Under The Influence

In this episode, join Levi and Jerry as they catch-up after important recent events in their lives, Jaret Brown's baptism and the NWBC Youth Pastor Conference. Jerry recounts the story, struggle and impact behind attending a conference designed to encourage and equip local youth pastors. But more importantly how God used that and his friend Jaret's baptism to teach him an important lesso...

In this episode Levi and Jerry sit down for a long one... Listen as they spend a bit of time on some ridiculous Sci-Fi dreams and wishes for the future, bring a UTI podcast segment up from the grave and finish up with a lengthy discussion around the sanctification of George Janko. In the reaction clip this week they see as George Janko is convicted about his swearing as a Christian and exemplifies...

This week Levi and Jerry sit down with their buddy Brice Young and reminisce over some old times working at the baseball stadium. Brice lived in Texas and moved to Oregon while growing up and was raised going to church the whole time. His dad now serves as the pastor for a local church and Brice is heavily involved in various forms of ministry alongside him. Enjoy their conversation about all thes...

In this episode, Levi and Jerry are joined by Jerry's wife Peri and sister in law Celeste. These two are a hilarious pair of sisters and have some great stories from childhood to share. Listen as they discuss some of their earliest memories, people that God has used in their lives to edify them and at the end enjoy a little newlywed game!  Support the show Watch the video episode on Youtube:...

In this episode, Levi and Jerry are joined by their long time friend and fellow D&D player, Jaret Brown. Jaret is someone they met when working at the ballpark in high school and has been a part of their lives ever since. Hear how God prompted them to bring Jaret into their friend group for his good early on and eventually lead them to living together and having extremely tough conversations....

The boys are joined by their former Computer Class teacher, Pastor Greg Gallagher. Greg is an incredibly genuine man and has real insights into the current needs for ministry online and serves in a unique role in that way for his church. Enjoy this discussion about how we are influencing one another everyday, some hilarious childhood stories and what it means to go from "pre-offended to confu...

Join Levi, Byron and Jerry as they revisit a discussion topic from a previous episode and decide which biblical figures they're bringing to dinner! Launching off of one of Jerry's choices for a dinner guest, they discuss why John the Baptist is such an impressive and important example in the life of the believer. Finally, the boys watch a music video from John Rich called "Revelatio...

In this episode, join Levi & Jerry as they catch up on a long overdue recognition of a fan and reviewer. Then, they rank a collection of U.S. Presidents based on their capability to survive a zombie apocalypse. And finally, the boys react to a discussion from Wretched radio involving Voddie Baucham's stance on dancing in church. Enjoy!  Support the show Watch the video episode on Youtube:...

In this episode the boys are back and watch together an epic anime interpretation of the Biblical "I AM" statements and have a discussion surrounding the 2nd commandment. What does a graven image mean and consist of? What sorts of things in our lives are we in need of cutting out in order to better glorify God? We hope this discussion is thought provoking for you, we may not answer these...

In this episode, join Levi, Jerry & Byron as they welcome their special guest Kaden Quinones to the show! Kaden is a brother in Christ, serves in moderation for Christian Influence and serves at Creekside Bible Church in media. Kaden's testimony sheds a great light on the fact that a life of isolation and selfish ambition only leads to unfulfillment and depression. God uses service, among...

In this episode all three boys are back and discuss first the hollywood actors they think would best play them. Of course, Danny Devito is obligatorily mentioned! Most importantly however, they discuss the gift of prayer and both the inward/outward functions it serves in the life of the believer. Enjoy! Support the show Watch the video episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs70sZGRP...

In this episode Levi & Jerry sit down with Jamie Harris, the CEO of Satellite Gaming and an old friend. Jamie has been a huge help to Christian Influence as we get our feet off the ground as a full fledged ministry. He shares his story on how he came to start Satellite Gaming as well as some of the unique beginning struggles in gaming ministry. We hope you come to know and love Jamie as much a...

In this episode, join Levi & Jerry as they react to Cliffe & Stuart Knechtle's recent appearance on Logan Paul's podcast, Impaulsive. This is such a cool development considering that just a week before this recording the UTI guys had just discussed George Janko's connection to both Logan and Cliffe. Also, get a peak behind the curtain on many of the things going on in the bo...

