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04/10/2020 DAB Transcript

Deuteronomy 34:1 - Joshua 2:24, Luke 13:22-14:6, Psalms 79:1-13, Proverbs 12:26

Today is the 10th day of April welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I'm Brian and it's a…it's a joy, Its an honor to be here with you today. Today…today's kind of a big day. Today is Good Friday. It’s a day that we commemorate the death of Jesus our Savior. It's kind of one of the darkest days on the Christian calendar. It's…it's a somber day but we’ll talk about that more in a little bit. Today is also the 100th day of the year if you can believe it. 100 days we’ve been journeying together, and in our reading today we will finish the book of Deuteronomy which means we will complete the Torah. And we will also be saying goodbye to somebody that we’ve been journeying with for quite a while, Moses and entering a new book, Joshua and a completely new season, a completely new era. Actually, in the Old Testament like we’ve been mostly in the wilderness since we began this year and now, we’re about to cross over the Jordan into the Promised Land leaving the wilderness behind, which could not be a more appropriate metaphor for Good Friday. And even as we leave the Pentateuch or the Torah, like I mentioned yesterday, we’ve got a brand-new, very very large update to the Daily Audio Bible app. And as we move through this day. If we’ve been kind of checking off the days as listened, as we've gone through the year this far, we will��we will complete the first section of the Bible, the Pentateuch, the Torah. And the app will tell us, will show us we've achieved that, we've moved through that and we can see the achievements, we can see the sections of the Bible that we’re moving through right now and the ones that we will be moving through and the app will now show us kind of where we are on this journey. So, make sure to update that. But we’ll get to that soon enough. Let's conclude the book of Deuteronomy and then we’ll talk a little bit about the book of Joshua before diving into it for a couple of chapters. But we’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week. Deuteronomy chapter 34.

Introduction to the book of Joshua:

Okay. So, that concludes the book of Deuteronomy. That concludes the Torah or the Pentateuch. And, so, in just a minute we’ll begin the book of Joshua and we’ll see that…well…Joshua kinda picks up right where Deuteronomy leaves off. But We’ll see that God doesn't waste any time affirming His promise to Joshua and then Joshua doesn't waste any time preparing the people to do what they been waiting for like almost since the beginning of the Bible. Like finally, here we are with the ability to cross the Jordan River again and enter the Promised Land. And by now, you can imagine the people's minds, but even in our own minds we’ve been moving toward this place that’s almost mythic, the Promised Land, this land promised to Abraham and Isaac and then Jacob over all of these generations and this hope that was a thread through all of their formation and all of their slave years. I mean this promise of this land and this God that was choosing them and guided the Exodus into their freedom in the wilderness. This was the hope they were holding on to, the hope of this land that would be theirs. So, we are in fact about to leave the wilderness portion of the story and then leave that kind of in the rearview mirror…mirror as we move across the Jordan into the Promised Land. And it's like we’ve spent a lot of time in the wilderness now because we spend a lot of time in the wilderness in our lives. But the wilderness for the children of Israel, at least as we've read through the Bible taught the people several things - who God is, who they are and where they're going. And that seems to parallel what the wilderness can teach us if we’ll let it. And, so, they’re gonna cross the Jordan, but we’ll soon see that they don't…they don't just pack up their bags, cross over the Jordan River, move into the land, and just start building cities. They’re gonna have to contend for this promise. They’re going to embark on a mission with God and God is going to instruct them in very counterintuitive ways at times, which is not unlike our own life as we follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit in our choices, in our decisions. And, so, the Bible will continue to read back to us our own lives through the lives of the people who have gone before us. And, so, let's dive in. Joshua chapters 1 and 2.

Commentary:

Okay. So, today is Good Friday. In our reading from Luke today. Jesus talked about entering by the narrow gate. Jesus told us that there's a narrow path that leads to life that few find and we’re seeking that path. That's why we're here every day. But today, today, this 100th day of the year, Good Friday, this is one of the darkest days of the year. A lot of times we might go to a Good Friday service in the evening or whatever and obviously most of these kinds of events, so strange, but have…have moved into the virtual world, or we’ll just kind of blow by it all and just skip to Sunday morning, all the festivities of Easter and all of the pretty dresses, flowers and chocolate and all the things that kinda go with that celebration. And again, this is gonna be a different year, a little different than we've ever experienced before. But Good Friday, today is the day that we commemorate the death of Jesus and the way to…to practice this appropriately is that that's what this day means. It doesn't mean Sunday. It means today Jesus was nailed to a cross. We can't even imagine. Like it's hard to even fathom. Although there are films stuff that depict all of this very well it's hard to fathom being there having followed Him, like if you put yourself in the position of a disciple, which is what we are friends. If put ourselves in the position of the people who were there, who had walked to Jerusalem with Jesus, who had run away and abandon Him in the garden of Gethsemane, who were sitting around the margins waiting to see what was gonna happen, expecting that something supernatural, something big might happen and that Jesus would emerge victorious even though He had said otherwise. To face the reality of seeing Him beaten so badly, swollen so badly, bruised so awfully, bloodied so horribly, wearing a crown of thorns, but this is…this is the one you put your faith and hope in. And then to watch him be laid down on a crucifix and hammered to the crucifix with nails attaching His body to the cross and then raised up for everyone to see and ridicule. What…I mean…what are the words? How…how…what words can we use to put ourselves in that position? Like, how…how…what…how do you describe the indescribable there and just to hear Him panting, to hear Him gasping, to see blood dripping from the side of His mouth, maybe. To see Him bleeding out, to see Him suffering. Yeah. What do you say to that? And then to hear Him cry out, “my God, why have you forsaken me?” And then to hear him cry out, “it is accomplished. It is finished.” And…and then and then to see his head drop as His Spirit departs, like as He dies. Then He’s just…He’s hanging there. His corpse is just still hanging from the cross. He’s dead and then permissions are granted to have this body. And, so, somebody has to pull the nails out, right? And somebody has to take the body down and wrap it up. And all hope is lost. Like it seems like all is lost here. And because of the festivities of…of the holiday they warp him up and He gets put into this tomb and that's kinda Good Friday ends because…because Jesus laid in that tomb. And yes, indeed hope is not lost. Like we will go through this process and we will rejoice on Sunday but so often we don't pause here on Friday and realize He was dead, not somebody we don't know. Someone who knows us better than we know ourselves died and that death was to eradicate what kept us separate from God, sin. And, so, on this Good Friday we sit with that. We allow that to be a part of what we think about today. We allow these thoughts to begin to fuel gratitude within us that will build us to the moment that we can truly rejoice at the resurrection that we will commemorate on Sunday.

