Just A Guy In The Pew Podcast

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Who Are Your Homies? Aug 16, 2022

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When you take a look around at the people you spend your time with, does it bring you joy? Do you look up to your friends and do they make you look up to Heaven? Are you settling or compromising in friendships out of a fear of loneliness? In this episode Deacon Jeff and John talk about: - The need to "fly from bad companions" - What you are going to lose in comparison to what you are going to gain - David and Jonathan (aka the dream team) - Old testament drive-thrus #CatholicPodcast #JustaGuyinthePew #Friendship DOWNLOADS Get a copy of my new eBook, “12 Ways Guys Can Get Closer to Jesus”! HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/EBOOK SUPPORT: Join the Community! I’ve created a brand new resource for guys called “The Narrow Road.” It’s a monthly booklet and accompanying videos to help guys live a life of virtue and holiness. You can join The Community and subscribe to “The Narrow Road” here: HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/THE-NARR... NEW: Shop the store! We have a new Just a Guy in the Pew store where you can stock up on great merch HERE: HTTPS://STORE.JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/

Maybe YOU'RE The Guy... Aug 09, 2022

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Do you sometimes feel like you are in a spiritual wasteland? Maybe God wants you to do more than just ache. Maybe you should do more than just listen to what is going on around you. Maybe YOU are the guy that needs to ACT. YOU, unworthy, unqualified, underestimating the power of trying. In this episode we share: - How our hardships are sometimes invitations - The excuses we make. - The prophets are not that different from us. - Fishing #CatholicPodcast #JustaGuyinthePew #BatleWithin DOWNLOADS Get a copy of my new eBook, “12 Ways Guys Can Get Closer to Jesus”! HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/EBOOK SUPPORT: Join the Community! I’ve created a brand new resource for guys called “The Narrow Road.” It’s a monthly booklet and accompanying videos to help guys live a life of virtue and holiness. You can join The Community and subscribe to “The Narrow Road” here: HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/THE-NARR... NEW: Shop the store! We have a new Just a Guy in the Pew store where you can stock up on great merch HERE: HTTPS://STORE.JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/

The Battle Within Aug 02, 2022

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As men, we fight. We fight for our families to be financially stable, for our children to do well in sports, and we fight to get that new car because ultimately we fight for the things that we think will make us happy. Yet, so often we are left unfulfilled or frustrated. In this episode, John and Victor cut right to the chase and discuss our common failure to choose the right battle. True victory and true peace come from diagnosing our interior challenges (and wounds) and picking up the fight within. In this episode John and Victor talk about: Our tendency to go, go, go. The reading of the "rich fool" (Matthew 16: 21-27) Jacques Philippe’s book: Interior Freedom Physical healing from interior healing! #CatholicPodcast #JustaGuyinthePew #BatleWithin DOWNLOADS Get a copy of my new eBook, “12 Ways Guys Can Get Closer to Jesus”! HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/EBOOK SUPPORT: Join the Community! I’ve created a brand new resource for guys called “The Narrow Road.” It’s a monthly booklet and accompanying videos to help guys live a life of virtue and holiness. You can join The Community and subscribe to “The Narrow Road” here: HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/THE-NARR... NEW: Shop the store! We have a new Just a Guy in the Pew store where you can stock up on great merch HERE: HTTPS://STORE.JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/

Do We Really Believe? Jul 26, 2022

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For real… Do we believe in the power of the Holy Spirit the way the apostles did in Acts? Do we let our doubt prevent powerful acts of faith? Do we believe Jesus, who rose from the dead, can heal the broken? In this episode John shares about: - His experience of Healing at the “I Am Prayer Training” retreat - The necessity of TOTAL belief to be a Christian - The power of the Holy Spirit that has been given to us! - Stirring our hearts like chocolate milk #CatholicPodcast #JustaGuyinthePew #Believe DOWNLOADS Get a copy of my new eBook, “12 Ways Guys Can Get Closer to Jesus”! HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/EBOOK SUPPORT: Join the Community! I’ve created a brand new resource for guys called “The Narrow Road.” It’s a monthly booklet and accompanying videos to help guys live a life of virtue and holiness. You can join The Community and subscribe to “The Narrow Road” here: HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/THE-NARR... NEW: Shop the store! We have a new Just a Guy in the Pew store where you can stock up on great merch HERE: HTTPS://STORE.JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/

The Trap Of Self-Reliance Jul 19, 2022

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Hey everybody!! We are living in times of countless self-help books, proud independence, and accomplishing as much as we can (as quickly as we can). The world is preaching productivity, but “self-reliance” comes with the FALSE PROMISE of control that ultimately leaves us weary and restless. In this episode listen to Victor and I talk about: - Letting go of the steering wheel - Productivity vs. Fruitfulness - Abiding in God in order to depend on God. - The Holy Spirit demanding hugs #CatholicPodcast #JustaGuyinthePew #SelfReliance DOWNLOADS Get a copy of my new eBook, “12 Ways Guys Can Get Closer to Jesus”! HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/EBOOK SUPPORT: Join the Community! I’ve created a brand new resource for guys called “The Narrow Road.” It’s a monthly booklet and accompanying videos to help guys live a life of virtue and holiness. You can join The Community and subscribe to “The Narrow Road” here: HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/THE-NARR... NEW: Shop the store! We have a new Just a Guy in the Pew store where you can stock up on great merch HERE: HTTPS://STORE.JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/

