Phil and Al open up about their season of serving and caring for their wives during illness and recovery, and Phil discovers just how much Miss Kay has done for him their entire lives. Jase is nursing his own injury and receives a generous gift while he’s laid up. Grace isn’t about paying someone back, it’s about paying it forward in order to be more like Jesus. God isn’t far away from us, but while we’re in sin, we draw ourselves away from Him. In this episode: Ephesians 2, verses 1-13; Ephesia...
Jul 18, 2024•57 min
Si reveals what he said to calm an angry prisoner who confronted him, and Jase describes the moment of clarity we all have when confronted by our own mortality. Phil explores the biblical perspective of unity, and the Bible itself can become an idol if we forget who it represents. Al discusses the “deepfake” Satan pulled that changed the entire course of our existence. In this episode: 2 Corinthians 5, verses 10-11; Ephesians 4, verses 9-13; John 1, verses 1-14; Hebrews 10, verses 1-18 -- Learn ...
Jul 17, 2024•55 min
Phil, Uncle Si, Jase, Al, and Zach condemn the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and offer a solution to the political and spiritual turmoil America finds herself in. Jase reveals his response when his family was under attack from a shooter in their own home, and the guys offer a prayer of protection and guidance for America in this turbulent time. In this episode: 1 John 4, verse 8; 2 Corinthians 1, verse 18; Romans 8, verse 1 -- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
Jul 15, 2024•58 min
Phil has one particular way to guarantee that no snakes or gators will interfere with his baptisms any more, but Jase isn’t so sure it’s foolproof. Al fondly looks back on shows like “I Dream of Jeannie” but Jase admits that the genie costume kept him distracted from the show’s deeper meaning. God isn’t a million miles away; he is near each of us, and the real battle isn’t trying to stay out of hell; it’s choosing to keep evil out of us. In this episode: Hebrews 10, verses 9-12; Mark 10, verses ...
Jul 12, 2024•56 min
Jase shares stories of ghosts and plagues from his recent vacation to the Bahamas, and Phil gives medical advice that really only makes everything worse! Al points out that even paradise on earth isn’t the paradise we’ll find in heaven, and the guys emphasize the fact that knowledge about Jesus isn’t enough without transformation to be more like him, even if it takes an entire lifetime. In this episode: Ephesians 1, verse 15, through Ephesians 2, verse 10 -- Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Jul 11, 2024•57 min
Phil and Jase get on the same wavelength in scripture to study the effects of love, wrath, mercy, and free will on humankind. Jase remembers what it was like to witness the drastic, overnight change in Phil’s life and how it completely changed the course of his own life. The guys discuss God’s purpose and design for human life as evidence of his existence. In this episode: James 1, verses 14-16; 1 John 2, verses 1-17; 1 John 4, verses 7-18; 1 John 5, verse 3 -- Learn more about your ad choices. ...
Jul 10, 2024•56 min
Phil is inspired by the courage of a young woman attending his Gospel class, and a Zoom call leads Jase to a revelation he’s impatient to share. A newlywed couple found Jesus and each other at Jase’s Faith, Family, Freedom event, and Al offers evidence of a heavenly “seal” on every believer and what that means practically and figuratively. The guys discuss the creation of sin and who or what is ultimately responsible for its existence. In this episode: Hebrews 4, verse 12; Hebrews 2, verse 19; G...
Jul 08, 2024•57 min
Jessica and Jep literally wrote the book on how to talk about interracial adoption with their children’s book “Dear Valor,” published by Brave Books, and Jase feels convicted by the few times he’s doubted Missy in the past and been proved wrong. Even Phil chuckles at a hilarious and embarrassing story from Zach’s childhood, and Jep and Jessica open up about what it’s like to be on three different reality TV shows, raising their kids in the public eye, and becoming the patriarch and matriarch of ...
Jul 05, 2024•56 min
Jase impresses Missy with his initiative at diaper-changing time, and Phil denies the family lore that he flushed cloth diapers when his sons were little, though he admits to changing a few! Lisa makes her first post-surgery, cancer-free “Unashamed” appearance, and Jase details the disaster that almost happened in the pulpit during his latest sermon. Sarah Gabel Seifert, founder of the diaper company EveryLife, discusses the values of America’s fastest-growing and only pro-life diaper company, a...
Jul 04, 2024•56 min
Jase and Al illustrate the tactics Satan uses to destroy marriages and are thankful for Phil and Miss Kay’s hard-won success in their marriage. Jase dives into a study of ancient Greek translations of heaven and hell, and the guys wade into the deep waters of Jesus’ proximity to us, as well as his position far above us in the order of the cosmos. In this episode: Ephesians 2, verse 6; Ephesians 3, verse 10; Ephesians 6, verse 10; 1 Corinthians 15, verses 48-49; 2 Timothy 4, verses 14-18; Hebrews...
