Why Young Men Are Coming Back to Faith (w/ Cayden Lasher)

For the first time on record, men are showing up to church at higher rates than women; flipping a 70-year trend. So what's actually happening with young men right now? And what's the play for any guy who wants to stop drifting and start building something that lasts?

In this episode, Ryan Zook sits down with Cayden Lasher, Men of Iron's new Digital Iron Rep, to unpack why every cultural issue traces back to men dropping the ball and what's finally starting to shift and how a generation raised on hookup culture, materialism, and self-help is now publicly rejecting all three.

We answer the questions men are actually asking:

- How can I become a better husband, father, and leader?
- What practical steps can I take to grow in my faith, family, finances, friends, and fitness?
- Where can I find authentic mentorship and accountability as a Christian man?
- How do I follow Jesus when I didn't grow up around it?

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 — Every cultural issue traces back to one thing
1:30 — Meet Cayden Lasher: Fortnite commentator turned Digital Iron Rep
3:15 — Growing up in a split home: faith on both sides, no roadmap
5:40 — The moment everything changed at 15
8:20 — From "God as a genie" to God as a Father
10:45 — Why "putting God in the top dresser drawer" doesn't work
13:10 — Pray without ceasing: building a posture, not a checklist
15:30 — The Barna study that just flipped a 70-year trend
17:50 — Why young men are publicly rejecting hookup culture and materialism
20:15 — When one man rises, his whole world changes
23:00 — The value of Authenticity
25:40 — How Men of Iron groups actually work
28:15 — What happens when a 19-year-old and a 45-year-old are in the same room
31:00 — How to find a mentor
34:20 — Turns goals into actual change
37:45 — Dear business owners and church leaders
41:00 — Get in the game.

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