Bennis The Menace Pod

Quite possibly my favorite episode to date, this one's a doozy! It’s our pleasure to introduce Kamron to the Bennis crew! As you can tell from this episode, he is going to fit right in! He is taking the place of our former resident #Bible experts so he is a welcomed and needed addition for sure! We tried making this episode a half dozen times and but things just always fell apart for some reason. Finally, by the #grace of #God, the stars aligned and we finally got our Kamron introduction video recorded! As you can tell, the chemistry is definitely there between the boys. This was completely unrehearsed and off the cuff and it went as smooth as possible. I don’t think we’ve ever been this silly and laughed so much in any previous episode. We hope the energy will continue in the weeks to come. We also want to thank Kamron for opening up about his history and his #addiction to #porn and how that effected his relationship with his wife and his relationship with God. It’s not easy to get online in front of the world, or just 117 followers, and share your shortcomings and #sins. But Kamron understands one thing, when we are weak He is made strong. When #Jesus shows up and delivers and transforms you into an new person, you are no longer defined by your sins and they have no power over you! He gives the you ability to talk openly about your shortcomings because he has taken them and nailed them to the cross and they have no power over you. The only thing you can do to thank him is tell others what he has done and that he can do it for you too! Kameron gets this! Lets show him some love!

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Ok, so the titles clickbait again. I know. I'm sorry, I can't  help myself anymore... If I had more room, I'd explain myself better. So It's not #God himself that lies to get #Ahab killed in 1 Kings 22. However, God is the one that approves and commands a #spirit from his #divinecounsel, as described in The #UnseenRealm,  to go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of King Ahab's 400 #prophets of #Baal. Sounds weird right? Well, it's in your #Bible, I'm not making it up. Go read Kings 22 for yourself.   We also briefly touch on the recent events surrounding the #Asbury #revival we've been hearing so much about. Unfortunately my mispronunciation of Asbury causes us to go off track and laugh our heads off for a little bit lol.   Over all it was a great chat. I know this one will ruffle some feathers because the topic of God's #sovereignty and man's #freewill has been a topic of debate for millennia. I'm not teaching anyone anything. I'm just reading a strange passage of #scripture and trying to make sense of it myself. All I can tell you is study the word of God for yourself and know why you believe what you believe. When strange passages like this one in 1 Kings 22 comes up which might cast some doubts on commonly held beliefs, don't ignore it. This passage in 1 Kings 22 is just as inspired as any passage you might use to defend man's freewill. So you tell me how it's works?

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In my opinion, the strongest #evidence for the validity of the #Bible is biblical #prophecy. Sure, people can try and argue away what we would call prophetic fulfillment as mere coincidences or self fulfilling, but you'll be hard pressed to explain away the fact that thousands of years ago, multiple biblical #prophets predicted that #Israel would be destroyed, it's people would be scattered across the face of the earth for generations, and eventually Israel would become a nation again, and they would even rebuild their #temple! The odds of this actually coming to fruition are impossible.   #Jerusalem and the second temple were destroyed in AD 70 when the #Romans squashed the Jewish revolt. Soon thereafter Israel as a whole was conquered and the nation of Israel ceased to exist for nearly 2000 years, until their land was granted back to them in 1948 after World War 2. Never in human history has a nation been completely obliterated and non existent for thousands of years, only to re-form and re-inhabit their own native lands and gather their people from all over the world to come back as a global power now stronger than ever. It's unprecedented in human #history! And what do you know, it was all foretold in the Bible thousands of years ago.   If this isn't proof enough for you of Biblical authority, in the book of #Revelation in the #endtimes or #lastdays it says that Israel. Hold on a minute, there hasn't been a temple in Israel for nearly 2000 years, and still isn't. But wouldn't you know it, Israel is preparing to build the #thirdtemple as we speak. They already have building supplies in place, trained craftsmen, even a priestly class has been raised up who will minister at the temple.

