

Just A Guy In The Pew Podcast
John Edwards
Welcome to the pew. The place where everyday catholic guys, talk about everyday catholic things, in front of the one person that can do something about it. Jesus Christ
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Aug 9, 2022 • 29min
Maybe YOU'RE The Guy...
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
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Aug 2, 2022 • 29min
The Battle Within
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!
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DOWNLOADS
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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...
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Jul 26, 2022 • 32min
Do We Really Believe?
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...
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Jul 19, 2022 • 33min
The Trap Of Self-Reliance
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...
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Jul 12, 2022 • 30min
The Pain of Inadequacy
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
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Jul 5, 2022 • 31min
The Secret Sauce to Loving Jesus
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...
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Jun 28, 2022 • 32min
Suffering? Ah Man...
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...
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Jun 21, 2022 • 28min
Is Wisdom Enough ?
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...
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Jun 14, 2022 • 30min
Trust is a Two-Way Street
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...
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Jun 7, 2022 • 41min
BONUS: Matt Fradd in the New Studio
In this bonus episode, Matt and I, (two super young, cool guys) discuss what we wish we could have known years ago to be better men. The past controls the present unless we make the decision to intentionally love and lead our families well. “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”
In this bonus episode you’ll here about:
- The need to be open, receptive and seek help from those wiser than ourselves.
- The sooner you reflect on & address your wounds, the better your relationships will be!
- Expectations vs. Reality as Catholic parent.
- The call to be a leader (that does not manipulate)
- And more!
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-NARROW-ROAD
NEW: Shop the store!
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