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One New Man!

Is God color blind when it comes to His creation? Is being a Jew more special than being a Gentile? Joshua and Caleb join their newly established Lobstermen crew in analyzing the makeup of the 1st Century Church of Acts. Also, the gang takes part in a moving memorial to the ultimate One New Men.

Air dates: 2025-Aug-06

Production Code: 2518

Duration: 28:30

Episode 2 of 10 in the series “The Lobstermen”

Year: 2025

[CC] Closed Captioned

Transcript

Caption transcript for The Lobstermen: “One New Man!” (2/10)

  • 00:01 male announcer: Today on "The Lobstermen." Bubba Lee: Spin it across the top, and then the magic stop.
  • 00:09 Joshua Colson: Lobster sushi. Jake Lee: I like to cook my bacon.
  • 00:11 Joshua: You like--wait is that pork?
  • 00:13 I'm a Jew going to catch lobsters.
  • 00:15 That's doubly un-kosher.
  • 00:17 Joshua: God called the Jewish people to bring salvation to
  • 00:20 the world.
  • 00:21 By the blood of Yeshua, the Gentiles can be grafted into the
  • 00:25 Commonwealth of Israel.
  • 00:26 We're all part of the kingdom of heaven and one new man.
  • 00:29 Ryan Economy: Bearded Bible Bros!
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  • 01:20 Mike Ferland: I had told the guys from the beginning that
  • 01:23 Maine is a very difficult place to evangelize.
  • 01:27 It's second or third most difficult place in the United
  • 01:30 States to evangelize, and having pastored here for 14 years, I
  • 01:34 know the difficulties and the challenges with it.
  • 01:36 Israel Hanna: Let me just walk over there by myself for a
  • 01:38 minute and let's see what's--kind of feel it out.
  • 01:41 Where does he want us to go?
  • 01:43 Israel: Well, I'm an evangelist.
  • 01:44 If I talk to ten people, 10 people I'll pray
  • 01:47 with, literally.
  • 01:48 Here, half of the people said they didn't want to hear it.
  • 01:51 That's hardly ever happened to me.
  • 01:53 Israel: So, are you guys Christians by any chance?
  • 01:55 Do you believe in Jesus or not really?
  • 01:57 Israel: And it breaks my heart to hear someone say, "I don't
  • 02:01 want to hear the good news of Jesus Christ."
  • 02:04 Joshua: It's called "Bearded Bible Brothers."
  • 02:05 We normally teach from Israel and we show about history and
  • 02:07 stuff like that from the biblical era and talk about that
  • 02:10 kind of stuff and--
  • 02:11 male: All right, I'll let you go and do your--
  • 02:13 Joshua: It was good talking with you, yeah, yeah.
  • 02:16 Mike: Nice to meet you. Thank you.
  • 02:18 Caleb Colson: Good morning. What are all these things here?
  • 02:21 Zoe Mason: I have an herb farm so I make teas and dry a bunch
  • 02:25 of herbs and then I make all sorts of things.
  • 02:27 Caleb: Stuff my wife would know about.
  • 02:29 I don't know anything about.
  • 02:31 Israel: We're Christians.
  • 02:33 Are you a Christian by any chance?
  • 02:35 Russell: I'm a Christian, yeah. I don't go to church anymore.
  • 02:38 Israel: Yeah, me neither.
  • 02:39 We don't either because of what the church has
  • 02:41 become, unfortunately.
  • 02:42 Russell: I went to church for a long time, then I just didn't
  • 02:44 want to go anymore.
  • 02:45 Israel: I know because-- Russell: There's no point in it.
  • 02:46 Israel: It's very true.
  • 02:48 It's about having a relationship with him.
  • 02:49 Zoe: Yeah, I'll just put a little dab on your hand.
  • 02:51 Oh, I really like your ring.
  • 02:54 Caleb: You do? Zoe: You speak Hebrew?
  • 02:56 Caleb: I know a few words, but I don't speak it.
  • 02:58 Zoe: I speak Hebrew.
  • 03:00 I lived in Israel for like nine years.
  • 03:02 Caleb: Did you really? I go to Israel all the time.
  • 03:04 Zoe: Really?
  • 03:06 Caleb: I had no idea I would meet another Jew here.
  • 03:08 Russell: I have a higher power.
  • 03:10 Israel: Higher power, that's a sobriety term.
  • 03:12 Russell: It is a sobriety term.
  • 03:13 Israel: What do you got--how many years?
  • 03:15 Russell: Not too many. Israel: I got 44.
  • 03:17 Russell: 44, well, that's a great start.
  • 03:20 Israel: A good start, anyway.
  • 03:21 Caleb: We are believers in Yeshua Jesus and that's kind of
