The UNPACKIN' it Podcast With Bryce Johnson

Oct 29 2024 849 ep. 32 mins
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This is the UNPACKIN’ it Podcast, where we relate sports stories to life and faith. Our mission is to challenge, encourage, and inspire you to follow Jesus and become more like Him with sports conversations that truly matter. We also unpack sports, faith, and life with intriguing guests from the sports world. Bryce Johnson is the president of UNPACKIN' it Ministries and is the host. He welcomes rotating guest co-hosts. Shows are released most weeks on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

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What Has Been Revealed in Week 8 of the NFL...and What Has God Revealed in Our Lives

Oct 29 2024 42 mins  
Bryce Johnson and guest co-host Brian Saylor unpack what NFL teams revealed in week 8…and consider what our lives reveal.Today's Questions:1. Why should we avoid the temptation to view the way that God feels about us through the lens of our experiences?2. What are some of the best ways that we can assess what is truly going on in our hearts?3. How should we respond when God

Paul Mills (Wichita State Basketball Coach) Talks Oral Roberts, NIL, and God's Calling

Oct 22 2024 39 mins  
Bryce interviews current Wichita State men's basketball coach Paul Mills. They unpack Coach Mills' second season with the Shockers, handling pressure as a basketball coach, the state of college basketball, the importance of reading Scripture, and how to steward our calling.Mills spent 14 years as a Baylor assistant under Scott Drew, and then took his first head coaching job at Oral

Coach Joe Kennedy Talks New Movie "Average Joe," Supreme Court, and Importance of Prayer and Faith

Oct 19 2024 38 mins  
In this special episode, Bryce Johnson interviews Coach Joe Kennedy, whose movie, Average Joe, was recently released and inspired by his real life.Coach Joe Kennedy, an eighteen-year Marine veteran, was an assistant coach for the Bremerton High School (BHS) varsity football team. Before he even coached his first game, the Marine-turned-football coach committed to God that he would

NFL Teams That Were Overwhelmed, Outmatched, and Defeated, and How to Endure Past Life's L's

Oct 15 2024 33 mins  
Bryce Johnson and guest co-host Josh Livingston unpack yesterday's blowouts and lopsided defeats in the NFL...and discuss how we can be encouraged when we feel overwhelmed and outmatched in life.Today's Questions:1. What biblical truths can help you find strength and encouragement in hardships?2. How can self-reliance lead you to experience more feelings of defe

Why There Are So Many Injuries in the NFL... and How Not to Get Injured by Sin

Oct 08 2024 38 mins  
Bryce Johnson and guest co-host Ed Uszynski unpack the rash of injuries across the NFL and consider why they are happening…and how the situation parallels our struggles with temptation and sin.Today's Questions:1. What can we do to avoid specific life challenges and difficulties?2. Why do we experience the trials and tribulations that we do?3. Can we turn to Jesus for grace after

Troy Aikman and Tom Brady Found Success, But Did They Find Contentment?

Oct 01 2024 37 mins  
Bryce Johnson and guest co-host Brian Goins unpack Troy Aikman's enduring competitiveness and how it relates to finding contentment as we follow Jesus.Today's Questions:1. How can the traits that bring us success also be the same traits that lead us to a lack of contentment?2. How do we balance giving our best in all things with being content no matter how things turn out?3. W

Teams that Needed a Spark from Key Players for their First Win - Andy Dalton, Derrick Henry, and Jonathan Taylor

Sep 24 2024 33 mins  
Bryce Johnson unpacks how six 0-2 teams got a spark to win their first game of the year…and how we can experience a spiritual spark when we need one.Today's Questions:1. What practical steps can we take to get replenished in our faith life?2. How could our need for a spiritual spark be caused by idolatry?3. How is gratitude an essential component of experiencing a spiritual spark

I'm So Jealous of CJ Stroud, Packers, and Chiefs...and Bryce Young Benching Reaction

Sep 17 2024 30 mins  
Bryce Johnson unpacks how sports envy and jealousy affect sports fans…and how and why we must fight against envy in all areas of our lives.Today's Questions:1. What is often at the root of the envy and jealousy that we experience?2. What other sins do we often fall into when dealing with unresolved envy?3. How do we practically eliminate the envy and jealousy we experience a

Week 1 Patience Needed for the Jets, Panthers, Falcons, Bengals, and Tom Brady

Sep 10 2024 31 mins  
Bryce Johnson unpacks the patience needed for many of the teams that lost in the NFL…and how we must exercise patience in our lives.Today's Questions:1. How could the impatience we experience be a result of unreasonable expectations?2. Does being patient with others mean that we can never wisely distance ourselves from others? 3. How do we practically go about developin

"Lets Go" - Special Sermon Episode - Why Do We Serve? | A Message from "The Tunnel"

Sep 03 2024 37 mins  
This week's special episode includes Bryce Johnson’s recent sermon, “Let’s Go,” at The Pointe Church in Belmont, NC. Bryce unpacks why we serve others, what it means to be on a team, and how God has designed us with unique gifts. He gives a different perspective on the story of David and Goliath, shares a story about his first time on the radio, and uses the sports parallel