have to keep that up to the referees.

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Now, we are a church made up of normal people

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all over the globe who just want more of God in their lives.

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Some of us meet in church buildings like this one,

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while thousands of others meet online and in person

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in homes, dorms, breweries,

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shout out to our watch parties, and even in prisons.

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Now my name is Andy Ryder and I get to lead

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our Crossroads Anywhere community

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of people meeting all over the globe.

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If you don't know what you just signed up for,

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maybe a friend invited you or sent you the link,

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we're so sorry and I hope that you're still friends

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after all this is over.

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Seriously though, this is a church service,

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but it will likely be different than

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any that you've experienced before,

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and I hope that that's a great thing.

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This is a crazy thing that we've been doing for 23 years,

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to take what has historically been

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the least attended Sunday of the entire calendar year,

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and actually flip the script to make it

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one of our most attended

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and most engaging weekends of the year.

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It's an experience that we hope that you'll love,

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and might actually help reframe church as something

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that can be both fun and meaningful to your actual life.

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I remember the first time that I came

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to Super Bowl of Preaching.

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I did not know what I was getting myself into,

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and I found myself laughing and crying

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within about 15 minutes of each other.

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It changed the way that I see God and the church.

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Now, before I go any further, I have to do this,

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note for the lawyers, I am legally obligated

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to tell you that this is not the actual Super Bowl,

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and that we Crossroads in no way, shape, or form

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have anything to do with the real Super Bowl.

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Taylor and Travis aren't here. That's not us.

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So NFL please, please don't come after us.

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And for you, if you can't tell the difference

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between a weird church service and the actual Super Bowl,

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you likely know less about sports

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than our Super Bowl referee, Matt Castleman.

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Now that's enough from me.

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We're going to get this thing started

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by kicking it over to our pregame studio panel

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featuring analysts Hannah Driskill, Joel Firebaugh

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and actual Bengals kicker Evan McPherson

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to get us ready for the party that is to come.

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- Hello and welcome, everyone,

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to the 23rd Annual Super Bowl of Preaching.

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I'm here today alongside our new rules analyst

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Joel Firebaugh and Bengals kicker Evan McPherson.

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Evan, tell us how you feeling about this year's matchup?

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- You know, I'm really excited about it, Hannah.

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You can really feel the energy in the building.

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I think it's going to be a special one.

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- Absolutely it is.

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Joel, it's your first year as our rules analyst.

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What are you expecting?

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- It's my first year as an analyst,

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but I've kicked in multiple Super Bowls of Preaching,

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and I have seen firsthand how bad the rules need analyzed.

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And specifically how bad this excuse of a ref is.

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So I'm pretty excited to call him out.

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- Joel's right. It's the worst officiating I've ever seen,

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and I've played in a lot of games.

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- Specifically, you've played against the Chiefs, so...

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- Okay. Too soon, too soon.

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Evan, you've played in the actual Super Bowl.

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Tell us, how did you did you prepare?

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- Yeah. You know, it all starts with, like,

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sleeping right, eating right, good recovery routine,

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and obviously waking up at 4 a.m. every morning

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and doing my workouts.

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- 100%, my man. My prep looks pretty similar.

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I've also kicked in a Super Bowl

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- Of Preaching. - It's the same, the same thing.

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Very similar regimens.

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Ev, dog, I think we would agree on this one.

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- This is crazy. This isn't a real sport.

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I play a real sport.

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- Hey, I'm just going to have to stop you right there. Evan.

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- Looks like former NFL quarterback

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and ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky is joining us.

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Dan, I hear you disagree with Evan.

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- All right. Yeah. Thanks, Hannah.

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I just wanted to make it very clear,

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like, not a real sport, Evan?

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I mean, this is the epitome of sports.

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I mean, every kid grows up dreaming about

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one day being able to play in the Super Bowl of Preaching.

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Okay? This is the top of the mountain.

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And if we're being honest,

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how much do you actually really know about sports?

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I mean, you are just a kicker.

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- Dan Orlovsky, here's the deal,

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do not disrespect kickers like Evan and I. All right?

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We have played in Super Bowls. Respect it.

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- All right, all right. Take a deep breath.

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Pump the brakes here a little bit, okay, Joel.

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Not only were you just a kicker. No offense, Evan.

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- None taken.

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- But you were so bad at it,

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your performance was so horrible last year,

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they got rid of the entire position.

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It was such a pathetic performance, dude.

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- Dan, here's the deal. Do you want to fight Evan and I?

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Okay, we are both absolutely at ends right now.

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We are heated.

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Do you want to take us both on?

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In fact, I think -- I think Hannah is equally as mad.

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You have got an army coming against you, Dan. All right.

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- Okay. It's getting a little too spicy in here,

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so I'm gonna send us down to

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our Super Bowl of Preaching edition of Hot Ones

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to get the inside scoop with our teachers.

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It's hosted by our referee, Matt.

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Matt, take it away.

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- Thanks, Hannah. Hello, sports and wings fans.

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You are here at our first ever Crossroads

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Super Bowl of Preaching Hot Ones edition

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with hot wings and an even hotter referee.

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We've got our two teams here that are going

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to go head to head with some spicy wings.

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We've got the Raging Sandwiches, Kyle and Ali,

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and we've got the Fighting Camels, Brian Tome, Chuck Mingo.

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You're all feeling okay about this because we know,

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Ali, Chuck, you don't handle the heat.

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We've got some different sauces set aside for you.

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Without further ado, let the games begin. [whistle]

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All right. Dig in.

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What is your favorite Super Bowl of Preaching memory?

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- Winning.

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- Wow.

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- When was that? - The year --

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- Oh, when you were on my team.

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I forgot. When you were my team, yeah.

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- Definitely the year

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the Bengals were actually in the Super Bowl.

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- Yeah. - Yes. Yeah.

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- That was amazing. - For sure.

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- That was fantastic. - For sure.

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- My favorite was it was one of the early years we did it.

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It was a passage in Joshua and I had not --

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I've read it before, I prepared my little talk,

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but I never noticed that there was

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a place in it called Shittim.

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I read it and said Shittim,

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and they threw a flag on me and announces that.

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And I was like, I never saw it before.

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It was like one of those, like, just junior high moments.

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You weren't -- you never planned and was actually in the Bible.

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- That's right, that's right.

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- We're moving up in scale.

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- Oh, it just got back there. Just got back there.

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Did you get that one? - A little bit of heat, yeah.

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- Did you get that one, that just got back there.

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- That's two.

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- It was okay up here. I swallowed,

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it hit the back of my throat like, whoo.

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I'm gonna be okay on this one.

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- Would you rather live the rest of your life

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with silent, uncontrollable gas

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or loud, uncontrollable sneezing?

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- I'm gonna go sneezing. Smell really repels people.

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That explains a lot about Brian's life. [laughter]

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- Oh, he's silent, uncontrollable gas, no question,

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because who doesn't like the smell of their own farts?

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And no one knows where it's coming from.

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- The best moment is going to be

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in Super Bowl of Preaching at some point, you guys.

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- That's right.

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You know it, Brian will be sitting on the bench.

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One of us will be teaching,

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and he's just going to do a little leg lift.

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Just write it. Just write it.

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[indiscernible crosstalk]

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- It sounds like someone's cell phone vibrating.

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- Oh, gosh. Okay.

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- Oh, look at you.

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- I'm disgusted with you guys. - She's appalled.

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- Yeah. Where's the other women when you need them?

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- Hot, woo!

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- Oh, wow. - Okay.

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That's a little. Yeah. - Wow.

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- That's a little hot.

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- It's like fumes.

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You feel the fumes going through

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the pores in the roof of your mouth.

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- Oh, I can feel the sweat starting.

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- I didn't like it.

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- You guys are weenies.

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I can't believe you just said, "Oh, just give me ketchup."

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- You're starting to get angry.

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Just, you know, it's just --

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- That one hurts. That hurts.

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- Yeah, it gets worse.

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- It does. It doesn't get better.

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- It's getting worse. - Uh-huh.

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- Oh my gosh. - Keep going.

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- Oh my gosh. Do you want --

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You know there's ice cream. You want ice cream?

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- I've got a challenge.

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I will award a point in the game, Brian and Kyle,

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if you load up your last wing with Da Bomb,

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and Alli and Chuck, they have to do one drop.

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- No, I don't want to do that.

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- We don't have to do it. I'll do a drop.

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- Then you should definitely do it.

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You should definitely do it.

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- You should definitely. - Exactly.

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- Doing it. Go.

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- That was terrible.

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- Ugh, it's hot. Right? It's like.

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It's like going around my face.

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I can't feel my lips.

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I can't remember my name.

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That was a lot.

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- That was really stupid.

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- Wow. - Mhm.

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- Oh my gosh! In my eye.

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- Oh, no. Oh, no! Oh, no.

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- Oh! That's hot.

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- All right. Tell the viewers

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what makes you superior to your opponents.

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- Look. I got the reps,

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and I invented the Super Bowl of Preaching.

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- You know, the Wright brothers invented flight,

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but it was really Boeing and some others

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who perfected the airplane.

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And I feel like that's what I bring to the table. [laughter]

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- I'm the people's pastor.

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- Yeah, I can't even argue with that.

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I'm like, no, you're right. You absolutely right.

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- I think it's become obvious

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just watching this little exercise

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what makes me different than these three yahoos,

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and you're definitely going to see it in the game.

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- I thought we -- I thought we were on the same team.

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- Oh, wait. We're on the same team.

