The Jeff Jerina Show

How do you balance your life according to God's plan? Creating a schedule that puts the most important things first like your time with the Lord, your family and friends before anything else. Regardless of your job or career there is a way that you can prioritize your daily, weekly, monthly and yearly calendar to deepen your relationship with Jesus Christ, to spend more time with your wife and show your loved ones they matter. Jeff's good friend and guest Barry Wallis provides key insight and practical tips that you can apply in your own life to maintain balance week after week while honoring the Lord, uplifting others, and giving you time to just unwind.

Key Tips:

• God tells us the order we should plan our lives. The Lord first, our wife and family second and everything else last.
• Often times we don't review what we've written down on our calendar.
• Make minor adjustments to your schedule periodically, so you don't get off track in your life.
• Every man needs to ask himself three questions: Where have you been, How long have you been there, and where are you going?
• Put the big rocks in first in your life.

Resources Mentioned:

• Get a FREE Audiobook - CLICK HERE
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• Like or Follow the Men Unplugged Facebook Page
• For full show notes and links to the resources discussed in this episode go HERE
• Jeff Jerina's evangelism training book. To get a discounted pre-order copy, signup to the weekly email list HERE
• Support Men Unplugged
• If you're a pastor at a local church or a ministry leader at a smaller Acts based church meeting in someone's home, reach out to Jeff Jerina at Men Unplugged for help in reaching men within your community.
• CARE - an initiative to help veterans with paying jobs in farm style settings to get treatments for PTSD that does this through a holistic approach.

Today's guest, Dr. Jamie Aten, gives practical tips on how your faith in Jesus Christ can get you through any tragedy. As a natural disaster psychologist Jamie was faced with his own personal tragedy when he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Jeff Jerina and Dr. Aten discuss the issue of faith and how it can help you overcome your own personal tragedies. What's the difference between pain and suffering? What's the role of community when walking through a personal disaster. What about the practice of spiritual surrender? All of this and more on the Men Unplugged podcast.

Key Points:

• Real strength comes from relying on the Lord in every situation rather than depending on our own strength.
• God does not promise us an answer to every tragedy, but He does promise that He will give himself to us.
• We need to practice spiritual surrender when we face difficult times.
• Spiritual surrender isn't passive, its one of the most willful and obedient acts that we can engage in as a Christian.
• Recovery always takes place in community.

Resources Mentioned:

• Get a FREE Audiobook - CLICK HERE
• Join the Men Unplugged Email List
• Like or Follow the Men Unplugged Facebook Page
• For full show notes and links to the resources discussed in this episode go HERE
• Jeff Jerina's evangelism training book. To get a discounted pre-order copy, signup to the weekly email list HERE
• Support Men Unplugged
• If you're a pastor at a local church or a ministry leader at a smaller Acts based church meeting in someone's home, reach out to Jeff Jerina at Men Unplugged for help in reaching men within your community.
• A Walking Disaster
• Where is God When it Hurts

Why are more men not attending church or staying connecting with another body of believers? Whether it's in a big congregation or a smaller Acts based church meeting in someone's home for Bible study, prayer and fellowship some men are checking out spiritually. Jeff and today's guest, Steve Bonenberger, discuss 3 reasons why this is happening and what the body of Christ can do about it. You'll also hear another reason along with some ways you can overcome this as a man. If you're a pastor struggling to reach the men of your community, this episode will give you practical solutions to engage those within your community spiritually and relationally.

Key Tips:

• Whatever your situation is as a man, you're not alone. God is right there. Also, there are communities of men you can reach out to. Reach out to Men Unplugged and be part of the growing Men Unplugged community.
• Whatever your age and stage of life as a man, whatever your uncertainties, personal struggles, family issues, or financial troubles they are not a reason to abandon God.
• No matter what's going on in your life, good or bad, a big part of that purpose is to seek the face of God. To find comfort and rest in Jesus Christ.
• It's ok to not be okay. In the middle of that mess is where God finds people.
• If you're a pastor or ministry leader be sensitive to the need's of the men in your church.
• If you're a pastor at a local church or a ministry leader at a smaller Acts based church meeting in someone's home, reach out to Jeff Jerina at Men Unplugged for help in reaching men within your community.

Resources Mentioned:

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• Jeff Jerina's evangelism training book. To get a discounted pre-order copy, signup to the weekly email list HERE
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Men Unplugged founder and host, Jeff Jerina shares three valuable life lessons along with a short study from Jeff's discipleship series on the apostle Peter and how Peter's courage to step out of the boat to walk toward Jesus can be applied in your life to tackle your fears, increase your faith, overcome temptation, learn a new skill, start a new career or anything else your facing in life with confidence and faith that God will see you through.

