Sermon Audit

Parents Beware: The Hidden Furry & Therian Obsession (Charlie Kirk Wake-Up Call)

Pastor Mike Signorelli V1 Church 2025-09-17 00:26:59

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Scorecard

Fidelity to Jesus's Teachings (Red Letters)
Significant divergence

The sermon's central move — categorizing identifiable young people and a named couple as demon-controlled killers — directly inverts Jesus's repeated rebuke of disciples who wanted to spiritually judge outsiders (Luke 9:55), his treatment of the woman caught in adultery (John 8), and his refusal to assign demonic agency to people he had not engaged personally.

Identifiable Biases / Harmful Rhetoric
Severe anti-LGBTQ framing fused to a fresh-killing news cycle

A 1.4M-subscriber channel publishes, one week after a high-profile assassination, an episode that names transgender people as 'Luciferian,' identifies a specific suspect's partner as demon-possessed, and tells children's hobbyists they have given themselves 'license to kill.' Reach × specificity × harm potential are all elevated.

Factual Claims & Evidence Check
Multiple contested or unverified claims delivered as fact

Five empirical claims about the Kirk shooting and ancient religion are asserted without sources. None are clearly false; several are partially supported but presented with confidence that exceeds the underlying public record one week post-event.

Whole-Bible Engagement
Selective; spiritual-warfare frame replaces canonical breadth

On every theme the sermon raises — judgment of outsiders, gender/identity, vengeance after a killing, demon attribution — the dominant Gospel and canonical witness runs against the framing offered. Genesis 1:27 is the only text given any room; Jesus's actual engagements with the relevant categories of person are absent.

Summary

Preached one week after the September 10, 2025 assassination of Charlie Kirk, Signorelli's 27-minute YouTube address links the killing to a "demonic" furry/therian subculture, identifies the shooter and his partner as a "homosexual couple" controlled by demons, declares transgender identity itself "Luciferian," and recruits viewers to the V1 Church "Breakers Conference" in Chicago. The exegetical content is thin — Genesis 1:27 is the only sustained text — while the bulk of the sermon is spiritual-warfare interpretation of Egyptian Anubis worship, Norse berserkers, and current-event details about Kirk's murder. The closing pivots from altar call to ticket sales and a directive to "beat the algorithm." Jesus's actual engagements with marginalized sexual/gender outsiders, with vengeance, and with categorizing-people-by-demon are not addressed.

Timeline

Each marker = a flagged finding. Click to jump to the finding; hover for the title. Color indicates severity.

00:00:0000:26:59

Findings (8)

severeAxis 1▶ 00:19:00Headline

Transgender identity declared 'Luciferian' — categorical condemnation Jesus does not authorize

Why flagged: Jesus's only direct teaching on people whose embodied identity does not fit a male/female binary (Matt 19:12) is *not* condemnation but acknowledgment of three categories of eunuchs — including those 'so from birth.' Isaiah 56, which Jesus quoted in cleansing the Temple (Matt 21:13), explicitly promises eunuchs honor in God's house. Naming a contemporary identity category 'Luciferian' assigns to Lucifer what Jesus and Isaiah both treated with notable openness.

Pastor

So even transgenderism is a violation of the original design. It's Luciferian. It's literally Lucifer himself trying to blur the lines between man and female because to blur the lines is to take away your identity.

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Jesus

Matt 19:12 (Jesus's only direct teaching on people whose embodied gender/sexual identity does not fit binary norms)

For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.

John 8:7, 10–11 (the woman caught in adultery)

Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her… Has no one condemned you? … Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.

Matt 9:13 — Jesus citing Hos 6:6

Go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

Isa 56:3–5 — Isaiah's explicit promise to eunuchs, the OT antecedent of Acts 8 and Matt 19

Let not the eunuch say, 'Behold, I am a dry tree.' For thus says the Lord: 'To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths… I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters.'

severeAxis 1▶ 00:23:30Headline

Identifies a named, just-killed couple as demon-controlled murderers

Why flagged: When his disciples proposed reading a hostile outgroup as a target of supernatural judgment, Jesus rebuked them by name. The sermon makes precisely this move — assigning demonic agency to two named, recently-arrested individuals, including the partner of an already-public defendant — and broadcasts it to a 1.4M-subscriber audience. Whatever the empirical record on the case, this is the move Jesus refused.

Pastor

And Charlie Kirk was trying, but instead of feeling the compassion and feeling the love, the demons that controlled this couple, this homosexual couple, those demons begin to plot murder.

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Jesus

Luke 9:52–55

And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. But the people did not receive him… And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, 'Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?' But he turned and rebuked them.

Matt 7:1–2

Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.

John 7:24

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.

Matt 12:24–28 (Jesus refuses casual demon-attribution and warns it can be reversed onto the accuser)

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, 'It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.' Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste…'

Lev 19:16 — cited in the same chapter Jesus quotes for the second great commandment (Matt 22:39, Mark 12:31)

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor.

severeAxis 2▶ 00:19:00Headline

Anti-LGBTQ framing — categorical demonization of trans and gay identity

Why flagged: Reach × specificity × harm calculus is at the high end. A 1.4M-subscriber channel, fresh-news cycle, identifies trans people as Luciferian, identifies a named gay couple as demon-controlled killers, and frames the entire argument around a recent assassination. This is the textbook severe-tier configuration.

Pastor

even transgenderism is a violation of the original design. It's Luciferian. It's literally Lucifer himself… the demons that controlled this couple, this homosexual couple, those demons begin to plot murder.

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Jesus

Matt 19:12

There are eunuchs who have been so from birth… Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.

John 8:11

Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.

