You were not fired Deacon Tom, you were drafted and traded , like a major league ball player gets drafted and traded by a crappy team to a great team, @tomfreeman has a great team over there at steemchurch. When it comes to preaching I can't hold a candle to the folks over there, the wax always seem to burn my skin when it drips on me.
If Sam is in MO he is already well past the promised land, Texas, even the Duke, aka John Wayne, new that Texas is the real promised land, everywhere else is just an imitation like has been discussed earlier in the week.