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- I feel like you're obviously not.

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You're a team of one. You're a team of one.

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I thought we were together. - We are. We are.

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- Okay, good. Yeah. Okay. Cool.

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Just checking.

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- Uh, we're heading back to you in the studio.

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- Woo! I can feel the heat from those wings

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radiating right into this live broadcast.

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Now, speaking of live,

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Hannah is down on the field right now

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getting ready for her segment.

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Dan, any final thoughts from you?

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- I am so in awe of these competitors watching them.

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It is the -- it's the best of the best

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and I'm so excited and this, this is my Super Bowl.

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- Makes sense Dan, since you didn't play in one.

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- Better than losing one, bud.

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- Okay, okay. Somehow I have to be the professional here,

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and that's all right. Okay.

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It's that time, everybody.

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Time to get down to Hannah on the field.

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It's going to be a great day.

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Everyone, buckle up for

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the 23rd annual Super Bowl of Preaching.

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- Well hey everybody, great to have you with us.

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Greg Mcelfresh

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alongside my esteemed colleague Hannah Driskill.

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Hannah, I don't know about you, but I am feeling twenty--

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- Please stop.

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We're going to get so much Taylor Swift today, am I right?

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I mean, listen, I'm telling you what,

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it's just absolutely amazing energy in this place.

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We've got the Raging Camels, the Fighting --

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No, the Raging Sandwiches, the Fighting Camels.

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And we're so excited.

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We could not be more pumped for this game.

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- Hey, what do you say we head on down to the field

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for today's starting lineups?

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- And now your 2025 Super Bowl of Preaching teams.

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First up, the Fighting Camels. [cheers]

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- We have never seen an offensive juggernaut like this

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in the history of the Super Bowl of Preaching.

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Fighting Camels are nearly unstoppable in all three phases,

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but especially when they got the Bible in their hand.

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- Oh my gosh, Greg, I'm telling you,

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this team is explosive on offense.

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I mean, 18.7 points per game.

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That's the most in franchise history.

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They can score at will.

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They've known for their trick plays, their play calling,

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their above average athleticism,

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especially for men who are their age.

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Their age.

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- Up next, their opponents, the Raging Sandwiches.

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- Well, I gotta tell you, if this team is known

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for one thing, it's that they are a defensive powerhouse.

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Offense is nothing to be overlooked, but man,

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they take the old adage defense wins championships

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to the next level.

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- That's right. Only allowing 12.3 points per game.

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They lead all teams in defensive scoring.

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If anything that can match that offense

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that's coming from the Camels, it's going to be the Sandwiches.

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And that's a sentence that, hey, you don't hear every day.

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But it's strength versus strength today, Greg.

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And I'm telling you, something's got to give.

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- All right, well, the players are on the field

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displaying some type of athleticism, I suppose.

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And I don't know how in the world

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are we going to rein these guys in?

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- This year we've got our own Joel Firebaugh here

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to give us the rules because we're going to need them.

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- Yeah, you said it.

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We are going to need the rules this year big time.

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The referee, just like the NFL has,

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believes he's the main character

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and so I'm here to really keep him in check.

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And unlike the NFL, this is not scripted.

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We actually have points given out

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with different winners each service.

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And so let's get into the rules.

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Six points for a compelling message.

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Three points for a good use of a random object.

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One point if they get the extra point

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and then up to the referee's discretion,

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a penalty will cost each team three points.

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Let's keep it clean out there. - I've seen a lot of these.

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I think a lot is going to come down to the random objects.

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- That's right, and I'm excited about the random object,

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but also to see which angle the teachers choose to take.

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They're going to be looking at the highlights

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from the NFL season this year

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and adding their own flair to it. Let's get into it.

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- All right. Well, we met the players.

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We heard the rules.

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An NFL kickoff change this year.

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The same is true on our turf.

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We're going to hear the new change

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from our Dayton Community Pastor

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and today's referee, Matt Castleman. [cheers]

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- Hello, Crossroads, hello, Dayton, hello, Broadway.

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Anyway, it's good to be back.

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Some of you might be a little surprised

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that I'm back again after last year's, uh, performance.

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And every year prior to that.

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But, but I want to assure you,

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I've actually studied the game.

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I'm going to call a good, clean, fair game

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without any hidden bias. Okay?

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Now, regarding the rules of the game, it sounds like

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you all have already been Chiefed, uh briefed.

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[laughter] - Wait, wait, wait.

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- What? What? - You have a Chief's shirt on!

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- Oh, no, I -- I just -- I just love

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KC and the Sunshine Band. Listen.

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Okay, there are legitimate new rules in the NFL

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that we're going to do our best to hold by with the kickoff.

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And so I'm going to do my best to explain

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what they look like. I've drawn this graph.

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Now there's one team that's going to start

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behind home base or end zone.

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And then the other team is center stage.

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Now you do have a box that you have to

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be able to receive the ball in.

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But if you don't, I guess that's okay

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because the other team will have a chance to pull --

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I'll tell you what. This is way too confusing.

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I'm just going to give this to the person

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I'm going to help win anyway.

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- Oh, okay. Great. Yeah.

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- All right. Fighting Camels, you get to pick

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the random prop for the Raging Sandwiches.

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- Okay, perfect.

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Kyle, your random prop is Preparation H.

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[laughter]

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You're going to have a good quarter on the hole.

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- Beautiful. [whistle]

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Are we having fun so far today? [cheers]

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That's right.

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Hey, let's pray before we jump into these messages.

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God, thank you so much for the ability to laugh and have fun.

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I'm asking that today every single person in here

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would get more joy in their lives

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and get pushed closer to You. Amen.

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Well, in my opinion, the biggest lesson

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from the NFL this year taps into words

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that Jesus spoke in Matthew 25 when He said this, he said:

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In other words Jesus says, "Because you've been faithful,

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I'm going to give you My favor.

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And that's the lesson from the NFL

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that God's favor follows the faithful always.

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Speaking of favor, it seems like the Chiefs

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have a little bit of favor in their corner, right?

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I mean, it does.

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I saw this headline made me laugh earlier on ESPN.

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Patrick Mahomes disagrees Chiefs are getting favorable calls.

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Is that -- is that right, Patrick?

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Is that what you think?

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Now, I think we should all

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be thankful for the Chiefs right now.

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They're doing a great public service for our nation

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that's deeply divided in every way:

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political lines, religious lines.

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Right now, the glue holding our nation together

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is our collective hatred of the Chiefs. [laughter]

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I mean, it's beautiful, producing unity.

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It's great. Amazing.

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Now, when they won their first Super Bowl in 2019,

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all of us who hate the Chiefs now,

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we loved them. We were so excited.

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We were like Brian when he sees a deer through his scope,

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he sees old Bambi. He's like, yes!

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Which, if you pay attention to his hunting stories,

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doesn't sound like it happens very often, sadly.

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A win and the Chiefs will be

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the first ever three-peat Super Bowl champion,

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which I think means they're the greatest team of all time.

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And my question is, how come, if that happens,

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all of us who cheered them to the top

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will absolutely hate them for getting there?

00:19:03

It's odd. Right?

00:19:04

Now, I think the reason is because you and I,

00:19:06

deep inside of us, we have this thing

00:19:08

that makes us deeply suspicious whenever we see

00:19:11

what looks like sustained success, aka favor.

00:19:15

We assume there's something fishy going on.

00:19:17

That's what we say about the Chiefs,

00:19:19

"It's the Kansas City Cheats, not the Chiefs,

00:19:21

and it's the refs. That's why.

00:19:23

Roger Goodell wants him to get ahead."

00:19:25

That's what we say about them.

00:19:26

It doesn't just apply to the Chiefs by the way.

00:19:28

Anybody or anything that's successful

00:19:31

we take this stance with.

00:19:32

We hear it all the time at Crossroads, all the time.

00:19:36

Not new at all, but it did explode last year.

00:19:41

Went to a whole entirely different level.

00:19:43

And it's this accusation that we're just about to show.

00:19:46

Have you ever heard that? "They're just about the show."

00:19:48

Which, if you're brand new today, one, welcome.

00:19:51

Pumped you're here.

00:19:52

Number two, want to be very, very clear on this point.

00:19:55

Please, please, please hear me.

00:19:57

Yes, we're about to show today.

00:19:59

Yes, of course. We hope it's awesome.

00:20:03

But we're not just about the show.

00:20:04

We're about you experiencing Jesus.

00:20:07

We're about you meeting Him.

00:20:09

We're about every chain in your life breaking,

00:20:11

and you experiencing the life changing power

00:20:13

that only comes through His Word.

00:20:15

That's what we're about.

00:20:16

It's why we do the big dumb show.

00:20:18

It's actually why actually why we started Crossroads

00:20:21

29 years ago as a place where

00:20:23

it doesn't matter what you believe,

00:20:25

it doesn't matter if you've given up on church.

00:20:27

If you're interested in what God can do in your life,

00:20:30

that's why we're here.

00:20:31

And we started this thing, the Super Bowl of Preaching

00:20:33

on the weekend that was the least attended

00:20:36

church weekend of the year.

00:20:37

And we flipped it on its head

00:20:38

and we made it into this thing

00:20:40

that's now this giant party that connects

00:20:41

literally tens of thousands of people to Jesus.

00:20:44

It's absolutely incredible.

00:20:46

And for that, do you know what we get?

00:20:49

Hated. Absolutely hated.

00:20:53

Like I said, it exploded last year thanks to

00:20:56

one online article that accused us of kicking a Bible.

