1: Introduction to Men Unplugged

Hey, how’s it going? Jeff Jerina here and welcome to the first episode of the Men Unplugged podcast. I’ll be your host every week as I chat with inspiring and well-known Christian leaders to give you the practical tips, wisdom and resources that you need to ignite your faith and succeed in every aspect of life. Occasionally, you’ll hear some messages that I’ve had the opportunity to share with other men just like you. Presentations and sermons to inspire and equip you to live as a man of God.  

So In the next few minutes I’ll be sharing a little about myself, my motivations for hosting the show and what you can expect to get from it… along with a sneak peak into some of the guests you’ll be hearing from.

Now, before I dive into these topics, I want you to know that on earlier episodes of the podcast you’ll hear me say that the Men Unplugged show is a daily talk show. When I first started in 2018 it actually was. But around episode 41 or 42 I made the decision to transition to a weekly show. This gave me the time to go deeper in each interview, provide more resources, and some valuable coaching and courses that will help you in your own personal journey.

So, Whether you’re a single man, married, a father, retired or divorced the Men Unplugged podcast will help you in one or more areas of your life.  

Real quick, about me

I’m 48 years old.   My wife, Amy, and I have bee married for 11 years.   We have two children who definitely keep us on our toes.

And I am super, excited for what God has in store for you as part of the Men Unplugged community.

Tto join the tribe of men, we call Men Unplugged – so that you can get first hand access to everything we’re doing here (from each interview, resource, conference, and more) go to MenUnplugged.net/email to signup for our free email list. When you do that, I’ll send you a welcome email with some important links to get you started at Men Unplugged and a FREE digital copy of my book, Ten Steps to Power and Purpose.

To give you an idea of how I got to this point of creating and running Men Unplugged, I want to give you a brief background about myself.

I’ve worked in the corporate sector, the non-profit industry and for the last 18 years I’ve run a small business as an entrepreneur

In terms of my passion and purpose, what I really love to do is start and run ministries for men.

ON top of that, I’ve developed and teach an evangelism training course.

In terms of my education, I was one of those guys that went to college following his dad’s footsteps without really ever knowing what he wanted to do.

With a lack of direction and no real sense of purpose I attended college after high school.  Five years later I graduated with a BBA in business.  I got a job a Fortune 500 company managing teams and projects, however, I wasn’t happy.

After placing my faith in Jesus Christ in 2001, I had this desire to go back to school – seminary this time.  After dragging my feet for eight years I finally took my first seminary class in 2009.

I recall telling my wife, “I guit, there is no way I can do this school thing, it is way too difficult.”  Her first response, “you’ve only taken one class.”  For those of you who are married, your wife often times says things that you really wish she wouldn’t say.  Especially when she’s right because it forces you to man up.  Listening to her advice, I decided to go back one class at a time.

By the grace of God, I finally graduated with a master’s degree from Liberty Theological Seminary in the summer of 2016. I was then ordained as a Christian pastor. It was then that I began to think about Men Unplugged.

Please know that I only share that story as an encouragement to take those leaps of faith, learn something new and more importantly enjoy your incredible journey with God.

If you want to find out more about me, just check out the About page here at MenUnplugged.net.  On that page you’ll also find a video that shares my testimony of how Jesus Christ literally saved my life.

In terms of my motivations for the show :

What’s is that’s really driving me to do this.  It’s to help you unplug or disconnect from those things that weigh you down.  So you can

• IGNITE YOUR FAITH in JESUS CHRIST
• STRENGTHEN your family if your married
• Help you lead with Power and Purpose

If you’re like me, you have a lot of stuff coming at you everyday.  There are just so many hats you have to wear.  I would guess that you have multiple roles that you have to play every single day of the week.  If you think about your own life right now, that’s a lot.  It really is.

There are so many things competing for your attention, and allocating your time.  You’re getting hit up from every single angle.  

Wouldn’t it be great to have one central hub or toolbox that you could access at any given moment?  More than that – a place where you could hear, not just read about it.  But learn from other men on a daily basis with these same issues and struggles.  

Yet, these inspiring men of faith have journeyed to the path of victory.  They will be providing you with timely wisdom from their own experiences, skill sets, occupations, disciplines they practice, struggles they overcome and victories they’ve actually won.

Wouldn’t that be cool if you could wrap all of that up into one place?  For me, that would make things so much easier!  

That’s what we’re doing here at Men Unplugged.  We are the central hub to help men in every area of life.  With that said, focused on giving you viable solutions that you can apply to your own life, I ask my guests those real, practical and relevant questions on different topics every weekday. 

To give you an idea of what that will look like.  I break the show down into two parts, consisting of the topic portion and what I call the Super Charge round.  During the first part, you’ll receive a brief intro about each guest, how they got to where they are now, and a real discussion about the topic that day along with timely wisdom, biblical truths, and practical tips you can apply in your own life.  

I conclude each interview with the Super Charge round where I dig down even deeper asking the tough questions to unlock life lessons from my guest’s own experiences, disciplines they practice, resources they use, along with their personal testimony.

As I think about what you’re going to get from the show and the resources we have on our website.

I can tell you that with these initial podcasts already taped, I’ve been blown away by the biblical wisdom and coaching you’re going to get from each episode.  The reason I say that is because as the guy whose had the privilege of interviewing these warriors for Christ, I leave each podcast encouraged and better equipped to manage my own life.

