George Janko: The Arrogance Of Thinking God Needs Your Protection | #048
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All right, welcome to another episode on the Unlearned Wisdom Podcast with yours truly, Johnny Chang, where every single episode is a gospel-centered lesson that you could apply to your life today. And today, we have a very special guest, guys. His name is, you know what? I'm gonna let him actually introduce himself, guys.
Yeah, yeah, what's up, first-time caller? Last time heretic. My name's George Janko. I like to tell jokes, learn about God, accidentally offend people when I'm learning. But I'm sitting here with a fellow heretic, so it's good.
Biggity fags, bro.
You get yelled at a lot, huh?
All the time, bro.
How do you deal with that? Sorry, this is your podcast.
I'm so sorry. I just took over. I just took over.
I'm so sorry. By the way, I just want to let you guys know the way that they set up is the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life. I wish I could have showed it to you guys.
Hey, we're building. This is the temporary set. No, I like it. It's great. Hey, so we're going to start it off. You had a very eventful 2025. You got married, you went on tour, and you also released the Christian Avengers podcast episode. Yeah. And so we'll start there, right? With all of that behind you and, you know, everything that kind of happened, like, can you talk us through what happened behind the scenes and really, you know, coming out of something like that and having time of, like, everything settling? Like, what really did you learn from all of that or... Yeah, which one? The Christian Avengers.
Yeah, you like named my whole life.
And I was like, I'll jump in. Yeah, we'll start with that one because that was the last time we saw you when we filmed that episode in Arizona. Yeah. And then I thought it was an amazing episode.
You know, it's so funny because I believe that God turns your wisdom off. when he wants you to learn a lesson. And I'm very good at understanding that something could offend somebody. And people, when they watch that video and they think that I'm coming at Catholics or Orthodox people, they have no idea that at that time, I was Catholic and Orthodox. It was having conversations with my mom. I have this... terrible habit of leaning on my pride when I get like insecure. And so when I watched it back now from where I'm positioned in my life, I could see a lot of arrogance in that man. And when it happened, I was so curious on why God didn't let me see how I was speaking at the time. And I think it's because he knew that I was sharpening my sword ready to like live for these type of conversations.
I grew up in a house where we're very good at debating. We like to get down to it and Last year was a big learning curve for me because I realized that I'm not the savior, I'm the sower. And falling in and out of that is dangerous because there's times in my life where I feel like I'm right with God and there's times where I feel like I'm opposing God. And in that seat, I was opposing God. And I think God whispered to my heart. He said, hey man, like, I need you to focus on worshiping me and stop pointing at everybody else and how they're worshiping me. And so when I sat there and I asked God, like, okay, like, What did you want me to learn out of this? And I think the biggest thing is one, I take a lot of comfort knowing that I'm still learning and I'm not a teacher.
And I think in my live shows, I made it very abundantly clear that my life, I'm an entertainer, and as I'm learning, I'm putting it out there. But when I watch myself back, Timothy really speaks to me in this type of volume because I was new and very quick to raise a sword. Because in my mind, I'm like, oh, I'm defending God. I'm standing up for God. But at the same time, I'm splitting the home into two. Um, I never really talked about it, but that was the hardest year of my life.
What happened behind the scenes of the viral “Christian Avengers” episode and what did George learn?
Like last year was the biggest blessing, but it came with like, Think about it, I lost everything, and then when I finally got everything back and running, I lost my church, I lost family members over this, I lost half of my audience over this, and I sat there and I said, all right, God, if you want me to learn something, what is it?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:45
2
What happened behind the scenes of the viral “Christian Avengers” episode and what did George learn?
3:45–5:23
3
How did public backlash affect George’s faith, identity and approach to confrontation?
5:23–23:27
4
How should Christians engage respectfully with other beliefs and controversial creators?
23:27–58:28
5
How does George describe the emotional purpose and variety of his 'Man on Water' tour?
58:28–59:57
6
What memorable on‑the‑road moments led George to baptize a fan after a show?
59:57–1:07:41
7
How does George explain accountability, cannabis use, and seeking counsel from church leaders?
1:07:41–1:25:45
8
What spiritual lessons about humility, grace, and unity did George share in his closing prayer?
1:25:45–1:53:12
Speakers
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