  • 03:24 our--we like to teach the Jewish side of things to Christians.
  • 03:27 These are what our traditions were and the processes of what
  • 03:30 he was doing, so--
  • 03:31 Zoe: Yeah, and get a little bit of that background.
  • 03:33 Caleb: Exactly.
  • 03:34 Zoe: I mean, Jews don't really want people to convert.
  • 03:36 Caleb: I understand, which is sad because one of the things we
  • 03:40 teach is Jews were called to be a light unto the Gentiles.
  • 03:42 That was our moniker.
  • 03:44 Zoe: I think Jews should work through action to like show that
  • 03:48 they want like, yeah, change in the world.
  • 03:51 I feel like that's a really important like base to Judaism.
  • 03:55 Israel: Russell, you gotta want it.
  • 03:56 And do you want it this time?
  • 03:57 This is your last time, you know.
  • 03:59 Russell: I hope so. Israel: All right, bye-bye.
  • 04:00 Caleb: It's not that we're trying to manipulate people.
  • 04:02 These aren't any tricks.
  • 04:04 We don't come prepared with a script.
  • 04:05 This is just the Holy Spirit leading us in the moment to
  • 04:08 learn more about these people.
  • 04:09 And when we do, they want to learn more about us.
  • 04:12 Caleb: She's from Israel.
  • 04:13 Israel: You're from Israel? My name is Israel.
  • 04:17 I've been in Israel 25 times.
  • 04:18 We've traveled there quite a bit.
  • 04:20 Caleb: He's my buddy. We travel together.
  • 04:22 Israel: So, you are from Israel?
  • 04:23 Zoe: Well, actually I'm from Maine.
  • 04:24 I grew up in Maine.
  • 04:26 And then I moved to Israel when I was 23, I guess.
  • 04:29 Israel: So, what is your name? Zoe: My name is Zoe.
  • 04:32 Caleb: Zoe? Israel: Zoe.
  • 04:33 Caleb: I'm Caleb. Zoe: Caleb, nice to meet you.
  • 04:35 Israel: And Israel.
  • 04:37 See, Zoe, we pray for people all over the world that God will
  • 04:42 prosper in your hands and bless your business.
  • 04:44 Can we pray for you? Would that be all right?
  • 04:47 Zoe: You can bless my business. Caleb: Yes, we will do.
  • 04:49 Israel: So, Father God, we ask you to bless Zoe, to prosper the
  • 04:53 work of her hands.
  • 04:55 Israel: It was such a joy meeting her and the spirit that
  • 04:58 she had.
  • 05:00 I got a chance to pray for her business and she really
  • 05:02 appreciated that and because she's in business trying to earn
  • 05:05 a living.
  • 05:06 Israel: So, she's sowing those seeds in us, so we ask that you
  • 05:09 would bless these seeds that she's sowing and help her and
  • 05:13 give her good health.
  • 05:15 What you're already doing, but help her with any areas of her
  • 05:18 life that she needs healing in today.
  • 05:20 Caleb: No one ever turns us down when we say, "Can we pray a
  • 05:23 blessing over you?"
  • 05:24 Everybody wants a blessing, so it blessed us that we had this
  • 05:28 opportunity worlds away, the worlds came together in this
  • 05:32 special situation because it's God ordained.
  • 05:34 Israel: Thank you, Zoe. Have a great day.
  • 05:36 Zoe: Keep up the good work. Caleb: Well, thank you.
  • 05:40 Caleb: Guys, look, I found it. Plymouth Rock.
  • 05:44 Mike: No, Caleb, this isn't Massachusetts.
  • 05:46 This is Rockland, Maine, not Plymouth Rock.
  • 05:50 Caleb: Well, what's so cool about Rockland, then?
  • 05:51 Mike: Interesting fact, a group of notorious Muslims have come
  • 05:55 through Rockland back in a date that most people probably don't
  • 05:59 remember, on September 11, 2001.
  • 06:03 The day before in September 10, the group of hijackers that were
  • 06:07 part of 9/11 actually stopped in Rockland and bought some gear at
  • 06:14 Radio Shack.
  • 06:15 Caleb: What's Radio Shack?
  • 06:16 No, I'm just joking.
  • 06:18 Mike: Oh my gosh, you're not that young.
  • 06:19 Caleb: If I were a terrorist, I wouldn't go to Radio Shack.
  • 06:22 I would go someplace cool like Jihads"R"Us, you know?
  • 06:27 Caleb: You never know who you're gonna meet.
  • 06:28 I mean, I was walking around, I ran into an Israeli lady and
  • 06:32 she's like, "You're Jewish?"
  • 06:33 "Yeah, I'm Jewish," and I got to talk to her about what we do and
  • 06:36 what would happen if someone would have ran into two of those
