The UNPACKIN' it Podcast With Bryce Johnson & Trip Smith
This is the UNPACKIN’ it Podcast, where we relate sports stories to life and faith. Our mission is to challenge, encourage, and inspire you to follow Jesus and become more like Him with sports conversations that truly matter. We also unpack sports, faith, and life with intriguing guests from the sports world. Bryce Johnson is the president of UNPACKIN' it Ministries and is the host. He welcomes rotating guest co-hosts. Shows are released most weeks on Tuesdays. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
On this week's show, Bryce Johnson and Trip Smith unpack the current state of the NBA and one of the big stories from the Olympics. We also discuss our response when Olympians lose…and how we can be encouraged to embrace empathy, sympathy, and care for those around us. What happens when we actually try to understand what someone else is going through? What does it look like to enter into someone else's pain?
Topics Include:
- S...
Check out the panel discussion from this year's Super Saturday Man Breakfast, hosted by UNPACKIN' it, that took place in Charlotte the day before the Super Bowl. This year's panel included former NFL players Brentson Buckner and Dwan Edwards. They talk about faith, football, and life with Bryce Johnson. It's an authentic, encouraging, and inspiring conversation.
Topics Include:
- Keep Pounding and Buckner's battle with cancer.
- H...
On this week's podcast, Bryce Johnson and Trip Smith unpack how the Seahawks won the Super Bowl…and what we as followers of Jesus need to stop, cease, and shut down.
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On this week's show, Bryce Johnson and Trip Smith unpack the Seahawks and Patriots winning on the road all season…and what it means for followers of Jesus to win away from home.
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On this week's UNPACKIN' it podcast, Bryce Johnson and Trip Smith unpack the Seahawks and Patriots exceeding expectations as they head to the Super Bowl…and how God's power exceeds our expectations.
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On this week's UNPACKIN' it podcast, Bryce Johnson and Trip Smith unpack the Bills doing something different by firing Sean McDermott…and how we need to try something different when our ways and efforts come up empty.
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On today's podcast, Bryce Johnson and Trip Smith unpack how close the NFL games were and how, as fans, we not only desire close games but also a close relationship with God.
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Learn more about our sponsor, Upward Sports, to discover how you can share the gospel through sports.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, UNPACKIN' it and Fantasy Football Fellowship podcast listeners! Today's podcast is our annual Christmas special with Bryce Johnson and Trip Smith unpacking their favorite Christmas movies, songs, and Fantasy Football players...along with lots of fun holiday topics! The guys also discuss how the holiday season brings out everyone's inner child and how we continue to grow in maturity as believers in Christ with a chi...
Today, we unpack the inspiring story of Philip Rivers…and how we, too, can overcome fear and go for it!
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In recent years, NFL fans have gotten used to seeing the Chiefs, Eagles, Bills, and Ravens in the playoffs and have taken them seriously as teams capable of a Super Bowl run. This season, new teams are entering the playoff conversation, like the Patriots, Broncos, Seahawks, and even the Panthers! The question remaining for these new playoff-likely teams is “Do we take them seriously?” Let's UNPACK it!
Today, Bryce Johnson unpacks college football concerns after Lane Kiffin's latest move…and how to deal with the brokenness in our lives.
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Today, Bryce Johnson interviews the legendary basketball analyst and broadcaster, Clark Kellogg. They talk about which teams in college basketball have caught his eye as we get closer to the March tournament, his broadcasting responsibilities, what God has been teaching him lately, spiritual routines, and so much more!
Clark Kellogg is a CBS college basketball analyst. He’s been with CBS since 1993. He played college basketball ...
Today, Bryce Johnson and his guest, Bob Schindler, unpack how the results from this past weekend's games have ramifications for the rest of the season, and how in life, we experience consequences and blessings.
Bob graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Vanderbilt University. Schindler has been involved with CEDE SPORTS since 2003 and currently serves as the President. Before that, Bob served as an Associate Past...
On this week's podcast, Bryce flies solo and unpacks how much of what happens in the NFL is hard to comprehend…and how much of what God is doing is hard to understand.
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Sponsored by Upward Sports, today's co-host is Travis Vaughn. He's the organization's Director of Market Research and Product Development. Bryce and Travis unpack fans' attitudes toward college football coaches getting fired — and how we can be impatient and disappointed with God during challenging seasons of life. Travis is the reigning champion of our FFF league (currently 9-0), and he's the co-host of the Kinda Fast Podcast! Be ...
Today, Bryce Johnson and Eric Miller unpack how the NFL season and Sunday's games revealed the opposite of what we thought was true — and how this parallels God's truth being the opposite of what the world tells us.
Eric Miller is the Executive Director at Momentum Ministry Partners. They partner with the local church to provide ministry equipping experiences in an effort to help raise the next generation of leaders. E...
Today, Bryce Johnson unpacks what he's learned so far this NFL season about players, coaches, teams, and the league as a whole. He also shares what it means to learn from Jesus as we follow Him and how to consider these questions: What am I learning about God’s character? What am I learning about myself? What are others learning about me and from me? What do I need to learn from this trial or test?
Let’s UNPACK it!
Today, Bryce Johnson and Roger Patterson, the Senior Pastor at CityRise Church in Houston, Texas, unpack which teams got back on track and which teams are off track after Week 5 in the NFL…and what steps to take when we get off track in life. Let’s UNPACK it!
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Welcome to The UNPACKIN’ it Podcast, where we unpack parallels, metaphors, and topics in sports that relate to life and faith! I’m Bryce Johnson in Charlotte, NC, joined today by Rocky Seto.
Rocky is a pastor of Evergreen Baptist Church in California and a former Super Bowl-winning assistant coach. After spending 18 years in coaching, including a stint on Pete Carroll's staff in Seattle and USC. He spent 11 seasons at USC a...
Today, Bryce Johnson and guest co-host Bryan Saylor unpack how the NFL doesn't always turn out as we expect it to — and how to respond when we experience something unexpected. Cowboys and Packers ended in a tie, the Saints were competitive with the Bills, Jags beat Niners in San Francisco, Jaxson Dart beat the undefeated Chargers in his first start...and so much more!
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