{"podcast":{"title":"RTTBROS","slug":"rttbros-107316","podcast_index_feed_id":107316,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/127be410/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/RTTBROS","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/3001092/3001092-1652304774197-5e20feeb09c77.jpg","author":"Gene Kissinger","episode_count":1985,"summary":"We need to redeem the time as the passage in Ephesians 5 states BECAUSE the days are evil. It is vital as believers that we learn to discern. We need to acquire wisdom so we can walk in truth. Wisdom is word based and God given. We learn it from the word of God and ultimately from the God who gave us the Word. My brother Norman and I are going to be setting up a ministry and under this ministry umbrella we will establish a YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgGuqrDZ3ku7C78qrb4eOyQ Tik-Tok short form video here tiktok.com/@genekissinger_rttbros https://linktr.ee/rttbros","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T02:18:11.359324+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316"},"episode":{"title":"The Cost of the Signature #RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #USA250 #NATION250 #AMERICA250","slug":"the-cost-of-the-signature-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-nation250-america250","published_at":"2026-06-22T12:37:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316/the-cost-of-the-signature-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-nation250-america250","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/RTTBROS/episodes/The-Cost-of-the-Signature-RTTBROS-NIGHTLIGHT-USA250-NATION250-AMERICA250-e3l4cm9","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/127be410/podcast/play/121827465/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-22%2F426605142-44100-2-015354e30ff7c.mp3","summary":"The Cost of the Signature #RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #USA250 The Cost of the Signature "For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost?" — Luke 14:28 THE STORY They knew what they were signing. The fifty-six men who placed their names on the Declaration of Independence were not acting on impulse. They were committing, in the plainest terms imaginable, an act of treason against the British Crown. The document itself acknowledged it — that to secure the rights they were declaring, they were pledging to each other "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Those were not empty words. Nine of the fifty-six died as a result of the war. Five were captured and imprisoned by the British and treated brutally. Twelve had their homes ransacked or burned. Two lost sons in the conflict. One had his wife imprisoned until she died. Richard Stockton of New Jersey was subjected to conditions so harsh that his health never recovered. He died before the war ended, having watched his estate plundered and his papers burned. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter, saw his ships seized by the British Navy and his fortune wiped out. He died in poverty. Francis Lewis of New York had his home destroyed and his wife taken prisoner. She was held in brutal conditions for months, never fully recovered her health, and died in 1779. They counted the cost. They signed anyway. And many of them paid exactly the price they had agreed to pay. THE REFLECTION Luke 14:28 is a verse about discipleship, not patriotism. Jesus uses the image of a man building a tower, the foolishness of beginning a project without calculating whether you have the resources to finish it. The point is not that the cost should discourage us. The point is that w…","meta_description":"The Cost of the Signature #RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #USA250 The Cost of the Signature \"For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down firs…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":177,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rttbros-107316/episodes/the-cost-of-the-signature-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-nation250-america250/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316/the-cost-of-the-signature-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-nation250-america250.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}