Mission Focused Men for Christ

Episode Summary: Jesus offered men a shot at greatness—the opportunity to walk across the stage in eternity, have Jesus place a crown on our heads and whisper in our ear, “Well done.” This podcast is for the men who live for that moment—men whose greatest desire is to accomplish the mission assigned to them by Jesus. At the core of this mission is becoming like Jesus, which is one reason our missi...

Episode Summary: The dark evil background of what is happening in Ukraine serves to illuminate by contrast, two brilliant diamonds of Christ-like character in today’s episode: A) Self-controlled might that serves described in the third beatitude by the Greek word PRAUTES vs Russian selfish might that destroys . B) Godly ambition to see the kingdom of righteousness spread described in the fourth be...

Episode Summary. Being a Christian is not just trusting Jesus to forgive our sins; it is enlisting in his cause, pursuing his mission—the spread of his kingdom of righteousness over earth. This episode looks at Jesus’ challenge, “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness” and what kingdom attitudes look like in the hearts of men. For Further Prayerful Thought:  Why is accepting Jesus’ ch...

Episode Summary. Thirty-five years ago, a psychologist from USC’s School of Medicine, named James Dobson, was concerned about husbands not understanding their wife’s emotional needs. His research led him to write a book entitled, What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women . He then wrote, “If I could write a prescription for the women of the world, I would provide each of them with a healthy...

Episode Summary. In this episode we explore two biblical texts that help identify what a wife needs in a spiritual leader. We also identify the way the biblical covenantal view of marriage is so much richer than the consumer view of marriage that is becoming more common today. This vital understanding might be helpful to pass on to the rising generation. It will definitely help you meet your wife’...

Episode Summary. How does a husband romance his wife the way God designed her to be romanced? Scripture provides powerful answers. Today’s episode looks at a wife’s need for romance. Now, it’s just a guess, but I suspect you find trying to meet this need very pleasurable. But be warned. No husband and wife walk down their wedding aisle expecting their romance to fall apart, but 50% of Christian ma...

Episode Summary . How would you summarize these statements made by women as to why they were divorcing their husbands? My husband is no longer my friend. The only time he pays attention to me is when he wants sex. He is never there for me, emotionally, when I need him most. I hurt all the time because I feel alone and abandoned. We’re like ships passing in the night—he goes his way and I go mine....

Episode Summary . How would you answer your teenager who said, “I think American capitalism is based on evil greed and that socialism is more biblical?” This episode examines God’s design for economic flourishing, identify the biblical principles that might be important in giving him or her an answer. For Further Prayerful Thought:  How would you answer someone who said that the Bible teaches soci...

Episode Summary . As North American Christians, our wealth presents us with an enormous responsibility, for throughout Scripture, God’s people are commanded to show compassion to the poor. This episode presents some foundational principles for building a biblical worldview about poverty and how to alleviate it.   For Further Prayerful Thought:   What are some of the thoughts that come to your mind...

Episode Summary . This episode puts the concept of tolerance that is often promoted today under the spotlight of Scripture so that we can help those we influence to think carefully about accusations of intolerance leveled at Christians in this cultural moment. For Further Prayerful Thought:   What thoughts from the podcast stimulated your thinking about how Christians project intolerance? How woul...

Episode Summary . The rising generation of Christians is rightly concerned about the link between Christianity and the oppression of racism. The problem is that many ideologies claiming to overthrow oppression are based upon destructive, anti-biblical worldviews. As the leaders of our homes and churches, how can we guide those under our care to oppose racism passionately , but be discerning enough...

Episode Summary . Mother Teresa once made a startling statement about war and peace in our world. She said, “ The greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion because it is a war against the child, and if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another.” As men who are created to protect our families and to exercise dominion over the cultu...

Episode Summary . As we begin a new year, barring our death this year, you might say God has deposited another 8,760 hours in our 2022 bank account. Those hours really are the measure our lives ; when the bank account hits zero, the race marked out for us is over. And we do not have the option of stopping time . Every day as the globe turns on its axis, twenty-four of them are spent, leading Moses...

Episode Summary . As God-designed men and warriors, we need to know how the idea that gender is a social construct is corrupting the very children singing this weekend and next about Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. If we do nothing, many will reject God’s gender design and bring enormous pain into their lives. Mary, the mother of Jesus is a striking example of all that God designed a woman to be. We...

Episode Summary . God is so committed to our well-being that he commands us, “Don’t get so busy that you aren’t taking time to find joy in your relationship with me ! ” That is the Yagel translation of Psalm 37:4, Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart ,and Philippians 4:4, Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. In both texts, we are commanded...

Episode Summary . On the night before he died, in the Garden of Gethsemane our Lord pled with the Father, “If it is possible, let this cup pass from me.” Jesus pled with the Father to make a way so that he would not have to go to the cross. God said, “no.” God refused to rescue Jesus from the suffering he would endure . Many times, our God refuses to rescue US from the painful difficulties and tri...

Episode Summary . In Hebrews 11:6, God reveals to us a profound, universal truth. Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he…rewards those who seek him . Here, God reveals that the prerequisite for drawing near to Him is an assumption about his nature— that the time, risk, and energy spent seeking to have a relationship with him is a worthwhile investment —that it is beneficial to seek Go...

Episode Summary . This episode is about a specific attitude that is so simple to understand that most of us have never given it much thought—yet its practice has enormous power to draw our hearts continually towards Jesus . And that is what this new series is about: “A Closer Walk with Jesus.”   For Further Prayerful Thought:   Why would the practice of giving thanks work to warm your heart toward...

Episode Summary .   “You actually believe in a literal devil,” the professor laughed. “Does he wear a red suit and sometimes carry a pitchfork, or is he a talking snake?” Unless we expect to protect our children and grandchildren from the real world for the rest of their lives, we can pretty much count on such ridicule coming their way if they let others know that are Christ-followers. This episod...

Episode Summary . Just about anyone who has been listening to the news knows about the vote of the Loudoun County school board this last August “to allow transgender students to use school bathrooms matching their gender identity, and Loudin County resident Scott Smith’s attempt to speak at a schoolboard meeting prior to that decision about the sexual assault of his daughter in Stone Bridge HS gir...

Episode Summary . As we continue our series, Guiding Our Loved Ones into a Biblical Worldview, this episode examines six biblical truths about God’s marriage design that are rooted in Genesis 2:24-25. There we read, Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.   For F...

Episode Summary . This episode identifies many common destructive narratives our rising young women are hearing about their feminine identity that will squeeze them into its mold if we do nothing. Then the episode takes a brief glimpse at God’s design of the magnificent creature called, WOMAN. For Further Prayerful Thought:   What are the unbiblical statements that you hear about gender difference...

Episode Summary . One of the greatest treasures given by God to his people is his revelation of how he created man and woman differently in Genesis 2. This episode examines God’s perfect design for masculinity. Christ wants to redeem every Christian man’s fallen, self-centered masculinity and restore him to the original design God displayed in creating unfallen Adam as a male . Christ came to fix...

Episode Summary . One of the greatest treasures given by God to his people is his revelation of how he created man and woman differently in Genesis 2 , to complete each other, becoming a loving unity, which God called man , just as the three different persons of the Trinity are One God in a perfect unity of love. This episode examines how to guide the rising generation to see the glory of God’s cr...

Episode Summary . This episode examines the popular idea that science is the only accurate arbiter of what is real and factual—the axiom that only the things we can prove empirically are worthy of being called truth. Thus, secular, non-religious values are the only objective values to be trusted.  This episode examines the deficiencies of secularism—the under the sun view of life as described in E...