Training4Manhood

Guest: Warren Craft, Frisco Automotive Frisco Automotive & Transmission 6623 W Main St, Frisco, TX 75034 972-335-9823 Open M-F, 7:30 am - 6:00 pm Standard items to maintain - change your engine oil on a regular basis (according to your owner’s manual), keep your tire pressure correct, check your belts and fluids to make sure they look good (under the hood), and change your air filters on a regular...

Guests: Parker Panetti and Nathan Litwiller Proverbs 18:21 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Matthew 12:34 - Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Parker - thinking before you speak can be difficult because we don’t see immediate consequences or have immediate ramifications for what we say to others! James 1:19 - Be quick to listen, slow to speak… Dan - we’ve lost the...

Guests: Parker Panetti and Nathan Litwiller Have you ever considered why you drink alcohol? Some people may wrestle with the issue of drinking before the legal age of 21, but not too many people question the concept of not drinking at all. Parker - people ask him why he doesn’t drink. His reply - why do you drink? This is a question that people should be wrestling with. Nate - T4M is all about lea...

Guest: Matthew Snyder Ownership vs. Stewardship principle - how do you understand the money that you earn/have? A man needs to be generous - with their time, talents, and treasure. A mark of a man is that he gives to those in need from what has been given to him. Giving is the expectation - but not just giving from a concept of scarcity, but from the idea of generosity! What is my motivation in do...

Guest: Matthew Snyder Andrew Carnegie - “The almighty dollar bequeathed to a child is an almighty curse. No man has the right to handicap his son with such a burden as great wealth. He must face this question squarely: Will my fortune be safe with my boy and will my boy be safe with my fortune?” First principle - ownership. Am I the owner of my money - or is money, and the ability to make money, a...

GUEST: Will May Wisdom comes with age and experience…but, get wisdom as young and quickly as possible! Proverbs 23:23 - Buy wisdom (truth) and never sell it. Billy Graham - knowledge is horizontal (something you can get from others), wisdom is vertical (something drawn down from God). Proverbs 1:7 - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Will - major struggle for man is pride, self-relia...

Guest: Will May Proverbs 14:23 - Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty! Will - my dad taught me the value of hard work and the value of taking responsibility How do you develop a strong and consistent work ethic? By working. Colossians 3:23 - Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men… What’s your “motivation” for work? External motivation - money, fame, power, et...

Guest: Hunter Dehn Hunter Dehn Realty Delayed Gratification - can I put off some things that I want, but don’t need now, to be able to get something better that I’ll need later? Get your house in order first…get out of debt as fast as possible. Less debt is better than more debt! Watch out for short term, high-interest debt - credit cards can charge outrageous interest rates, be careful! Hunter -...

Guest: James Emery White Pastor, Mecklenburg Community Church in Charlotte, NC President of Serious Times a ministry that explores the intersection of faith and culture, find more about this at ChurchandCulture.org Find someone further down the road - get into a mentoring relationship! In life, God doesn’t often give clarity. He wants you to trust Him and walk by faith, not by sight. Where are you...

Guest: Dr. Rick Fowler There are a lot of challenges for boys in the transition to manhood - which is why the phrase “boys will be boys” is profound and needs to be addressed! We are not born with “executive functioning” skills - they must be developed. According to Understood.org , “executive function is a set of mental skills that include working memory, flexible thinking, and self-control. We u...

Guest: Rob Wilton  Pastor, Vintage Church, Pittsburgh, PA Follow Rob Wilton Jesus radically saved Rob’s grandfather, which changed the trajectory of his entire family!!! What if YOU are the only believer in your family - YOU can be that legacy that passed down a different path for your great-grandkids! Guys, if you don’t have an example of what a man should be - Jesus is THE greatest example, THE...

Guest: Jaco Booyens To find out more about Jaco Booyens and his efforts to battle against child sexual exploitation, check out his ministry website or personal website . Raised by a single mom, Jaco found some “father figures” in sport - his coaches taught him some valuable life lessons…how to shave, mow lawns, etc. Men, we all know that child sexual exploitation is awful, but there is a question...