00:21:01

It went to a totally different level.

00:21:03

We got thousands of emails and complaints, texts,

00:21:05

everything from people all over the country

00:21:07

just telling us how much they hate us, how bad we are.

00:21:10

It reached such a bad level that one of us up here

00:21:13

actually had to have private security

00:21:15

for us and our kids for weeks due to a death threat.

00:21:19

Still, it follows us around.

00:21:20

My kids at school just in the past week

00:21:22

have each had somebody come up to them and say,

00:21:25

"You know, Crossroads is a fake church

00:21:27

because you hate the Bible, you kick the Bible."

00:21:30

Which, just for the record, I just want to be really clear.

00:21:33

This is a book cover, okay?

00:21:34

And this is foam inside.

00:21:36

It's what's always been in there? It's not a Bible.

00:21:39

I'm sorry to disappoint you.

00:21:40

Under the surface, you won't find people who hate the Bible.

00:21:43

You'll find people up here who love God's Word

00:21:45

and are trying to shape our lives to it

00:21:47

and convince you to do the exact same thing.

00:21:55

Now, this lie was started by this one website,

00:21:58

which I'll call highly questionable.

00:22:00

And I won't get into all the details.

00:22:02

That's not the point, but just a couple of reasons.

00:22:04

One, the founder was convicted of embezzlement

00:22:07

and defamation, among many other things.

00:22:10

Not hard information to find, and yet

00:22:13

not a single one of the podcasters and pundits

00:22:17

who read that article ever questioned it,

00:22:20

ever, to this day, have reached out to us to ask the truth.

00:22:24

They just swallowed it whole and repeated the lie.

00:22:27

And if you can't tell, that causes me a lot of irritation.

00:22:32

And whenever I have irritation,

00:22:34

the first thing I turn to is Preparation H.

00:22:38

It does the job. [cheers & applause]

00:22:40

Oh my goodness.

00:22:45

Does the job.

00:22:48

[whistle] What?

00:22:49

- You dropped your flag, sir.

00:22:51

- No, no, no, no. I got a challenge.

00:22:53

- Oh, yeah, yeah. What's the challenge?

00:22:55

- Great use of this prop. Great use.

00:22:57

I think when he throws in the crowd that's targeting.

00:23:00

- Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

00:23:01

That was generosity. That was gifting.

00:23:05

- Can I get a thumbs up from the person

00:23:06

who received the Preparation H.

00:23:08

Oh, it's a child. It's a child.

00:23:11

- All right. You're gonna wanna --

00:23:14

You're gonna want to save that.

00:23:16

- Yeah.

00:23:18

- I don't know how long it lasts,

00:23:19

but a couple more decades.

00:23:20

- Challenge is overturned. Keep moving, keep moving.

00:23:22

- It's going to be great.

00:23:26

I do, if you can't tell,

00:23:27

I find that very, very frustrating.

00:23:30

But to be honest, I don't find it strange

00:23:32

because I have to be honest and say

00:23:34

I do the exact same thing.

00:23:37

That's why I can't judge any of those people.

00:23:39

Whenever I see somebody that's big and successful

00:23:41

doing something that I'm jealous of,

00:23:43

I have the same baseline assumption.

00:23:44

"Man, there's something fishy going on there.

00:23:46

Must be something weird happening."

00:23:48

And you do the same thing. I know you do.

00:23:51

And the problem is, when we take that posture and attitude,

00:23:54

it stops us from learning the lesson of how

00:23:57

we might attract God's faithfulness in our own lives.

00:24:00

And the truth is, good news, you can.

00:24:03

It's possible to woo God's faithfulness to you.

00:24:06

He's attracted to something called faithfulness,

00:24:09

which is just showing up and doing the same small thing.

00:24:13

Jesus said, "Be faithful in a little

00:24:14

and I'll put you over much.

00:24:16

Be be really hyper focused on the small, intentional habits

00:24:20

and I will come and I will bless you."

00:24:22

That's called favor in the Bible.

00:24:24

The reason the Chiefs are great is not because

00:24:26

the refs are giving them some unfair advantage.

00:24:28

It's because guys like Travis Kelce,

00:24:30

still at 35 years old, does not take an off day.

00:24:33

You can read articles about this.

00:24:35

It's what makes him strange is the fact that

00:24:37

other veterans take these off days. He doesn't, he doesn't.

00:24:40

It's called faithfulness.

00:24:42

There's this dumb idea out there that

00:24:44

the way you win in life is by wanting to win.

00:24:47

That's really dumb. Everybody wants to win.

00:24:49

I've never met somebody who says, "You know,

00:24:51

I'm just aiming to be like the Houston Texans,

00:24:54

kind of lose in the first round of the playoffs every year.

00:24:57

I just love Matt Schwab. He's my hero. Just wow."

00:25:00

No, of course not.

00:25:01

It's not about the goals you have, it's about your habits.

00:25:14

God's favor always follows the faithful,

00:25:16

in His Word says this. Proverbs 3:

00:25:18

let love and faithfulness never leave you.

00:25:20

Bind them around your neck.

00:25:21

Write them on the tablet of your heart.

00:25:23

Then you will win favor and a good name

00:25:26

in the sight of God and man.

00:25:28

It's not something fishy, it's someone faithful.

00:25:31

And you can do the same things they're doing

00:25:33

to woo God's favor to your life.

00:25:36

Where do you want to win?

00:25:37

Is it at work? Is it in your marriage?

00:25:39

Is it at school? Dating?

00:25:41

With your kids? For me, that's mine this year.

00:25:43

I want to win with my kids.

00:25:45

I want God's favor in my relationships with them.

00:25:47

And so I'm doing the stupid small thing

00:25:49

of every morning I drive them to school.

00:25:52

I wake up so early, I fight the bus line.

00:25:55

It's horrible. It's awful.

00:25:56

But I do it because I get 30 uninterrupted minutes

00:25:59

with them every single morning.

00:26:01

It's a small thing I can do to say,

00:26:03

"God, I'm trying to be faithful.

00:26:05

Would You shower Your favor on me?"

00:26:06

And He does every single time.

00:26:09

Jesus said, "You've been faithful over little;

00:26:11

I'll set you over much."

00:26:12

God's promise to you is where you are faithful

00:26:15

His favor will find you.

00:26:21

- [whistle] Touchdown, Raging Sandwiches! [cheers]

00:26:29

- Kyle, you were awarded 2 points from Hot Ones episode,

00:26:31

6 points for a great message,

00:26:33

and 3 points for the excellent use of the prop.

00:26:36

Your extra point trivia question, within 10%,

00:26:41

what percentage of people polled at

00:26:43

the Super Bowl of Preaching are taller than 5'7"?

00:26:47

- Wow. Well, that's God's perfect height, that is.

00:26:49

- That's -- - Not many. Not many.

00:26:52

Gosh. Taller? - Zero?

00:26:54

- Okay, what's the average height of women?

00:26:56

What do you think? 5'4".

00:26:58

Okay, so I'm going to go -- I'm going to go 50%.

00:27:02

- It is 46%. - Yeah, baby.

00:27:04

- Which means you get the extra point,

00:27:06

resulting in an end of first quarter score

00:27:10

of Raging Sandwiches 12, Fighting Camels 2.

00:27:13

That's the end of the first quarter.

00:27:15

- All right, there it is, the first quarter.

00:27:17

Great use of the random object. What did you guys see?

00:27:19

- Amazing use here. We've got a replay.

00:27:21

We see him throwing up this Preparation H,

00:27:24

and hilarious, a kid catches it. We love to see it.

00:27:28

- This is why replays are so important.

00:27:30

A challenge flag was thrown.

00:27:31

The ref thought he dropped it.

00:27:32

He handed it back to him.

00:27:34

Still giving Preparation-h to a child in the crowd,

00:27:37

there was absolutely no penalty.

00:27:38

In fact, he bragged about his height to him.

00:27:40

This ref is an excuse and needs to be investigated.

00:27:43

- That's right. Kids, that is not toothpaste,

00:27:44

so keep it in the tube.

00:27:46

Hey, we know you don't come for the preaching.

00:27:48

What do you say we head to our first commercial break?

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- What are the chances this dog rips you limb from limb?

00:28:41

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you're gonna be in a world of pain.

00:29:03

- I'll get it.

00:29:08

- Ah, look at the cute little baby.

00:29:11

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- He only needs it more to become more unstoppable.

00:30:01

He's already there.

00:30:02

We've got the Raging Sandwiches on top,

00:30:04

but it is anybody's game, Greg.

00:30:06

- Are you getting that in your headset?

00:30:07

- Oh, gosh. I am. Yeah.

00:30:09

- Referee's got his mic on.

00:30:11

- No, no, I'm not going to wear it

00:30:14

because, mom, it's embarrassing.

00:30:17

Literally no one else is wearing it.

00:30:20

I know you're not their mom, but --

00:30:22

Fine, fine. I'll wear it.

00:30:23

Yeah, I'll be home for dinner.

00:30:26

Yeah. Fish sticks sound great. Love you too. Bye.

00:30:29

- What is happening?

00:30:33

- So stupid. - Oh.

00:30:35

- Part of concussion protocol.

00:30:36

First time we've seen a ref wearing the Guardian Cap.

00:30:39

- Yeah, it's been all over the NFL,

00:30:41

but it honestly might help him. We shouldn't be shocked.

00:30:43

- Safety first, everybody.

00:30:45

Fighting Camels, you'll have the second quarter.