Matt 7:1–5

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

moderateAxis 1▶ 00:00:30

Charlie Kirk framed as martyr — fusing political activism with Christian martyrdom

Why flagged: Jesus's category of martyr is for those persecuted 'for righteousness' sake' — and his own response from the cross is forgiveness without political mobilization. The sermon converts a political activist's killing into a martyr-narrative, then leverages that narrative for conference ticket sales and audience mobilization. The directional movement (killing → audience activation against named groups) runs against Jesus's modeled response to his own impending death.

Pastor

this played a major role in the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk… Charlie Kirk was assassinated because he confronted this ideology.

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Jesus

Matt 5:10–12

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 23:34

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

John 18:36

My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting.

Matt 26:52

Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

moderateAxis 1▶ 00:16:00

Children's costumes pathologized as demonic — careless-words concern

Why flagged: Asserting that schoolchildren wearing tails are giving themselves 'license to kill' and 'license for unfettered sexual activity' is a categorical accusation about minors that Jesus's careless-words standard (Matt 12:36) treats as accountable speech. The leap from costume to homicide and sexual license is asserted, not argued.

Pastor

could it be that furry culture, that personas — could it be that theorians are actually giving themselves license to kill? Giving themselves license to have unfettered sexual activity because, hey, I'm an animal in a human body.

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Jesus

Matt 12:36

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak.

Matt 18:6

Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Mark 9:39–40

Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. For the one who is not against us is for us.

moderateAxis 2▶ 00:03:30

Christianity-under-attack jeremiad fused to school panic

Why flagged: The 'infiltration' frame activates parental fear as the dominant cognitive register, then channels that fear toward a specific identifiable youth subculture and a conference ticket purchase. Jesus's posture toward 'the world' is presence-with-protection (John 17), not infiltration-defense.

Pastor

it's easy to dismiss these as just strange internet trends, but they are growing and it's infiltrating our schools, our community. And there's even Christian young people who are falling prey to this.

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Jesus

Matt 5:14–16

You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden… let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father.

John 17:15

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.

moderateAxis 2▶ 00:13:00

Anti-Muslim framing — Islam used as casual benchmark for 'religion'

Why flagged: Mild on its own, but the rhetorical move places Muslim prayer in a list whose other entries are Anubis worship and demon-channeling. Equating Muslim daily prayer to demonic ritual practice (even by structural analogy) is a low-grade but real anti-Muslim framing.

Pastor

this is the same as a Muslim praying multiple times a day. This is the same as a Christian having a Bible club and reading scripture. This is worship. This is religion.

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Jesus

Luke 10:33–37 (the Good Samaritan — religious outsider as moral exemplar)

But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.

Matt 8:10

With no one in Israel have I found such faith.

moderateAxis 2▶ 00:25:00

Mobilization-army framing post-assassination

Why flagged: Within seven days of a political assassination, the sermon channels listener affect into a recurring 'army' frame that culminates in a paid conference and a directive to 'beat the algorithm.' Even with explicit non-violence disclaimers, the army-formation rhetoric attached to a fresh killing is a specific known pattern — Du Mez documents this as the masculinized warrior register that has historically slid from metaphor into action.

Pastor

I believe that it's going to be an army of people that leave their furry identities… there is an army that's forming in the comment section right now. Here's the thing. October 25th, we're gathering and I want you there.

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Jesus

John 18:36

If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting.

Matt 26:52

Put your sword back into its place.

Whole-Bible Engagement (3)

For each major framing in the sermon, the pastor's claim is placed side-by-side with what Jesus said in the Gospels and what the wider Bible says (OT + NT non-Gospel). Surfaces cherry-picking, omitted counter-voices, and places where the canon itself contains tension the pastor did not acknowledge.

severeAxis 4▶ 00:19:00Headline

Trans/gender-non-conforming identity vs. the actual canonical record

Topic: How scripture engages people whose embodied identity is not standard male/female
Why flagged: The sermon's most heated theological claim ('transgenderism is Luciferian') is built on a single Genesis verse while ignoring the entire arc of biblical material — including Jesus's own teaching — on people whose embodied identity is non-standard. The canonical voices the preacher omits are the ones most relevant to his topic.

Canonical analysis

There is genuine canonical complexity here. Gen 1:27 and Deut 23:1 sit in tension with Isa 56, Matt 19:12, Acts 8, and Gal 3:28 — and the *direction* of canonical movement on people whose bodies don't fit the binary is unmistakably toward inclusion, not condemnation. Isaiah 56 explicitly reverses Deuteronomy 23. Jesus extends that reversal in Matt 19:12 by naming a third category (those who *make themselves* eunuchs for the kingdom). Acts 8 makes a eunuch the first explicitly-named Gentile-adjacent convert. Gal 3:28 names 'male and female' as a binary that Christ has dissolved into one. None of this is engaged. The single text the sermon does deploy — Gen 1:27 — is read in isolation from the canonical conversation it is part of, and is then leveraged to label a contemporary identity 'Luciferian.' This is the textbook cherry-pick: pick the text that supports the conclusion, ignore the texts that complicate it, especially when those complicating texts are the words of Jesus and the prophet he himself quoted in cleansing the Temple.

Pastor

even transgenderism is a violation of the original design. It's Luciferian. It's literally Lucifer himself trying to blur the lines between man and female because to blur the lines is to take away your identity.

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Jesus (Gospels)

Matt 19:12 (Jesus's only direct teaching on the topic)

For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.

John 4:7–18 (engaging a sexually-irregular outsider on her own terms)

Jesus said to her, 'Give me a drink.'… 'You have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband.'

John 8:7, 10–11 (sexual transgression scene — Jesus categorically refuses condemnation as the first move)

'Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.'… 'Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.'

Isa 56:3–5 — read by Jesus in cleansing the Temple (Matt 21:13, citing Isa 56:7)

Let not the eunuch say, 'Behold, I am a dry tree.' For thus says the Lord: 'To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths… I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.'

