All my Heroes had a Death Wish ☠️

John Lovell travels abroad and walks in the footsteps of Leonidas, Socrates and the Apostle Paul. What did these men have in common and what's behind John's heroes having a death wish?
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[@mike7652]

Not a death wish, just willing to lay down their lives for those they love and/or something greater than themselves. True heroism.

[@wrathfulspectre2882]

Something, most men today just wouldn't be willing to do.

[@dizgroontled]

​@@wrathfulspectre2882because we now know we just fighting for elites so yea

[@silentbutdadly190]

Just become an elite and then people will fight for you too

[@wrathfulspectre2882]

​​@@dizgroontledForget the so-called elites, which are better referred to as parasites. My point is that most modern men in my observations wouldn't fight and die for their own families. Nope. They would rather just go along with any tyranny is inflicted upon them, keep their heads-down, stick their collective heads in the sand and hope it all goes away. Even worse, many men will in fact turn on their neighbours in order to appease the tyrants. Look at the last four years.

[@dizgroontled]

@@silentbutdadly190 good point

[@TodColbert-qf3ob]

I have said and believed this statement for about half of my 70 years on earth after believing on Jesus ... "when your not affraid to die , you can truly live".

[@Gunrunner223]

You are correct sir. I'll turn 50 soon, and I've been a saved man for many years. Im in the process, of redirecting my life for more purpose. As John said, "not just logging time". I want to get healthy enough, to be able to be effective. I want to live more purposely. Not just hanging around.

[@bhoxified8932]

"Every man dies. Not every man truly lives."

[@blmuller4071]

My great-grandfather and his brother, along with 500 fellow Georgia Rifles, held the bridge at Antietam against 20,000 Union soldiers, and walked away, with their wounded. His description of the battle still gives me chills. They did not expect to survive, much less triumph, but they all went there, to buy time for a greater force, as the Greeks did.

[@ronb6313]

Unfortunately, the civil war killed more Americans than all other foreign wars. Hopefully we won't repeat this again.

[@bigpicklerick]

" let me bleed with the warriors of Thermopoliy" that is awesome.

[@stevecochran9078]

"Pain is temporary. Chicks dig scars. Glory is forever." -John Wick in his football days.

[@wiseinvestments5134]

Nandeska!!!!!

[@bontexx]

Nice hit Shane!!

[@philshock3805]

"Every man dies, not every man really lives." ~William Wallace

[@locophoto6881]

Life isn't meant for "really living"...it's for being restored to God through Christ and then Glorifying God with obedience from gratitude and love returned back to God and sharing the Gospel to others....eternity is where life really is lived.

[@BobbyCannon]

@@locophoto6881 A live really lived is a life lived for Christ. "Only one life, twill soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last".

[@Stevarooni]

Life is much more than avoiding death.

[@benneuls4142]

Yes 100% agree

[@Daddyoftam]

Just ordered an autograph copy of your book. New to the gun culture. Just applied for my carry permit in PA. Still don't own a firearm, but I'm looking at a .22LR so I can learn, and teach my 3 kids. I appreciate your content.

[@murdurmuffin7872]

Hey bud, firstly, I don't want to sound like a snob or discouraging. By all means, WELCOME to the community. Some advice, if I may. If this is your first entry to guns, a .22LR is not a bad choice to start learning with. My family keeps a .22LR to plink around at cans and floating leaves with. It's a great gun for kids, and can probably be used to hunt rabbits with. However, that's as far as it can go. If you are concerned about protection at all, I would highly recommend you go with a larger caliber. The .22 makes a very small hole and is too weak to consider for self defense, unless you are ok with legally defending in court why you had to reload and kept on shooting... the same target. Among pistol caliber, I would recommend 9mm. It's not as jarring as the time honored .45 ACP, and there's generally a lot more models to choose from. You can get a Ruger PC carbine and a handgun in 9mm, both shoot the same round and should be just enough to defend your home and family against criminal threats. If your worries are about threats more well armed or wish to be able to hunt, I'd recommend something in .308 at minimum. A lot of people will espouse the good ol' AR-15 (.223/5.56x45mm) but a .308 only needs 1 shot to be effective against the vast majority of threats/game. It's your life, family, and values, so learn all you can and ask lots of questions. Oh, and good luck!

[@ope.-817]

Look into palmetto state armory. They have many great guns for cheap

[@Daddyoftam]

@@murdurmuffin7872 I appreciate that. The 22 is just to help teach my kids. I have my eye on a p365.

[@first-namelast-name4198]

I bought my first gun in 2019. I went all in and took a basic pistol class, rented many guns before buying my first gun. Eventually felt comfortable enough to get my CPL (carry license) Then I took a class from Robert Vogel, Carry Trainer, Andrew Branca and Massad Ayoob. I HIGHLY recommend taking Massad’s class (MAG20) before he retires. As someone else mentioned starting out with a .22 great. You’ll eventually grow to a bigger caliber. Enjoy the journey. Safety is paramount (I bought a safe before I brought my first gun home). Always keep learning.