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It's no secret, cash is on it's way out, and #CBDC (central bank digital currency) is on it's way in. What's CBDC you might ask? Well it's basically #digital money. That's right, there is current legislation being worked on which aims to get rid of that filthy, decease spreading physical paper money, for this clean, safe and effective Central Bank Digital Currency. Nothing to fear here. The government has your best interest at heart, they promise!   Every single penny will be tracked by the government and you will no longer be able to hold any physical bills or coins, it will all be 0's on a ledger, just like a #crypto or #bitcoin.  There's no way you say? People won't stand for it you say? Well, I used to think the same thing too. That is of course until this recent Silicone Valley Bank fiasco. Then it dawned on me. Never let a good crisis go to waste! An economic meltdown and the collapse of our banking system is exactly the perfect time to implement such drastic measures like CBDC.  Oh what's that, you don't want to use it? That's fine, we're not forcing you to do anything you don't want to do, just like no once forced you to take any meds you didn't want to over the past 3 years. Oh, however, unfortunately you just won't be able to participate in commerce in any manner. But it's totally your choice to use this new tender. #economy #stockmarket #finance #recession #banking #svbank #economycrisis #economycollapse

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In this episode we hit on a few current events as well as some fun topics.   We touch on the recent Silicone Valley Bank collops as well as my theory on how and when the government will introduce their Central Bank Digital Currency (#CBDC). As usual, we get into #aliens and what the government / mainstream media is promoting this week, and well as what the #Christian perspective on this topic should be. #Nephilim come up. The rebuilding of the temple in #Jerusalem, etc.   We're also excited to introduce Kamron to the show in the next week or two who will be our new resident end times expect ;) We're excited to get into some more #Bible discussions about #Revelation, #eschatology, #Armageddon, etc.   We are also going to be changing upload model and frequency. Rather than posting a 2-3 hour episode once or twice a week and then posting clips form that full episode, we hope to be able to record and upload multiple 1 hour episodes throughout the week instead. Let us know in the comments if you like this model more.

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This is a clip from our full Episode 8 interview with our good friend Rafi.   In it he describes his experience with #addiction and what hitting #rockbottom looked like for him, as well as the #miracle it took to get him out of that place in his life.   For Rafi, it took an encounter with #Jesus to pull him out of the gutter and to set him on the right path. Rafi is a new man now, and I can tell you, knowing Rafi for over 25 years, he's a completely different person now that he's met Jesus! It's amazing to see who he was and who he is today, and that's only a testimony to the power of Jesus and his life saving work!  Lots of people, myself included, will at some point experienced a rock bottom in their life. Hopefully there's only one such experience, but nevertheless, it seems to be at this exact moment when there's no place left to go, the Jesus shows up in a miraculous way and offers people a way out. And once you've turned your life over to him, there's no going back to the slums and gutters of this world. He gives new life and eternal life everlasting. #salvation

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This is a clip from our full Episode 8 interview with our good friend Rafi.   In it he describes his experience with #addiction and what hitting #rockbottom looked like for him, as well as the #miracle it took to get him out of that place in his life.    For Rafi, it took an encounter with #Jesus to pull him out of the gutter and to set him on the right path. Rafi is a new man now, and I can tell you, knowing Rafi for over 25 years, he's a completely different person now that he's met Jesus! It's amazing to see who he was and who he is today, and that's only a testimony to the power of Jesus and his life saving work!  Lots of people, myself included, will at some point experienced a rock bottom in their life. Hopefully there's only one such experience, but nevertheless, it seems to be at this exact moment when there's no place left to go, the Jesus shows up in a miraculous way and offers people a way out. And once you've turned your life over to him, there's no going back to the slums and gutters of this world. He gives new life and eternal life everlasting. #salvation