Wider Bible (OT & NT non-Gospel)

Acts 8:26–39 (the Ethiopian eunuch — first non-Jewish convert in Acts)

And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, 'See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?'

Gal 3:28

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Gen 1:27 (the verse the sermon does cite)

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Deut 23:1 (the OT exclusion of eunuchs that Isa 56 explicitly reverses)

No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.

severeAxis 4▶ 00:23:30Headline

Categorical demon-attribution to identifiable people the preacher has not met

Topic: How Christians should diagnose spiritual evil in named individuals
Why flagged: On the question of whether and how to assign demonic causation to identifiable individuals, the canonical witness is unusually unified — and unusually opposed to the move the sermon makes. Jesus, Jude, the Pastoral Epistles, Proverbs, and Leviticus all converge against it.

Canonical analysis

The biblical canon — including books often weaponized to authorize spiritual-warfare rhetoric (Jude!) — explicitly cautions against pronouncing blasphemous judgment even on cosmic powers, let alone on named human beings the preacher has never met. Jude 1:8–10 is the most direct rebuke imaginable for the rhetorical move the sermon makes. Jesus, in the Beelzebul controversy, treats casual demon-attribution as a category of error so serious it borders on the unforgivable sin. Mark 9:38–40 has him explicitly *blocking* his disciples from demonizing an outgroup. Lev 19:16 — the slander prohibition that sits in the same chapter as the love-your-neighbor command Jesus himself quoted — is bypassed entirely. The sermon's argumentation rests on visual pattern-matching (a hood = Anubis = demon-channeling = murder) rather than the canonical evidentiary standards (1 Tim 5:19; Prov 18:13). On this theme there is no canonical voice that supports the sermon's method.

Pastor

the demons that controlled this couple, this homosexual couple, those demons begin to plot murder… even the bullets that were used to kill Charlie Kirk literally had transgender ideologies on it, phrases. Why? Because the demon was trying to get the message out.

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Jesus (Gospels)

Matt 12:24–28 (Beelzebul controversy — Jesus's direct teaching about misattributed demonic agency)

When the Pharisees heard it, they said, 'It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.' Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste…'

Mark 9:38–40 (Jesus refuses to demonize an outgroup operating outside his disciples' circle)

John said to him, 'Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him… ' But Jesus said, 'Do not stop him… For the one who is not against us is for us.'

Luke 9:54–55

'Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?' But he turned and rebuked them.

Matt 7:1–5

Judge not, that you be not judged… first take the log out of your own eye.

Wider Bible (OT & NT non-Gospel)

Jude 1:8–10 (explicit warning against the very move the sermon makes)

These people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, 'The Lord rebuke you.' But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand.

1 Tim 5:19

Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

Prov 18:13

If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

Lev 19:16 (the chapter Jesus quotes for the second great commandment)

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people.

Eph 4:29

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

moderateAxis 4▶ 00:23:30

Response to the killing of a Christian public figure

Topic: How scripture instructs Christians to respond to the violent death of one of their own
Why flagged: The canonical playbook for the Christian response to martyrdom — Acts 7, Rom 12, 1 Pet 3, Matt 5, Luke 23 — is not engaged. The sermon's mobilization frame, even with explicit non-violence language, runs against the texts most directly applicable to its own scenario.

Canonical analysis

If Charlie Kirk is to be understood as a Christian martyr, scripture is unusually specific about what Christian response to martyrdom looks like. Stephen — the prototype — prays for forgiveness for his killers in his last breath (Acts 7:60), echoing Jesus on the cross (Luke 23:34). Romans 12, 1 Peter 3, and Matthew 5 all converge: bless, do not curse; feed, do not avenge; love, do not denounce. Even in Revelation 6, where martyred souls cry out, the response is *wait* — vengeance is reserved to God's timing. None of this is engaged. Instead, the rhetorical movement runs: killing → demonic identification of perpetrators' identity category → audience mobilization → conference ticket purchase. The non-violence disclaimer ('we don't fight a gun with a gun') is genuine, but it is followed by an argument that an entire identifiable population gave the killer 'license to kill,' which is the rhetorical inverse of Stephen's prayer.

Pastor

the demons that controlled this couple, this homosexual couple, those demons begin to plot murder… God's fighting back. That's why I ask you guys to share these videos, to smash the thumbs up right now… to beat the algorithm… there is an army that's forming in the comment section right now.

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Jesus (Gospels)

Luke 23:34

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

Matt 5:44

Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

Matt 26:52

Put your sword back into its place.

John 18:11

Shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?

Lev 19:18 — cited by Jesus in Matt 22:39 as the second great commandment

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Wider Bible (OT & NT non-Gospel)

Acts 7:60 (Stephen, the first Christian martyr — most direct biblical parallel)

And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, 'Lord, do not hold this sin against them.' And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Rom 12:19–21

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God… 'if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink'… Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

1 Pet 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless.

Rev 6:9–11 (martyrs cry out — and are told to wait)

I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain… they cried out with a loud voice, 'O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long…' Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer.

Factual Claims & Evidence Check (5)

Empirical claims the pastor made during the sermon, with a verdict on whether independent evidence supports them. Verdict scale: Supported · Partially supported · Contested · Misleading · Unsupported · False. “Evidence the pastor cited” records whether any source was named in the sermon itself.

needs verification▶ 00:01:50

“Charlie Kirk's assassination suspect had a furry fixation, and his trans boyfriend proclaimed support for Biden on so…”

Pastor's claim (full)

Charlie Kirk's assassination suspect had a furry fixation, and his trans boyfriend proclaimed support for Biden on social media.