Prayer:

Jesus our worship is to You and You alone. Our gratitude…our hearts are broken in this moment if we will let them be that it had to come to this, but also that You wouldn't abandon us. You wouldn't let us go. You loved us. When we were still Your enemies You loved us. So, forgive us. We didn't know. And so often we’re not paying attention to what we’re doing. We love You and we reach for You, You are our only hope.

Song:

Forgive Us – The Many

We try, we fail Do too little too late We wish we could walk away

We hurt. We’re hurt Nothing seems to work. We don’t know what to say

Forgive us Forgive us. We know not what we do. Be with us Be with us. We don’t know what to do.

What’s wrong. What’s right. Hard to see without sight. Blindly we come to You

Forgive us Forgive us. We know not what we do. Be with us Be with us. We don’t know what to do.

We don’t know how to pray here. stay here. All we hope is You’re here. Help us Seek Justice. Love Mercy. Walk humbly, here.

Forgive us Forgive us. We know not what we do. Be with us Be with us. We don’t know what to do.

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to Love, or not to Love

and we are encouraged to Love.

we see this illuminated in the closing chapter of the book of Hebrews for Today’s reading of the Scriptures:

Let love continue among you. Don’t forget to extend your hospitality to all—even to strangers—for as you know, some have unknowingly shown kindness to heavenly messengers in this way. Remember those imprisoned for their beliefs as if you were their cellmate; and care for any who suffer harsh treatment, as you are all one body.

Hold marriage in high esteem, all of you, and keep the marriage bed pure because God will judge those who commit sexual sins.

Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have because He has said, “I will never leave you; I will always be by your side.” Because of this promise, we may boldly say,

The Lord is my help—

I won’t be afraid of anything.

How can anyone harm me?

Listen to your leaders, who have spoken God’s word to you. Notice the fruits of their lives and mirror their faith.

Jesus the Anointed One is always the same: yesterday, today, and forever. Do not be carried away by diverse and strange ways of believing or worshiping. It is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by regulations about what you can eat (which do no good even for those who observe them). We approach an altar from which those who stand before the altar in the tent have no right to eat. In the past, the bodies of those animals whose blood was carried into the sanctuary by the high priest to take away sin were all burned outside the camp. (In the same way, Jesus suffered and bled outside the city walls of Jerusalem to sanctify the people.)

Let’s then go out to Him and resolve to bear the insult and abuse that He endured. For as long as we are here, we do not live in any permanent city, but are looking for the city that is to come.

Through Jesus, then, let us keep offering to God our own sacrifice, the praise of lips that confess His name without ceasing. Let’s not neglect what is good and share what we have, for these sacrifices also please God.

Listen to your leaders and submit to their authority over the community, for they are on constant watch to protect your souls and someday they must give account. Give them reason to be joyful and not to regret their duty, for that will be of no good to you.

Pray for us, for we have no doubt that our consciences are clean and that we seek to live honestly in all things. But please pray for me that I may be restored to you even more quickly.

Now may the God of peace, who brought the great Shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, back from the dead through the blood of the new everlasting covenant, perfect you in every good work as you work God’s will. May God do in you only those things that are pleasing in His sight through Jesus the Anointed, our Liberating King, to whom we give glory always and forever. Amen.

Please, brothers and sisters, pay attention to this word of exhortation, for I have written only a few words to you.

I want to tell you that our brother Timothy has been set free; and if he arrives soon, he will come with me when I see you next.

Give my greetings to your leaders and to all of God’s people. Those of Italy greet you.

May grace always be with you.

The Book of Hebrews, Chapter 13 (The Voice)

and sex is certainly a sacred bond shared between husband & wife that was formed by our Creator. sex is meant for the marital bond where 2 bodies become as “One” thus making it impure outside of this. and the decision to change the temporal physical body won’t matter in the eternal since it is impossible to change the gender that is chosen at the genesis spark of conception. for each child is born as either male or female, and each person will die the same gender as they were conceived and born, as recognized by our Creator. people may disagree with the purity of sexuality in Light of Love’s truth, yet it will never change the truth of the One who made us, and who made the heavens and garden earth.

“Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy between wife and husband.”

The Book of Hebrews, Chapter 13:4 (The Message)

Today’s paired chapter of the Testaments is the 19th chapter of First Chronicles that documents an ancient battle even though King David had first intended to show kindness:

Some time after this Nahash king of the Ammonites died and his son succeeded him as king. David said, “I’d like to show some kindness to Hanun son of Nahash—treat him as well and as kindly as his father treated me.” So David sent condolences about his father’s death.

But when David’s servants arrived in Ammonite country and came to Hanun to bring condolences, the Ammonite leaders warned Hanun, “Do you for a minute suppose that David is honoring your father by sending you comforters? Don’t you know that he’s sent these men to scout out the city and size it up so that he can capture it?”

So Hanun seized David’s men, shaved them clean, cut off their robes halfway up their buttocks, and sent them packing.

When this was all reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, for they were seriously humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow out; only then come back.”

When it dawned on the Ammonites that as far as David was concerned, they stank to high heaven, they hired, at a cost of a thousand talents of silver (thirty-seven and a half tons!), chariots and horsemen from the Arameans of Naharaim, Maacah, and Zobah—thirty-two thousand chariots and drivers; plus the king of Maacah with his troops who came and set up camp at Medeba; the Ammonites, too, were mobilized from their cities and got ready for battle.

When David heard this, he dispatched Joab with his strongest fighters in full force.

