1 00:00:00,570 --> 00:00:02,220 Steve Webb: It is who He is. 2 00:00:03,090 --> 00:00:06,030 It's the Lifespring! One Year Bible coming to you from 3 00:00:06,030 --> 00:00:10,620 Riverside, California. and podcasting since 2004. My name 4 00:00:10,620 --> 00:00:15,090 is Steve Webb and by bureau g Godcaster. Today is poetry 5 00:00:15,090 --> 00:00:18,000 Thursday, we'll close this section of the Bible with 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,600 chapters seven and eight of the Song of Solomon. The website is 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,320 Lifespringmedia.com. and I'll have contact information at the 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,190 end of the show. Before we read, let's pray together. Our 9 00:00:29,190 --> 00:00:31,890 gracious heavenly Father, Lord, we thank you so much for our 10 00:00:31,890 --> 00:00:34,500 time together. We thank You, Lord, for Your Word. and we 11 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:38,010 thank You, Lord, for speaking to us through Your Word. We pray 12 00:00:38,010 --> 00:00:42,180 that you would teach us today as we read, in Jesus name, Amen. 13 00:00:42,750 --> 00:00:44,880 All right, are you ready? Let's get started. 14 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:52,100 Song of Solomon chapter seven is the lover to His Beloved. How 15 00:00:52,100 --> 00:00:55,760 beautiful are your sandaled feet Oh nobleman, his daughter. The 16 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,420 curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of 17 00:00:59,420 --> 00:01:04,040 a master craftsman. Your navel is around mixing bull. May it 18 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:08,180 never lack mixed wine. Your belly is a mound of wheat 19 00:01:08,270 --> 00:01:12,710 encircled by lilies. Your two breasts are like two fawns. 20 00:01:12,740 --> 00:01:17,180 Twins have a gazelle. Your neck is like a tower made of ivory. 21 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:21,080 Your eyes are the pools and hash Bong by the gate of Bath 22 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,860 robbing. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon overlooking 23 00:01:24,860 --> 00:01:29,840 Damascus. Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel the locks of 24 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,930 your hair are like royal tapestries. The King is held 25 00:01:32,930 --> 00:01:38,030 captive in its dresses. How beautiful you are. How lovely oh 26 00:01:38,030 --> 00:01:43,010 love with your delights. Your stature is like a palm tree and 27 00:01:43,010 --> 00:01:46,760 your breasts are like clusters of grapes. I want to climb the 28 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:51,260 palm tree and take hold of its fruit stalks. May your breasts 29 00:01:51,260 --> 00:01:54,500 be like the clusters of grapes? and may the fragrance of your 30 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:59,180 breath be like apricots. May your mouth be like the best wine 31 00:01:59,270 --> 00:02:03,620 flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding gently over our lips as 32 00:02:03,620 --> 00:02:09,050 we sleep together, the beloved about her lover. I am my 33 00:02:09,050 --> 00:02:15,350 beloved's and he desires me the beloved to her lover. Come My 34 00:02:15,350 --> 00:02:18,920 Beloved, let us go to the countryside. Let us spend the 35 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:22,550 night in the villages. Let us rise early to go to the 36 00:02:22,550 --> 00:02:25,580 vineyards to see if the vines have butted to see if their 37 00:02:25,580 --> 00:02:29,480 blossoms have opened. If the pomegranates are in bloom. There 38 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,170 I will give you my love. The mandrakes send out their 39 00:02:33,170 --> 00:02:38,480 fragrance over our door is every delicacy both new and old, which 40 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,400 I have stored up for you my lover 41 00:02:40,940 --> 00:02:46,280 Song of Solomon chapter eight, the beloved to her lover. Oh how 42 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,940 I wish you are my little brother nursing at my mother's breasts. 