The SMC Podcast
The SMC Podcast brings Major Hastings and special guests straight to your ears with Kingdom-centered conversations for men.
Each episode will blend tactical wisdom, spiritual equipping, and interpretation of current events. You will develop critical skills to discern the times at hand and know what to do, like the sons of Issachar in 1 Chronicles 12:32. Proven strategies to help you live out biblical masculinity in everyday life will be released. This isn’t another hype show — it’s raw, real, and focused on equipping you to stand firm, lead well, and walk in purity and power!
Episodes
34 episodes
Stop Being a Spectator: A Man’s Guide to Spiritual Combat
Do you ever feel like life is inexplicably harder than it should be?The truth is, you might be fighting the wrong battle.In this episode of the SMC Podcast, we dive deep into the reality of spiritual warfare and why men a...
The Babel Protocol: SpaceX, AI, and the Ancient War for Humanity
The Future is Here. But What Does God Say About It?We are living through one of the most significant technological revolutions in human history, from artificial intelligence and gene editing to digital identity systems and space c...
Be an Ambassador for Freedom
Men are called to be ambassadors of freedom wherever God has placed them.You don't need to wear a uniform to be a liberator. Every day, God gives us opportunities to bring hope, truth, and freedom to those around us. By speaking truth i...
God qualifies the called
Too often, we think we need to have it all together before God can use us. But throughout Scripture, God chose ordinary men and prepared them for extraordinary assignments.David didn't step onto the battlefield against Goliath without p...
The Paradox of Kingdom Promotion
The world tells us to push harder, climb higher, and make a name for ourselves. But God's Kingdom operates differently. True exaltation is not something we seize through personal ambition. It is something we receive through surrender and submis...
Resist Tyranny
Biblical submission was never meant to become passive obedience to evil.When earthly authority stands against the commands of God, believers are called to stand firm in truth.“We must obey God rather than men.”The Kingdom ne...
Be A Blessing
We were never called to retreat from culture. We were called to occupy it.The Kingdom of God was meant to influence every sphere of society — family, government, business, media, education, arts and entertainment, and religion.D...
Steward Well
Before God entrusts men with influence, leadership, and authority, He watches how they handle obscurity.Faithfulness in the unseen places is the training ground for greater assignments in the Kingdom of God.How you steward your ...
Suppress Not The Spirit
Biblical masculinity is not about controlling everything or dominating everyone around you. It’s about yielding your life fully to the Holy Spirit.Weak men resist humility and refuse surrender. Strong men submit themselves to God.
Be Filled with the Spirit
Biblical masculinity is developed by walking in step with the Holy Spirit.“Grieve not the Spirit. Walk by the Spirit. Do not quench the Spirit. Keep in step with the Spirit.”Men of God were never called to drift through life disconn...
Mature Your Faith
The same heat that melts wax, hardens clay. Pressure doesn't break a man, it builds him. His faith is matured in conflict and under pressure. Faith under fire earns the crown of life.
Your Work Is Your Worship
Men of God do not separate Sunday faith from Monday business. Even before the fall, God had Adam work in the garden. God designed work and hardship to be in partnership with Him in the Kingdom of Heaven.Let everything you do be from you...
How to Break Generational Curses
Generational curses end where generational courage begins. Our forefathers and foremothers may have made partnerships with sin that we, today, need to repent for and break off of our family line.Ask God to show you what needs addressing...
Your First Assignment Is Your Household
What are the core values of your family? Have you taken time to discuss them with your wife, write them out, and teach them to your children?You are responsible for the culture of your home. God calls us to minister and lead our homes -...
Strong Men Raise Up Strong Daughters
Men of God build, women of God birth. God raises up women in every generation to confront injustice, speak truth, and protect the innocent. From this we can see, femininity and fire and not contradictory to each other.Weak men fear stro...
Marriage is Ministry
What is the biblical purpose and intention for marriage? Marriage is defined as a union in both the natural and spiritual realms. Where two become one flesh and enter into a blood covenant, a commitment that is binding until death....
Healing the Father Wound
Rejection is the deepest of all wounds, and many of us know that firsthand. If we perceive we are not loved by our earthly father, we will doubt the love of our Heavenly Father. We can't become the men God has called us to be when ...
What It Actually Means to Lead Your Family Spiritually
"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." - Joshua 24:15As men, we are responsible to be the priest of our homes, to our wives, and to our children. We are responsible for establishing peace and an environment of worship. If you...
How to Build Unshakeable Faith
James 2:17 says "faith without works is dead because faith results in action." So, what is faith? It means trust or dependance. It means to let go of your need for understanding and control. This way of living makes no sense to the...
Honor Isn’t Dead
Honor is a Kingdom value, but it is important to understand that honor does not mean agreement, or blind obedience. It is choosing respect, restraint, and righteousness when vengeance would be easier. You cannot dishonor authority ...
Your Legacy is Who You Send Forward
Valor is inherited before it is displayed. Fathers, your sons learn how handle conflict by watching how you carry yourself under pressure. How you handle challenges, hard conversations, even how you treat your wife.They are watching and...
The Identity of a King’s Man
What does it mean to be loyal in an disloyal world? Loyalty isn't proven in the palace...It's proven here in the wilderness.👑 When the King returns, may he find his men still standing steadfast with their hands to the plow. Not perfect,...
Why Brotherhood Is the Missing Piece for Men
A triple-braided chord is not easily broken. Our culture teaches that being a "lone ranger," independent, and self-sufficient is the ideal. This is not a biblical truth.Brotherhood is Heaven's strategy for victory, and men were never de...
The Spiritual Tools Every Man Needs
Do you know the weapons that have been given to you to take down spiritual strongholds and fortresses? These weapons are not carnal. They are not forged on this Earth by men. Jesus gave us, mankind, authority over all demons and yo...
How to Walk in Authority as a Christian Man
Stop asking God to do what He has already authorized you to do. He has given mankind authority over demons and dominion over the Earth. Speak to the mountain, rebuke the storm, command the enemy to flee, and cast out demons when you encounter t...