The Ammonites marched out and spread out in battle formation at the city gate; the kings who had come as allies took up a position in the open fields. When Joab saw that he had two fronts to fight, before and behind, he took his pick of the best of Israel and deployed them to confront the Arameans. The rest of the army he put under the command of Abishai, his brother, and deployed them to deal with the Ammonites. Then he said, “If the Arameans are too much for me, you help me; and if the Ammonites prove too much for you, I’ll come and help you. Courage! We’ll fight might and main for our people and for the cities of our God. And God will do whatever he sees needs doing!”

But when Joab and his soldiers moved in to fight the Arameans, they ran off in full retreat. Then the Ammonites, seeing the Arameans run for dear life, took to their heels and ran from Abishai into the city.

So Joab withdrew from the Ammonites and returned to Jerusalem.

When the Arameans saw how badly they’d been beaten by Israel, they picked up the pieces and regrouped; they sent for the Arameans who were across the river; Shophach, commander of Hadadezer’s army, led them.

When all this was reported to David, he mustered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, advanced, and prepared to fight. The Arameans went into battle formation, ready for David, and the fight was on. But the Arameans again scattered before Israel. David killed seven thousand chariot drivers and forty thousand infantry. He also killed Shophach, the army commander. When all the kings who were vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with David and served him. The Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites ever again.

The Book of 1st Chronicles, Chapter 19 (The Message)

my personal reading of the Scriptures for monday, january 18 of 2021 with a paired chapter from each Testament of the Bible, along with Today’s Psalms and Proverbs

A post by John Parsons about this week’s Torah reading:

Shavuah tov, chaverim. Our Torah reading for this week (Exod. 10:1-13:16) begins with God commanding Moses “to go” (i.e., bo: בּא) before the Pharaoh to announce further apocalyptic judgments upon Egypt. The purpose of this power encounter was to vindicate God’s justice and great glory (deliverance/salvation) by overthrowing the tyranny of unjust human oppression. Pharaoh’s nightmare of “one little lamb” outweighing all the firstborn of Egypt was about to be fulfilled....

Recall that last week’s Torah (i.e., parashat Va’era) retold how Pharaoh defiantly refused to listen to Moses’ pleas for Israel’s freedom, despite seven devastating makkot (plagues) that came upon Egypt in God’s Name (יהוה). In this week’s portion (i.e., parashat Bo), the battle between the LORD and Pharaoh comes to a dramatic conclusion. The last three of the ten plagues are unleashed upon Egypt: a swarm of locusts devoured all the crops and greenery; a palpable darkness enveloped the land for three days and nights; and all the firstborn of Egypt were killed precisely at the stroke of midnight of the 15th of the month of Nisan... In this connection note that the word בּא (“go”) and פרעה (“Pharoah”) added together equal the gematria of משׁיח (“mashiach”), providing a hint of the Messianic redemption that was foreshadowed in Egypt. Every jot and tittle, chaverim!

Before the final plague, God instructed the Jewish people to establish a new calendar based on the sighting of the new moon of spring. On the tenth day of that month, God told the people to acquire a “Passover offering” to Him, namely an unblemished lamb (or goat), one for each household. On the 14th of that month (“between the evenings”) the animal would be slaughtered and its blood sprinkled on the doorposts and lintel of every Israelite home, so that God would “pass over” these dwellings when He came to kill the Egyptian firstborn that night. The roasted meat of the offering was to be eaten that night with unleavened bread (matzah) and bitter herbs (maror). God then commanded the Israelites to observe a seven-day “festival of matzah” to commemorate the Exodus for all subsequent generations.

Because of this, our corporate identity begins with a shared consciousness of time from a Divine perspective. The mo’edim (festivals of the LORD) all are reckoned based on the sacred calendar given to the redeemed Israelite nation. As it is also written in the Book of Psalms: “He made the moon for the appointed times” / עָשָׂה יָרֵחַ לְמוֹעֲדִים (Psalm 104:19). Undoubtedly Yeshua followed this calendar, as did His first followers (Gal. 4:4).

Just before the dreadful final plague befell, God instructed the Israelites to ask their Egyptian neighbors for gold, silver and jewelry, thereby plundering Egypt of its wealth (this was regarded as “uncollected wages” for hundreds of years of forced labor and bondage - not to mention for the services of Joseph, whose ingenuity brought the world’s wealth to Egypt in the first place). Moses then instructed the people to prepare the Passover sacrifice, that is, the korban Pesach (קָרְבָּן פֶּסַה) - the Passover lamb - and to smear its blood on the two sides and top of the doorway, resembling the shape of the Hebrew letter Chet (ח). This Hebrew letter, signifying the number eight, is connected with the word חי (chai), short for chayim (חַיִּים), "life." The blood of the lamb (דַּם הַשֶּׂה) not only saves from the judgment of death, but also is a symbol of divine life given for our redemption. The “life is in the blood.”

The dreadful final plague - the death of the firstborn - at last broke Pharaoh’s resistance and he not only allowed the Israelites to depart without any conditions, he urged them to go. Because they left in great haste there was no time for their dough to rise. The Torah states that there were 600,000 adult men who left Egypt, along with the women, children, and a “mixed multitude” of other Egyptian slaves who tagged along.

The Israelites were commanded to consecrate all the firstborn to God and to commemorate the anniversary of the Exodus each year by celebrating the LORD’s Passover in conjunction with the Feast of Unleavened Bread. During this time they were to remove all leaven from their homes for seven days, eat matzah, and retell the story of their redemption to their children. The portion ends with the commandment to wear tefillin (phylacteries) on the arm and head as a reminder of how the LORD saved the Israelites from their bondage in Egypt. [Hebrew for Christians]

https://hebrew4christians.com/

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From an email sent by Glenn Jackson about rebirth:

January 18th

* Shall this body, this curious workmanship of Heaven, so wonderfully and fearfully made, always lie in ruins and never be repaired. This we know: that it is not a thing impossible with God to raise the dead. He that could first form our bodies out of nothing, is certainly able to form them anew and repair the wastes of time. The Omniscient God knows how to collect, distinguish, and compound all those scattered and mingled seeds of our mortal bodies. Matter we know is capable of prodigious alterations and refinements; and there it will appear in the highest perfection. The bodies of the saints will be formed glorious, incorruptible, without the seeds of sickness or death. The glorified body of Christ, which is undoubtedly matter carried to the highest perfection that matter is capable of, will be the pattern after which they shall be formed. Then will the body be able to bear up under the exceeding great and eternal weight of glory; it will no longer be a clog or encumbrance to the soul, but a proper instrument and assistant in all the exalted services and enjoyments of the heavenly state.

