Episodes

  • Uncommon Holiness: Why Set-Apart Still Matters

    Uncommon Holiness: Why Set-Apart Still Matters
    Dec 21 2025
    Holiness didn’t disappear…..it was replaced. In this Christmas episode of The Uncommon Christian Podcast, Jon Ellis confronts the quiet erosion of holiness in modern Christianity. Not legalism. Not perfectionism. But what Scripture actually means when it calls believers to live set apart, not as an image to protect, but an identity to walk in. Christmas didn’t come to make us comfortable, it came to make us holy. And when holiness is redefined or avoided, devotion fades, obedience delays, and spiritual hunger slowly dies. In this episode, you’ll discover: ● Why holiness feels outdated in today’s culture ● How Christmas Christianity celebrates Jesus without surrendering to His lordship ● What holiness is, and what it is not ● How to return to a set-apart life without legalism, fear, or exhaustion This message is pastoral, prophetic, and deeply practical, calling believers back to identity, obedience, and a faith worth the cost. Holiness didn’t disappear, it was replaced. In this Christmas episode, Jon Ellis exposes how cultural Christianity celebrates Jesus without surrendering to Him, and why being set apart is still worth the cost. Holiness isn’t a burden, it’s a rescue.
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    15 mins
  • UNFOLLOWED: How to Stand When You Feel Alone, Rejected, or Cancelled

    UNFOLLOWED: How to Stand When You Feel Alone, Rejected, or Cancelled
    Dec 14 2025
    Most Christians aren’t being persecuted with violence, they’re being persecuted with people. Unfriended. Misunderstood. Labeled. Screenshot. Canceled. In this episode, Jon Ellis breaks down what Jesus actually said about rejection and why following Him will cost you socially, but will never cost you your identity. You’ll learn why rejection is often revelation, how to stand strong when people walk away, and how the Holy Spirit empowers you to stay faithful in a culture obsessed with approval. This teaching is bold, pastoral, and prophetic, exactly what Gen Z and Millennials need to navigate the pressure of modern-day cancel culture. If you feel alone, overlooked, or unfollowed because of your faith… this episode will give you courage, clarity, and the conviction to stand with Jesus, even when it seems like you stand alone. Ever felt unfollowed, misunderstood, or quietly excluded because you chose to stand on Scripture? You’re not crazy, and you’re not alone. Jesus warned His followers that cultural rejection would come, and He taught us how to stand firm when the pressure hits. In this bold and pastoral episode, Jon Ellis equips you with clarity, courage, and practical steps to stay faithful when approval fades. If you’re ready to rise above cancel culture and live Uncommon, this episode will strengthen your resolve.
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    14 mins
  • The Drift: How Subtle Compromise Steals Your Fire

    The Drift: How Subtle Compromise Steals Your Fire
    Dec 7 2025
    Most Christians don’t walk away from God in a moment, they drift away slowly. In this episode, Jon Ellis exposes how distraction, routine, busyness, and subtle compromise quietly pull believers away from their first love. Using Hebrews 2:1 and Revelation 2:4-5, Jon reveals how drift begins, how it grows, and how to recognize it before it steals your fire. If you’ve been feeling spiritually numb, distant, or stuck in routine, this episode will help you identify the drift, reverse it, and return to the hunger, devotion, and fire you were made to carry as an Uncommon Christian. Spiritual drift doesn’t feel like rebellion, it feels like routine. In this eye-opening episode, Jon Ellis shows how subtle distraction and quiet compromise can pull you away from God without you even noticing. You’ll learn how to return to your first love and reignite the fire that drift tried to smother.
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    21 mins
  • The War for Your Mind

    The War for Your Mind
    Nov 30 2025
    Winning When You’re Tired, Anxious, and Under Attack Most Christians aren’t losing the battle because their faith is weak, they’re losing because their thought life is unprotected. In this episode, Jon exposes the real frontline of spiritual warfare: the mind. Anxiety, intrusive thoughts, burnout, comparison, and identity lies are not just emotional struggles, they’re spiritual attacks with mental symptoms. Jon walks you through how the enemy weaponizes your thoughts, how to tear down strongholds, and how to renew your mind with the Word of God so you can finally walk in clarity, confidence, and peace. If you’ve felt overwhelmed mentally, spiritually exhausted, or trapped in your own head, this episode gives you the tools, Scriptures, and Spirit-led truths you need to win the war for your mind and live the life of The Uncommon Christian. Your mind is a battlefield, and the enemy knows it. In this episode, Jon shows you how to defeat anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and spiritual exhaustion by taking back control of your thought life through the power of God’s Word and the renewing of your mind. This is the roadmap to winning the war in your head and walking in uncommon clarity and freedom.
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    19 mins
  • Counterfeit Comfort: Breaking the Idol of Convenience

