The Stand Up Dude Podcast

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Discover your true potential with the Stand Up Dude Podcast, the ultimate guide for men seeking purpose, meaning, and direction in today's complex world. Hosts Tim Bisagno and Stewart White dive deep into personal growth, leadership, and faith, offering insights and strategies to help you become the best version of yourself. Whether you're feeling stuck or yearning for more out of life, this podcast empowers you to break free from life's endless cycles and step into your true calling. Join a community of like-minded individuals on a journey to discover truth, embrace freedom, and find life-changing answers. Tune in to the Stand Up Dude Podcast and start your transformation today. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-stand-up-dude-podcast--6143975/support.

  1. Sep 6

    I Called Out to Jesus During a Near Death Experience | Agnostic NDE

    A near-death experience turned a 27-year-old agnostic Twitch streamer into one of the boldest voices for Jesus online. In this episode of the Stand Up Dude Podcast, Stewart White sits down with William Pope (@WilliamPopeYT), a former Twitch partner and League of Legends streamer who spent 27 years convinced there was no life after death. Then one night at his computer his heart started racing, his vision blurred, and his consciousness split into two places at once. In the second place there was only darkness, dread, and the feeling of sinking into the earth, until he called out one name he did not even believe in. What follows is his year-long attempt to disprove Christianity: the evidence for Jesus, the manuscripts, the Dead Sea Scrolls, fulfilled Bible prophecy, and why he now makes end times content warning his generation that the window to decide is closing. ▶️ Follow William Pope: https://youtube.com/@williampopeyt 📧 Email William (he loves hearing from you): williampopeyt@gmail.com ▶️ Our 3-part series on Escaping the Porn Trap: https://youtu.be/eyFaOCQWOkM 🧢 Get your Tennessee Hat: https://tnhat.shop 📬 Join the Stand Up Dude newsletter: https://missionxmission.eo.page/sud-newsletter 🙏 Ready to follow Jesus? Free resources: https://standupdude.com/be-more 🤝 Support the show: https://MissionXMission.org/donate We grow this channel with vidIQ: https://vidiq.com/StandUpDude William grew up in Franklin, went to Vanderbilt, and built a life behind screens: insurance and banking by day, a Twitch-partnered streaming career by night, and a porn habit he had accepted as just part of who he was. The near-death experience forced him to admit his human understanding was limited, so the numbers guy went looking at the data. Why are there 25,000 manuscripts about Jesus and only a handful about Julius Caesar? Why did the apostles and even Roman guards die brutal deaths for something they could have recanted? Why do the Dead Sea Scrolls confirm prophecies like Isaiah 53 were written centuries before the cross? Within a month he was all in. The video games, the vaping, and the addiction he calls the hardest thing he ever quit all lost their grip, and his girlfriend Nora came to faith too. Now he reads the news next to Ezekiel 38 and the Book of Revelation and rings the alarm bells to a generation of young men coming to Jesus in record numbers. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Consciously in Two Places at Once 00:15 - An Agnostic Streamer's Near-Death Experience 00:53 - Meet William Pope: Franklin, Vanderbilt, Twitch Partner 02:26 - The Night It Happened: Heart Racing, Ears Ringing 03:42 - His Consciousness Splits: A Near-Death Experience Begins 04:23 - Dread, Regret, and Sinking Into Darkness 04:38 - "Jesus, Please Save Me" and the Rubber Band Snap 05:24 - An Agnostic Investigates Life After Death 07:06 - Rabbit Holes: Aliens, the CIA, and the Supernatural 09:45 - The Evidence for Jesus: 25,000 Manuscripts vs Julius Caesar 10:25 - The Dead Sea Scrolls and Isaiah 53 Prophecy 11:53 - Tennessee Hats 🧢 https://tnhat.shop 13:44 - The Question That Cracked It: What If He Really Rose? 15:03 - You Don't Die for a Lie: The Apostles and Roman Guards 16:10 - A Cross in the Old Testament: Ezekiel 37 17:14 - Numerical Patterns and Divine Authorship 19:56 - The Road to Emmaus: All of Scripture Points to Jesus 21:41 - Genesis 3: The First Preaching of the Gospel 23:28 - 51% Sure: Reading the Bible Like the Resurrection Happened 24:42 - Revelation First, Then the Whole Bible 3 Times in a Year 25:56 - The Porn Addiction He Thought Was Just His Life 26:59 - End Times Signs: Reading the News Next to Bible Prophecy 29:50 - Video Games, Vaping, and Drinking Lost Their Grip 31:12 - Conviction vs Guilt: When Sin Pulls You From God 33:35 - The Porn Trap Series and the 30-Minute Little Monster 35:44 - A New Heart: Why the Law Could Never Change Desire 37:56 - The Gamer's Analogy: NPCs, AI, and Why God Changes Hearts 39:51 - Ringing the Alarm Bells at @WilliamPopeYT 41:00 - The Anvil That Breaks Every Hammer 43:11 - Three Kinds of Men: What He'd Say to Each 44:41 - The Only Explanation Left After the Evidence 46:26 - Lukewarm Faith and the Church of Laodicea 47:40 - Where to Find William Pope 48:07 - Young Men Are Coming to Jesus in Record Numbers 49:11 - The Great Exchange: A Prayer to Receive Christ ABOUT THE SHOW Stand Up Dude is a gospel-centered podcast for men who are done coasting. 🔗 LINKS Website: https://standupdude.com/standup Be More: https://standupdude.com/be-more Email us: dudes@standupdude.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/standupdudeofficial Facebook: https://facebook.com/standupdude Everything else: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme song: "Prodigal" by Arrows in Exile. Listen on Spotify. #NearDeathExperience #NDE #LifeAfterDeath #EvidenceForJesus #EndTimes #Testimony #ChristianMen #StandUpDude Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-stand-up-dude-podcast--6143975/support. ⚡️ Engage & Take Action: Drop a comment, Like, subscribe, and share. 🔗 All links & socials: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme Music: Prodigal by Arrows in Exile: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Qbpjwsb1Z9XuES9yqKQoz?si=8deed3f6cd2548cf