00:30:47

Please choose their random prop.

00:30:49

- Oh, gosh.

00:30:51

- All right, your random prop, Chuck, is a baby doll head.

00:30:55

Oh, wow. Wow.

00:30:58

[whistle]

00:31:00

[music: Rocky Theme Song]

00:31:01

- All right, who's rooting for the Eagles today, huh?

00:31:05

[cheers] Yes.

00:31:08

Man, I love that song.

00:31:09

Every time I hear it, I think about Rocky

00:31:12

being the perennial underdog.

00:31:14

And yet, that's not the song

00:31:16

that plays before every Eagles game.

00:31:18

It's another one from Rocky called Going the Distance.

00:31:21

And so what I want to do is encourage you

00:31:22

for the next couple of minutes that

00:31:24

you can go the distance with God.

00:31:26

We have more and more folks at Crossroads

00:31:29

that are in our Espanol community.

00:31:31

And so [speaking Spanish]

00:31:36

You can go the distance with Jesus.

00:31:39

I want to encourage you from this verse

00:31:41

in the book of Job 5:19, which says:

00:31:50

Now this is written to or spoken to Job,

00:31:53

which was the cosmic underdog.

00:31:55

You want to talk about a life where nothing was going well,

00:31:57

this is a guy who had everything but eventually

00:31:59

found himself in a situation where

00:32:01

he lost all of his children.

00:32:02

He was losing his health,

00:32:04

and he was in a really difficult place.

00:32:06

And Job had some friends that came around him,

00:32:07

and one of them wanted to encourage him with these words.

00:32:11

Maybe you walked in here today

00:32:12

feeling like life is against you.

00:32:14

Maybe you walked in here feeling discouraged.

00:32:16

Maybe you feel like an underdog.

00:32:18

What I want you to know is that this verse

00:32:20

has promises that will help you go the distance with Jesus.

00:32:23

Now, first, this verse promises troubles.

00:32:26

It promises troubles.

00:32:27

You know, one of the things that may be a reason

00:32:29

why you were reluctant

00:32:30

to say yes to this invitation to church.

00:32:32

Or maybe you're not in on the God thing

00:32:35

is because there's pain in your life

00:32:36

that it doesn't make sense.

00:32:38

How could a good God allow those things to happen?

00:32:40

And I think all of us wrestle with that question

00:32:43

at some level.

00:32:44

Now, here's the thing.

00:32:45

This verse tells us why pain is in the world,

00:32:49

and it's because there's evil in the world.

00:32:51

It's because there is a spiritual force

00:32:53

that's coming against you and against me,

00:32:55

that doesn't want our lives to thrive,

00:32:57

that doesn't want you to flourish

00:32:58

and actually wants to bring you down.

00:33:00

And because there's evil in the world,

00:33:02

everybody suffers, everybody hurts.

00:33:04

And at some point, everybody has wanted to quit.

00:33:07

And maybe some of you, you have quit.

00:33:09

Maybe quitting to you looks like numbing out

00:33:12

and just not feeling the pain

00:33:13

that you feel is so prevalent in your life.

00:33:15

Maybe for you, quitting has looked like

00:33:17

saying I'm quitting to try.

00:33:18

I'm not going to try to be good.

00:33:19

I'm not going to try to change because it doesn't work for me.

00:33:22

I'm just going to live my life.

00:33:23

I'm just going to -- I'm just going to do me.

00:33:25

Maybe that's how you're quitting.

00:33:26

Or maybe for you, the quitting is around building walls

00:33:28

because you've been hurt before and you're like,

00:33:30

"You know what?

00:33:31

I'm never going to let anybody that close to my heart."

00:33:34

Here's what I want to say,

00:33:35

I understand what it feels like to want to quit.

00:33:38

In fact, I have these quitting fantasies in my head.

00:33:42

Does anybody know what I'm talking about?

00:33:43

Where, like you say, "This is the Monday

00:33:45

when I'm going to go into my boss and say,

00:33:47

'Take this job and shove it, '" right?

00:33:50

Like, yeah, my boss is on stage.

00:33:51

Just -- it's just a fantasy.

00:33:52

It's just, just a fantasy.

00:33:55

No, but, like, maybe you're in a hard relationship

00:33:57

and you're like, "You know what?

00:33:58

Maybe it'd be better if I just hit the reset button.

00:34:00

Maybe I need to walk away from this marriage.

00:34:02

Maybe I need to walk away from this friendship."

00:34:04

It is easy to fantasize about quitting,

00:34:06

but at some point, all of our quitting rings hollow.

00:34:09

It rings hollow because, you know what,

00:34:11

you weren't built to quit.

00:34:13

You weren't built to quit.

00:34:14

You were built to go the distance.

00:34:17

You know, I think one of the biggest storylines

00:34:19

in the NFL is about this amazing player

00:34:22

who's my reason for believing that the Eagles

00:34:24

are going to win this game.

00:34:25

In Saquon Barkley I trust. [applause]

00:34:29

He's having an amazing season.

00:34:31

Just won Offensive Player of the Year

00:34:34

and he is an underdog.

00:34:35

This is a guy who thought about quitting football

00:34:37

in high school because he was undersized

00:34:39

and his friends were starting over him.

00:34:41

And this is a guy who never thought

00:34:43

he would be able to make it to the next level.

00:34:45

But look at this.

00:34:46

This is the best highlight you will see in the NFL this year.

00:34:51

Oh my goodness, jumping over --

00:34:55

Jumping over those people like they are

00:34:57

a bunch of baby heads on the field.

00:34:59

I mean, just unbelievable because

00:35:03

how else would you use this? I don't know.

00:35:05

It just gets darker. It just gets darker from here.

00:35:07

So I'm just going to use it there. Right?

00:35:10

Oh, my goodness.

00:35:12

Take the baby head and put it away. That's a good one.

00:35:16

- Don't throw the baby. - Don't throw the baby.

00:35:20

That baby needs some InfaSWOLE, that's what that baby needs.

00:35:24

But here's the thing about Saquon.

00:35:26

This verse says six troubles, six troubles will come,

00:35:30

but God will rescue you from the seventh.

00:35:32

Guess how many seasons Saquon was with the New York Giants?

00:35:35

Six seasons.

00:35:36

Are there any Giants fans in the House today?

00:35:38

Yes? The next minute is going to be a little bit painful.

00:35:41

I'm just going to tell you because --

00:35:43

Because Saquon spent six failing struggling seasons

00:35:47

with the Giants no success,

00:35:49

or at least not the success that he hoped for.

00:35:52

But that means that Saquon Barkley

00:35:53

is in his seventh season,

00:35:55

and his seventh season is for sure his best season.

00:35:59

And I don't know if you heard that, but that will preach.

00:36:02

That will preach, because in the Bible

00:36:03

the number seven has spiritual significance.

00:36:06

The number seven is God's number of completion.

00:36:08

It's God's number of overcoming.

00:36:10

It's God's number of you going the distance.

00:36:12

And some of you, you might be ready to quit.

00:36:15

But I want to suggest to you, you might be

00:36:16

around the corner from your seventh season.

00:36:19

It might be your best season.

00:36:20

And don't give up because you can go the distance with God.

00:36:25

Now, how does this happen?

00:36:27

It doesn't happen on our strength.

00:36:28

It happens in the strength that Jesus provides.

00:36:31

It says He will deliver you.

00:36:33

See, there's physics to Saquon's success,

00:36:35

and it has to do with his core strength.

00:36:37

But I think there's also spiritual physics

00:36:39

he's tapping into when he says things like this.

00:36:42

This is a quote from Saquon Barkley this year. He said:

00:36:54

You know what that is, friends?

00:36:56

That's faith. That's faith.

00:36:58

And when you let Jesus be your core strength,

00:37:01

when you put your faith in Him,

00:37:04

you too can see the moment of victory coming.

00:37:07

It reminds me of this toy that I used to play with.

00:37:10

Maybe you remember it.

00:37:11

It was a punching bag and you would punch it or kick it,

00:37:13

but it would always bounce right back

00:37:15

because it was grounded and -- [whistle]

00:37:19

- Un-preacher like conduct, roughing the referee.

00:37:22

- Oh, come on.

00:37:24

- A 100 point penalty

00:37:26

will be assessed at the end of this quarter.

00:37:29

- 100 points? - 100 points because of tariffs.

00:37:33

- Tariffs. [laughter]

00:37:36

- No one really knows what to do with it.

00:37:37

- I'm not gonna let that faze me.

00:37:39

I'm gonna bounce back.

00:37:40

I want you to look at the person next to you

00:37:42

and say, "You can bounce back."

00:37:44

I want you to look at the person on the other side of you

00:37:47

and tell them you can bounce back.

00:37:49

See, what happens when you have your faith in Jesus

00:37:52

is even when life kicks you and life punches you,

00:37:55

you can get back up because you have a core strength

00:37:58

that's beyond what the world knows.

00:37:59

And I'm not talking about a positive mindset.

00:38:02

I'm talking about a powerful Savior.

00:38:04

I'm not talking about inner excellence

00:38:06

and tapping into your thought life,

00:38:08

although that's wonderful, but I'm talking about

00:38:10

a God who performs inner transformations.

00:38:12

You can bounce back, you can overcome,

00:38:15

you can be the underdog who wins.

00:38:18

Now, let me tell you why I really do believe

00:38:20

the Eagles are going to win this game today.

00:38:22

It's because Jesus [cheering], that's right, that's right.

