Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)

Navigating Seasons of Change in the Church

March 19th, 2025  |  Season 0  |  35 mins 30 secs

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How do you deal with pastor changes, church updates, and closing parishes? Are you trying to serve the church, but keep hitting roadblocks? Michael Gormley and Dave VanVickle explore what to do when you feel stuck in an unfortunate church situation and how to handle the chaos of change.

Our Role in Evangelization

March 12th, 2025  |  Season 0  |  32 mins 32 secs

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Michael Gormley and Dave VanVickle explain the gift of evangelization and how God wants us to participate in the good work He started in us.

The Purpose of Lent

March 5th, 2025  |  Season 0  |  34 mins 50 secs

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What is your plan for Lent? Is there anything you’ve been avoiding that the Lord is tugging at your heart to revisit? Michael Gormley and Dave VanVickle explain where our focus should be and how Lent is a time to become more disciplined, virtuous and free.

How to Suffer Well

February 26th, 2025  |  Season 0  |  37 mins 37 secs

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When you’re facing suffering, it’s very natural to ask why. However, if we suspend that question and instead ask ‘God, how can I love the most at this moment?’, you’ll get more answers than if you were to actually get the answer to your question. Today, Mike Gormley and Dave VanVickle give tips how on how to suffer well and weather the storms of difficulties.

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Spiritual Warfare in Everyday Christian Life

February 20th, 2019  |  40 mins 28 secs

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Spiritual warfare is more than just an analogy.

It is a reality.

Quite literally, it is a struggle between two kingdoms—a battle between man and that which draws man away from God.

This fighting and resisting evil is a common experience, yet many don’t believe they are at war. Therefore they come unprepared to fight the battle.

Today Mike and Dave approach this topic from the viewpoint of evangelists. They discuss the Church Fathers’ understanding of spiritual warfare, the context behind the Church’s teachings on the subject, and practical ways you can resist evil and equip yourself with the best possible resources.

Evangelization in a Post-Christian Society: The Purpose of the Church

February 13th, 2019  |  47 mins 39 secs

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Do you want to evangelize in a post-Christian society? There are a few things you need to know.

We all proclaim the same gospel, but we all need to use different methods. The methods that St. Paul used in Athens or Rome and the approach of a missionary in India, Southeast Asia, or parts of Africa will be different than someone who lives in a post-Christian society.

There are, however, universal principles that stand the test of time. Today, Mike and David go through three ages of evangelization, explain how to overcome four hurdles in evangelizing, and also three different types of evangelizing.

Snippet from the Show:

“No matter how opposed someone is to Christianity, you have to understand that deep down, it is what they want. It is what they most desire. It is the answer to all their questions.”

Understanding the Personal and Ecclesial Dimension of Our Catholic Faith

February 6th, 2019  |  40 mins 20 secs

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Church teaching is an important part of our Catholic Faith. Today, Mike and Dave are going to show you how to incorporate the church into the kerygma.

They explain how fellowship is not socializing and why the Church comes before the individual in the plan of God.

“Our love for Jesus and for our neighbor impels us to speak to others about our faith. Each believer is thus a link in the great chain of believers. I cannot believe without being carried by the faith of others, and by my faith I help support others in the faith.” (CCC 166)

Snippet from the Show:

You have not given yourself faith as you have not given yourself life. The believer has received faith from others and should hand it on to others. (CCC 166)

The Art of the Invitation to Christian Life

January 30th, 2019  |  35 mins 36 secs

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When evangelizing, there comes a moment in time when you will invite someone to completely give their life over to Christ and begin living a Christian life.

How do you know what moment is right?

What does the invitation look like?

Why is an invitation to Christian life so important?

Using Scripture, contemporary faith formation tools, and personal experience, Mike and Dave explain the sometimes subtle art of inviting someone to live a fully authentic Christian life.

Snippet from the Show:

“If you read the Gospels, you are going to see constantly that the one man who could have demanded, is constantly instead inviting.”

Q&A and Resource Recommendations with Every Knee Shall Bow

January 23rd, 2019  |  31 mins 47 secs

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Mike and Dave, the hosts of Every Knee Shall Bow, take time to answer your questions and respond to your reviews. They also provide resource recommendations such as Alpha, Sherry Weddell, SEEK, and more! At the end of the podcast, they also provide five easy ways to observe effective evangelization in action!

Snippet from the Show:

The beautiful thing about our Catholic faith is that when you conform yourself to a celebrity...you lose yourself. But what Christ wants in conforming to him, instead of losing yourself, you actually gain yourself back, and become who you truly are called to be.