All right. Good evening. I heard there was ice cream. So I had 22 pages. I cut it down to 10 To be out of here really quick. I'm just kidding So thank you very much, I want to thank past few minutes for allowing me and giving me the honor to Preach before you. I've got to meet quite a few of you this morning Thank you to the bazaarnski family Miss Heidi giving us a great lunch this afternoon and the family Being generous to us. I see brother Jared got my envelope because he gave me a nice welcome. So thank you, sir I'm just kidding There's no envelope brother. Don't ask me for a later piece So just thank you for the opportunity and most of you came back. So that's a good thing. So maybe it's the ice cream Thanks, brother Frank. That's a good idea So tonight we're in second Timothy chapter 3 Second Timothy chapter 3 look down at in your Bibles at verse number 16 The Bible reads in second Timothy 3 16 all scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for a proof for correction for Instruction and righteousness and what I like to do is I'd like to focus on this verse tonight Just to kind of encourage us, you know It's a newer church and and I myself am newer to The new IFB if you will In being Baptist and and and taking this journey with the Lord But I want to kind of focus on that verse and just help us understand how we can use the word of God for everything all scripture for To teach us to that's for the doctrine to know what's right for a proof To know what's wrong and then for correction on how to make that right so it's important that we understand that and just You know this second letter to Timothy Paul is writing, you know Paul is is writing to a young Pastor if you will you know teaching him how to set up a church how to how to start a church how to teach people in a church in this second second book that he's writing to him is basically Encouraging him not to be ashamed not to be ashamed of the gospel of Christ Not to be ashamed of the gospel of Paul himself who's writing to him, you know, it's it's important for us to understand that we We should not be ashamed You say Dave why go through this?  You need to keep up with the times I mean just things like that that we're told so tonight what I'd like to do is that I'd like to just remind us through all Scriptures that we can answer Those false statements, you know the Bible reads and you don't have to turn in but first Timothy 3 15 says this But sanctify the Lord in your hearts and we talked about that this morning and be ready always to give an answer to every man That asked you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear So we also can use the Bible all scripture to answer those that come up with these False statements, so I'd encourage you to take notes in the back of your bullets And there's a spot for you to take notes if you don't have a baby on you I'm if you like but There are many false statements Obviously, we don't have the time to Go through all of them, but I narrowed it down to just three are probably the most Often said Whether we're knocking on doors or whether we you know are in the streets and just the way we live our lives And the first one is this we do not have the preserved word of God I mean how many times have you heard that one we do not have The preserved the word of God and what I mean by that is we don't have God's actual word today in 2019 as as they had it way back when But that's a Ross. That's a false statement. How can we make that right? Well look at verse 14 there in second Timothy verse number 14 Paul says but continue thou and the things which thou has learned and has been assured of knowing of whom thou has learned them and That from a child that has known the holy scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith Which is in Christ Jesus so right at the bat you have Paul the Apostles telling Timothy that He's already got the word of God. He's already learned things from the scriptures that he has had back then But we have that same scripture now today. We have that same letter that Timothy was reading that Paul wrote him we have that today so Do we have the same word now? There's a question right you don't have the preserved word of God Dave you you have basically What was given by man and man messed it up? Well, let's see if that's true. How much it'll hold you place there in second Timothy 3 And go with me to the book of psalms If you open your Bible right in the middle you're more than likely fall in the book of psalms and go to psalm number chapter number 12 psalm chapter 12 Because we got it's important for us to to always be ready to answer those questions, right? I mean, we also have young people here that are looking at us to answer those questions So psalm chapter 12 and verse 6 the Bible reads this the words of the Lord are pure words as Sylva tried in the furnace purified seven times Thou shall keep them. Oh Lord who? God shall keep them. Thou shall preserve them from this generation How long forever so the Bible is teaching us right here that it's God's job to do that By the way in your message the ESV the NIV Doesn't say that he will keep he will preserve his word. Do you know that? So that's interesting to know that's why we are King James only in this church So whose job is it right off the bat to preserve God's word? It's his can he not keep that promise? Turn to Psalm 100 in the book of psalms few psalms down Psalm 100. Let's look at more Precepts or statues that we can look at About what God feels about his word Psalm 100 look down at verse 5 for the Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting and his truth Endureth to all Generations so that's when we're long gone. His truth is still going to be here Go to Psalms 119 longest chapter in the Bible like to highlight a few verses in Psalm 119 You cannot read Psalm 119 in the King James Bible and walk away not knowing that God is serious about his word I don't have it in my notes here, but there's a hundred and seventy six verses I think there's four of them that don't have hit the word judgment or word or statues or precept That's a hundred and seventy four For seventy two verses that actually speak about that. I think he's pretty serious about that I'm not gonna go through all of them, but I do want to highlight some look at verse 89 Psalm 119 in verse 89 Forever forever. Oh Lord thy word is subtle settled in heaven. So it's already forever verse 90 thy faithfulness is unto all Generations thou has established to earth and it abideth. I guess this generation's out of luck verse 142 thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and thy law is The truth perhaps everlasting doesn't mean everlasting, right? verse 144 the righteousness of thy testimony is everlasting Give me understanding and I shall live. There's that everlasting. That's not really everlasting, huh? How about verse 152? Verse 152 concerning thy testimonies. I have known of all that thou has founded them Forever there might be a theme here for everlasting, huh? Verse 160 thy word is true from the beginning in every one of thy righteous judgments and Durrith forever. So we see right off the bat in this Psalm is not just Briefly escaped through a few of these but his word is forever to all generations go with me to Isaiah you're in psalm. So if you go after psalms, you got Proverbs Ecclesiastes Songs of Solomon Isaiah Isaiah 51 Proverbs Ecclesiastes song of Solomon Isaiah chapter 51 Isaiah 51 look at verse number six the Bible reads lift up your eyes to the heavens and look upon the earth beneath For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke and the earth's wax old like a garment and they that dwell therein shall die in Like manner but my salvation shall be forever and my righteousness Shall not be abolished or seven harken unto me ye that know righteousness the people in whose Heart is my law fear not the reproach of men neither be ye afraid of their revelings Don't be afraid when somebody tells you don't have the preserved word of God because we do we do Verse eight for the moth shall eat them up like a garment in the worm shall eat them like wool But my righteousness shall be for how long forever Forever and my salvation from where from generation to generation is it okay? David that's great. I'm glad you got that, but you know what did you know that we are in the New Testament? All right. Well, let's let's see that. Let's let's see it in the New Testament keep your place in Isaiah So if you keep your place in Second Timothy 3 also keep your place in Isaiah I'll try to have you not keep too many places where you run out of fingers Just so you can get back to it quickly, but go to with me in the New Testament New Testament to The book of John John chapter 17 The book of John chapter 17 I'll read from you Proverbs 30 in verse 5 every word of God is Pure he's a shield unto them that put their trust in him How could we put our trust in him if we don't have the preserved word of God? right John chapter 17 Look at verse 17 John John 17 17. This is Jesus speaking his prayer to his disciples He's praying also for us that would come after him Verse 17 sanctify them through thy truth. Thy word is truth His word is truth go back to chapter 6 and John Well, how do we know that is his word is truth if we don't have it right? John chapter 6 look all the way at the end of the chapter there down at verse 63 This is also Jesus speaking John chapter 6 and verse 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth the flesh profited nothing the words that I speak unto you They are spirit and they are life. What words? The same word that God has preserved from generation to generation to generation Otherwise that would make no sense otherwise that would Be a foolish statement Do we tell our children to obey the the things that we say for them to do and not do but yet? We don't tell them what that is No, that would be foolish So the same way with God Drop down to verse 66 there in chapter 6 From that time any of his disciples went back and walked no more with him Then said Jesus on to the 12 will ye go will ye also go away. I love the response of Peter. I Love it then said Peter in verse 68 then Simon Peter answered him Lord to whom shall we go? Thou has the words of eternal life. How do we get return life through the word of God? If we don't have it We don't have eternal life makes no sense makes no sense go Luke chapter 22 If you go backwards from John is just the next book backwards Luke chapter 22 how can it be that God preserved not his word when Jesus in the flesh says this Luke chapter 22 drop down to verse 33 Jesus speaking here Verse 33 Luke 22 verse 33 heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away Shall not pass away I Could be wrong, but I think that God does not need any help to preserve his word He doesn't need man to say hey, I need to do this for the Lord. No He preserved it. He promised it So we have the preserved word of God it's called the King James Bible in the English language So we indeed have the preserved word of God numbers.  