CTP (20260520 S3EMaySpecial9) No Kings But King Jesus BTS/SP video

Joseph M. Lenard

CTP (S3EMaySpecial9) No Kings But King Jesus Exploring more of the fascinating intersection of Activism, Community Engagement, Faith / Religion, Human Nature, Politics, Social Issues, and beyond - all in Biblical perspective We challenge “No Kings, No War” by digging into American history, national security realities, and the Bible passages people often quote without reading carefully.  • video exclusives week context and why older recordings are airing on audio platforms  • Palm Sunday framing and reflections leading into Good Friday and Easter Sunday  • invitation to speak on Maverick News and discussion of the No Kings No War rally  • why “No kings but King Jesus” matters historically and theologically  • critique of anti-Christian activism and shallow civic memory  • real-world security risks and why conflict blows up tidy plans  • Isaiah 2:4 and Luke 22:36 as complementary passages when read in context  • music segments that reinforce tough love truth telling and national reflection  • mention of Rollercoasters, The Life Kind and where to find it  SEND US FEEDBACK: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2210487/fan_mail/new  https://tinyurl.com/SubscribeToCTP   CTP Audios: https://tinyurl.com/CTPonBuzzsprout  CTP Videos: https://tinyurl.com/CTPonBITCHUTE  https://tinyurl.com/CTPgear   https://tinyurl.com/JLenardDetroitGear

Transcript

00:00Hello, welcome to another episode of Perstitutionalist Podcast.

00:05I am your host, Joseph M. Leonard.

00:09That's L-E-N-A-R-D.

00:12It looks French.

00:13It's not.

00:14It's Leonard without an O.

00:17Thank you for tuning in, as Graham Norton used to say, on his show.

00:24Let's get on with the show!

00:27Hello, everyone!

00:30Welcome to Perstitutionalist Podcast's first-ever video exclusives week.

00:40What do I mean by that?

00:42Well, these that are airing, and I'm looking down at my calendar,

00:50Monday, May the 18th through Friday, May the 22nd,

00:56and probably another one as a Saturday monologue show,

01:03previously run video exclusive on May the 23rd,

01:07will be just that.

01:09Previously run strictly to my video channels,

01:14felt that you all across the 40-ish audio platforms,

01:20and potentially reading via transcript,

01:23need to hear these.

01:25So, when a date pops up,

01:29you don't pay a whole lot of attention to it,

01:32because, you know, it could have been from a month,

01:34could have been a week ago,

01:36could have been a month ago,

01:38could have been a quarter,

01:40three months ago,

01:42even two quarters,

01:43six months ago,

01:45that it originally aired as a video exclusive.

01:48At any rate,

01:50follow-up to

01:51Books Slash Authors Week,

01:55May 2026,

01:57the third time I ran a Books Slash,

02:01well, second time I did a Books Slash Authors Week,

02:06second time already this year,

02:08back in October 2025.

02:10I ran three weeks in a row of that.

02:13So, if you haven't checked that out yet,

02:17on Monday,

02:18there was Chris Chote,

02:21on Tuesday,

02:22what day was that?

02:23Tuesday,

02:24that would have been the 12th,

02:26we had Michael Clawson

02:28talking about hybrid publishing.

02:33Again,

02:34you're recording the doggone mouth and brain,

02:37don't want to cooperate.

02:39Wednesday,

02:39I had on Angel Giacomo,

02:43if I'm saying that right,

02:44I always get it wrong,

02:46the Jackson McKenzie Chronicles series discussion.

02:50Thursday,

02:52we had Grace After Relapse,

02:56and on Friday,

02:59what day was that?

03:00I'm actually recording this brief intro

03:03on Thursday,

03:06May the 14th,

03:07so tomorrow,

03:09this will have passed,

03:11of course,

03:11by the time you hear it,

03:13May the 15th,

03:15Friday,

03:16we'll be north of Broken,

03:18and forever home,

03:21with Holly B. Gutwinger,

03:25story about a dog.

03:27Great story,

03:28great talk.