Jul 03, 2024•58 min
Unashamed Nation has it out for Jase in the comments, accusing him of becoming more like rascally Uncle Si. Jase encountered a wild-eyed, barefoot man on the run as a child, though he wasn’t as afraid as you’d think. The guys explore the paradoxical concept of surrender to the Lord actually being triumph in the Lord, as well as the literal definition of hell and how Satan came to be there. Zach gives his argument as to why God gave Adam and Eve the rules he did and why they broke them. In this e...
Jul 01, 2024•57 min
Miss Kay spends a good while raving to her family about the loving care Phil has been providing during her health battle, and Jase learned a hard lesson when Missy "tested" him on their wedding anniversary. Zach and his wife, Jill, confess that they’ve had a spat recently, and the guys discuss the importance of confession, forgiveness, and community to marriages and families. In this episode: Ephesians 5, verses 15-32; Ephesians 6, verses 10-15; Matthew 19, verses 5-6 -- Learn more about your ad...
Jun 28, 2024•57 min
Jase has decided that he will head to court and make a case over his recent seatbelt ticket, but he’ll be representing and defending himself! The guys are joined by David Leonard, a Christian singer and songwriter famous for his hit “Great Are You Lord.” David opens up about the strain his father’s ministry was on his childhood and how he dealt with that struggle. Phil reckons that the Bible will be an endless source of inspirational messages, and Zach’s children perform at Willie and Korie’s ne...
Jun 27, 2024•56 min
Missy recounts the awful day she and Cole spent in a strict judge’s traffic court. Years later, she and Jase would learn that Mia had struck up an unlikely friendship with that same judge on her own. Phil officially gets a chauffeur for his Sunday morning drive, even though he was the unauthorized driver’s ed teacher for his boys when they were teens. The guys and Missy discuss the beauty and sacrifice of adoption and suffering for the sake of love. In this episode: Ephesians 3, verse 13 -- Lear...
Jun 26, 2024•57 min
Jase comes in hot to the studio after getting a ticket from a rookie cop for improperly wearing his seatbelt, even though Jase preached a full sermon to him about integrity from Hebrews during the stop. Phil and Al share their own stories of law enforcement woe, and Al looks forward to hearing Missy’s side of the story later on. Jase feels led to examine what the Bible says about “unintentional” sins, and the guys deal with the question of what and where is heaven, according to the Greek and Heb...
Jun 24, 2024•58 min
Phil got mistaken for a homeless man at an event where he was the keynote speaker, and Jase had to perform a dirty duty to help a friend find a lost wedding ring. The guys are joined by the founder and editor of Hook & Barrel magazine, John Radzwilla, who once had the gall to pull an April Fools' Day prank on Phil during an interview! John and the guys discuss the importance of the outdoors to the emotional and spiritual development of young people, as well as Willie and Jase’s appearances in th...
Jun 21, 2024•55 min
Jase belatedly realizes that he’s now a model for a local tackle shop, and Missy sees that Jase has a particular need, so she bought him a flattering gift to fill it. Phil looks a lot like his Civil War-era great-grandfather, leading Al to question whether Phil was born a hundred years too late. The guys discuss the absurdity of Christianity’s origins if one didn’t believe what the Bible says, and Zach points out the incredibility of a living God becoming mortal flesh. In this episode: Ephesians...
Jun 20, 2024•58 min
Jase claims he’s only ever heard Missy make one particular sound once and only because he begged her to, though it’s probably not what you’re thinking! Phil might be a man of the woods, but there’s one thing he didn’t let a pandemic keep him from doing. The guys explore the concept of adoption in both Jewish culture and its significance to those who are baptized into Christ. Jase points out some scientific facts found in the Bible millennia before they were discovered by “modern” science. In thi...
Jun 19, 2024•54 min
Jase recalls the first time he was faced with a seriously sinful situation with his buddies in the woods but was miraculously saved by a surprise visit from the youth group. Phil fires up his Gospel voice after being inspired by studying Ephesians, and Al remembers the first time he ever felt the pull of sin and it changed everything. The guys examine the current cultural movement that says everyone has their own “truth” and compare it to truth as God defines it. Zach and Jase cover the various ...
Jun 17, 2024•56 min
Jase misses church on purpose for a not-so-leisurely activity but takes it as a bad omen when he witnesses a man walking a pig on a leash. Phil is gifted a set of handmade fishing lures for display only, but Jase finds it upsetting to leave them on a shelf and not a fishing rod. The guys discuss the Greek meaning of the word “predestined” as it’s used by Paul, and Zach and Jase differ slightly on their emphasis of collective and personal atonement as described in Ephesians. In this episode: Ephe...