    I Called Out to Jesus During a Near Death Experience | Agnostic NDE

  2. Aug 30

    Why Discipleship Isn't Working: Years in Church and Still Not a Disciple | JR Rennie

    Discipleship isn't working, and most Christian men can feel it. You can sit in church for years and know all the right words and still never become a mature disciple of Jesus. In this episode of the Stand Up Dude Podcast, JR Rennie, founder of BrushFires Ministry and author of the Why Discipleship Isn't Working book series, breaks down what Christian discipleship actually is and why the modern church keeps producing attenders instead of disciples. Then he lays out the discipleship framework any church or mature believer can use to change that. JR makes the case that information is not formation, attendance is not spiritual maturity, and the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) is the only real indicator that a man is growing. He also shows you how to make disciples the way Jesus did: a mature believer sitting face to face with two or three men, an honest inventory of core truths and spiritual disciplines, and a simple way to tithe your time to God six minutes at a time. 📚 Why Discipleship Isn't Working (Book 1, pre-release): request a copy through https://brushfires-digital.com 🔥 BrushFires Ministry and the Design Workshop: https://brushfires-digital.com ▶️ JR's first episode, Every Man Has a Ministry: [LINK] 🧢 Get your Tennessee Hat: https://tnhat.shop 📬 Join the Stand Up Dude newsletter: https://missionxmission.eo.page/sud-newsletter 🤝 Support the show: https://MissionXMission.org/donate We grow this channel with vidIQ: https://vidiq.com/StandUpDude JR's ministry started with the Design Workshop, helping believers discover what God created them to do. Then he noticed the pattern. Men would get their purpose statement, see themselves clearly for the first time, walk back into church, and forget, because nobody was discipling them. On a drive to get a haircut he asked God what else he could do, and the answer was "I didn't create you to do, I created you to be." That moment became two books and a framework. In this conversation we cover why churches count decisions and attendance but never look for fruit, the difference between McDonald's Christianity and the feast God offers, why pastors are overwhelmed and how to make their jobs replaceable, why every 65-year-old mature believer should be mentoring men in their 20s and 30s, and the six self-assessments JR is building, including a fruit of the Spirit test your wife gets to grade. It ends with a word to two kinds of men: the guy who loves Jesus but was never discipled, and the mature man who needs to stop consuming and start investing in someone else. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Discipleship Is Not About Better Behavior 00:20 - Years in Church and Still Not a Disciple 01:21 - JR Rennie Is Back 02:37 - The Haircut Drive: "I Created You to Be" 04:19 - The Mountaintop Problem: They Find Their Purpose and Forget 06:44 - The Fruit of the Spirit Is the Real Indicator (Galatians 5:22-23) 08:23 - What Discipleship Actually Is: Spending Life With People 09:09 - The Inventory: Core Truths and Spiritual Disciplines 11:03 - We Count Decisions and Attendance, Not Fruit 12:32 - McDonald's Christianity vs the Feast God Offers 14:24 - Emptying Your Will Like Christ Did 15:57 - Tennessee Hats 🧢 https://tnhat.shop 16:28 - What a Healthy Disciple Actually Looks Like 18:28 - Obedience Attracts Attack: Prepare Them for It 20:55 - What Changes for a 35-Year-Old Husband and Father 23:06 - Tithe Your Time: 6 Minutes Every Hour With God 26:01 - Fueled by Relationship, Not Earning Acceptance 27:14 - What Can Only Happen Face to Face 29:35 - How the Enemy Sidelines a Disciple 31:42 - Who Carries the Responsibility? Pastors Are Overwhelmed 33:02 - Train Two, Then Repeat: Make Your Job Replaceable 35:22 - 65-Year-Olds Should Be Mentoring 20-Year-Olds 36:49 - The Man in the Pew Has Outsourced His Calling 38:21 - Gifting Doesn't Replace Character 39:43 - A Framework, Not a Program 42:08 - Intellect, Emotions, and Will: What God Is After 43:26 - Walking Through the Discipleship Framework 45:07 - Six Self-Assessments (Your Wife Gets a Copy) 49:51 - Two Kinds of Men Watching This 51:38 - Don't Wait for the Perfect Program: Go Ask a Brother 53:09 - Courage and Vulnerability vs Shame and Guilt 54:22 - JR's Books and How to Bring the Framework to Your Church 56:20 - Two Questions to Sit With This Week ABOUT THE SHOW Stand Up Dude is a gospel-centered podcast for men who are done coasting. Hosted by Stewart White and Pedro LaTorre, we have real conversations about faith, manhood, and following Jesus without the religious performance. 🔗 LINKS Website: https://standupdude.com/standup Be More: https://standupdude.com/be-more Email us: dudes@standupdude.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/standupdudeofficial Facebook: https://facebook.com/standupdude Everything else: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme song: "Prodigal" by Arrows in Exile. Listen on Spotify. #Discipleship #ChristianDiscipleship #SpiritualMaturity #FruitOfTheSpirit #ChristianMen #StandUpDude Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-stand-up-dude-podcast--6143975/support. ⚡️ Engage & Take Action: Drop a comment, Like, subscribe, and share. 🔗 All links & socials: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme Music: Prodigal by Arrows in Exile: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Qbpjwsb1Z9XuES9yqKQoz?si=8deed3f6cd2548cf

