Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)

Online Evangelization with Brandon Vogt

January 29th, 2020  |  35 mins 35 secs

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Today, I’m talking to the one and only Brandon Vogt, Content Director at Word on Fire, and expert in all things online evangelization. We talk about Bishop Barron, debating with atheists, proving the existence of God, and how to read more books.

Prison Stories with Gomer

January 22nd, 2020  |  47 mins 51 secs

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Dave “The Exception for Every Rule” Van Vickle is back with me, Mike “Gomer” Gormley, as we talk about the ups and downs of prison ministry.

From the Archives: Spiritual Warfare in Everyday Christian Life

January 15th, 2020  |  40 mins 28 secs

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First off, I want to thank you all for your pouring of prayers, concern, and even money to the VanVickle family as his wife battles cancer. He wanted me to tell you that he has been uniquely blessed by your love and support and he is praying for you all.

This week’s show is from our archive. Episode 10 of Season 1 of EKSB is our most popular episode so far because it shows the cosmic dimensions of evangelization, that is, spiritual warfare. As Dave reminds us, the ordinary way the Devil attacks us is through temptation and the ordinary means by which we destroy the works of the devil is evangelization.

The Christian Meaning of Generosity

January 8th, 2020  |  11 mins 15 secs

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Dave “Brother from the Blessed Mother” VanVickle is unfortunately not with us today. Just before Christmas, Dave’s wife was diagnosed with stage four cancer, so please storm heaven with your prayers for Amber VanVickle and their family! Today is a short episode about the meaning of generosity in the Christian life. We don’t usually hear about generosity until tithing time, but generosity extends far beyond dollars. We need to practice generosity at all times, especially when it comes to our prayers and participation in the Church.

5 Resolutions for Catholic Evangelizers

January 2nd, 2020  |  2 mins 51 secs

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Happy New Year! We’ve got five resolutions for Catholics who want to continue to spread the Good News in 2020.

What Repentance Looks Like

December 18th, 2019  |  43 mins 36 secs

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Dave “The Wolf of Main Street” VanVickle and I wrap up our Advent series on repentance. We talk about interior repentance and how that shows up through things like fasting, keeping Fridays a day of penance, forgiving others, serving the poor, and constantly reorienting our lives towards Christ. We can’t buy heaven with these acts, (the cross of Christ is our salvation) but true repentance will always show up in our words and deeds.

Repentance Is for Sinners—Just Ask Zacchaeus

December 11th, 2019  |  Season 0  |  31 mins 57 secs

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I, (Dave VanVickle), have no nickname today, because sadly Gomer isn’t here. (He’s OK, he’s just been sick.) So I’m continuing our conversation about repentance solo. I want to talk about what repentance looks like in Scripture, especially Zacchaeus’ repentance in Luke 19, and how we can incorporate continual repentance and conversion in our day-to-day lives.

Advent: A Great Time for Repentance

December 4th, 2019  |  45 mins 24 secs

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The repentance aspect of Advent is highly neglected but extremely important. Most people like to focus on the love of God made man (which is huge, don’t get me wrong) but what is the proper response to this great love? Repentance.

The Dangers of Misdefining Evangelization

November 27th, 2019  |  38 mins 10 secs

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You’ve probably heard people say that evangelization is proclaiming the gospel and using words when necessary. Well, Dave “Roaring Lion” VanVickle and myself (Mike “Gomer” Gormley) have a problem with this phrase—it only covers one aspect of evangelization. There’s a whole other big part of evangelization where you use words.

What the Bible Reveals about God's Love

November 20th, 2019  |  36 mins 57 secs

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Dave “The Perpetual Penitent” VanVickle and I (Mike “Gomer” Gormley) are talking about something we all know, but few people truly understand—God’s love. We’ve heard, “God loves you” just enough to make us content with the thought of it, and totally unfamiliar with the radial depth of that reality.