Coffee and the Cross: Faith, Family & Fitness
Coffee and the Cross is a podcast for everyday Christian men who are trying to live out their faith in everyday life, lead their family well, and be fit in marriage, at work, with their money, in their leadership, spiritual fitness, and mentally fit.
This isn’t a show for men who have it all figured out. It’s a down-to-earth, Jesus-centered conversations for salt-of-the-earth men who love God but and yet still wrestle with fear, exhaustion, responsibility, and doubt.
Each episode feels like sitting down over coffee and talking honestly about:
- faith when you’re tired but still showing up
- money anxiety and the pressure to provide
- marriage in the middle miles
- leadership without control
- prayer when you don’t feel spiritual
- trusting Jesus in everyday life
If you’re looking for real talk, biblical truth without hype, and faith that actually works Monday through Saturday not just on Sunday.. you’re in the right place.
Coffee and the Cross exists to help men bring the gospel into everyday life—without shame, without pretending, and without shallow answers.
Pull up a chair. Grab a cup of coffee. Let’s walk this out together.
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Coffee and the Cross: Faith, Family & Fitness
Isaac: The promised one to Abraham - Quiet Leader | Flawed Men, Faithful God
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In this episode of Coffee and the Cross, we continue the Flawed Men, Faithful God series by looking at the life of Isaac—a man whose story isn’t loud or dramatic, but steady, faithful, and deeply relevant for everyday men.
Isaac didn’t build the promise like Abraham or fight through life like Jacob. He lived in what was already started, and his leadership was marked by consistency, obedience, and quiet faithfulness. Even when pressure came and old patterns showed up, Isaac stayed where God called him and trusted God to provide instead of forcing outcomes.
If you’ve ever felt like your life is ordinary, like you’re just showing up, working hard, and trying to lead your family well without much recognition, this episode will remind you that faithfulness in the everyday matters more than you think.
We also look at Isaac’s mistakes, the patterns he inherited, and how his life points forward to Jesus—the promised Son who would come and do what no man could do perfectly.
This is a real conversation about staying steady, trusting God under pressure, and learning that you don’t have to live a big life to live a faithful one.
Steve is married to his High School sweetheart Becky and they have four amazing kids and 4 equally amazing grand-kids.
Steve's prayer is to encourage men in their everyday lives, give them hope and direction to be Godly men, better husbands and better fathers.
I remember hearing the devotional every morning on the radio before school. But… If we heard Robert Cook saying, "Walk with the king today and be a blessing." we knew it was time to run, not walk out the door to catch the bus