    Why Discipleship Isn't Working: Years in Church and Still Not a Disciple | JR Rennie

  3. Aug 16

    Trapped in Performance-Based Christianity? The Half of Grace Most Men Never Hear | Shawn Reinsel

    Trapped in performance-based Christianity? You pray, you try harder, you white-knuckle your life, and by Friday you're starting over again, wondering if God is disappointed in you. In this episode of the Stand Up Dude Podcast, pastor and author Shawn Reinsel (Simple Grace) breaks down law vs grace, why legalism wears men out, and the half of the grace of God most Christian men never hear. Shawn has pastored for over 20 years and trained pastors from Nepal to Pakistan to India, and he shows you how walking in the Spirit through humility and faith replaces the performance treadmill with real transformation. We go inside the Ark of the Covenant and the mercy seat, unpack your identity in Christ, and answer the question every honest man is asking: if I stop striving, won't I just get lazy? You're not broken. You're exhausted. There's another way. 📚 Simple Grace: https://amzn.to/4g2z8g3 📚 Grab Any of Shawn's books: https://simplegrace.life 🧢 Get your Tennessee Hat: https://tnhat.shop 📬 Join the Stand Up Dude newsletter: https://missionxmission.eo.page/sud-newsletter 🤝 Support the show: https://MissionXMission.org/donate We grow this channel with vidIQ: https://vidiq.com/StandUpDude Shawn came to Christ at 12 and spent years becoming what he calls a Pharisee, comparing himself to everyone and trying to be the most holy guy in the room, until one question from a Bible study he was leading exposed the whole thing: "That sounds great, but how do we do it?" What he discovered in a Bible college class on the new covenant of grace set him free, and he's spent 28 years since helping men get off the treadmill. In this conversation we cover why forgiveness is only the beginning of grace, what the law is actually for now, the difference between resting in grace and being lazy, and how grace transforms the way a man loves his wife and raises his kids. We also get into Shawn's ministry translating Simple Grace into Urdu, Sindhi, Hindi, and more to train pastors across Pakistan, India, and Nepal. ⛪ Shawn's church: One Two Church, South Padre Island, TX — https://www.onetwochurch.com 🌍 Support the well-digging and pastor-training mission work: https://simplegrace.life CHAPTERS 00:00 - You're Just Exhausted 01:47 - Trying to Keep God Happy: How Legalism Wears Men Out 04:26 - The Lie Every Christian Man Believes About His Own Effort 07:32 - Saved by Grace Is Only Half the Gospel (Galatians 3:3) 10:33 - Tennessee Hats 🧢 https://tnhat.shop 10:58 - Why Forgiveness Is Only 10% of the Grace of God 14:52 - The Bible College Class That Changed Everything 17:04 - Humility and Faith: How to Walk in the Spirit 20:37 - For the Man Who Always Feels Like He Falls Short 23:18 - Let Go and Let God: The Rappelling Illustration 26:01 - Performance-Based Christianity and Comparison Culture 29:04 - Why Pastors Fall Into the Performance Trap 33:05 - Martin Luther and the Rediscovery of Free Grace 34:50 - Inside the Ark of the Covenant: The Mercy Seat 39:15 - Abraham's One-Sided Covenant of Grace 42:16 - The Orchard vs the Factory: Two Ways to Live 46:45 - Do You Have to Keep Asking God for Forgiveness? 48:29 - What Is the Law for Now? Your Identity in Christ 50:44 - Is Grace Just an Excuse to Be Lazy? 53:23 - How Grace Changes Marriage and Parenting 58:40 - Training Pastors in Pakistan, India, and Nepal 1:02:14 - One Step to Get Off the Performance Treadmill 1:03:35 - Simple Grace Books and Where to Find Shawn 1:07:05 - The Challenge: Stop Earning What's Already Yours ABOUT THE SHOW Stand Up Dude is a gospel-centered podcast for men who are done coasting. Hosted by Stewart White and Pedro LaTorre, we have real conversations about faith, manhood, and following Jesus without the religious performance. 🔗 LINKS Website: https://standupdude.com/standup Be More: https://standupdude.com/be-more Email us: dudes@standupdude.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/standupdudeofficial Facebook: https://facebook.com/standupdude Everything else: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme song: "Prodigal" by Arrows in Exile — listen on Spotify #LawVsGrace #PerformanceBasedChristianity #ChristianMen #GraceOfGod #IdentityInChrist #StandUpDude Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-stand-up-dude-podcast--6143975/support. ⚡️ Engage & Take Action: Drop a comment, Like, subscribe, and share. 🔗 All links & socials: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme Music: Prodigal by Arrows in Exile: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Qbpjwsb1Z9XuES9yqKQoz?si=8deed3f6cd2548cf

