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Who will give me $1,300 to go?

I got 13 over here, now 13-five.

13-five. Anybody? 13-five.

13-five, now 14?

For $1,400. Anybody for 14?

I have 14 over here, 14-five. 14-five...

14-five. 14-five, now 15.

$1,500 over here. Thank you, ma'am.

15, now 15-five. 15-five.

Anybody for 15-five? 15-five...

16. $1,600 bid, anybody? 16?

I need $1,600.

I got 16, thank you. 16. Now 16-five...

16-five. 16-five, now $1,700.

I have to go down to the storeroom.

Okay.

18-five? 18-five, I'm at 18-five.

I'm at 1,800.

1,800. Going once, going twice.

Sold, $1,800, number 286.

Next up, we've got the offering plates.

Item number 275...

You looking for a deal on some pews?

Yeah.

I just... I had to see for myself.

It's hard to believe, huh?

Did the bank assume the mortgage?

Make sure you get a waiver of liability.

You know that, right?

I hear you're doing well.

Got good numbers.

We're growing, yeah.

How many services you got over there?

We just added a second.

That's great.

I learned from the best, you know.

I did.

You got any anointing in there, huh?

Got to get that oil, get the fire going.

If you ain't got that oil,

God ain't pleased with you.

Excuse me.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

It's all right. I got you.

John, this is Bishop Pearson.

Bishop, John Felton.

Pleasure to meet you, Bishop.

Sorry I'm late.

I know, just look at it.

It'll take five minutes.

So, it's 9,700 square feet.

It used to be one

of the old Huntsfield warehouses.

I figure if we build the stage

up against that wall,

we can put the offices over there.

Hang some drapes on the windows

and lay down a new floor.

Could you excuse us, please?

Oh, sure.

Of course. I'll just...

Take your time.

Come on, Nicky.

What are we doing here?

I don't know what we're doing.

This is the best space

for what we can afford.

What do I preach, Nicky?

Hm?

Tell me what to preach.

Are you saying...

that God took Higher D,

and so you must've had it all wrong?

You're telling me you don't think that?

That's not fair.

I saw Reggie.

I guess you two don't really talk.

How's he doing?

He wanted me to give this to you.

He's moved back to Texas.

He's moved back to live with his mother.

So, how was the space?

It's not right.

Oh, but Nicky was so excited.

What was wrong with it?

Here.

Don't put that all in your mouth

at the same time. Let me cut it for you.

Why do you think he wrote to you?

He loves you.

I just...

I just don't want him to see where I'm at.

And where are you?

I'm here.

Yeah.

You're here.

Look at somebody and say,

"We're still here."

We're still here.

Get up, Carlton.

Just get up.

Chief.

Carlton.

I was so glad you called.

Sit down, please.

I do ask after you, believe it or not.

How are you doing?

I guess you saw the news on Richard.

They're accusing him of embezzling.

Things have gotten pretty messed up

around here.

I miss you.

How you doing?

I feel lost.

I pray, but I don't hear anything.

I don't feel anything.

Just separated from God.

I've been thinking a lot about Ronnie.

How lost he was and...

how I pushed him away.

If there was one thing

that made me want to consider

everything you were preaching,

it was how lonely God must feel

denying his own children.

I turned my back on you, son.

Sorry I had to do that.

Maybe I didn't give you a choice.

I was surprised to hear

you'd given up the preaching.

And frankly, I was disappointed

because you were called, Carlton.

I still believe that.

And I want you to know

that there is a place for you here

when you're ready to come back to us.

It's a challenge to be called by God

and not allow it

to fill you with arrogance.

It is a very important lesson.

Arrogance will separate us from God.

And it'll separate us from the ones

we love most if we're not careful.

Honey?

Hey, buddy.

How you doing? How you holding up?

What're you doing here?

How are you?

Well, you know.

Doctors gave me a new medication.

I got diagnosed with Lymphoma.

So...

Nicky...

gave me your letter.

And I, uh...

I just want to say I'm sorry.

And I wanted to tell you you're not alone.

Did God tell you that?

He still whispering in your ear?

Did he tell you how much I weigh?

You know, I figured something out, Bishop.

You know how you used to tell me,

"Reggie, just stay strong and...

doing gay and being gay

is two different things"?

Well, it was bullshit.

I'm gay.

It ain't no choice.

It just is. It is what I am.

It's who I am.

And now, God's gonna

send me to hell for it.

Just as sure as you sitting there

with your jaw hanging out,

God is going to punish me for it all.

I tried so hard.

I tried so hard to get saved.

So many different people tried,

but it just never worked.

But...

you could get me saved, right?

I mean, if anybody could do it,

you could do it.

Will you do that for me?

Bishop?

Will you?

- 'Cause God about to send me to hell.

- Reggie, Reggie.

- I know, I can just feel it now.

- Listen to me, Reggie.

- You don't need to be saved.

- You don't know that.

You can't know that for sure.

I've never been more sure

of anything in my life.

Look at me, Reggie.

When the time comes...

you'll be with Him.

Bishop Pearson.

You know, when Pastor Flunder...

asked me to come and visit, I...

And our guest today

took a lot of convincing...

I was terrified, actually.

...Bishop Carlton Pearson.

These people don't want

to hear from me...

What have I got to say to them, but...

then I thought, well...

You know, with everything

I've been through...

I do know something about...

what it feels like to be an outcast.

You know? And I...

I do know something about...

what it feels like to be...

to be told you're not worthy

of God's love.

I've spent a lotof my life...

living in fear of God.

And I preached that fear.

And I preached it and I preached it,

and I preached it so much

that I became afraid not to preach it.

Why is it so hard to let go of that fear?

Is it because if God loves everybody

unconditionally, then...

maybe we have to?

Is that it?

And what is it about loving each other

unconditionally that scares us so much?

I don't know.

But I do know one thing.

It know it was God's love

got me in this room.

Amen.

I know that.

I know Jesus's love brought me here.

Can I get an "amen" around here?

Amen.

- Maybe a little "hallelujah" around here.

- Hallelujah.

Oh, I got some, okay.

I thank God for my life.

I do.

I thank God for my wife.

Come on, clap your hands.

Come on, sing the song.

Let me tell you

what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna run through

some of them old songs.

Mom, I'm looking at you. I'm gonna have

to call you to help me a little bit.

Some of them old holiness songs that you...

my... my... my grandma used to get up

every Sunday night

and sing some of these songs,

and before you knew it,

you know, we couldn't

sing it long without...

We couldn't go to parties,

the only place we could dance

was in the house of the Lord.

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