...."But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you".... Romans 8:11 KJV

...."make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship".... Romans 12:1 The Amplified Translation

Today’s message from the Institute for Creation Research

January 18, 2021

A Better and an Enduring Substance

“For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.” (Hebrews 10:36)

Christians have certain heavenly possessions, and this knowledge helps put our earthly possessions and welfare in proper perspective. Evidently, some to whom this was written had been imprisoned, and others impoverished for their faith. “For ye...took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance” (v. 34). Peter called it “an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you” (1 Peter 1:4).

These possessions are attainable; they are not in question; they are ours, given to us by the One whose name is “Truth” (John 14:6) and whose Word is trustworthy. We “know” (Hebrews 10:34) this beyond all doubt.

Furthermore, these possessions are valuable. We must “cast not away therefore [our] confidence, which hath great recompense of reward” (v. 35). With this assurance, we are able to bear up under any suffering or persecution that comes our way (see also Romans 8:18).

Knowledge of these possessions is prescriptive, for it helps us cope with longstanding troubles. In our text, we “have need of patience” to get through them and do “the will of God.” “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh” (James 5:7-8).

Lastly, realization of these possessions is imminent. “For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry” (Hebrews 10:37). “He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20). JDM

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Books posted in June and July 2019

Here is the list of the 49 books that I posted on this site in June and July 2019. The image above contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon; the “on this site” links to the book’s page on this site.

…And Often the First Jew by Stephen Lewis Fuchs (on this site)

The Altruists by Andrew Ridker (on this site)

Ancient Texts and Modern Readers; by Gideon Kotzé, Christian S. Locatell and John A. Messarra (on this site)

Ariel Samson: Freelance Rabbi by MaNishtana (on this site)

The Art of Leaving: A Memoir by Ayelet Tsabari (on this site)

The Art of the Bible Translation by Robert Alter (on this site)

Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism: Pillars, Lines, Ladders by Moshe Idel (on this site)

Be-Ron Yaḥad: Studies in Jewish Thought and Theology in Honor of Nehemia Polen (on this site)

Broken Strings by Eric Walters and Kathy Kacer (on this site)

The Christian Kabbalah: Jewish Mystical Books and Their Christian Interpreters by Joseph Dan (on this site)

Cockney Girl: The Story of a Jewish Family in WWII London by Gilda Moss Haber (on this site)

Creation Colors by Ann D. Koffsky (on this site)

Dreams of Being Eaten Alive: The Literary Core of the Kabbalah by David Rosenberg (on this site)

The Enoch-Metatron Tradition by Andrei Orlov (on this site)

Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (on this site)

The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer (on this site)

Gershom Scholem and the Mystical Dimension of Jewish History by Joseph Dan (on this site)

God’s Voice from the Void: Old and New Studies in Bratslav Hasidism by Shaul Magid (on this site)

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob (on this site)

Historical Atlas of Hasidism by Marcin Wodziński (on this site)

Hollywood’s Eve by Lili Anolik (on this site)

An Innocent Bystander: The Killing of Leon Klinghoffer by Julie Salamon (on this site)

Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion by Joshua Trachtenberg (on this site)

Jewish Spirituality: From the 16th Century Revival to the Present by Arthur Green (on this site)

Justice, Justice Shalt Thou Pursue: Delaware’s Jewish Judges

Kabbalah: Webster’s Timeline History, 777 – 2007 by Philip M. Parker (on this site)

The Kosher Capones: A History of Chicago’s Jewish Gangsters by Joe Kraus (on this site)

The Last Tsar’s Dragons by Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple (on this site)

Learning From the Tanya: Volume Two in the Definitive Commentary on the Moral and Mystical Teachings of a Classic Work of Kabbalah by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (on this site)

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden (on this site)

Messianic Mystics by Moshe Idel (on this site)

Metropolitan Jewish Cemeteries: of the 19th and 20th Centuries in Central and Eastern Europe A Comparative Study by Rudolf Klein (on this site)

On the Possibility of Jewish Mysticism in Our Time by Gershom S Scholem (on this site)

The Paradoxical Ascent to God: The Kabbalistic Theosophy of Habad Hasidism by Rachel Elior (on this site)

Picture Girl by Marlene Targ Brill (on this site)

The Rabbi Slurps Spaghetti by Leslie Kimmelman (on this site)

The Roots of Jewish Consciousness, Volume One: Revelation and Apocalypse by Erich Neumann (on this site)

Saving Hanno: The Story of a Refugee Dog by Miriam Halahmy (on this site)

Scribes and Scrolls at Qumran by Sidnie White Crawford (on this site)

Searching for Lottie by Susan Ross (on this site)

Social Vision: The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Transformative Paradigm for the World by Philip Wexler (on this site)

Souls in the Garden: Poems About Jewish Spain by Henry Rasof (on this site)

The Laws of Yichud: A Comprehensive Guide to The Laws of Yichud From the Original Sources to Modern-Day Applications and Rulings by HaRav Shraga Kallus (on this site)

The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather (on this site)

When We Were Arabs: A Jewish Family’s Forgotten History by Massoud Hayoun (on this site)

Who Wants to Be A Jewish Writer?: And Other Essays by Adam Kirsch (on this site)

Window to Yesterday: The Swordsman by Jeff Lefkowitz (on this site)

A Year with the Sages: Wisdom on the Weekly Torah Portion by Rabbi Reuven Hammer (on this site)

You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman (on this site)

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It’s either coincidence, karma or a higher power when things come together in ways previously thought impossible.

This weekend, Jewish people around the world read the Torah portion Shofetim (שֹׁפְטִים, or “Judges,” comprising Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9).

The best-known line in it is the third, “Justice, justice shall you pursue” (צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף, Deut. 16:20).