Can he not? Fulfill that promise No, that would be silly So you say that to say that we have we don't have the preserved word God is a false statement Well, how do we make that right? We believe what the God says what God says We believe the promise that he has that he would preserve it And all this false it so the first false statement we see is this we do not have the preserved word of God Another one that we hear a lot is We're done with the Old Testament With all of the Old Testament, right? We're done with the Old Testament law. I'm so done with hearing that statement What's wrong with this statement? How do we make it right? We'll go back to our verse for tonight 2nd Timothy chapter 3 2nd Timothy chapter 3 verse number 10 says but thou has known has fully known my Doctrine manner of life purpose faith long-suffering charity peace. I want you to think about that my Doctrine Let's see if Paul's doctrine teaches That we're done with all of the Old Testament law Keep your place there in 2nd Timothy go with me to Deuteronomy in the beginning of the Bible of Genesis exodus Leviticus numbers Deuteronomy Deuteronomy chapter 4 Genesis exodus Leviticus numbers Deuteronomy chapter 4 You notice in our church we use a lot of not only New Testament scriptures, but Old Testament scriptures I'll share this quick story. I had some bozo tell me Dave Jesus is in the New Testament Well first of all if I wanted to say that Jesus is only in the New Testament tells me number one You have not read your Bible Because Jesus is just as much in the Old Testament as the first four words of the Bible As he is in the last in the New Testament as the last word in the Bible Which has four letters in the beginning God because he is God and the amen because he is the amen That just tells me You haven't read your Bible Do the right where we are yet Deuteronomy chapter 4 look at verse number one Now therefore harken, oh Israel unto the statues and unto the judgments which I teach you for to do them that you may live Interesting and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers give with you You shall not add unto the word which I command you neither shall you diminish art from it that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God Which I command skip down to verse 5 behold.  Keep therefore and do them keep the commandments that are found in his word keep the judgments that are found in his word Keep therefore and do them for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the side of the nations Which shall hear all these statues and say surely this is a great nation and his wise and an understanding people So God gives wisdom and understanding and following in his words Proverbs 2 6 says this for the Lord giveth wisdom out of his mouth come as knowledge and understanding How do we have that if? You don't have the word of God Drop down to do around me chapter 5 Do not in chapter 5 Talking about following God's commandments that he get rid of the Old Testament Commandments Did he get rid of everything in the Old Testament do to honor me chapter 5 riddle me this Batman? This is the bozo I'm talking about that told me that Jesus is only in the New Testament riddle me this Batman How do we in it attain wisdom and knowledge? Isn't it by following his commandments? Isn't it by reading his word? Do around me chapter 5 verse 29 Oh that there were such an heart in them that they would fear me and keep just a New Testament scriptures Just some of the commandments that what it says No, it says all Commandments how often always always That it might be well with them and with their children Forever, so we see the promise because it's funny that he has a blessing when we keep his Commandments not just temporary, but forever not just for us, but for our generation to come after us It's always supposed to teach our children his commandments. They're done away with Turn to Matthew because he might say well, you're still stuck in the Old Testament Dave But go to Matthew first book in the New Testament Matthew chapter 5. Let's see what Jesus says about the law Matthew chapter 5 and verse we'll look at verse 17 Jesus says this think not that I am come to destroy the law all the prophets hmm interesting I am not come to destroy But to fulfill You say oh, yeah Dave, but you know what Romans 10 for says For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believe it. Well, what law is that? What law go to? Hebrews chapter 9 if you start from the back of your Bible you have Revelation Jude 3rd 2nd 1st John 2nd 1st Peter James Hebrews Hebrews chapter 9. What's ending? What's what's what is he had done away with? Hebrews chapter 9 look at verse number 1 And then barely the 1st commandment had also ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary Paul is talking about the describing the purpose of the tabernacle built With hands he's talking about the the table the showbread the golden center the cherubim's are supposed to be in there The second time will drop to verse 7 verse 7 in Hebrews chapter 9 But into the second went the high priest only once every year not without blood which he offered for himself and for the Errors of the people the holy ghost this signifying that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest So the way into the holiest of all wasn't made known yet While as the first tabernacle was yet standing because this was a picture of what was to come Verse 9 which is a figure for the time then present in which were offered both gifts Sacrifices that could not make him that did this service perfect as Palsame or as pertaining to the conscious so they offered gifts and sacrifices that could not make one sinless Verse 10 which stood only in meats and drinks and diverse washings and carnals Cardinal ordinances that's important Remember that impose on them until the time of reformation ordinances. These are ordinances I wouldn't pose on it to them until the coming of Christ Verse 11 but Christ being come and high priest of good things to come by a greater and more perfect tabernacle Not made with hands that is to say not of this building neither by the blood of goats and calves But by his own blood he entered in in once into the holy place having attained eternal redemption for us so Christ was the end of what of the ordinances because we still Would be sacrificed in today if it wasn't for Christ. He was the perfect lamb of God to take away the sins Let's go found in what so we find found in what not in all the law go to Ephesians chapter 2 If you go backwards from Hebrews, you got Philemon Titus Second and first Timothy second first Thessalonians Colossians Philippians Ephesians Ephesians chapter 2 So Paul is very clear in what was abolished in the law a Ephesians chapter 2 look down at verse 13 Ephesians chapter 2 and verse number 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who were who sometimes were a far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ For he is our peace who have made both one and had broken down the middle wall Partition between us having abolished in his flesh the entire. No, it says emity. I thought it said entire Entire law. No, but he abolished in his flesh the eminy even all the law No, even the even the law of commandments. Please don't miss it contained in the ordinances He didn't get rid of all the old testament law. He fulfilled the ordinances of the old testament law What ordinances well the ordinances that we read in Hebrews the ordinance of the animal sacrifice that could never Take away sin For to make it himself of twain one new man So making peace verse 16 and that he might reconcile both unto God and one body By the cross have enslaved the eminy thereby and came and preached peace to you which were far off and to them That were made high. So why do you abolish those laws those sacrifices in verse 18 for through him? We have we both have access by one spirit unto the father. He is the flesh the perfect sacrifice for us That's what he got rid of that's what's fulfilled Isaiah 53 12 says this therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great and he shall divide the spoil with the strong because he had poured out his soul unto death Speaking of Jesus and he was numbered with the transgressors and bear the sin of many and made intercession For our transgressions. He he did that for us. That's what's abolished We didn't look at it, but Hebrews 10 4 says this for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins Was only through the blood of Christ that would be able to do that That's what's about Seems like Paul's doctrine doesn't say anything about getting rid of all the Old Testament law How do we make this statement right? We make it right by believing what the Bible says? Just read it So God has indeed preserved his word God is not destroyed all the Old Testament law. Let's talk about what is quite required for salvation because I know we hear this one a Lot you got to work to be saved Right we have to do work for us to be saved number three We have to do work. What's wrong with this statement? How do I make it right? Let's go back to our 2nd Timothy chapter 3 It's like in Timothy chapter 3. Let's look look right there verse number one This know also that in the last days perilous time shall come from men shall be lovers of them own selves covetous boasters Proud isn't those people proud when you knock on somebody's door? Yeah, I live a good life I had a pastor tell me he gave me his whole resume about when he was in elementary school What every school that he's graduated from I was like Okay, so are you? Trusting in that. No, I just needed to let you know that Okay, boasters proud but last fever is disobedient to parents unthankful and holy without natural affection true spakers false accusers Incontinent fears the spices of those that are good traders Haiti High-minded lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God people looking at their own works rather than that which was done on them on the Cross having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof from such turn away keep that in mind that turn away part Let's look at what scripture says about believing in salvation turn with me in your Bibles to Exodus 14 Genesis Exodus Exodus 14 This is this is the Lord just delivering the nation of Israel from the bondage of Egypt Exodus 14 and verse will skip down the verse 30 here Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore and Israel saw that great work which the Lord did Upon the Egyptians and the people feared the Lord and believe the Lord and the servant modus Moses notice chapter 15 Notice how Moses ties in salvation verse 1 then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord and spake saying I will sing unto the Lord for he hath triumphed gloriously the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea The Lord is my strength and song.  I will exalt him The Lord is a man of war.  I don't know if I told you to keep your finger in Isaiah go to Isaiah 43 After Psalms, you have Proverbs, please. Yeah see song of Solomon Isaiah Isaiah 43 Who saves us who does the work for us? Isaiah 43 and verse 8 Babarates and bring forth the blind people that have eyes the deaf that have ears let all the nations be gathered together Let the people be assembled who among them can can declare this and show us former things Let them bring forth their witnesses that they may be justified or let them hear and say it is truth You are my witnesses say it the Lord and my servant whom I have chosen That you may know and believe who do we know and believe and Understand that I am he before me. There was no God form neither shall there be after me I even I am the Lord and beside me. There is no Saviour no one can save us except the Lord first 12 I have declared and have Saved and I have showed when there was no strange God among you therefore you are my witnesses save the Lord that I am God Yay before the day was I am he and there is none that can deliver out of my hand. I will work wait Who works? He will work and who shall let it God works He worked for us by sending his son on the cross for us Look at her Isaiah 44. It's a few pages over Verse 21 Isaiah 44 and verse 21 remember these oh Jacob in Israel for thou art my servant I have formed thee thou art my servant. Oh Israel thou shall not be forgotten of me I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions and as a cloud thy sins wait I thought I had to work to be forgiven. No He says he did that as a cloud return on to me for I have redeemed thee God saves us God does the work look at 45 Isaiah 45 verse 20 Isaiah 45 Assemble yourselves and come draw near together ye that are escaped of the nations They have no knowledge and set up and set up the wood of their graven image image and pray unto a god That cannot say by the way if you're working for your salvation You're praying to a god that will and cannot save you period Verse 21 tell ye and bring them near. Yay. Let them take counsel all together Who have to clear this from ancient time who have told it from that time have not I the Lord and there is no God Else beside me a just and a Savior there is no God beside me look on to me and be what saved wait Look under my works. No God says look on to me and be saved All the ends of the earth for I am God and there is none else.  