  • 06:38 9/11 hijackers and told them about Yeshua?
  • 06:41 Israel: You know, I can't believe you guys are mentioning
  • 06:43 9/11 because I took a team of men down the Mississippi River
  • 06:47 2,350 miles back in 1999 on September 11 to proclaim
  • 06:52 judgment's coming to America.
  • 06:54 And that two years later on that same exact day and the exact
  • 06:58 hour the twin towers went down, our message is important because
  • 07:01 repentance is still needed in this land.
  • 07:04 Caleb: And I don't think that there's a much of a difference
  • 07:06 whether you're a Jew or Gentile, or Muslim.
  • 07:09 Everybody needs repentance.
  • 07:10 Everybody needs to come to Yeshua.
  • 07:12 Israel: And that's our common ground.
  • 07:13 That actually makes us one.
  • 07:15 Caleb: One new man.
  • 07:16 Joshua: It's scary to go up to a stranger with a word that you
  • 07:18 feel God has for them.
  • 07:19 It's scary to risk the rejection, but what is the
  • 07:22 absolute worst thing that could happen if you're wrong?
  • 07:25 Simply that, rejection.
  • 07:26 But see, you're not presenting yourself on behalf of you and
  • 07:29 you're not going on behalf of your thoughts.
  • 07:31 You're going on behalf of the Lord.
  • 07:33 Use him as the scapegoat.
  • 07:34 "Hey, I really felt like I was supposed to reach out today.
  • 07:36 Is there anything I can pray for you about?"
  • 07:38 If they say no? "God, well that's on you.
  • 07:40 You owe me an ice cream."
  • 07:41 Caleb: And I think the only way that we're really gonna learn
  • 07:43 and teach our audience how to witness to the lost is by going
  • 07:47 to catch more lobsters, yeah?
  • 07:49 Joshua: Like on the boat?
  • 07:51 Caleb: Like on a boat, like fishing on a boat.
  • 07:52 Joshua: I wanna go eat a lobster.
  • 07:53 Caleb: Okay, let's go.
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  • 08:08 Caleb: That looks delicious. Josh Lee: So this is pig hide.
  • 08:12 Caleb: This is pig? Josh: This is.
  • 08:13 Caleb: We finally found our pig. We went hog hunting earlier.
  • 08:17 We couldn't find a hog.
  • 08:19 Yeah, buddy!
  • 08:21 We already got 500 lobster. We beat you.
  • 08:25 Josh: So, we'll take two of these irons.
  • 08:27 Caleb: Yep, thank you, sir.
  • 08:29 Josh: About 14, we'll stuff in there.
  • 08:32 Caleb: What are they called? Josh: Pogies.
  • 08:35 Bubba: What we do is we just knit it across the top,
  • 08:39 that'll--then spin it, and then through it.
  • 08:44 Then the magic stop.
  • 08:45 Joshua: Oh, lobster sushi. Bubba: You try that one.
  • 08:50 Joshua: All right. Bubba: I usually don't do this.
  • 08:53 Joshua: So that's why you're still better at it than me?
  • 08:54 Bubba: I have the crew do it. Joshua: Got it.
  • 08:58 Bubba: You watch out.
  • 08:59 Joshua: You know, it's crazy because we know how to reap the
  • 09:01 benefits by going down to Red Lobster and eating it, right?
  • 09:04 But this right here, the whole process is brand new to us and
  • 09:07 it can feel overwhelming.
  • 09:09 And I think a lot of people feel overwhelmed when it comes to the
  • 09:12 idea of evangelism because a lot of people are used to the final
  • 09:15 product, sitting in a church pew listening to pastor.
  • 09:18 It's really easy to hear him talk about it, right?
  • 09:20 He's the professional.
  • 09:22 It's easy for me to watch these guys making these bait traps
  • 09:25 right here, luring the lobster in, catching 'em.
  • 09:28 They can literally do it in their sleep.
  • 09:30 But here's the difference, evangelism, it's just about
  • 09:32 sharing the love of Christ.
  • 09:35 It's not necessarily a process that says, "Okay, this person's
  • 09:38 35, they're Muslim, and they're this, so you have to say A, B,
  • 09:41 and C."
  • 09:42 And I think people get caught up in that concept, right?
  • 09:44 They think "I'm under-qualified, I don't know enough theology."
  • 09:48 Joshua: Don't predetermine that God can't do something.
  • 09:49 You're not God, right?
  • 09:51 That's not your job, it's not your responsibility, but if
  • 09:53 you're doing that, you're not operating out of faith.
  • 09:55 And so, you're only gonna get the results that you
  • 09:57 can determine.