43 00:02:50,150 --> 00:02:53,900 If I saw you outside, I could kiss you. Surely no one would 44 00:02:53,900 --> 00:02:57,950 despise me. I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house 45 00:02:58,010 --> 00:03:01,760 the one who taught me I would give you spiced wine to drink 46 00:03:01,850 --> 00:03:07,430 the nectar of my pomegranates. The beloved about her lover. His 47 00:03:07,430 --> 00:03:11,660 left hand caresses my head and his right hand stimulates me. 48 00:03:13,190 --> 00:03:17,120 The beloved to the maidens. I admonish you will maidens of 49 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:22,460 Jerusalem do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases the 50 00:03:22,460 --> 00:03:27,110 maidens about his beloved who is this coming up from the desert 51 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:32,510 leaning on her beloved, the beloved to her lover. under the 52 00:03:32,510 --> 00:03:36,770 apple tree I aroused you there your mother conceived you there 53 00:03:36,770 --> 00:03:41,150 she who bore you was in labor of childbirth sent me like a 54 00:03:41,150 --> 00:03:45,290 cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm for 55 00:03:45,290 --> 00:03:49,370 love is as strong as death. Passion is as unrelenting as 56 00:03:49,370 --> 00:03:55,160 she'll it's flames burst forth. It is a blazing flame. Surging 57 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:59,000 waters cannot quench love. Floodwaters cannot overflow it. 58 00:03:59,780 --> 00:04:03,350 If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love, the 59 00:04:03,350 --> 00:04:09,200 offer would be utterly despised. the Beloved's brothers. We have 60 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,220 a little sister and his yet she has no breasts. What shall we do 61 00:04:13,220 --> 00:04:17,030 for her sister on the day when she is spoken for? If she is a 62 00:04:17,030 --> 00:04:20,630 wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver. But if she 63 00:04:20,630 --> 00:04:25,220 is a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar. The 64 00:04:25,220 --> 00:04:28,970 beloved. I was a wall and my breasts were like fortress 65 00:04:28,970 --> 00:04:34,520 towers. Then I found favor in his eyes. The beloved to her 66 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:39,230 lover. Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Haman. He leased out the 67 00:04:39,230 --> 00:04:42,770 vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring 1000 68 00:04:42,770 --> 00:04:47,090 shekels of silver for its fruit. My vineyard which belongs to me 69 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:51,560 is at my disposal alone. The 1000 shackles belong to you. Oh, 70 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,700 Solomon, and 200 shekels belong to those who maintain it for its 71 00:04:55,700 --> 00:05:01,670 fruit. The lover to His Beloved. Oh, you Stay in the gardens. My 72 00:05:01,670 --> 00:05:05,210 Companions are listening attentively for your voice. Let 73 00:05:05,210 --> 00:05:10,760 me be the one to hear it. The beloved to her lover, make haste 74 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,540 to my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains 75 00:05:14,540 --> 00:05:15,500 of spices. 76 00:05:17,510 --> 00:05:20,570 Beloved, as we've already discussed on a previous episode, 77 00:05:20,630 --> 00:05:25,370 Song of Solomon or Song of Songs can be seen as an allegory about 78 00:05:25,370 --> 00:05:29,120 the relationship between Jesus as the bridegroom and the church 79 00:05:29,150 --> 00:05:32,570 as the bride. Obviously, discussing all the imagery is 80 00:05:32,570 --> 00:05:35,780 far beyond the scope of this podcast. But I do suggest that 81 00:05:35,780 --> 00:05:38,630 you make it a point to get a good commentary and do your own 82 00:05:38,630 --> 00:05:42,320 study. It is well worth your time. What I'd like to do today 83 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,740 is take a couple of minutes to focus on chapter seven, verse 84 00:05:45,740 --> 00:05:50,150 10, where the bride exclaims, I am my beloved's and he desires 85 00:05:50,150 --> 00:05:53,870 me. She says this after he's told her the many ways that he 86 00:05:53,870 --> 00:05:57,680 finds her beautiful. It sort of reminds me of when Sally Field 87 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:02,600 