Shofetim also happens to be the Torah portion from my bar mitzvah and it’s interesting that it’s coming up this week because an article in Axios yesterday said,

“Sinclair Broadcasting’s failed effort to buy Tribune Media may soon become more than just a costly embarrassment. It could result in the company ultimately losing its broadcast licenses.”

Isn’t that what I suggested should happen, weeks ago, back on July 27?

And two days earlier, how

“It looks like one of the seven deadly sins – greediness – may have killed the (merger) deal!”?

Yesterday, Axios wrote,

“The conservative broadcaster has been accused of lying to the FCC, and of acting in bad faith with Tribune.”

There’s not much a huge corporation can do to anger the Federal Communications Commission these days – if it follows the rules, which get eased all the time – but lying is its one big crime.

NEXT: The biggest broadcasting company in the country could be facing harsh justice with the feds, who have serious concerns about law violations, and its potential merger partner that parted ways and is suing for $1 billion, claiming Sinclair didn’t get the deal done because it’s run by greedy jerks.

And please, don’t miss out. If you like what you read here, subscribe to CohenConnect.com with either your email address or WordPress account, and get a notice whenever I publish. I’m also available for writing/web contract work.

Back on Jan. 27, I wrote the FCC was going to allow the deal but

“force Sinclair to sell off a bunch of stations because it’ll be (way, way, way) too big.”

And that was the crux of the problem: ownership limits and which stations would be sold off. Oh, and would the companies buying really be associated with Sinclair and let Sinclair control the stations?

Ajit Pai (Wikipedia)

In mid-July, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement:

“Based on a thorough review of the record, I have serious concerns about the Sinclair-Tribune transaction. … The evidence we’ve received suggests that certain station divestitures that have been proposed to the FCC would allow Sinclair to control those stations in practice, even if not in name, in violation of the law. … When the FCC confronts disputed issues like these, the Communications Act does not allow it to approve a transaction. Instead, the law requires the FCC to designate the transaction for a hearing in order to get to the bottom of those disputed issues.”

That was a huge surprise and the turning point in the drawn-out deal.

On July 24, the newspaper in Sinclair’s hometown, The Baltimore Sun, wrote what finally did the deal in:

“FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, an appointee of President Donald J. Trump who has been viewed as friendly to Sinclair and such a merger, raised ‘serious concerns’ Monday about whether the deal would serve the public interest.”

Ah, the public interest! It’s always nice to hear about that, since we’re talking about use of the public airwaves.

I quoted TVNewsCheck’s Harry A. Jessell on the seriousness of what Sinclair had actually been doing pretty quietly doing for years:

“Its mishandling of its merger application has badly stained its permanent FCC record in a way that could greatly complicate its future regulatory dealings. … And a liar is what the FCC has accused Sinclair of being by obfuscating the fact it would continue to control three major market stations that it told the FCC it would spin off to other broadcasters to comply with ownership limits.

Sinclair’s reach. Large enough?

“You see, the FCC acts on the honor system. It presumes that you are obeying all the rules and expects you to confess any infractions. It’s the principal way the FCC polices those it regulates. That’s why lying – the ever-polite FCC calls it “misrepresentation” or “lack of candor” – is taken seriously and is the FCC equivalent of a capital crime. … As the lawyers pointed out to me this week, once indicted for misrepresentation as Sinclair has now been, it sticks because it goes to the broadcaster’s basic character qualifications to be a licensee. It cannot buy or sell a station or even renew a license until it resolves the character question. Sinclair’s best move now is to walk away from the merger and promise, no, swear on a stack of Bibles, that it will never, ever mislead the FCC again.

“Sinclair has no one but itself to blame for this fiasco. It pushed too hard to keep as many of the Tribune stations as it could and somewhere along the line lost sight of the larger goal – get the transfer through the FCC and get to closing. … (David Smith) kept going back to the FCC (and the Justice Department) demanding more and more. Ironically, he will likely end up with nothing, except maybe a new set of regulatory hassles.”

Tribune called off the deal and sued Sinclair for $1 billion.

Of course, Sinclair denied everything and said in a statement,

“We have been completely transparent about every aspect of the proposed transaction.”

One thing Sinclair failed to do after telling the FCC it was withdrawing the deal was asking the administrative law judge, who FCC commissioners unanimously recommended look into Sinclair’s representations during the Tribune negotiations, to end his planned hearing. The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau said it had no problem if the hearing was terminated.

But Broadcasting & Cable reported “The FCC docket was still open” as of Monday and got confirmation from an FCC spokesperson,

“Although Sinclair’s pleading states that the applications ‘have been withdrawn’ and are to be dismissed with prejudice, it fails to specifically seek such relief from the Chief Administrative Law Judge.”

B&C added,

“That’s because the licenses are now before him, rather than the FCC staffers who had been vetting them before the hearing designation.”

This is a world of bigger and bigger broadcasting companies – in part because of competition from cable, satellite and the internet – but as I’ve said about a million times, the broadcasters have special responsibilities since they use the public airways. And they need a tougher FCC to keep them, and the newer companies, in line.

On the other hand, Axios quoted Dennis Wharton, executive vice president of communications for the National Association of Broadcasters as saying,

“Scale matters when we are competing against massive pay TV conglomerates, Facebook, Apple and Netflix. If you want a healthy broadcast business that keeps the Super Bowl on free TV, that encourages local investigative journalism and allows stations to go 24-7 live with California wildfire coverage, broadcasters can’t be the only media barred from getting bigger.”

The FCC is still determining whether to raise the limits on TV station ownership above 39 percent. Most experts told Axios they

“believe that cap will be lifted above 50 percent, but they don’t know what the exact limit will be, or when it will be passed and implemented.”

Anyway, the FCC has taken away broadcast licenses before. I wrote about the RKO General situation all over the country, and also allegations of impropriety in the granting of a Boston television license.

According to experts Axios spoke to, Sinclair’s first batch of licenses comes up for renewal in June 2020. (Look for more activist challenges then.)

They also

“describe Sinclair as a ‘hard headed’ company that rarely engages with D.C. and which recently lost its top lobbyist.”

That description should come as no surprise to any regular reader of this blog.

So for now, there’s no deal, but a lawsuit, between Sinclair and Tribune.