03:29This week,

03:30video exclusives,

03:32I don't have handy,

03:34the various topics,

03:36so,

03:36without further ado,

03:38let's just get one on,

03:41shall we?

03:42Wasn't planning on doing this,

03:44but,

03:46first,

03:47let me acknowledge

03:49Palm Sunday today.

03:51I am recording today,

03:54Sunday,

03:55March 29th,

03:56plan on dropping this,

03:58Sunday,

03:59March 29th,

04:00and obviously,

04:01looking forward to,

04:03Good Friday coming,

04:06and,

04:06next Sunday,

04:08Easter Sunday,

04:10I will,

04:11tack on to the end of this video,

04:14uh,

04:15uh,

04:16tough love gospel,

04:18and,

04:18rain,

04:20will be my note,

04:21I will also tack on,

04:23necessary as rain,

04:26Easter Sunday,

04:27though,

04:28really more applies,

04:29to Good Friday,

04:31it was necessary as rain,

04:33and,

04:34yes,

04:34the skies cried that day,

04:37it did rain on Good Friday,

04:41not weather coincidence,

04:43and,

04:44Easter Sunday,

04:46tea is risen,

04:47it was sunny that day,

04:51a new light of the new dawn,

04:53of the new day,

04:54no,

04:55also,

04:56not coincidental weather,

04:59I'm wearing my Maverick News shirt,

05:01because,

05:02Rick Walker,

05:03Maverick News,

05:04out of Ontario,

05:05Canada,

05:06has invited me on,

05:07I will be on live,

05:09around,

05:10730-ish,

05:111930,

05:12Eastern time,

05:14on Maverick News channel,

05:16find it on YouTube,

05:18or Rumble,

05:19his better channel,

05:21is Rumble,

05:22so,

05:23I will be on,

05:25with Rick,

05:25to talk about,

05:27the No Kings,

05:30No War rally,

05:32just the other day,

05:35of course,

05:36these,

05:37cultural,

05:38Marxist,

05:40dipshits,

05:41are too stupid,

05:43to understand,

05:46they expose,

05:48their cultural,

05:49Marxist,

05:51atheism,

05:52or,

05:53if they claim,

05:55and pretend,

05:56to be a Christian,

05:58they are,

05:59as Jesus warned,

06:00and told,

06:02in Matthew 23,

06:04vipers,

06:05snakes,

06:06blind guides,

06:07hence,

06:08the tough love video,

06:10that will be coming,

06:11and again,

06:12what they are,

06:13really saying,

06:15and showing,

06:16because they're,

06:17too stupid,

06:18to not have,

06:19the rally,

06:20leading into,

06:23Palm Sunday,

06:24Good Friday,

06:25Easter Sunday,

06:27is they,

06:28don't know,

06:29any history,

06:31we,

06:32the United States,

06:35cost,

06:36monarchy,

06:37250-ish years ago,

06:41and,

06:42what's the tie,

06:44that they don't get,

06:45they're giving away,

06:46their,

06:47anti-Christian,

06:49U.S. being,

06:51a Judeo-Christian,

06:52nation,

06:53our founders,

06:56all of them,

06:58rallied behind,

06:59the battle cry,

07:01to overthrow,

07:02the monarchy,

07:03of what,

07:04no kings,

07:07but,

07:07king Jesus,

07:10you see,

07:11the,

07:12no kings part,

07:14without the,

07:16but,

07:16king Jesus part,

07:20is,

07:22devoid,

07:23of any,

07:24value,

07:25or,

07:26substance,

07:28and,

07:29the,

07:29no wars part,

07:31let me just,

07:32so this will be short,

07:33let me just move on,

07:34and gloss over,

07:35to the,

07:36no wars part,

07:39they,

07:40literally,

07:41now,

07:42are,

07:43siding,

07:43with the,

07:44asshole Tola,

07:45as I coined,

07:49who,

07:50wants,

07:51nuclear weapons,

07:52they chant,

07:53death to America,

07:54death to Israel,

07:55yes,

07:56I'll be pointing out,

07:57to Rick,

07:58they mean,

07:59death to Canada too,

08:00they mean,

08:01death to all,

08:02western nations,

08:04all western culture,

08:06all western,

08:07freedoms,

08:08to demand,

08:10an Islamic,

08:12or in their case,

08:14Shia law,

08:15Sharia law,

08:17society,

08:19caliphate,

