Churchboy Confessions with Emmanuel Iheke
“God is the answer” has been a phrase popularly misused and abused in Christian circles to avoid indepth, vulnerable conversations. Churchboy Confessions is a podcast that embraces those conversations, exploring how every aspect of our lives is deeply connected to our relationship with the Lord. The show’s host, Emmanuel Iheke, is the Executive Director of UN-ASSOCIATED, a 501c3 multimedia platform helping young adults cultivate their identity in Christ. On the show, Emmanuel offers practical guidance, heartfelt encouragement, and biblically grounded truths to help his community navigate adult life with God at the center. Whether you’re seeking clarity in your faith, or simply looking for authentic discussions on life’s challenges, this podcast invites you to join the conversation and discover God’s hand at work in every part of your story. New episodes on Mondays.
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Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Most conversations surrounding the gospel talk about the physical pain, suffering and death that Christ experienced on our behalf. Today I want to talk about something else Jesus endured for our sakes, and that's humiliation. Some people think God is egotistical, but when we really take time to consider what it meant for the Creator to humble Himself and suffer at the hands of His own creation, the "egotistical" label simply doesn't stick. Let's unpack.
Read: Philippians 2:1–8; Hebrews 12:1–3; 2 Peter 3:9
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Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Today I invite 3 women from the UN-ASSOCIATED team on to talk about what it means to be women who are "set apart" in today's society. Danielle Clayton (Editor-in-Chief), Dena Williams (Live Events Director) and Maddy Owusu (Social Engagement Director) open up about their adolescent years as Believers, their ideas on purpose, marriage, and desirability politics.
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Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
The conversation around our individual purposes can be an exciting one or anxious one depending on who you ask. I've noticed a large amount of anxiety our generation has when it comes to this. We are in a point in our lives where we want to know our purpose, but it seems like God doesn't want to give us a clear answer to what that is. How do we continue to navigate our day-to-day, uneventful, unfulfilling lives until He answers us?
Read: 1 Samuel 16–17; Matthew 6:33–34; Psalm 118:24
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Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
What are the 7 ways you can know you're depending on the Lord? Here are 4–7.
(4) you work with and trust others in a team rather than trying to do everything yourself
(5) You can take a day off working
(6) You rely on God when you're tank is empty
(7) You chase God instead of worldly things.
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Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Dependency on the Lord is an essential part of our relationship with Him. Despite this, many of us are still hell-bent on doing everything ourselves. We typically refer to this act as "trusting in the flesh". God is not a fan of this. In fact, He's cursed the Israelites for doing this in Jeremiah 17. Not only is trusting in the flesh offensive to God, it can also lead to a life of anxiety, stress, fatigue and rocky relationships. In this episode, we do some self evaluation in order to gauge where we can improve in our dependency.
Read: Jeremiah 17:5–8; Matthew 10:26–31; Proverbs 3:5–6; Philippians 4:6–7
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Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Are you too busy for God? On the 200th episode of Churchboy Confessions – and after a long time away – I want us to reflect on the ways we've put our relationship with the Lord on the backburner. (We're wasting zero time). By defining what it means to be a man/woman after God's heart, my hope is that you understand your relationship with the Lord is more important than any responsibility you have in life.
Read: 1 Sam 13:14; 1 Sam 14:30; Psalm 51:10–11
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Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
We all have goals we are after. However at the same time, many of us carry the intention of not going before God and always being intentional about being in His will. Today I'll answer a couple Ask Churchboy submissions to discuss goal-setting and enduring the valley seasons of life. This is the last episode of the season and year of CC. Thank you all for a great 2023. Merry Christmas!
Read: Proverbs 16:9; Isaiah 55:8–9; Psalm 23:4; John 1:12–13; Romans 8:28
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Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
As men we are told we need to be strong and independent. However, that does not mean we should be independent from the Lord. To be a man is to be DEPENDENT on the Lord. How can we, as men, acknowledge and embrace our need for God in a society that teaches us to hide our weaknesses?
Read: 2 Corinthians 12:1–10
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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
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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