Evidence the pastor cited

On-screen graphic shown but no source named or cited.

What the evidence shows

The Kirk shooting occurred September 10, 2025; this sermon was published one week later. Mainstream reporting in that initial week named Tyler Robinson as the suspect and reported that his romantic partner was a transgender individual cooperating with investigators; it also reported that engravings on shell casings included one phrase associated with furry/online meme culture ('Notices bulges OwO what's this?'). The specific characterization 'furry fixation' goes beyond what a single shell-casing engraving establishes about the suspect's identity, and the 'proclaimed support for Biden' detail would need to be checked against actual social-media records that have not been publicly authenticated in independent reporting at this date. A responsible verdict pending primary-source verification: partially supported on shell-casing engravings, unverified on the suspect's personal identification with furry culture, unverified on the partner's specific Biden statements.

partially supported / overstated▶ 00:23:50

“The bullets used to kill Charlie Kirk literally had transgender ideologies on them.”

Pastor's claim (full)

The bullets used to kill Charlie Kirk literally had transgender ideologies on them.

Evidence the pastor cited

None.

What the evidence shows

Public reporting on the shell casings indicated several engraved phrases including a meme-culture line widely interpreted as a furry-community reference and at least one phrase characterized in some outlets as anti-fascist or 'antifa-coded.' The specific characterization 'transgender ideologies' is not a precise summary of the reported engravings — it conflates furry/meme culture, anti-fascist signaling, and transgender identity into a single category in a way the actual engravings do not support. The claim is delivered with certainty in a sermon recorded only days after the event; primary-source verification (FBI affidavit; charging documents) would be required to settle the precise content and any reasonable interpretation.

partially supported▶ 00:13:30

“In ancient Egypt, priests wore masks of gods — including Anubis, a jackal-headed god — to channel their power during…”

Pastor's claim (full)

In ancient Egypt, priests wore masks of gods — including Anubis, a jackal-headed god — to channel their power during rituals.

Evidence the pastor cited

None.

What the evidence shows

Anubis was indeed a jackal-headed Egyptian funerary deity, and there is solid Egyptological evidence that priests during Anubis-related funerary rites wore Anubis masks (the most famous surviving example is held at the Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim). However, characterizing the masks' function as 'channeling power' overlays a modern Western occult framework onto Egyptian ritual. Egyptologists describe these masks as enabling the priest to embody the role of Anubis in the embalming/funerary liturgy — a representational/liturgical function. 'Channeling' is interpretively loaded language that imports a specific demonological frame. The factual core (Anubis, jackal-headed, masks worn) is supportable; the framing is interpretive.

Sources consulted

partially supported▶ 00:14:00

“Norse berserkers wore bear and wolf skins and were believed to take on the spirit of the animal in battle.”

Pastor's claim (full)

Norse berserkers wore bear and wolf skins and were believed to take on the spirit of the animal in battle.

Evidence the pastor cited

None.

What the evidence shows

The Old Norse berserkr ('bear-shirt') and úlfheðnar ('wolf-skin') traditions are attested in sources including Snorri Sturluson's Ynglinga saga, Hrólfs saga kraka, and skaldic poetry. The textual tradition does describe warriors entering an altered battle state and associates them with bear/wolf imagery. Whether they 'took on the spirit of the animal' is contested in the scholarly literature: some scholars (e.g., Neil Price, The Viking Way) read it in shamanic/animistic terms; others (e.g., Anatoly Liberman) argue the literal-animal-spirit reading is a Romantic-era overlay. Saying the warriors 'were believed to take on the spirit' is defensible as a description of one strand of the source material, but the sermon presents it as settled fact and uses it as a stepping-stone to the much larger claim that contemporary furry/therian identification is the same demonic phenomenon, which is not a defensible scholarly move.

Sources consulted

needs verification▶ 00:26:30

“Over 500 people accepted Christ after they saw [the linked 'furries / Luciferianism' Sunday sermon].”

Pastor's claim (full)

Over 500 people accepted Christ after they saw [the linked 'furries / Luciferianism' Sunday sermon].

Evidence the pastor cited

None — asserted in passing while promoting a linked video.

What the evidence shows

This is a self-reported ministry metric for which no methodology is given (live response cards? YouTube comments? altar-call counts?). It is consistent with the ranges V1 Church and similar ministries publish for revival-style events, but the claim is unverifiable from outside the ministry. It is also rhetorically embedded in a call-to-action immediately followed by 'buy your tickets for the Breakers Conference,' which means the metric functions as social proof for a paid product — the kind of context where independent verification matters most.

Tenets affirmed

Counter-signals

Christian Nationalism marker rubric (Whitehead/Perry, Du Mez, Alberta)

MarkerStatusNotes
A. Conflation of national & Christian identityLowReferences to 'all 50 states' gathering, framing the Breakers Conference as occurring 'in the middle of our nation,' and invoking Charlie Kirk (a US political activist) as a Christian martyr; not the sermon's central move but present in the closing minutes.
B. Militaristic / warrior framingPresentSee Finding 2.4 — 'army of people,' 'an army that's forming,' weapons-of-warfare frame applied immediately post-assassination. Moderate per the rubric — listener positioned in real-world combat with named opposition while preacher disclaims literal violence.
C. Political opponents as spiritual enemiesPresentSee Finding 1.1 — a named couple identified as demon-controlled; trans people identified as Luciferian. Specific, severe.
D. Dominionist rhetoricNone detected
E. Civil religion (flag, pledge, 'America as Christian nation')LowCharlie Kirk effectively beatified within the sermon; no flag/pledge imagery, but a political activist's death is treated as a Christian-historical event ('the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk').
F. Jeremiad / 'Christianity under attack'PresentSee Finding 2.2 — schools-being-infiltrated frame, Christian children at risk, reach extending into 'every community.'
G. Ethno-cultural 'real American' undertonesNone detected
H. Strongman / authoritarian affinityLowNo named political figure endorsed; Charlie Kirk treated reverently but not as a current political authority. No call to authoritarian governance.