[@izzyplusplusplus1004]

​@@Daddyoftam Practice with an instructor, and then practice a lot.

[@militantfarmerconcept569]

Not a death wish but a wish to preserve life both momentarily and eternally

[@ascalon132]

Yup... that's... that's what he says in the video

[@terryems88]

Hey I was at the Hot Gates as well! Pretty cool being on that hill with the plaque eh? I thought it was cool reading the info boards and finding out that they actually said those cool lines in the 300 movies. Btw Leonidas was 60 when he died in that battle. Proving that we can still be fierce warriors in our latter years.

[@beefyoso]

death is lighter than a feather. duty is heavier than a mountain.

[@AdamosDad]

"If you rely on your own strength, you will be able to accomplish what a man can do. When you lean on God's strength, God will accomplish what only He is able to do. He makes incredibly weak men, incredibly strong, for His own glory." ~John Lovell (Warrior poet)

[@jessiebutikofer7981]

I see the Braveheart Poster on your wall in the background John, have you been to Stirling Castle and The National Wallace Monument in Scotland? That is an awesome place! The true story of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce is awesome. Definitely a have to place to visit while in the UK.

[@WarriorPoetSociety]

Taking a trip of Poets there in September!!!

[@mk18895]

“You can live for nothing or die for something “ John Rambo

[@jarrodpharr2761]

My wife and I had an amazing time on this trip to Greece! Every moment was a fascinating journey into history. It's truly like going with a giant family. I highly recommend a Warrior Poet vacation. And getting to hang out and talk with John and his beautiful family is the icing on the cake.

[@amintasmakedon6020]

I noticed you came also to my hometown Thessaloniki and hope you had the oportunity to visit Vergina (ancient Aiges) that you can find Fillipos II (father of Alexander the Great) berial tomp and museum.Another figure (Alexander), not a philosopher ,although his teacher was Aristotelis, but a man of action for his believes, facing a lot of chalenges but never let it down even to his last breath .

[@AMYNAPREPAREDNESS]

We had a great time meeting everyone on the Greece trip. Visiting all of the historical/religious sites was an incredible experience.

[@tyrannosapienlex]

"Democracy SUCKS!" -- Socrates

[@mortem-tyrannis]

It does, mob rule is awful.

[@thezuck8157]

Tell that to all the smooth brains playing that Hell divers game.

[@tyrannosapienlex]

@@thezuck8157 That's how the "progressive" Cancer metastasizes. Life imitates Art, nowadays. Glad I chose to live Free, despite / in spite of the self-aggrandizing Collective. Democracy has no more control over me than any other form of Tyranny. The _Circus_ is fun to watch though, and the _Bread_ tastes like _Steak_ here in The [original] Matrix. The *Comedy of Tragedy* as it were. 🎭 Of course, I've always been a rebellious outcast, so as far as I'm concerned, FTW! "Hell is other people." -- Sartre

[@johnh6992]

Whenever I hear a Demoncrat or RHINO (or anyone for that matter) exclaim: "It's a threat to our Democracy!" or "We must preserve our Democracy!". I think to myself, Your Democracy needs to die! We were a Constitutional Republic that's unfortunately become a Democracy slowly over the last 200+ Years.

[@calebreutener870]

democracy is 3 wolves voting to eat 2 sheep.

[@dentonjnr.nation4771]

Amen my brother...to live is Christ and to die is gain...we live for His Honour and we die in His Honour.

[@user-st8cn6rx4x]

Love it. I am a Spartan descendant. It’s pronounced therrrmopylos. Stay vigilant love you guys.

[@kyledunn6853]

HELLAS!!!!!!!

[@Solo-41]

Selflessness. That's a hero.

[@keithmcguire4840]

Thank you for sharing your insight and thirst for knowledge.

[@joselessconstantino1155]

This is one of my favorite videos you have ever done. Thank you

[@gunvillph1803]

Very well put together!!! Thanks

[@genehinders9639]

Powerful video ... thanks!

[@Halukos]

Men need to courage to seek out Truth and the humility to change when confronted with it.

[@billyf22]

The ending message is what I needed from this! Thanks John!

[@Bravo-Sierra]

Love you, brother. Love your book too. Thanks for fighting the good fight!

[@armorofwar]

Beautiful work

[@jonathanwilliams7161]

Love this video! Amen and PTL ❤️

[@scionofshannaratheend5731]

Loved this! Keep up the great work!

[@timmiller2943]

Oh man, you just spoke my heart brother!! As well as a reminder. Thank you for that.