Sinclair’s alleged misrepresentations to the FCC

“can be reviewed by an administrative law judge during a license renewal hearing, were the FCC to recommend such a hearing (which may be likely, given FCC’s concerns and Sinclair’s many outside critics),”

according to Axios.

The judge could revoke Sinclair’s licenses outright, which would teach the industry and its investors a big, important lesson. But a telecom lawyer Axios spoke to said,

“A more likely scenario … is that the FCC would reach a settlement whereby Sinclair is required to divest stations.”

My opinion: Crush them or cut them down to size, but at least do something.

One last note is that Sinclair is going to have trouble finding another merger partner due to its potential license renewal issues, but also because Tribune’s lawsuit accused the company of being “belligerent.” It’s what happens when you’re too big.

Now to the Tribune side, where there is less justice.

Reuters reported the company is going to pay big

“bonuses to executives who worked for more than 15 months on its failed merger.”

You’d think they’d be in line for bonuses after a successful merger!

How big are these bonuses? Reuters reported the company said,

“16 percent of target annual bonuses, which had been conditioned on completion of the Sinclair merger.” (I underlined. –Lenny)

Are you hearing this, shareholders?

This is what it adds up to. Three top executives – chief financial officer Chandler Bigelow, president of broadcast media Larry Wert, and general counsel and chief strategy officer Edward Lazarus – will be getting

“between $102,000 and $160,000. Other executives will get bonuses based on a similar percentage of their targeted annual bonuses.”

Why?

“In recognition of the substantial efforts and time that each of them devoted to the company’s anticipated merger with Sinclair and their contributions to maintain and grow the company’s business,”

according to the company.

That’s if the company was actually spending money to “maintain and grow” the business which is doubtful because companies in the process of being bought are cheap, not replacing employees or equipment so the financial sheets look better.

And what about all the employees who were encouraged to work under harder conditions and so much uncertainty for so long?

That’s the world, these days, kids.

Reuters also mentioned,

“Last week, Tribune Media Chief Executive Officer Peter Kern told investors it (was) ‘open to all opportunities’ in terms of industry consolidation or remaining independent. He noted on an investor call there was ‘tons of activity out there.’

“Kern said he would continue to run the company until Tribune reached a ‘permanent state.’”

Keep in mind, last Monday, Tribune announced it

“reached a comprehensive agreement with Fox Broadcasting Company to renew the existing Fox affiliations of eight Tribune Media television stations, including KCPQ-TV (Seattle), KDVR-TV (Denver), WJW-TV (Cleveland), KTVI-TV (St. Louis), WDAF-TV (Kansas City), KSTU-TV (Salt Lake City), WITI-TV (Milwaukee), WGHP-TV (Greensboro, NC). Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.”

But knowing Fox is selling most of its assets to Disney/ABC and looking for more stations to buy, especially those in NFL football team markets, I’d consider Tribune a seller rather than a buyer.

TVNewsCheck’s Jessell agrees, pointing out,

“Recall that just prior to the announcement of the Sinclair deal, Fox tried to swoop in and buy Tribune out from underneath Sinclair. It coveted some of Tribune’s stations and it feared Sinclair becoming too big an affiliate group for it to push around.”

I’d also consider telling the FCC not to let Fox buy any of those eight stations, except Seattle, because it owned them at one point and sold them when it made sense for the company. In other words, it showed no commitment to the communities or their people. Companies shouldn’t be allowed to sell unneeded stations and then buy them back when they feel they’ll make more money.

Besides Fox, which could face ownership limits, Jessell pointed to Soo Kim’s new Standard Media, which was going to buy nine Tribune stations in seven cities, and Nexstar as potential buyers.

Jessell also mentions there are a lot more stations on the market now than two years ago.

Cox is looking for someone to buy its 14 stations, Gray is buying Raycom and has to spin off nine stations, and Cordillera will be leaving the industry once it sells its 11 stations.

So complicated!

But some more from Jessell on Sinclair:

“Not in the entire history of broadcasting, with the possible of RKO, has a major company so thoroughly managed to trap itself in such a regulatory and legal morass. …

“If Executive Chairman David Smith did not control the board, he would be thrown out for directing this debacle and hobbling the company at a critical time for it and the industry. It will be interesting to see who is made the scapegoat. …

“Sinclair can continue to churn out cash, but, from a strategic standpoint in broadcasting, is indefinitely sidelined. Until it resolves the alleged character issues at the FCC, it cannot buy a broadcast license. It can’t even renew one.

“Sinclair’s challenge today is to start digging out — and it’s going to be costly. First it must settle with Tribune. And then it has to return to the good graces of the FCC.” …

Also, “The Sinclair independent shareholders (could) file a lawsuit against Smith and his team for gross mismanagement.” …

And, “Indeed, Sinclair did everything wrong, allowing arrogance and self-righteousness to overcome its good sense at every turn.”

I think a lot of justice is what’s needed here, and soon.

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Sanctions against Sinclair? Sounds justified It’s either coincidence, karma or a higher power when things come together in ways previously thought impossible.

#Chandler Bigelow #Communications Act #Dennis Wharton #Edward Lazarus #Harry Jessell #Larry Wert #NAB National Association of Broadcasters #RKO General