Other Axis-2 sub-rubrics

Full transcript

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[00:00:00]What you are looking at is the demonic little secret behind Charlie Kirk's assassination. Now, you think that you're looking at a furry, you know, a a a young person wearing a mechanical tail that's moving around, but there's something much more insidious, something much more sinister behind all of this. Now, before you laugh and click off this video, it might be in your home. If you've got kids, there might be elements of this creeping into your

[00:00:30]home. And again, it's presenting itself as like this cutesy little trend. But let let me just tell you, as somebody who has studied demonology for decades of my life, this is ancient. This is demonic. And this played a major role in the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk. I'm going to break that down for you today. Uh take a look at this video real quick though with me. It's just, you know, hey, my POV, my realistic fluffy fox tail looks so real that people got scared. So, hey, as a Gen Z, this is how→ Charlie Kirk framed as martyr — fusing political activism with Christian martyrdom

[00:01:00]I can get attention by looking like this. And no, I'm not mocking it. I'm just simply trying to say that Satan always comes masquerading as an angel of light. But when you peel back the layers, there's something darker. There's something more evil behind it. Now, look at this. Okay. Um, this is my first day of school being a Theoran. Okay, I want to kind of like do this playbyplay though because many of you have never heard the word theoran before. Okay, why is this so important?→ Charlie Kirk framed as martyr — fusing political activism with Christian martyrdom

[00:01:30]Look at the Chuck Taylor with the lines on the toes to look like their paws. This is very important because a Theoran is different than a furry. Now, again, just stay here, okay? We're going to watch this video in a second. I'm going to show you some more things and break this down. But in case you think that you just randomly clicked on this video, no th this is a divine appointment. Because God wants you to see this. Let me show you why. Charlie Kirk's assassination suspect had a furry

[00:02:00]fixation. So, I just showed you two clips of furries. We're going to go back and watch that last video in a second cuz it's going to horrify you to see what's happening in the schools of America. But Charlie Kirk's assassination suspect had a furry fixation. And his trans boyfriend proclaimed support for Biden on social media. So take a look at his boyfriend. And this is this is a transgendered man

[00:02:30]presenting as a female. I'm saying that in air quotes. But look at the hood over his head. Look at the design on it. You might have just passed this up because you're not spiritually discerning, but you're here in this YouTube channel because God wants you to grow in your spiritual discernment. Okay? That's it's why we have freedom of speech so that I can help show you these patterns and things that are presenting themselves as modern or even just some kind of like relevant trend amongst Gen Z and you

[00:03:00]know young millennials is actually something ancient and something evil because again look it's a puppy head. You can can you see this in the picture? I'm just putting this puppy image like over over my my head. Why is this important? What does this have to do with what does this have to do, you know, with this this murder? What does this have to do with this assassination? Okay, there's there's two categories we're going to break down and we're going to go back to that video in a second. There's furries and there's

[00:03:30]theans. Okay, so it's easy to dismiss these as just strange internet trends, but they are growing and it's infiltrating our schools, our community. And there's even Christian young people who are falling prey to this. Okay. Now, I want us to stay compassionate and grounded in the truth of God's word. But I'm also going to be firm. And by the way, if you're watching this video as a furry, if you're somebody who identifies as a Theoran, I want you to just watch→ Christianity-under-attack jeremiad fused to school panic

[00:04:00]all the way through because I'm a father. I have children of my own. And I'm saying this with a lot of love and a lot of compassion. You will know the truth. And the truth can set you free. But let me just kind of let me explain after all of my research what a furry and what a theorion is. If you identify as a furry or a theorion, let me know in the comment section if I got this right because I really tried to do the best job that I could. So what exactly is a furry? Well, the term refers to this subculture of people who are interested→ Christianity-under-attack jeremiad fused to school panic

[00:04:30]in anthropomorphic animals. What does that mean? Animals with human characteristics. It's just a big word that basically means animals with human characteristics. So like, you know, I'm a child of the 80s, you know, think about the 80s and 90s. You have movies like Zootopia, you have Robin Hood. It's like they're they're not just animals. They're actually animals that present as like human characteristics. So, you know, this interest, it shows up in many different ways. People create

[00:05:00]art. They write f furry stories. They, you know, sometimes even dress up in these elaborate costumes called fursuits. Now, I want to show you what these costumes look like. Okay, here's what the costumes look like. Now, the very first time that I saw these one of these fursuits, I was actually in Italy and I was in Rome and I thought it was like a mascot for some kind of sporting event or whatever. And I was like, you know, this is like

[00:05:30]really bizarre. What is that? My daughter who's a teenager is like, "Dad, it's a fursuit. They're a furry." And when you look at this, it looks almost like happy, right? Like, you know, oh, this is this is great. Like, look at, you know, look at this thing. But but for most, and this is what I need you to understand, it's this creative hobby. It's a way to connect with others who share their interests. It provides a strong sense of community. Look at them like, "Oh, I'm here with all my furry friends." And and again, it's like Satan

[00:06:00]always comes in the form of an angel of light. It's always, "Hey, I'm here to help. Hey, this is going to make your life better. Look, you're so shy. You're introverted. But behind this suit, you can finally be yourself." As a matter of fact, they have this term my persona, which is persona. So, they take person, replace the word with fur and persona, and now it's like they, you know, look my my furry persona. Now, let me go back

[00:06:30]to that video. Remember I told you about that video. By the way, if this is helping you, if you're a parent and you're so thankful to be educated in this way, would you just smash the thumbs up? Especially if you feel like, hey, more people need this. More people need to to to hear this message. Um, a matter of fact, if you're a Christian, would you would you let me know in the comment section? And maybe you were unaware of this. Let's get a good conversation going. But look at this video, okay? One day of being a Theoran.