  • 09:58 You've already determined this is gonna fail.
  • 09:59 It failed, wow.
  • 10:01 Welcome to you using your faith for failure instead of
  • 10:03 for success.
  • 10:05 Joshua: Every time that God has placed somebody in front of me
  • 10:07 that he wanted to share the gospel to, it was simply about
  • 10:10 me listening first and then giving his love second.
  • 10:13 Reminding them that no matter where they're at in their life,
  • 10:17 they matter to God.
  • 10:19 Asking them, "What can I pray with you about?"
  • 10:21 Something simple, "Is there something in your life that you
  • 10:23 need healing or help in?
  • 10:24 Because God cares about you," and that always opened the door.
  • 10:27 And then the most simple process of all at the very end was
  • 10:30 accepting him, verbally speaking with your mouth, believing in
  • 10:34 your heart that he's your Lord and Savior.
  • 10:36 And then you're saved.
  • 10:38 Significantly easier than lobstering, although these guys
  • 10:41 over here would tell me maybe not because they've done it so
  • 10:43 much, but even y'all guys, correct me if I'm wrong, first
  • 10:45 time you ever did it, were you amazing at it?
  • 10:48 I know you had to go back to eight years old.
  • 10:50 Bubba: I probably was amazing.
  • 10:52 Joshua: Okay, he was probably-- Bubba was amazing when
  • 10:53 he first started.
  • 10:54 Jake: I had to learn the hard way.
  • 10:56 Joshua: We've all had--we've all started at different positions
  • 10:58 and all of us have different skills and gifts, right?
  • 11:00 But we're always supposed to be out there and be ambassadors, be
  • 11:03 lobstermen for Jesus, hauling in these traps.
  • 11:06 And look, for here this is the bait, right?
  • 11:09 Delicious lobster sushi.
  • 11:10 I have no idea what this is.
  • 11:15 Tastes kind of gross, but the lobsters love it, right?
  • 11:19 So, we're good.
  • 11:21 Jake: I like to cook my bacon.
  • 11:22 Joshua: You like to--well, you know.
  • 11:24 Wait, is that pork?
  • 11:26 Oh my goodness, this is so good.
  • 11:28 I'm a Jew that just put raw pork in my mouth.
  • 11:31 Going to catch lobsters, that's doubly un-kosher, but
  • 11:34 because God saved us, there we go.
  • 11:38 Caleb: Yeah, do you remember how many he put in there?
  • 11:39 Josh: Two at a time, up to 12.
  • 11:41 Caleb: So, this is usually the pace he need to go at, right?
  • 11:44 Josh: That's right, yes.
  • 11:45 Caleb: Are you saying that--
  • 11:47 Josh: Oh no, I'm just saying it was the whole--this
  • 11:49 whole process.
  • 11:50 Caleb: Okay.
  • 11:53 Caleb: Wouldn't you like to stop blowing monthly fees on
  • 11:55 pagan entertainment?
  • 11:57 Well, how about spreading the gospel of Yeshua while getting a
  • 12:00 bunch of cool stuff?
  • 12:02 Joshua: Heck yeah.
  • 12:03 Caleb: Then join the Bearded Bible Bonanza on Patreon where
  • 12:05 you'll see the brothers continue their teachings with
  • 12:08 never-before-aired content that pagans don't want you to see.
  • 12:11 God bless their souls.
  • 12:15 Joshua: We are in one of the most beautiful spots in Maine.
  • 12:18 And this spot right here in Damariscotta Lake is very
  • 12:21 important because it's been in Mike and Becky's family for a
  • 12:24 very long time.
  • 12:25 When you stand here in the sun setting and all you can see is
  • 12:28 the water and the pine trees and hear the wind rustling, it makes
  • 12:31 you want to do the only thing that even makes sense as a man:
  • 12:35 go catch an animal so that you can eat it later: fishing.
  • 12:41 Ryan: Before we started fishing, there was an incident
  • 12:44 where Israel and our director, Nick, were about to canoe and
  • 12:48 get some cool footage.
  • 12:57 Israel: Oh no.
  • 12:58 Ryan: And then I hear a big splash and it sounded like
  • 13:03 a three year old girl screaming.
  • 13:05 [indistinct]
  • 13:11 Israel: Oh no.
  • 13:12 Ryan: Then I look over, it's just Nick, our director.
  • 13:16 Lucky he was doing good. He was in a good spirit.
  • 13:18 I had to spare a hoodie I could loan him, and he
  • 13:20 stayed positive.
  • 13:22 That's what the coolest thing about this whole crew--is that
  • 13:23 everyone's like very positive.
