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Identity

Release Date: 11/26/2025

Restore The Glory Podcast

This week, Jake and Bob discuss the relationship between healing, deliverance, and spiritual warfare. They explore the nature of spiritual strongholds (patterns of thoughts or beliefs that oppose the reality of who God is) and why these strongholds often obstruct emotional and spiritual healing. Jake and Bob also nuance the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary experiences of grace and how the supernatural is hidden within the quiet or ordinary moments. Finally, they address the role of spiritual authority within the Church, the importance of recognizing your own authority, and why...

Healing & Theology of the Body with Jason Evert

Restore The Glory Podcast

This week, Jake and Bob are joined by Jason Evert, a Catholic speaker, author, and expert on the Theology of the Body. Together they explore the history of gender theory, how contraception shifted culture, and why it’s important to root our identity in God. They also discuss how wounds and unmet needs are often tied to the experience of gender dysphoria and how our culture avoids addressing the source of suffering. Key Points: The term gender has only recently entered into our vocabulary Wounds, past traumas, and unmet needs for belonging, love, and safety are often the root...

Identity

Restore The Glory Podcast

This week, Jake and Bob discuss identity: why it matters, how it is formed, and its role in the healing process. We live in a fallen world with an enemy who spreads lies that can send us down paths far from the truth of who we are. Through questions like “Who am I?”, “Whose am I?”, and “Do I belong?” Jake and Bob explore how to reclaim our God-given identity and rest in the freedom of living in that truth. Key Points: Finding your identity in Christ and living out of that truth is part of the healing process We begin the search for our identity in childhood and continue to...

Healing & Prayer

Restore The Glory Podcast

This week, Jake and Bob explore how inner healing is rooted within the tradition of the Catholic Church. Drawing from the Catechism, they discuss the three expressions of prayer—vocal, meditative, and contemplative—and how each form is incorporated within the inner healing process. Far from being a psychological exercise, inner healing comes from a deeply relational encounter with Jesus and restores the whole person so we might live in deeper communion with Him. Key Points: Inner healing prayer is deeply rooted in the Church’s tradition The Catechism identifies three key...

Desire (Part 2) w/ Dr. Shane Owens

Restore The Glory Podcast

This week, Jake and Bob welcome Dr. Shane Owens to explore how desire, the heart, and theology work together for our good, through the lens of St. Augustine’s Confessions. Dr. Owens breaks down St. Augustine’s healing journey and how by understanding the desires motivating our actions, we are led into deeper communion with God. They also discuss how memories shape our view of reality, why we distrust a good God, and what the Scriptures teach us about our identity. Key Points: Our desires ultimately point us towards God Sin is a result of misdirecting our desires towards something...

Desire (Part 1)

Restore The Glory Podcast

This week, Jake and Bob begin a two part series on desire and how it relates to sin. They discuss how sin arises from a desire for good and how our woundedness shapes these patterns of sin. Rather than suppressing our desires, Jake and Bob reflect on the goodness of desire and the importance of rightly ordering it through prayer. Through personal stories and movie references, they end by walking you through practical ways to identify the holy desires beneath your struggles. Key Points: Behind every disordered desire is a holy desire, an unmet need, an unhealed wound, and a hidden...

Philosophy and Healing w/ Fr. Matthew Rolling

Restore The Glory Podcast

This week, Jake and Bob welcome Fr. Matthew Rolling to the show to discuss healing through the lens of Thomistic philosophy. The path to healing isn’t a straight path and sometimes our experiences in life cloud our perception of reality. Fr. Matthew explains why philosophy helps us find truth and how it can redirect us when we become confused within our healing journeys. They also explore how sin affects healing, the role of our passions, and the importance of grace. Key Points: Philosophy helps us find the truth about reality Not all questions can be answered by human reason alone...

Sports, Athletics & Faith (Part 3) w/ Fr. Burke Masters and Trevor Williams

Restore The Glory Podcast

This week, Jake and Bob conclude their series on athletics by welcoming Fr. Burke Masters, the baseball priest, and Trevor Williams, the Washington Nationals pitcher, to the show! Together they discuss finding your identity in Christ when your job is about performing well, evangelizing as a professional athlete, and how sports can aid you in becoming a better Christian. Fr. Burke and Trevor also share how God led them to athletics, the story of how they met, and play a fun game with Jake and Bob at the end of the episode. Key Points: Even when our jobs demand we perform well, our core...

Sports, Athletics & Faith (Part 2) w/ Bart Schuchts

Restore The Glory Podcast

This week, Jake and Bob continue their series on athletics, and welcome Bart Schuchts, a former D1 football player, to the podcast. Bart reflects on how athletics shaped his self-identity, beliefs, and relationships from childhood through his adult life. They also discuss sports culture, fear based coaching, and the fine line between healthy competition and idolizing sports. Ultimately, when approached with balance and intention, athletics can foster deep connection, personal growth, and spiritual insight that extends far beyond the game itself, enriching every aspect of life. Key...

Sports, Athletics & Faith (Part 1) w/ Dr. Nicole Gabana Chiesa

Restore The Glory Podcast

This week, Jake and Bob begin a series on athletics, diving into the profound ways sports intersect with faith. Today, they are joined by Dr. Nicole Gabana Chiesa, a sports psychologist and former collegiate athlete. Together they explore the beauty of sports and how they can shape one’s identity, foster virtue, and offer opportunities for healing that extend far beyond the playing field. However, athletics present many challenges beyond just physical injury. They also discuss the dangers of over-identifying with athletic success or failure, the impact of parental and societal expectations,...

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Key Points:

Finding your identity in Christ and living out of that truth is part of the healing process
We begin the search for our identity in childhood and continue to deepen it (whether in truth or lies) throughout life
Because we live in a fallen world, our identity can easily be influenced by the lies we believe about ourselves, others, and the world around us
Healing is more than the relief from pain. Maturing in our God-given identity is actually a form of healing
We become what we believe we are. We come to know ourselves and learn to love ourselves as we learn who we are in God
There is value and healing to be found in the journey of finding our identity in God

Resources:

Jake’s Identity Course (Use the code RESTORE10 at checkout for 10% your enrollment)
The Chastity of Jesus and the “Refusal to Grasp”

Connect with Restore the Glory:

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

08:05 “What Am I?” and “ Who Am I?”

21:58 The Struggle Against My God-given Identity

29:34 Do I Belong?

39:57 The Path to Finding Your Identity

48:12 Maturing Within Your Identity

55:23 The Purity of Love

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