Building and Becoming Show with Jim Motz

Today is different.

I asked you to send me your name, your city… and the questions you’ve been wrestling with.

Some of them are raw.

Some are uncomfortable.

A few challenge me directly.

We’re talking about:

• Why you keep quitting

• Fat faith & comfortable Christianity

• Is building strength vanity?

• Low testosterone at 52

• Leading your marriage without losing connection

• What to do if you don’t feel “called”

• Is my tone too aggressive?

• What coaching actually looks like

This isn’t motivation.

This is structure.

This is discipline.

This is discipleship.

If you’ve been feeling spiritually soft… physically inconsistent… or unsure of your next move…

This episode is for you.

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Following Christ should make you stronger — not softer.

I’m not just a podcaster.

I’m a Christian Performance Coach.

And we build men and women who refuse to live average.

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If you follow Jesus…

why do you look exactly like the world?

Most Christians don’t want to be set apart.

They want to be accepted.

They want to be comfortable.

They want to fit in.

But Scripture doesn’t call us to blend in.

It calls us to stand apart.

In this episode of the Building & Becoming Show, we draw a hard line between:

• Comfort Christianity

• Weaponized Christianity

• Civilian believers

• Special Forces disciples

This isn’t casual belief.

This is disciplined obedience.

Inside this episode:

Why most Christian men stay passive

Why your body reflects your theology

Why comfort is seducing the modern church

What “weaponized faith” actually means

Why resurrection power and weak discipline don’t align

How to rewrite your legacy starting today

You don’t accidentally become strong.

You volunteer for it.

You endure it.

You live set apart.

If you’re tired of soft faith…

If you’re tired of weak men…

If you know you were built for more…

You just found your tribe.

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⚔️ Comfort is killing men.

It’s time to train.

He was bullied for being overweight… lost his mom as a teenager… and spent decades tying his identity to performance.

Then retirement hit… and the drift got real.

In this episode, you meet the REAL Mike Freeman — Air Force musician, Army National Guard band, band director for 36 years… and now a man rebuilt by Jesus + discipline + standards.

This isn’t just a fitness story.

It’s a testimony about identity, transformation, and what happens when you stop living by feelings and start living by standards.

If you’ve ever felt stuck… drifting… comfort-eating… or like you’re “too far gone”… this one is for you.

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What’s ONE area you’ve been drifting — faith, food, discipline, identity, purpose — and what standard are you setting TODAY?

This episode is different.

No script.

No notes.

No filters.

Just real questions—from you—and real answers.

In this solo Q&A episode of the Building & Becoming Podcast, I answer some of the most raw, uncomfortable, and honest questions I’ve ever been asked…

Questions about:

• My neck tattoos and what they mean

• What gives me the authority to challenge people

• Failure, divorce, and rebuilding your life

• Losing everything and starting over

• The real cost of becoming who you’re called to be

This isn’t theory.

This is testimony.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you can rebuild your life…

Whether discipline actually matters…

Whether God can still use you…

This episode is for you.

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This might offend you.

Good.

Because someone needs to tell you the truth.

Everyone is arguing about Bad Bunny, Kid Rock, the Super Bowl halftime show, politics, culture, and what side you should be on.

But they’re missing the real battle.

The battle isn’t Bad Bunny.

The battle isn’t the NFL.

The battle isn’t the halftime show.

The battle is you.

Your standards.

Your discipline.

Your habits.

Your leadership.

Your stewardship of the life God gave you.

Nobody is coming to save you.

Not celebrities.

Not politicians.

Not influencers.

This episode will wake you up and force you to look in the mirror.

If you're ready to stop outsourcing responsibility and start living with ARETÉ — biblical excellence — this episode is for you.

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Become strong.

Become disciplined.

Become who God designed you to be.

Most people don’t want to hear this — but it needs to be said.

In this solo episode of The Building & Becoming Show, Jim Motz delivers one of his most challenging conversations yet.

This episode isn’t about condemnation.

It’s about calling people up.