08:21and again,

08:22this is a percent of a percent,

08:24I'm not talking about all Muslims here,

08:26we're talking about,

08:28Shia,

08:29there's Sunni,

08:30there's Shia,

08:31there's other,

08:33but,

08:34we're not even talking all Shia,

08:37we're talking the 12-er cult subsect,

08:41of Shia-ism here,

08:44that is demanding the caliphate,

08:47and Sharia imposition on all,

08:50so a percent of a percent of a percent,

08:53but they side with the asshole Tola,

08:56in wanting a nuclear weapon,

08:58and you do not need,

09:01as I go into,

09:02and I'm going to try to remember,

09:05point out,

09:06terror strikes coming soon to a city near you,

09:10they don't need an ICBM,

09:14they've shown,

09:16they have intermediate missiles now,

09:19they could put a dirty nuke on one,

09:22and launch against London,

09:25today,

09:26if they wanted to,

09:28they probably won't,

09:30because,

09:31it's Londonistan,

09:32now,

09:34so they probably wouldn't do that,

09:36but they could put a,

09:38crude,

09:39dirty nuke,

09:41don't need one perfected,

09:43don't need an ICBM perfected,

09:45on a cargo ship,

09:48park it off,

09:49the coast of Israel,

09:50in the Mediterranean,

09:52boom,

09:53and like I'll point out to Rick,

09:56and his crew,

09:58because Rick at times,

10:00sadly seems to be,

10:02I know,

10:03you know,

10:03he's playing devil's advocate,

10:05about the war,

10:07and is it really going as well,

10:10will there really be,

10:11you know,

10:11the goals,

10:12once bombs start dropping,

10:14as I made,

10:16plain to him,

10:18a couple shows ago,

10:20that I was on,

10:21once the bombs start dropping,

10:23your plan,

10:24out the window,

10:27goals,

10:28plans,

10:29hopes,

10:29and dreams,

10:30that something will go,

10:32a certain way,

10:33go out the window,

10:34your plans have to adjust,

10:36your goals,

10:38sometimes have to readjust,

10:40and,

10:41Trump is doing that,

10:43so,

10:45a cargo ship,

10:48parked in international waters,

10:51all off the coast,

10:53of New York City,

10:56boom,

10:57because they want to hit us too,

10:59and Israel,

11:00they could do,

11:00two different ships,

11:01on the same day,

11:03boom,

11:05tens,

11:06or hundreds of thousands,

11:07of,

11:08Canucka,

11:08Stanian landers,

11:10I hate to break it to you,

11:12folks up there,

11:14that are not paying attention,

11:16they want you dead too,

11:18off New York,

11:20one goes off,

11:22tens,

11:22or hundreds of thousands,

11:24of,

11:24Canucka,

11:25Stanian landers,

11:27also die,

11:29from,

11:30the nuclear fallout,

11:33so,

11:34you pretending,

11:36you're safe,

11:37and it's okay,

11:39you're delusional,

11:41emotional,

11:42hysteric,

11:43left hard,

11:44just like,

11:45the left hards,

11:46in the United States,

11:48out there saying,

11:49no kings,

11:51and no war,

11:52they want to,

11:54protect,

11:55the people,

11:56who have been at war,

11:58with us,

11:59for 50-ish,

12:01give or take,

12:02no,

12:02really,

12:03going back to Jefferson,

12:04remember the,

12:06Marine hymn,

12:07from,

12:08the,

12:10the,

12:11Montezuma,

12:12to the shores,

12:13of Tripoli,

12:15do,

12:15do you not know,

12:17that history,

12:18Jefferson created,

12:19the marines,

12:22to go fight,

12:24the Islamic,

12:25fundamentalist,

12:27radicals,

12:28of his,

12:29time,

12:30they were created,

12:31and sent to,

12:32the shores,

12:34of Tripoli,

12:35to fight,

12:36the Gizias,

12:38right,

12:38as I've coined,

12:40global,

12:40Islamic,

12:41jihadist,

12:42interim,

12:43army soldiers,

12:44of that time,

12:46so we haven't been,

12:47at war with them,

12:49or rather,

12:49them at war,

