The Garrett Ashley Mullet Show

Arise, O God, judge the earth;    for you shall inherit all the nations!- Psalm 82:8Links and Timestamps: 00:25 – Scripture Reading; 01:26 – Introduction; 06:26 – Commentary on Psalm 82; 24:14 - Commentary on “Baker Street” by Gerry Rafferty; 53:47 - Social confidence and epistemic reliability aredifferent things; 1:29:38 - Superforecasting in four concepts; 1:47:56 - “Never be wise in your own eyes”; 2:02:06 - Judging justly, none of us is the final Judge.

“But my people did not listen to my voice;    Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,    to follow their own counsels.”- Psalm 81:11-12 Links and Timestamps: 00:25 – Scripture Reading; 02:19 – Introduction; 28:54 - They Might Be Giants’ “Whistling in the Dark”; 50:17 - Lewis, Tolkien, and Disney; 1:02:35 - James Fenimore Cooper’s ‘The Last of the Mohicans’; 1:11:43 - Avoiding two opposite errors; 1:19:19 - A Framework in Five Questions; 1:27:36 - Nolan’s The Odyssey: Applying the Framework; 1:39:08 - When the Receiver Rewrites the Inheritance; 2:09:34 - Final synthesis

“Restore us, O Yahweh God of hosts!    Let your face shine, that we may be saved!”- Psalm 80:19 Links and Timestamps: 00:25 – Scripture Reading; 03:24 – Introduction; 17:52 – Commentary on Psalm 80; 33:57 - Commentary on ‘Everything at Once’ by Lenka; 1:01:03 - Godliness with Contentment: Great Gain? 1:23:43 - Plans Are Useless But Planning is Indispensable; 1:37:30 - Adjusting my Goodreads Reading Challenge Target; 1:46:32 - Staycations and Honey-Do Lists; 2:01:48 - Formulating Simple Rules and Cultivating Self-Discipline; 2:10:42 - Converting Concerns Into Duties; 2:21:38 - Valheim Revisited, and Play as a Medium for Learning; 2:45:37 - Books for Building:Future Men by Doug WilsonMurder Your Darlings by Roy Peter ClarkHow to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler andCharles Van Doren3:24:02 - What Promotes Clear Thinking and Good Stewardship.

“Do not remember against us our former iniquities;    let your compassion come speedily to meet us,    for we are brought very low.” - Psalm 79:8 Links and Timestamps: 00:25 – Scripture Reading; 02:18 – Introduction; 14:52 – Commentary on Psalm 79; 32:42 - Commentary on ‘Secrets’ by OneRepublic; 1:02:17 - BibleGateway Keyword Search: “secret”; 1:40:13 - Literal Word “secret” Lookup; 2:02:44 - Who Killed Mufasa; 2:27:33 - Emotional Safety.

We will not hide them from their children,    but tell to the coming generationthe glorious deeds of Yahweh, and his might,    and the wonders that he has done.- Psalm 78:4 Links and Timestamps: 00:25 – Scripture Reading; 08:09 – Introduction; 28:46 – Commentary on Psalm 78; 1:00:30 - Commentary on ‘Edge of the Ocean’ by Stick Figure; 1:37:12 - “Low-Cortisol Living” vs. ‘The Upside of Stress’by Kelly McGonigal; 2:04:37 - Reflections on ‘The Anxious Generation’ by Jonathan Haidt; 2:29:49 - Differentiation, Embodied Belonging, and Non-Anxious Presence; 3:05:44 - What Promotes Clear Thinking in the Midst of Anxious Emotional Systems.

“When I remember God, I moan;    when I meditate, my spirit faints.”- Psalm 77:3 Links and Timestamps: 00:25 – Scripture Reading; 03:02 – Introduction; 58:46 – Commentary on Psalm 77; 1:12:19 – Commentary ‘Three Little Birds’ by Bob Marley & The Wailers; 1:38:59 – Anxiety in the New Testament2:36:45 – Recommended Reading On Anxiety, Emotional Fusion, and Narcissism

“Surely the wrath of man shall praise you;    the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.”- Psalm 76:10 Links and Timestamps: 00:25 – Scripture Reading; 01:58 – Introduction; 18:53 – Commentary on Psalm 76; 32:18 – Commentary on ‘The Red’ by Chevelle; 57:59 – Considering ‘Of Anger’ by Francis Bacon1:34:36 – ‘Anger’ Biblical Word Study – BibleGateway.com2:38:35 – A Closing Caution About Demagoguery and Contentious Persons

