The Eric Metaxas Show - Eric Reads Uncle Mugsy's Christmas (Encore)

Episode Date: December 23, 2022

Eric reads his holiday book, "Uncle Mugsy and the Terrible Twins of Christmas"; then, Robert Netzly of Inspire Investors shares wise investment advice. (Encore Presentation)

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serious Christian who does not see the far-left agenda as posing any kind of dire or imminent threat to the future of America? Well, I think, so, okay, how do I respond? So, okay, how do I respond? to a biblically knowledgeable, politically right-leaning, serious Christian who doesn't see the far-left agenda as posing any kind of dire or imminent threat to the future of America. I think there are people that are either naive or simply ignorant. I mean, maybe willfully naive or even willfully ignorant, because there are people that, it sounds like this person is describing some friend or relative who they bought into a narrative. Actually, usually, usually this is a story. This revolves around Trump derangement syndrome where they, it's almost like they have decided

that they're just going to tack in the direction of neutrality, and they're going to say, everything's fine, the pendulum swimming's back and forth, and I don't see why everybody's getting so upset. And they kind of, well, that's not really an answer to the question. It's a good question, because I know people like this. And I think, first of all, I would say that we're dealing with cultural Marxism making tremendous inroads. The fact that it has finally reached the corporate culture, that corporate culture has gone woke, that HR in great big corporations is woke and loony, totally loony. That's huge.

The fact that it's reached our military. In other words, it's one thing to talk about the universities, but this stuff has trickled down over the decades. And the question is really how does this person respond to her friend who claims to be biblically knowledgeable, politically right-leaning, and doesn't seem to see any threat? My response is to ignore people like this and not to argue with them because it is preposterous. I wish they were right. They are deadly, deadly wrong. And they've become part of the problem because they are willfully looking away from what is a great threat.

but I'm just going to give that short, sloppy answer because it's sort of a big can of worms. Yeah, I think it's not a normalcy bias too. I think people think, oh, we don't straighten itself out. These things swing back and forth. Yeah, once in a while you have a Holocaust or a Soviet Union and millions of people tortured for their faith. But, you know, it swings back. Don't worry about it.

Back to normal. Don't do anything about it. Question number two. Three words. Meney Tekel Parson. Okay, excuse me, this is one of the most fun questions. I have seen in a long time. So it's the biblical phrase,

meani, mini, tekel ufarcin, or many tekel eupherson. It's a biblical phrase, so keep going, sorry. My husband and I are wondering, if Eric intended to subtly imply in his book, is atheism dead, that there is archaeological evidence of these words, having been written on the wall by God in Babylon?

If so, is there any way to learn more, about that. This is so insane and funny that it's very hard to respond. Okay, most people listening to this program know that at the feast, is it

Beltashezar or Nebuchadnezzar, I always get them confused, but that a hand writes on the wall many, many tickle Uffarsin, which means you have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.

So it's a chilling judgment, but it miraculously appears on a wall using that phrase. And so in my book, I crack a joke, and the book is atheism dead. People don't realize that all my books are loaded with subtle jokes, but they're subtle enough that people like this genuinely miss the joke and think maybe I'm being serious that there's archaeological evidence that there's a wall in Babylon with the writing on the wall. I really only meant it as a joke. but when I read this, I thought there's nothing funnier than somebody not realizing it's a joke and thinking maybe I'm hinting you know what? If I discovered anything

about this that were true, I wouldn't hint about it. I would be, I'd be all over it. So, but anyway, unfortunately, there's nothing more to learn about. It was a joke. Okay, okay. Now this person wants your thoughts on this Britney Griner, the WNBA star. She was recently exchanged for the merchant

of death, right? One for one prisoner swap. So What did you and what do you think about that? Well, I think I have said this before, and this sounds kind of dramatic, but I believe it. I believe this administration, the Biden administration, is under a curse. Everything it does is disastrous. First of all, you know, I think, yeah, so what do I think? What I think is it reveals more about this administration, about the values of this administration.

And some things are too painful for me to comment on. It's just horrible. The whole thing is horrible. I'm glad Brittany Griner is out. I mean, this is a person that differs with me on probably every issue, but I don't care. This is a human being, American citizen. I'm glad she's out. But the swap is a nightmare. The fact that we have a Marine that's been there longer than Britney Griner was there. So it's all grievous. So let's go to the next happy question. Here's a happy question. Yes. How was the Socrates in the city event with Oz Guinness? It was spectacular, and we will be, we'll probably be airing it on this radio program because it was such so wonderful. And then in the new year, we're going to be posting these videos and stuff. But, I mean, the short answer is it was genuinely spectacular, and thanks for asking. What do you think is the most important part of celebrating Christmas? How do we make sure the fun of the holidays doesn't take away from the message of Jesus?