    Trapped in Performance-Based Christianity? The Half of Grace Most Men Never Hear | Shawn Reinsel

  4. Jul 29

    AI Is Becoming a God to This Generation | Veteran Ben Peterson on Faith, Dopamine and Identity

    AI is becoming a spiritual guide for an entire generation, and most Christian men have no idea it is happening. In this episode of Stand Up Dude, Stewart White and Pedro LaTorre sit down with combat veteran Ben Peterson, founder of Engage Your Destiny and author of "When Intelligence Isn't Human: Navigating Your Faith in the Age of AI," to talk honestly about artificial intelligence, faith, and what it is quietly doing to men. Barna found that 39% of Gen Z and 44% of millennials now take spiritual guidance from AI. They treat ChatGPT like a pastor. Ben explains how we got here. The smartphone rewired the dopamine system between 2010 and 2015. Social media was built on the slot machine model of trigger and reward. Now AI has learned enough emotional intelligence to make a lonely man feel seen in a way no human can match. This is not an anti-technology rant. Ben uses AI every day and builds it into his ministry. His warning is about the line most of us cross without noticing, when a tool quietly becomes a guide, then a god, then a substitute for relationship. 📖 GET (Pre-order Until Aug 25th) BEN'S BOOK: When Intelligence Isn't Human: Navigating Your Faith in the Age of AI: https://amzn.to/4xdqAc7 🎖️ Learn about Ben's ministry to the military: https://engageyourdestiny.org 🧢 Get a TN HAT, the ones we wear on the show 🧢: https://tnhat.shop/collections/frontpage 👉 Never Miss An Episode: Get Our Newsletter: https://missionxmission.eo.page/sud-newsletter 👉 Ready to recenter your life on Jesus? https://standupdude.com/standup 👉 Free tools for authentic growth: https://standupdude.com/be-more 👉 Support Stand Up Dude and Mission X Mission: http://MissionXMission.org/donate Ben went to Iraq at 21 and lost seven of his guys in his first week. He came home carrying things no 22-year-old should carry, and what saved him was not a screen. It was a mentor who picked up the phone at three in the morning and pointed him to Jesus. That is the whole argument of this conversation. We were built for costly, inconvenient, human connection, and we are trading it for something that feels better and delivers nothing. He walks through the science without making it a lecture. Why dopamine is a chasing chemical rather than a pleasure chemical. Why social media crashes you when you put it down and a real conversation lets you off gently. Why every third or fifth Reel is deliberately worse than the last one. Why your wife is on her phone in the passenger seat every single time, and what is actually happening in her nervous system when you feel her check out. CHAPTERS 00:00 The Men Building AI Are Not Followers of Christ 00:16 Meet Ben Peterson 01:33 Combat at 21 and Seven Brothers Lost in One Week 05:19 Engage Your Destiny and a World Without Military Suicide 06:10 "If You Were Satan, How Would You Destroy This Generation?" 08:38 Tennessee Hats 08:58 39% of Gen Z Take Spiritual Guidance From AI 09:32 The Anxious Generation and the Smartphone Rewire 10:09 Conditioning: The Word That Explains Your Phone Habit 11:09 Social Media Was Built on the Slot Machine Model 13:32 Constantly Entertained, But Never Satisfied 14:16 Weak AI Is Learning You Right Now 14:54 The Tower of Babel Problem 15:46 The Chatbot Case Every Parent Should Know About 17:14 Why AI Tells You Exactly What You Want to Hear 20:06 Fire Is a Great Tool Until It Burns the House Down 21:32 Don't Outsource Your Identity in Christ 23:18 Why AI Can Never Be a Relationship 28:35 Why Boys and Girls Get Pulled in Different Directions 29:56 Fight or Flight and Why You Reach for the Phone 31:26 "What Are You Actually Searching For?" 36:15 The Attorney Who Could Not Stop Working 36:58 How Were You Initiated Into Manhood? 39:43 A Music Class at Nine and an Identity Built on Performance 41:50 40,000 Veterans at Daytona and the Empty Morning After 42:39 Galatians 2:20 and the Only Identity That Holds 43:47 The Intentional Father and the Initiation Most Men Never Got 46:06 A Fair Word About the Boomers and the WWII Generation 50:51 Two Antidotes: Go Long Form and Get a Real Hobby 54:21 When Intelligence Isn't Human 54:51 How to Self-Check Whether AI Has Crossed the Line 55:12 A Five Minute Meeting With the King of the Universe 56:22 Get Ben's Book 57:00 If You Want to Know Jesus 🌟 LINKS 🌟 📖 Ben's book: https://amzn.to/4xdqAc7 🎖️ Engage Your Destiny: https://engageyourdestiny.org 🧢 Tennessee Hats (as seen in the episode): https://tnhat.shop/collections/frontpage ⚡️ Connect & Take Action: Connect with the Stand Up Dude brotherhood: Email: dudes@standupdude.com Website: https://standupdude.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/standupdudeofficial Facebook: facebook.com/standupdude 🔗 All links & socials: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme Music: Prodigal by Arrows in Exile: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Qbpjwsb1Z9XuES9yqKQoz?si=8deed3f6cd2548cf If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988 in the US to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Veterans can press 1. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-stand-up-dude-podcast--6143975/support. ⚡️ Engage & Take Action: Drop a comment, Like, subscribe, and share. 🔗 All links & socials: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme Music: Prodigal by Arrows in Exile: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Qbpjwsb1Z9XuES9yqKQoz?si=8deed3f6cd2548cf

