Mission Focused Men for Christ

Episode Summary : God designed men to be the protectors of their homes. Genesis 2:15 reveals to us this God-designed role. The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. KEEP IT is the Hebrew word, SHAMAR, which means to protect the garden and those in it. In the NT, Paul builds on this idea, calling the men of the church at Corinth to, Be watchful, stand firm...

Episode Summary : One of the habits of Jesus that is often overlooked, but extremely powerful is his habit of regularly withdrawing to a secluded place to intercede for his loved ones. This episode investigates the biblical evidence for believing Satan cannot stand against prayer made in Jesus name for the growth of kingdom righteousness in our own hearts and over the earth.    For Further Prayerf...

Episode Summary : One of the habits of Jesus that is often overlooked, but extremely powerful is his habit of regularly withdrawing to a secluded place to review his mission with his heavenly Father. This episode considers why following Jesus’ example is so life-changing and gives practical suggestions for how to do it in our own lives. For Further Prayerful Thought : What insights have you gained...

Episode Summary : This podcast looks to the end of the race Jesus has marked out for us and the longing to hear from the lips of our master, “Well Done. You have greatly honored me with your life.” This episode presents a powerful way to regularly strengthen our heart loyalty to our King. For Further Prayerful Thought :  What would you say to a Christian who says tithing is legalistic?  How would...

Episode Summary : Jonathan Edwards, the brilliant American theologian and student of human behavior once said, “Every decision you make is determined by the strongest desire reigning in your heart at the time of the decision.”  In other words, your heart shapes every decision you make. So, living a godly life is the result of our hearts wanting the right things. But those heart desires are shaped...

Episode Summary : “How much thought have you given to your fathering legacy?” No matter what stage of life we are in, we are probably too busy doing what we need to get done this week to think much about something as nebulous and far away as my fathering legacy . Yet, whether you are on the front end of adulthood or adding great grandchildren to your tribe, it is worth considering how we can make...

Episode Summary : All Christian men fight inner battles with their sinful nature. Lust, anger, selfishness, resentment, impatience, discontent, idolatry are just some of the forces that seek to overpower us as men. Many times we lose these battles for a simple reason— we are trying to fight them alone. But how do you find a few close friends to help you in your spiritual battles? You may not be ab...

Episode Summary : No man walks down his wedding aisle expecting his marriage to fail. But many do, and most divorces are instigated by unhappy wives . This episode looks at what we can learn from God’s design of marriage that can help our current or future marriage thrive . For Further Prayerful Thought : What insight from this Genesis 2:18-25 stood out most to you? Why? Which part of the design f...

Episode Summary : Christian author Rick Phillips writes, “To be a man is to stand up and be counted when there is danger or other evil. God does not desire for men to stand by idly and allow harm or permit wickedness to exert itself” (The Masculine Mandate). This episode examines the masculine calling to be fierce protectors and warriors and identifies two reasons men often fail to fight the battl...

Episode Summary : God created Adam with a heart that wants to accomplish a mission that matters. This episode takes a careful look at what this mission is and how it relates to our everyday motivation for living. We then consider some concrete questions you can use to better focus on the mission Christ has assigned you to accomplish in your everyday life.   For Further Prayerful Thought How would...

Episode Summary : Today we begin a 6-week series entitled Understanding the Masculine Passions that Drive Us. In this series, we want to look at the good desires God created into the masculine heart, the way these desires have been corrupted , steering us in wrong ways to satisfy them, and how Christ can recover, renew, and restore those fallen desires into the godly man he wants you to be.  This...

Episode Summary : God is a heavenly father who knows his children’s continual need for encouragement. This episode examines his example, why our kids need our fatherly encouragement, and some concrete ways to give that encouragement to them. For Further Prayerful Thought How would you support an argument to a friend that children need fathers who are master motivators?  What stood out about how th...

Episode Summary : This June 19th episode, being both Juneteenth and Father’s Day gives us an opportunity first to consider the pain in the hearts of so many African Americans who live in our cities because of the increasing violence there and perhaps ponder what we can do to help decrease the fatherlessness that is at the root of the problems in our cities. It is also an opportunity to continue ou...