00:38:25

It's because Jesus wrote a letter

00:38:27

to the Church of Philadelphia.

00:38:29

I don't know if you knew that or not. He did.

00:38:31

He didn't write a letter to the Church of Kansas City.

00:38:33

He wrote a letter to the Church of Philadelphia.

00:38:35

Actually, in the Book of Revelation,

00:38:37

there are seven letters of encouragement that Jesus writes.

00:38:40

One of them to an ancient city called Philadelphia.

00:38:42

And this is what it says, and I think

00:38:44

this is encouragement for you and for me. Jesus says:

00:38:52

What if you were right on the precipice

00:38:53

of an open door in your life?

00:38:56

See, quitting is natural. Overcoming is supernatural.

00:39:01

And with Jesus, you can go the distance.

00:39:07

- [whistle] Touchdown!

00:39:08

- Come on! - That was freaking great.

00:39:10

I'm serious, that was great.

00:39:11

- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

00:39:16

- Chuck, you're awarded 2 points from the Hot Ones Challenge.

00:39:19

6 points for an excellent message,

00:39:21

3 points for the great use of the disturbing prop.

00:39:24

- Really disturbing.

00:39:26

- However, we did have the 100 point penalty,

00:39:28

but, uh, you know tariffs come, tariffs go.

00:39:31

So we'll get rid of that.

00:39:33

- All right.

00:39:34

- So your extra point trivia question,

00:39:37

within 10%, what percentage of people polled

00:39:40

at the Super Bowl of Preaching

00:39:41

think fruit snacks are snacks and not candy.

00:39:45

- Fruit snacks are snacks and not candy.

00:39:51

- They think they're snacks.

00:39:53

- So they think they're snacks.

00:39:54

- Snacks. Not sugar, not candy.

00:39:57

- Depends how they interpret

00:39:58

the fruit question. I don't know, I don't know.

00:40:01

- 50/50? - It's always a safe bet.

00:40:04

- All right. - 46-50%.

00:40:08

- It is 63%.

00:40:10

- Oh, so close.

00:40:11

- Just outside. - So close.

00:40:12

- So sorry. Resulting in an end of first act score

00:40:17

of Raging Sandwiches 12, Fighting Camels 11.

00:40:20

That's the end of the first act.

00:40:22

- What a half we had there.

00:40:24

I'll tell you what, the people's pastor is going to preach.

00:40:27

What did you guys see?

00:40:28

- Absolutely, that was so close?

00:40:29

I mean, we see here, Chuck just doing what he naturally does.

00:40:33

Of course, our ref throws a little flag.

00:40:34

I'm not sure if he knew what was going on,

00:40:36

and I'm wondering why

00:40:37

he had a change of heart with the tariffs.

00:40:39

- This is why replay is so important.

00:40:41

Again, this is easy to miss on the field.

00:40:43

It was an incredibly smooth, but we do have all angles.

00:40:46

- That's right.

00:40:47

- And again why do we keep having this ref?

00:40:51

- What is a dollar going to buy? I have no idea.

00:40:54

- Well hey it's time to get your phone out.

00:40:57

If you're in one of our rooms,

00:40:59

]you want to shoot the QR code to get that app.

00:41:01

We want you to be a part of our halftime show

00:41:04

because it's coming up right on the other side

00:41:06

of this next commercial break.

00:41:09

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00:42:28

- [TV] To the end zone.

00:42:29

- Hey, Caleb. What you got to eat around here, man?

00:42:32

- Sorry, guys. I forgot to hit the grocery.

00:42:34

We gotta DoorDash.

00:42:35

- Mcdonald's apple pie would hit right now.

00:42:39

[futuristic Fx] [doorbell]

00:42:44

- Thanks. Here you go.

00:42:46

- Uh, what's this?

00:42:47

- A fried apple pie from the '90s.

00:42:49

I just used DoorDash to the Future, like I always do.

00:42:51

- Oh, wait. Dash to the Future.

00:42:53

- Anyways, I'm just gonna do my usual order,

00:42:56

cereal from 2070. - 2070?

00:43:00

- Futuristic cereal. What did you even get?

00:43:03

Anxiety O's?

00:43:04

- Yeah, in the future healthcare and food kind of like mix.

00:43:08

- My turn, my turn.

00:43:10

What about the original Coca Cola from the 1800s?

00:43:13

- Hold up. Doesn't it have, like, actual cocaine?

00:43:15

[belches] - Uh, I'm not tipping for this dude.

00:43:21

- I forgot they put toys in these.

00:43:23

[Futuristic Fx, doorbell] - Oh, what now?

00:43:25

- Who ordered the dino chicken nugget?

00:43:27

- Oh, me.

00:43:30

- Oh! - Jesse.

00:43:31

- You're never gonna believe this one. [doorbell]

00:43:33

Look what I ordered. Abraham Lincoln's last meal.

00:43:36

- What do you mean, last meal?

00:43:38

- What?

00:43:39

- Dash to the Future. When are you hungry for?

00:43:47

- Crossroads, are you ready to party?

00:43:49

Let's go. Let's go.

00:43:52

[music: Get Up Offa That Thing, James Brown]

00:44:46

[music: Respect, Aretha Franklin]

00:45:31

[music: I Had Some Help, Post Malone]

00:46:23

[music: Sweet Child O' Mine, Guns N' Roses]

00:46:36

[music: Bad Blood, Taylor Swift]

00:47:49

- We're gonna bring it down a little bit. Sing with me.

00:47:54

[music: Take Me Home, Country Roads, John Denver]

00:48:43

[music: Beautiful Things, Benson Boone]

00:49:37

[Music: Unwritten, Natasha Bedingfield]

00:50:48

[music: In the Air Tonight/ They Not Like Us mash up]

00:51:33

- Yes. I loved that halftime show.

00:51:35

Hey, if you are new to Crossroads

00:51:37

or you've been around for a little while watching

00:51:39

but maybe haven't gotten to know anyone yet,

00:51:40

I'd just love to change that.

00:51:42

We say this a lot around here but,

00:51:43

we are a community, not content.

00:51:46

The whole reason that we exist, that we do all of this,

00:51:48

is not just to create more stuff for you to watch online,

00:51:51

but to do anything that we can

00:51:53

to help you grow in your relationship with God.

00:51:56

We've got loads of ways to do that,

00:51:57

but the simplest place for you to start

00:51:59

is by simply texting Anywhere to 301301.

00:52:03

If you do, myself or one of the people on my team,

00:52:06

friends of mine like Emily, Shaun, Jamie, Sam,

00:52:09

actual people will reach out personally

00:52:11

to see how they can help.

00:52:13

If you haven't already figured this out,

00:52:15

we do things a little differently around here.

00:52:17

We believe that God put us on this earth

00:52:20

to be a blessing to those around us,

00:52:21

and that requires us to move.

00:52:24

We are not a sit and watch church,

00:52:26

we are a go and do church.

00:52:27

And our dream is that God will bring revival

00:52:30

to everyone in our community,

00:52:32

everyone that we are connected to,

00:52:34

and that actually, specifically, He'll use

00:52:36

churches like ours to help launch

00:52:38

an awakening across our land.

00:52:40

To that end, just a couple of months ago, we rolled out

00:52:43

a ten year vision for Crossroads

00:52:45

that we believe God has given us.

00:52:46

We called it the 10X Push, and it outlined

00:52:49

how we are aggressively going after certain things

00:52:52

that we believe God wants us to pursue.

00:52:54

This includes things like expanding

00:52:56

our anti-sex trafficking work in Nepal

00:52:59

to bringing Crossroads services to every prison in America,

00:53:02

to addressing and expanding our student

00:53:04

and kids capabilities, to give as many kids

00:53:06

as possible a source of source of hope

00:53:08

and exponentially growing our community

00:53:10

so that more and more people have the opportunity

00:53:13

to hear about the love and the grace of Jesus

00:53:15

in a language that they can understand.

00:53:18

Now, many of the people watching right now, like you,

00:53:21

believe in this work so much that

00:53:23

they actually made financial commitments

00:53:25

for three years above and beyond their regular giving

00:53:29

to make this stuff happen.

00:53:30

And you can't understand Crossroads

00:53:32

without understanding the vision that

00:53:34

we believe God has given us

00:53:35

and what we are not just saying,

00:53:37

but what we are doing to pursue it.

00:53:39

So whether you're just getting to know Crossroads

00:53:41

or you are one of those faithful committers,

00:53:44

I'm just so excited for you

00:53:45

to get our first Push 10X update.

00:53:52

- You should know what happens here isn't normal.

00:53:54

- Live with a dream and a hope of the impossible.

00:53:57

- We choose to go to the moon in this decade

00:53:59

and do the other things, not because they are easy,

00:54:03

but because they are hard.

00:54:04

- He is now calling us to not hold back.

00:54:07

- To bring real change and hope

00:54:09

for life on earth as it is in heaven.

00:54:13

- It's time to make history.

00:54:16

- That starts now.

00:54:21

- In November 2024, God called Crossroads to a moonshot.

00:54:26

He asked us to grow the four territories

00:54:28

He gave us 10X in ten years.

00:54:32

Over 5000 people and families pushed themselves,

00:54:36

faithfully committing $210 million

00:54:40

above and beyond our regular giving.

00:54:42

Fulfilled commitments are already being used

00:54:45

to run after this bold vision.

00:54:47

In the last two months, our Columbus community

00:54:50

moved into their first Crossroads-owned building,

00:54:53

and our permanent Dayton site is entering

00:54:55

its final phase of construction

00:54:57

with a goal to open by Easter.