Jun 14, 2024•57 min
Phil reveals why the lesson for his “Unashamed” Bible class at church never changes and encourages Christians old and new in their faith to find and use their spiritual gifts. Jase finds treasure in the podcast studio parking lot, which is interesting considering it’s in the middle of the woods! The guys put forth their own educated opinions on the overarching theme of Ephesians and how we’ve all contributed to the environment of sin that we live in. Jase realizes that no one can ever grasp ever...
Jun 13, 2024•55 min
Jase is surprised to find himself loving a recent George Clooney-directed movie, which leads Al to point out some of the dangerous, if useful, skills that Phil taught his boys when they were young. Jase solves a biblical mystery Phil proposed in the previous episode. The guys set up their continuing study of Ephesians by setting the stage with similar verses from Colossians and Romans to support their interpretation of Jesus as the fulfillment of all law, prophecy, needs, and salvation. In this ...
Jun 12, 2024•57 min
Phil feels as if he’s attending a wedding every week with so many of his progeny getting married. Zach points out that Phil & Miss Kay’s wedding episode of “Duck Dynasty” is still the most viewed nonfiction cable series episode of all time, and Jase buys a bouncy house, though bouncing is the least fun thing about it. The guys discuss unification as a theme that runs throughout the entire Bible and how the Tower of Babel fiasco was rectified through Jesus. Zach and Jase pull references to Jesus ...
Jun 10, 2024•58 min
Phil recalls going shoeless for multiple years back in his pre-Jesus days, and his sons think that’s one of the things that contributed to his living legend. Jase discovers multiple scriptural references to mythical creatures, but what do they mean? The guys point out the difference between man and animals, though there are similarities, too. Zach and Jase begin to tackle the prickly subjects of predestination, original sin, and why humans use their God-given gifts to create evil. In this episod...
Jun 07, 2024•55 min
While Missy has surgery on one of her fingers, Jase has his own sympathy pains when he accidentally slams his pinky finger in a door. Phil is excited to dive into Ephesians after the guys give a quick rundown of the end of Acts, and Zach points out the dangers of “systematic theology” that is often pulled from the early chapters of Ephesians. In this episode: Acts 20-28; Ephesians 1-3; John 17, verse 3; 1 Corinthians 15, verses 53-56; 1 Corinthians 21, verse 18; Romans 4, verse 25; Colossians 1,...
Jun 06, 2024•55 min
Phil remembers encountering a woman in a rehab center who had a disturbing and possibly demonic reaction to the name of Jesus, and Jase is intrigued by how his relationship with late-night Bible studying has evolved over the years. The guys discuss the incident when Paul preached a young man named Eutychus to his death before resurrecting him in the street. Al points out the differences between Western church culture and other church cultures that treat church gatherings as all-day marathon even...
Jun 05, 2024•55 min
Jase has an eventful vacation that included meeting Morgan Freeman on the golf course and being rescued by Unashamed Nation in an Apple store. Phil doesn’t do vacations or hobbies, but he pretends he does for the sake of an argument, and the guys talk about the effect Christianity has on the world at large. Zach points out that when Christianity began interrupting the local economies, it really began to draw attention, and Al covers the verses where Satan claims the world as his own right in fro...
Jun 03, 2024•55 min
Phil sees proof of one of his oldest wildlife theories in the flesh! But his honesty about the whole thing throws off the “Duck Dynasty” legend that Uncle Si started and Jase is currently taking credit for. The guys discuss the power of a public declaration of one’s devotion to Christ. Zach points out that the “point of temptation” is different for everyone and that everyone must recognize their own. In this episode: Acts 19; Revelation 3, verse 20; Matthew 7, verse 21 -- Learn more about your a...
May 31, 2024•57 min
The guys have a lot to talk about after Miss Kay finally comes back home to the river, Lisa comes through her breast cancer surgery like a champ, and Jase’s home in Tennessee is directly hit by a tornado with his son, Cole, inside. Larry Bowles joins Phil, Jase, Al, and Zach to talk about Acts 19 and how the faithful following of the theology of Jesus eventually becomes faithful practice of Jesus’ commands. In this episode: Acts 19; Mark 1, verses 4-5; Matthew 7, verse 21 -- Learn more about you...
May 30, 2024•59 min
Phil required a hand in the baptistry recently, but Jase thinks it’s a cool approach to the task. Al feels a little “frisky” after drinking Chuck Norris’ brand of water, and the guys can’t resist some classic Chuck Norris jokes. The guys ponder the difference between the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit, and a scriptural reference to a miraculous handkerchief gets Jase giggling over the idea. Zach encourages people to examine their lives for evidence of Jesus ...
May 29, 2024•57 min