[@fishez17]

Great stuff man!

[@user-bk1sj8ht5s]

Thanks for doing what you do. I truly believe that protecting my family is my number one job and appreciate your message. God Bless

[@scottj.7105]

Sounds like an amazing trip the family went on. Your an incredible man! Wish I knew you

[@SaltyStones]

You're such a huge inspiration and role model for me, John. I absolutely love your content and the message you want to spread. Keep up the great work. You've gained a life long fan and pupil out of me for sure. I love ya man.

[@mr.perkins6986]

Excellent!

[@lazarostryfos4919]

hell yeah , great video !!

[@elijahyungwirth9743]

You the man John. I love your sermons, you also make history much more interesting and digestible for me, yay for that

[@rbakken2999]

One of the best vids ever! Outstanding.

[@renstewart9725]

Absolutely the best content.

[@Theophilus1968]

Love it!

[@hvysshvy7513]

Impressive and very well put!!

[@EricSolomon-op8ti]

SIR, Absolutely FABULOUS Video. Love your channel & Techniques!

[@williamsisk2897]

One thing about Paul sticks out to me. On Mars Hill, Paul could have told them who he had studied under and would have been accepted on his own merits. But as far as Paul was concerned, Saul was gone and all that was left was the mind of Christ and the mission at hand.

[@darrylstone1047]

Awesome commentary! Learned much! Thanks!

[@MatthewKaras-ny8jk]

Thanks John for everything you do. This video was pure gold. I sent it to multiple people to help expand the warrior poet movement. So many of these ideals are out there and laying dormant in hearts of men and need to be awakened and sharpened. Keep up the great work.

[@louisgallucci555]

Good stuff brother

[@Marcus-zp4xp]

Very compelling video!

[@marsanvideos]

John, this is one of your best posts ever! Keep up the great work :)

[@11ccom]

Good stuff John.

[@jonnines2221]

My wife, 2 kids and grandchild give me 4 reasons(as of now) to become a warrior poet and a reason to not just die for them but to train to live 4 them. God bless you John train hard, train smart... And train often!

[@michaelworth1767]

You rock mate 👍

[@broncstomper111]

“If you don’t live for something, you’ll die for nothing. “ Jamey jasta-Hatebreed -live for this

[@KenS826]

I met you and your sons at a conference in Cincinnati. They are fantastic young men.

[@Cygnus__X1]

what a fantastic video.

[@crossfitcaliber]

At 17:05. This is probably the best monologue about the purpose of living. Thank you!

[@antonschmidt1698]

Thought so too.

[@youngguns1319]

You son pulling his tooth out there what a champ of a kid! Lol that’s a cool story to have in your back pocket when he gets older

[@surfersoldierforchrist5928]

We need more men like you!!

[@DragonSlayerRob]

15:53 checks mirror, sees myself *heck yes! 💪🏼 rock on!*

[@chrisfields10]

Great video! I love the warrior side of the channel but I find my self really feeling the poet side more. You have a way of telling history and making it relatable and come alive! Keep up the fight brother!

[@user-pn7vx7gr9g]

It is really nice that this channel allows you to Internationally Travel.

[@TraumaticBanana]

Bless 🙏

[@theelectricpatriot973]

Encouraging thank you

[@randamos66]

I can't stop singing the title of this video along to the melody of "All My Ex's Live in Texas".

[@aliceburte9278]

Thank You sir for your service 🇺🇸Thank You sir for what you do 👍

[@TOPDirt]

Amen Brother!

[@rustyshackleford1235]

Amen brother!

[@domkmi1259]

Always appreciate a good warrior post but by god do I love the poet videos

[@n7warlock22]

Your words are an inspiration. My fiancée passed away last month and I'm still struggling to figure out where to go from here.

[@caryvanvalkenburgh1849]

Interesting thoughts

[@jimbolowe6076]

Appreciate this message and your stance for Truth, Courage and Jesus Christ

[@warstoic]

Good stuff as always John! "Every man dies, but not every man really lives" -William Wallace

[@albinoblacksheep7826]

Aye you come to South Africa, hope you enjoyed it...❤

[@LaJesseable]

I didn't even know that you still had a channel. I have not seen you in my feed in several months. Maybe even a year. The algorithm is against you my friend. Thank you for your insight in the world.

[@awanderson]

John Lovell, Philippians 1:21-26 is my favorite passage from the Bible. I was excited to see someone else highlight it's significance. Paul, to my understanding, had a much clearer picture of what awaiting him after death then may of us do today, yet he chose to continue to stay on earth and suffer in the pursuit of helping others. I admire the sacrifice he made by choosing to stay. I hope I would chose the same.