  • 13:30 Joshua: We are the Lobstermen--and woman.
  • 13:34 Ryan: Bearded Bible Bros!
  • 13:38 male: Ephesians 2:11 through 13, "Therefore, keep in mind that
  • 13:42 once you--Gentiles in the flesh--were called
  • 13:45 "uncircumcision" by those who called "circumcision" [which is
  • 13:49 performed on flesh by hand].
  • 13:51 At that time you were separate from the Messiah, excluded from
  • 13:54 the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of
  • 13:57 promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • 14:00 But now in Messiah Yeshua, you who once were far off have been
  • 14:05 brought near by the blood of Messiah."
  • 14:08 Joshua: Yeah, guys, this is exactly what I've needed after
  • 14:13 all of this mayhem we've already been through.
  • 14:15 And by what I needed, I mean some kind of culture and class
  • 14:18 in the boat.
  • 14:19 Israel, have you ever met Dara before?
  • 14:21 Israel: We just met earlier.
  • 14:23 Joshua: If you're watching this, our camaraderie chronicles was
  • 14:25 an amazing series where Mike and I traveled from Texas to Maine
  • 14:29 and we journaled the entire experience, but when we got
  • 14:32 here, Dara hosted us for a Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  • 14:35 event where I got to speak to some high school kids and talk
  • 14:38 to them about the love of Yeshua and some of the experiences that
  • 14:41 happened in my life as I've gone along my journey with Christ and
  • 14:44 it was an amazing thing, and I hear that you're a
  • 14:48 wicked-good fisherwoman?
  • 14:50 So you had to be here today.
  • 14:52 Dara: Yes, I'm so happy to be here.
  • 14:53 I grew up in Maine, so I think if you have been in Maine, in
  • 14:56 rural Maine, that you have always been out on the water and
  • 14:58 it's one of my favorite places to be for sure.
  • 15:01 Joshua: It always goes back to Maine.
  • 15:02 Are we expected to fish here, Mike?
  • 15:04 Mike: Well, I mean, you guys did say that you're Jewish, and I
  • 15:08 want to make sure that we're dealing with kosher, and fish
  • 15:12 for some reason are kosher, but lobsters are not.
  • 15:16 Am I right?
  • 15:17 Joshua: Look, I didn't make the rules, but yes, you're
  • 15:19 technically right.
  • 15:21 Crustaceans are bottom feeders.
  • 15:23 I hate to say this in front of such nice company, but they eat
  • 15:25 the poo, and because of that, they're detailed as being
  • 15:29 un-kosher in the Bible.
  • 15:31 Caleb: Well, not exactly.
  • 15:32 It's more to it than that.
  • 15:34 If we want to read the exact specifications, we're gonna have
  • 15:38 to find a scripture in Leviticus which outlines the kosher law.
  • 15:43 Leviticus 11:9 through 10 says, "From all that are in the
  • 15:46 waters, you may eat whatever has fins and scales, within the
  • 15:49 water, in the seas and in the rivers.
  • 15:52 Those you may eat.
  • 15:53 But any that do not have fins and scales...they are loathsome
  • 15:57 to you."
  • 15:59 That means you can't eat whales, you can't eat sharks, you can't
  • 16:01 eat crustaceans, you can't eat Mosasauruses and plesiosaurus.
  • 16:05 Joshua: I guarantee they ate poo too.
  • 16:06 My explanation was just as good.
  • 16:07 Joshua: Caleb, like many other theologians, really likes to get
  • 16:11 into the weeds about what the Bible says, and I believe that
  • 16:13 Jesus said, "Make it simple, stupid."
  • 16:15 He didn't say, "Stupid," because he loved you, but I say stupid.
  • 16:18 You keep it simple.
  • 16:19 It's because they eat poop.
  • 16:21 Dinosaurs, guarantee they eat poop.
  • 16:23 All the other hooves and cloven this and that, that was
  • 16:25 maybe identifiers so that we didn't have to see them in the
  • 16:28 act of eating the poo to know they were unclean, but it's
  • 16:30 really about the poo.
  • 16:32 Caleb: God called the Jewish people to be a light unto the
  • 16:35 Gentiles to bring salvation to the world.
  • 16:38 So, we were always the clean in God's plan.
  • 16:41 By the blood of Yeshua, the Gentiles that are here, you
  • 16:46 Mainers back here can be grafted into the commonwealth of Israel.
  • 16:50 You all become honorary Jews, if you will.
  • 16:53 Mike: Yes.
