Training4Manhood

Guest: John Elmore , Teaching Pastor, Watermark Community Church   John - the idea of sin and struggle is the most requested conversation - people have forgiveness from sin, but not freedom. God wants to redeem, reengineer, and repurpose your past for His purposes and glory!   John - the most used thing in his life to share the gospel is how God redeemed him from his past - your mess can become Hi...

Guest: Cort Quigley   Christianity doesn't make a man soft, it transforms him into the image of Jesus - THE man’s Man, the sinless Man, the Man who laid down His life for the sins of others.   Men - don’t be afraid to seek help - if you see someone who has what you want, do what they did - mentorship/discipleship is about finding men who are walking the walk and learning from them. Godly men help...

Guest: Dan Panetti   The American Conservative Male Malaise Is Not Just About ‘the Culture’ Big Business and Big Education have a hand in our boys’ failure to thrive.   The businesses that are attacking our boys - screens - video games and porn   Response to issues: Screens - video games and porn - address, limit…take responsibility for their negative impact - this is first and foremost a parentin...

Guests: Nick Bellamy and Johnny Farr   Chapter 11 False Gods Principle: You are parenting a worshiper, so it’s important to remember that what rules your child’s heart will control his behavior.   WORSHIP - everything your child has ever said or done is rooted in worship. Worship is that inner desire for wonder, amazement, and awe that every human being possesses. It is that craving to be fulfille...

Guest: Nick Bellamy   Titus 2:2 - Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.   What do each of these characteristics mean…and how can you grow and mature in each of them?   Sober-minded - sensible, set apart, temperate, vigilant, meekness When you set your mind on God’s purpose, you can more easily battle against the temptations of...

Guests: Nick Bellamy and Johnny Farr   Chapter 8 Authority Principle: One of the foundational heart issues in the life of every child is authority. Teaching and modeling the protective beauty of authority is one of the foundations of good parenting.   It’s important to always keep in mind that as a parent you are never just dealing with the words and actions of your children. You are always also d...

Guest: Clint Davis, M.S., LPC, CSAT, CCTP, EMDR Provider, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist   Clint Davis Counseling ClintDavisCounseling@gmail.com 318-562-6903 Clint Davis Asking Why podcast   Check out Clint’s new book: Building Better Bridges: A Guidebook to Having Difficult Conversations That Can Save Our Children   Transformation happens through relatio...

Guests: Nick Bellamy and Johnny Farr   Chapter 4 Inability Principle: Recognizing what you are unable to do is essential to good parenting.   It is vital that you believe and admit that you have no power whatsoever to change your child.   Parenting is not about exercising power for change in your children. Parenting is about your humble faithfulness in being willing to participate in God’s work of...

Guest: Chris Sherrod, Marriage and Family Director, Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX What is the “state of marriage” in America? Over the past 50 years, the marriage rate has dropped by almost 60% The number of women entering their first marriage between the ages of 40 and 59 has jumped 75% in 1990 Men, how can you be “successful” in your marriage and leading your family? OYOG - Own Your Own...

Guests: Nick Bellamy and Johnny Farr   Introduction Good parenting, which does what God intends it to do, begins with this radical and humbling recognition that our children don’t actually belong to us.   Good parents don’t always produce good kids, and parents should constantly be asking themselves where they get the set of values that tell them whether they have “good” kids or not.   Chapter 1 C...

Guest: Mike Johnson, Congressman from District 4, Louisiana and newly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives   Guys, I’m replaying an episode that I record with Congressman Mike Johnson about a year ago - he’s sharing his Seven Core Principles of Conservatism and I want you to know what an incredible godly man Mike is and listen to him speak about the guiding principles that helped shape...

Guest: Trog Trogdon, Kingdom Focus Coaching Email: info@kingdomfocus.life   Trog - if you had a Ferrari in the garage, would you be content with reading the manual or would you rather drive it?! The walk of obedience, with God, is better and more exciting than driving the Ferrari!   5 Question Method of Discipleship Bible study - what passage of Scripture have you been memorizing or meditating on...

