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In this segment of the Book, Chapter, Verse Podcast, Dr. Earl Carter recounts a disturbing encounter with a young man he describes as a bishop who attended a church near his location. The speaker uses an analogy involving the singer Usher to illustrate how God can provide spiritual covering for believers, yet he sharply contrasts this concept with the behavior of the individual in question. He questions how anyone could claim to be a "man of God" or a spiritual covering for others while engaging in such inappropriate conduct, emphasizing that true protection involves moral integrity rather than mere association. The core message delivered is a stern rebuke to those who fail to maintain proper boundaries, urging them to "put their pants back on" and recognizing the need to cover up their actions rather than seeking external spiritual validation for immoral behavior.
The narrative shifts to a specific personal testimony where Dr. Carter describes an incident that occurred when his children were still in high school or junior high, noting that the man involved was a college student at the time. The setting was an apartment where they were sitting and talking casually, during which the young man began making inappropriate comments about the speaker's toenails and fingernails. The situation escalated when the young man asked to show something, eventually pulling down his pants to expose his penis and asking if the speaker could touch it. Dr. Carter expresses his shock and disbelief at the audacity of the request, highlighting the stark difference between polite conversation and such explicit sexual harassment, while noting that he was wearing flip-flops in the summer which added to the casual nature of the setting before the intrusion occurred.
Upon realizing the severity of the situation, Dr. Carter responded with immediate firmness, telling the young man to put his pants back on and questioning what could possibly be wrong with him for acting this way. He recalls the young man's confused reaction and repeats his command multiple times, even invoking the idea that the young man's mother taught him better than such behavior. The speaker emphasizes that he never disclosed this incident to anyone during his lifetime, intending to take it to his grave, which underscores the gravity of the event and the potential stigma or fear associated with reporting such acts. The transcript concludes with a sense of awe at how such an inappropriate act was reported to him, leaving listeners with a powerful reminder of the importance of personal accountability and the courage required to speak out against misconduct, even when it involves someone in a position of perceived authority.
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>> You are listening to the Book, Chapter,
Verse Podcast.
>> But I you know there was a there's a
there's a famous bishop THAT YOU KNOW
THAT YOU KNOW THE OTHER DAY WAS AT A
CHURCH CLOSE TO HERE.
AND HE SAID THAT
HE WAS GIVING AN ANALOGY ABOUT Usher and
he he began to say you KNOW THAT YOU
KNOW he he he said THAT SOMETHING ABOUT
YOU KNOW HOW GOD CAN provide and and and
and sometimes we just ask God for stuff
and and and you know God has already
worked it out and he said you know that
God already worked it out and I'm going
to give you an example you know my
daughter wanted to go to Usher's
concert.
And he said you know but you KNOW SHE
WAS BEGGING me daddy can I go and and
can I go and I wouldn't answer you know
she just daddy can I go and I wouldn't
answer you know and finally and you know
what what she didn't realize was
that I'm Usher's SPIRITUAL COVERING.
SO I ALREADY HAD FRONT ROW TICKETS.
THIS IS A BISHOP. NOW USHER
SAYS
can't imagine what's going to be like
once WE GET INSIDE AND I put that ooh
wee on me and you want me to be the same
ooh I can't wait. I'm tired of thinking
about it speaking about it baby it's
time to be about it. Turn off the lights
take off your clothes jump in the bed
let it flow squeeze and hold and bite
and scratch and blah blah blah. This is
Now men
how many OF YOU WANT YOUR daughters
to hear the lyrics of Usher?
BUT SEE USHER
GOT SOME EXTRA
Christians at his concert because he
needed an inhaler.
ARE Y'ALL STILL WITH ME?
>> [cheering]
>> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE A MAN OF GOD AND
SEND YOUR DAUGHTER TO THE MOST SEXUALLY
EXPLICIT R&B SINGER IN THE WHOLE WORLD?
BUT LET'S FORGET THAT. HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO BE THE MOST SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ARTIST
IN THE WHOLE WORLD'S
SPIRITUAL COVERING?
LOOK AT SOMEBODY AND SAY, "COVER UP."
THAT'S WHAT HE NEED. HE DON'T NEED NO
COVERING. HE NEED TO COVER UP. PUT YOUR
PANTS BACK ON.
>> WHAT?
>> PUT YOUR PANTS BACK ON.
>> WHAT?
>> PUT YOUR PANTS BACK ON.
>> OKAY.
>> IT WAS reported to me.
My lord.
It was reported to me.
>> You are listening to the Book, Chapter,
Verse podcast.
>> I wanted to find out when you was not I
was talking about what he had did with
the you know to you or whatever. How
long ago was that?
>> It was long. My kids were My kids were
still in high school and junior high.
That's the time all my kids graduated.
So,
um
It's been a long, long time.
>> Do you know how old he was when that
happened when that happened?
>> He was in college cuz he's going to uh
Dayton.
He's going to this school in Dayton.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah.
>> Going to school in Dayton. So, was he
like in his 20s or so he like was he
like
>> I would say in his 20s. Yeah.
>> So, he has he been a pervert or
something? Has he Has he ever had any
type of like perverted ways anything
like that? I mean, for him to do that to
you, for him to expose himself to you
like that, you know, was he in your Was
he in your house? I mean, what what cuz
I I don't know
>> I was in an I was in an apartment.
>> He was in an apartment. Okay.
So, was he inside the apartment? Was he
standing in the door? Or did he Would he
Did he come inside?
>> No, he came
He came in. We were sitting there
talking.
And, you know, he's making all these
comments about my fingernails and
you know, it was in the summertime, so I
had some flip-flops on. I had my
toenails done and
so
So, all women go through what we do.
>> Right. Right.
>> You know, he's making all these
comments on how good it looked and, you
know, and all that stuff and I'm just
like, "Thank you." You know, "Thank you
very much."
You know?
>> Right.
>> And I'm just Well, thank you.
And then he
Uh "Auntie, can I show you something?
Auntie, can I show you something?
Auntie, can I show you something?" Well,
I did that, you know? And then he wanted
to He pulled his pants down.
It was about his penis. It was about his
penis. It was about his
penis.
And asked me,
"Why does it go to the
side like that? Can you touch it? Can
you touch it? Can you touch it?" And And
see
I'm like, "Boy, if you don't put your
pants on,
what's wrong with you?"
>> Wow.
>> Well, I mean Auntie, I would just
Auntie, I would just
"Put your britches on, boy. Put your
britches on, boy.
Put your britches on, boy."
>> Wow.
And he was in college when this
happened?
>> Mhm.
"Put put on. So put your pants on.
So put your pants
on.
>> PUT YOUR PANTS BACK ON.
SO
>> YOUR MAMA TAUGHT you better than that.
Your mama taught
you better than that.
>> So you never you never told anybody
that.
>> Never in my life.
>> Jeez.
>> I thought I would take it to my grave.
>> It was reported to me.
My lord.
It was reported to me.