12:50with us,

12:51for,

12:52five decades,

12:54many,

12:55centuries,

12:57they have been,

12:58at war,

12:59with us,

13:00when,

13:01the hell,

13:02as sure as hell,

13:04are some,

13:06morons,

13:07like the morons,

13:09no kings,

13:10no war,

13:12gonna,

13:12learn,

13:14history,

13:15and,

13:16reality,

13:18but of course,

13:19all that matters,

13:20to them,

13:21is any,

13:22excuse,

13:23to protest,

13:25the United States,

13:27no kings,

13:29without the,

13:30but King Jesus,

13:32exposes,

13:33what they are,

13:34not having the brains,

13:36to know,

13:36to not do it,

13:38leading into,

13:39Palm Sunday,

13:41Good Friday,

13:41Easter Sunday,

13:43exposes,

13:44their real,

13:45anti-Christian,

13:47or,

13:48fake Christian,

13:49idiocy,

13:50also,

13:51and again,

13:53the,

13:53no war,

13:54just,

13:55and,

13:55cultural Marxist,

13:57anti-Americanism,

13:59anti-Christ,

14:00anti-Christian nonsense,

14:03all right,

14:03anyway,

14:04I think,

14:05oh no,

14:06those aren't,

14:06the only points,

14:07I wanted to make,

14:08sorry,

14:09thank you Google,

14:11Google help,

14:12look me up,

14:13help,

14:14help look me up,

14:16help me look these up,

14:19uh,

14:19for those,

14:20who dare say,

14:23but,

14:24but,

14:25the Bible says,

14:27and yeah,

14:28from Google,

14:28the King James Version scripture,

14:31about beating swords into plowshares,

14:34is Isaiah 2-4,

14:36again,

14:37I'm not perfect,

14:38I don't have an endemic photographic memory,

14:42so I don't have the Bible memorized front to back,

14:46I needed Google to help me look this up,

14:48Isaiah 2-4,

14:50I know the scripture,

14:52I didn't remember exactly it being Isaiah 2-4,

14:56but,

14:57beat their swords into plowshares,

15:00and their spears into pruning hooks,

15:04okay,

15:06all right,

15:07no war,

15:08Isaiah,

15:09uh,

15:102-4,

15:12right,

15:13okay,

15:14let's pivot,

15:15and again,

15:16thank you Google,

15:17I,

15:17I knew this was there,

15:19I didn't know exactly,

15:21but it is Luke 22-36,

15:25I dare have to mention,

15:27where Jesus tells his disciples,

15:30then said he unto them,

15:33but now,

15:34he that hath a purse,

15:36let him take it,

15:38and likewise his script,

15:40and he that hath no sword,

15:43let him sell his garment,

15:45and buy one,

15:48oh,

15:50inconvenient,

15:52contradictory,

15:54no,

15:56no,

15:57and I,

15:59on theforgenews.com,

16:01did Jesus ever contradict himself,

16:04no,

16:06humans do that,

16:07humans work,

16:08but you,

16:09these two,

16:11are not mutually exclusive,

16:13they go hand in hand,

16:16if,

16:17and why I created this show,

16:20and why Pastor Sean Todd,

16:22does the intersection,

16:25he might be playing tough love,

16:27or necessary as rain,

16:30for Easter Sunday,

16:32on his show,

16:34do our shows,

16:36the whole Bible,

16:37in the full context,

16:41the one applies,

16:43in the right context,

16:45the other applies,

16:47in another context,

16:49contextually together,

16:51they are not contradictory,

16:55there is,

16:56for everything,

16:57there is a season,

16:59yes,

17:00that song,

17:01there's a time for peace,

17:03a time for war,

17:06yes,

17:07hello,

17:08wake up,

17:10the left,

17:11doesn't care,

17:14they,

17:14the cultural Marxists,

17:16the anti-Americans,

17:18the anti-Christians,

17:20and especially,

17:21the anti-Semites,

17:23just want,

17:24any,

17:25excuse,

17:26to hold,

17:27the no kings,

17:29or code pink,

17:31which is really showing,

17:32their,

17:33you know,

17:34their code CCP,

17:37or,

17:38code,

17:39old Soviet,

17:41CCCP,

17:42underbellies,

17:43excuse for a,