I'm not sure if I can ask you to keep your place there But some chapter one foot one forty three. Can we justify ourselves? Can we be justified? We're just looking at Nothing but scripture right all scripture profitable for doctrine Psalm 143 verse 1 hear my prayer. Oh Lord give ear to my supplication in thy faithfulness Answer me and in thy righteousness and enter not into judgment with thy servant for in thy sight No man Shall no man living be justified You can't be justified without God can't be justified without the blood of Jesus Christ can't happen We can't we can't happen you say Dave. Okay. There you go again. You are in the Old Testament Okay, go to Matthew first book in the Bible Matthew. I Think that's where the Bible says New Testament Matthew Look at Matthew chapter 1 Matthew chapter 1 verse 21 Matthew chapter 1 verse 21 and she shall bring forth a son And thou shall call his name Jesus for he shall save His people From their sins look at John chapter 4 Matthew Mark Luke John tons of scriptures We can look at tons of them. I'm gonna highlight a few John chapter 4 We got a work to be saved. I Don't know about that John chapter 4 verse 42 John chapter 4 verse 42 they believe in the woman now and said unto the woman now We believe not because of thy saying for we have heard him ourselves and know that this indeed is the Christ The Savior of the world go to acts chapter 4 next book over acts chapter 4 Who saves well? We saw that the Lord only saves he does the work Jesus was brought forth to save acts chapter 4 Peter talking here to the to the priest the Sadducees about Jesus after the healing of the lame man that was At the gate of the temple acts chapter 4 verse 12 neither is their salvation in any other But there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved Sounds like the same God Sounds like the same God in Isaiah same God in the Psalms Go to acts chapter 10 acts chapter 10 verse 43 Acts chapter 10 a few pages over To him referring to him there is Jesus give all the prophets witness. Oh, so we were talking about Jesus in The prophet Isaiah, right? I thought he wasn't in the Old Testament To him give all the prophets witness that through his name whosoever works No, that's not what it says. It says who so ever believed in his name Shall receive remission of sins. I'm gonna pause the sermon just for a second here Because I think these are pretty good Questions and I Get angry because you know, I know people, you know, like brother Jarrett was talking about this morning You know, you know people and you have family that come against you for believing these things. It's frustrating. You can get frustrating You say why you get angry why you're harping on this? Well, because here's the here's the bottom line.    It should anger you when the man who's Breaking his stones weekend and week out to stand behind us doing the study to preach before us and somebody goes and tries to mock him Or his family or tear him down. Oh, but Dave, they're a pastor So what they don't believe the word of God?  Oh, but I got them on Facebook Then my friends nobody's gonna like me now. They're gonna unfriend me What's more important guess what if they're mocking the man of God that's standing up here if they're mocking your dad What do you think they doing to you? Do you think that they're standing up for you?  What did he say before brother Jared did before let them know exactly who you are Right away.  Don't talk about my dad like that You do don't talk about my brother like that You don't know You first of all you don't even believe we're not even in the same planet because you don't believe That's what we ought to say to them because it should anger us. It should anger us loyalty Because guess what if you're not loyal to the dad or to the man that's behind this pulpit that you can see How are you supposed to be loyal to the man? You can't see It doesn't work that way It doesn't work by way. Just like I said, it'll come out What do you say now? I'll just look back. I just relax I don't try to read people because they're gonna tell me out of the abundance of the heart The mouth speaks So Just on that thought Roman 16 17 says this now I beseech you brethren to mark them which cause divisions because you know what if they're talking against them the cause and division Mark them that cause the vision divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have heard which you have learned and avoid them It says avoid them It doesn't say okay. I'm just not gonna meet with you in church But I'll meet with you at Pete's coffee on a Friday night It doesn't say invite them over to your kids birthday party because we're not in church No, it says avoid them Proverbs 6 16 says this these six things of the Lord hate and brother Jared talked about this a couple of weeks ago a proud look I'm sorry these six things the Lord hate yay seven are an abomination to a proud look a lying tongue Hands that shed innocent blood a heart that devises wicked Imaginations feet that be swift and run into mischief a false witness that speaketh lies And he that soweth discord among the brethren So if they're speaking against the man of God of here if they're speaking against the man of God That's in your life. That's in your home They're causing discord among you Mark them and avoid them. Okay. I gotta press the pause button Wait, is there a pause button anymore now and I remember that remember the press pause now I don't know if that's it. That's and stereos anymore, but back to the shirt because it should anger us It should anger us Go to Romans 4. I don't know if I told you to do to go there. Where were we in acts? Yeah, go to Romans Romans chapter 4 You all know these verses well Let's look at them again Romans chapter 4 and verse 5 what to him that work if not But Works a little No, but believe it on him that justified the ungodly his faith has counted for righteousness Romans chapter 10 a few pages down Romans chapter 10 verse 9 That if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus shall believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead thou shall Be saved Verse 10 for with the heart man works for himself that what it says no for with the heart man Believe it's on to righteousness and with the mouth confession Is made unto salvation by the way this is not talking about confession of your sins You want to get that wrapped up? You don't confess your sins. There's confessing that Christ is your Lord and your Savior verse 13 for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be Saved oh, but that's work. Isn't it? I'm not even gonna go there I don't have time for that one Turn to 1st Timothy You get your finger in 2nd Timothy if you go backwards to 1st Timothy chapter 4 1st Timothy chapter 4 Look at verse 10 For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach because we trust in the living God Living God the same God that preserved this word the same God of the Old Testament the same God that works for us Who is the Savior of? All men especially of those that we believe that believe How do you make it right? We believe what the Bible says notice the theme here. We believe we believe we believe Go back to 2nd Timothy chapter 3. We'll finish up here 2nd Timothy chapter 3 So those that say we do not have the preserved word of God Those that say we are done with all the Old Testament law Those that say we have to work for us To be safe They deny the power of God. What does Paul say in verse 5? Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof From such turn away From such turn away that could be hard That could be hard From such turn away you say Dave. Yeah, but the Christian You say yeah Dave. I got him on Facebook man. We've been friends for Long time we've been homies from back in the day This is what Paul says they are verse 6 for of this sort Are they which creep into houses and lead captive silly women laden with sins led away with diverse lust ever? learning and Never able to come to the knowledge of the truth Because they don't believe in the first place They don't believe that we have to preserve word of God. So right there It's not even an even played field. We're not even on the same level Okay, Dave. What's the point? What's the point of all this? Well all that To say this Do we believe the word of God? I? Mean some of us might be new to this and just kind of questioning and working and like man That brother Jarrett Jarrett is always kicking and screaming and banging. I'm not so sure about this thing You got to ask yourself do you believe? Do we believe this first? There is a there's a scripture Isaiah 28 keep your finger there in Timothy Just go to go with me to Isaiah 28.  We just took precept upon precept We just took line upon line We just took a little here from the Old Testament and for those that question because Jesus was never in the Old Testament We took a little from the New Testament Right That's all we did. Why? Because this Bible will break you God will break you He's gonna break you one way or another whether you believe or Whether you don't You're gonna be broke one way Go back to second Timothy 3 And all we did was just look above on precept above on precept So how about when people come against us or against the man of God that labors weak in and weak out To teach you here There's no coincidence that Paul says in verse 12. Yeah, and all that will live godly and Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution, you know what that usually starts They usually starts in our families because once you take that saying once you say I believe they're like what whoa hold up Dude, I know you Dave I know your life. Yeah, you know what God does to And he forgot it He doesn't remember it When we take that leap They're gonna come against us usually our family Why why do they come against us because when we take a stance and believe that we have the preserved word of God Many won't believe When we apply the Old Testament teachings in our lives many will come against us to try to tell us hey They do keep up with the world Well, we stand on faith and faith alone in Christ to save us many will try to add works to that and Just for young parents just be careful Because you know that discord the so discord You know in our families they get the pockets of the kids to the side by themselves and they so discord Why you're not looking Just be mindful of that it happens It happens So verse 16 do we believe that all scripture is given by inspiration of God is profitable for doctrine For reproof for correction for instruction righteousness. We looked at the the doctrine we looked at the reproof We looked at the correction notice in verse 17 notice the reason Let's look at it verse 17 that the man of God may be Perfect thoroughly furnished unto all good works by the way We're not talking about a perfect as a sinless man for there is none righteous no now one But perfect unto bearing fruit good fruit unto God fearing him following His commandments that he has not gotten rid of Works meet for the glory of him in our lives The word of God all scripture is for us to be reproved is for us to be corrected It's for us to be instructed, but it's also for so that we can answer those that come up with these false statements against us So here's a question after you Well, we believe That's how it's our bow our heads in our word of prayer I don't if I'll thank you Thank you so much for this night Lord. Thank you for the opportunity and the honor To be up here to speak to your word Lord. I pray that We would glean from the scriptures Lord. I pray for the Pozzarnski family Lord as they continue to Lead the satellite Lord that you would give them strength and courage and boldness As you have already done Lord just continue to keep them safe I pray for all the families here all the brothers and sisters Lord that you would give them grace and keep them safe I pray that we would believe and I pray that we would stand and we would not be afraid Lord no matter What comes against us? But you you have not left us alone Lord. We have you Thank you for who you are Lord. Thank you for the fellowship. I pray for the rest of the evening May it be glorifying to you in Jesus name amen


