The Warrior Priest Podcast

The real problem is that the Holy Spirit knows you have to get over your hate for Jesus. This is what actually has to happen to you. This is the comfort the Holy Spirit has to provide. And you will not have the comfort of a true and certain conscience until you know truly and certainly what Jesus Christ is actually saying to you...

Rather than being confined to a separate dimension, martial arts should be an extension of our way of living, of our philosophies, of the way we educate our children, of the job we devote so much of our time to, of the relationships we cultivate, and of the choices we make every day. - Daniele Bolelli, On the Warrior's Path Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Path-Second-Philosoph...

What is that Name? The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And where did you first receive this Name? In baptism when you were baptized into the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. That means you take this Name and use it. In the midst of tribulation you call upon the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit who are not righteous by the law and award, but are righteous according to mer...

...when any martial art shifts its intent and focus from  the reality of combat  to the requirements of  success in a game , it becomes watered down to become only a shadow of its former self; indeed, the notion that success in competition can be equated to success in an actual armed encounter, is, at best, delusional. - Ben Miller, The Best Defense is a Good Offense... Really?...

That's why God never asked if you wanted to be confirmed. Such a question would be inappropriate. This is not for you to decide. You're a sinner after all. You can no more make a lifelong commitment to God than you can make a commitment today to your future wedding plans, what kind of a career you will choose, or what kind of a grandparent you will be. It's all by God's grace and mercy that you ar...

"...masters of the past have warned against attempting to overcome an adversary through fury, passion, and aggression. For instance, in an addendum to  Johann Liechtenauer’s Recital on the Longsword , a medieval author notes that a person who fences “wittily and without all wrath” will “seldom lose.” - Ben Miller https://outofthiscentury.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/the-best-defense-is-a-good-off...

So what does it mean for you now, who lives after the end? It means that the answer you have to give to all the books and all the people who are trying to project through the signs: When is the end going to come? When is the end going to come? And you have to say: I'm sorry to tell you this. You've missed it. It's already gone. It's already passed. And you failed. You flunked. You did not get prep...

...the idea of “emphasizing offense over defense”  becomes extremely problematic  when applied to the martial arts, or to individual armed combat. Except in the rarest of cases, the human individual, as a holistic being, does not have the luxury of sacrificing a limb or a major organ in the pursuit of victory—that is, if they wish to maintain the ability to defend themselves, and to be o...

I'm going to lay down my life. When the wolf comes, the wolf is coming for me instead of you. I'm actually going to stand there and take it. When I say I'm going to lay it down and pick it up, I'm now telling you what it means for me to know you, how well I know you, and how I've chosen to never unlink myself from you. So when you ask: Am I a good sheep, I'm going to tell you again: I took it all...

By contrast, today, when the herd animal in Europe is the only one who attains and distributes honours, when "equality of rights" all too easily can get turned around into equality of wrongs - what I mean is into a common war against everything rare, strange, privileged, the higher man, the higher soul, the higher duty, the higher responsibility, the creative fullness of power and mastery - these...

God gives himself in the for-youness of his body. God is found deep in the flesh. Why? To help dying you. Jesus' death saves only when it is preached for you. Otherwise, his cross casts a long shadow of judgment over history.  But, when the cross is preached for you, Jesus comes to you now, awful and joyful.

Just a few decades after Japan’s warrior class was abolished, U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt raved about a newly released book entitled  Bushido: The Soul of Japan.  He bought five dozen copies for family and friends. In the slim volume, which went on to become an international bestseller, author  Nitobe Inazo  interprets the  samurai  code of behavior: how chiva...

Behold, not the Son of David, but the Lamb of God. This is the new word, the second word, or Gospel, of John the Baptizer's sermon. When the Gospel arrives, whether on a donkey or in an over-packed U-Haul. Christ comes to speak a new word. From Christ's mouth comes an absolute promise: "Repent, and believe the Gospel."

If you want to succeed in life, you have to be a good fighter. Why? Because you need to fight to achieve valuable things in life. While you could achieve some things without much effort, there is always a price to pay to get the valuable ones. They won't just come to you out of thin air.

Perseus cautiously entered, crouching low to avoid the sloping roof, slimy green and dripping with water. The foul stench made his stomach heave. He crawled further in, peering ahead in the gloom. The distant snoring of the Gorgons, and the soft hissing of the snakes that crowned their heads, reached the anxious warrior. The air turned bitter, the cold stinging his body like a swarm of wasps. He c...

How does one get dead people to worship God? How does one get dead people to give God his due, especially when they delude themselves that they're alive and going places? What would bring them in? What would church them, as we say today? What, after all, do the dead like to do?

This book is meant to help you get ahead in life by realizing that you are not the same person, and that you shouldn’t let the past retard you from growing spiritually and emotionally. You have more control over your mind than you might think. Hopefully you are inspired by reading this book; 365 pages of thought-provoking suggestions are here to help you healthily revisit the past, to keep you foc...

What happens when Jesus comes revealing himself to faith for faith? Religious leaders and the crowd will consider him to be the scum of the earth. He speaks too boldly, too uniquely. His words expose, tear down, and annihilate everything that gets in the way of him reconciling sinners to himself. In the same way, Jesus' preachers are foolish in the world because in the end his preachers are garbag...

“The state is merely the modern pretence, a shield, a make-belief, a concept. In reality, the ancient war-god holds the sacrificial knife, for it is in war that the sheep are sacrificed…So instead of human representatives or a personal divine being, we now have the dark gods of the state…The old gods are coming to life again in a time when they should have been superseded long ago, and nobody can...

No wonder so few of you actually want the raw, naked truth—getting to the truth about yourself, God, the world, good and evil, life and death is out of your hands. The truth God wants you to hear is the very thing you spend your days trying to avoid, just as you try to avoid a car accident or hail storm.

“If the individual, overwhelmed by the sense of his own puniness and impotence, should feel that his life has lost its meaning…then he is already on the road to State slavery and, without knowing or wanting it, has become its proselyte.” Carl Jung, The Undiscovered Self

The truth is, the kind of freedom Jesus offers is a burden that most Christians are simply unable to shoulder. But, what if it's not your burden to carry?

While disciplined following of operating procedures is a powerful tool for development, excessive discipline can kill free thinking and creativity. Discipline is a guideline that must be married to acting with adaptability and common sense. Such freedom allows operating procedures to best support teams and their mission.

Sin asks: WHAT is life all about? Answer: Surrounding myself with people and things that make me happy. Faith asks: WHO is life all about? Answer: Jesus, because Jesus is Life. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He is the only Way that your eyes will ever be opened to see what is real and true, and what is a lie.

How much risk is too much risk? Can a lack of aggressiveness sometimes be an issue? How about being too aggressive? How easy is it to take the concept of “default: aggressive” too far? Why is it important to make sure you and those around you clearly understand the “why” of the task, the mission, and the roles and responsibilities of those involved?