[@sk8erguyjake]

That was awesome. I think one of the big issues today is aimlessness. People don’t have something they believe in dying for. So they don’t have something to live for. Excellent.

[@brianbarnard6779]

John that was an awesome video! Now you can take that and preach a sermon from it Sunday by pushing even further into how Jesus... also... pretty much had a death wish

[@stevetalbottofs236]

Amen.

[@thegunchologist8325]

Jan Zizka- 14 century “Death Brings Life”.

[@bennunyour4121]

I love that Thucydides quote 💪

[@JohnTBlock]

Socrates was an OG Gangsta of Philosophy....

[@WarriorPoetSociety]

Perfectly said

[@toddfullmer7973]

One of John's most inspiring messages that I have ever been blessed to listen to. Follow the Savior. Live and love.

[@anadarth6761]

Brother, I'm with you If you're not, start training us God bless

[@chrisgrisham7566]

Profound! Live for, what you’re willing to sacrifice and die for! Simple and riveting. That’s what the Lord Jesus did. He came, lived, and walked the perfect life, as an example to us to follow, then he was unlawfully tried, beaten, and crucified, buried and rose again, all this for that, which he found worthy to live and die for, “Mankind”

[@jimcorbett3764]

When John put up the Socrates painting, all I could think of was the Steve Martin skit. Sounds like a cool trip.

[@jakemeyers558]

Solid movie one liner came to mind during this video... "Live for something or die for nothing" John Rambo lol... The one where he saves Christian missionaries in Burma. I digress, the histories and mini sermons are both valuable.

[@johnsauer515]

Solomon - "All is vanity" Ecclesiastes 1:2 The Norse - "Heroic Glory" is the meaning of life. I think that's what Leonadias, Socrates, and St. Paul all did, and that is why we remember them to this day.

[@archeryandoutdoors1776]

Maybe I am misunderstanding your comment, but I would add that "glory" itself is pretty selfish and would also fall under things that are "vanity" according to Solomon. I would argue the meaning of life is thus narrowed down to living selflessly and lovingly for God, family, friends, and community in that order.

[@pyeitme508]

WOW

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

·Don't conflate _wanting_ to die with the _willingness_ to die in combat. The first one is cowardice, the latter is an acceptance of ones mortality and applying value to ones life. ·It was only 298, one had to return iirc and I dont remember where the other one went. Been a while since I read up on it but "calling in sick" did sort of happen.

[@harp34]

I'm not going to lie I'm probably going to die in the 1st 5 minutes of of WW3 hahahaha.

[@scholasticaltactical9058]

Me too, Teddy Rosevelt, Ernest Hemingway, Anthony Bourdain.

[@bigosbro21]

Phil. 1:21 is my life verse. As a young boy and even now as a young man, I have always had this feeling that I couldn't shake ... a feeling that I was meant to die for someone or something (i.e., in a sacrificial manner - not of natural causes). It was viewed as an easy way out of this sometimes hard life (still see it that way sometimes), but now I am coming to grips with the fact that I am going to have to be a man worthy of that calling when the time comes, or I will miss it. I need to be the man that God designed me to be, and it's going to take discipline and work. The thought of sying this way always brought me a sense of peace and purpose. Perhaps I'll be afraid in the moment, but I know God is ever present in those times and grants dying grace to those who give their li es for Him.

[@johndecker9983]

I can see why men would follow you into harms way. It's the same thing James saw in you. Good on you and yea for that!

[@buddylittle4174]

I appreciate your take on all 3, but especially the apostle Paul. I was asked one time if I could go back in history and talk with one person who would it be. I immediately answered Paul.

[@scottanddebranelson8419]

"socrates" (as bill and ted would say his name) was a smart stud. didn't know that. i did know about the "how do you know that" method of course but not that he was a swordsman as well (or that he was brave at least). thanks dude.

[@stevensdefenseacademyllc7898]

You need to read Augustine, Aquinas, Fulton Sheen and ESPECIALLY G.K. Chesterton: who always carried a pistol and a sword cane everwhere he went. He is the one who coined the phrase "A warrior does not fight what he hates in front of him; he fights for what he loves that is behind him." Or similar.

[@COBBADAMS]

Lucky #7 baby!!!

[@meanman6992]

It wasn’t just 300, it was 300 Spartans and then like 1500 others that were locals to the area I don’t recall but they were armed and fighters just not elite Spartans.

[@Cygnus__X1]

accurate

[@wayneearly2827]

Athenians

[@Jazz3006]

White Leonidas' 300 Spartans were cerainly badasses, people seem to forget that there were another 700-1600 Greeks that stayed with them and also fought to the death. They also forget the other side of the Greek defense and the other man of the hour, Themistocles, who led the Greek navy to actually defeat the Persians. One version makes for a better story while the other shows how strong people can be when they are united, against some truly horrific odds.