Okay folks, Larry Pesavito giving you the mid-afternoon update here at TFNN. We've got the stock market under some pressure. Bonds are incredibly under pressure. As usual, they keep going lower and lower, very close to major support at 12311 folks in that March Treasury bond. So sort of play attention to that one. It's going to be very, very interesting because we'll be switching over to the December here very, very shortly. I think just in a day or so that we'll be switching over. Crude oil is up a little bit after being lower. There's news that China is trying to negotiate a truce between the Ukraine and the Russian governments, and I want to wish them the very best of luck with that. A 12-step piece, I think it was involved. I read some of them and I said, gee, they seem a little far-fetched, but you never know. Stranger things have happened. The other thing to pay attention to today, folks, besides the Treasury bonds and Treasury notes, because much lower today and we're going to be looking at sharply higher rates, much, much higher than some people think. I don't know whether that's going to happen or not, but you know, folks, nobody else does either. The thing is to watch the Euro because we're getting, we're below 106.5 now. Unfortunately, I covered all my short positions from 108 and 19 and 110 down there at that 106 level. Now we're going to be able to see what's going to happen to it as we come into early March, which will be coming up very, very shortly. So that's what we're watching here today. I hope that helps. The gold market is still going lower, folks. We're getting really close to 1800. I think we're only about $14 away. That is a major ABCD pattern and also a 50% retracement. Remember, the 382 retracement came in at 1845, rallied for about six hours and then continued to go lower. And as we suggested, you know, once it went below 1838, that it was most probably going to be heading down to that level. And it gave you three or four really nice shorting opportunities if you would have been watching them relatively closely. So I hope these things help as we give you the mid-morning update. Now, one thing that we want to be looking at today also is the Japanese end, folks, and I'll be talking about that on my show coming up here in about three minutes. So stay tuned and we'll see what happens.<PHONE_NUMBER>.


to Human Humane Architecture here on Think Tech Hawaii. I am one of this program's co-hosts. I'm DeSoto Brown. I am the Bishop Museum Historian and Curator for the Archives Department and Bishop Museum here in Honolulu. And today I will be doing an episode for the Dokomomo Hawaii Organization. Dokomomo Hawaii is an international organization that studies and helps to preserve mid-century architecture of the 20th century. And today I'm going to be talking about something which is a real feature of the district of Waikiki and that is the international marketplace. The international marketplace in various forms has been around for a great many years and it's been through a variety of different versions. It's changed a lot. It's still with us but not in the way it was originally created. So let's get started on that story and to go to our first slide, there it is. And we're talking about the international marketplace. As I said these are, this is a logo from the 1960s as well as a map from for sure for the international marketplace from that time. The international marketplace if you go to Waikiki is something that you pretty much cannot avoid seeing or dealing with because it's right in the heart of Waikiki and therefore it's very prominent and there are thousands of pedestrians that are going past it and through it every single day. Next slide. So to tell you the story of the international marketplace, I have to go back to this particular map. His name was Don Gant, G-A-N-T-T. And he was from, as I remember, Louisiana. But he is famous for his persona, his commercial persona which was the name Don the Beachcomber. And Don the Beachcomber is one of the granddads, you might say, of the entire Tiki movement which resulted in bars, restaurants being created with a Tiki or Polynesian theme as well as starting a whole bunch of other sort of associated things. And today, Trader Vic and Don the Beachcomber, again, we recognize as the beginners of this entire situation or this entire movement. And they both got started in Los Angeles after the end of prohibition in the United States in 1934 when alcohol became legal again for people to sell and consume. And both of them started themed restaurants and bars which had, as I said, a Polynesian or what we would say today, Tiki theme in which they combined exotic elements from Hawaiian culture from various specific cultures as well as Asian cultures. They also created the entire genre of exotic cocktails. So here's two pictures of Don the Beachcomber. And Don the Beachcomber was, as I said, he started a restaurant and bar. He was involved in World War II and the Army. And after the war, he came to the Hawaiian Islands to start a branch of the Don the Beachcomber restaurant and bar here. So let's go to the next slide. And here is what he ended up choosing as his location. When he first got here in 1947, he tried to lease a piece of property which was located on Olimwana Boulevard in the location of what today is the Ilikai Hotel. But that fell through. And so he actually, this turned out to be a good thing because he set his sights on this piece of property instead. And what you're looking at is a historic photo from about 1910 of the Seaside Hotel. The Seaside Hotel is long gone from Waikiki, but for a long time it was a major hotel there. And in the photograph, you can see on the right, the main building of the Seaside Hotel, and then to the left, an open space with grass and with palm trees. You can see the fence around the tennis court on the far left. And then you can see the bungalows of the Seaside Hotel set further inland from this grassy area, which was right on Kalakawa Avenue and the brochure in the upper left corner is from the 1920s. And it shows again the same situation that I just showed you in this film. So keep your eye on that main building in the picture in the black and white photograph. And we'll go to the next picture and you'll see that this is what the Don Beachcomber situation looked like in 1952. Don leased it and constructed a group of buildings on this property in 1948. And in this picture you can see on the right just a little bit of that same that same building I just showed you as it looked in 1910. Well all of the thatched buildings, all of the Polynesian or Pacific looking buildings that you see on the left are obviously part of the Don the Beachcomber complex because it wasn't just one building. It was several buildings. They all were based upon some aspects of traditional Pacific cultures. But here's the important thing. None of this was supposed to be authentic. None of this was supposed to be the real thing. It was supposed to create a mood and be theatrical and be something to make you think you were somewhere different so that you'd have an enjoyable time when you were eating and drinking at Don the Beachcombers. Let's go to the next slide. And as I mentioned, Don the Beachcomber and Trader Vic were the men who invented the exotic cocktail. Now there had been cocktails before this, meaning mixed alcoholic drinks. And that's something that had been around for a good long time. But cocktails really became popular starting in the early 1900s. In the United States, it was a big break, as I said earlier, prohibition. That was the prohibition of alcohol being created and served and sold in the United States. And that lasted from 1920 all the way up to 1934. But then once that prohibition ended, everybody jumped back into alcohol consumption with great excitement. And Don the Beachcomber and Trader Vic created all these cocktails, first of all, which had funny, exotic names. Second of all, which were concoctions made of a number of different types of not only alcohol, but other types of flavorings. And these cocktails also were often garnished with little props, little things like paper umbrellas that we're very familiar with today, but swizzle sticks and other kinds of exotic things. And they combined all these different things, including sweet flavors, sour flavors, different types of alcohol, focusing a great deal on rum. And that's what they both became famous for. So in this slide that you see here, obviously, there are exotic drinks on the left-hand side. And there is a postcard photograph of a beautiful young woman sipping one of those Don the Beachcomber exotic cocktails at the bar in the original Don the Beachcombers. And then a drink coaster showing you that Don the Beachcomber is where you get the best drinks in town of that particular genre. Let's go to the next slide. So in 1948, as I said, Don the Beachcomber completed the construction of his first version of his restaurant and bar. And it consisted of several different buildings, with a lot of gardens around them, with decorative pool, water, with little bubbling water feature, etc. All to put you in the exotic mood when you stepped inside, you were taken away from reality. And Don truly believed that this is what people coming to the Hawaiian Islands should be offered. He really strongly believed everything should be like this here in the Hawaiian Islands for people who were tourists. So when Don the Beachcomber first opened, they had what was called, you today would refer to it as a soft opening, which he gradually put his services into effect. And as you can see in the advertisement on the left from the newspaper from 1948, he is serving lunches buffet style to get things started. Well, on the right is a picture of one of those setups for lunch in the Don the Beachcomber complex. And Don himself is in this photograph standing on the left, helping to