Jesus? Well, that seems like a false kind of choice. I mean, how do we make sure the fun of the holidays doesn't take over the message of Jesus? The fun of the holidays is a reflection of the message of Jesus. It's funny because I was on, I was interviewed by Eric Bowling for Newsmax, and I think it's going to air next week, but he was asking about something like this. And I thought, you know, the true meaning of Christmas is the true meaning of life. God so loved the world that. that he sent his son into the world outside of time and space to become a human being inside time and space, inside history, to deliver us from sin and brokenness and oppression, and it is, and from death. And so the message of Christmas really leads to every other good message in the world, whether you acknowledge it or not. So when you talk about joy and peace on earth and all this stuff, all of that can only really be a result of the God who sent his son.

into the world. So I don't, I mean, I don't know, you know, maybe this person is worried about the commercialization of Christmas, and I am too. So I think everybody has to kind of work that out in their own way. So I don't really have a great easy answer for that one. I like this next one. What are you most excited about for next year? What do you think will change? Well, I have to say that we have been in a battle. We're in a battle. It's a war. It's an ideological war. It's a spiritual war. and we have to keep fighting by God's grace for the revelation of truth to come out. But I think that there are a number of reasons for us to be hopeful. The Twitter files is an absolutely amazing, how do I put it, an amazing moment because many of us have known that there's been the suppression of the truth.

truth. There has been really evil authoritarian elements to what we've been living through in every direction. And we are beginning to see that come out. So I want to say to people, please pray for this nation every single day, and please do what you can. We talk about all kinds of things on this program, but each of us has a job to do. I believe God has allowed us to go through these trials, to wake people up and to get people to act who have been passive. So I am really, really hopeful for this new year because I have seen just the beginnings of things coming out, things about the COVID vaccine, things about the election irregularities. A lot of things that need to come out have begun to come out. So I am very hopeful for the next year.

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If you've got the book, you've got to turn the pages, save this. So you can, you know, play it at another time when you have kids around with the book. I'm so excited. And The Terrible Twins of Christmas by Eric Mataxis. and Tim Raglan. Bugsy was a happy bachelor, never married in his life, always did just what he wanted, had no children, had no wife, and neither did he have to work, nor had he very many cares.

I catered to his every need. That's me, you see, upon the stairs. And now I'll ask you to relax, as this are happy story weaves. If you're in need of anything, please call for me. My name is Peas. Oh, wifeless, childless Uncle Mugsy, singleness and freedom yours.

Children never more you're quiet. No wife is wakened by your snores. And you never have to go outdoors. Oh, how you love your life, dear Mugsy. How you've clung to bachelorhood. Ever doing as you wanted. Never doing as you should. and wouldn't change it if you could.

And how he loves to dress his best for a romantic tete-a-tete with the woman whom I call Miss Dogmont and whom he knows as Margaret. But lo, the day before Christmas Eve, a missive came by Courier. It spoke of children soon arriving. His sister's twins, one him, one her. From out his lips there crept. Ager. Gadzooks, said he, of further shock, their train is due at one o'clock,

which left no time to finish breakfast or to inquire about his stocks, and as he dressed himself that day, it left no time to match his socks. And there they waited, he and she, identically uninvited. Their Merry Christmas, Uncle dear, went entirely unrequited. Here this, he said. said, my tiny guests, there'll be no celebration. Christmas is just another day for my rest and relaxation. But then their ancient traveling bag, held by a single piece of tape,

unleashed a sudden flood of marbles from which no Noah could escape. And down we went, both he and I, tearing our respective pants. as did the town council and the mayor and the ambassador of France that the terrible price of the marble spill had been expressed to the last penny in three lawsuits and won doctor's bill thus peaves he said does fate repay us my singular order is become twinned chaos

always knowing just what to do He took the children to the zoo. And there, from his great wealth of learning, he brought out bits of animal lore, excluding neither fish nor fowl, nor the luncheon habits of the three tusked boar. But while he told them of the tiger's stripes, the children unnoticed went chasing about,

spreading good tidings of Christmas cheer by letting the animals out. The dinner that night began quite well. How Mugsy loved my roasted duck, as did Miss Dogmont and little Emily, and her brother whose name was Habakkuk. But the harmony was not to last. It was Mugsy himself who was to blame, for it was he that night who said it. My goodness, Habercuk, what a funny name. And when the children were sent to bed, Mugsy could at last relax, with the lovely Miss Dogmont at his side and a warming fire. at their backs.

