Training4Manhood

Guests: Mike Thornberry and Gabe Boyd   Chapter 7 Singleness and Marriage   Paul was probably single, Jesus was a single man - singleness is not a curse or a weakness - it can truly be a gift in terms of time and single-minded attention and devotion to service to the Lord.   Singleness and marriage are both good and valuable and both should be dedicated to serving the Lord.   Gabe - your identity...

Guest: David Salas   Thomas Watson - “Great men are the mirror by which ordinary men dress themselves.” Who are the “great men” that you would want to emulate their lives? “Older men” includes more than just guys who are older in age than you - some guys might be “younger” than you, but they still are doing things that you can learn from! Theodore Roosevelt - “Comparison is the thief of joy.” But...

Guests: Mike Thornberry and Gabe Boyd   Chapter 5 Loving the Stranger Love CHANGES us - and the commitment (covenant) will carry us through the changes!   Keller - to be fully known and fully loved is our greatest desire.   Keller - …while your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage.   Keller - …you must re...

Guest: Dave Moore   Qualifications for Overseers from 1 Timothy 3:2-7 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manag...

Guests: Mike Thornberry and Gabe Boyd   Chapter 3 The Essence of Marriage is grounded in Ephesians 5:31 (and Genesis 2:24) For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.   Chapter 4 The Mission of Marriage is grounded in Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to...

Guest: Ben Rogers, 5 years Army paratrooper, 2X deployed to Afghanistan, 9 years law enforcement and SWAT team member. 1 Samuel 9 - the story of Saul and his father’s servant looking for the lost donkeys. Read it to get the emphasis behind the podcast! “Situational awareness” is being aware of what is happening around you in terms of where you are, where you are supposed to be, and whether anyone...

Guests: Mike Thornberry and Gabe Boyd   Tim Keller begins the book by talking about the importance of marriage from God’s design in comparison to what the world thinks about the institution of marriage. He shares some powerful statistics about the decline of marriage in America and then shares a very powerful comment from comedian Chris Rock who said, “Do you want to be single and lonely or marrie...

Guest: Scott Turner   Begin to develop a life of SERVICE  - look for opportunities to plug in and serve your community and your church. Pray that God would help you see the needs where you can serve - there is no “small” opportunity - Scott’s example of reading to younger children in the schools is such an important opportunity that men need to consider and fill!   Where does “service” begin - in...

Guest: The Honorable Mike Johnson, Congressman for the 4th District of Louisiana Seven Core Principles of Conservatism Individual Freedom Individual liberties should be protected against the imposition of government intrusion - life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness Purpose of Government is to secure our God-given rights Limited Government When government expands, liberty contracts Legitimate...

Guest: Rick Green The Honorable Rick Green is a former Texas State Representative, a lawyer, and a successful entrepreneur who has built several businesses from the ground up. His goal is to help Americans to become salt and light in every area of life and to understand America’s Godly history and foundation. He currently travels the nation speaking for WallBuilders, teaching on the U.S. Constitut...

Guests: Tyler Reeves, Ty Robinson, and Will May Where to start? Start every day in the Word - connecting with God before you have to interact with others! It’s amazing how much conflict arises over things that don’t really matter - “personal preferences that replace professional priorities.”   You can learn so much more from people who are not like you! Sometimes the “challenges” are simply “diffe...

Guests: Tyler Reeves, Ty Robinson, and Will May Today is Labor Day and we wanted to continue our deep dive into a few things related to the workplace - three episodes with three guys who have some vast experience in the marketplace.  Are you chasing the title or willing to look for the experiences and responsibilities that will help you grow as an individual? Are you considering how the process wo...

Guests: Tyler Reeves, Ty Robinson, and Will May With Labor Day around the corner, we wanted to take a deep dive into a few things related to the workplace - three episodes with three guys who have some vast experience in the marketplace.  Episode 1 Getting the Job Great companies always want to hire great people! When thinking about a company to work for, the guys recommend you look for a place th...

Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul by John Eldredge Roundtable Discussion Participants: Michael Thornberry, Gabe Boyd, Parker Panetti and Dan Panetti   Episode 4: Chapters 10-12   Every man needs a beauty to rescue. Under the shadow of a man’s strength, a woman finds her rest. Good stuff. We have a responsibility to fight not only for our own hearts, but for those we love as wel...

Guests: Jared Wood and Chase Hilbert Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are, for it shows me what your ideal of manhood is and what kind of man you long to be.  Thomas Carlyle, July 1850 What men do you honor? What men do you want to emulate? Is there an ideal man out there who you can model your life after - or does every man have flaws that prevent you from putting t...

Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul by John Eldredge Roundtable Discussion Participants: Michael Thornberry, Gabe Boyd, Parker Panetti and Dan Panetti Episode 3: Chapters 7-9 I don’t trust a man who hasn’t suffered. If you don’t realize your weaknesses, you still believe you can be self-sufficient and do life on your own. You cannot be the man who rescues until you’re the man wit...

Guest: Stephen Oehlschlaeger A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.   Ecclessiastes 7:1 Solomon is saying that everyone gets a name when they are born; but when they die, we all get to evaluate what they did with the name they were given - what life did they make, what impact did they have, what legacy did they leave? People have to feel like you...

Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul by John Eldredge Roundtable Discussion Participants: Michael Thornberry, Gabe Boyd, Parker Panetti and Dan Panetti Episode 2: Chapters 4-6 My job as a father is to point my kids to the cross of Jesus Christ! Until a man knows he’s a man, he’ll forever try to prove he’s one…and at the same time he’ll shrink from anything that might prove that he...

Guest: Michael Craven Michael is the Vice President, Equipping and Mobilization at The Colson Center . To learn more about The Colson Center and its founder, Chuck Colson, visit their website . What Does It Mean to be a Man? What is our philosophy of parenting? The Christian goal of parenting is to raise virtuous men and women. If God has given the power and authority of the “sword” to the state (...

Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul by John Eldredge Roundtable Discussion Participants: Michael Thornberry, Gabe Boyd, Parker Panetti and Dan Panetti Episode 1: Chapters 1-3 Every man is going to have 1) a battle to fight, 2) a beauty to rescue, and 3) an adventure to live. What is a Christian man? Eldredge tries to present a target to aim for in life…if you aim for nothing, you...

Guest: Michael Craven Michael is the Vice President, Equipping and Mobilization at The Colson Center . To learn more about The Colson Center and its founder, Chuck Colson, visit their website . Colson was devoted to the development of the Christian worldview - the underlying philosophical thought process that dictates a person’s actions. Your actions are controlled by your belief system - Colson u...

Guest: Rick Briscoe Instagram: @RickBriscoe Hebron Road Facebook page Hebron Road website Rick grew up with a father who struggled with alcoholism. While his father was unable to properly mentor and lead Rick as a young man, God graciously brought other men across his path. “I do believe, without Christ in my life, without the mentors who walked alongside me, I would have been an absolute disaster...

Guest: Neal Jeffrey If I Can, Y-yyou Can! Giving All You’ve Got to Become All You Can Be (actual title) - great book about the life and testimony of Neal Jeffrey From NealJeffrey.com: NEAL JEFFREY, former All-American quarterback at Baylor University and quarterback for the San Diego Chargers, learned the meaning of overcoming early in life. A stutterer since childhood, Neal had to find a way to "...

Guest: Neal Jeffrey      If I Can, Y-yyou Can! Giving All You’ve Got to Become All You Can Be  (actual book title) - great book about the life and testimony of Neal Jeffrey From NealJeffrey.com: NEAL JEFFREY, former All-American quarterback at Baylor University and quarterback for the San Diego Chargers, learned the meaning of overcoming early in life. A stutterer since childhood, Neal had to find...

Guest: Ryan Bangert, Alliance Defending Freedom Happy July 4th! On July 4th, Americans celebrate the passage of the Declaration of Independence, which reads in part: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these ri...