Episode Summary : Both Solomon, and later the author of the book of Hebrews appeal to the obvious creation principle that they assume everyone knew in their era , loving fathers don’t allow their children to persist in selfish, wrong behavior; they discipline their children out of love for them. In our own day, a weird time in history when cultural voices are denying what every other culture in hi...

Episode Summary :  The Apostle John gives us the secret to consistent, powerful, life-changing love for others. The man who knew Jesus the best wrote, “ we love because he first loved us .” (1 John 4:19). How do we fill our tanks so consistently with God’s love for us, that we have an abundance of it to lavish on those we care most about? That is the question we seek to answer in this episode. For...

Episode Summary : The word, “discipleship,” causes most Christians to default to Matthew 28:19—Jesus’ great commission-- Go therefore and make disciples of all nations. But the calling to disciple the nations doesn’t begin in the NT; it begins in the very first chapter of the Bible—in Genesis 1:28 where God said to Adam and Eve, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it. From the b...

Episode Summary : It’s been said, “all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” This statement seems to be an apt description of the evil devastation which radical gender ideology brings into teen girl’s lives every day. The question, in my mind is whether good Christian men will do something or nothing . This episode describes the anguish of one teen girl who was take...

Episode Summary : Ideas have consequences. Bad ideas have victims. The victims we consider in this episode are not just girls who end up in the trans life, but our wives, daughters, and granddaughters who don’t experience the confidence, wholeness, emotional health and spiritual flourishing that come from embracing Gods design of womanhood because Satan’s assault upon God’s gender design in our cu...

Episode Summary : In some school districts in America Mother’s Day has been targeted by the cancel culture crows. Some schools have decided to have a gender-neutral Parents’ Day or Family Day instead. We might laugh at this extreme or get angry, but this episode examines how the gender-neutral movement is harming the daughters of our homes, churches, and nation. For Further Prayerful Thought Why d...

Episode Summary : The assault by God’s enemy upon God’s gender design of male and female, differently, to complete each other in a union of love, IMAGES the very nature of the Triune God. Make no mistake about it, the assault upon God’s gender design taking place at this cultural moment is an assault against God, Himself . Today’s episode launches a 5-week May series, asking the question, “what ar...

Episode Summary : Have you ever heard the expression, “Keep your friends close to you and your enemies closer to you?” I don’t agree with that, but I do think that if I am devoted to loyalty to Jesus, giving some thought to how his enemy, Satan, tries to undermine our allegiance to Jesus makes sense. This episode identifies from Scripture some of the tactics Satan uses to get us to betray our Lord...

Episode Summary : Throughout the history of the church, it has been easy, at any given cultural moment to feel like Christ and his church are losing. This cultural moment feels that way too. Sometimes we need a fresh blast of wind to blow away the clouds of doom and darkness—a fresh wind of FACTS. This episode seeks to be that wind by pointing to THE FACT OF THE WORLDWIDE IMPACT of the headline, “...

Episode Summary : Jesus commanded us not to be preoccupied with what we will eat or drink or distracted by what we are going to wear. Rather, we are to seek first the kingdom of God . But how do you seek something you can’t describe and don’t know how to define? Modern Christians are not the only ones confused about what this means. Dr. Luke tells us that Jesus spent his last forty days on earth e...

Episode Summary : Peter’s allegiance to his King, Jesus, was legendary. When HIS SOVEREIGN KING was about to wash HIS feet, Peter, seeing the utter indignity of the King of Kings washing his slave’s feet said to Jesus, “YOU shall never wash MY feet.” When Jesus answered, “if I do not wash you, you have no share with me,” Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but all of me.” I am ALL IN with y...

Episode Summary: Most men get impatient with too much debating, analyzing, and risk aversion. They just want to do it ! This comes out in our walk with the Lord. “Jesus, just tell me what to do, so I can do it. Give me the mountain to be taken, and it will be done by tomorrow.” This podcast can’t promise to make life simple; but we are committed to helping you have a concrete picture of what your...