Craig Andrews opens up about the most defining leadership moment of his life—one he wasn’t even conscious for. After slipping into a six-week coma from COVID-19, doctors told his wife he wouldn’t survive. But his team kept the business running. Freelancers stepped in unasked. That’s when Craig knew he had built something more than a company—he built loyalty.

In this special Christmas episode, Craig reflects on that recovery period and the relationships that mattered most. From struggling to climb stairs to re-learning how to stand, he talks candidly about physical weakness and emotional clarity. Coming back from the brink helped him separate genuine, reciprocal relationships from those that were only surface deep.

Craig urges leaders to evaluate who’s really in their corner and to invest in people who show up when it counts. His story is both personal and powerful—an unfiltered look at legacy through leadership.

Want to learn more about Craig Andrews' work? Check out their website at https://allies4me.com.

Connect with Craig Andrews on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-andrews.

Key Points with Timestamps

• 00:00 — Craig shares his six-week coma and how his team stepped up

• 00:50 — A non-traditional Christmas episode grounded in reflection

• 01:10 — The physical toll of recovery and climbing stairs on oxygen

• 02:52 — Playing with grandkids and the struggle to stand unassisted

• 03:30 — Evaluating relationships through crisis

• 04:25 — Texts from friends who vanished after the coma

• 05:50 — Investing in the people who actually show up

• 06:20 — Why Craig shuts down business for two weeks every Christmas

• 07:15 — Slowing down to focus on the people who matter

• 08:09 — Craig opens up about the spiritual meaning of Christmas

• 10:25 — Historical evidence of Jesus and reflections on faith

• 12:14 — Why Jesus stands apart in history and what it means

• 13:05 — Craig signs off with encouragement to invest in family

Transcript

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Craig Andrews
I was in a coma for six weeks while the doctors told my wife I was going to die. When I woke up, she told me the most fantastic story. My team kept running the business without me. Freelancers reached out to my team and said, we will do whatever it takes. As long as Craig's in the hospital. I consider that the greatest accomplishment in my career.

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Craig Andrews
My name is Craig Andrews and this is the Leaders and Legacies podcast where we talk to leaders creating an impact beyond themselves. At the end of today's interview, I'll tell you how you can be the next leader featured on this show.

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So this is a.

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Christmas episode, but.

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It's not a typical.

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Christmas episode because I think everybody is doing those.

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Plus I'm wearing, you know, short sleeves.

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It's it's December and Christmas, which this year it's particularly warm.

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But I want to talk about was.

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Four years ago. That was my first Christmas after.

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Getting out of the hospital. And, you know, I think if you've been.

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Listening to.

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The show, you know, that I was in the hospital in, in August of 2021,

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very.

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Sick.

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With Covid.

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They put me on the ventilator, told my wife I wouldn't live, and.

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I was actually the first one.

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To leave that ICU alive. And four years ago, I was, you know, I got home November 6th, and.

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Christmas was still very hard.

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We had family come over to.

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Celebrate Christmas with us, and we decided to celebrate upstairs.

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In our.

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You know, bonus room.

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Well,

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I could.

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Get upstairs by.

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That point, but it was really, really hard.

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I would.

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Go up the stairs.

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I was on heavy oxygen at the time, and, you know. And what happens.

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When you're in a coma? I was in coma for six weeks. Your muscles completely.

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Atrophy, and the ventilator.

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It's just horrible.

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For the lungs. And I haven't fully recovered from that. Even four.

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Years.

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Later. But the when we'd go upstairs, I would get up there and I would have to.

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Just sit once I got up to the top stairs, if it's a little.

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Recliner at the top, I would sit down that recliner. It would take me at least.

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Five minutes to.

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Recover. And then, you know, I could move.

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To do something else.

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You know, the grandkids were on the floor. So I got down on the floor,

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to play with them.

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And that was still hard.

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I couldn't stand up at that point. I could not stand up without.

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Some type of assistance. If I was on.

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The floor.

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Now, the assistance could.

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Be like we had an Ottoman there. Now, with push up against that, you know, I would come and climb up it, you know, to get to the point where.

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I was standing.

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But I couldn't.

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You know, if I was sitting.

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In the middle of the floor with nothing to grab hold of, I, you know, I.

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Wasn't strong enough to stand.

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Up. But.

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You know, what was really.

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Interesting from that time.

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Was.

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It helped me evaluate different.

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Relationships in my.

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Life. And that's why I wanted to talk about.

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Is.

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You know, the we all have limited amounts of time.

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And I think we need to evaluate the relationships in our lives and, and.

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Be discriminating.

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About where we.

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Spend.

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Our time, you know, invest more in.

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Reciprocal relationships, relationships that.

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That are true long term relationships.

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That are.

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True, you know, bilateral.

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Relationships and spend less.

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Time with those that are kind of unilateral. You know, one of the.

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Things that I discovered after.

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I woke up from my car.

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Was.

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It took me, you know, it.

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Took at least two weeks.

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Before.

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My head started clearing.

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Up. But as time went on.

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I,

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started going.

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Through my phone.

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And, this two.

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People had texted me about eight days into my coma. Now, here's the thing to keep in mind, okay? These people.

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Knew exactly what was.

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Going on with me.

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They knew I was in a coma.

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And they knew that all.

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The predictions were.

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That I was going to die, and.

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They sent me the most.

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Glowing and wonderful text.

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Messages. One said I was a better friend than he ever deserved. And I just remember thinking.

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You know, who were.

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You sending those text messages to?

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And who were you.

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Sending the text messages for?

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What's really interesting.

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Is both of those people.

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I've tried to reconnect with after coming out of the coma, and both have been very.

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Very scarce.

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And.

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I realized.

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Okay, yeah, I'll touch them with them every now and then, but.

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It's time.

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For me.