serve his customers. And the food in these places was also exotic too. They did offer regular American style food because a lot of people were just going to want steaks and things like that. But the basis of Don's food was mostly Cantonese, Chinese food types. And he also not only served entire restaurants, but when you were being drinking all those exotic cocktails he gave you and served you poo-poo's as well, which also were quote, exotic unquote. Next slide. So the main building that you saw from the street from Kalakawa Avenue of the Don the Beachcomber business was this one. And this is not a restaurant and this is not a bar. It's actually a curio store or souvenir store. And as you could, you may remember in the photograph that I showed you first, the site already had a bunch of trees on it when Don decided leased it so that he could build his restaurant on it. Well, interestingly, if you look at the picture on the right, which is the interior of the curio store, just to the left of the two women who are on the right, the customer and the woman behind the counter, the saleswoman, you can see this sort of diagonal gray thing going up. That's actually the trunk of a coconut palm that was already growing on the site. The building was built around it. And so if we go back to look at the picture of the building, you can see that same palm tree sticking up through the roof. Now, obviously there's not really a lot of reason to do that, but it adds to the exotic ambience of the entire thing. And that's what Don was trying to achieve. Next picture. Don the Beachcomber was famous for the weekly, what was he calling it, the Feast of the Islands? He didn't call it a luau because people wouldn't necessarily know what that was, but it was the feast. And one of the things that he required, which again is very candy on his part. If you came to the Feast of the Islands, you were required to dress in some kind of Hawaiian or exotic clothing. So that's why in the photograph of the color picture of all of these happy party goers, you can see everybody's wearing a loha wear. That's like a costume party. Costume parties are fun because everybody gets to pretend they're somebody else and you get to do things that you wouldn't normally do because you're dressed differently, feel like a different person. That's what Don did. And again, incredibly successful at creating the ambience and the exotic atmosphere that made people have a good time. Next picture. So this, all of this in this original complex, which opened in 1947, had a very short life, short time period to be in existence, let's say, because the lease that Don was able to get was only for nine years. And that meant that it expired in 1956. The property this was built on is Queen Emma Estate, which also is called the Queen's Hospital property. And the money that is earned from the rental of this property goes to support Queen's Hospital, which was started by King Kamehameha IV and his wife, Queen Emma. So this is Queen Emma Estate property, but the property really extends much further back and includes a big chunk of white key. So towards the end of Don's lease, he got two very wealthy investors from the mainland involved. And they apparently went to the Queen Emma Estate with a proposal to start doing a lot more developing on their land in Waikiki. And so this was the inception of the International Marketplace. So it went from this small Don the Beachcombers complex next, let's go to the next slide, to the International Marketplace, which opened in 1957. And that is what is still in functioning today. Of course, it's been through a lot of different changes. But this is the site that had been Don the Beachcomber. In the photographs of the front of the International Marketplace that you see on the right here on this screen, the Don the Beachcomber property had been on the left. This now incorporated what had been the Seaside Hotel on the right. And that was the facade that was and still is on Kalakawa Avenue. And from the very beginning, the International Marketplace was the enlargement of Don the Beachcombers concept of an exotic place that took you away from reality. And it wasn't supposed to be an exact replica of anything elsewhere in the world. It was supposed to be like Disneyland, for example, or other theme parks, a place that was a fantasy. So in the initial stages of the International Marketplace, it was a lot more open to the street. And within its first few years, it got remodeled a lot so that it had a more distinctive facade that may really identify where the heck you were with a bigger sign. Next slide. So as I just said, the original architecture of the International Marketplace was really very, but throughout, it was supposed to be not commonplace. It was not supposed to look like you were just in a part of an American city. You were supposed to be thinking you were somewhere exotic. And so it incorporated aspects of Pacific culture, as well as Asian culture. It also featured a number of carvings in the initial carvings, which were based on real Pacific carvings from different indigenous cultures were done by a man named Edward Brownlee. So in the picture on the right, which was taken not long after the International Marketplace opened, you can see these big fantasy carvings that are not, again, strictly authentic to anything, but they are an exotic amalgamation that puts you in the mood of traveling to an exotic place. Next slide. Here's a map of the original International Marketplace. And if you look closely, you'll see that not only are there things which have Hawaiian or Polynesian or Pacific names, but there's also an Asian area. There's a Korean village and there's a Japanese area. And again, the architecture was varied. It incorporated a lot of mid-century modern types of aspects, but it also, again, was supposed to be like a little fancy theme part. Next picture. Well, obviously, in this setting of exoticism, you wanted to have a lot of Tiki's and you wanted to have a lot of exotic carvings. And so here are six photographs taken over the years of the original International Marketplace site showing you those different types of carvings. And not only are the, and then they had to be replaced, of course, from the time period from the 1950s because they all weathered. They were all made of wood. They faded, the paint faded, et cetera. So there were different artists who created different carvings at different times and they were sort of scattered around the rounds. Next slide. Not all of those were made, not all these carvings were made by the International Marketplace overall organization because some of them were connected to specific businesses. And so the hardwoods Hawaii store that you see here in these two photographs was featured this huge carving right in the front. I mean, look at how big that tree was. You think about how big that tree was if that's a solid piece of wood. And this particular carving is based on a famous one, which is the Ambition Museum, where I work. And it is the, it's a depiction of the Hawaiian god Ku. And that carving was used, the one Ambition Museum was used to inspire innumerable small other Tiki's, which became what everybody thinks a Hawaiian Tiki is supposed to look like. Well, here's a giant example. Next slide. Also a feature of the International Marketplace was the Banyantry, which was already growing on the site. And in 1957-58, Don the Beach Comer built a little tree house in it. And that was a private dining room for the Don the Beach Comer restaurant. You would go in there for a few hours, usually a couple, a whole dinner was provided to you and you could be entirely alone and private for that time period. After a few years, it was no longer a private dining room. It became a radio station broadcasting studio, which is very crazy. And then eventually it just became a, it just became an office for business purposes. But here are three different pictures of it over the years. And it was the first thing that you saw when you walked into the marketplace. Next picture. At the base of the Banyantry, which of itself was very exotic, strange looking for lots of Americans in particular, was a little water feature with an arched bridge over it with bamboo railings. And as you can see here, a lot of people like to pose on that bridge and have the picture taken with the fountain at their feet because, look, we're in the Hawaiian Islands. And look how exotic it is. Next picture. The original Don the Beach Comer, not the original International Marketplace, had this large open lawn. So there was not only a lot of vegetation, a lot of trees, a lot of shrubs, but there was an open grassy area, which was used not only for people to be able to walk around on, but also for demonstrations of different crafts and also Kula demonstrations. And unfortunately, that's all gone today because it's all been filled up, long since filled up, I might say. And in the next photograph, you'll see what was also based, was built around this open space. And again, as I said earlier, not a lot of authenticity here, but they weren't trying to be authentic. Again, they were trying to create a mood like Disneyland. So there are elements of modern architecture of the 1950s and 60s that are found throughout the United States, but it's also got thatching on it. It's also got, if you look in the picture on the lower left, you'll see that the garbage can even has a little special roof over it to add to the entire ambience of the place to go along with the ambience, along with those carvings, et cetera. But look at how much vegetation there is. It's a very pleasant looking place in its early years. Next slide. In addition to what I just showed you, there were not just restaurants, there was not just cars, there were not just stores, but there were a variety of businesses. And in the picture on the left, you see Diamond Head Sportswear, which of course is an aloha wear store, which was there for many, many years. It's in a modern building that's got concrete rafters, and it's not certainly a native looking building. But interestingly, the facade is entirely open, and there's only this bamboo gate that they would close at night when the restaurant, when the store was closed. And also you can see there was a car rental agency originally in the 1950s in the international marketplace. Let's go to the next slide. And one thing that struck people from the United States was how the merchandise in some places was just literally outdoors on racks with nothing over it. And that's crazy because in most parts of North America, it's too cold, it's too wet, it's too whatever to be able to do this. So selling clothes this way, and particularly these really bright colored aloha wear clothes that were uniquely associated with Boyi was something that caught a lot of people's attention. Next image. And something that was also that really got started and then really eventually took over were these kiosks, were these freestanding sort of push carts that were again supposed to be making you think you were in Asia or some other place where there were independent vendors like this. And this is something that you didn't find in the United States in any quantity at this point in the 1950s and 60s. So this part again was part of the exotic ambience is a way to purchase things that wasn't just like a shopping mall back in your hometown. Next image. Something else that was not unique but really was a draw was the free hula shows. And those went on for many years in the international marketplace as a way to lure people to come in, not just be on the street, but walk in so