“For not from the east or from the west    and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,but it is God who executes judgment,    putting down one and lifting up another.”– Psalm 75:6-7  Links and Timestamps: 00:25 – Scripture Reading; 01:51 – Introduction; 12:03 – Commentary on Psalm 75; 29:10 – Commentary on ‘The Man’ by Aloe Blacc;50:44 – Some Necessary Caveats; 1:08:50 – Who Is Raymond Ibrahim?; 1:24:30 – Defenders of the West; 1:36:13 – Sword and Scimitar; 1:48:41 – The Two Swords of Christ; 2:01:19 – That Tucker Carlson Interview of JD Hall; 2:48:35 – Peace in the Middle East: a Middle Western Perspective.

Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame;    let the poor and needy praise your name.- Psalm 74:21  Links and Timestamps: 00:25 – Scripture Reading; 03:25 – Introduction; 15:01 – Commentary on Psalm 74; 33:30 – Commentary on 'Nobody' by half•alive; 52:38 – Who Francis Bacon Was; 1:07:07 – Reflections on ‘The Essays;’ 1:23:34 – Without Honor in His Hometown; 1:44:07 – America’s 250th Birthday

“But for me it is good to be near God;    I have made the Lord God my refuge,    that I may tell of all your works.”- Psalm 73:28  Links and Timestamps: 00:25 – Scripture Reading; 03:25  – Introduction;10:47 – Commentary on Psalm 73; 28:14 – Commentary on ‘Chlorine’ by Twenty One Pilots; 52:52  – Who Was Tacitus; 1:18:51 – Compare and Contrast of Greco-Roman Historians,Analysts, and Eyewitnesses; 1:35:59 – Some Notable Quotes from The Complete Works ofTacitus; 1:47:52 – Reflections on This Podcast.

“May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,    give deliverance to the children of the needy,    and crush the oppressor!”- Psalm 72:4  Links and Timestamps: 00:25 – Scripture Reading; 02:57 – Introduction; 09:08 – Commentary on Psalm 72; 40:05 – Commentary on ‘The Adults Are Talking’ by The Strokes; 1:01:57 – PTO and Eli’s Graduation Party Prep; Father-in-Law Moving to Greeley; 1:28:27 – Grief and Gratitude: The Surreal Quality of Reviewing Thousands of Family Photos.

“Be to me a rock of refuge,    to which I may continually come;you have given the command to save me,    for you are my rock and my fortress.” - Psalm 71:3  Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading; 03:40 – Introduction;14:58 – Commentary on Psalm 71; 38:45 – Commentary on ‘Dangerous’ by Big Data and Joywave; 55:25 – Hitting the Gym Hard, then Hurting my Back Making the Bed; 1:30:22 – A Broken Leg, Thoughts and Prayers, and How Restitution Relates to Repentance2:13:48 – A Case Study in American Evangelicalism's Institutional Problem

Make haste, O God, to deliver me!    O Yahweh, make haste to help me! - Psalm 70:1 Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading; 01:14 – Introduction; 08:33 – Commentary on Psalm 70; 33:24 – Commentary on ‘I Wan’na Be Like You’ – as performed by Louis Prima; 54:09 – ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling; 1:21:32 – The Dance and the Shipwreck.

Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,    O Lord God of hosts;let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,    O God of Israel.- Psalm 69:6 Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading. 04:49 – Introduction. 08:06 – Commentary on Psalm 69. 30:45 – Commentary on ‘Chapter 1’ by John Reuben. 58:12 – Aristides the Just and the Age of Pericles.

God settles the solitary in a home;    he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,    but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.- Psalm 68:6 Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading05:05 – Introduction31:48 – Commentary on Psalm 6850:53 – Commentary on ‘Fire’ by Barns Courtney1:08:57 – Sabbatical Summary

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah- Psalm 67:1 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading01:27 – Introduction04:53 – Commentary on Psalm 6720:23 – Commentary on ‘I Don’t Want to Set the World onFire’ by The Ink Spots50:24 – What Is a Podcast?1:16:25 – The Results of the Grand Experiment

Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.- Psalm 66:16 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading02:49 – Introduction05:37 – Commentary on Psalm 6625:20 – Commentary on ‘Little Black Submarines’ byThe Black Keys59:31 – To Not Grow Weary In Doing Good

Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall vows be performed.- Psalm 65:1 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading02:30 – Introduction15:06 – Commentary on Psalm 6533:22 – Commentary on ‘Everybody Wants to Rule The World’by Tears for Fears1:05:37 – Not Even a Cup of Tea is Everyone’s Cup of Tea

Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.- Psalm 64:1 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading01:45 – Introduction09:30 – Commentary on Psalm 6434:27 – Commentary on ‘What Is Love’ by Haddaway1:00:48 – The Way of Love1:24:43 – My Psychological Profile

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you;   my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.- Psalm 63:1 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading01:55 – Introduction08:37 – Commentary on Psalm 6327:46 – Commentary on ‘Du hast’ by Rammstein52:42 – Regarding Those Who Hate Me

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.- Psalm 62:5 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading02:13 – Introduction16:46 – Commentary on Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1in B-Flat Minor, Op.23: I23:15 – Commentary on Psalm 6236:19 – Honest Admissions After Talking About Everything for7 Years50:18 – Baby Names and Legacy-Building with a Capital ‘L’ 1:14:21 – The Philosopher-Mechanic Paladin

So will I ever sing praises to your name,   as I perform my vows day after day.- Psalm 61:8 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading01:26 – Introduction09:00 – Commentary on “At The Cross (Love Ran Red)”22:24 – Commentary on Psalm 6134:54 – The Bible Readership Rate Gender Gap Closing48:06 – Famous Trials: Comparing the Passion Narratives of the Four Gospels1:18:28 – The Garrett Ashley Mullet Show SWOT Analysis

O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us.Psalm 60:1 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading02:10 – Introduction05:27 – Commentary on Psalm 6015:49 – Reflections on Editing 2 Years Worth of Content43:01 – A Few Narrow Exceptions55:12 – Reviewing ‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding

O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.- Psalm 59:17 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading02:59 – Introduction09:52 – Commentary on Psalm 5938:15 – Palm Sunday1:00:43 – WWJD with One Week to Live?

Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.”- Psalm 58:11 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading01:55 – Introduction06:14 – Commentary on Psalm 5838:37 – Regarding the Imprecatory Psalms: A Range of Interpretations

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!- Psalm 57:11 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading02:10 – Introduction16:48 – Commentary on Psalm 5737:26 – Our Collection of Superglued Coffee Mugs58:58 – The Necessity of Being Appropriately Assertive forHealthy Relationships1:12:06 – Not Milquetoast1:15:48 – Not Being a Bully1:22:51 – James 3-4 Considered

I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.- Psalm 56:12 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading02:14 – Introduction25:27 – Commentary on Psalm 5655:32 – Named Individuals Called Out in the New TestamentEpistles1:18:19 – All the Specific Churches Corrected for ParticularlyProblematic Dynamics

But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you. - Psalm 55:23 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading03:34 – Introduction17:15 – Commentary on Psalm 5534:56 – Teaching Plutarch’s ‘Life of Julius Caesar’50:39 – Reviewing ‘The Works of Julius Caesar: The Gallic Wars’ by Gaius Julius Caesar

For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before themselves. Selah- Psalm 54:3 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading01:27 – Introduction13:23 – Commentary on Psalm 5427:41 – Reviewing ‘Starship Troopers’ by Robert A. Heinlein47:18 – About the Author1:00:00 – The Power of Science Fiction to Help and Hinder1:20:21 – What’s Under the Pyramids in Egypt?1:29:34 – Captain Kirk: Not a Fan of Not the Bee

There they are, in great terror,    where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you;    you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.- Psalm 53:5 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading01:36 – Introduction34:16 – Commentary on Psalm 531:04:35 – What the Bible Teaches Us About Intentions1:23:26 – Walking in the Light Relative the Law and Sin

But I am like a green olive tree    in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God    forever and ever.- Psalm 52:8 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading01:54 – Introduction16:17 – Commentary on Psalm 5240:37 – The End of the U.S. Department of Miseducation58:37 – When the New Sheriff in Town Actually Wants to Catch America’s Most Wanted1:13:50 – Our Social Safety Net Needs a Pulse-Check1:24:49 – Reviewing ‘The Two-Parent Privilege’ by Melissa S.Kearney

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.- Psalm 51:15-17 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:25 – Scripture Reading03:05 – Introduction16:04 – Commentary on Psalm 5148:01 – How Long That Should Take for the U.S. to be Headedin ‘the Right Direction’1:13:05 – Whether Religion is Regarded as a Force for Goodor Bad1:21:19 – God Differentiates Between Good Apologies and Bad Ones, and So Should We