won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1985. Do you like me? Yes, 88 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,890 it's true. Despite our many flaws, Jesus finds us the church 89 00:06:06,950 --> 00:06:10,940 beautiful and worthy of His love. Romans five eight says, 90 00:06:11,150 --> 00:06:14,510 God demonstrates His own love for us in that while we were 91 00:06:14,510 --> 00:06:19,670 still sinners, Christ died for us. Now, I cannot imagine why. 92 00:06:20,030 --> 00:06:24,230 Why would he do that? What could he possibly find in us that 93 00:06:24,230 --> 00:06:28,460 would cause him to give of himself so completely? Why would 94 00:06:28,460 --> 00:06:34,220 such a holy and perfect God loves me and you so much that he 95 00:06:34,220 --> 00:06:37,790 would give up the glories of heaven for even an instant to 96 00:06:37,790 --> 00:06:42,800 live amongst us on this tiny, dirty, sin filled and rebellious 97 00:06:42,830 --> 00:06:46,430 speck in the vastness of the universe to ultimately be 98 00:06:46,430 --> 00:06:51,290 tortured, and nailed to across like a common criminal? Why 99 00:06:51,290 --> 00:06:55,160 would he choose to take on my sins and yours? Why would he 100 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:59,090 allow himself to be so utterly separated from God the Father 101 00:06:59,090 --> 00:07:02,780 because of me? Well, the answer is truly beyond my 102 00:07:02,780 --> 00:07:07,040 understanding. His Word tells me and I believe what the Word says 103 00:07:07,130 --> 00:07:11,420 that the only reason is because he loves me, and he loves you. 104 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:15,890 But why does he love us? First, John four eight says simply 105 00:07:16,010 --> 00:07:22,880 because God is love. Let that sink in. God is love. Not God 106 00:07:23,060 --> 00:07:29,360 has love, but God is love. It is His essence. It is who He is. 107 00:07:29,510 --> 00:07:35,420 God is love. and he loves you. and he loves me. I am my 108 00:07:35,420 --> 00:07:40,490 beloved's, and he desires me. I don't know about you. But my 109 00:07:40,490 --> 00:07:44,270 response to that kind of love is to reciprocate, to return that 110 00:07:44,270 --> 00:07:48,410 love as much as I can, in my puny, imperfect human way, that 111 00:07:48,410 --> 00:07:52,400 thrills me to no end that he sees me as worthy of his 112 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:56,510 attention. and above that, the fact that he's working in me to 113 00:07:56,510 --> 00:08:01,430 refine me to purify me, so that on that day, when I see him face 114 00:08:01,430 --> 00:08:08,990 to face, I will be the bride that He desires. I'd love to 115 00:08:08,990 --> 00:08:11,810 hear your thoughts, send to Boostagram or call the 116 00:08:11,810 --> 00:08:15,020 Lifespring family hotline or go to the comments page or write an 117 00:08:15,020 --> 00:08:18,230 email. I'll tell you how, at the end of the show, tomorrow will 118 00:08:18,230 --> 00:08:21,530 be prophecy Friday, and we'll close the prophetic books with 119 00:08:21,530 --> 00:08:25,460 chapters 18 through 22 of the last book of the Bible, the Book 120 00:08:25,460 --> 00:08:26,240 of Revelation. 121 00:08:30,230 --> 00:08:33,530 Yesterday, I forgot to credit Daniel Terrell Leo as an 122 00:08:33,530 --> 00:08:37,070 associate producer on the show when I thanked him for his $150 123 00:08:37,070 --> 00:08:40,880 donation. My apologies, Daniel, I did put you in the credits on 124 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,120 the show notes page, but I missed it on the show. So that's 125 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,660 been rectified. Now. Today's associate producer is Jared 126 00:08:47,660 --> 00:08:51,860 viewer. I think I'm pronouncing that right viewer bu er, he came 127 00:08:51,860 --> 00:08:56,030 in with $200. and his note says, Thanks for everything, Steve. 