The Pain of Inadequacy Jul 12, 2022

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In this episode, Victor and I ask “Why do we even try to be enough?” The enemy knows that men often struggle with feeling like they are not good enough fathers, husbands, or providers. It is a painful lie to believe you have to be “enough”. Take a load off and join us, your inadequate brothers, as we chat about it. In this episode you will hear about: * The sin of forgetting God’s love * The GREATNESS of your insufficiency * Desolation * Letting yourself be held by God… like a child. DOWNLOADS Get a copy of my new eBook, “12 Ways Guys Can Get Closer to Jesus”! HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/EBOOK SUPPORT: Join the Community! I’ve created a brand new resource for guys called “The Narrow Road.” It’s a monthly booklet and accompanying videos to help guys live a life of virtue and holiness. You can join The Community and subscribe to “The Narrow Road” here: HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/THE-NARR... NEW: Shop the store! We have a new Just a Guy in the Pew store where you can stock up on great merch HERE: HTTPS://STORE.JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/

The Secret Sauce to Loving Jesus Jul 05, 2022

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We are enslaved by our attachments to this world. But the world REJECTED Christ. How could we love both Jesus and the world if they oppose each other? The world and Jesus just don't mesh. We must choose to submit ourselves FULLY to Jesus and “take nothing with us” like the true disciples we are made to be. This Secret-Sauce-Episode includes spicy content about: - Elijah's abandonment - What it means to ~actually~ follow Jesus - The 5 checks to being a disciple in daily life #CatholicPodcast #JustaGuyinthePew #Abandonment DOWNLOADS Get a copy of my new eBook, “12 Ways Guys Can Get Closer to Jesus”! HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/EBOOK SUPPORT: Join the Community! I’ve created a brand new resource for guys called “The Narrow Road.” It’s a monthly booklet and accompanying videos to help guys live a life of virtue and holiness. You can join The Community and subscribe to “The Narrow Road” here: HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/THE-NARR... NEW: Shop the store! We have a new Just a Guy in the Pew store where you can stock up on great merch HERE: HTTPS://STORE.JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/

Suffering? Ah Man... Jun 28, 2022

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Contrary to the way most Saints make it seem, suffering is actually NOT that fun. Shocking right?! Rule #1 on this show: We cannot compare our sufferings. When we are in the midst of suffering, we often just want it to be over! God allows all things, so how should we react to these growing pains in our spiritual life? In this episode you will hear John say: - “Go on with your bad self Mary Magdalene de Pazzi” - “Our life as Christians is a maturing process” - “These things too shall pass” - “Suffering” DOWNLOADS Get a copy of my new eBook, “12 Ways Guys Can Get Closer to Jesus”! HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/EBOOK SUPPORT: Join the Community! I’ve created a brand new resource for guys called “The Narrow Road.” It’s a monthly booklet and accompanying videos to help guys live a life of virtue and holiness. You can join The Community and subscribe to “The Narrow Road” here: HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/THE-NARR... NEW: Shop the store! We have a new Just a Guy in the Pew store where you can stock up on great merch HERE: HTTPS://STORE.JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/

Is Wisdom Enough ? Jun 21, 2022

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Solomon could have had ANYTHING… yet he asked for Wisdom. It's just John and the Holy Spirit in the studio for this episode where John spits fiery truth about Solomon and Elijah. John talks about the wisdom it takes to be a good King, know God’s will and make the right choices. It takes more than knowledge, but obedience and willpower to act wisely. In this you will learn about: - The downfall of Solomon and David - What role does our WILL play in wisdom - Elijah’s kick-butt proof of our all-powerful God DOWNLOADS Get a copy of my new eBook, “12 Ways Guys Can Get Closer to Jesus”! HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/EBOOK SUPPORT: Join the Community! I’ve created a brand new resource for guys called “The Narrow Road.” It’s a monthly booklet and accompanying videos to help guys live a life of virtue and holiness. You can join The Community and subscribe to “The Narrow Road” here: HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/THE-NARR... NEW: Shop the store! We have a new Just a Guy in the Pew store where you can stock up on great merch HERE: HTTPS://STORE.JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/

Trust is a Two-Way Street Jun 14, 2022

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We have been given a HUGE responsibility. n this bonus episode, Victor and I recognize that not only do we need to trust the Lord, but we must see that He entrusts us with much. We have been given the responsibility to be the light of the world. There is no Plan B. In this bonus episode you’ll here about: - The constant need for conversion - What does it mean that we are the Salt of the Earth - Your PURPOSE DOWNLOADS Get a copy of my new eBook, “12 Ways Guys Can Get Closer to Jesus”! HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/EBOOK SUPPORT: Join the Community! I’ve created a brand new resource for guys called “The Narrow Road.” It’s a monthly booklet and accompanying videos to help guys live a life of virtue and holiness. You can join The Community and subscribe to “The Narrow Road” here: HTTPS://JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/THE-NARR... NEW: Shop the store! We have a new Just a Guy in the Pew store where you can stock up on great merch HERE: HTTPS://STORE.JUSTAGUYINTHEPEW.COM/