    AI Is Becoming a God to This Generation | Veteran Ben Peterson on Faith, Dopamine and Identity

  5. Jul 15

    Escaping the Porn Trap Pt3 | Why THIS Finally Sets You Free | It's Not What You Think!

    If you've tried everything to quit porn and nothing has stuck, this is the episode you've been waiting for. In Part 3 of Escaping the Porn Trap, the finale, Stewart White and Pedro LaTorre lay out how a Christian man actually breaks free from porn addiction for good. Not another 30-day challenge, not more willpower, not another shame speech. On the Stand Up Dude podcast, they walk through a clear, gospel-centered path out of pornography: telling the truth, seeing the trap, naming the craving, finding the real need underneath, walking in the light with real brothers, building wise walls, and anchoring your identity in Christ instead of your streak. This is an honest, non-graphic conversation about freedom from porn, repentance, and the power of the gospel to make a man new. If you're ready to stop managing your sin and actually walk out of the prison, start here. 📖 THE BOOK: Men of Purity: A Christian Man's Way Out of the Porn Trap by James Mercer: https://www.amenandash.com/products/menofpurity?variant=44193660698675 🧢 Get a TN HAT — the ones we wear on the show 🧢: https://tnhat.shop/collections/frontpage 👉 Never Miss An Episode: Get Our Newsletter: https://missionxmission.eo.page/sud-newsletter 👉 Support Stand Up Dude and Mission X Mission: http://MissionXMission.org/donate Most men have been handed the wrong tools: more apps, more filters, more white-knuckling, and a weekly accountability check that only ever asks "did you mess up." Stewart and Pedro explain why that keeps failing and what real freedom actually takes. They get into telling God the truth without agreeing with the condemnation, the cross as your sin at its worst and your Savior at His best, the "little monster" craving that impersonates your own voice, and why a craving is not a command and a temptation is not an identity. They cover how the algorithm is built to keep you hooked, why one host walked away from social media entirely, the difference between walls that are wise and walls you start to worship, and the truth that your deepest problem was never porn at all. It was a worship problem only Christ can heal. This is the final episode of a three-part series. Part 1 exposes the lie that porn is giving you anything real. Part 2 uncovers what porn is really replacing in a man's heart. If you're new here, start with Part 1. 📖 THE BOOK: Men of Purity: A Christian Man's Way Out of the Porn Trap by James Mercer: https://www.amenandash.com/products/menofpurity?variant=44193660698675 CHAPTERS 00:00 Porn Is Not Your Master (The Real Way Out) 01:41 Escaping the Porn Trap Part 3 (Watch Parts 1 & 2 First) 03:00 Step 1: Tell the Truth and Come Out of Hiding 04:44 The Cross: Your Sin at Its Worst, Your Savior at His Best 07:18 Step 2: See the Porn Trap Clearly 09:02 Step 3: Name the Craving (The "Little Monster") 12:12 Step 4: Find the Real Need Underneath the Urge 13:46 Step 5: Walk in the Light With Real Brothers 15:57 A Hard Word for Married Men 17:38 Step 6: Build Wise Walls Without Worshipping Them 20:33 How the Algorithm Feeds Your Porn Addiction 22:17 Why Quitting Social Media Set Him Free 24:51 Step 7: Feed the Real Life 26:06 Step 8: Your Identity Is Not Your Streak 28:44 Your Real Problem Isn't Porn, It's This 29:38 Been Hiding? Come Home to the Father 30:57 One Step to Freedom Today (Series Finale) ABOUT THE SHOW Stand Up Dude is a gospel-centered men's podcast hosted by Stewart White and Pedro LaTorre. Every week we sit down with men who are learning to follow Jesus honestly, lead their families well, and stop performing for approval they already have. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode. 🌟 LINKS 🌟 🧢: Tennessee Hats (as seen in the episode) 🧢: https://tnhat.shop/collections/frontpage Ready to recenter your life on Jesus? https://standupdude.com/standup Free tools for authentic growth: https://standupdude.com/be-more ⚡️ Connect & Take Action: Ready to take your first real step toward freedom? Share it in the comments, like & subscribe, and forward this to a man who needs a way out. Connect with the Stand Up Dude brotherhood: Email: dudes@standupdude.com Website: https://standupdude.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/standupdudeofficial Facebook: facebook.com/standupdude 🔗 All links & socials: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme Music: Prodigal by Arrows in Exile: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Qbpjwsb1Z9XuES9yqKQoz?si=8deed3f6cd2548cf #StandUpDude #EscapingThePornTrap #QuitPorn #PornAddiction #ChristianMen #FreedomInChrist #Purity #IdentityInChrist #ChristianPodcast #MensMinistry Get vidIQ to grow your channel faster! 🚀 https://vidiq.com/StandUpDude Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-stand-up-dude-podcast--6143975/support. ⚡️ Engage & Take Action: Drop a comment, Like, subscribe, and share. 🔗 All links & socials: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme Music: Prodigal by Arrows in Exile: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Qbpjwsb1Z9XuES9yqKQoz?si=8deed3f6cd2548cf

    Escaping the Porn Trap Pt3 | Why THIS Finally Sets You Free | It's Not What You Think!