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01/01/2019 DAB Transcript

Genesis 1:1-2:25, Matthew 1:1-2:12, Psalms 1:1-6, Proverbs 1:1-6

Today is the 1st day of January. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I'm Brian and it is a pleasure and an honor and a joy to be here with you today as you’ll hear me often say, because it's the truth every day, but of course this is especially true today. It’s a brand-new, year happy new year. This is the first day of 2019. We got ourselves a brand-new shiny, sparkly new year to live into and it's all out in front of us. And the reality is the decisions that we start making today will add up to what this year is going to look like and one of the best decisions we could make is to center ourselves around the rhythm of the Bible in our lives every single day this year, allowing it to speak into us and to guide our steps as we move into the year. So, welcome aboard. If this is your first day with Daily Audio Bible, welcome to the family and that's what you’ll find is going on around here, a community wrapped all over the globe and it doesn't matter what time of day or night it is, you’ll never be listening to the Daily Audio Bible alone. Someone somewhere will also be with you listening. And if you were here yesterday, you closed 2018 down and your back for 2019, welcome back, this is the beginning of our 14th year broadcasting the Bible seven days a week. I haven’t missed a day in 13 full years and now today begins our 14th year of the Daily Audio Bible. And if this is day one for you, then just kind of hang around for week and you’ll kind of have the rhythm of everything, we’ll just explain how it all works, how we do what we do, and what to expect, and how to interact, and just how to navigate. And pretty much how you navigate is that you get up every day and push play at some point and we’ll get to all of that over the course of the next week, but what we've come here to do today and what we will come here to do every day is to immerse ourselves in the Scriptures. And, so, let’s dive in for the first time in our new year. And, so, today being the first day of the year, we’re starting the Bible. And, so, the way that we’ll go through the Bible this year is a portion from the Old Testament, a portion from the New Testament, a portion from Psalms, and a portion from Proverbs every day as we move our way through the Bible. So, that being said, we’re starting for sections from the Bible, Old, New Testaments, Psalms, and Proverbs. So, rather than spending a bunch more time talking about all of the books that we’re beginning, we’ll spend a couple of days just moving into the new year. Every time we encounter a new book we usually talk about it. Context is an important aspect of biblical study. And, so, kind of understanding the lay of the land as we walk into the land is helpful in us unpacking with the Bible is telling us. So, we’ll do like a flyover of Genesis and Matthew and Psalms and Proverbs, we’ll take one per day for the next few days and just move into our new year. So, we’re going to begin with the book of Genesis.

Introduction to the book of Genesis:

Not only is Genesis the first book in the Bible it’s also the first book in a series of books that are known as the Pentateuch or the Torah which is comprised of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. So, that kind of lays out our first portion of the year, that’s the territory we’ll be heading into. And although Genesis doesn't specifically reveal the author's name, traditionally these are the books of Moses. And, you know, most biblical scholars will would have some divergent opinions on exactly who wrote the Torah, especially like the book of Genesis, because we’re covering the story of creation and Moses certainly couldn’t have been an eyewitness to the creation story. So, if Moses is the author of this book then this is a collection of the oral traditions that were happening long before the children of Israel, who we’ll meet soon enough, began to become a people, a people who would be later known as Jewish people or Hebrews. And, so, that's how we call the Scriptures that we’re about to read the Hebrew Scriptures. And since we’re starting with Genesis and, you know, Genesis reputation is that it's the origin story or the creation story, we can often lose the fact that the book of Genesis actually covers more territory or more historical time then then any of the other books in the Bible. In fact, it covers more time than the rest of the Old Testament put together. So, we’ll start at the creation in the beginning, of course, and then we’ll go all the way until we have met the children of Israel, and they arrive in in the land of Egypt and grow into mass of people that will become a nation. So, inside the first 11 chapters of the book of Genesis we’re gonna cover a couple of thousand years and a couple of thousand miles and then we’ll slow down and find our pace and our rhythm and cover a couple hundred years to the end of the book. And, so, are you ready? Off we go into our brand-new year. We’ll read from the Christian Standard Bible for the rest of this week. Genesis chapter 1 verse 1 through 2 verse 25.

Commentary:

Okay, so we just finished our first reading for the year and boom, the Bible starts speaking right out of the gate. So, in the book of Genesis we find out our origin story, we find out how it is we got here and what things looked like before they got to the way that they. And, I mean, the Bible doesn't mess around with kind of getting us into the story. We’ll find out how things got the way that they are in tomorrow's reading.

Then in the book of Matthew, off we go, we have the origin story of the birth of Jesus and the genealogy and we read a bunch of names and, you know, a lot of times you read these genealogies in the Bible and that's where people's eyes glaze over, “like, what are all these names and what does this all matter” and we’ll get to that soon enough, but the story or the genealogies that we read today, these are names that may seem obscure to you at this point but we’re gonna meet a lot of those people in the stories that we will encounter as we move through the Bible this year and we need to remember that every single one of those names represents a life that was lived, and a generation that walked the earth leading from one generation to the next to the next of the next all the way until the birth of Jesus. And, of course, we’re in the Gospels now and we’ll be spending some time, the first half of this year getting to know Jesus very well.

Then the book of Psalms starts and gives us two paths and what we’re gonna find out is that the Bible does this repeatedly, like constantly gives us a picture of two paths and two outcomes and then like a perfect gentleman allows us to choose the path that we’re gonna to take. And then as we immerse ourselves in a relationship with the Bible, we’ve gotta start scratching our head about why it is that we blame God for the paths that we choose when we knew where the path was going to lead. So, Psalm tells us, “how happy is the one who does not walk in the advice of the wicked or stand in the pathway with sinners or sit in the company of mockers. Instead, his delight is in the Lord's instruction and he meditates on it day and night. He's like a tree planted beside flowing streams that bears fruit in its season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.” So, right out of the gate, there it is, the path before us. The path that we are on right now is the one that we delight in the Lord's instruction and meditate on it day and night. If we will stay on that path we are not gonna be the same people 365 days from now. Life is not going to be as confusing as it might be right now. Context and purpose and the filling in of the blanks begins to happen right now and it doesn't stop. And we’re taking the first of 365 steps, so, 364 more steps and we’ll be at the end of the year and it's gonna be different in profound, yet hard to describe ways.

Then we launched into the book of Proverbs today, which is essentially giving us the context for why it exists. It is the ancient wisdom of all time that has stood the test of time that has plopped itself into our laps as a friend saying, I can tell you how to demystify your life. I can tell you how to live this thing right. And we will find that on a continual basis the Proverbs, and we don't read a lot of Proverbs in any given day, but they are so succinct and so powerful that in one sentence it can just expose all of the falseness within us and force us to, again, consider what path it is that we’re walking and where it is that we’re hoping to end up.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for this brand-new year. Here we are, we walked through the threshold, everything is shiny, everything is sparkly, we haven’t a messed up anything yet. It's all out here in front of us and You have greeted us at the doorway of this new year, arms outstretched, inviting us to walk with You not only into this year but through this year, and that we might do this in community and have the counsel of the Scriptures every day. What did we wait so long for? We are so excited Father to what You will do, and what You will speak to us in this year. And, so, we invite You. Come Holy Spirit we pray. In Jesus’ name we ask. Amen.