Guest: Gabe Boyd Dating 201 - Both Gabe and I agree that the responsibility to pursue in a relationship generally falls on the guy. Let’s continue our examination of this… Gabe: in the concept of pursuing a woman, marriage is not the “finish line.” As a man, you are always after her heart, learning more about her, taking the relationship deeper and growing in intimacy! “Markers” in a relationship...

Guest: Gabe Boyd Dating 101 - let’s start having a conversation about the role and responsibility of young men and young ladies as they are looking at dating. Should a young lady wait for a guy to call…or is it ok in today’s culture for a young lady to pursue (call/text) a guy for a date? Should a couple wait to have sex until marriage…or is that just an outdated religious restriction? Great resou...

Guest: Gabe Boyd   T4M Update: Training4Manhood is now officially a licensed non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization - donations to help support the ongoing work, ministry, and education of T4M are tax deductible and greatly appreciated! Check out our T4M website for opportunities to support our organization! BLOG section of the website coming soon - articles, resources, other ways to connect...

Guest: David Salas  Critical thinking begins with proper self-reflection and self-examination! George MacDonald - “Foolish is the man, and there are many such men, who would rid himself of discomfort by setting the world right, by waging war on the evils around him, while he neglects that integral part of the world where lies his business, his first business, namely, his own character and conduct....

Guest: David Salas  Salas - didn’t have a father-figure - now reading Proverbs, the phrase, “My son” takes on new meaning and significance… What’s the one role of a father? To point them to their heavenly Father. All the lesser things are important, but the greatest thing is to help them satisfy their greatest need - to know who they are as an image bearer of God. Thomas Watson - great men are the...

Guest: Pastor Jarrett Stephens  Champion Forest Baptist Church   Jarrett’s books: The Mountains Are Calling: Making the Climb for a Clearer View of God and Ourselves The Always God: He Hasn’t Changed and You Are Not Forgotten Forgiveness: Learning how to ask for forgiveness when you’ve wronged someone Learning how to forgive when you’ve been wronged Forgiveness does not mean that justice should no...

Guest: Pastor Jarrett Stephens  Champion Forest Baptist Church Jarrett’s books: The Mountains Are Calling: Making the Climb for a Clearer View of God and Ourselves The Always God: He Hasn’t Changed and You Are Not Forgotten Why should a man go to church? First, don’t discount the person and message of Jesus Christ because of something that happened to you or something you’ve seen or heard from tho...

Guest: Ricky Chelette Living Hope Ministries - livehope.org For Valentine’s Day - no better topic than “sexuality”!!! “Sexual Brokenness” - what is it, what to do about it? Scripture tells us that we are all born into sin, all “broken” or “bent” away from God’s design in so many different ways! If our desires do not match up with God’s design, we have to subject our personal desires to God’s desig...

Guest: Gabe Boyd What’s your decision-making process? Why do you do what you do? What do you value? My own personal comfort What others think about me Status symbol Gas mileage, cost Something useful for others Key concepts to consider: Stewardship - affordability, best use of resources, etc.. What is the vehicle used for - you, others, etc…? How do you treat the vehicle - better than you do peopl...

Guest: Gabe Boyd True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. George Washington There can be a difference between a “friend” and a co-worker, teammate, classmate, neighbor, even a family member.  “Friend” gets thrown around so casually - “Facebook friends” are not truly friends. How many “friends” do yo...

Guest: Gabe Boyd Men shouldn’t be oblivious, they need to be observant, aware of their surroundings, their position in the world - you are not the center of the universe and everyone else is just revolving around you!!! Maturity - children see themselves at the center of life, they are “me-centered” - when is that supposed to change, when are we supposed to mature to an “other-centered” world (or...

Guest: Bryce Hopson One of the most important decisions a man will ever make (besides the faith commitment to follow Christ) is the connection of your life with another human being - finding a great spouse to journey through life together is such an important decision - join my friend Bryce Hopson as we talk through this decision - how to make it, what it means, how to navigate the world’s perspec...

Guest: Bryce Hopson Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce by Elizabeth Marquardt What about the idea of “sticking together for the sake of the children” - read Between Two Worlds and at least consider the realities that divorce has on the lives of children - which is different than the impact on the lives of the husband and wife. Bryce Hopson’s Three Points to Address: Pride -...