We talk about why personal excellence is not optional for followers of Jesus Christ — and why discipline, fitness, and stewardship of the body directly impact how effectively someone walks out their calling.

If you’ve ever wondered why faith feels powerless…

Why conviction lacks weight…

Why the message doesn’t seem to land…

This conversation explains why.

Inside this episode👇

Why faith without discipline lacks credibility

How neglecting the body limits spiritual effectiveness

Why personal excellence is the ultimate rebellion in today’s world

How distraction, addiction, and comfort keep people stuck

What it actually means to live set apart

Why transformation requires action, not just belief

This is about more than looking good.

It’s about being strong, capable, effective, and useful.

“Do not be conformed to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” — Romans 12:1–2

Every one of us is either conforming… or transforming.

If you’re ready to stop negotiating with mediocrity and start walking in biblical excellence, this episode is for you.

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STOP “DOING CHURCH.” START TRAINING.

Most people think discipleship is information.

But real discipleship is transformation.

In this episode, Mike Schinker and I break down:

👉 What “disciple” actually means (Greek + Latin roots)

👉 Why discipline isn’t punishment

👉 Why discipleship is training in body, soul, and spirit — not emotion, opinion, or surface-level faith

👉 The brutal truth about settling for belief without FOLLOWING

If you’ve been stuck, drifting, or believing but not becoming, this episode is your spiritual wake-up call.

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🚀 What You’ll Learn in This Episode

✅ The real meaning of discipleship — not what most Christians think

✅ Why discipleship = training

✅ The difference between belief and real FOLLOWING

✅ Why physical discipline strengthens your spiritual authority

✅ “Dead Man Walking” — two kinds of deadness, only one worth living

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My wife,Allie, just completed the ENTIRE Live Hard program—75 Hard + Phase 1 + Phase 2 + Phase 3—all within one year… without restarting once.

This episode isn’t “fitness motivation.”

It’s about mental toughness, identity, discipline, marriage, parenting, and the cost of becoming someone unshakable.

We talk about:

🛡️What 75 Hard / Live Hard actually is (and why most people quit)

🛡️How discipline changes your confidence, emotions, and boundaries

🛡️The “circle gets smaller” season—and why God prunes people

🛡️The 2-minute habit rule (how to start when you feel stuck)

🛡️Why our community is now FREE to join (freemium model)

🛡️What it looks like to build a home culture where “we don’t do CAN’T”

🫵If you’re tired of starting over… if you want to become a person who keeps their word… this one’s for you.

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🎙️ WHY THE SHOW CHANGED

Someone asked me a fair question:

“You used to talk more about politics and culture.

Now it’s more about Jesus, working out, and discipline.

Did the show change because you got afraid?”

In this episode, I answer that honestly.

The short version?

The show didn’t change because of fear.

It changed because of conviction.

This isn’t a political podcast.

It’s about faith, discipline, obedience, and becoming the person God designed you to be.

I’ll always speak when the issue is GOOD vs EVIL — not Left vs Right.

If you want noise, arguments, and outrage… this probably isn’t your show.

But if you want to get stronger — spiritually, physically, and mentally —

you’re exactly where you belong.

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If you’ve ever tried to change your life — your body, your habits, your faith — and felt resistance instead of momentum… this episode is for you.🫵

This is not motivation.

This is discipleship that survives real life.

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EPISODE 50 — You're Not Lazy. You're Under Attack!

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Most people don’t quit because they’re lazy.

They quit because they were never taught how to stay obedient when life gets heavy.

In this episode, I walk through:

• Why shame kills consistency

• Why endurance is assumed in Scripture

• Why being tired doesn’t disqualify you — quitting does

• The 4 decisions that help real people hold the line when life pushes back

• Why discipline is not punishment — it’s alignment

This training was originally taught live inside our discipleship community.

It was the most impactful session we’ve done.

I knew it needed to go public.

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Everything connects from there — the mission, the message, and the movement.

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We meet you where you are.

But we do not leave you there.

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You are not lazy.

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