  6. Jul 8

    Escaping the Porn Trap Pt2 | Why THIS Keeps You Trapped | It's Not What You Think!

    If you keep going back to porn even though you hate it, the problem might not be lust, alone. It might be loneliness. In Part 2 of Escaping the Porn Trap, Stewart White and Pedro LaTorre go underneath the urge to expose what porn is really replacing in a man's heart. On the Stand Up Dude podcast, they break down why so many Christian men who want to quit porn are actually starving for real intimacy, rest, and purpose, and why porn is a counterfeit that leaves you lonelier than before. This is an honest, non-graphic conversation about porn addiction, the male loneliness epidemic, shame, and real freedom in Christ. If you feel unknown, exhausted, or numb, and porn has become the fake door you keep walking through, this episode will help you name the real need underneath and bring it to the One who can actually meet it. 📖 THE BOOK: Men of Purity: A Christian Man's Way Out of the Porn Trap by James Mercer: https://www.amenandash.com/products/menofpurity?variant=44193660698675 🧢 Get a TN HAT — the ones we wear on the show 🧢: https://tnhat.shop/collections/frontpage 👉 Never Miss An Episode: Get Our Newsletter: https://missionxmission.eo.page/sud-newsletter 👉 Support Stand Up Dude and Mission X Mission: http://MissionXMission.org/donate Porn never shows up in a vacuum. It grabs a real, God-given need and points it at a fake door. Stewart and Pedro walk through the four counterfeits every man needs to recognize: fake rest for the man who is exhausted on a soul level, fake intimacy for the man who is married and still lonely or single and aching for real brotherhood, fake aliveness for the man who is bored and numb, and fake escape for the man carrying wounds he has never brought into the light. They get into why intimacy without vulnerability is really just control, how numbing your pain works like a spiritual leprosy that kills real connection, why a man with no mission goes looking for stimulation, and the "little monster" you keep feeding that only grows bigger. The shift that changes everything is learning to ask what the craving is really counterfeiting, then bringing that real need to Christ instead of the fake door. This is Part 2 of a three-part series. Part 1 exposes the lie that porn is giving you anything real. Part 3 lays out the path to walk free for good. 📖 THE BOOK: Men of Purity: A Christian Man's Way Out of the Porn Trap by James Mercer: https://www.amenandash.com/products/menofpurity?variant=44193660698675 CHAPTERS 00:00 The Craving Isn't What You Think It Is 01:52 Escaping the Porn Trap Part 2 (Watch Part 1 First) 03:23 Porn Never Shows Up in a Vacuum 05:41 Why Porn Is a Heart Problem, Not Just Behavior 07:36 What Your Desire for Intimacy Was Really Made For 09:06 Fake Rest: Why Exhausted Men Turn to Porn 12:33 How to Actually Pray When You're Struggling 15:15 Fake Intimacy: Why Loneliness Keeps You Trapped 17:32 How Porn Numbs You and Kills Real Connection 20:12 Fake Aliveness: Porn, Boredom, and the Numb Man 22:28 Why a Man With No Mission Looks for Porn 23:38 Fake Escape: Using Porn to Numb Old Wounds 28:07 How Shame Keeps You Stuck in the Cage 29:39 The One Question That Changes Everything 30:46 The "Little Monster" You Keep Feeding 31:57 Bring Your Heart to Christ (Watch Part 3) ABOUT THE SHOW Stand Up Dude is a gospel-centered men's podcast hosted by Stewart White and Pedro LaTorre. Every week we sit down with men who are learning to follow Jesus honestly, lead their families well, and stop performing for approval they already have. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode. 🌟 LINKS 🌟 🧢: Tennessee Hats (as seen in the episode) 🧢: https://tnhat.shop/collections/frontpage Ready to recenter your life on Jesus? https://standupdude.com/standup Free tools for authentic growth: https://standupdude.com/be-more ⚡️ Connect & Take Action: Has this episode named the real need underneath your struggle? Share your story in the comments, like & subscribe, and forward this to a man who's fighting for his freedom. Connect with the Stand Up Dude brotherhood: Email: dudes@standupdude.com Website: https://standupdude.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/standupdudeofficial Facebook: facebook.com/standupdude 🔗 All links & socials: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme Music: Prodigal by Arrows in Exile: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Qbpjwsb1Z9XuES9yqKQoz?si=8deed3f6cd2548cf #StandUpDude #EscapingThePornTrap #QuitPorn #PornAddiction #ChristianMen #MaleLoneliness #Purity #FreedomInChrist #ChristianPodcast #MensMinistry Get vidIQ to grow your channel faster! 🚀 https://vidiq.com/StandUpDude Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-stand-up-dude-podcast--6143975/support. ⚡️ Engage & Take Action: Drop a comment, Like, subscribe, and share. 🔗 All links & socials: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme Music: Prodigal by Arrows in Exile: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Qbpjwsb1Z9XuES9yqKQoz?si=8deed3f6cd2548cf

    Escaping the Porn Trap Pt2 | Why THIS Keeps You Trapped | It's Not What You Think!

