The Resurrection Kings Podcast

Thirty episodes. One journey. One question remains: What kind of man are you going to become? Thirty episodes ago... we started with one simple thought. Something's off. Not because life had completely fallen apart. Because somewhere inside... you knew you weren't becoming the man you were created to be. That was the beginning. Not with answers. With honesty. Over the last thirty episodes,...

Every environment is shaping you. The only question is whether it's shaping you into the man God created you to become. Have you ever noticed... that almost everything around you is trying to shape you? Every conversation. Every relationship. Every habit. Every screen. Every song. Every headline. Every notification. Every voice. Something is always training you. The question isn't whether...

The beliefs that keep good men stuck often sound exactly like the truth. One of the hardest things for a man to see is the story he's telling himself. Not because it's hidden. Because he's been telling it for so long it sounds like the truth. "I'm just busy." "It's not that bad." "Everybody struggles with this." "I'm fine." The most d...

Most men think the biggest risk in life is making the wrong decision. The wrong job. The wrong investment. The wrong relationship. The wrong move. But what if the bigger risk isn't making the wrong decision? What if it's refusing to make one at all? In this episode, Mike Martens explores one of the most dangerous patterns men fall into: waiting. Waiting to deal with their health. Waiting t...

Why most men don't need more information—they need a different conversation. Most men don't need more information. They already know what they should do. They know they should drink less. Spend more time with their family. Take better care of themselves. Trust God more. Stop carrying everything by themselves. The information isn't missing. So why do so many men stay stuck? Because info...

Most men can tell you what they do. They can tell you what they provide, what they've built, what they've accomplished, and who depends on them. But ask a man who he is—and many don't know how to answer. In this episode, Mike Martens explores one of the deepest questions a man can face: Who are you when the roles, titles, achievements, and responsibilities are stripped away? Through pe...

The difference between responsibility and ownership—and why carrying both will exhaust a man. I think a lot of men are tired. Not physically tired. Not because they aren't sleeping enough. Soul tired. The kind of tired that follows you around. The kind that sits quietly in the background of your life. The kind that never seems to fully go away. For years, I thought it was because I had too muc...

Why the people closest to you are learning more from your life than your words. One day after my son Aidan died... I realized I had a choice. I could stay angry. Stay numb. Stay stuck. Stay buried underneath the weight of what had happened. And honestly... for a while I did. Because grief doesn't care about your plans. Pain doesn't care about your schedule. And life doesn't ask whether...

The hidden loneliness affecting responsible men—and why carrying everything alone was never the plan. There is something happening to a lot of good men right now. And most of them don't talk about it. Not because they don't feel it. Because they don't know how to explain it. On paper... their life looks fine. Maybe even successful. They have a wife. A family. A job. A business. Respons...

Why success can improve your life without ever satisfying your soul. There is a moment that catches a lot of men off guard. The raise comes. The promotion comes. The business grows. The house gets bigger. The truck gets nicer. The debt gets smaller. The bank account gets larger. And for a little while... it feels good. It should. You've worked hard. You've sacrificed. You've carried re...

Why aligned men are becoming harder to manipulate, distract, and divide. I think a lot of men feel it right now. Something is off. Not just internally… in the world itself. The division. The outrage. The manipulation. The pressure. The greed. The endless noise. Everybody reacting. Everybody fighting. Everybody trying to control everybody else. And underneath it all… most men secretly feel exhauste...

Every man is being discipled by something — most just don’t realize it. Every man is being governed by something. Fear. Pressure. Culture. Social media. Validation. Survival. Wisdom. Truth. God. The question is: what’s shaping your inner world? In this episode, Mike Martens breaks down one of the biggest shifts a man can make: moving from emotional reaction… into alignment, wisdom, and internal so...

Most men spend their lives fighting FOR peace. Thinking: “If I can just fix enough things… then I’ll finally feel okay.” So they chase: money success achievement control productivity validation Distractions hustle Always believing peace exists somewhere out ahead of them. But the game changes when a man stops fighting FOR peace… and starts learning how to live FROM it. In this episode, Mike Marten...