17:45no war rally,

17:47devoid of any,

17:49context,

17:50they deal in delusion,

17:53I deal in reality,

17:55okay,

17:55so I will leave it there,

17:57thank you all,

17:58take care,

17:59God bless,

18:00love you all,

18:01and yes,

18:01let me make sure,

18:02I expose my note,

18:03I will tack on,

18:05tough love,

18:06and rain,

18:08please,

18:09I beg of you,

18:10you need to watch,

18:12these,

18:12lyric,

18:13slash,

18:14music videos,

18:26it ain't all sweet songs,

18:29by the fire,

18:30warm hands,

18:32soft words,

18:33pretty choirs,

18:38if I cut out the thorns,

18:41from the story,

18:44I'll be dressing up,

18:45a grave as glory,

18:47this is tough love,

18:49gospel,

18:51and I just can't,

18:52fire shine,

18:54if I sand down the edges,

18:56I turn truth,

18:57into a lie,

19:00reality,

19:01or delusion,

19:03I can't serve,

19:05both sides,

19:06I'm not here,

19:07just for the choir,

19:09I'm here,

19:10where the hurt hearts hide,

19:11yeah,

19:13some pages bleed red,

19:15in the margins,

19:16hard lines,

19:17hard calls,

19:18hard bargains,

19:19if I skip over storms,

19:21for your comfort,

19:22then your house,

19:24gets washed,

19:24in the flood water,

19:26this is tough,

19:27love,

19:28gospel,

19:28not just,

19:29can't fire shine,

19:32if I sand,

19:33down the edges,

19:34I turn truth,

19:36into a lie,

19:38reality,

19:39or delusion,

19:41I can't serve,

19:42both sides,

19:44I'm not here,

19:45just for the choir,

19:46I'm here,

19:47where the hurt hearts,

19:49hide,

19:50oh,

19:51do you want a dream,

19:52or do you,

19:53want a mirror,

19:54do you,

19:54want a talk,

19:55or do you,

19:55want it clearer,

19:56if the truth,

19:57cuts deep,

19:58let it cut through fear,

20:00better scars that heal,

20:01than a sweet lie,

20:02in your ear,

20:05this ain't cotton candy truth,

20:07ain't a campfire,

20:08sing along rhyme,

20:11you can't sell sweet dreams,

20:14while the house burns behind,

20:17if it never cuts deep,

20:20it will sugar all along,

20:23if you skip the hard pages,

20:26you just rewrote the song,

20:30this is tough,

20:31love,

20:31gospel,

20:31not rainbows on a wire,

20:35if you hide the hard words,

20:39you're just planning the fire,

20:41I won't preach delusion,

20:44just to make it sound lighter,

20:48if I only sue the choir,

20:50I'm a singer,

20:52not a fighter,

20:54you can hum all the feel good lines,

20:58while your neighbor breaks inside,

21:00quote hope like a slogan,

21:04and look away from the crime,

21:07but a bandage on a bullet,

21:08is a pretty little lie,

21:13if the truth never offends us,

21:16did we ever even try,

21:19this is tough,

21:20love,

21:20gospel,

21:22not rainbows on a wire,

21:24if you hide the hard work,

21:27you're just standing in the fire,

21:30I won't preach delusion,

21:33just to make it sound lighter,

21:37if I only sue the choir,

21:39I'm a singer,

21:41I'm a singer,

21:41not a fighter,

21:43I'd rather lose that crowd,

21:46than sell them painted grace,

21:49I'd rather stand alone,

21:52than smile,

21:53and dodge the weight,

21:55don't ask for easy comfort,

21:59then curse the honest cost,

22:01love that never wants you,

22:05will leave you more than lost,

22:07this is tough love,

22:09gospel,

22:10not rainbows on a wire,

22:13if you hide the hard work,

22:17you're just standing in the fire,

22:20I won't preach delusion,

22:22just to make it sound lighter,

22:26if I only sue the choir,

22:29I'm a singer,

22:30not a fighter,

22:32oh,

22:32if I dress up the danger,

22:36I'm a liar,

22:49Easter Sunday,

22:52I remember,

22:56stone rolled back,

22:59morning air,

23:02all that sorrow,

23:06all that horror,