“The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”- Psalm 50:23 This Episode’s Topics:Scripture ReadingIntroductionCommentary on Psalm 50How to (and Not to) Handle Misbehavior in Youth MinistryThanksgiving As Sacrifice and Ordering Our Way Rightly

Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.- Psalm 49:20 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading02:59 – Introduction10:41 – Commentary on Psalm 4934:06 – Reviewing ‘Antifragile’ by Nassim Taleb1:12:12 – Robustness and Antifragility1:22:06 – Interventionism and Iatrogenics1:29:36 – Ethics and Foundational Asymmetry

We have thought on your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple. As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness. Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments!- Psalm 48:9-11 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading02:09 – Introduction07:20 – Commentary on Psalm 4827:59 – Reviewing ‘Centennial’ by James A. Michener46:22 – Hereford Country, Sheep Talk From the Pulpit NotWelcome1:05:52 – The Badger Game, Singing in Church, and Ill-Gotten Gains

For Yahweh, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.- Psalm 47:2 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading01:33 – Introduction16:53 – Commentary on Psalm 4740:08 – About Trump’s First Speech to Congress of His Second Term1:14:15 – To Those Who Don’t Want Me to Talk About Everything

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.- Psalm 46:1 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading01:58 – Introduction20:43 – Commentary on Psalm 4638:48 – That’s a Paddlin’46:56 – Looking Everywhere But the Mirror for Who to Blame59:39 – No Truth, No Justice, No Peace1:15:27 – Reviewing ‘Happy Lies’ by Melissa Dougherty

In place of your fathers shall be your sons;    you will make them princes in all the earth. I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations;    therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.- Psalm 45:16-17 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading03:08 – Introduction14:05 – Commentary on Psalm 4541:38 – When You’re Rich They Think You Really Know50:46 – If You Hear That Says Someone Is Lying, You CanProbably Trust That1:06:28 – Whether the Oaths of Atheists Carry Any Weight1:16:32 – How the Capacity for Greatness Relates to Who WeThink We Are1:25:20 – When Disillusionment Facilitates Insight, but Estrangement Curtails the Benefits

If we had forgotten the name of our God    or spread out our hands to a foreign god,    would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.- Psalm 44:20-21 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading03:57 – Introduction15:26 – ESL as Opposed to an EO Establishing English as the Official Language of the US27:36 – A Slowing of Christianity’s Decline in the United States, and How I Disagree with Christopher Haylett1:07:57 – Oblong Obtuseness in the Oval Office, and What Teddy Roosevelt Might Say1:20:28 – Commentary on Psalm 44

Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me;   let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!- Psalm 43:3 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading01:24 – Introduction15:55 – Commentary on Psalm 4334:00 – Joe Rigney’s Related Book Just Published48:26 – Reviewing ‘Against Empathy: The Case for RationalCompassion’ by Paul Bloom1:11:05 – We Can and Must Do Better Than Feeling One Another’s Pain1:15:17 – How First Responders Do1:21:20 – The Difference Between Can and Ought or Shall1:26:59 – Correlation or Causation When Empathy Obstructsand Leads Us Astray

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?   Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.- Psalm 42:11 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading03:49 – Introduction14:49 – Commentary on Psalm 4223:35 – Reviewing ‘The Histories’ by Herodotus53:39 – The Father of History and The Fly in the Ointment1:12:34 – Fake News, Hearsay, and Objections That Belie Epistemological Assumptions

By this I know that you delight in me:    my enemy will not shout in triumph over me. But you have upheld me because of my integrity,    and set me in your presence forever.- Psalm 41:11-12 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading02:18 – Introduction07:45 – Commentary on Psalm 4129:49 – JD Vance and Niall Ferguson Butt Heads44:01 –  ‘Civilization: The West and the Rest’ by Niall Ferguson – Goodreads01:01:30 – Whether Western Dominance is Best Explained by Ferguson’s List of “Killer Apps”

Blessed is the man who makes    Yahweh  his trust, who does not turn to the proud,    to those who go astray after a lie!- Psalm 40:4 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading05:11 – Introduction17:45 – Commentary on Psalm 4040:55 – Where Overreliance on Reductio ad Absurdum Gets Us1:07:40 – The Necessity of Conservative Institutional Capture and Cleanup1:20:55 – Emphasizing Rewards for Those Who Do What is Good