Most men already know there’s a problem. That’s not the issue. The issue is… they keep protecting the thing that’s destroying them. In this episode, Mike Martens breaks down why so many men stay trapped in cycles of isolation, porn, drinking, emotional shutdown, constant busyness, scrolling, anger, and silent exhaustion — not because they want destruction, but because those patterns once helped th...

One of the biggest lies men believe is this: “I’m the only one.” The only one struggling. The only one secretly exhausted. The only one watching porn. The only one drinking too much. The only one stressed about money. The only one feeling disconnected from his wife. The only one pretending he’s okay. The only one questioning himself internally. The only one feeling spiritually numb. But brother… y...

Most men don’t stay stuck because they’re weak. They stay stuck because survival mode slowly distorts what feels normal. The pressure. The exhaustion. The scrolling. The emotional shutdown. The anxiety. The mental noise. The distance in the marriage. The loss of peace. After enough time… a man stops questioning it. He just keeps enduring. But enduring is not the same thing as living. In this episo...

There is a war happening right now. Not just for your money. Not just for your vote. Not even just for your time. For your attention. Because attention is where your life goes. And the modern world has become extremely good at keeping men distracted, reactive, emotionally exhausted, mentally noisy, spiritually disconnected, and constantly looking outward for answers. Scroll. React. Consume. Repeat...

There is a space… between who you were… and who you’re becoming. And most men don’t know what to do there. Because the gap feels quiet. Uncomfortable. Slow. You’ve started seeing the truth. You’ve started noticing the patterns. You’ve started trying to live differently. And yet… part of you still feels like nothing is happening. In this episode of Resurrection Kings, Mike Martens explores the part...

There’s something most men never realize. Not because it’s hidden… Because they stop before they ever get there. This episode breaks down one of the most overlooked truths in growth, in life, and in your walk with God: There are layers to everything. And you don’t get access to the next one until you fully step into the one you’re in. Most men don’t fail. They reach the edge of their current level...

You felt it. Something shifted. You saw it clearly. You knew what needed to change. For a moment… it felt real. And then… you went back. The same thoughts. The same habits. The same reactions. Now you’re sitting there wondering: “What happened?” “I thought I had it.” “Why am I back here again?” … This is the moment most men disappear. Not because they don’t want change. Because they don’t understa...

Episode 10 is the episode everything has been leading toward. Because underneath every hidden battle… every pattern… every lie… every fear… there is one question most men carry and almost never say out loud: What happens when the worst thing finally happens? What happens when the thing you prayed would never come… comes anyway? Can a man survive the thing that should have destroyed him? In this de...

There comes a point where more insight is no longer the answer. You already know what needs to change. You already see the patterns, the distractions, the lies, the habits that keep pulling you back. The real question becomes: Who are you going to practice being? In Episode 9 of Resurrection Kings, Mike Martens explores the quiet, daily work that changes a man—not through one breakthrough moment,...

You are not stuck. It only feels that way because you have been living inside the same thoughts, the same reactions, and the same patterns for so long… they have started to feel like you. The same fear. The same habits. The same numbness. The same feeling that no matter how much you want more… you somehow end up back where you started. But what if you are not broken? What if you are not weak? What...

Episode 7 of The RK Podcast is for the man who has been carrying a version of himself so long he has mistaken it for who he is. The anger. The fear. The shame. The addiction. The voice that says you are broken, too far gone, or not enough. What if those things are not your identity? In this episode, Mike exposes the difference between who you are… and what happened to you. He unpacks why so many m...

Why does the same pain keep showing up… in different people, different situations, different seasons of your life? Same argument. Same habit. Same fear. Same emptiness. In this episode, we go beneath the surface and expose the hidden pattern running underneath your life — the one quietly recreating the same results over and over again. You’ll discover why what feels like bad luck is often an old a...