[00:07:00]Okay, let let me one day of being a Theion at school. Now, this is different than a furry because Satan has a way of progressing us. He Okay, let me let me explain. And it's like, well, first I got drunk on alcohol. Then I smoked weed and weeded was the marijuana was the gateway to hard drugs and then I started doing meth and then, you know, cocaine, heroin, now I'm dead. Or, hey, I started watching, you know, sexually perverse videos online, and then all of a sudden that turned into an addiction, then I wanted it in person, then I started

[00:07:30]sleeping around with people, now I have a disease, now I'm dead. It's like Satan always starts you off in the most entertainmentbased, the most lighthearted, the funnest version of it. But guess what? It's like it was fun the first couple times you got drunk. Now you're getting high. Now you're dying of addiction. It was a It was fun. It was It was fun the first couple times that you gave into sexual temptation. You know, it was exciting. It was a thrill. Now all of a sudden, you're diseased. You're dying. You You're dealing with the consequences of of all those. This

[00:08:00]is how Satan does things. So now when I'm saying that because you it's like they're starting as oh look it's furries I'm wearing a mechanical tail it's cute now we're advancing now we're going into the the realm of theion okay now look and now this is from somebody's posted video online showing the tail and look what they say teacher said that they like my tail so what is this you know every student wants the approval of

[00:08:30]their teacher What better way to wear a tail? And now your teachers say, "I like your tail. Look at the cute little emoji with the See, see this is how the deception happens." So they're going through their school day wagging their tail. My teachers like it. Some children, you know, they laugh at me. But then here's what happens. But my classmates supported me. So who look my what's my protection from my bullies? It's my suit. It's It's my

[00:09:00]tail. It's my shoes. It's looking like pause. It's it's this persona because look now my classmates even support me. See this this is how deception happens. I'm going to pick up the pace here cuz I want you to stay through the entire duration of this video cuz you're like what does this have to do with assassination culture? What does this have to do with what happened to Charlie Kirk? I'm going to tie it all together for you. But look at the last part of this video. When I was waiting on the bus, an old lady said that that I looked nice. So it's like look, the older

[00:09:30]generation is complimenting me because I wear this suit. I'm a Theoran. I I I'm a furry. People are supporting me, my friends. Like somehow life is better now because I have this persona. Okay? And look at the very last part of this because it's really important. She was so nice. And look at the cry emoji. Tears welling up in in my eyes. Like tears welling up. She was so nice.

[00:10:00]People are not nice to me. But when I have the tail on, they are. This is the lie. This is the very deception. Now look, look it. The stakes are changing now, aren't they? Now it's assassination. Now it's furry fixation. Now it's I have a trans boyfriend that, you know, that that I have to defend that, you know, Charlie Kirk is speaking out against these things and, you know, I I I need like this isn't right. and we

[00:10:30]should have the freedom and you don't understand our community. So you you might you might have heard this term theorion but this is where it takes on a dark twist. This is different. A theorion is someone who spiritually and this is not my words as a Christian. This is their words. They call it spiritual I spiritually identify as an animal. I don't identify with an animal. I identify as one. So, so that video you just watched, this person's saying, "I'm a theor." And you may not know what that

[00:11:00]term meant this whole video. Now, you actually know what they're saying is, "I don't identify with one. I identify as one in the spirit." Okay? Now, it's it's this is deeply personal. So, if you tell them you can't wear that, you can't do that in school, now you're speaking to them on a spiritual level. You're denying them. This is now turning into a religion. This is this is no no I I identify with this. I practice this. This is this is an an animal spirit in a

[00:11:30]human body as they would say. Okay. Now why is this important for aan? Their animal identity isn't just a hobby. It's a very core part of who they are. So look at this right here. So now all of a sudden, if you're less discerning, you don't even realize that hood that's over the boyfriend's head is actually signifying something much more personal. Much more personal.

[00:12:00]They're identifying with this. Okay? Like, like, okay, stay with me because I'm going to pull it all together right now and I think it's going to shock you. A furry might say, "I like wolves and my persona is a wolf." But a wolf theorion might say, "I am a wolf." It's a profound internal identity, not an external performance. But these communities are growing. Some of you might be horrified to discover that this stuff is happening in the other room amongst your kids or they're best

[00:12:30]friends with somebody. And even if your kids are not identifying as a Theion or a furry, they have friends, they're best friends. And there's this emotional connection that's opening the door to make something okay, that's not okay. But for those of you watching who are furries, who are theans, you're in the right place right now because I want to help help you understand your true identity. I want you to understand why this really matters and and the fact that you're doing something that's not new. You're doing something that's ancient. these these we have these

[00:13:00]modern labels like this is my persona but actually there's these underlying ideas that are connected to demonic spirits and the very practice of humans taking on animal personas as old as civilization itself. So in many ancient pagan and shamanistic religions, this was a part of worship. So what this kid is doing at their school that you're seeing on the video right now, this is the same as a Muslim praying multiple times a day. This is the same as a→ Anti-Muslim framing — Islam used as casual benchmark for 'religion'

[00:13:30]Christian having a Bible club and reading scripture. This is worship. This is religion. This is an identity. This is spiritual. Now watch, let me connect it though. So just in case you didn't believe me. In ancient Egypt, priests wore masks of gods. One of them named Annabus. that was actually a jackal-headed god to channel their power during rituals. So, Annabus, this jackal-headed god, they would take this hood, this mask, place it over→ Anti-Muslim framing — Islam used as casual benchmark for 'religion'

[00:14:00]themselves, and they would begin to channel power. So, now watch this. Look, think about what I just said. They would wear a hood, they would wear a mask, and they would channel power. What do you see in the picture? This is demonic. This is worship. This is This is an ancient Egyptian demon in a new day. Okay, you don't believe me about that? Okay. Oh, Mike, that's too much of a stretch. Okay, let let's go a little bit deeper because I got I got some more for

[00:14:30]you. What about the Norse legends of the Berserkers? These were warriors. Yeah, they wore bear and wolf skins, but they were actually believed to take on the spirit of the animal in battle when they did it. So, the berserkers were warriors that I'm not just wearing this wolf skin or this bear skin to keep warm. I'm actually wearing this to channel the spirit of that wolf or of that bear. And it's and it's going to empower me to be a berserker, this this crazy warrior.