128 00:08:56,090 --> 00:08:59,450 I'm glad I was able to be a part of the final season. It's been a 129 00:08:59,450 --> 00:09:02,960 blessing to me and my family. Well, thank you, Jared. That's 130 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,260 very kind of you. I'm so happy to know that you've been here to 131 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:10,100 God bless you and your family. Thank you. and wow, what a 132 00:09:10,100 --> 00:09:16,370 Boostagram This is 200,000 SATs from Brian Massey, masih ma si. 133 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,070 Sorry, Brian, I don't know how to pronounce your name for sure. 134 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,400 He said this note, Steve, pleasure listening to you and 135 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,180 wish you well as you wrap up the show. I started the journey with 136 00:09:26,180 --> 00:09:30,140 you last season and fell behind and fell away. I was just coming 137 00:09:30,140 --> 00:09:32,780 back to hopefully catch the start of the new season only to 138 00:09:32,780 --> 00:09:36,470 learn you're bringing the show to a close. I will go back and 139 00:09:36,470 --> 00:09:39,320 start this season all over to take the one year journey with 140 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,500 you again. and here's only a small token of value for value 141 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:45,830 for you. I hope you keep your splits and all the stream Satzes 142 00:09:45,830 --> 00:09:49,820 I listened through God bless. and he signed Brian Massey, with 143 00:09:49,820 --> 00:09:53,360 a dove peace emoji. Well, thank you so much, Brian. Yeah, I 144 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,670 understand it can be a real commitment to keep up with a 145 00:09:55,670 --> 00:09:58,520 seven day a week show and I'm glad you found your way back. 146 00:09:58,820 --> 00:10:01,670 Thanks for the Boostagram. And by the way, yes, I keep most of 147 00:10:01,670 --> 00:10:04,940 the splits. But I also share some of the splits with the team 148 00:10:04,970 --> 00:10:07,580 that you hear me thank at the end of each show. Some of it 149 00:10:07,580 --> 00:10:11,030 goes to the podcasting 2.0 project and some goes to 150 00:10:11,030 --> 00:10:14,390 blueberry. I use blueberries plug in on the website, so they 151 00:10:14,390 --> 00:10:17,780 get some of it as well. I think that's fair. and again, Brian, 152 00:10:17,780 --> 00:10:21,590 thanks for the Boostagram God bless you. and Lifespring family 153 00:10:21,590 --> 00:10:24,890 Berean brother Shawn, formerly of San Pedro Santa show number 154 00:10:24,890 --> 00:10:30,110 boost 13 357 sets, Sean said welcome Juliet just found this 155 00:10:30,110 --> 00:10:33,530 episode and the adorable photos in the show notes. Well, thank 156 00:10:33,530 --> 00:10:36,650 you, brother Sean. Of course, Sean is referring to the birth 157 00:10:36,650 --> 00:10:41,060 of our sixth grandchild Juliet Grace Webb, who was born a week 158 00:10:41,060 --> 00:10:44,990 ago today, the lovely lady Liana and I can hardly wait until 159 00:10:44,990 --> 00:10:47,810 December when we're going to fly out to Florida to meet her for 160 00:10:47,810 --> 00:10:51,050 the first time. God bless you and your family. Brother, Sean, 161 00:10:51,050 --> 00:10:55,910 thank you. and a 10,000 Sad boos came in from the Kaiser. Over on 162 00:10:55,910 --> 00:10:58,880 the fountain app came in from Tim Kaiser using the fountain 163 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,780 app. Tim said Thanks, Steve. Oh, you're welcome, Tim. Thank you. 164 00:11:02,780 --> 00:11:06,440 and God bless you. and thanks so much to each of you for your 165 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,650 value for value support. Today, you know how to warm a man's 166 00:11:09,650 --> 00:11:13,580 heart. I appreciate each of you. Beloved, many of the donations 167 00:11:13,580 --> 00:11:16,220 that have come in over the past few days have been longtime 168 00:11:16,220 --> 00:11:19,610 listeners in first time donors, these donations will certainly 169 00:11:19,610 --> 00:11:23,300 help to keep Lifespringmedia.com and the over 3000 episodes 170 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:26,450 online into the future. I'll keep them there for as long as I 171 00:11:26,450 --> 00:11:29,240 can. As you've heard in the notes from some of these 172 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,610 generous Lifespring family members, some people found the 173 00:11:31,610 --> 00:11:35,390 show early some later. So keeping the episodes up means 174 00:11:35,390 --> 00:11:38,720 that others will be able to find them too. We talked a couple of 175 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,960 days ago about the fact that God sometimes orchestrates the 176 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,900 events of our lives so that things come into our lives at 177 00:11:44,900 --> 00:11:48,290 just the right time. and I believe that he'll bring new 178 00:11:48,290 --> 00:11:52,130 people do these episodes at just the right time for them. So your 179 00:11:52,130 --> 00:11:55,490 donations make you a part of the Ministry of Lifespring media. 