The Redeemed Man

Be Humble, Be Disciplined, Be Proficient, with Jordan Ames

Paul Amos

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Whatever else you can say about life in the military, there’s always a clearly defined purpose. So says Jordan Ames, who retired four years ago from the Marine Corps—and, for the first time in more than two decades, had to find a new purpose of his own. Now a Christ-centered leadership trainer and published author, Jordan shares the path that led to that purpose in this week’s episode, and talks with Nate Dewberry about his core principles of leadership, how to keep from letting details and distractions divert you from doing God’s work, and the unusual path that led him to marriage and six adopted kids—plus a “Miracle Number Seven.”


Segments/chapters

0:00 Intro/What does redemption mean to you?

1:31 Finding a new purpose after 21 years in the Marines

6:56 Leadership principles from the military that Jordan still carries with him

10:01 The most difficult season of Jordan’s civilian life

17:54 How Jordan’s book of devotionals came together

24:58 Three core principles Jordan wants his readers to remember

33:58 The worries and preoccupations that keep us from acting on God’s vision

44:40 Jordan’s unconventional path to marriage and seven kids

54:44 “The radical story of Number Seven”


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