Key Tips:

• You can never underestimate the value of wisdom (#1 biblical wisdom, #2 the wisdom of others - mentors and coaches)
• The importance of dreaming big
• Never give up. Finish what you start (Ecclesiastes 7:8)
• "Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is doing something in the presence of fear knowing that when you focus on the One (Jesus Christ) who can demolish fear you can do anything." Jeff Jerina
• "Every act of faith you take, builds your courage even more." Jeff Jerina

Resources Mentioned:

• Discipleship Series (Peter the Man in all of Us by Jeff Jerina) - for your own personal study, men's event, retreat, conference or church. To find out how you can purchase that series or book Jeff Jerina to speak at your church or event with this or another series go the Contact page at MenUnplugged.net
• Support Men Unplugged through a one time or monthly donation or as a podcast sponsor
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• For full show notes and links to the resources discussed on this episode go HERE
• Jeff Jerina's evangelism training book. To get a discounted pre-order copy, signup to the weekly email list HERE
• The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino (includes quote mentioned in this episode)

This episode is a call to arms. A trumpet call for every man to rise up and experience the freedom that God has given you through your faith in Jesus Christ. More often, we as men try to find and live out this freedom on our own, forgetting that Jesus is the only one who can rescue us. Dave Brown, pastor at large and appointee to former President Ronald Reagan, joins Men Unplugged with Jeff Jerina to give you the game plan for living in the power, grace and freedom of the Gospel. By executing this plan in your life, you'll learn how to reject passivity in your life and live for God's glory and His Kingdom.

Key Points:

• Ministering to men is the most important ministry in a church
• As go the men, so go the marriages, the family, communities, cultures, churches
• The enemy will do anything he can do to take men out
• As a man you need to reject passivity, reject isolation.
• Live everyday expecting a greater reward - maintaining the eternal perspective (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)
• You lead courageously when you love unconditionally and sacrificially
• To engage in any battle of your life it requires companionship and discipline

Resources Mentioned:

• Men Unplugged Resources page
• For full show notes and links to the resources discussed on this episode go HERE
• Jeff Jerina's evangelism training book. To get a discounted pre-order copy, signup to the weekly email list HERE
• Support Men Unplugged
• Washington Area Coalition of Men's Ministries
• Wild at Heart

An exclusive interview with Dr. Ted Baehr of Movieguide. Find out how Movieguide can help you as a man or woman select the best movies to watch from a Christian perspective. Jeff and Ted share important statistics on how the film industry has become more family friendly since 1985. Ted highlights his movie rating system that reviews movies from a biblical worldview. If you're a dad or mom you'll gain actionable steps to equip your kids in choosing the best movies to watch now and in the future. Ted also shares that two of the most recent animated movies: Wreck it Ralph, Ralph Breaks the Internet and the Grinch have an abundant amount of Christian content and values in them.

Key Tips:

• Just get in the arena and keep your eyes on Jesus
• "If God has anointed your ministry, he will equip your ministry"
• Studies show that children who have to much screen time will have their brain effected
• Learn the stages of development with your children
• Live the life God has given you to the fullest
• Seek wisdom, understanding and knowledge
• Keep the fire burning for Jesus Christ

Resources Mentioned:

• Internet Accountability Based Software - Get your First Month FREE when you Sign Up for an Individual or Family Plan through MenUnplugged.net/Eyes and Use promo Code MEN UNPLUGGED
• For full show notes and links to the resources discussed on this episode go HERE
• Jeff Jerina's evangelism training book. To get a discounted pre-order copy, signup to the weekly email list HERE
• Support Men Unplugged
• Movieguide
• Culture Wise Family

Find out how to protect you and your family on the internet with the ultimate shield against internet porn. Jeff chats with the pioneer of internet accountability software and Co-founder of Covenant Eyes, Ron DeHaas. This episode is a call to arms and practical how-to guide for every man and woman who wants to claim victory from pornography. You'll also hear about some new technology to be released by Covenant Eyes that adds extra protection on each of your digital devices. Use promo code MEN UNPLUGGED to get your first month of Covenant Eyes FREE.

Key Tips:

• There is hope and freedom if you or someone else you know struggles with pornography
• The first step in overcoming the temptation of pornography is to bring it to the Light (ask Jesus Christ for help)
• The next step is to tell a trusted friend to help you stay accountable
• The next step is to signup for Covenant Eyes through MenUnpugged.net/Eyes and use promo code MEN UNPLUGGED for your first month free. The Ultimate Shield on the Internet.
• Develop a Discipline towards your goal
• Listen to the advice of others
• God has given you the ability to accomplish amazing things
• Accountability works! Accountability takes the life out of temptation.