  • 16:54 Quick question, I'm still allowed to eat lobster
  • 16:56 though, right?
  • 16:57 Caleb: I mean--
  • 16:58 Joshua: Michael, do you eat lobster anyway?
  • 17:00 Mike: No, I don't.
  • 17:04 Ryan: Can I still eat panda?
  • 17:06 Joshua: That's between you and the US government.
  • 17:08 Ryan: Oh, okay.
  • 17:09 Joshua: Do I think that Ryan would attempt to eat a panda?
  • 17:11 Yes.
  • 17:12 Would that panda actually eat Ryan instead?
  • 17:15 Also yes.
  • 17:16 Caleb: Ephesians 2:14 through 16 says, "For He," Yeshua, "is our
  • 17:19 shalom, the One who made the two into one," that's Jews and
  • 17:23 Gentiles, "and broke down the middle wall of separation.
  • 17:26 Within His flesh He made powerless the hostility--the law
  • 17:30 code of mitzvot contained in regulations.
  • 17:33 He did this in order to create within Himself one new man from
  • 17:37 the two groups, making shalom, and to reconcile both to God in
  • 17:42 one body through the cross--by which He put the hostility
  • 17:46 to death."
  • 17:47 That is why we can all be a family together even though
  • 17:50 we're not blood relations.
  • 17:52 We're all part of the kingdom of heaven and one new man, right?
  • 17:56 Joshua: That's why when Yeshua paid this price so that we could
  • 17:59 become one, it was so groundbreaking.
  • 18:00 We sit here today we're like, "Oh yeah, it's cool."
  • 18:02 It's cool, but it was like...it was like insanely amazing.
  • 18:06 Caleb: I mean we couldn't even eat with you guys back in the
  • 18:08 biblical times or we would be unclean.
  • 18:11 And so, now everybody's made clean together by the blood of
  • 18:14 Yeshua and we'll all be supermen, the one new man, you
  • 18:17 know, the perfect men just like Yeshua was the superman.
  • 18:21 Mike: The question that seems to be being raised a lot in the US
  • 18:26 or in the world today is what is a man?
  • 18:32 And we have a lot of different opinions on what it is to be
  • 18:36 a man.
  • 18:37 Joshua: It really somehow today, the scariest thing you can be is
  • 18:42 a man.
  • 18:43 We hear the term toxic masculinity and how scary that
  • 18:45 is because of all the things that it's brought
  • 18:47 about negatively.
  • 18:48 And so, the idea the enemy, I think, is used to prevent men
  • 18:52 from standing in the position God had them to be by scaring
  • 18:55 them off with this concepts of what they could be if they were
  • 18:58 in this not right place.
  • 19:00 Mike: How can we be men, how can we be supermen?
  • 19:04 How can we be one man if we don't know what a man is?
  • 19:08 God gave to me about a year ago this idea for integral men.
  • 19:13 What if you got people together and you taught men things as
  • 19:16 simple as shaking hands?
  • 19:19 Nick Casucci: Oh, hey, Josh. Joshua: What's up, man?
  • 19:20 Nick: Good game. Joshua: Okay.
  • 19:22 Nick: I just wanted to show you I appreciate you and give
  • 19:25 you a good, firm handshake.
  • 19:27 Mike: How to prepare a meal, how to be a good husband, how to
  • 19:31 read the Bible.
  • 19:37 Nick: Hi, Caleb. I'm consuming the Word of God.
  • 19:45 It's so good. It's so good.
  • 19:48 Caleb: You do that.
  • 19:50 Mike: How to be a son, how to be a servant of God and, yes, how
  • 19:55 to go fishing.
  • 19:57 Caleb: Well, I'm excited, Mike, that God gave you this mission
  • 20:00 to teach men to be men.
  • 20:01 Caleb: Our father never taught us the manly ways of life, you
  • 20:05 know, all the hunting and the fishing, but he did teach us how
  • 20:08 to fix a computer and we can film a movie for you, if you
  • 20:11 want one.
  • 20:13 Nick: Hey, Caleb, I just got that hard drive working again.
  • 20:15 Caleb: Sweet.
  • 20:17 Caleb: I've never gone fishing before in my life.
  • 20:20 Can you teach me how to be a real man and fish?
  • 20:22 Joshua: Well, I think Dara is also an incredible fisherwoman
  • 20:25 too, so--
  • 20:26 Dara: Yes, I think I can give you a few tips too.
  • 20:28 Joshua: Takes a man and a woman.
  • 20:29 Caleb: I want a fish. I wanna catch some food.
  • 20:31 Mike: So, finger on? Caleb: Finger on.
  • 20:32 Mike: Bail back. Caleb: Bail back.
  • 20:34 Mike: Bail back, and you're gonna use your raw tip as