Guest: Trog Trogdon, Kingdom Focus Coaching Email: info@kingdomfocus.life   Proverbs 20:5 - The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.   What is God doing in your heart?  Trog calls this process “Directed Discovery.”   Trog - “If you stop learning, you stop living.” We are always being discipled, it’s just a question of who is discipling/training...

Guest: Shea Sumlin , Lead Teaching Pastor, Northway Church, Dallas, TX   Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3:17-18   So m...

Guest: Dan Panetti   Guys, we have an incredible opportunity to do relationships well - the way that God designed and intended for them to be done - and to get the incredible results that God designed - that our relationships would enhance and empower our lives and better those around us! But, it will come at a cost - we have to be honest about what it will cost and be willing to invest our time,...

Guest: Dan Panetti   “This book will keep you from sin, and sin will keep you from this book.” John Bunyan   Holiness is the goal.   Sin separates. God has a design for sex - and God’s way works BEST!   Purity protects - men, you are called to keep, cultivate, love, cherish, nourish, sacrifice, honor, and protect!   If you’re in a dating/marriage relationship, and the woman you are with is not get...

Guest: Cory Butler , Lead Students Minister, Citizens Church   Numbers 1-5 are on last week’s episode with Cory, this week we are looking at numbers 6-10.   6. Long obedience in the same direction Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society by Eugene Peterson Hebrews 12:10-11 - For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us fo...

Guest: Cory Butler , Lead Students Minister, Citizens Church   Embracing limitations - learning to rest and cease striving Understanding and appreciating the importance of Sabbath rest! The cultural pull is “to do more” - this will be connected to #3 - your commitment to one thing means a rejection of something else! Good resource to address the place of technology in your family is The Tech-Wise...

Guest: Coach Jeff Clarkson   Guys, who were the most influential coaches in your life? What character qualities do you admire the most about them and their influence?   Coach Clarkson - it’s often said that sports builds character, but they also reveal character!   How do you walk the line between the competitiveness of athletics and the walk of the Christian to “think of others as better than you...

Guest: Dr. Justin Hillhouse , Missions/Men’s Ministry Pastor, Cottonwood Creek Church   Men, we need to learn to own our mistakes, take responsibility for our actions, admit when we’re wrong - just call it like it is!   Guys - we are our own biggest fans - we love us some me! Funny, the Bible actually calls us to love others like we love ourselves!    A good friend is the one who tells you the mos...

Guests: Gabe Boyd and Michael Thornberry   Point Man: How a Man Can Lead His Family (Revised & Updated Version) by Steve Farrar   Chapter 9 Save the Girls Girls need relational connection.   Girls long to feel safe.   Girls process their world differently than boys do.   Girls face significant challenges as they enter their teens.   Girls need healthy boundaries.   Girls need dad’s active enga...

Guest: Chas Taylor   Everyday I spend time with God - because that’s important in discerning the voice of God. “Spending time” with God includes reading God’s Word - do you have a reading plan that helps you to focus and allows others to hold you accountable. It can also include prayer - a two-way street of communication between you and God.   Psalm 118:8 - It is better to take refuge in the Lord...

Guests: Gabe Boyd and Michael Thornberry   Point Man: How a Man Can Lead His Family (Revised & Updated Version) by Steve Farrar   Chapter 6 Husband and Wife Teamwork in the Marriage Cockpit   Teamwork within marriage… Mutual understanding of the Romo-Whitten Principle Mutual accountability Mutual submission   Man as a poor understanding of authority when… He lacks interest in his wife’s input...

Guest: Dan Panetti   Men think it a shame to be ignorant of their trade, but no shame to be ignorant of God. Thomas Watson   Truth knowledge brings a man out of love with himself. The more he knows, the more he blushes at his own ignorance. Thomas Watson   Colossians 1:9-14 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his wi...

Point Man Book Study (2 of 4)   Guest: Gabe Boyd and Michael Thornberry   Point Man: How a Man Can Lead His Family (Revised & Updated Version) by Steve Farrar   Chapter 3 Real Men Don’t Real men don’t commit adultery.   “Affair” vs. “Adultery” An affair is “an escape from reality, or a search for meaning outside the marriage.” Usually happens in the life of a man who is either bored or frustra...