Margaret, my dear, he started to say, I treasure these moments with you. Then a bump and a crash from the West Wing was heard and he knew that their romance was through. And so to the library quickly

they ran and oh what a scene that they found, the Julius Caesar was wearing a hat and the Hermes was knocked to the ground. And the children were perched on a mountain of books atop Mugsy's favorite old chair and he saw they were using his cherrywood pipes to blow bubbles of soap through the air. When he saw they were holding an album filled with photographs from his youth, Mugsy cringed,

for he knew what was coming. Your name is Ambrose, they shouted, forsooth. Be gone, you twin rap, scallions, go! cried Mugsy, now you seal your doom. You'll stay put tomorrow. Christmas be hanged, both locked up all day in your room. With the children departed, Miss Dogmont now spoke. Don't you know that tonight's Christmas Eve?

You're a selfish old cur with a heart made of stone. And she sniffed twice and then took her leave. Wifeless, childless, uncle Mugsy, singleness and freedom yours. No children there. Tomorrow you're quiet. No wife to waken with. your snores. Oh, how you've loved your life, dear Mugsy, how you've clung to bachelorhood,

ever doing as you've wanted, never doing as you should. Would you change it if you could? And as he sat there, still and quiet, his blank gaze drifted to a page of pictures from his childhood, of moments from a golden age. And they, they, Under a Christmas tree, he saw a very happy child, which made two tears form in his eyes. But through the tears, old Mugsy smiled. When the twins awoke that Christmas morn, a silent coldness filled their room. Their Christmas hopes had all been dashed, their dreams of joy replaced by gloom. But Hark, from downstairs came the sound of a laugh that booed.

so the rafters shook. And helpless to contain themselves, the children went to have a look. And so to the top of the stairs they ran, and oh, what a scene that they found! Miss Dogmont and Mugsy were both wearing hats, and presents were piled all around. The town council had formed a Christmas quintet, and the mayor was singing a song. Here we come a caroling among the leaves so green. And whenever they came to the chorus, he even a chorus, he is a song. ambassador of France sang along.

Love and joy, come to you, and to you, glad Christmas too. Come down, dear children, Mugsy cried. Come down, my honored guests. It's Christmas Day, so join us in our gaiety and jests. We do accept, they now replied, your gracious invitation. But what's to become, oh, uncle dear, of your rest and relaxation?

Hear this well, he said, my guests, there'll be no relaxation. Christmas is not just any day. It's a day for celebration. And oh, what a grand celebration it was. The happiest day of his life. For Miss Dogmont that day would become an aunt just after she became Mugsy's wife. And so our happy stories told us. we now shall take our leaves. If you're in need of anything, remember me. My name is Peaves.

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What's your experience with CSI? Oh, too big to fill an hour for. But I will just say this, Eric, that every good impulse that you feel from what we're doing is magnified 10,000 times in the heart of that slave that is freed. And it's kind of an interesting, you know, the Chinese talk about the yen and yang and the push and pull of life and kind of the counterback. balance of what everything is. And I'm not talking about that from a spiritual standpoint. I'm just saying there is, there, there seems to be an opposite pull in different directions at times.

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253, 3522. Praise the Lord. Kevin, my friend, thank you. Thank you. With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, lots of companies are coming out saying they'll pay for employee abortion travel and expenses. Most of you've heard about some of these companies. You've decided to stop shopping or doing business there, but did you know that you most likely own stock in those companies through your 401Ks, IRAs, and other investment accounts? Folks, this is a huge problem, and we need to do something about this to send a message to Wall Street through our investments. You need to go to inspireadvisors.com slash Eric and get a free Inspire Impact report. This biblical investment analysis will educate you on what's really in your investment accounts,

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But tell us about your recent meeting with the shareholder meeting with this bank person. Yeah. So it inspires faith-based, biblically responsible managers. We constantly engage with the companies that we invest in and others to really speak biblical truth to corporate power. The left has been doing this for decades and is why they're largely winning that battle in corporate America. So we manage about $2 billion in growing rapidly, one of the fastest growing investment

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I mean, this is, unfortunately, this is crucial that we understand this. So please keep going, Robert. Right. I mean, the time for passivity is over. We can't just sit back and hope things get better. The hard truth is if you're sitting here listening to this right now and you have not taken a look at your portfolio, I can almost guarantee.

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stop if people like those listening right now take some action. So we'd love to help you empower that through InspiredAdvisor.com slash Eric. And that's what our team is passionate about. And I want to be clear, folks, it's crazy not to do this because this is free. Okay, this is free. Inspireadvisors.com slash Eric. We want to help you to get your money out of these places that are working against you and that are gaining power, by the way. You've got to take the power back because we are allowing them to gain power to the point where we won't be able to fight against them. And I keep saying this wherever I go, that right now, whatever power you have, whatever God has given you, whatever money you have, whatever voice you have, whatever freedom you have, whatever talents you have, you need to use

it now for God's purposes. If you don't, in a future day soon, you will no longer be able to use it. You will no longer have a voice. They will no longer be the ability to push back because these folks are working overtime. And so we need to do what we can. So again, inspire advisors.com slash Eric, it is totally free. Robert, we've just got a minute left. What else can we talk about? Well, you know, again, I just can't stress it enough to pay attention, right? The only thing that's needed for evil to succeed in the world is for good people to do nothing, right?