  • 20:38 your--the point, where you want it to go.
  • 20:40 So, you're gonna go back and wherever you let go or wherever
  • 20:43 you want to point to, you're gonna let go.
  • 20:46 There you go.
  • 20:48 Caleb: I got it, okay. Now we just spinning spin?
  • 20:50 Mike: And then you just start reeling.
  • 20:52 Caleb: Come on little guys. Dara: So, we're gonna go out.
  • 20:55 Ryan: Dara, my wife, showed me and Israel how to fish.
  • 20:59 Israel: Yeah, let me go ahead and say that's way better than I
  • 21:01 could have done.
  • 21:02 Ryan: We couldn't do it on set, but I usually catch fish
  • 21:04 with my bare hands, but I didn't.
  • 21:06 I didn't want to.
  • 21:07 It gets wild. I have to take my shirt off.
  • 21:10 Ryan: Watch your head, Dimitri.
  • 21:11 I'm gonna come and hit that bridge.
  • 21:14 Joshua: This is such a Ryan thing to do.
  • 21:16 Ryan: Well, I'm gonna hit that bridge and walk out.
  • 21:18 Joshua: Wahh!
  • 21:21 ...
  • 21:24 Ryan: I had a perfect cast.
  • 21:25 It was going right to the bridge.
  • 21:27 It was about a mile, two miles, three miles away.
  • 21:29 It was gonna reach it, but unfortunately--
  • 21:32 Ryan: Where did it go? Dara: In the trees?
  • 21:34 Joshua: Not in the tree.
  • 21:38 Ryan: It was--the wind took it.
  • 21:40 Joshua: We finally found something Ryan is not good at.
  • 21:44 Dara: I guess I gotta teach him a little bit more.
  • 21:49 Caleb: Ephesians 2:17 through 19, "And He [Yeshua]
  • 21:52 came and proclaimed shalom [peace]
  • 21:54 to you who were far away and shalom to those who were near--
  • 21:58 for through Him, we both have access to the Father by the same
  • 22:01 Ruach [Holy Spirit].
  • 22:03 So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but
  • 22:06 you are fellow citizens with God's people and members of
  • 22:09 God's household."
  • 22:12 Caleb: Wow, look at that.
  • 22:18 Joshua: It's a little prettier than Cowtown.
  • 22:22 Joshua: At the end of a 4,000 foot granite runway into the
  • 22:25 sea, you'll find Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse standing
  • 22:28 proud like Maine's very own brick lighthouse champion.
  • 22:31 It was constructed using 1.2 million pounds of quarry granite
  • 22:35 imported from three separate dimensions assembled by a secret
  • 22:39 society of lobster cultists and aligned with the stars to open a
  • 22:42 portal to the secret lobster dimension of the giant lobster.
  • 22:47 Caleb: Josh, Josh, what are you talking about?
  • 22:51 Joshua: Honestly, like the real facts are super boring.
  • 22:54 I figured it needed just like a little, you know,
  • 22:56 je ne sais quoi.
  • 22:57 Caleb: Can you just stick with the script, please?
  • 23:01 Joshua: Built in 1902, this sturdy little beacon has been
  • 23:04 guiding ships safely into Rockland Harbor ever since.
  • 23:07 It stands as both a working lighthouse and a historic site.
  • 23:11 Israel: Are we almost there?
  • 23:13 Yeah, right.
  • 23:16 Caleb: Wow, what a view.
  • 23:20 Mike: After nine years and $500,000 way back then, I
  • 23:26 realized it wasn't tall enough.
  • 23:28 It wasn't big enough, so they had to make it 4 feet higher.
  • 23:30 Joshua: That's crazy.
  • 23:32 That happens a lot though.
  • 23:33 The original plans or what you think should take place seems
  • 23:35 easy on paper and then it's an arduous task to complete, but
  • 23:39 it's worth doing.
  • 23:40 Caleb: Well, it's like God's original plans for mankind.
  • 23:44 God the Father made us to be his children.
  • 23:47 And so, even though the first Adam lost dominion over all this
  • 23:50 beautiful earth and Satan became the god of this world, the last
  • 23:55 Adam came and he lived a sinless life.
  • 23:58 He became a human born of a woman, and he died a perfect
  • 24:02 life, sacrificing for all of us so that we could have a way to
  • 24:07 become rulers of this world again, to have that dominion
  • 24:10 given back to us.
  • 24:11 And that is the most awesome part of being the one new man:
  • 24:14 being one again with our heavenly Father.
  • 24:17 Caleb: Yeshua Jesus didn't just light the way, he is the way.
  • 24:21 He is that beacon of light that shines through us.
