Ascent for Men

You've been praying for a better business, a better marriage, more money, more impact. And the prayers aren't being answered. Jesse and Adam want you to sit with something uncomfortable: maybe God is looking at what you've already been given and doesn't trust you with more yet. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free cover the dominion that most men are completely ignoring —...

Adam posted on social media: "Your wife is begging you to outman her." Men lost their minds. The ones who got the most offended were the ones who needed it the most. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free break down what masculine energy actually looks like in a marriage, not the performative tough guy version, but the biblical one and why so many men are walking in feminine ener...

You post about Epstein. You share the trafficking headlines. You're angry about AI-generated child pornography being legalized. And then you open an incognito tab. Jesse and Adam are done letting that contradiction go unnamed. In this episode, they connect the dots between personal sin and cultural collapse — and make the case that the reason nothing changes out there is because most men haven...

They weren't planning another one for six months. They got home Thursday and by the weekend they were already building the next one. That tells you everything you need to know about how the retreat went. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free recap the first Ascent for Men retreat, four days in the mountains, no itinerary, no junk food, no escape routes, and no man walked away the same...

You've tried to quit. You've white-knuckled it. You've made promises. You've broken them. Jesse and Adam want you to understand something: you've been fighting the wrong battle. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free answer the question they get more than any other from men in their DMs, how do I overcome lust and be consistent in the Bible? Their answer is going to sur...

Jesse and Adam can look at your Bible and tell you everything they need to know about your walk with God. If it's clean, they already know the answer. In Part 2 of this series on reading scripture, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free get practical, the tools, the method, and the habit that turns Bible reading from a religious checklist into a real relationship with God. They cover why your Bible sho...

If you skip reading the Bible and go straight to prayer, Jesse says you are talking to someone you have never actually met. That's not an insult. It's a diagnosis. In Part 1 of this two-part series, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free break down why reading scripture every single day is not a suggestion, not a spiritual bonus, and not something you do when you feel like it. It is the connective...

You say you trust God. But on Saturday morning your mind is already at Monday. You're physically in the room with your kids and mentally gone. Your finances are solid on paper and you're still awake at 2am. Jesse and Adam have a name for that: unsubmitted. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free get into what submitting to Christ actually means, not the churchy version, not the bump...

You tell your son to be disciplined. He watches you skip the gym. You tell your kids not to lie. They watch you make excuses. You tell your family to eat clean. You're feeding them Jolly Ranchers and Cheez-Its at church. Your audio and your video don't match. And every person in your home knows it. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free are done being polite about it. The dad...

You post about Epstein on Instagram. Then you open Pornhub on the same phone. Jesse and Adam are done pretending that's not happening. This is Pillar Four of the Five Pillars of Biblical Manhood and there is no soft way to say it: pornography has to stop. Not because it's embarrassing. Because it is spiritually, neurologically, and maritally destroying you and you have invited something into your...

You bought the gun anyway. You bought the shoes anyway. You told yourself she didn't notice. She noticed. She just stopped telling you. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free get into the lie most men are living, not the big dramatic betrayals, but the small daily promises broken so often that your wife has quietly decided it doesn't matter what you say anymore. And that silence is...

You would burn Tom Brady's jersey if he stood at the podium after a bad game and blamed his offensive line, his receivers, and his coaching staff. You'd call him a bad leader. You'd be done with him. So why do you walk through your front door every night and do exactly that? In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free get into what King David actually looked like as a man, not becau...

Your kids didn't become who they are on their own. You built them, for better or worse. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free get into the parenting conversation most men avoid: that your children's behavior, confidence, emotional reactions, and standards are a direct reflection of yours. They cover why "be careful" is one of the most damaging phrases you can say t...

Jesse asked the room: if your wife and your job were gone overnight, would you know who you are? Every man said he'd be lost. Every single one. These were Christian men. Church going men. Men who thought they had a foundation. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free break down what actually happened at the Ascent for Men Summit, the moments that hit hardest, the questions that exposed t...

Most men can't look themselves in the mirror and say "I love you." They call it hokey. The truth is they don't have the nerve because they've built their entire identity on things that can be taken away. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free go deep into what God actually says about who you are and why most men are living under an identity handed to them by the...

If your wife is short-tempered, checked out, or running the house alone, look in the mirror. She didn't become that woman on her own. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free break down the conversation most men's conferences are too soft to have: that the woman standing in front of you right now is a direct reflection of the man you've been choosing to be. Jesse tells the...

Your family is in the room. Do you know where the exits are? Do you know who the threat is? Most men don't and they've never even thought about it. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free, retired Green Beret, founder of the Brotherhood, break down what it actually means to be dangerous: spiritually prepared, mentally switched on, and physically ready to protect your family in...

Most men are showing up soft, in their marriages, in their faith, in their homes and nobody around them is telling them the truth. Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free aren't here to be polite about it. Jesse is a men's coach, host of the Lions of Faith community, and a husband and father who has built his life around a faith first standard. Adam is a retired Green Beret, founder of the Bro...