00:55:00

Plans are now underway to expand all four territories

00:55:04

as we pursue revival for our friends

00:55:06

and neighbors who don't know Jesus,

00:55:09

and an awakening in our land.

00:55:19

[music: Love Bound, The Universals]

00:56:07

- Ref a Rie; make your own rules, like me.

00:56:16

- Oh, gosh. Are you okay?

00:56:22

You need to get surgery on your knee.

00:56:24

- You know, I hate doctors in surgery,

00:56:26

and I'm so busy at work.

00:56:28

Oh, shoot. I'm running late.

00:56:37

- Hey. Excuse me, sir, do you have the time?

00:56:42

- Yeah, it's, uh, 8:20. [muffled yelling]

00:56:48

- It's all part of the procedure.

00:56:52

Let's make sure we get the right knee this time.

00:56:58

- All right, folks, let's get him back.

00:57:02

- to see just -- - Hey!

00:57:05

What? What is that? Where?

00:57:09

Oh! Oh! Oh ho ho!

00:57:13

[music] Nothing is everything. Ooooh!

00:57:21

- Ha ha ha!

00:57:24

I knew it was you.

00:57:25

- How's your knee? Feels brand new.

00:57:27

I love you so much. I love you, too.

00:57:33

- Oh, don't think I forgot about that root canal you need.

00:57:37

- What? What?!

00:57:39

- Stealth Health; life's unexpected. So are we.

00:57:46

- Well, welcome back. Second half coming right up.

00:57:48

You know, I want to add a little addendum

00:57:50

to that 10X video.

00:57:51

We said we hope to open Dayton by Easter.

00:57:54

Well, we just got confirmed this week,

00:57:55

Crossroads Dayton Grand Opening Easter 2025, April 20th.

00:58:01

We know Bellbrook is going crazy right now.

00:58:03

If you know anyone, send them to Dayton.

00:58:04

- Yes, we will soon say welcome home.

00:58:07

Listen, the Raging Sandwiches are on top.

00:58:08

It is anybody's game.

00:58:09

Let's head back down to the field for the second half.

00:58:13

- All right. Alli, the third quarter is yours.

00:58:16

For your random prop

00:58:17

we have a little bit of a surprise for you.

00:58:21

- Oh, what is this?

00:58:23

- Yep. This is Pooky the Hedgehog.

00:58:29

Let's see if we can -- - No, no, no, no, don't --

00:58:31

- Well, I think it's okay.

00:58:32

- No. - I think she's trained.

00:58:33

- No, I really don't want you to unzip it.

00:58:35

- Can you see Pookie? Hi, Pookie.

00:58:38

- Aw, look at him. He needs InfaSWOLE.

00:58:41

- Leave Pookie alone, and in the bag.

00:58:43

- All right. Yep.

00:58:45

Bonus points if you get her out and hold her.

00:58:47

No, I'm just kidding. - No.

00:58:48

- She'll be right there.

00:58:50

- That's not going to happen.

00:58:52

Oh my goodness. Okay. There's Pookie.

00:58:54

[whistle] Okay.

00:58:56

I want today to be the day that you start

00:58:59

being a clutch player in your own life.

00:59:02

And if we're talking clutch players on Super Bowl Sunday,

00:59:04

then we are definitely talking about

00:59:06

number 15 Patrick Mahomes.

00:59:09

Do we love him? Do we hate him?

00:59:13

Do we love to hate him?

00:59:15

I mean, no matter how you feel about this guy,

00:59:17

there is no doubt he is absolutely clutch.

00:59:21

And if you're a Bengals fan like me,

00:59:24

it's getting annoying, right?

00:59:27

He doesn't just win.

00:59:29

I mean, he pulls wins out of thin air

00:59:32

at the least moment you expected

00:59:34

he comes up with the win.

00:59:35

And if you think he's doing that

00:59:37

more than the average quarterback, you would be right.

00:59:40

I'm going to show you what I think is a chart

00:59:42

that shows his most jaw dropping stat.

00:59:45

Okay, follow me into this.

00:59:47

In playoff games, so postseason,

00:59:49

everything on the line,

00:59:50

with a minute or less to play

00:59:52

when he steps on the field for the drive,

00:59:55

tied or behind.

00:59:56

In other words, everything on the line.

01:00:00

What percent of the time do you think

01:00:02

he's come up with a win in that scenario?

01:00:05

In that scenario.

01:00:06

Some of you have probably seen this chart

01:00:08

because I already hear it. That's right?

01:00:09

Mahomes is perfect.

01:00:12

He's faced it seven times

01:00:13

and he's come up with the win all seven times.

01:00:16

It's unreal.

01:00:17

Not even the GOAT, not even Tom Brady himself

01:00:20

has that percent of wins when he faces that situation.

01:00:24

He is absolutely clutch.

01:00:27

55 other quarterbacks and nobody's even close

01:00:30

since 2001 in the league.

01:00:32

This window of time defines Patrick Mahomes.

01:00:36

It defines his impact as a player.

01:00:38

And I bet it will go down in history

01:00:41

defining his entire career. This guy is clutch.

01:00:45

And it's because he sees the window of opportunity

01:00:48

in front of him, and he steps into it,

01:00:51

and he plays clutch every single time.

01:00:53

He knows when it's time.

01:00:55

And the good news for us today is there's a God

01:00:58

who wants to help you play like that in your own life.

01:01:01

He wants to make you that kind of player in your own life.

01:01:06

And He's putting a window of opportunity in front of you.

01:01:10

It's not unlike the window that Pookie here can see out of

01:01:16

as the hedgehog is in his pack,

01:01:18

it's a window of opportunity.

01:01:21

And you can step through it,

01:01:23

but you have to be able to answer the question:

01:01:26

what is it time for? What is it time for?

01:01:28

See, the Bible categorizes time in different ways.

01:01:32

And there's a word called kairos time

01:01:34

that means a season of opportunity,

01:01:37

an open window for God to do His work in your life.

01:01:41

And I think we sense these.

01:01:43

I think we even use this language with each other.

01:01:46

We'll say things like, "Yeah, I kind of know it's time."

01:01:51

And we say that about things, like,

01:01:53

"I kind of know it's time to deal with a thing

01:01:56

that we both know is going on in our marriage."

01:01:59

Or "It's probably time for me to get back to church."

01:02:02

Maybe that's why some of you came this weekend.

01:02:04

It's an easy, easy way back in, and you know it's time.

01:02:09

Maybe it's time to make the move or the change

01:02:12

that you've been you've been wrestling with,

01:02:14

and suddenly you feel like it's time.

01:02:17

If you parent teenagers, like I am,

01:02:19

maybe you sense the open window

01:02:21

where your voice can actually be heard,

01:02:23

and you also know it closes really quickly.

01:02:27

And if your kids are anything like mine,

01:02:29

it usually opens around midnight when you just want to be asleep.

01:02:33

See, God gives us windows like this

01:02:35

and they do close again.

01:02:38

And these are the moments that will define our life.

01:02:40

These are the moments that either make us a clutch player

01:02:43

that leaves an impact, or not.

01:02:46

And so when you see a window of opportunity,

01:02:48

I want you to remember three things.

01:02:50

Are you ready for this? Step in, play clutch, can't lose.

01:02:57

I want to hear it back. Ready?

01:02:59

Step in, play clutch, can't lose.

01:03:03

These are the three phrases I want you to walk out with today

01:03:05

because I think it could define your life.

01:03:08

Some of us need to step in,

01:03:10

and we need to get on the field of play in our own life.

01:03:14

We're just used to sitting by

01:03:16

and watching it take place without us.

01:03:18

Can you imagine Mahomes going like,

01:03:21

"I don't know, guys, it's only 13 seconds.

01:03:25

I mean, what can I really do?"

01:03:27

It's literally his job to take the field.

01:03:29

And some of us have forgotten that

01:03:30

we are the quarterback of our own life.

01:03:32

I get a rule of thumb for you today on this one.

01:03:35

If you see the window, you're the one to step into it

01:03:39

because God's invitation to us in our life,

01:03:42

the things He wants to do, He does show them to us.

01:03:46

He does help us to sense them.

01:03:48

And the key is being willing to step in.

01:03:51

And some of us are on the field.

01:03:53

Some of us have absolutely stepped in.

01:03:54

We've been playing, but it's not going very well.

01:03:56

We just keep running the same play.

01:03:59

Anybody else get frustrated when their team does that?

01:04:01

Let me save you a lot of time. You're going to get another yard

01:04:04

and you're going to hit the big guy in the middle of the line.

01:04:06

Like, same play over and over, just safe.

01:04:09

We get a yard every time and, listen,

01:04:11

God has provided a way for you to play clutch in these moments.

01:04:16

The reason we're not is because it's literally not in us

01:04:21

and God has given us something to live in us

01:04:25

that makes our life clutch.

01:04:28

And it's His very own Spirit, His very own Spirit.

01:04:31

God is offering you the Holy Spirit, His very own Spirit,

01:04:35

to come and live within you, to dwell within you,

01:04:39

to make plays possible

01:04:40

that you absolutely cannot do on your own.

01:04:43

And it's possible for Him to come and live in you

01:04:47

through faith in His Son Jesus.

01:04:49

And this spirit, God's Spirit makes all the difference.

01:04:53

2 Timothy 1:7 says:

01:05:01

And you can ask him for that spirit.

