The Warrior Priest Podcast

God's Word and Spirit have created a humble heart in you so that you can overcome fear, live boldly for Christ, and lay down your life for Him because you know Jesus' final victory is at hand.

Fear is not only debilitating, but its existence also destroys the cohesion of a command. It is the responsibility of a commander to identify the limits of courage, break the paralysis of fear, and motivate his soldiers to continue with the mission. Courage conquers fear. - Maj. Dick Winters Conversations with Dick Winters: https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-Major-Dick-Winters-Commander/dp/04252...

Christ saves you through his body, the Church, because you're a member of his body. You are that hand or foot that Jesus can't live without, and that can't live without his life-blood.

I don't think we'll get rid of schools anytime soon, certainly not in my lifetime, but if we're going to change what is rapidly becoming a disaster of ignorance, we need to realize that the school institution "schools" very well, but it does not "educate" - that's inherent in the design of the thing. It's not the fault of bad teachers or too little money spent, it's just impossible for education a...

Christ’s love for you is the mortar that binds you to each other and to God. Suffering is the proof test and the gift that leads to the resurrection to eternal life.

“Condition for being a hero. If a man wants to become a hero, the snake must first become a dragon: otherwise he is lacking his proper enemy.” -    Nietzsche, Human, all too Human

The enemies of God are not coming to invite you to a picnic. Instead, they are mustering for battle. They will not come unprepared to fight and win. They're coming to take from you what God has given to you: your body, possessions, and life. They're coming to attack Jesus' faithfulness and love towards you. But you don't have to be afraid. You don't have to flee the battle. You have been dressed i...

“The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. There are many men who feel a kind of twisted pride in cynicism; there are many who confine themselves to criticism of the way others do what they themselves dare not even attempt.” - Theodore Roosevelt

As God said to Israel in the days of King Jehoshaphat, and announces to you again today, "You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf… Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed… go out against them, and the Lord will be with you.”

My goal today is to create a form of jiu jitsu that will empower the entire person, both on and off the mat. If I can make a nervous person feel more relaxed than they've ever felt before, I'm changing them from within in a way that a psychiatrist or a pill never can. - Rickson Gracie, Breathe Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Breathe-Life-Flow-Rickson-Gracie/dp/0063018950 Rickson Gracie Interview...

When we refuse to make war against evil, to expose those who tempt believers, then the evil grows more and more monstrous. But, throwing aside fear, the faithful are bold to proclaim their faith in the face of opposition and affliction. Then, those who wage war against the Church have a hard time destroying the Spirit's work.

You must meditate, you must pray, you must be thankful, you must give. I think those things are very important spiritually for you to be at peace with yourself. Once you’ve tried to improve spiritually, physically, and mentally your are in a good way. - Rickson Gracie Interview Link: https://www.bjjee.com/articles/rickson-gracie-on-using-the-principles-of-jiu-jitsu-to-live-your-life/

Many churches today want to avoid the 800 pound gorilla in the room. They’re obedient to government and culture instead of Christ. They’re about works-righteousness instead of the Gospel. They’re obsessed with making the world a better place, even though that’s not the primary mission of the Church. Churches today are more worried about complying with the government and marching in step with cultu...

Men of Athens, will you send your sons to contest the monster, Philip? Or have you grown so fat and happy that you care not, and instead dispatch hired troops, who are not of our blood or kin? Will these mercenaries, who fight only for profit, possess the will to hold Philip back? Or will the day come when we awake to discover that we have ceded future liberty to current ease? - Demosthenes The Wa...

Government and religious leaders to this day still want you to believe that your safety and security comes from their power and authority. This is, of course, a lie that too many people blindly accept as truth. Christ, on the other hand, tells you that all power and authority is found in God alone.

No matter how much it hurts keep going, because when you look back and realize that you could have given more it will be more agonizing then any pain you may have been feeling in those brief moments. - Kevin Ross https://thesoulassassin.com/

The only thing too old for jiu-jitsu is the question of whether or not you are too old for jiu-jitsu... - Chris Zahar https://www.jiujitsutimes.com/four-reasons-to-stop-asking-if-you-are-too-old-for-jiu-jitsu/

“Only great pain, the long, slow pain that takes its time... compels us to descend to our ultimate depths... I doubt that such pain makes us "better"; but I know it makes us more profound... In the end, lest what is most important remain unsaid: from such abysses, from such severe sickness, one returns newborn, having shed one's skin... with merrier senses, with a second dangerous innocence in joy...

The more of us set out together, the thicker our ranks, the easier and shorter will this path be for us all! If we become thousands—they will not cope, they will be unable to touch us. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Essay Link: https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-lies

We are approaching the brink; already a universal spiritual demise is upon us; a physical one is about to flare up and engulf us and our children, while we continue to smile sheepishly and babble: “But what can we do to stop it? We haven’t the strength.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Link to essay: https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-lies

One of a fighter’s greatest and most difficult tasks is dealing with fear. I always get nervous before fights and at the beginning of my fight career I rejected... - Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu https://8limbsus.com/muay-thai-thailand/fighters-fear-like-feathers-stroking-face-how-to-accept-it

Winners are not created in a vacuum, after all. There are countless variables operating, most of which go unnoticed by the viewer. Of these factors, the value of losing is perhaps most often overlooked. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1974900-mma-psychology-the-psychology-of-losing-in-mixed-martial-arts

"...this is exactly the most pitiful aspect of tyranny. It is impossible to let go of it.” Hiero, or "The Tyrant" - A Discourse on Despotic Rule, by Xenophon: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1175/1175-h/1175-h.htm Anabasis, by Xenophon: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1170/1170-h/1170-h.htm

Because every once in a while, somebody brings me my lunch tray and my meds and he has a black eye or his forehead is swollen with stitches, and he says: "We miss you Mr. Durden."

It should be a furnace in which steel is forged. Ideally, it’s also a family to celebrate with.