  7. Jul 1

    Escaping the Porn Trap Pt1 | The Real Reason You Can't Quit | It's NOT Willpower!

    If you've tried to quit porn and keep ending up right back where you started, this episode is for you. In Part 1 of Escaping the Porn Trap, Stewart White and Pedro LaTorre take on the lie that keeps Christian men addicted to pornography: the belief that porn is actually giving you something. It isn't. On the Stand Up Dude podcast, they break down why willpower, filters, and streak-counting keep failing, why the problem was never really the behavior, and why most men who can't stop watching porn are not broken beyond repair. This is an honest, non-graphic conversation about porn addiction, shame, and real freedom in Christ. If porn has left you feeling divided, exhausted, and stuck in a shame cycle you can't break, you'll finally start to see the trap clearly, and see the door Jesus is opening to walk out free. 📖 THE BOOK: Men of Purity: A Christian Man's Way Out of the Porn Trap by James Mercer: https://www.amenandash.com/products/menofpurity?variant=44193660698675 🧢 Get a TN HAT — the ones we wear on the show 🧢: https://tnhat.shop/collections/frontpage 👉 Never Miss An Episode: Get Our Newsletter: https://missionxmission.eo.page/sud-newsletter 👉 Support Stand Up Dude and Mission X Mission: http://MissionXMission.org/donate Most men fighting porn are swinging at the behavior and never landing a hit on the lie underneath it, so willpower runs out and the shame cycle starts over. In this episode we expose that lie head-on. Porn is a trap, and the power of a trap is the bait. It latches onto real, God-given desires for intimacy, purpose, and rest, then hands you a counterfeit that creates the very craving it pretends to cure. Stewart and Pedro get into the empty-calories and tight-shoes analogies from the book that reframe the whole fight, why a divided man loses the strength a free man carries, and the truth that most men are not porn addicts so much as men medicating a deeper pain. There's a raw moment on an accountability partner who counted 90 sober days and still fell, and the question that changes everything: what if God was never counting your days? If you feel exposed listening to this, that conviction is not God rejecting you. It's the Father calling you home. This is Part 1 of a three-part series. Part 2 goes underneath the urge to what porn is really replacing in a man's heart. Part 3 lays out the path to walk free for good. 📖 THE BOOK: Men of Purity: A Christian Man's Way Out of the Porn Trap by James Mercer: https://www.amenandash.com/products/menofpurity?variant=44193660698675 CHAPTERS 00:00 Why You Can't Stop Watching Porn (The Real Reason) 01:29 Escaping the Porn Trap: A 3-Part Series Begins 02:34 The Silent Battle Christian Men Fight Alone 04:02 Porn Is Sin, But Shame Isn't Conviction 05:09 Why Men Keep Going Back to Porn They Hate 07:19 Why "Just Try Harder" Never Sets You Free 09:51 How the Porn Trap Works: The Bait Is Real Desire 12:35 Exposed Young: How Shame Grows in the Dark 15:21 Porn Gives You Nothing: The Empty-Calories Lie 18:40 It Creates the Craving It Pretends to Cure 24:05 You're Not a Porn Addict, You're Medicating Pain 25:34 How Porn Hollows a Man Out and Divides Him 29:12 Why Willpower and NoFap Aren't Enough 35:28 What If God Was Never Counting Your Days? 38:40 The Free Man Walks Out of the Open Cage 40:52 Porn Is Not Your Master (Watch Episode 2) ABOUT THE SHOW Stand Up Dude is a gospel-centered men's podcast hosted by Stewart White and Pedro LaTorre. Every week we sit down with men who are learning to follow Jesus honestly, lead their families well, and stop performing for approval they already have. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode. 🌟 LINKS 🌟 🧢: Tennessee Hats (as seen in the episode) 🧢: https://tnhat.shop/collections/frontpage Ready to recenter your life on Jesus? https://standupdude.com/standup Free tools for authentic growth: https://standupdude.com/be-more ⚡️ Connect & Take Action: Has this episode exposed the lie underneath your struggle? Share your story in the comments, like & subscribe, and forward this to a man who's fighting for his freedom. Connect with the Stand Up Dude brotherhood: Email: dudes@standupdude.com Website: https://standupdude.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/standupdudeofficial Facebook: facebook.com/standupdude 🔗 All links & socials: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme Music: Prodigal by Arrows in Exile: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Qbpjwsb1Z9XuES9yqKQoz?si=8deed3f6cd2548cf #StandUpDude #EscapingThePornTrap #QuitPorn #PornAddiction #ChristianMen #Purity #FreedomInChrist #ChristianPodcast #FaithAndMasculinity #MensMinistry Get vidIQ to grow your channel faster! 🚀 https://vidiq.com/StandUpDude Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-stand-up-dude-podcast--6143975/support. ⚡️ Engage & Take Action: Drop a comment, Like, subscribe, and share. 🔗 All links & socials: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme Music: Prodigal by Arrows in Exile: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Qbpjwsb1Z9XuES9yqKQoz?si=8deed3f6cd2548cf

    Escaping the Porn Trap Pt1 | The Real Reason You Can't Quit | It's NOT Willpower!