  • 24:25 It's not our own light.
  • 24:27 We can reach the world as one light, one body, one new man.
  • 24:33 Caleb: Let's check out the lighthouse from the very end.
  • 24:35 Israel: That is not a bad idea.
  • 24:37 Caleb: Let's finish the race, finish the path.
  • 24:40 Israel: Finish the race. I like that.
  • 24:44 Caleb: 1 Corinthians 15:45-48, "So it is written: "The first
  • 24:49 Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
  • 24:53 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and
  • 24:56 after that, the spiritual.
  • 24:58 The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is
  • 25:01 of heaven;
  • 25:03 as was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and
  • 25:05 as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven."
  • 25:12 ♪♪♪
  • 25:17 ♪♪♪
  • 25:25 Israel: You know, that was a very intimate time there at the
  • 25:27 memorial with Mike there and, you know, we're both ex-military
  • 25:31 and it does change your life in a lot of different ways and I
  • 25:34 felt his heart and I thought it was a very moving time.
  • 25:40 Israel: Hey.
  • 25:42 Caleb: This is beautiful.
  • 25:43 Mike: It is.
  • 25:44 You know, guys, the final lesson of integral men is to serve one
  • 25:52 another and to be willing to die for someone else.
  • 25:58 And I always think that a man is someone who stands between the
  • 26:02 enemy and what's important to him.
  • 26:05 And these men and women stood between the enemy and what's
  • 26:09 important to 'em.
  • 26:12 Israel: Well, that makes me think of John 15:13 in the
  • 26:16 Bible, which you guys probably already know, "Greater love has
  • 26:19 no one than this, he who lays his life down for one's friend."
  • 26:24 In the army, these men, and any branch of service of the
  • 26:27 military, men and women are called to lay down their life.
  • 26:31 The universal sign for defeat across the entire world is for
  • 26:37 the enemy to lay down his weapon, get on his knees, lift
  • 26:42 up his hands like this...and surrender completely and totally
  • 26:46 to his enemy.
  • 26:48 God, my friends, changes this universal sign of defeat to when
  • 26:53 you get on your knees and you raise your hands and look up to
  • 26:56 God and you say, "God, I surrender my life.
  • 27:00 I give my life to you.
  • 27:03 You have won complete and total victory over every single one of
  • 27:08 your enemies without firing a shot."
  • 27:12 Caleb: At the cross, Yeshua surrendered unto death.
  • 27:15 Yet in doing so, he defeated it.
  • 27:18 And now as one new man, we lay down our lives, our pride, and
  • 27:23 our past, and step into the victory that he has already won.
  • 27:28 Israel: Surrender yourselves to God and be part of his army in
  • 27:32 Jesus's name.
  • 27:33 ♪♪♪
  • 27:40 Caleb: Did you know "The Bearded Bible Brothers" is an outreach
  • 27:42 of Zola Levitt Ministries?
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  • 27:46 Consider giving at Levitt.com.
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  • 27:57 subscribing to our social media and sharing our online messages.
  • 28:01 Join the Bearded Brothers in person on a study tour of
  • 28:04 Israel, Greece, and Petra and see the Bible come alive.
  • 28:07 And as always, pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
  • 28:10 Next week on "The Lobstermen."

Episodes in this series

  1. Go into all the world!
  2. One New Man!
  3. And you will receive power!
  4. The Mobile Church!
  5. To the Jew First!
  6. Those Pesky Lobsters!
  7. Returning to your Vomit!
  8. Apostasy!
  9. Blaze of Glory!
  10. The Last Trumpet!

Guests

Zoë Mason of Luna Moth Herbs
Dara Economy
Mike Ferland of Integral Men Ministries
Joshua Aaron, Recording Artist
Israel Hanna, Pastor and Evangelist
Ryan Economy, Missionary and Youth Director
Mike de Cardenas, Nutrishop Fort Worth Owner
Josh Lee, Captain of the “Kelsie Marie”
Bubba Lee, Captain of the “Anna Leah”
Jake Lee, Lobsterman

Cast

Joshua Colson as Joo-Bear
Caleb Colson as The Noob
Mike Ferland as The Cod-Father
Joshua Aaron as The Rabbi
Israel Hanna as Moses
Ryan Economy as Dragon

Hosts

Joshua Colson
Caleb Colson
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