that there was something to look at and enjoy and it was there was no charge. And so lots of people not only enjoyed the shows and you can see how many people are watching in the picture on the right, but also took innumerable photos of these shows. So you got it ticed in by a hula show for free and then you might walk around it buy something. So it was a win-win for everybody. And this was again not the very first time the Royal Hawaiian Hotel had been staging free hula shows since the 1930s. But this is the first time it was being used in a retail setting. Next, I think by the early 60s, Don the Beachcomber was seeing that his entire sort of branding of exoticism was beginning to lose popularity to a degree. So in 1961, he leased the Don the Beachcomber's restaurant at the back of the international marketplace to a hui that featured Dukan, a Moku as a member. And the Don the Beachcomber's building was retitled the Dukan, a Moku supper club nightclub and restaurant and bar. And in the photograph on the right, you see Don the Beachcomber himself shaking hands with Dukan a Moku during the ceremonial turning over of his property to become Dukan a Moku's. And in the next picture, you'll see that the Dukan a Moku's nightclub is really very similar what Don the Beachcomber had already been doing in terms of the shows that it was putting on in terms of the food that it was offering. And again, this wasn't really, it was losing popularity in the 1960s as social things changed. But what really made a difference was, and let's go to the next picture, when Don Ho began performing in Dukan a Moku's. And suddenly this was a whole new type of Hawaiian show. It wasn't a romantic show. It wasn't a hula dancer's show. It was modern. It was more suggestive. Don the Beachcomber didn't have a lot of fun. But Don Ho was openly drinking. He was like Dean Martin. And his shows were sort of freewheeling and weren't doing a strict show schedule as had been happening before. This was exactly what Waikiki was looking for in the 1960s. And suddenly Don the Beachcomber's entire exoticism thing wasn't as important as somebody like Don Ho. Next picture. So what happened to the original international marketplace? Well, it was there for many, many years. But what happened was, it got filled up with buildings. The property in Waikiki was too expensive to lead as open space. So more and more vendors were crammed in. More and more buildings were built. It was the international marketplace was enlarged to go all the way to Kuhio Avenue on the Malka side. But it was a complete mishmash of buildings that were built so tightly and so many vendors that didn't even look like you could walk through the space. Plus all of those original buildings gradually fell into disrepair because they weren't kept up. So the buildings from the 50s got more and more disheveled and decrepit. The entire property was completely was shut down in the end of 2013. And everything was demolished except for some of the trees which were left in place. And the new international marketplace that is there today opened in 2016-2017. So the original one is gone. And it was there for many years looking very similar. But today it's been replaced by a modern entirely new shopping center which does not in fact try to rely on exoticism anymore. Next picture. Let's go to our last slide. So here's a way for us to remember the international marketplace and remember how significant it was in Waikiki's history and how many people not only saw it and were taken in by it but enjoyed its entire exotic ambience that was again fake. It was cultural appropriation if you want to put it that way. But it was very successful at creating the ambience of a tropical paradise. And in the picture of the upper picture on the left that again is the original Don the Beach Comers that I was showing you earlier. Started by Don himself who gradually was no longer involved over time through with the international marketplace anymore. And the picture on the lower right is the way the international marketplace looked for great many years even though it got more and more filled with stuff. That sign was there that was a distinctive sign that lots and lots of people took pictures of and saw as they walked around on the streets of Waikiki and got again taken in happily into this fantasy world that Don the Beach Comer created. Well it's not there anymore but we do have pictures like this to remind us of what it used to be. So that's the end of this week's program. Thank you all for joining me and watching. I hope you not only enjoyed that but you learned something about part of our history of tourism and the Waikiki district. I will be doing another presentation next week, another Doka-Momo presentation most likely. And until that time I'll be busy working on that. So I hope to see you again here on Think Tech Hawaii for more shows including the ones that I'm on, Human Humane Architecture and the Doka-Momo Hawaii shows. So thanks for joining me and see you again when you tune in again. Bye.


Four races in the books coming off of the COVID-19 layoff, and one more coming up which will be the fifth race in I believe 15 days for the NASCAR Cup Series. It's been fun, it's been crazy, there has been way too much rain. But we get to watch a race in Bristol on Sunday and there is no better way to cap off this really fun run. And it's going to be interesting for DFS too because it is radically different from what we had for Wednesday or I guess Thursday's race. So it's going to require recalibration of our minds and what we're seeking out from a roster construction perspective. So let's go through what we should be doing for the supermarket heroes four or 500. Welcome on into the heat check fantasy podcast powered by Number Fire. That's right here on the Fandall podcast network and numberfire.com. My name is Jim Sonnis. I am a senior writer and analyst here to break down the supermarket heroes 500 at Bristol. Once again the fifth NASCAR Cup Series race in 15 days. There is no race is upcoming Wednesday which is kind of heartbreaking to think about but there will be another one the following Sunday and I believe the Wednesday after that. So still a lot of racing coming up even if the the crazy crazy stretch is coming to an end with this Sunday's race. And it's a really good way to go out because if you have not watched a race at Bristol before you're in for a treat. It is basically like putting you know 40 cars in a blender and seeing what happens. That's effectively what Bristol is. It's called the The Last Great Coliseum. It's a huge high banked fast short track and those sound weird together but it leads to a lot of fun racing. So I'd recommend watching the race even if you decide maybe you don't want to play DFS for it because it is going to be an entertaining afternoon of racing. Locke is at 3 30 p.m. on Sunday. 3 30 p.m. Eastern I should say. Once again no qualifying and no practice for this race and we'll go through the implications of that in just a bit. But more good stuff coming up next week here on the Number Fire Daily Fantasy podcast feed. As mentioned we'll have another podcast for NASCAR for the following race after Bristol but also a UFC paper view event coming up next week. So make sure you check us out for that. If you're listening to this before Saturday you can also check out the UFC podcast we did with Austin Swame for the May 30th card. Check out Austin's thoughts on that here in this exact same feed and make sure you are subscribed to get all these podcasts right as they go live. Before we take a look at the track breakdown ever wonder what would happen if the Chicago Bears had drafted Patrick Mahomes or if Michael Vick played against Lamar Jackson. Well now you get to find out with Fandals football multiverse a new contest type consisting of Madden simulations around crazy what if scenarios. Each scenario will be streamed on YouTube and have an accompanying free to play fantasy game. This week in the multiverse what if the Jaguars had drafted to Shawn Watson instead of Leonard Fornette in 2017. Test your prediction skills and play a free DFS tournament for $3,000 in real prizes where Watson and the Fornettless Jags square off with the Indianapolis Colts. Head to Fandals.com slash NFL multiverse to enter and do not forget to subscribe and tune in to Fandals YouTube channel on Wednesday at 8 p.m. 8 p.m. Eastern to watch me and JJ Zacharyson call that game should be a whole lot of fun to see to Shawn Watson on the Jacksonville Jaguars. Let's dive into the track breakdown here for Bristol and the name of the game this weekend is lap sled because there are 500 laps in this race which means there are 50 points available for lap sled on Fandals and we're going to get multiple huge upside plays within this specific race. Now we're looking back at past history at Bristol it's important to note that they are running a different package than they ran last year. Last year the Cup Series had high spoilers on the cars that tracks like these and it made passing really tough and that does change the dynamic of the track. They're going back to a lower spoiler package for this year similar to what they had in 2017 and 2018 before that they didn't have stages and that does change things from a lap sled and a domination perspective so if we're trying to get our most representative sample of what to expect at Bristol we're going to focus on the four races in 2017 and 2018 at Bristol to decide how we should play things this weekend. In that four race span 10 drivers led at least 100 laps in a race that is an average of 2.5 drivers per race. There were 15 drivers who led at least 60 laps and three drivers led at least 200 laps which is 20 points on Fandal from that category alone so clearly we need to put a huge emphasis on that when building lineups.  The one tough thing to juggle here is the starting order. In those races the drivers who started first had major speed in qualifying or I'll say would not have won the pole and we saw that speed prior to the race. Three of the four pole setters had led at least 100 laps in the race and that was important and it made sense because they are fast in qualifying probably going to be fast in the race too. This year the pole setter will get that spot via a draw. They will set the field the same way they did before the first Darlington race. The top 12 cars and owner points will occupy the top 12 spots in the race but the order of those 12 spots will be set by a draw. Then the same thing for the cars 13th or 24th and owner points and so on and so forth. This means the driver starting on the pole may not have the fastest car on the track for that day. Instead the driver with the fastest car could be starting in theory 12. That makes things tougher for DFS because we have less information to go off of but we should give a major bump to the drivers who draw high starting spots. Of the 10 drivers to lead at least 100 laps in that sample seven of them started within the front three rows so first through sixth. Passing may not be super tough or at least as tough as it was last year but track position will still matter on this track and laps tick off and hurry. If you get the lead you're probably going to lead like 40 or so laps just because of how fast laps go by on this track. So you should account for where drivers start when making decisions. I do not think that means you need to write off a stud if he starts 12th though. The other three drivers who led at least 100 laps who started outside the top six started 10th 16th and 18th. Kyle Busch won and led more than 150 laps from the 18th starting spot once. So as long as the cars are fast they can still do it. It's just harder to do. Let's say your favorite driver for the race draws a 12 starting spot. It's a pretty big bummer. I would still be okay using them though. I would just use the wave strategy when doing so. There you would use someone starting higher in the order who can lead laps early on in case you didn't know what the wave strategy was. Didn't hear our call 600 podcasts. It's where you use drivers and waves. A wave one driver who can lead laps early on and a wave two driver who can lead laps a little bit later. There you can scoop up the points for laps led both early and late and still use the guy starting back in 12th spot. So laps led are a major emphasis and that's an easy thing to say. It's easy to look at you and say we want drivers who will lead laps. Well duh the problem is that it's super expensive. Drivers who lead laps generally aren't super cheap.  