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You know how everyone has certain experiences that will live on with them for the rest of their lives? Well, this is one of those memories for me.   I'll never forget the #cruise Rafi and I were on about 20 years ago now. Our #church organized a cruise to the #bahamas with about 200 Romanians from all over the world. Rafi and I were in our teens, 15 or 16, and we had an absolute blast. Imagine being on a boat for a week with a ton of your friends at 15. I’ll never forget that trip for a plethora of reason.   In this video we remember a couple of the antics we found ourselves in. For some reason, this cruise in seemed to have revolved around #cigars quite a bit for us boys. In the #pentecostal #Romanian community, any kind of drinking or #tobacco use is highly frowned upon so we were quite the outlaws.   Aside from getting caught with cigars and the whole youth contingent having an on board #intervention, somewhere somehow Ben ended up getting caught by his dad with a sparkly man thong and his father has never looked at him the same… Just kidding lol.   We were young, we were dumb, but we had some good times! But thank #god for his protection all those years! Who knows where we'd be if it wasn't for #Jesus #Christ.

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In this sobering interview, pun intended, we talk with Rafi, a friend who has gone through the wild experience of being in a car accident and becoming #addicted to pain medication. Rafi shares his journey of how he went from being an accident victim in need of pain management to becoming dependent on the medication and ultimately struggling with #addiction.  Rafi describes how the medical system was more than willing to #overprescribe these powerful #narcotics to manage his #pain and as a result, he soon found himself unable to function without the medication. This led him to question the #healthcare system and the role that #pharmaceutical companies play in promoting these medications.  Despite the challenges he faced, Rafi was fortunate enough to go to #rehab with the help of his family. However, his road to recovery didn't end there. While in rehab, he was introduced to other addicts who taught him how to get #drugs with similar effects once he's out on the street again.    Throughout the interview, Rafi candidly shares his struggles with addiction, as well as his journey towards #sobriety. He talks about the challenges he faced in rehab, the support he received from his loved ones, and the grace he was shown by #Jesus to bring him out of that death spiral.   This video aims to shed light on the dangers of addiction resulting from the overprescription of narcotics and the importance of advocating for alternative treatments. #addiction, #sobriety, #recovery, #rehab, #caraccident, #painmedication, #narcotics, #overprescribing, #pharmaceuticals, #healing, #mentalhealth, #AA, #12step, #jesus, #hope.

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Isn't it interesting that all the #ancientcivilizations accredited some sort of #heavenly or #extraterrestrial being with the #genesis of their origin? We’re talking about peoples that have never met who were separated by thousands of miles and hundreds of years just so happen to come to the same conclusions about their origins. Is it just mere coincidence? Or is there some truth to their #myths?   As a #christian it's very easy to see that the #Bible talks at length about additional #dimensions or #realms of reality where #spiritual or #alien beings actually exist. So it's not farfetched from a biblical prospective to assume that the ancient civilizations weren't just making up silly stories. It's very possible that after the #flood of #noah when man began to spread and settle in different parts of the earth, the #demonic forces which were at work before #theflood came back and began sowing seeds of deception all over again.   Many of their origin legends have the same figures too! Namely a serpent like figure which appeared and gave the people knowledge and wisdom. Sound familiar? Once could argue it may have been the same #serpent that appeared to Adam and Eve and gave them winsome of good and evil. However, whereas Adam and Eve knew the serpent was not #God, these early civilizations began to glorify and worship their #alien visitors.   Interestingly enough, #ufo and #uap are all over the news and social media lately. People are constantly talking about balls of light in the sky and weird objects. I mean even our military is shooting things down on a regular basis apparently. This might all seem new to us, but one can argue this is not a new #phenomenon. It’s quite possible this is what the ancients encountered again, and they're back!   Is it pure coincidence the book of #revelation in the Bible, describes all sorts of wonders and beings appearing in the skies in the #endtimes. Even the #antichrist and the false prophet are said to be able to perform signs and #miracles by the power of #satan to deceive mankind. I wonder what people’s reactions will be when someone or something appears on the scene who can even command fire to fall from heaven, as the false prophet does in Revelation. I wonder if people will have the same reaction as the ancients did? Will the natural reaction be to #worship that being?

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