23:10hung on wood,

23:13so unfair,

23:17I'm so sorry,

23:20for his hurting,

23:25sorry for every nail,

23:30still I'm breathing,

23:33still I'm believing,

23:35somehow love,

23:37had to prevail,

23:42necessary as rain,

23:46thank God for that day,

23:49tears fell like water,

23:53and washed my shame away,

23:57God ordained it that way,

24:02hard as thunder and gray,

24:07sorry for Christ's suffering,

24:11but it had to be that way,

24:17as necessary as rain,

24:21ancient pages spoke the story,

24:26before he took the cross,

24:29every line,

24:31every promise,

24:33through his wounds healed our loss,

24:38I keep thinking of his mother,

24:43of the soldiers of the sky,

24:45how the author wrote that chapter,

24:50just so I could live,

24:54not die,

24:58necessary as rain,

25:02thank God for that day,

25:06tears fell like water,

25:09and washed my shame away,

25:15God ordained it that way,

25:19hard as thunder and gray,

25:23sorry for Jesus's pain,

25:27but it had to be that way,

25:34as necessary as rain,

25:38I don't understand it all,

25:41but I'm standing in the fall,

25:44of mercy like a storm,

25:47on my dry and desperate heart,

25:51there was another road,

25:54you would have ridden it,

25:56I know,

25:57but love chose the darker way,

26:01to bring me home,

26:03to bring me home,

26:09Sunday morning,

26:11bells ring loud,

26:13sun through stained glass,

26:15parting the cloud,

26:16another week done,

26:19a new one begun,

26:21necessary as rain,

26:25washing away the dust and the pain,

26:32necessary as rain,

26:36a fresh start again,

26:44necessary as rain,

26:53washing away the dust and the pain,

27:01necessary as rain,

27:06washing away the dust and the pain,

27:15necessary as rain,

27:19necessary as rain,

27:22something's just gotta be,

27:25written in the stars for all to see,

27:28breaking all the bars,

27:31a cosmic plan,

27:34for every woman,

27:37and man,

27:41necessary as rain,

27:44washing away the dust and the pain,

27:50necessary as rain,

27:57necessary as rain,

27:59thank God for that day,

28:03sorry for Christ's earthly suffering,

28:07sorry for Jesus's pain,

28:13God ordained it go that way,

28:16prophesied,

28:18and as necessary as a rainy day,

28:30Sunday thoughts,

28:33coffee steam in quiet streets,

28:37headlines heavy,

28:39people breaking when no one sees,

28:44so I lift their names up,

28:47every burden I can't fix,

28:50let it rise like incense,

28:52every hurt into your hands,

28:56every hurt into your hands,

28:56I'm sending thoughts and prayers to heaven,

29:00over every broken heart,

29:03every family,

29:04every soldier,

29:06every shadow,

29:08when they scar,

29:09when this world crowns its pretenders,

29:12I remember what they preached,

29:15our fathers wrote it down forever,

29:18no kings,

29:21but King Jesus over me,

29:24Jesus is King,

29:27Jesus is King,

29:34old church steeple,

29:37cross still reaching past the sky,

29:41ancient promise,

29:43still the answer to our cries,

29:48from the fields at Valley Forge,

29:51to the pew I'm kneeling in,

29:54same confession on our lips,

29:57same hope that never ends,

30:00I'm sending thoughts and prayers to heaven,

30:04over every broken heart,

30:07every neighbor,

30:08every stranger,

30:10every home that's torn apart,

30:13when this world crowns its pretenders,

30:17I remember what they preached,

30:19our fathers wrote it down forever,

30:22no king,

30:24no king,

30:25but King Jesus over me,

30:27Jesus is King,

30:30Jesus is King,

30:34Jesus is King,

30:36oh you reign,

30:38oh you reign,

30:39our USA foundations,

30:42our Judeo-Christian beliefs,

30:45and our Republic decree,

30:48no king.