You speak about that all the time, Eric. I'm so thankful for it. And this is the area of finance and investing is a hugely influential area. Christians and Protestants, Catholics, we control. more than half the assets, investment assets in this country. So if we just kind of got together and paid attention, that could be a huge, a huge voice for freedom and religious freedom, conservative values. I mean, look, I talk about this all the time.

Where you spend your money, folks, you have a choice of where you spend your money. Do you spend it with a company that's going to work against your values or with your values? Way bigger than that, where your money is invested. We've got to get serious about this. So let me exhort you again to go to inspire advisors. dot com slash Eric. This is free. Inspireadvisors.com slash Eric and they will help you. Robert Netsley.

Thank you. God bless you. It's my pleasure. God bless you. Folks, we're not making this up. Christmas is coming. And if you haven't done all your shopping, how can we help you? Well, we've got some cookie ideas. Now before I give you the cookie ideas,

let me remind you, SalemNow.com. There's all kinds of great stuff there at Salem now. Super spreader of the documentary tells the story our friend Sean Foyt. It's actually a big deal. What he has done putting the film together. I mean, what he's done in general is a big deal and he continues to do it, spreading the gospel. People are being healed and delivered, like not theoretically, actually.

I'm in the film. So you've got to go to SalemNow.com. You can also see the talk show with Eric Metaxus and Albin Seder. You won't even believe it. People who watch it, you'll be like, how do they do? What is this? This is insane. The talk show, this is SalemNow.com.

Now, Albin, for actual Christmas gifts, okay, there's some gifts at my store.com. I keep saying my store.com, it's our friend, Mike Lindell. All of my books are, almost all my books are available there. Okay, use the code Eric. You get a good price. Bonhofer poster. But if you're looking for like gifts that nobody else, you can't find them anywhere else, they have the Boaz-a-Bachi ball retriever.

Who hasn't wanted to retrieve a botchy ball now and again? Well, your problems can be solved with the Boaz light botchy ball retriever. All you have to do is go to my store.com. You think I'm making this up? Go to my store.com. Use the code Eric. And you'll see exactly what I'm talking about. I'm not joking around, okay?

There is also a, I mean, there's so many products here. I just want to encourage people to go there and to, wander around because you can't even believe some of the stuff that you're helping support Mike Lundell and if you use the code Eric, you're helping support this program. There's a lot of practical stuff made in America socks. Okay. They're not made in China. Made in America socks. You know, these are just great gifts. Christmas all around the year. If you're looking for, you know how they have office gifts? You have to buy something unusual for the office and have a little fun with it. This is where you find those fun office gifts. Fun office gifts.

But there's so many, there's just so many things there that I don't know where to start, but I want to encourage people anti-slip pads for your shoes. Who doesn't need that? Anti-slip pads for your shoes. A lot of you are slipping and sliding out there. Well, you can put an end to that by going to my store.com. Use the code Eric and click on the clothing tab and you'll see, son of a gun. There's a solution.

my shoes need not slip as much as they've been slipping previously. Albin, you mentioned the Wolf Perfect Pet Stain Remover. Yes, sir. It works for virtually every kind of pet stain. There's bleed clot pet. If your pet bleeds a lot. And, you know, that just messes up the house. Bleed clot pet.

It's available with the code, Eric. there's something called the rude kitty cat salad. Did you know about this? No, no, not at all. You have to go to my store.com. Alvin, you're going to be responsible for this material on the test, okay? So you need to go to my store.com. And you're going to see the rude kitty cat salad.

What is it? Well, it's an organic, sustainable mixture of cereal grasses and broadleaf greens that are human grade. We call it cat grass so people can find it online. And you could all, yes, you could also nibble these delectable leaves. It's not just for cats, hamsters, birds, reptiles, and dogs love it too. Wow. This is all available at my store.com. Use the code Eric.

And you know what? It would be a nice thing for us to mention. We're doing a campaign at CSI. I'm not going to get into it. But you know who you are if you haven't done this yet. You go to metaxus talk.com, greatest gift you could give. Metaxistocot.com. click on the CSI banner.

It is so meaningful. I'll get choked up if I think about it. Metaxistalk.com, click on the banner for CSI. God bless you.