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Grown men pouring hours into politics, video games and box scores while God gets five minutes a day. That is where Joseph A Norman, Talor Nunez and Lonnie Edwards start, and it gets uncomfortable fast, right down to whether the jerseys on the wall count as an idol. Then it is a sprint through the early church, from Pentecost and Paul's conversion to a midnight jailbreak where nobody ran. Whatever you give your focus to is what you are really worshiping.

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0:00:00 Welcome back and the mission
0:02:24 Back to basics: the four and the Great Commission
0:07:31 Take the blinders off: kingdom impact
0:13:58 One God, one false statement, one idol
0:19:25 Focus, algorithms, and what you feed
0:25:57 A testimony about obedience
0:29:41 Into the Word: Acts and the Holy Spirit
0:33:23 What speaking in tongues actually means
0:36:34 The conversion of Paul
0:41:39 Midnight in the jail with Paul and Silas
0:43:15 You and your household
0:48:15 The Romans Road
0:54:00 The rest of the New Testament in one pass
0:57:01 Takeaways and closing prayer

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Spare the rod gets thrown around a lot, but it hits different when you are the one holding it. Joseph A Norman, Talor Nunez and Lonnie Edwards get honest about delayed obedience, why yelling undercuts your wife, and what the rod actually meant. Then it moves to the Gospels, where four writers with four audiences tell one story, and the small differences between them are exactly why you can trust them. Barbed wire theology, kids in the backyard, and a whole lot of gratitude.

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0:00:00 Welcome back and 2500 downloads
0:04:08 Take the blinders off: parenting today
0:06:58 Discipline, delay, and yelling
0:16:36 What the rod actually means
0:19:23 Boundaries, fences, and barbed wire
0:24:38 Every kid is different
0:28:08 Bible study: what is the gospel
0:30:25 Where we are in the story and John 1
0:41:32 Why there are four gospels
0:48:07 Son of Man and the bloodlines
0:57:12 The ministry, the cross, and the wrath
1:02:27 Takeaways and who we share this with
1:09:16 Closing prayer

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ESG gets broken down like only oilfield guys can, connecting environmental credit scores and AI surveillance to biblical prophecy, Solomon's fall, and the Deuteronomy 28 blessings and curses. Joseph A Norman, Talor Nunez, and Lonnie Edwards tie the Permian Basin producing the world's cleanest barrels to a bigger story about obedience, idolatry, and what history keeps repeating.

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0:00 - Intro and mission
2:46 - ESG breakdown and oilfield perspective
9:20 - Permian Basin, emissions, and AI data centers
15:00 - ESG through a biblical lens
22:00 - Bible series recap and the exile
23:32 - Deuteronomy 28 blessings and curses
38:18 - King David, Solomon, and the kingdom split
43:51 - Solomon's fall and idolatry
57:00 - First Kings 9 and 11 reading
1:03:27 - Modern idolatry and identity
1:06:28 - Closing thoughts and I will statements

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Joseph, Talor, and Lonnie discuss Texas Tech's athletic dominance across football, basketball, and more while celebrating Baron Morton's undefeated season and Joey McGuire's culture shift. They dive into AI and data centers from a biblical perspective, exploring how humans hand over data for convenience, the rise of social credit scores through ESG, and whether AI is becoming a modern idol. The guys break down the Kingdom period of the Bible starting with Israel demanding a king despite God's warnings, then walk through David and Goliath's fight where David grabbed five stones not because he might miss, but because Goliath had four giant brothers he planned to take out too.