    Counterfeit Comfort: Breaking the Idol of Convenience
    Nov 23 2025
    Comfort is the silent killer of calling. In this episode, Jon exposes one of the greatest idols in the modern church, the idol of convenience, and shows how comfort is slowly suffocating courage, obedience, and real discipleship. Using Amos 6:1 and Matthew 16:24-26, Jon unpacks the danger of living “at ease in Zion” and why Jesus didn’t invite us into a convenient Christianity, but a costly, courageous one. He also shares a powerful real-life story from a recent deer hunt in Illinois where simple obedience, sharing the gospel at gas stations and food stops, led to breakthrough moments that comfort would have stolen. If you’ve ever felt stuck, numb, passive, or spiritually sleepy… this episode will wake you up, call you up, and push you into a bold, Spirit-led faith. You were not saved to stay comfortable. You were saved to carry a cross.
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    16 mins
  • Why Shallow Faith Isn't Saving Anyone

    Why Shallow Faith Isn't Saving Anyone
    Nov 16 2025
    We’ve made following Jesus sound too cheap. Our culture says, “Just believe.” But Jesus said, “Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Me.” In this bold opening to the Uncommon Discipleship arc, Jon Ellis unpacks Luke 14:25–33 and exposes why shallow faith isn’t saving anyone. True discipleship isn’t built on emotion, it’s built on endurance. Drawing from the testimony of Black Sheep Ministries, Jon shows how real transformation only comes when we surrender everything. This episode will challenge you to count the cost, confront compromise, and rediscover what it really means to follow Jesus in a culture that’s falling apart. Because following Jesus will cost you something, but not following Him will cost you everything. Order Jon’s book I’ve Prayed the Prayer and discover what real repentance and discipleship look like at TheUncommonChristian.com. If your faith doesn’t cost you anything, it’s worth nothing. Count the cost, follow Jesus for real.
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    17 mins
  • Black Sheep Rising: Vision, Warfare & Viral Momentum

    Black Sheep Rising: Vision, Warfare & Viral Momentum
    Nov 9 2025
    In this follow-up episode, we shift from John Gallagher’s personal journey into what he’s building now. What is Black Sheep Recovery Warfare? How does John balance prophetic boldness with pastoral care? And what does it actually look like to wage warfare for the addicted, the broken, the outcasts? We also unpack how John’s message has begun to go viral, through video, social media, and the testimonies of lives changed. From his podcast platform to live events like the Run To You Tour, we explore how movement begins & spreads. If you’ve ever wondered how a redeemed addict turns into a voice for many, this is your episode. What started as one man’s redemption has become a movement shaking the South. In part two, Jon Ellis and John Gallagher dive into how Black Sheep Ministries went from a recovery story to a revival story. From spiritual warfare to viral videos, this episode reveals how God turns pain into platform, and why no one is too far gone to be used for His glory.
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    42 mins
  • The Deep Dark Testimony: John Gallagher’s Turning Point

    The Deep Dark Testimony: John Gallagher’s Turning Point
    Nov 2 2025
    “When you’re closer to hell than heaven, sometimes only God can pull you out.” In this episode, Jon Ellis sits down with John Gallagher, the founder of Black Sheep Recovery Warfare,one of Mississippi’s most powerful recovery movements. Together, they walk through his radical journey from addiction, despair, and darkness, to surrender, redemption, and purpose. We trace the moments when everything crumbled, the signs he couldn’t ignore, and the supernatural encounter that changed everything. This is redemption in real time, bold, gritty, and undeniably uncommon. John Gallagher’s story is proof that no pit is too deep for God’s grace. Once trapped in addiction, he’s now leading one of Mississippi’s most powerful recovery movements, Black Sheep Ministries. In this episode, Jon Ellis sits down with John to unpack the raw, unfiltered moments that led from destruction to deliverance. This is redemption in real time, bold, gritty, and undeniably uncommon.
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    36 mins