180 00:11:55,730 --> 00:11:59,240 How cool is that? I'm so grateful. and as I've said many 181 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,140 times before, I believe that God will bless you. Now if you've 182 00:12:03,140 --> 00:12:06,800 not yet made a value for value donation, I only ask that you 183 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,340 pray and ask the Lord what he would have you do, and then go 184 00:12:10,340 --> 00:12:14,720 over to this website Lifespringmedia.com slash 185 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:18,080 supports. Well, thank you. Those who hear these episodes in the 186 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,020 future will thank you. and I believe God will bless you. 187 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:29,450 Chase Jacobson sent in this note, he said, I want to email 188 00:12:29,450 --> 00:12:33,230 you and say thank you. I heard about your podcast a year ago on 189 00:12:33,230 --> 00:12:34,100 no agenda, 190 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,910 Adam Curry and John C Dvorak: no agenda, boost boost boost to get 191 00:12:37,910 --> 00:12:39,020 boosted boost. 192 00:12:39,050 --> 00:12:41,810 Steve Webb: and I haven't missed an episode this season. You're 193 00:12:41,810 --> 00:12:44,360 the first thing I listened to. and I like to play it while I 194 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,450 drive my kids to daycare. Well, hey, what a great way to start 195 00:12:47,450 --> 00:12:50,810 the day for you and for them. Jay says I want you to know that 196 00:12:50,810 --> 00:12:54,110 you have made an impact on my life this year. and I thank you 197 00:12:54,110 --> 00:12:58,070 very much for that. Thanks, Jase. I know I'm too late for 198 00:12:58,070 --> 00:13:01,220 your prayer segment. But I want you to know that I pray for your 199 00:13:01,220 --> 00:13:04,490 peace, your happiness and your prosperity into the future. 200 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,730 Thank you chase. I will miss your voice in the mornings but 201 00:13:07,730 --> 00:13:11,090 with the Lord signs, I agree that you can step back, I will 202 00:13:11,090 --> 00:13:14,150 be finding another season to start up to continue listening 203 00:13:14,150 --> 00:13:17,900 to the Lord's word. Also, I have an aside, I wanted to share a 204 00:13:17,900 --> 00:13:20,570 couple of artists and songs that are pretty new and that you 205 00:13:20,570 --> 00:13:23,900 might not have heard of but are almost mainstream singing the 206 00:13:23,900 --> 00:13:27,530 good news. In new country. There is a lot of artists who sing 207 00:13:27,530 --> 00:13:30,770 about God and Jesus. I don't know if they're genuine, but if 208 00:13:30,770 --> 00:13:33,980 half their audience believes it. That's a good thing. I think. 209 00:13:34,070 --> 00:13:37,580 Well, I agree with you chase. These next songs and artists I 210 00:13:37,580 --> 00:13:40,730 think are genuine Cody Johnson being one of my all time 211 00:13:40,730 --> 00:13:45,590 favorites. So here's his list. Grace by Cody Johnson, this time 212 00:13:45,590 --> 00:13:51,050 around by Gary Nichols to be a man by DAX God's Eyes by DAX 213 00:13:51,350 --> 00:13:56,690 where I find God by Larry fleet, CB radio by muscadine bloodline. 