Wrestling with the Inner Man
Welcome to the podcast of “Wrestling With The Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage. David has a passion for Men’s Ministry and Biblical Truth to help build Better Men for our society. The show title is derived from the first fight we each face every day, the fight with our flesh. Do we listen to our selfish sinful nature or to our spiritual and divine nature guided by the Holy Spirit? Contact David at wrestlingwiththeinnerman@gmail.com or go to https://www.thesavagepath.com/.
Episodes
135 episodes
Wrestling With Accepting Personal Responsibility
Today we are talking about a second pandemic which has swept through our country and the world at large, it’s called immaturity and it manifests today in no larger way than refusing to accept personal responsibility, especially in the roles God...
Welcome to Wrestling with the Inner Man
My show is aimed primarily but not exclusively at men. It is a nonprofit categorized as Christian Education with a focus on the numerous aspects of spiritual warfare that men face daily. My tagline in the show's intro is:"Be...
Wrestling with Science and God
Our institutions of higher education have been co-opted by a liberal ideology for decades now that have wedged out belief in God as somehow being naïve and unacceptable to highly scientific minds. I have had several guests on this show wi...
Wrestling with An Afterlife Experience!
I'm posting this episode on Good Friday ahead of Easter Sunday for 2026.This is the high Holy season of the Christian faith and for most of us, it is our fear and uncertainty of what happens to us when we die that we wrestle most with in...
Wrestling with God's Assignment
There are many stories in the bible of reluctant people who resist their assignment like Moses and Jonah for example. And many of us today still struggle with our own assignment, but God always seems to have His way with us in the end doesn’t H...
Wrestling with Institutional Inertia
Servant leadership is a popular term today to talk about, and Christ himself demonstrated it by washing the disciples’ feet. As Christians we should be using our spiritual gifts in volunteer service to advance His kingdom here on earth.
Wrestling with the Olympic Spirit
My guest in this episode is Bruce Wawrzyniak. Bruce has had a lengthy career in sports including ten years working for a National Hockey League team, three years as VP/Public Relations at the League office for the National Lacrosse League and t...
The Super Bowl of Self Control
It’s early February and we are right smack in the middle of Championship Football Season! College is decided and its Seattle vs New England in the upcoming Super BowlCongrats to Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers on their undefeated ...
Wrestling with the Idolatry of AI
Wrestlers, I don't often do solo episodes but sometimes I have more that I want to express as my personal view and this episode is one of those times.The stock market darling for all of 2025 was Nvidia and all things related to AI holdin...
Wrestling with Asking for Help
How would you like to have a job where everyone you serve is having the worst day of their life?? That is the everyday truth of a career as a first responder; the police, fire, and EMS folks who we call on our worst days.If i...
Wrestling with Lost Fatherhood
As men, the closest we get to participate in creation as image bearers of God is fathering a child. It is a gigantic moment in any man’s life, regardless of age, when he learns that he has gotten a woman pregnant.It is a moment of ...
Wrestling with Family Estrangement
We all so long for the Norman Rockwell holiday gathering at Christmas, both parents and even grandparents seated with obedient children, heads bowed around an abundant table or cheerfully opening gifts around a Christmas tree. <...
Wrestling with Giving Thanks
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you genuinely wrestled with being thankful? Maybe even at this time of year?Perhaps after being laid off at work like many people are experiencing today due to AI? Or ma...
Wrestling with Teachability
Proverbs 1:5 says “Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance.”In God’s economy, wisdom is never static; it is always expanding. Even the wise must “increase in learning.” Which means...
Wrestling with A Career in Politics
After four years as a state representative, eight years as a state senator, and ten years as the Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Texas, my friend and guest Glenn Hegar, began his new position as Chancellor of the Texas A&M U...
Wrestling with Belief
Many of the most intellectually gifted people in this world struggle with true belief in something as simple as genuine faith.The analytical training always asks another question seeking proof. And I can't think of many things wors...
Wrestling with Isolation
Are you the kind of guy who retreats to the cave of isolation like a bear when you get wounded?So many of us do exactly that and then choose to self-medicate to numb our pain with all manner of vices which, in the end, only compound our ...
Wrestling with a New Season of Life
We are entering a new school year and football season here in September where everyone begins anew with an undefeated season!But just as fall follows summer, not all seasonal changes are a fresh start. Most are mileposts for transi...
Wrestling With Intergenerational Relationships
Besides your father, did you have a scoutmaster, teacher, coach, or pastor play a vital role in your upbringing and manhood development?Perhaps it was a grandfather or uncle?In our diaspora society today, we are often moving aroun...
Wrestling With Lethal Force
Summer is a season where temperatures and tempers can run hot! And August is typically the hottest month of all, often called the “dog days of summer.” This also means that our law enforcement officials across the co...
Wrestling With Success
It seems that almost daily we read stories in the headlines about celebrities, politicians, and even preachers who are destroyed by rapid or overwhelming success. P. Diddy Combs is the most notable recent one. It may not be covered in the...
Wrestling With the "Wait" of the World
Summer is a season when many young people have the opportunity to experience a mission trip to see the need of a hurting world up close and perhaps for the first time in person. It can be life altering in some cases and certainly a lasting remi...
Wrestling With the Reality of Death
There is an old saying that goes: “The only two certain things in life are death and taxes”Well, we know for sure that death will one day greet us all thanks to the fall in the garden.It’s an uncomfortable topic, especially as we ...