30:52no king,

30:54but King Jesus over me.

31:12For the man in my mirror,

31:15and our great USA nation,

31:18MJ hit it right,

31:20in his man in the mirror tune,

31:23as well as Springfield in his prayer tune,

31:25If America is to have a revival

31:28It has to start with you and in me too

31:31So I send a prayer

31:33Start with me

31:34A revival for the people of USC

31:47Sunrise paints the windowpane

31:50Another day, another ache

31:53Got that coffee steaming hot

31:56Gotta make no mistake

31:59See my face in the glass

32:05Wonder if this feeling will pass

32:10Oh, a prayer for the man in my mirror

32:15Yeah, a prayer for the soul I see clearer

32:22A revival starts with me

32:28For the people, for you and for me

32:38News on the telly spinning wild

32:41Every headline a broken child

32:44Lost my way a time or two

32:47Wonder what I'm gonna do

32:50Shadows dance across the wall

32:56Gotta answer freedom's call

33:00Oh, a prayer for the man in my mirror

33:07Yeah, a prayer for the soul I see clearer

33:13A revival starts with me

33:19For the people, for you and for me

33:24For the people, for you and for me

33:50For them, for you and for you and for me

33:50I'm gonna do

33:50Let them do

33:51Let them do

34:14250, America 250, we re-pledge our roots as one nation under God, our Judeo-Christian

34:27biblical community foundations, our faith firm and still solid.

34:42From the first bricklay, to the last bell rung, we kept the promise, we passed it on.

34:53A home for the faithful, a table set wide, with weathered heads, and fire inside.

35:05Now we stand here, with open hands, to remember who we are, to raise our flag again.

35:18Rededicate 250, we re-pledge our roots. Rededicate 250, one nation under God.

35:29Biblical foundation, steady through the storm, faith firm and still solid.

35:38We hold and move on.

35:46In the schoolhouse morning, in the chapel light, in the common prayer, and the working night.

35:57Judeo-Christian voices, woven through the years, through loss and longing, through joy and tears.

36:07Now we stand here, with open hands, to remember who we are, to raise our flag again.

36:21Rededicate 250, we re-pledge our roots. Rededicate 250, one nation under God.

36:32Rededicate 250, one nation under God.

36:34Biblical foundation, steady through the storm.

36:38Faith firm and still solid.

36:42We hold and move on.

36:49Let the children know, what we carry through.

36:55Not perfect people, just a covenant true.

36:59When the road gets hard, we do not fall

37:05We lean on mercy

37:11And stand bar

37:27Rededicate 250

37:29We re-pledge our roots

37:31Rededicate 250

37:34One nation under God

37:37Biblical foundation

37:40Steady through the storm

37:43Faith firm and still solid

37:46We hold and move on

38:17I learned my flags from crayons in a workbook

38:23Stars and stripes on construction paper blue

38:28But under that glue

38:31Were names and stories

38:34Pilgrims, farmers

38:37Reading ancient news

38:40They broke their bread

38:43Over battered Bibles

38:45Passed them down

38:49Like a family song

38:52Tried to trace

38:54Their hope to a promise

38:58Even when they got the promise wrong

39:05This is the story

39:06We were handed ink on a page

39:09Boots in the sand

39:11Faith in the mouths of the broken and branded

39:14Prayers in the dust of a borrowed land

39:16If we remember

39:18We've got a record

39:19Not just the glory

39:21But the truth

39:21We hid red

39:22White

39:23And revelation

39:25What does it mean

39:26For the life

39:27I live

39:39Sunday class had glossy picture shepherds

39:43Soldiers in a cardboard world

39:47But history sat in the back row waiting

39:51Talking quiet while the maps unfurled

39:53Laws were signed with verses cited

39:56Hearts were lifted and some were crushed

39:59Freedom preached in the same bright doorway

40:02Where certain voices were told to hush

40:05This is the story

40:06We were handed ink on a page

40:09Boots in the sand

40:10Faith in the mouths of the broken and branded

40:13Prayers in the dust of a borrowed land

40:16If we remember

40:18We've got a record

40:19Not just the glory

40:20But the truth

40:21We hid red

40:22White

40:23White

40:24And revelation

40:25What does it mean for the life I live?