214 00:13:56,810 --> 00:14:02,180 That's a great song muscadine bloodline. Let's see next is 215 00:14:02,210 --> 00:14:06,830 saved me now by Jelly Roll. Need a favor by Jelly Roll. Chase 216 00:14:06,830 --> 00:14:09,800 says I want to show there is some new music coming out that 217 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,490 is popular and for the most part a positive message. Thanks for 218 00:14:13,490 --> 00:14:16,370 that list. Chase. I will check these out for sure. and thanks 219 00:14:16,370 --> 00:14:18,740 for your note. I'm so glad to have had you in the Lifespring 220 00:14:18,740 --> 00:14:22,910 family this year, brother. Thank you. and your note also gives me 221 00:14:22,940 --> 00:14:26,090 the perfect opportunity to talk about what I might be doing for 222 00:14:26,090 --> 00:14:30,560 the next Lifespring podcast. If you're a longtime Lifespring 223 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,500 family member, you probably remember that I interviewed many 224 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:37,130 Christian artists on the original Lifespring podcast. God 225 00:14:37,130 --> 00:14:40,190 has given me many opportunities to meet and get to know some of 226 00:14:40,190 --> 00:14:43,640 the Christian artists that have had quite a lot of success. Dove 227 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,940 Awards, Grammy Awards, gold records, some of them who are 228 00:14:46,940 --> 00:14:49,760 real groundbreakers in the contemporary Christian music 229 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:53,870 arena. and one of the things that truly flabbergasted me is 230 00:14:53,870 --> 00:14:58,040 how the music industry works in terms of royalties. Artists have 231 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,130 not traditionally seen much of them. Money that their music 232 00:15:01,130 --> 00:15:04,670 earns. A great deal of it goes to the labels. and in the new 233 00:15:04,670 --> 00:15:07,520 world of streaming, what doesn't go to the labels goes to the 234 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:12,080 streaming services, very little actually flows to the artists. 235 00:15:12,350 --> 00:15:16,880 Well, Adam curry, Dave Jones and the others in the podcasting 2.0 236 00:15:16,910 --> 00:15:20,840 community are doing something about that, as a sort of a next 237 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,620 step to streaming SATs and boosting Satoshis to podcasts, 238 00:15:24,650 --> 00:15:28,010 they've launched a way to do that for music. They're 239 00:15:28,010 --> 00:15:32,060 developing a way for you to send SATs directly to the artist when 240 00:15:32,060 --> 00:15:35,240 you hear a song you like on a podcast. So while you're 241 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,300 listening to the music, when you send a boost, or Boostagram, or 242 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:42,980 if you're streaming SATs, those SATs go directly to the artist. 243 00:15:43,070 --> 00:15:46,880 It's fantastic. Now, it's still in its infancy. But there are 244 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,720 now about 1000 Music enabled podcasts or artists that are 245 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,870 doing this. and after I take a bit of a rest from this show, 246 00:15:53,870 --> 00:15:56,480 there's a good chance that I'm going to be creating a sort of 247 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:00,530 Lifespring music 2.0 version of the show that I used to do. and 248 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,870 by the way, the Lifespringmedia.com podcast is 249 00:16:02,870 --> 00:16:06,080 still at Lifespring media I did I think about 100 episodes of 250 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:10,340 that. and if I say so myself, those are still good shows to 251 00:16:10,340 --> 00:16:14,180 listen to. So if I can find enough good Christian music that 252 00:16:14,180 --> 00:16:18,410 is enabled for this new thing, I will do the show. The difficulty 253 00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:21,950 right now is that the music websites that have these value 254 00:16:21,950 --> 00:16:26,000 for value enabled songs don't list the genres of their music. 