Pope-Style Advice
Through some sort of tomfoolery, you've been mistaken for the pope. What do you say on the balcony as the people look up at you?
182 conversations · 112 episodes · 2012–2025
182 conversations
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Pope-style advice: stay connected
In the episode's centerpiece, Mike delivers the "Pope-style advice": do not presume on past methods - Moses struck the rock the second time when God said to speak to it, and lost the promised land for it.
From No. 563 · Raptors and Heifers
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Pope-style advice: gospel influence requires sacrifice
Remembering his forgotten Pope-style advice, a host argues that gospel influence in other people's lives requires sacrifice of time, talents, or money - giving the example of youth leaders who give up drinking entirely to stay above reproach with kids.
From No. 562 · Enter the McCormick II
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Nope-style advice: don't be idle while waiting on God
Mike delivers his 'nope style advice' — the hosts had agreed that giving 'pope style advice' on the day of the Pope's death would feel crass.
From No. 557 · Pope Reese Bobby
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Show open and episode docket
The show opens live from the Pathway Studios in Johnston proper. One host tells Ben he is excited to be here, and the docket is set: Boova's social question about sale-item ethics…
From No. 519 · Folk Ain’t Happy
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Mike's pope-style advice from Hosea 13
Mike delivers his “pope style” advice from Hosea 13:5-6 — God knew Israel in the wilderness, but once they grazed and were full, their hearts lifted and they forgot him.
From No. 519 · Folk Ain’t Happy
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Connecticut Tesla comedy story and the pope rumor
Ben tells a long comedy story from a Connecticut work trip: renting a Tesla from Hertz, driving it like an idiot down the airport garage ramp, getting pulled over, and being unable to find a charger.
From No. 499 · The Legacy List
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Pope-style advice part one: throw yourself under the bus
Boova delivers the first part of his pope-style advice: a marriage mechanic he calls throwing yourself under the bus before dragging someone under it with you — listing his own faults before raising an annoyance.
From No. 499 · The Legacy List
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Pope-style advice part two: read your freaking Bible
Boova's second piece of pope-style advice is blunt: 'read your freaking Bible.' He describes his current disciplined stretch and shares why it matters to him — his father died 13…
From No. 499 · The Legacy List
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Virginia, the tattoo waiter, and the pope in Johnston
A host tells a long story from a business-architecture conference near Washington, DC: dinner at Not Your Average Joe's with a tattooed waiter who spent fifty minutes describing…
From No. 492 · Show Me The Toes
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Pope Dan's advice: let God direct His work
Addressed as 'Pope Dan' and asked what he told the gathered crowd, Dan Hudson gives pope-style advice drawn from his own week: a donor handed him $9,100 cash for an African…
From No. 492 · Show Me The Toes
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The broken house and the Lowe's pope saga
A host gives a long comedy account of his house falling apart in a week and a half: a sink leak under the subfloor, a cracked fridge ice-maker line, radon remediation, a sparking stove, and a dead dryer.
From No. 485 · Steadfast
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Nathaniel's pope-style advice: the three bolts
Nathaniel, addressed on-air, tells the parable he gave the crowd: on a gusty day at his maintenance job, he found an 800-pound building sign held on by only 3 of its 15 bolts and…
From No. 485 · Steadfast
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Show open and docket: Pope-style advice and Mike's quote
The show opens live from the Pathway Studios in Johnston Proper. The hosts run through the day's docket: rare 'Pope-style advice' from the week, a Twitter quote a host addressed…
From No. 479 · Solving All Your Money Problems
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Mistaken for the Pope at the coffee shop
A host tells how he and Boova were working at a coffee shop when he ordered a cafe Borgia; the young barista upsized it, winked it 'on the house,' crossed herself, and left a napkin reading 'I won't tell anyone, but I'm excited that you're here.'
From No. 479 · Solving All Your Money Problems
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Pope-style advice: contentment is the money solution
Delivering the promised Pope-style advice, a host tells the coffee-shop crowd he has the solution to all money problems: contentment.
From No. 479 · Solving All Your Money Problems
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Marriage: the woman as helper and fighting for the we
- What does it mean for the woman to be a helper to a man?
Ben works through a theory he has been testing in Scripture, prayer, and conversation: the idea that the woman being a 'helper' to a man says more about male frailty than female subservience.
From No. 472 · Sometimes We Read Stuff
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Pope-style advice: what are we waiting for?
- What is the biblical precedent for how long to wait after God speaks?
A host delivers his "pope-style advice" as a question: what is the biblical precedent for waiting after God speaks?
From No. 438 · Acting When God Speaks
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Mid-show plug, the complaint line, and Boova's Pope style intro
A host plugs listener interaction through the Bob Eisenlauer impression and complaint line at (515) 517-0085, notes no impressions came in, and ribs Boova (addressed by name in the audio) for not listening to shows he is on.
From No. 426 · Confidence in the Holy Spirit
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Boova's Pope style: testimony, evangelism, and Fox's Book of Martyrs
- How should we talk to people about Jesus?
Boova's recorded 'Pope style' advice message from Pittsburgh, where he opens 'Hey, everybody. It's John Bubba here.'
From No. 426 · Confidence in the Holy Spirit
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Pope-style advice: invite the Holy Spirit in, pray specifically
The episode's long centerpiece, introduced as 'pope-style advice' on the Holy Spirit. A host describes his prayer posture shifting from 'I'm going to do this, will you bless it?' to 'I can't do this without you.'
From No. 416 · Motivational Monday – Prayer Cubes, Justice and Consequences
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Mike's Pope style: the plausible-reality quiz and advice
Mike's Pope-style bit (identified as his in the intro, though the diarization label here is merged and unreliable, so no speaker_id is asserted): an interactive quiz asking…
From No. 408 · Gone, Gone Boova
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Pope-style advice: the prodigal son can't bring the lifestyle home
Mike delivers the episode's pope-style advice: the prodigal son does not get to bring his lifestyle with him back home.
From No. 394 · Tunes with Jeff Arrandale, Prodigal Junk, and Drifting Families
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The pope stole my pizza
Ben tells a story from a Minneapolis hotel: his pizza was given to someone else because "the pope is in the area," and a rumor spreads that Mike is the pope, drawing a crowd to his lawn.
From No. 388 · Allie Crummy and Video Game Jesus
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Gratitude: remembering whose kingdom it is
- How do I become grateful when it doesn't come naturally?
Mike delivers his pope-style advice, telling of a 95-year-old family member whose every word in the hospital was grateful, and confessing his own habit of disappointment.
From No. 388 · Allie Crummy and Video Game Jesus