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To focus more.

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On.

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Relationships of.

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People.

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Who just.

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You know, through thick and thin, you know, were there,

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people who took care of my family when I was in my coma and I think that's something that I'd like to talk about in this, you know.

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For this Christmas episode.

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One and one other thing, and I'll cover that in a minute. But again, this is a good time of year to.

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Invest in the right relationships. You know, things slow down a little bit.

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And, you know, for me and my.

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Business, we we shut down the office for two weeks over Christmas. It just it's something I did years ago. One, it's better for my team.

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Two.

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It's better.

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For, you know, the clients.

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The clients don't want to.

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Meet with.

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Us. You never, ever.

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Christmas and I found that.

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It's just not very.

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Productive time. Back when I worked in an industry, it wasn't a very productive time.

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And what it does is it kind of.

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Forces when when.

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We know we're doing a hard shut down, like we're doing a hard shut down the Friday before Thanksgiving. Friday before.

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Christmas.

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I'm recording.

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This in advance of that.

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But we know that,

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I end up working harder to get that done, and then that.

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Frees up.

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Time.

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To invest in important relationships. And that would.

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Be my encouragement to you.

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Is look at the relationships, especially.

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Family.

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This is a good.

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Time of year to invest in family and look at.

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The relationships in your life. They're reciprocal.

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You know, hopefully you never have to go through what I went through to really.

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See where things stood.

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You know, to

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be on the brink of death and.

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And then wonder what happened to.

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These people that had such.

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Warm and.

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Glowing messages.

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For me when.

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I was in a coma.

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And couldn't hear them? But it did help.

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Me see some wonderful.

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Wonderful people that.

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Were there. And they stood by.

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My family and they stood by me.

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And those are the relationships I'll.

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Be investing in.

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This Christmas season.

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The.

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Second thing and.

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I just.

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I generally.

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Avoid this.

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Topic in the.

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Podcast because we, you know, we speak to a.

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Broad range of people and,

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and the fact is, I, I've never.

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Selected somebody based on.

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Their political.

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Beliefs or their religious beliefs.

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I enjoy having the.

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Diversity of voices on the.

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Podcast, and I enjoy hearing people come from a,

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diversity of perspectives. But it's hard for me to ignore what.

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I believe is the true meaning of Christmas, you know? And it's.

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It's a reminder of the, you know.

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Birth of Jesus Christ. Obviously, he wasn't.

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Born on.

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Christmas.

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That's. But that's where.

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We've decided to.

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Market. But nevertheless, it's a reminder of the birth.

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Of Jesus Christ.

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And, you know, you may not sure what you think about that. Not sure what you.

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Think about Jesus.

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We do know.

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He was a historical.

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Figure.

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It's very well documented.

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We have more documentation about.

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Who Jesus was from.

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Multiple independent.

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Sources than.

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We have about many of.

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The Caesars.

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That, you know, we.

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Teach as regular history. And so there's an abundance of,

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And history and documentation about,

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that.

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There was a real person named Jesus.

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And he developed a group of.

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Followers.

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That walked with him, and several.

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Faced the same type.

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Of death. He did, but.

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Refused to renounce their beliefs. There was a.

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Brutal death and, he.

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Was.

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Significant enough that the way we record time.

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Pivots on his.

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Life. You know, we have.

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Dates that go back.

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And we have dates that go to A.D., but that pivot.

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Is around.

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The life of.

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Jesus Christ. And people would say, well, that's a European perspective.

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And this, that and the other.

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Well, Christianity is not a Western religion. It's a eastern religion.

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Jerusalem's in the East, it's in Asia.

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And of course, it spread to the west.

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And, you know, Rome became.

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Kind of the center.

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Of, you know, a lot of Christianity for many.

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Years.

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And that.

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Moved elsewhere. It was it's really it's an eastern religion. And so I believe Jesus was the Son of God.

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I believe.

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There's.

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Abundant.

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Evidence by.

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Multiple.

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Witnesses.

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There's more evidence for who Jesus was than.

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Many.

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Of the Caesars that.

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We we believe and many other things we believe and the.

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Things that.

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Have been recorded about him through multiple.

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Independent sources.

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Are overwhelming. And I forgot what.

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The statistic was.

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You can take away the Bible and you can.

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Replace.

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Like the majority.

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I forgot what percentage. It's like 70% or 80% of the New Testament.

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With.

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Other historical writings.

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That, you know, confirm what that.

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Is. And so.

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When it comes down to it, I think one of the.

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Biggest questions that people face is, is there a.

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God? And if there.

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Is.

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What do I need to do to reckon with him?

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What does he.

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Require of me, and what do I need to do to reckon with him? Well.

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The one thing that.

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Makes Jesus stand.

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Out is he is the only figure.

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In history.

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Who claimed to be God. Emerged from the dead.

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And so, this Christmas, I hope.

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You'll take time. If you haven't already, to look into.

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That and just see who was this person.

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That we've arranged our calendar around.

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The person who's divided time.

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And what should you believe about?

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So anyway.

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I'll leave it there. That's as far as I'll take.

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Religion on, on, on the podcast.

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And I would say it's more than religion. It's some.

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Important belief. But,

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For next week's episode, we're.

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Going to be talking about goals.

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And goal setting.

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And back to a lot of the normal things that we talk about on the podcast.

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And so I.

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Hope you'll come.

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Back and listen.

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And I wish you a merry.

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Christmas.

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If you.

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Don't celebrate Christmas, I just.

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Hope you have a wonderful time with family.

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During this season.

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This is Craig Andrews. I want to thank you for listening to the Leaders and Legacies podcast. We're looking for leaders to share how they're making the impact beyond themselves. If that's you, please go to Ally's for me.com/guest and sign up there. If you got something out of this interview, we would love you to share this

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