40:28Ooh

40:29Ooh

40:33Ooh

40:34Ooh

40:35Ooh

40:36Ooh

40:38Ooh

40:39Ooh

40:40Ooh

40:40What do I do with the pages I cherish?

40:43Tangled up with the pain you feel?

40:45Yeah

40:45Can I love the hope they were chasing?

40:48And still confess where we missed what's real?

40:51Maybe the point was never perfection

40:54Maybe the point was mercy instead

40:57Read that book like a mirror shaking

41:03Let it judge the road we tread

41:08Let it judge the road we tread

41:09This is the story

41:10We're now riding line after line

41:13In our own hands

41:14Faith in the hearts of the doubting and fighting grace for the ones we don't understand

41:20If we remember

41:21If we remember

41:22Let's do it honest

41:23Count every cost

41:24And the gifts God gives

41:26Red

41:26White

41:27And revelation

41:28That's how the past touches the life I live

41:34Ooh

41:35Ooh

41:39Ooh

41:41Ooh

41:44Ooh

41:45Ooh

41:46Ooh

41:48Ooh

41:50Ooh

41:51Ooh

41:52Ooh

41:53Ooh

42:04Little town classroom

42:07Pledge every day

42:10Hand on my heart

42:12But my mind far away

42:17History books like a black and white play

42:20Faces and wigs, dates on a page

42:23Teacher said context, circled the year

42:27Said faith shaped the laws we're living in here

42:30I just drew crosses and stars in the margin

42:34Didn't yet see how that story was starting

42:39These are the footnotes in the flag

42:42Inking prayers in every crack

42:45Old warm pages under glass

42:48Still asking us which road you're gonna pass

42:52If we learn the why behind the when

42:55Let the questions walk us in

42:59Maybe grace and truth can share the map

43:02In the footnotes in the flag

43:06Kitchen table

43:09Bible half-hearing

43:13Grandpa's voice slow

43:15Picking threads

43:17Application's harder than the test, he said

43:20It's loving your neighbor

43:22When it cost you instead

43:26He traced out the journey from Egypt

43:29To here

43:29How courage and failure both lived in our fears

43:33Said

43:33Implications don't fit on one line

43:36They sit in your choices, they stretch out your time

43:41These are the footnotes in the flag

43:44These are the footnotes in the flag

43:44Inking prayers in every crack

43:48Old warm pages under glass

43:51Still asking us which road you're gonna pass

43:54If we learn the why behind the when

43:57Let the questions walk us in

44:00Maybe grace and truth can share the map

44:04In the footnotes in the flag

44:08Oh, context like a lantern on the past

44:14Shows the shadows we walk through too fast

44:22Application is the way we live it out

44:28Implications in the way we treat each other now

44:33These are the footnotes in the flag

44:36Inking prayers in every crack

44:39Old warm pages under glass

44:42Still asking us which road you're gonna pass

44:46If we learn the why behind the when

44:49Let the questions start again

44:52Maybe grace and truth can share the map

44:55In the footnotes in the flag

45:25Life isn't a straight line

45:27It twists

45:29It soars

45:31It drops

45:33Without warning

45:34But it's in those heart-pounding moments

45:38The climbs and the falls

45:41That we discover who we truly are

45:46Rollercoasters

45:47Rollercoasters

45:47The Life Kind

45:49A book by Joseph M. Leonard

45:51Available now on Amazon

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46:24Thank you again

46:26Take care

46:27God bless

46:28Love you all

46:30Bye

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