Announcements:

Okay. So that is our first days reading. We are off and underway and like I said, we’ll move into this year. It doesn’t all have to happen at the same time. We’ll move into this year, we’re creating a rhythm, a rhythm of coming together in community. We liken it to a global campfire. I couldn't tell you where that came from, it just popped into my head one day…I just…it was just like we’re all around this…the light of the word of God, we come in out of the cold, we set aside a little bit of time each day and come into a quiet place in community where we can allow God's word to speak and we’re in this together. And, so, as as dark as the night be and as cold as it might get, you’re not alone, and this fire is always burning, the word of God is always being sent out into the world and we’re always here for each other as we’ll soon find out. So, like I said at the beginning, if this is like…if you were here yesterday…and maybe you’ve been here for 10 years…maybe you’ve been here all…since day one…or maybe last year was your first year…welcome back. This is…what you’ll find is that the journey this year will not be the same as the journey last year. None of the journeys are the same because we are always in constant change in our lives and yet the Bible speaks to us where it is that we are and gives us a hand of friendship to lead us forward to where we’re going. So, welcome back friends because it is a joy to have another year together in community. If this is day one for you, or maybe, you know, you listened to a couple of days ending the year and you’re gonna stick with this, I could not be more happy and the smile on my face is because we have been on a collision course with the Scriptures for a long time. Whatever has been going on in your life, all of the millions of decisions that were made, not only to bring you to planet Earth by your ancestors but all of the decisions that you've made throughout your life have brought you to today, and somehow we ended up here, right now and it is not purposeless, what happens from here dictates the rest of our lives and placing the Scriptures in our lives is the safest, best thing we could possibly do. So, I normally say something like this on January 1st. It does not matter how you got here. It does not matter the peaks and valleys. It doesn't matter the choices that you made, even the horrible choices that you might've made, even though horrible choices that you might've made as recently as last night. This is a new year, and this is a new day, and this is a new beginning, and what comes next starts now. So welcome on board, I am so excited that we’ve set sail together and I look forward to each and every day that we will spend together as we take these steps that will lead us through the year and through the Bible and you'll see what I'm saying. Look in the mirror at some point today, look really, really close, spend a few moments, maybe even take a selfie, look into your eyes, you see that fatigue, you see that worry, see those lines, you see that insecurity, you see that comparison, you see all of the things that have brought you here, remember your face, this is where you area and this is where you are right now. 364 days from the right now will be New Year's Eve, the last day of this year, what, that day is going to look like is completely predicated on the decisions that we make from this day forward each and every day. And as the rhythm of the Bible becomes a part of our lives it's gonna start changing things. We will look in the mirror this time next year, one year from today and be looking into the eyes of a person who has been irreversibly transformed in profound ways. So, I am so excited for all of us, myself included, because, well, this is year 14 and I look in the mirror and don’t see the same person any year. Things shift in profound and unspeakable but deep and irreversible ways. So, it doesn't matter what's come before this moment it matters what comes after this moment and yeah, it's a jungle out there but we don’t have to go through it alone and we certainly don't have to go through it confused. And no, the Bible isn't gonna give us magic spells and incantations that are going to keep all the, you know, all the problems of life from facing us and trying to take us out but the Bible will certainly tell us how to navigate and the Bible will certainly give us context for what is going on. And, so, we are in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing and if we will keep doing this in a straight line, remarkable things happen. So, welcome aboard. Happy new year.

Song:

Into the Wild – Manic Drive

Stuck in an ocean, staying in motion are we too comfortable

Have we settled short? Has the city made us fragile?

Cage for safety, glass and concrete protect us from all fear

I know there’s shelter here, but I’m running to the frontier

And in this moment, it’s all clear

I don’t have to go, but I can’t stay here

Now that I see it, see it

Guess I’ll be leaving, leaving

Into the wild

It’s a jungle out there, jungle out there

We don’t care about the lions

When we march towards the giants

Into the wild

It’s a jungle out there, jungle out there

So we dance and be courageous

Even though these wilds are dangerous

Though we’ve never been there before

This adventure is an open door

Tell me, whatcha been waiting for?

Why don’t we go, why don’t we go

Into the wild

It’s a jungle out there, jungle out there

We don’t care about the lions

When we march towards the giants

Twists and turns, still lessons learned when we find out where to go

So we take these winding roads into the great unknown

It won’t be easy, there’s hills and valleys, cliffs and waterfalls

But they look so beautiful, so we keep on moving forward

And in this moment, it’s all clear

I don’t have to go, but I can’t stay here

Now that I see it, see it

Guess I’ll be leaving, leaving

Into the wild

It’s a jungle out there, jungle out there

We don’t care about the lions

When we march towards the giants

Into the wild

It’s a jungle out there, jungle out there

So we dance and be courageous

Even though these wilds are dangerous

Though we’ve never been there before

This adventure is an open door

Tell me, whatcha been waiting for?

Why don’t we go, why don’t we go

Into the wild

It’s a jungle out there, jungle out there

We don’t care about the lions

When we march towards the giants

Father, just tell me where to go

Take the lead, and I will follow

Even when I leave my comfort zone

Even if I’m far from, even if I’m far from home

Where my heart is

But my heard is battling my conscience

And I have convictions to be honest

Even if believers don’t believe it

Some will call me sinner, some will call me saint

They can call me whatever, I ain't doing this for them

So I’m taking my music and I’m taking Your Name

And I’m reaching the lost in this wilderness

Though we’ve never been here before

This adventure is an open door

Tell me whatcha been waiting for?

Into the wild

It’s a jungle out there, jungle out there

We don’t care about the lions

When we march towards the giants

Into the wild

It’s a jungle out there, jungle out there

So we dance and be courageous

Even though these wilds are dangerous

Though we’ve never been there before

This adventure is an open door

Tell me, whatcha been waiting for?

Why don’t we go, why don’t we go

Into the wild

It’s a jungle out there, jungle out there

But, we don’t care

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