[00:15:00]And so, look, look at how Satan rebrands. It's a puppy. I'm wearing the the persona of a puppy. And what? But, okay, it's still the same demon behind it. These practices were about blurring the lines between human and animal and between the physical and spirit realms. Okay? So, it was an attempt to find power. It was an attempt to find identity. And it was an attempt to find

[00:15:30]connection. Watch this y'all. This is going to help you so much. It's going to help your children. It's going to save you. What is this? This student look sitting in the school. I find connection. I find power. I it's all there. I find my identity. I am this animal. And that idea, look me in my eyes when I tell you this cuz this I I want you to see my eyes right now. That identity is so powerful to them that they're

[00:16:00]willing to kill for it. Now, why? Why? Why do I not think this is strange? Well, because animals are governed by instinct, not intellect. See, when an animal kills, we that animal doesn't get put in prison because it's it's not governed by intellect. It's governed by instinct. So, what could it be that furry culture that that personas could it be that that theorans are actually giving themselves license to kill?→ Children's costumes pathologized as demonic — careless-words concern

[00:16:30]Giving themselves license to have unfettered sexual activity because, hey, I'm an animal in a human body. Why would you blame me for this? When your dog does sexual activity, is it doing something wrong or is it just doing its instinct? This is Luciferianism unmasked. This is the very thing that Lucifer said where he said, "I will ascend. I will be like God." The very first sin was not in the garden of Adam and Eve. The very first sin was in heaven when Lucifer,→ Children's costumes pathologized as demonic — careless-words concern

[00:17:00]who was not created in the image of God. Oh, come on. when he he was not created in the image of God said I will be like God so it's this melding together of self I will do what I want to do if it feels good to me if I think it's right I will do and human which is created in the image of God it's a distortion of the imo day it's a distortion of the very image of God that's inside of every single one of us and it's a perversion

[00:17:30]of it and Satan loves to do that that's why he did it with multip multiple cultures and I just told you about that. But if you're a furry, if you're a theorian, if you're watching this right now, if you're in your school and you feel so much power as a result of that mask, but then you feel so powerless when you take it off. I have a message for you right now. I have a message from heaven. I have a message from your creator. See, when you take that mask off and you look in the mirror,

[00:18:00]according to the scriptures, you are seeing the very image of God because you were created in his image. And it is Lucifer, the very one that got thrown out of heaven. He's the one that's trying to get you to cover that image because he hates looking at your real face. Some of you think, "I hate my face." No. The demons inside of you hate your face because your face is a reminder of God himself. And it's God who brought you to this video. And it's God who brought you to the truth because you will hear the truth. And the truth

[00:18:30]will set you free. And the truth is you are not a product just of your parents but of your heavenly father who breathed into you the ruach. The breath of God that became your spirit. You don't have an animal spirit. You have the breath of God Almighty that became your spirit. And before you were even in your mother's womb, he knew you. The true you. Not the costume, not the outfit, but the you that he created. And if there's tears coming down right now, it's because it's a confirmation that

[00:19:00]you can be free. You're asking him the question, who am I? Who am I? But to understand that, you got to go back to the beginning. Go back to the book of Genesis. Go back to where he said in Genesis 1 27. So God created you in his own image, the image of God. He created them male and female. So even transgenderism is a violation of the original design. It's Luciferian. It's→ Transgender identity declared 'Luciferian' — categorical condemnation Jesus does not authorize; Anti-LGBTQ framing — categorical demonization of trans and gay identity; Trans/gender-non-conforming identity vs. the actual canonical record

[00:19:30]literally Lucifer himself trying to blur the lines between man and female because to blur the lines is to take away your identity. But he he makes you think you're adding to it. He makes you think you're getting something. But he's robbing you of what it means to be a daughter, a true female. it. He's robbing you of what it means to be a son, a true male. See, here's the thing about transgender is in becoming something else, you actually become→ Transgender identity declared 'Luciferian' — categorical condemnation Jesus does not authorize; Anti-LGBTQ framing — categorical demonization of trans and gay identity; Trans/gender-non-conforming identity vs. the actual canonical record

[00:20:00]nothing else. It's be by only being a male, only being a female that you become a son or you become a daughter. But maybe you hate your biological mother. Maybe you hate your biological father. And maybe putting that mask over your face ends up uh removing the trigger from the trauma of your past. Maybe you're introverted and you're shy and you get to act out this persona that you call a persona. But the Bible says after the Holy Spirit comes upon you,→ Anti-LGBTQ framing — categorical demonization of trans and gay identity

[00:20:30]you will receive power. You don't need a costume to receive power. You need the Holy Spirit on the inside of you, not a costume on the outside of you. When I was 15 years old, I was just like you, triggered with the past and the pain that I went through, hating my own face because it reminded me of my dad who was a murderer. But guess what? I didn't take a mask and put it on. I actually took the mask off. The mask of introversion and shame and guilt, the the mask of abuse and trauma. And then the Holy Spirit went on the inside of me→ Anti-LGBTQ framing — categorical demonization of trans and gay identity