01:05:04

What would happen if you faced

01:05:06

the next window of opportunity He gives you,

01:05:09

and this time you faced it with the power of God,

01:05:13

with the love of God, with the discipline of God?

01:05:16

This is what happens when we begin to

01:05:18

receive the Holy Spirit

01:05:20

and actually walk with him through our life.

01:05:23

If you have the spirit, you can play absolutely clutch,

01:05:28

but there's still a mindset shift we need to make.

01:05:31

And it's the mindset I know

01:05:33

Mahomes is going to step on the field with today.

01:05:35

I know he will because his stats bear it out.

01:05:38

He doesn't think he can lose.

01:05:40

He doesn't think he can lose.

01:05:42

He's just audacious enough to believe,

01:05:44

"I'm the guy and I can't lose."

01:05:47

Well, it's time for us to take on that mindset

01:05:49

because for you and I, with with the Spirit of God

01:05:52

in us and in our life, we literally can't lose.

01:05:55

Listen to these words from Romans 8:

01:06:12

The good news is that God is for us.

01:06:15

He wants your life to be full,

01:06:17

full of the life of His Son,

01:06:18

fruitful, powerful, meaningful.

01:06:20

And the life of His Son is a life

01:06:22

that even when time is running out on the clock,

01:06:25

even when it looks like a loss is in front of Him,

01:06:28

even when His enemy was nailing him to the Cross

01:06:32

and people were leaving the stadium,

01:06:34

three days later, three days later,

01:06:37

His Father opened up a window of opportunity

01:06:40

and He said, "It's time."

01:06:42

And in the biggest clutch move in all of human history

01:06:46

Jesus stood up and walked right out of that grave.

01:06:49

And it means everything to our life.

01:06:51

It means that you can expect the impossible.

01:06:54

It means that you can actually play clutch

01:06:56

even when the clock is winding down to zero.

01:06:59

There is nothing that will stop Him

01:07:01

from coming through clutch for you in the end.

01:07:04

You literally cannot lose.

01:07:07

So Jesus says to you today, "It's time, it's time,

01:07:10

it's time to give Me your life.

01:07:12

It's time to walk with My Spirit.

01:07:13

It's time to use all the gifts that I've given you.

01:07:16

It's time to live fully alive."

01:07:18

So today is a good day.

01:07:20

It's a good day to do whatever Jesus says it's time for.

01:07:23

And you are going to step in, play clutch, can't lose.

01:07:31

- [whistle] Touchdown, Raging Sandwiches.

01:07:38

Alli, you're awarded 6 points for a great message,

01:07:40

3 points for the excellent use of Pookie the Hedgehog here.

01:07:43

- Thank you.

01:07:44

- Thank you for not celebrating like Kyle

01:07:46

and throwing her out in the audience.

01:07:48

- Oh, my gosh. He has thrown a lot of things

01:07:49

into the crowd today, hasn't he?

01:07:51

- All right, so for your extra point, the question,

01:07:54

within 10%, what percentage of people polled

01:07:56

at the Super Bowl of Preaching when brushing their teeth

01:08:00

keep the faucet running continuously?

01:08:03

- Oh, I hope this is low.

01:08:07

Should I have faith in you people? [audience responds]

01:08:10

Oh, there's a lot of no's.

01:08:14

Listen, I'd be coming in, turning off your water

01:08:15

if you did that in my house. Okay.

01:08:18

I'm going to go based on that 35% leave it running.

01:08:24

- It's 42%, so that is the correct answer.

01:08:27

- Come on.

01:08:29

- Wow. Resulting in an end of third quarter score.

01:08:33

Hold on. Math is hard.

01:08:36

Of Raging Sandwiches 22, Fighting Camels 11.

01:08:40

- Well, there you have it.

01:08:41

I'm not sure if people were honest

01:08:43

about the whole water running thing.

01:08:45

Probably the most difficult object

01:08:46

I've seen in the Super Bowl.

01:08:48

What'd you guys think? - Come on.

01:08:49

Loved having Pookie.

01:08:50

I feel like it just needs to be around forever.

01:08:53

It was amazing.

01:08:54

- You know, the ref's starting to grow on me a little bit.

01:08:56

He actually congratulated her

01:08:58

for not throwing it into the audience,

01:08:59

as well as told people to turn their water off.

01:09:01

So he's coming around and he did his math right.

01:09:04

I think we're rubbing off on him.

01:09:05

This could just actually be a good game.

01:09:08

- That's exciting. Hey, listen,

01:09:09

we got one more quarter for us,

01:09:10

and they don't call this the Tome Dome for no reason.

01:09:13

Brian Tome is coming to us right now in the fourth quarter.

01:09:16

- All right, Brian, you have the fourth quarter.

01:09:19

Your random prop...

01:09:24

Terrible Towel. [audience booing]

01:09:32

- You know, the hardest --

01:09:36

You know, the hardest thing about watching

01:09:37

the Super Bowl today is I really don't care about either team.

01:09:41

You know Philadelphia, I grew up in Pittsburgh,

01:09:44

and we refer to Philadelphians,

01:09:46

we call them filthy delphia.

01:09:47

So I don't have a lot of heart for Philadelphia.

01:09:50

The Chiefs, just like you,

01:09:51

I don't want them to get three in a row for me,

01:09:53

because I grew up a Pittsburgh Steeler fan.

01:09:55

With the Steelers back in the 70s didn't win three in a row.

01:09:57

I don't want the Chiefs to win three in a row.

01:09:59

And having said that, we all have to tip our hat

01:10:02

a little bit to what the Chiefs have been able to do.

01:10:04

How have they been able to do that?

01:10:06

The one of the ways they've done this,

01:10:07

and I've talked with people I know who live in Kansas City

01:10:10

and follow the the team really closely is they say

01:10:13

that they've actually renounced conventional wisdom.

01:10:18

When Mahomes was younger, they signed him

01:10:21

to a long, long, long, long term contract.

01:10:23

And they thought, "This is ridiculous.

01:10:25

That's too much money, too long."

01:10:27

Now they look like geniuses.

01:10:28

The Kansas City Chiefs, they never pay for

01:10:32

a high priced free agent that bolsters their team.

01:10:34

They never do that.

01:10:35

Of the 22 starters that are held today,

01:10:38

16 they got in the draft.

01:10:40

They renounced that strategy.

01:10:42

They also renounce the playbook.

01:10:46

Their biggest plays are when they don't actually have a play.

01:10:49

It's when Kelsey and Mahomes hook up and connect.

01:10:52

You know, this is the the path to spiritual oneness.

01:10:56

This is the path to the X factor of God's presence in your life.

01:10:59

This is the path to having a life where you actually win.

01:11:02

It's a path that no one wants and just about no one does.

01:11:06

It's the path of renouncing.

01:11:10

In the book of 1 Thessalonians 1:9, the apostle Paul,

01:11:13

who wrote much of the New Testament,

01:11:15

talked to people he had led to Christ,

01:11:17

came to relationship with Christ,

01:11:18

and they were a church together.

01:11:19

And he says this:

01:11:27

Though they had these false gods,

01:11:28

these physical objects that represent their gods.

01:11:31

And he said you turn from them, meaning you renounce them.

01:11:35

You turn your back on them, he said,

01:11:37

"I don't want to have anything to do with that anymore."

01:11:40

The way you grow spiritually is by renouncing things.

01:11:45

You renounce anything that God is not about.

01:11:47

And very few of us want to do that,

01:11:50

which is why very few of us have

01:11:52

a sustainable pattern of spiritual growth,

01:11:55

and the X factor of the presence of God

01:11:57

where things take place in our life that we can't explain.

01:12:00

This is why Jesus said in Luke 14:33, says:

01:12:09

Now it's interesting here, he doesn't say,

01:12:11

"If you don't do this, you can't get to heaven."

01:12:13

There's plenty of people who get to heaven

01:12:15

who don't renounce anything, but they're not a disciple.

01:12:18

A disciple is one who's becoming like Jesus,

01:12:21

a little Jesus, one who says, Your life is to be my life.

01:12:26

And it's the path of renouncing.

01:12:28

What's the last thing you renounced?

01:12:31

What's the last thing that everyone thought was fine,

01:12:33

but you knew between you and God, this is not good.

01:12:36

I need, I need, I need to renounce this.

01:12:39

When I was in high school,

01:12:41

I came to know Christ in a personal way.

01:12:42

I wasn't just going to church anymore.

01:12:44

I actually came in a relationship with Him.

01:12:46

And I, every night, every Friday night

01:12:48

and every Saturday night, I got wasted. Every single one.

01:12:51

And I realized I can't do that and follow Jesus.

01:12:53

I need to renounce that.

01:12:55

So my Fridays and my Saturdays changed.

01:12:58

When I left Pittsburgh to come to Cincinnati,

01:13:01

you might be shocked to hear this,

01:13:02

I actually renounced the Pittsburgh Steelers.

01:13:06

I did. [applause]

01:13:08

It's because when I came to Cincinnati,

01:13:11

I felt called to be in Cincinnati

01:13:13

for the rest of my life.

01:13:14

I was at that time 30 years old.

01:13:16

And I also love football.

01:13:17

So I said, if I'm going to be living there,

01:13:19

I better get used to the team

01:13:20

and better start to like them.

01:13:21

And eventually it did come in. It does.

01:13:23

I mean, I'll tell you what's terrible.

01:13:25

What's terrible is when people wave terrible flags.

01:13:28

That's horrible.

01:13:30

Hey, Renounce. Renounce, renounce.

01:13:37

Terrible Towel, it's a Pittsburgh thing.