  8. Jun 17

    He Had $20,000 Outfits and Nowhere to Go: Manwell Reyes on Fame, Money & Real Identity

    Manwell Reyes of Group 1 Crew sits down with Stewart White and Pedro LaTorre on the Stand Up Dude podcast for one of the most honest Christian testimony conversations we have ever recorded. Best known for his music with Group 1 Crew and for being the husband of comedian and actress Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Manwell opens up about the man underneath the output. This is a raw conversation about faith, forgiveness, and identity in Christ for Christian men who are tired of performing. Manwell shares how he went from carrying guns in the streets to a vision of Jesus that changed everything, why he chooses to support his famous wife instead of competing with her, and how he learned that who you are is never determined by what you do. If you have ever wrestled with your worth, your faith, or your identity, this episode is for you. 🧢 Get a TN HAT — the ones we wear on the show 🧢: https://tnhat.shop/collections/frontpage 👉 Never Miss An Episode: Get Our Newsletter: https://missionxmission.eo.page/sud-newsletter 👉 Support Stand Up Dude and Mission X Mission: http://MissionXMission.org/donate Manwell's story moves from a military childhood in Germany to a brief life on the streets, to a senior-year encounter with Jesus at a church camp, to twelve years of grinding before Group 1 Crew ever got signed. Along the way he unpacks the vision of two roads that taught him to lead with forgiveness, the day a $50,000 loan turned him into someone else's villain, and what it actually looks like to be the head of a household when your wife is more successful than you are. This is a conversation about real manhood, contentment, and the freedom that comes from being loved by God before you ever earn it. CHAPTERS 00:00 A Vision of Jesus and the Night Everything Changed 00:29 The Man Underneath the Music and the Applause 01:01 When Your Faith Becomes a Performance 05:41 Who Is Manwell Reyes? From the Streets to Group 1 Crew 06:52 The Year Off That Led to a Million Dollar Record Deal 11:11 Learning How to Cry and Choosing Optimism 15:59 The Vision of Two Roads: Bitterness vs Forgiveness 22:22 Lending $50,000 and Being Made the Villain 30:13 Marrying Anjelah Johnson and Learning to Support Her 34:57 Writing His Wife's Hit as a Joke and the Warner Deal 44:51 From Carrying Guns to a Vision of Jesus at Church Camp 52:37 The Fight That Healed Him and His Father 56:09 Why He Refuses to Live as a Victim 1:01:53 Identity Given Before You Ever Earn It 1:14:37 $1,000 Shoes and Nowhere to Go: When Having It All Feels Empty ABOUT THE SHOW Stand Up Dude is a gospel-centered men's podcast hosted by Stewart White and Pedro LaTorre. Every week we sit down with men who are learning to follow Jesus honestly, lead their families well, and stop performing for approval they already have. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode. 🌟 LINKS 🌟 🧢:Tennessee Hats (as seen in the episode): 🧢: https://tnhat.shop/collections/frontpage Ready to recenter your life on Jesus? https://standupdude.com/standup Free tools for authentic growth: https://standupdude.com/be-more ⚡️ Connect: Has this episode exposed an idol or false security in your life? Share your story in the comments, like & subscribe, and forward this to a man fighting for his faith. Connect with the Stand Up Dude brotherhood: Email: dudes@standupdude.com Website: https://standupdude.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/standupdudeofficial Facebook: facebook.com/standupdude #StandUpDude #ManwellReyes #Group1Crew #ChristianTestimony #ChristianMen #AnjelahJohnson #IdentityInChrist #Forgiveness #FaithPodcast Get vidIQ to grow your channel faster! 🚀 https://vidiq.com/StandUpDude Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-stand-up-dude-podcast--6143975/support. ⚡️ Engage & Take Action: Drop a comment, Like, subscribe, and share. 🔗 All links & socials: https://linktr.ee/standupdude 🎵 Theme Music: Prodigal by Arrows in Exile: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Qbpjwsb1Z9XuES9yqKQoz?si=8deed3f6cd2548cf

    He Had $20,000 Outfits and Nowhere to Go: Manwell Reyes on Fame, Money & Real Identity
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Discover your true potential with the Stand Up Dude Podcast, the ultimate guide for men seeking purpose, meaning, and direction in today's complex world. Hosts Tim Bisagno and Stewart White dive deep into personal growth, leadership, and faith, offering insights and strategies to help you become the best version of yourself. Whether you're feeling stuck or yearning for more out of life, this podcast empowers you to break free from life's endless cycles and step into your true calling. Join a community of like-minded individuals on a journey to discover truth, embrace freedom, and find life-changing answers. Tune in to the Stand Up Dude Podcast and start your transformation today. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-stand-up-dude-podcast--6143975/support.

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    MissionXMission.org
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    93
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