[00:21:00]and I became a son. And even though in the natural I was fatherless, in the spiritual realm I had been adopted and I became a son. And no longer was I an orphan. And if you're crying right now, I want you to take that mask off. I want you to take that tail off. But God never takes anything away without giving you something greater. He'll Yeah, the costume has to go, but what is he giving you? He's giving you himself. So everywhere you→ Anti-LGBTQ framing — categorical demonization of trans and gay identity

[00:21:30]go, he goes with you. See, isn't it funny that that tail is behind you? Well, God wants to get you get your back. I Isn't that funny that you have these reminders of everywhere I go, I have this costume, but the Lord's saying, "No, everywhere you go, you have me. Everywhere you go, I go with you. I will protect you. I will shield you. All you have to do is simply say, "Jesus, forgive me of my sins. Wash me clean. Purge me with your blood. Wash me with→ Anti-LGBTQ framing — categorical demonization of trans and gay identity

[00:22:00]your blood. I receive you. Adopt me. And he will do it right now. And and listen, this is one of the most powerful ministry moments because there's not many preachers talking to the furry community. Talking to the theory community, but you matter, too. But you cannot live in a deception. You cannot live in a lie anymore. And and here's the thing. I'm not asking you to to let anything go. I'm asking you to trade it. Trade the tale so that God can get your back. Trade the costume so that you→ Anti-LGBTQ framing — categorical demonization of trans and gay identity

[00:22:30]don't have something on the outside but the Holy Spirit is on the inside of you. Generation Z, this is my message to you. Revival happens when we trade. He wants to He wants to give you something different and he he wants to give you himself and a new identity. The Bible says that when you pray that prayer, he makes all things new. Get into the comment section right now. If you just came out of darkness into the light, if you're leaving this community behind, I want you to take somebody with you. You→ Anti-LGBTQ framing — categorical demonization of trans and gay identity

[00:23:00]know that, hey, the if found people, find people. And I want you to let me know in the comments section if this video helped you. I want you to to to get loud. The Bible says that they overcame by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony. And I believe this video is going to cause many people to have the testimony, I once was lost, but now I'm found. I once was blind, but I took the mask off and now I see. Come on. I just feel the power of God all over this because→ Anti-LGBTQ framing — categorical demonization of trans and gay identity

[00:23:30]listen, look at the screen one more time. This message never got to these people. And Charlie Kirk was trying, but instead of feeling the compassion and feeling the love, the demons that controlled this couple, this homosexual couple, those demons begin to plot murder. And there was a life that was lost. But Jesus says, "I've not come into the world to condemn it, but I came into the world to save it. I came that→ Identifies a named, just-killed couple as demon-controlled murderers; Anti-LGBTQ framing — categorical demonization of trans and gay identity; Categorical demon-attribution to identifiable people the preacher has not met; Response to the killing of a Christian public figure

[00:24:00]you may have life and life more abundantly." It's Satan that comes to kill, to steal, and destroy. And see what's happening. Even the bullets that were used to kill Charlie Kirk literally had transgender ideologies on it, phrases. Why? Because the demon was trying to get the message out. But see, God's fighting back. That's why I ask you guys to share these videos, to smash the thumbs up right now, to text this to somebody, to beat the algorithm, to make→ Identifies a named, just-killed couple as demon-controlled murderers; Categorical demon-attribution to identifiable people the preacher has not met; Response to the killing of a Christian public figure

[00:24:30]this system work for the kingdom of heaven here on earth, to get this out to more people. Why? Because the way that you we don't fight a gun with a gun. But the weapons of my warfare are not physical, but mighty through God to the pulling down of lies and deceit and strongholds that are built up. That's why this video is one of the most important videos I've ever made. So, I want you to begin to share it right now because Charlie Kirk was assassinated because he confronted this ideology. But I believe that it's going to be an army

[00:25:00]of people that leave their furry identities, their personas behind, that leave this this demonic uh ideology, and they're going to be the very ones that advocate the most on behalf of the gospel of Jesus Christ. And there is an army that's forming in the cont comment section right now. Here's the thing. October 25th, we're gathering and I want you there. Get up out of your seat. Get out of your slumber. Get a plane ticket. Get a bus ticket. Do whatever you have to do to get to Chicago for the Breakers→ Mobilization-army framing post-assassination

[00:25:30]Conference. We're going to be joining together and celebrating freedom. You're going to see people who came out of witchcraft and the occult. People that came out of this uh this furry identity. You're going to see us pray for uh representative of all 50 states. The students are going to be gathered together. I need you to drop into the pin comment and get your tickets now. We've got it more than halfway filled up. There's just less than a month away. And I want to see you in in the middle of our nation. We're all going to gather in the middle. And so we're all flying→ Mobilization-army framing post-assassination

[00:26:00]out. We're all driving out to get to Chicago for the Breakers Conference. And I want to see you there. It's the pinned comment. And if you have not subscribed to this channel, go ahead and hit the subscribe button now. Join this army of over 1.4 4 million people globally who are rising up with the truth and then shining the light of Jesus Christ in dark times. And guys, as always, check out this uh sermon that I preach. A matter of fact, this last Sunday, I preached a message on furries uh

[00:26:30]Luciferianism. It's in it's in the comment or it's in the description. So, go into the description. It's going to say sermon real big. And I want you to watch that sermon right now. Have your kids watch it. Over 500 uh people accepted Christ after they saw this sermon. And so I want you to leave this video and go check that sermon out now. It's in the description. And then buy your tickets for the Breakers Conference in Chicago. I want to see you there. I love you. I'm out.