01:13:38

It was fun when I was there.

01:13:40

So when -- this actually experience,

01:13:44

Super Bowl of Preaching,

01:13:47

you know, uh, we have to renounce comfort.

01:13:50

For everybody on stage this a horrible weekend

01:13:53

and week for all of our staff.

01:13:56

It's like any one of us would much rather do

01:13:59

everything we normally do.

01:14:01

It's easier. It's predictable.

01:14:03

It's less wear and tear.

01:14:05

But when you come to ministry, you renounce what is easy.

01:14:09

Because Jesus didn't do what was easy.

01:14:11

He went to a Cross.

01:14:13

What's the, I'll ask you again,

01:14:14

what's the last thing that you've renounced?

01:14:17

What's the last thing that you said,

01:14:19

"God. I'm just -- I gotta turn my back on this."

01:14:23

I was this last week down in, uh --

01:14:26

I was on a retreat with a bunch of pastors

01:14:29

from around from around the country,

01:14:30

and we started having conversations.

01:14:32

And one of them, a friend of mine, his name is Joby Martin,

01:14:35

down in Jacksonville, actually, great church, Eleven22.

01:14:39

He told me about what they do when they have baptisms.

01:14:42

And when we do baptisms, when I baptize somebody,

01:14:44

it's pretty much always the same.

01:14:46

I asked who is your Lord and Savior?

01:14:47

And the person says, "Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior.

01:14:49

"I baptize you in the name of

01:14:51

the Father, Son, the Holy Spirit."

01:14:52

Take them down. It's really good.

01:14:53

I'm not talking about infant baptism,

01:14:55

which is a different thing.

01:14:56

I'm talking about when somebody actually

01:14:57

gives their life to Christ and says,

01:14:59

"I need to make this statement that I am dying to my sin.

01:15:01

I'm dying to myself in that water."

01:15:04

Another way to say it is, "I'm renouncing my previous life."

01:15:09

So what Joby does, and I found out that

01:15:11

this is very common in the first century,

01:15:14

second century, third century is before that question is asked,

01:15:17

there's a question of renouncing that's asked.

01:15:20

Do you renounce?

01:15:23

I started doing research on this and found that

01:15:24

the Anglicans, it's an Ancient Book of Common Prayer.

01:15:28

These are questions that would be asked somebody

01:15:30

before they're actually asked the baptism question.

01:15:33

Here it is: "Question, do you renounce the devil

01:15:36

and all the spiritual forces of wickedness

01:15:39

that rebel against God?" "I renounce them."

01:15:43

"Do you renounce the empty promises

01:15:45

and deadly deceits of this world

01:15:47

that corrupt and destroy the creatures of God?"

01:15:51

I renounce them."

01:15:52

"Do you renounce the sinful desires of the flesh

01:15:56

that draw you from the love of God?"

01:15:59

"I renounce them."

01:16:01

And then the question is, "Who is your Lord and Savior?"

01:16:04

"Jesus Christ."

01:16:06

But different, isn't it? Renouncing.

01:16:09

Renouncing isn't just the way we come to know Christ.

01:16:11

Renouncing is the way you grow in Christ.

01:16:14

Next week we start a new series.

01:16:16

I'm pretty excited about it.

01:16:17

It's something that all of us are in love with,

01:16:21

our phones, our screens.

01:16:25

I can't stand when my phone gives me a little notification.:

01:16:28

Would you like your weekly screen time report?

01:16:30

No, no, I don't. Get off. No, no, no.

01:16:34

Horrified by seeing how much time I spend on my phone.

01:16:38

Which is exactly why I need a season of renouncing my phone.

01:16:42

I need a season of fasting and deciding

01:16:46

these apps, these things I'm not going to do.

01:16:49

We're going to talk for the next few weeks

01:16:50

about what is the role of technology in our faith,

01:16:53

and what we're building to is in a few weeks, a few weeks,

01:16:56

we're going to start a digital fast

01:16:58

that you will choose to do whatever form you want,

01:17:02

whatever, whatever form you want.

01:17:04

[applause] Yeah, yeah, okay.

01:17:05

We're all clapping right now until it comes time to do it,

01:17:09

because very few of us will ever do it,

01:17:11

because very few of us ever renounce anything.

01:17:14

We just want to add Jesus to our life.

01:17:17

Many people, when we get baptized, we just say,

01:17:19

"I just want -- I'm just asking God

01:17:21

to just do something that's nice and just just want,

01:17:24

I want a good spiritual moment."

01:17:26

And and that's really too bad because

01:17:29

that's not the life God blesses.

01:17:32

The life God blesses is the life that's patterned after his Son.

01:17:36

And Jesus renounced.

01:17:38

He was in heaven, and He renounced all the comforts

01:17:41

and perks in heaven, and He came to earth,

01:17:45

and He had a difficult life that ended in a horrible death

01:17:48

because He renounced His comfort, He renounced it,

01:17:51

and He went to a Cross and died on a Cross for my sin,

01:17:55

for your sins,

01:17:56

so that we wouldn't have to pay for our own sins.

01:17:58

It's amazing what He's done.

01:18:00

And now he invites you and I into that life,

01:18:03

that life of greatness and purposefulness,

01:18:06

where we do feel bonded with God,

01:18:08

where there is an X factor to our life,

01:18:10

and there is the turning away

01:18:12

and the turning of our back on idols,

01:18:14

including the idol of comfort

01:18:16

and idle time and all of those things.

01:18:19

That's what I need for me, and I know

01:18:21

it's what God wants for you.

01:18:24

Right now you can pray if you like.

01:18:27

That's actually you can.

01:18:28

Let's end this right now in a word of prayer.

01:18:31

God, I'm thankful for giving us time to laugh

01:18:35

and time to grow, time to sing, and time to also reflect.

01:18:40

And Lord, I'm asking that when we leave here today,

01:18:42

whatever site we're in, wherever we are in the country,

01:18:45

that something different would happen in our life.

01:18:47

What happens is a level of renouncing.

01:18:49

And some of us, God, know enough right now

01:18:50

we want to renounce.

01:18:51

There's something we know we need to renounce.

01:18:53

We want to say I renounce and I'm going to

01:18:55

give you the opportunity right now.

01:18:57

You can say it. Just mutter it under your breath.

01:18:59

God, I renounce...

01:19:04

Not hearing any murmurs. Let's try it again.

01:19:06

God I renounce...

01:19:10

And God we don't just renounce, we want to receive.

01:19:13

So, Jesus, we want You.

01:19:14

We want You to have a bigger role in our life.

01:19:16

And for some of us, for the very first time,

01:19:18

we want to say, "Jesus, come into my life.

01:19:20

I want to give it to You and I want to walk with You.

01:19:24

We pray these things in the name of Jesus. Amen.

01:19:29

- [whistle] Touchdown, Fighting Camels! [cheers]

01:19:35

- Brian, you're awarded 6 points for a great message,

01:19:37

3 points for the excellent use of the prop.

01:19:40

And, you know, you just worked it in so beautifully.

01:19:43

And you've got the people's pastor on your team.

01:19:47

- I do, I do that. Yeah.

01:19:48

- You line my pockets with green.

01:19:50

I think green might be my new favorite color,

01:19:52

so that's worth at least 2 extra points.

01:19:55

So now for a tied game, this is the tie breaker question.

01:19:59

And the question, within 10%, what percentage of people

01:20:03

polled at the Super Bowl of preaching have used a bidet?

01:20:13

- What are you thinking? - Uh.

01:20:17

My first time it time was only, the first a few years ago,

01:20:19

so I'm not, uh. It's awesome, by the way.

01:20:23

- Do you think it's 8 or 15? Capture down to 5?

01:20:26

- Do you think it's low? I think it is too.

01:20:28

I'll go with that. 30%.

01:20:31

- It is 30%. - Whoa!

01:20:34

- The Super Bowl of Preaching winners.

01:20:38

- Come on! Hahahahaha. Oh geez, every time.

01:20:45

[music: We Are the Champions, Queen]

01:20:51

- Yeah. Uh, I'm not sure about the scoring system

01:20:54

that we have going on.

01:20:57

- Look at it this way. - Unbelievable.

01:20:59

- I don't have to beat you in Rock, Paper, Scissors again.

01:21:01

- I know that's true. I've lost three in a row.

01:21:03

- That was horrible. - Unbelievable.

01:21:05

Hey, we hope you had a great time today.

01:21:07

Did you? Was it fun? [cheers]

01:21:10

- Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

01:21:12

Hey, listen, if a friend invited you here today,

01:21:16

I want to invite you back next week.

01:21:18

We exist for people who don't know what they think

01:21:20

about God to come into a relationship with Him,

01:21:23

to meet Him, to try Him out.

01:21:25

Come do that digital fast that Brian talked about with us.

01:21:27

That will push you closer to Him.

01:21:29

For more on that service times,

01:21:31

we're going back to our sites.

01:21:34

- Hey, thank you so much for joining us

01:21:36

for the Super Bowl of Preaching craziness.

01:21:38

We're so glad you joined us.

01:21:39

Now, just as a reminder, we'd love to see you

01:21:41

not watch something,

01:21:42

but get connected to a group of community.

01:21:45

You can just do that simply by texting

01:21:47

Anywhere to 301301, and we'll follow up.

01:21:50

And secondly, we'd love to see you back here next week

01:21:53

as we kick off our digital reset

01:21:55

through our new series called Unplugged.

01:21:57

We'll see you next week.

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