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00:00 - Welcome and Texas Tech athletics update
06:11 - Joey McGuire and recruiting excellence
11:07 - AI and data centers hot topic
17:23 - Social credit scores and ESG
20:20 - Kids and curriculum concerns
23:06 - AI becoming people's god
27:19 - Online predators and safe words
32:10 - Bible study: The Kingdom begins
37:38 - Israel rejects God for a king
40:11 - David and Goliath story
56:36 - David's faith and character
1:05:29 - Music frequencies and spiritual warfare
1:09:09 - Solomon's temple and fall
1:11:27 - Closing prayer

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Three oilfield professionals tackle winning with grace through sports, business, and Biblical wisdom. They dig into the Book of Judges, where Israel's cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance reveals God's patience and humanity's stubborn pride. Samson's story hits hard—superhuman strength undone by repeated bad choices with Delilah. The lesson? Small compromises lead to catastrophic failures, whether you're drilling wells, coaching youth basketball, or running a company. Cut out the leaven before it ruins the whole batch.

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00:00 - Winning with grace in oil business and sports
02:55 - What winning looks like from a Biblical perspective
05:51 - BYU fans show grace in defeat at Big 12 Championship
07:32 - Pride vs humility when you win
09:25 - Texas Tech's 2008 lesson on pride after beating number one
11:06 - Complacency sets in when you're on top
13:23 - Why we love comeback stories in sports and life
15:28 - Prayer isn't a cop out when things go wrong
16:22 - Jesus conquered the greatest comeback from death
17:49 - Treating believers as co-heirs to spiritual blessings
20:50 - Bible study overview: Creation through Judges
22:44 - The cycle of sin in Judges explained
26:09 - Israel forgets God and worships Baal
30:19 - Baal worship and child sacrifice parallel today's evils
33:43 - God's wrath is real and consistent
37:57 - True repentance means turning completely around
42:10 - Sexual immorality requires running, not lingering
45:07 - Samson's strength and fatal weakness
54:16 - How Samson got played three times by Delilah
58:00 - God's restoration even in Samson's final moment
59:26 - Root out small sins before they destroy you

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Broken marriages are getting treated like a punchline, so we talk straight about what a biblical marriage actually looks like, why “fight club” accountability matters, and how peace shows up when priorities get real, then we sprint through Joshua where obedience opens rivers, pride gets people crushed, and Achan proves God is not playing around with hidden sin, plus a quick war map style rundown of the conquest. Joseph A Norman, Talor Nunez, Lonnie Edwards.

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00:00 Intro and Inner Court Worship shoutout
02:15 Take the Blinders Off: broken marriages normalized
05:05 Sin, accountability, and not singling out one struggle
07:35 Wolf and blade story about temptation
10:10 Culture shifts and cheating as “normal”
12:10 Porn stats and why community matters
14:10 Fight club friendships and wise inner circles
16:15 What biblical marriage looks like
18:30 Peace at home and better communication
20:30 Priority order and daily walk with God
24:20 Bible overview and Joshua setup
27:00 Moses to Joshua: be strong and courageous
32:40 Giants, fear, and the next generation
38:50 Crossing the Jordan and obedience
46:10 Jericho recap and the warning about plunder
47:40 Achan’s sin and Israel’s defeat at Ai
56:20 Ambush plan and Ai conquered
01:03:30 Pride after the easy win
01:05:00 Conquest campaign summary and “God fights”
01:07:20 Final reflections and closing prayer

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Scripture, work, and real life all collide when Joseph A Norman, Talor Nunez, and Lonnie Edwards kick around family priorities, communication, and what it actually looks like to lead at home, then pivot hard into Exodus on Oilfield Assembly, from Moses’ origin story to the burning bush, Passover, and why forgiveness might be the most practical “tool” they’ve talked about yet.

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00:00 Cold open and intro
00:30 Prayer and gratitude
06:41 Take the Blinders Off: family drama
09:30 Patriarchs, truth, and expectations
14:00 Blended families and conflict resets
23:55 Trading the F word for forgive
28:20 Exodus flyover setup
36:00 Moses in the basket and Midian
44:00 Burning bush and “I AM”
54:10 Passover and unleavened bread
01:10:00 Tabernacle, presence, and the cloud
01:14:00 Torah, Jesus, and the heart
01:24:15 Closing prayer and outro worship

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Purpose built for the patch and the soul, Joseph A Norman from Oilfield Assembly, Taylor Nunez from Diamondback, and Lonnie Edwards trade stories from the oil show floor, pray it out, then walk through Abraham to Joseph with real talk on obedience, humility, and forgiveness, plus a powerful men’s retreat testimony that hits harder than any sales pitch.