The first is that not every driver who lead laps will drain your salary cap. In the 2018 fall race the night race three drivers led 100 laps and they were all $11,000 or cheaper on Fandle. One of them was below $10,000. In last year's fall race Matt Di Benedetto led 93 laps. That was most in the entire race and he was in really bad equipment. If you see a mid-range driver starting near the front who can lead laps, awesome. Lock that driver in. That might let you get three lap leaders onto your roster which would be huge from another side perspective. If you're getting access to 40 points for laps led versus 30 or 20 that's going to make a big difference. So those mid-range drivers are a key to getting additional lap leaders on your roster. The other key to working around the salary cap is punting which is very much in play here. Punting works for two reasons at Bristol. The first is that equipment matters less so the pool of drivers who can get a good finish is larger because fewer drivers are crossed off due to bad equipment. Second there are going to be crashes especially with the smaller spoilers back in the car. In our four-race sample from 2017 to 2018 26.9% of the drivers who started the races finished at least 20 laps down. Every time one driver crashes, every driver behind them moves up a spot which is worth 1.5 Fando points when you account for the finishing points and for the place differential. So instead of finishing 25th someone might finish 18th just because of attrition in front of them and that can work at the right salary. So to me I think this gives us a pretty clear way to view drivers in each salary tier for this race. For the studs we need them to be able to lead laps. If there is a stud who you don't think can lead laps that's a pretty major opportunity cost and we don't want to take that on at a race where laps led are such a major focus and most of the lap leaders are going to come from somewhere near the front of the order. So that's why our studs probably should start pretty high and need to have the upside to lead a lot of laps. For the mid-range plays they're kind of swing guys. If they're up front and can lead laps awesome that is super attractive but if they're starting a little bit further back they can also work as long as you already have two lap leaders locked into your lineup. If you don't have those two lap leaders it's a much tougher sell to use mid-range drivers who are starting deeper back. There you might want to find the salary to jump up to someone a little bit more expensive who can lead laps and settle for a cheaper mid-range play beyond that. Then for the value plays the default hope is that they are starting further back so they can get place differential. The place differential is a lot easier to get at tracks where there are wrecks which there will be a Bristol and you can make up ground at this track you can make passes you can finish better than you start for sure. So I would shoot for place differential there are some teams with good drivers who are outside the top 24 and owner points and could start outside the top 30 even. So if we find cheap plays like that they're going to be really hard to pass up so shoot for place differential on the cheap guys unless you think they have the upside to lead laps. All right so recap here strategies for Bristol. Lap sled, lap sled, lap sled. I think that if you're feeling got a lineup and you don't have two dominators in that lineup two guys who could jump out front and lead a lot of laps you should reevaluate because that's the minimum I would say and if you can get three that is even better and three is generally a place that you get by using mid-range drivers who are starting near the front. You can use the waves strategy if necessary if you like a driver starting in you know 10th or 12th or something like that you can use them I would just pair them with someone starting closer to the front who can lead laps early on. Look for cheap drivers who can lead laps we'll go through a couple of them in our tier by tier breakdown and I'll pin points drivers who I think have the upside to do that. So I will note them look try to find those players so you can get additional lap sled upside in your roster and finally be willing to punt because punting is more viable here those drivers can finish better than they do at most tracks and we want access to extra upside and those really cheap drivers get us exactly that. So that's the strategy for Bristol let's take a look at some specific drivers who fit what we want by going tier by tier on Fandall starting off with Kyle Busch at $14,000 through Denny Hamlin at $12,000 Kyle Busch is if you look at just Bristol he's the clear top driver we just haven't seen the same speed from him this year. If we look at all eight races so far in 2020 Kyle Busch's led just 14 laps and he also kind of weirdly and this is strange to say and I'm acknowledging that it's weird to say but he struggled at the end of last year too even though he won the championship yeah he won Homestead but leading into that race there were questions about the speed for Kyle Busch. So if Busch were to start all the way at the front of the pack I would trust him as someone who could lead last because this is a different package than they've had at the other races maybe he's just had issues with that package but when they were at Phoenix the other race they've had with the low spoilers he ran really well sixth place average running position third place finish there I think that that that gives me a bit more confidence but I think that it's hard for me to be to view Kyle Busch as a must use play even if he starts up front just because the speed this year has been a bit questionable so if Busch draws a high number I will go there because I think that he is worth that but if he draws a lower number like if he draws 12 I'm okay being lower than consensus on Kyle Busch despite the elite history that he has at this track interestingly enough uh rubbing my model this morning after adding in last night's race the top guy in my model is Brad keselowski he is $12,300 and I'm pretty okay with being high on him and I think that the reason that I sound surprised is because my model doesn't usually like keselowski that much because he doesn't dominate races all that often and that really gives a boost to drivers in the eyes of my model because we want lad sled we want guys who are running up front and winning races keselowski doesn't do that he does run well at Bristol though even if the finishes don't back that up he had a top six average running position and led at least 40 laps in both races here last year the form is obviously good for keselowski too because he won the first charlotte race finished seventh last night sixth place average running position at phoenix using the same package and I think that that's enough to get me to buy in as with everybody else starting up front my interest in keselowski will depend on where he draws but I do think it is worth noting that I'm higher on keselowski than I usually am entering a race the penski cars last year were just elite at this track so I want to buy into them it is a different package and I acknowledge that but using this new package this year it was Joey Logano who won and we didn't get to see what what Ryan Blaney could do but penski won that race so I'm still on them despite the change in package overall I'm high on penski Brad keselowski is included in that this is a good track for chase Elliott too he is in this tier he is at a top five average running position in two of the past three Bristol races Kevin Harvick benefits from this being a track in the old package where his driving style is better accentuated where he drives super deep into corners that's better at a track like this where there's more off throttle time than when he's at a faster track so it's a tough tier to rank for sure but if I had to rank them based on how interested I would be if they were to all draw at the front somehow they can't obviously but if they were to do that I go keselowski first once you consider a salary Elliott would be second then Harvick third Kyle Busch fourth Denny Hamlin fifth and Martin Truex junior sixth I just generally think we should be high on Brad keselowski at $12,300 let's move now to the second tier on Fandle that is Joey Logano at $11,700 through Jimmy Johnson at $10,000 and in this tier it's worth noting that Johnson will be starting between 13th and 24th and that's going to make it hard for him to lead laps and he's kind of in the range where I'd prefer him to be a lap leader over a place differential guy so I'm not inclined to be super into Johnson right now unless he draws like 24th and there are two clear lap leaders I like elsewhere than maybe I can get there but Johnson is going to be lower in this tier to me just because his ability to dominate and lead laps is going to be lower than everybody else in this range the others in this range are all starting in the top 12 spots and two of those drivers are Penske drivers and as mentioned I love Penske for this race and they're going to lead this tier for me those two guys driving for Penske in this range are Joey Logano at $11,700 and Ryan Blaney at $10,300 and both those drivers have awesome histories at Bristol. Logano has led at least 95 laps in two of the past three Bristol races and that means he has done this in both the lower spoiler package and the higher spoiler package which bodes well for Sunday when they go back to the lower spoiler. Logano has had a top eight average running position in six of the past 11 Bristol races and that includes three top five marks and that's a race winning strength number if you have a top five average running position you are a contender to win that race. As for Ryan Blaney the stats don't always show up this is arguably his best track Blaney has led 100 or more laps in three of the past four Bristol races in one of those he wrecked while leading so not going to finish there but he has had a top eight average running position in five straight Bristol races two top five marks in that span as well and Blaney actually leads all drivers in the field in the current form only part of my model and I think that's super interesting because he was good both in the old package and this one I think that Blaney is a great bet to win. Odds were not up at Fandals Sportsbook as of this recording but Blaney is also cheap for DFS at $10,300. I was talking in the track breakdown about trying to find mid-range drivers who can lead laps and win Ryan Blaney is the guy I was thinking of when I was talking about $10,300 upside to win a lot of laps