Churchboy Confessions
Hosted by Emmanuel Iheke Jr, “Churchboy Confessions” engages young adults with a series of monologues and conversations communicating God’s Word with the utmost vulnerability. For many, the churchboy/churchgirl archetype represents someone who has it all together. But the reality is that we’ve all sinned and fallen short, and we don’t get better by avoiding conviction and hard conversations. Instead, we have to have them. Join Emmanuel and the UN-ASSOCIATED family to discuss the real struggles and challenges that accompany the faith walk and how Jesus is the answer to them all. New episodes on Mondays.
Episodes
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Pride and Manhood w/ Jon Bloom
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Back in February of this year, I did published a series of episodes about pride that were heavily inspired by 2 articles I found on DesiringGod.org. Today, in honor of our Men's Month, I got the priviledge to sit down with Jon Bloom - author of "Lay Aside the Weight of Pride" and "Lay Aside the Weight of Low Self Image". He is the co-founder of Desiring God, and we are going to talk about pride in manhood and how we, as men, can combat it.
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Read: Phil 2:5–8; Luke 15:11-32
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Jon Bloom's articles:
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/lay-aside-the-weight-of-pride
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/lay-aside-the-weight-of-low-self-image
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Transparency and Manhood w/ Chiebuka Egwuonwu
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
It's Men's month. We're kicking off a series of episodes on topics for the M.O.G. (men of God) community with a conversation between my and my cousin Cheb on transparency. If you are a man who has found it hard to be transparent with others, we hope this episode can be a blessing to you by encouraging you to be intentional with opening up to people that love you about how you're doing.
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Monday Nov 06, 2023
Overcoming Sexual Sins (bonus)
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
This week we are rediscovering thi Overcoming Sins episodes from 2020. I opened up about my past struggle with sexual sin and how the Holy Spirit has helped uncover the lies of the enemy that kept me in "the cycle". I pray this episode holds power to help free you from any lustful struggle you are facing. One very important thing to note - it is possible to beat it.
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Monday Oct 30, 2023
Check Your Entitlement.
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
God's love is much easier to recognize when we get past our sense of entitlement. Entitlement writes off the ways God shows us His love as the bare minimum. We might not say it, but deep in our hearts, many of us think God owes us food, shelter, water, health, money, and life. In reality, He owes us nothing...but gives us everything because of His love.
Read: James 1:17; Numbers 11:1–33; 1 Corinthians 10:9–13
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Monday Oct 23, 2023
The Power of Friendship
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Godly friendships/relationships are the most important thing in your life besides Christ. One day, you job, money, spiritual gifts, degrees, and property will mean nothing. What will remain will be God, us and the love that bonds us. We need friendship. Let's talk about it.
Read: John 15:13; 1 Corinthians 13:8–10; Ecclesiastes 4:9–12; Matthew 5:23–24
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Monday Oct 16, 2023
What Should Be the Christian Response to Israel and Palestine?
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
I decided to make this episode to speak about the recent tragedies in Gaza and Israel. There's been a lot of rallying and split-support for both sides, which has made it hard to really discern truth from lies. I'm someone still being careful to fully understand the present and history of this issue. Nevertheless, among many of the takes I've seen online, a very important principle has been consistently absent - God's command to love our neighbor.
Read: Luke 10:25–37
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Monday Oct 09, 2023
I FORGOT ABOUT GOD’S LOVE.
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
God's love is the purest motivation to live. As basic as the topic of love might sound, it is the foundation of our relationship with God and others. Without love, we have nothing. I forgot about God's love, but I am thankful that He reminded me about it this week.
Read: Romans 5:8 (yes, again); 1 Corinthians 13:1–13
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Monday Oct 02, 2023
Spiritual Gifts: Pride, Envy and Collaboration - Part 2
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Then God said, "Teamwork shall make Mine dream work." God may have not said that explicitly, but in His Word, His love for teamwork and collaboration is explicit enough. In this second (and last) part of our spiritual gift series, let's talk about how God's vision for His Church is for it to grow through the communal effort and collaboration from ALL members in the body of Christ. Let's learn about the importance of teamwork.
Read: Ephesians 4:15-16; 1 Corinthians 12:4–7; Matthew 9:35–38
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Monday Sep 25, 2023
Spiritual Gifts: Pride, Envy and Collaboration - Part 1
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
In this 2-part episode series, we break down this quote from my Spiritual Formation course curriculum: "...we must remember that spiritual gifts are not given for the purpose of providing a sense of personal satisfaction or achievement...Spiritual gifts are given for the common good, for building up the Body of Christ." Let's have a conversation about spiritual and how they can be misused or misperceived.
Read: Ephesians 4:11–13; 1 Corinthians 12:23–25
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Monday Sep 18, 2023
How to Deal with a Quick Temper
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
When we are angry, we end up doing or saying things that we regret. That's because our anger does not produce the righteousness of God (James 1:20). In this episode, let's recall the importance and role of the Holy Spirit as our Life Coach in order to help us realize the steps we can take to being more like Christ.
Read: Galatians 5:22–23; John 14:15–18; James 1:19–20; Luke 6:32–36
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