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00:00 Live intro and season setup
00:56 Hosts and mission
03:04 Sponsors and location shout outs
05:22 Prayer
06:04 Take the Blinders Off topic
06:25 Men’s retreat testimony
18:40 Break and shift to scripture
19:05 Big Bible timeline recap
23:02 Genesis 12 reading and context
31:35 Sodom and Gomorrah highlight
33:36 Isaac and the sacrifice
38:12 Jacob becomes Israel
41:24 Joseph story overview
46:57 Takeaways from Joseph’s story
50:16 Apply it to work and life
53:26 I will statements
58:52 Closing thanks
59:32 Final prayer and send off
01:01:05 Outro and laughs

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God’s justice hits different when you start looking at it through the lens of real life, and the crew gets into it by breaking down what “vengeance is the Lord’s” actually means when the world feels upside down. They walk through the tension between wanting payback and trusting God’s timing, pulling from moments like David sparing Saul and the bigger spiritual battles woven throughout scripture. It’s an honest, grounded conversation about wrestling with anger, disappointment, and the urge to take matters into our own hands, while learning what it really looks like to hand that weight back to God and let His version of justice play out, even when it doesn’t match ours.

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00:00 - Intro
02:26 - Take the Blinders Off
06:38 - Vengeance
12:05 - Vengeance is Mine
17:34 - Satan is Neutered
26:56 - Discovering God’s Word: Genesis 3
31:58 - Genesis 3 Overview
32:07 - God Gives Us a Choice
33:59 - The Seed War Explained
38:30 - Jesus Crushes the Serpent
40:30 - Adam and Eve's Story
41:06 - What Did Adam Tell Eve?
45:58 - God Lost Adam and Eve
47:33 - Sin Entered the World
49:24 - The Fall of Man
54:58 - Genesis 6 Insights
01:01:28 - The Flood Narrative
01:05:45 - The Sign of the Rainbow
01:16:54 - Vengeance is Mine (Revisited)
01:18:40 - Final Thoughts
01:20:01 - Outro

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Season 2 of Oilfield Assembly fires up with Joseph A. Norman, Talor Nunez, and Lonnie Edwards bringing raw honesty, real faith, and the kind of conversations the oilfield doesn’t usually get but definitely needs. Filmed out at Discovery Operating, the crew breaks down why this podcast exists in the first place, helping the oilfield community dig into scripture, build stronger foundations, and navigate the spiritual battles that hit just as hard as the workday. They share stories of powerful baptisms, moments that changed their lives, and the biblical truths they’re leaning on as they grow this movement of discipleship. If you’re looking for encouragement, perspective, or just a genuine talk about living a set-apart life, this one hits home.

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00:00 - Welcome Back
01:30 - What is the Oilfield Assembly
02:46 - Shoutout to Digital Wildcatters
06:34 - Taking the Blinders Off
06:46 - Spiritual Warfare
12:40 - Ephesians 6 Insights
24:06 - We Must Know Our Enemy
27:05 - Overview of the Bible
30:19 - Reading Genesis 1
35:45 - Reading Genesis 2
39:07 - Learning About God
42:44 - Repentance in Faith
45:30 - Understanding God's Timing
46:40 - Light Before the Sun
50:37 - Creation Day 1
56:18 - Creation Day 2
57:08 - Creation Day 3
57:58 - Creation Day 4
01:02:58 - Creation Account Overview
01:05:30 - Understanding the Sabbath
01:09:41 - The Meaning of the Sabbath
01:10:35 - The First Family in Genesis
01:17:33 - The Two Trees Explained
01:19:15 - The Power of Prayer
01:19:51 - Outro

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