Unashamed with the Robertson Family
Ep 1101 | Jase & Al Open Up for the First Time About Phil Robertson's Death & Private Funeral
Fri, 30 May 2025
Jase and Al open up about the hardest and most beautiful week of their lives—the week they said goodbye to Phil. From laughter and worship at his funeral to the overwhelming love from Unashamed Nation, they reflect on the ripple effect of Phil’s faith and the legacy he leaves behind. With resurrection hope in their hearts, they look ahead to a future where Phil’s children, grandchildren, and spiritual family carry the torch of the gospel to the next generation and beyond.In this episode: Romans 3, verse 23; 1 John 2, verse 6; 1 John 4, verse 18 “Unashamed” Episode 1101 is sponsored by:https://fastgrowingtrees.com/unashamed — Save up to half-off on select plants and when you use code UNASHAMED at checkout you’ll get an additional 15% off!https://puretalk.com/unashamed — Support veterans by switching to America’s wireless company for as little as $25 per month today!https://tomorrowclubs.org/30camps — Join this disciple-making movement by sponsoring 30 Tomorrow Club kids for just $30 a month! Download the Rocket Money app & tell them you heard about it from Unashamed with the Robertson Family! Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rocket-money-bills-budgets/id1130616675 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.truebill&hl=en_US&pli=1 Listen to Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or anywhere you get podcasts. - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What significant event are Jase and Al reflecting on?
It has been. So in our time, I guess this is one day – from the funeral, which we had, right. Which I think we're releasing that at some point that y'all filmed it.
We were going to live stream it with it. You know what? We're going to just kind of have a moment with the family, small intimate gathering, but we think there were that we do want. Yeah.
It was so uplifting. And I asked Reed this morning when, uh, welcome Reed. Sorry. I hadn't already done that. Um, but we, uh, we, we wanted, I was like, Reed, what do you think? And, and I don't know, tell what you said.
Cause it was, I mean, I just talked about how impactful it was. I mean, it was, that was by far the best funeral I've ever attended or seen, you know? I mean, it just was, it was amazing, you know? And, and, Gospel was preached, you know, we worshiped, we honored and celebrated him.
I mean, and his whole life was honoring and celebrating what Christ did for him, you know, and it just, I think that was done really well. And I was blown away. Yeah, I was.
Yeah, it was something. I had to kind of detach myself because Phil had this famous line that he said many times, when I die, don't cry. You can sing, you can dance, you can do a little jig, but I made it. And he was real emphatic about that. So we kind of came up with a plan, which was interesting when we met. The plan that we came up with, we didn't really do.
We were going to do two services, like one for the family, and then we were going to do a public thing just because the outpouring was so massive, which was kind of shocking, I think, to everybody, everyone. I mean, look, I knew Phil's famous, but... I mean, I had hundreds of texts. So you started getting into hundreds.
I mean, hundreds like it was ringing on your phone like you were at a pinball machine. It caused me a little concern because a lot of them, they weren't in my phone. I'm like, how did you get my number? Who are you? I had a lot of those. I would just say, thanks, bud. There were several I didn't know either, and I was just like, I knew them, but I had several of them.
So then it got into how, if all these people show up, where are they going to be?
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Chapter 2: How did the funeral celebrate Phil's life and faith?
But I'm just looking at the response, and I'm thinking, I mean, I don't even know how many millions, hundreds of millions, I mean, maybe billions of views have seen the gospel through the content that Phil was on just in the last few days. I mean, it's just been incredible, the response. And then it hit me. that this man, Bill, my uncle, your dad, your granddad, was not a paid pastor.
He did not pastor a church. And when Jill and I were in college ministry, they'd always come in and say, man, I feel called to be a pastor. I feel called to go into ministry. And I'm thinking, you know, and everybody said that. And I'll say, if every one of you becomes... a pastor, or goes into the ministry? What happens to the marketplace?
And what Phil embodied was the kingdom of God outside of the building. Have you ever heard Phil say, I'm going to church? I've never heard him say that.
Oh, he wouldn't say it.
He would chastise us.
Yeah, if you said that, he would chastise you. Well, that's why I told you, my whole conversion, I mean, I wrapped it up in there because it was true. When he preached for the first time, which was seven years after he came to the Lord, in a church building. I didn't know if you remember that.
I'm not sure I was even there.
Well, the only reason I remember it is because a week later, I came to the Lord. Right after that. I think I was gone. I think that was during my prodigal. Because I thought he was nervous about it. Yeah. You know, because I was – you've got to remember at that stage of my life, I was 14 years old.
I was still – even though my dad had been a Christian for seven years, and I think you maybe – I can't remember which brother talked about that. No, I think you did. It was bumpy.
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