led in his past in this track so Logano and Blaney are going to set a top my ranking in this tier before the qualifying draw but Ryan Blaney is specifically a really intriguing to monitor for Sunday's race. Kurt Busch is here too he is 10-6 there are lots of similarities between Kurt Busch and Ryan Blaney where they could be cheap sources of laps led so I'm going to rank this tier Ryan Blaney one Joey Logano two Kurt Busch three Alex Bowman four and Jimmy Johnson five the Hendrick cars a little bit lower my list I've loved the speed so far this year and I'm not off them but I've seen other teams do really well with this track type before so I'm going to gravitate towards them over the hot Hendrick cars the middle tier on Vanduul is Eric Jones at $9,600 and Eric Alma or through Eric Almerola and Matt Kenseth at 8,000 the two guys in this tier who will draw within the top 12 spots are Almerola and Matt DiBenedetto. DiBenedetto almost won this race last year as mentioned before he led 93 laps fifth place average running position in that race and that was while he was in bad equipment now he is in the same equipment as Blaney, Keselowski and Logano you transfer Woodbrothers racing but the way that team is described is that they are a Penske team with a separate Twitter account so he's basically a Penske teammate so if DiBenedetto were to draw really well within those top 12 spots you can bet I would give him a lot of thought even though it is risky to use a cheaper play starting at the front because you have less safety up there but DiBenedetto has the upside to win and if not he could still get a really good finish so I've been wrong on DiBenedetto at times this year I've whiffed a couple of times but he's also paid off a couple of times he could still get at least a really good finish I like DiBenedetto a lot and I can definitely see myself going here especially for tournaments probably not for cash games but for tournaments sign me up for DiBenedetto the other guys in this tier who I think have a shot to win are Eric Jones and Clint Boyer Jones is $9,600 Boyer is $9,000 and both those drivers are going to start between 13th and 24th the reason that I'm not as off of them as I was off of Jimmy Johnson is that they're all cheaper so opportunity cost is lower Boyer is $1,000 cheaper Jones $400 cheaper and Jones has been really good at this track he led 260 laps and finished second here in 2017 he was also top 5 in 2018 and both those races in 2017 and 2018 were in rules packages similar to what we'll have this weekend Boyer has four straight top eight finishes and three straight top 10 average running positions at this race he even led 120 laps in one of those so this is a really good tier I think that if DiBenedetto draws high if he draws well enough to lead laps I think I would rank him first in this tier otherwise if he's in the back half of the top 12 I still like him but I probably favor Jones and Boyer uh going with Jones over Boyer just because I think that the the safety in them would be intriguing there for sure I so I think that that's the way I'm viewing these two I think that DiBenedetto Jones Boyer all of the upside to win William Byron and Matt Kenseth are in play just a little bit lower on my list entering the weekend the value plays here are Ryan Newman at $7,700 through Ricky Stannis Jr at $6,200 and here we find some really cheap plays and they're all starting between 13th and 24th my favorite driver in this tier is Tyler Redick and this is the first cup race at Bristol for Redick but he did win here in the Xinnity series last year and he was second in the other race last year in the Xinnity series Redick has also proven how well he can handle himself in the cup series of late he has a top 14 average running position in five of the past six races and one of those races was at Phoenix using the lower spoilers they will have this weekend Redick is $7,300 that means we do not need him to lead laps in order to pay off so he is a driver I will likely use regardless of where he draws between 13th and 24th you could use a similar line of thinking and talk yourself into John Hunter Nemechek who is $6,400 Nemechek did not win at Bristol in the Xinnity series but in nine races there between Xinnity and Shrux he has five top five finishes and he has also been outrunning his equipment in the cup series of late he had really impressive runs in both Darlington and Charlotte coming off of the layoff and that was those were at tracks where equipment matters more than it does at Bristol there is risk here because Nemechek will start in the top 24 and his equipment is not on par with a lot of drivers up there but I think he is a legitimate threat for a top 10 finish so two of the rookies in this tier Tyler Redick and John Hunter Nemechek are going to be really solid value plays we would want them to draw toward the back of this range if we could get them but hey if they draw 13th I'm still going to consider them because they are that good and that worthy of our respect and admiration with how they've run so far this year Chris Buscher, Austin Dillon, Ryan Newman they have all had good runs at this track in the past Buscher had an 11th place average running position in the spring race last year in worse equipment Newman was ninth from an average running position in that race so all them would be options if they were to draw 20th to 24th I just wanted to highlight that Redick and Nemechek specifically are really easy to love for this race the punting tier on Fandals Christopher Bell at $6,000 on down and everyone in this tier is starting 25th or lower so we can rank them straight up and see who has the best place differential upside my two favorites personally are Bubba Wallace and Christopher Bell and Bubba's equipment is terrible because he's had break issues two of the past three races he had break issues at Poconoa a couple years ago and that's concerning because it is something we cannot control it is something he cannot control and we don't want to have a lack of control when playing DFS but Bubba is a good driver and that shows up at Bristol he has had a top 17 average running position in two of his four cup series races here he even led a couple of green flag laps in one of them the equipment breaking is a risk here still but I'm willing to take that risk thanks to the finishing potential that Bubba does have so it's a risk because the the car is bad but the driver is good and I want to bind the drivers at this track for Christopher Bell the equipment is less of a concern it's definitely not great but it was in this car that Deepin Adetto finished second last year Bell was also awesome in Charlotte with back-to-back top 15 average running positions so the equipment came through there and Bell dominated on concrete and the Xfinity series he won two races at Dover he won one at Bristol another runner-up spot at Bristol to boot so he's 6,000 Bubba is $5,000 they are my favorite drivers down here by a pretty wide margin if you want extra access to lap lead lean on those two guys get yourself extra flexibility because I think the finishing potential here is good we want as many laps lead as possible in each of our rosters I would also mention that Ryan Priest is a good option at $5,000 Ty Dillon could get the job done so you've got punting options and I'm very very willing to go down here regularly to get more access to lap lead so Bell Bubba my top two options Priest and Ty Dillon other guys I would turn to at $6,000 or lower in order to get access to more lap lead let's finish up here today with our picks to win for Bristol one guy above $10,000 on Fando one guy below I don't usually pick Brad keselowski because again my model is lower on him I don't like the fact he doesn't dominate so I don't tend to pick him I am going to pick him here though just because I feel like when my model is high on someone it's not usually high on I feel like that's extra noteworthy so keselowski my pick to win above $10,000 but again broadly high in all Penske cars which brings us to the guy below $10,000 which is Matt DiBenedetto he'll be my pick to win down there starting up front awesome in Bristol last year good driver better equipment now he's had in his entire life so Brad keselowski and Matt DiBenedetto my two picks to win for Bristol this weekend but just in general buy all the Penske stock you possibly can before this race that is all the time that we have for today I am excited to see how things play out on Sunday it should be a really fun race and should be good for DFS too once again make sure you are subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed wherever you get your podcast we are on Spotify Apple podcast Stitcher you name it you can find us and if you like what you hear or if you win some money playing DFS make sure you leave us a rating 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Presenting Neuro Radiology Case 9. This was a 28-year-old male who came with left-sided headaches since one month and imbalance while walking. There was no history of trauma and on examination there was no focal neurological deficit. So an MRI of the brain was performed. These are T1 weighted axial images of the brain in the region of the posterior fossa which show that there is a round to oval lobulated lesion in the region of the right cp-angle system. It appears hyper intense on T1W images. These are axial T2 weighted images which show that the lesion also appears hyper intense on T2W images. It is causing mass effect over adjacent portion of the brainstem and cerebellar peduncles. The seventh aid nerves are seen to pass through the lesion in its intrasternal portion on thin T2W images. There is no extension of the lesion into the right internal auditory mediators and there is no widening of the IM. No restricted diffusion seen within the lesion. On left hand side these are Fatsat images which show that there is a complete signal drop within the lesion on Fatsat images and on post-contrast study no enhancement is seen within it. So considering these imaging findings this is likely to be a cp-angle lipoma. Lipomas are common elsewhere in the body but are rare in this location. So cp-angle lipomas account for about 0.15%. They are common in the supratentorial region mostly in the midline commonly seen in the region of the corpus callosum. The corpus callosum lipomas being common. These can cause slowly progressive neurological symptoms and signs due to affection of the adjacent cranial nerves or due to mass effect over the brainstem. The seventh aid nerves pass through the intrasternal portion of the lipoma and the intravestibular lesions can cause sensory neural hearing loss. On MRI these appear hyperintens on both T1 and T2W images and on Fatsat images they will show a complete signal drop. Also chemical shift artefact can be seen on cis or fiesta images and no enhancement is seen within the lipoma.  There are many lesions which are seen in the cp-angle system but few of them appear hyperintense on T1W images. Few of them are white epidermoid. This is a type of an epidermoid which usually appears hyperintense on T1W images due to its contents but these will show restricted diffusion on DW images unlike lipomas. In the cp-angle acoustic schwannomas are a common lesion but sometimes they may have hemorrhage within them and then they will appear hyperintense on T1W images. Though the entire lesion will not be hyperintense and have heterogeneous signal on T1 and T2W images. Another possibility is a dermoid but usually dermoids are midline and in addition to fat they have other components also. Thank you.