255 00:16:26,090 --> 00:16:28,760 So that makes it hard to find the kind of music you're looking 256 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,850 for. If you're one of the music podcasters that wants to get 257 00:16:31,850 --> 00:16:35,270 into this, you have to kind of go through all the songs to find 258 00:16:35,270 --> 00:16:38,570 songs that you like. and since I want to do primarily Christian 259 00:16:38,570 --> 00:16:41,840 music, it's even harder because you really have to listen hard 260 00:16:41,870 --> 00:16:45,380 to the lyrics. and as you know, sometimes lyrics are not all 261 00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:48,230 that easy to understand when you're listening. Well, I've 262 00:16:48,230 --> 00:16:51,230 talked to Adam curry about this. and he agrees with me that 263 00:16:51,230 --> 00:16:55,490 categorizing by genre needs to be done. He's even suggested 264 00:16:55,490 --> 00:16:59,030 that I should be the guy to get that started. Well, I'll be 265 00:16:59,030 --> 00:17:02,000 talking to my friend Ron Plouffe this weekend, and we're going to 266 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,690 knock some ideas around. To be honest, I don't even know where 267 00:17:05,690 --> 00:17:08,840 to begin to get this started. But I'm willing, one of the 268 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,230 things I'll be doing is to talk to some of the artists that I've 269 00:17:12,230 --> 00:17:15,590 already interviewed to see if they have some music, that they 270 00:17:15,590 --> 00:17:19,850 own all the rights to music that isn't owned by the labels, it 271 00:17:19,850 --> 00:17:23,150 would thrill my heart if I could help these guys earn money 272 00:17:23,150 --> 00:17:26,150 directly from their fans, instead of to just take the 273 00:17:26,150 --> 00:17:29,720 crumbs that the labels give them or the streaming services. I'd 274 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,330 love to help them get their music value for value enabled. 275 00:17:32,450 --> 00:17:35,900 Wouldn't it be great? Would you boost a show or stream SATs to a 276 00:17:35,900 --> 00:17:39,230 show if you knew that when that music came on the SATs would go 277 00:17:39,230 --> 00:17:42,830 directly to the artists? The way it works is this when the song 278 00:17:42,830 --> 00:17:46,370 begins, all of us ads are immediately switched from the 279 00:17:46,370 --> 00:17:50,750 podcaster to the artist. How cool is that? So I'm going to 280 00:17:50,750 --> 00:17:54,110 try to get some of the old artists to jump in on this. But 281 00:17:54,110 --> 00:17:57,530 I'm also going to be looking for new artists as well. Email me to 282 00:17:57,530 --> 00:18:00,140 tell me if this is something you'd be willing to do. Adam 283 00:18:00,140 --> 00:18:02,360 believes and I agree with him that this can truly 284 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:05,660 revolutionize the music industry. My email address is 285 00:18:05,690 --> 00:18:08,990 steve@lifespringmedia.com. Tell me if you'd be willing to do 286 00:18:08,990 --> 00:18:09,410 that. 287 00:18:13,170 --> 00:18:15,810 I do invite your comments and your questions send to 288 00:18:15,810 --> 00:18:18,180 Boostagram using a modern podcast app from 289 00:18:18,180 --> 00:18:21,300 podcastapps.com. and by the way, it's getting easier all the 290 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:24,930 time. If you looked at this very early on, it was more difficult 291 00:18:24,930 --> 00:18:28,110 than it's getting easier all the time. It truly is. You can also 292 00:18:28,110 --> 00:18:30,690 call the Lifespring family hotline to talk to me I'd love 293 00:18:30,690 --> 00:18:36,090 to hear your voice plus 1-951-732-8511 If you've got a 294 00:18:36,090 --> 00:18:39,780 comment or a question, go to comment.lifespringmedia.com and 295 00:18:39,780 --> 00:18:41,790 as I just told you my email address is 296 00:18:41,790 --> 00:18:44,190 steve@lifespringmedia.com dot com. 297 00:18:52,890 --> 00:18:57,090 Thanks to the team Sister Denise Michael Haner Scott Snider Jason 298 00:18:57,090 --> 00:18:59,940 Paschall, who did today's show our thanks Jason and sister 299 00:18:59,940 --> 00:19:02,940 Brittaney for their generous donations of time and talent. 300 00:19:03,330 --> 00:19:06,720 Thanks to Jared viewer Brian Massey, brother Sean, formerly 301 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,900 of San Pedro and Tim Kaiser for helping to make this episode 302 00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:12,900 possible. Beloved, I'm so glad we got to spend some time 303 00:19:12,900 --> 00:19:15,690 together today. See you tomorrow. Until then, may God 304 00:19:15,690 --> 00:19:18,510 bless you richly. I am Steve Webb by 305 00:19:22,740 --> 00:19:27,480 Lifespring media bringing the message of hope, love and good 306 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:29,820 news since 2004