Resources Mentioned:

• Covenant Eyes Accountability Based Software - Protecting You, Your Spouse and Your Kids on the Internet against Internet Pornography - Get your First Month FREE when you Sign Up for an Individual or Family Plan through MenUnplugged.net/Eyes and Use promo Code MEN UNPLUGGED
• Men Unplugged (Episode 10) Claim Victory over Sexual Temptation plus Secrets of Passion with Steve Arterburn
• For full show notes and links to the resources discussed on this episode go HERE
• Jeff Jerina's evangelism training book. To get a discounted pre-order copy, signup to the weekly email list HERE
• Support Men Unplugged

Do the commandments that God gave Moses at Mt. Sinai apply to Christians today? If so, how can you more fully understand them as a born-again believer to live a life that is more fruitful. Today's guest, Michael Johnston, has been attending a Messianic Congregation where he's studied the Hebraic roots of our Christian faith over the last ten years and how understanding Jesus in his biblical language, culture, and context will help you experience all the freedom that Jesus Christ has given us through His sacrifice on the cross. You're going to learn how to properly interpret and walk in the O.T. commandments of God, as well as, more fully grasp what the New Covenant entails as listed in Jeremiah 31.

Key Tips:

• The word 'Torah' in Hebrew is the concept of a bullseye (i.e. hitting the mark). The word 'Torah' means teaching and instruction. In ancient Hebrew the word 'Torah' means directions for the journey.
• God's 613 principles found in the Torah - the first five books of the Old Testament are God's direction for the journey for your life
• Understanding God's principles found in the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament, will help you gain clarity and purpose in your life.
• Trust God that He is going to bless you when you follow His principles
• If you're seeking God don't be afraid of the truth that challenges what you currently believe
• If you look at God's commandments the wrong way they won't fulfill the purpose their meant to fulfill in your life

Resources Mentioned:

• Digital Study Bible - Available Exclusively at MenUnplugged.net
• Ten Steps to Power and Purpose - Digital Book
• For full show notes and links to the resources discussed on this episode go HERE
• Get Your FREE audiobook and FREE 30-day trial to Audible here: FREE Book
• Jeff Jerina's evangelism training book. To get a discounted pre-order copy, signup to the weekly email list HERE
• Support Men Unplugged

One of the world's top 100 Christian apologists, Dr. Sean McDowell, joins the Men Unplugged show to chat with host, Jeff Jerina, about some practical ways that Christians can defend their faith in a loving and gracious manner. In this episode, a Masterclass on Apologetics, you'll gain key tips on how to answer those tough questions you receive from friends or co-workers about the Gospel. As a bonus you'll also learn how to respond to some of the more common objections to Christianity.

Key Tips:

• Don't worry about making a name for yourself, rather proclaim Christ
• You have to be prepared to defend your faith (1 Peter 3:15)
• Ask others questions when they are skeptical about the Christian faith. Example: What do you believe? And Why do you believe it?
• It's more important to understand than it is to be understood
• Press back on ideas because we know ideas matter
• When sharing and defending your faith, go into with the right attitude and heart
• Sacrifice for what you love
• The truth of Jesus sets you free!

Resources Mentioned:

• Ten Steps to Power and Purpose - Digital Book
• For full show notes and links to the resources discussed on this episode go HERE
• Evidence that Demands a Verdict
• Get Your FREE audiobook and FREE 30-day trial to Audible here: FREE Book
• Jeff Jerina's evangelism training book. To get a discounted pre-order copy, signup to the weekly email list HERE
• Support Men Unplugged

Actor Tom Ohmer from movies like The Dark Knight Rises, GI Joe, Dolphin Tale 2, Breaking Away and T.V. shows like Monk, CSI, Criminal Minds, the Love Boat and Dynasty joins the Men Unplugged podcast to share his life story on how he has leaned on the Lord in tough times. Gain valuable tips on how to lean on the Lord Jesus in those valleys and difficult times in life. Jeff Jerina and his guest Tom Ohmer also offer encouraging words of hope in any situation as well.

Key Tips:

• Regardless of your situation in life, always lean on the Lord's strength to see you through
• As a born-again believer, the Holy Spirit is with you guiding and counseling you
• When trying to find out what the God wants you to do, keep praying and trusting Him to guide your path
• If you're struggling in your current job, maybe consider the fact the Lord wants you to step out in faith towards a career path.

Resources Mentioned:

• Ten Steps to Live with Power and Purpose course (online)
• Ten Steps to Power and Purpose - Digital Book
• For full show notes and links to the resources discussed on this episode go HERE
• Get Your FREE audiobook and FREE 30-day trial to Audible here: FREE Book
• Jeff Jerina's evangelism training book. To get a discounted pre-order copy, signup to the weekly email list HERE