I said, “I will guard my ways,    that I may not sin with my tongue;  I will guard my mouth with a muzzle,    so long as the wicked are in my presence.” I was mute and silent;    I held my peace to no avail,   and my distress grew worse.- Psalm 39:1-2 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading02:30 – Introduction14:53 – Commentary on Psalm 3928:49 – Seriously Funny Fake News You Can Trust43:23 – The 51st State’s Hockey Fans Are Big Mad at the US for Asserting National Self-Interest1:01:35 – Whether You Should Be Allowed to Dislike Anyone’s Instagram Comments1:13:53 – Deadnaming the Gulf of America and Calling It Journalism

But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth. I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.- Psalm 38:13-14 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading03:04 – Introduction13:16 – Commentary on Psalm 3836:22 – Commentary on Psalm 371:07:25 – Plutarch, and the Life of Garrett Ashley Mullet1:16:51 – A Civil (albeit corrective) Review of Early CivilizationVII Reviews

Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.- Psalm 37:37 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading05:25 – Introduction27:19 – What is ‘ordo amoris?’ Vice President JD Vance invokes this medieval Catholic concept – AP33:03 – What is “Ordo Amoris”? – ChatGPT44:45 - Compare Translations for 1 Timothy 5:8 – Bible Study Tools1:07:38 – The Range of Interpretations of 1 Timothy 5:8 – ChatGPT1:30:29 - Pope Francis takes aim at Vance's definition of 'ordo amoris' in letter to US Bishops – Claire Giangrave, Religious News Service1:37:05 - Leftist Political Scientist Compares JD Vance To Nazis For Wanting More Babies – Joel Abbott, NTB1:47:45 – Commentary on Psalm 37

For he flatters himself in his own eyesthat his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.-Psalm 36:2 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:00 – Scripture Reading02:13 – Introduction15:48 – Whether the “Man Flu” is, in fact, a thing.34:42 –We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan – Donna Lu, The Guardian39:43 -White House Cancels Subscriptions to Politico After Spending $8.2M Since 2016 – HeadlineRoundup, AllSides44:48 -Report: Christianity Today received $1.8M in USAID grants in 2023 – Mik Olson, NTB56:58 -Secretary Hegseth says a major financial overhaul of the Pentagon is coming so it can actually pass an audit – Harris Rigby, NTB1:06:20 –“Captain America” in 2025: "To me, Captain America represents a lot of things.. and America isn't one of them." – Graham Allen, X.com1:17:02 –‘Bolívar: American Liberator’ by Marie Arana - Goodreads

Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore,   “Great is Yahweh, who delights in the welfare of his servant!” Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long. - Psalm 35:27-28   This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 04:25 – Introduction 23:15 – “I don’t really care, Margaret”: JD Vance shut down this hack CBS reporter and became an instant meme – Harambe, NTB 35:56 – Texas Christian School Hosts Talks On ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ And ‘Toxic Masculinity’ – Spencer Lindquist, DW 50:55 - Billings educators instructed to follow the law, protect students if ICE comes to schools – Christina Macintosh, Billings Gazette 1:02:30 – This is a real post from Christianity Today. Enjoy the comments. – Joel Abbott, NTB 1:14:12 – JD Vance triggered people who don't know their Bibles by saying you should have a hierarchy of love for others. This isn't hard, guys. – Joel Abbott, NTB 1:33:14 – Commentary on Psalm 35

This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. - Psalm 34:6   This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 02:50 – Introduction 26:36 – Dave Ramsey’s Tough Love Advice to Boomer Parents of Little Millennials Needing Help with Housing 48:21 – Claim: 40-50% of First Time Homebuyers in 2024 Received Financial Help from Parents 57:16 – Trump Orders Emergency Price Relief for the US Housing Market – Naveen Athrappully, The Epoch Times 1:02:46 – Metro Denver apartment rents plunge in fourth quarter as a blizzard of new units descend on market – Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post 1:21:26 – One House, Three Owners: The Ballooning Cost of the American Dream – Veronica Dagher, WSJ 1:33:26 – Commentary on Psalm 34

Behold, the eye of Yahweh is on those who fear him,    on those who hope in his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death    and keep them alive in famine. - Psalm 33:18-19   This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 02:54 – Introduction 20:44 – Some Personal Reflections on Uncertainty, Predictability, and Planning 40:36 – The replies to this viral post are actually filled with wise advice. Take a look, then let's talk game theory. – Joel Abbott, NTB 58:25 – ‘The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable’ by Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Goodreads 1:18:38 – Comparing and Contrasting Game Theory, Chaos Theory, and ‘The Black Swan’ 1:30:41 – Commentary on Psalm 33