And here’s one of the best parts, it’s FREE.  It’s absolutely FREE coaching on a different topic every single day.  How cool is that?

I truly believe that you will be sharpened or Supercharged if you will from every show.

And when you add the resources we have right now along with future ones we’ll be adding, you have a game plan for success.

I will be highlighting a few of the resources we have available.  For more information about our current and future resources, please visit our resources page.

You’ll get resources like my new book, Faith Without Fear: How to Share What You Believe with Confidence and Power , Which will help you remove any fear that you have about sharing your faith, so you can share what you believe to anyone at anytime with confidence and power. When you sign up to the Men Unplugged email list, you will be able to find out more about it and what other individuals and top Christian Leaders have said about the impact it has had on them and others. Click the button below to get your ebook or paperback copy today. 

Resources like Covenant Eyes – the ultimate shield against internet pornorgraphy for you and your family – and when you use our promo code MenUnplugged you will get your first month FREE.

To help you find your true purpose in life, we have a personality type finder and Ten Steps to Power and Purpose course that will walk you through step by step in identifying your strengths, improving your communication, reducing stress, and unlocking your leadership potential.

Here’s one that’s really going to help you in your own study of God’s Word.  The PDF version of the Strand Study Bible which you can only get at MenUnplugged.net as all the print copies are sold out.  I’ve personally used this since 2009 and highly recommend it.  Not to mention, I know the author, Brother Brad Strand as he is one of my mentors and a close friend.

We also have leadership and discipleship materials to help you as well. Including, my personal or group coaching and other resources to help you in the marketplace. These include discounted web hosting services like I use at Men Unplugged and website solutions and software with a FREE 14 day trial to help you get your message across to your audience.

If you don’t like reading, we offer a special offer for a FREE audiobook and FREE 30 day trial to Amazon Audible’s program. You can click this LINK to get your FREE book and FREE trial today.

To find out more about these, you can visit the Men Unplugged website at MenUnplugged.net or simply signup to our email list at MenUnplugged.net/email .

Okay, let me give you an idea of some of the guests you can expect to hear on the Men Unplugged talk show, including some of the topics we’ll be hashing out.

You’ll hear from actor Kevin Sorbo, top Christian apologists Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell, top Christian artists like MercyMe and Steve Chapman, former congressman J.C. Watts, and best-selling authors like Gary Thomas, Steve Arterburn, and Gary Chapman, and pro athletes like Brian Bosworth and many others.

In terms of topics, we’re going to be hitting up every topic that we deal with as men.  This includes key discussions for every man, regardless of your age, marital status, or vocation.

• Finding your identity in Jesus Christ
• How to stay in awe of God
• Having a healthy father son relationship
• Impacting youth today for Christ
• Discovering your ultimate purpose
• How to take any adversity and turn it into an advantage
• How to share and defend your faith
• Maintaining a healthy and vibrant relationship with your family and the Lord while traveling for your job
• How to give God full control of your career
• Leading with integrity
• Becoming the financial lead in your home
• An alternative to traditional health insurance, health care sharing

As I wrap up this episode, I hope I’ve given you a clear overview of Men Unplugged, an idea of the type of guests you can expect to hear from each day, and how it can help you succeed as a Godly man. 

As I mentioned earlier in this episode, the easiest and best way to gain all the benefits of the Men Unplugged show and our MenUnplugged.net website is to join the Men Unplugged community. To do that go to MenUnpluggd.net/email and enter your best email address so you can get going right away on some of our top episodes, resources, and other tips to help you live as a true warrior of Jesus Christ. When you do that, I’ll send you a token of my appreciation, a FREE PDF copy of my book, 10 Steps to Power and Purpose. 

One that you don’t want to miss if you have kid – that’s when I talk with a social media expert about what’s going on in the digital world with our kids today.   And how we as dads can take the lead in social media to protect our family.

And a whole lot more!

As I wrap up this episode, I hope I’ve given you a clear overview of Men Unplugged, an idea of the type of guests you can expect to hear from each day, and how it can help you succeed as a Godly man.

With that said, I want to give you two final calls to Action. 

First and foremost, visit the the homepage at MenUnplugged.net.  That’s our home base for everything we’re doing here at Men Unplugged.  From every podcast , resource , online training course , to our men unplugged gear that you can get on our online store and more.  And if you like what we’re doing, make sure you join the Men Unplugged tribe.  All you do is click on any button that says Stay Informed – that’s going to add you to our weekly email list where I send you updates about all of that information and more.  And as a token of my appreciation, I’m going to send you a FREE pdf copy of my book, 10 Steps to Power and Purpose.

The second call to action is to subscribe, rate, and review the show on the ITunes podcast page.  If you have an android device you can find us on Google Podcasts, Spotify, and the podcast page of our website.  Additionally, you’ll be able to view select video podcasts with my guests in studio on our website and Men Unplugged TV (our YouTube channel).

Well that just about wraps up this initial podcast, I know I spoke fast in some segments.  I wanted to make sure I kept this under fifteen minutes because I know your time is valuable.  I’ll just say one last thing and then I’m out of here.

If you have a topic idea for the show, a guest that would be great for me to interview or would like to sponsor the show in some way I would love to hear from you.   Just reach out to me on the contact page at MenUnplugged.net or through any of our social media platforms, Facebook, Linkedin, and YouTube Channel.

Thanks again for your time.  I look forward to helping you in your own journey!

God bless!