Join the whole crew as they welcome Jerry's dad, Jerry W Crane II, to discuss some of his favorite media, what it means to him to be a parent and how God used both his uncle and father to reach him with the Gospel. Enjoy! Support the show Watch the video episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs70sZGRP0UVDLK1sGSDozQ Join our community and online discussion: discord.gg/christiani...

In this episode, join Levi and Jerry as they watch/react to a video from the George Janko show! George discusses some of the hardest times in his life and the questions that have brought him struggle in his faith. Appropriately, he takes these questions to the spiritual leaders/mentors that God has put in his life and the UTI guys have some thoughts. Enjoy! Support the show Watch the video episode...

In this episode join Levi, Jerry and their special guest Jacob Aichlmayr! Jacob is Jerry's brother in law and a long time fan of the show, some might say "the biggest UTI." Join them as they get to know Jake better and discuss things like A.I taking over the world, what it was like for Jake to meet his wife Celeste and how youth pastors played such a key role in his life. Enjoy! Sup...

In this episode join the boys as they bring back a fan favorite guest, Hunter Hoover of PrivyCast, for an extended 2-hour episode! They have the privilege of reuniting over various toilet related discussions, what the modern fruit of good and evil might be and the importance of youth ministry in the lives of young believers.  Support the show Watch the video episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube...

In this episode the boys discuss how they would respond to being able to see 10 minutes or 10 years in the future. Jerry finally brings a new segment to the show, "Cult or Hypotheticult!" See how Levi and Byron react and whether or not they are fooled or guess correctly. Most importantly, the boys spend some time watching a recap video of a famous sermon by Voddie Baucham discussing the...

In this episode the boys welcome special guest Tim Nye! Video editor extraordinaire, Spiderman aficionado, Suzy Q's pro speed bagger, friend and Christian brother; Tim's guest episode is long overdue! The gang discuss Jonah's deep sea playlist, the people that have made an impact in Tim's life and how he has found deeper faith when faced with struggle. Tim is a wonderfully insi...

In this episode, Levi shares with the other a wild news story from the 20s, Byron discusses Interstellar and Jerry brings a couple of video game trailers for them to react to. Can video games be used for Christ? More specifically, how can video games portray Christ in a meaningful and reverent way? And if so, should they try to? All this and more in this episode of Under the Influence. Support the...

In this episode the boys discuss things like numbers and how they visualize them, jerry's crazy 18 letter fixation, the Bible that Donald Trump endorsed and following how the Holy Spirit convicts you. But, most importantly, Jerry makes things right by apologizing to the UTIs he has offended in the past!  Enjoy the episode! Support the show Watch the video episode on Youtube: https://www.youtu...

In this episode join the guys as they discuss some hilarious foot related stories, Levi's recent drama class production at the school and then they view some hilarious wedding photos from Jerry & Peri's wedding! Please enjoy :) Support the show Watch the video episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs70sZGRP0UVDLK1sGSDozQ Join our community and online discussion: discor...

Join us again for the first time in many months for an episode of Under The Influence! The boys discuss some of the obvious and major changes since season 3, encourage one another to continue to do what pleases the Lord and discuss Ecc 4:12. Unity is remarkably important amongst Christian brothers & sisters and this season the crew wants to emphasize that.  Support the show Watch the video epi...

In this special finale episode of Season 3 of Under The Influence, the boys welcome Mr. Matt Conniry to the show for a special symposium of discussions. In the spirit of the ancient Greeks they decidedly drone on for much too long about a myriad of heady and ridiculous topics. For those who enjoy longwinded and perhaps intriguing dialogue this episode is for you! And know that it's one made i...

In this episode Jerry, Jude and Levi are back at it again after a couple weeks of no recording. So, you know you're in for a lot of ridiculous banter. After some hilarious discussion about Trump and his stellar turkey pardoning job they discuss a recent funny Red Robin story and react to a video from John Cooper. Cooper is the lead singer for the band "Skillet" and has an encouragin...