Mission Focused Men for Christ
This 20-minute weekly podcast is for Christian men who want to hear, “Well done,” from Jesus, after running the race marked out for them. Its goals are to: 1) EQUIP men to better understand from Scripture their mission, 2) ENCOURAGE men because we fail often, 3) ENERGIZE men because our spiritual tank is often on "empty," 4) EMPOWER men to stay focused on honoring Christ with their lives. The podcast presenter, Dr. Gary Yagel, is known for his practical biblical teaching and encouraging heart. A former church planter in the Presbyterian Church in America, Gary is the founder and Executive Director of Forging Bonds of Brotherhood. He is the author of Got Your Back, and Anchoring Your Child to God's Truth in a Gender-Confused Culture, (available on Amazon) and has taught Making Missional Disciples as a guest professor at Reformed Theological Seminary DC. For further information about Gary’s ministry, go to forgingbonds.org or gotyourback.info.
Episodes
329 episodes
Getting Others to Follow You
Episode Summary How would you like to receive a letter that began, "As I met with God this morning, I was moved to tell God how deeply grateful I am to him for your influence in my life. As I look back over the years, I reali...
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Nehemiah Shows God's Agenda Brings God's Resources
Episode Summary:There is no ambiguity about what Jesus told us was to consume our lives as our top priority. He says, “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.” The Greek verb “to seek” means, to strive after,...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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28:15
Attempting Great Things for God
Episode Summary Teddy Roosevelt, our nation's 26th president was a hard charging leader. An ardent admirer once exclaimed to him, “Mr. Roosevelt, you are a great man.” In characteristic honesty he replied, “No. Teddy Roosevelt is simply ...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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27:44
Spiritual Leaders Protect a Child From Himself
Episode Summary: Both Solomon, and later the author of the book of Hebrews appeal to the obvious creation principle that they assume everyone knew in their era, loving fathers don’t allow their children to persist in selfish, wrong be...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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26:26
Qualities of a Leader Others Will Follow
Summary: As we return to our pre-Christmas study of I Timothy, we come to chapter three, where Paul lays out the qualifications to serve as an elder in the church. In doing so, he gives us a portrait of not only the character required fo...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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26:12
Re-Energized to Use Prayer as a Weapon in 2026
Episode Summary: One of the habits of Jesus that is often overlooked, but extremely powerful is his habit of regularly withdrawing to a secluded place to intercede for his loved ones. This episode investigates the biblical evidence for b...
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Season 6
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Episode 53
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29:01
Why Jesus' Title PRINCE OF PEACE Is Both Encouraging & Challenging
Episode Summary. If you are disheartened, battered, discouraged or weary from fighting the good fight because of all the heartache and spiritual bruising my hope is that this episode will give such a clear picture of the colossal triumph...
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Season 6
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Episode 52
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28:41
Why Jesus’ Messianic Title Everlasting Father Matters Corrected
Episode Summary. In producing this episode we inadvertently uploaded a Dec 14th episode from a past December 14th, not 2025. This is the corrected version recorded two days ago. Sometimes a single word can be loaded with meaning: M...
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Season 6
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Episode 51
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27:27
Why Jesus' Messianic Title EVERLASTING FATHER Matters
Episode Summary. Sometimes a single word can be loaded with meaning: Mom, Dad, Darling, Champion, Failure. Single words can be so important that Jesus said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the...
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Season 6
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Episode 50
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24:07
Why It Matters That Our Messiah Is the Mighty God
Episode Summary. Why did the long-awaited Messiah of Israel have to be the MIGHTY GOD—and what does that title mean for our everyday walk with Jesus today? That is the topic of today’s episode.For Further Prayerful Thought<...
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Season 6
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Episode 49
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28:23
Delighting in Jesus The Wonderful Counselor
Episode Summary. For the next four weeks, our focus is on the first and most foundational part of our mission—deepening our love relationship with Christ. We will do this by zooming the camera in on four titles of Jesus given in t...
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Season 6
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Episode 48
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27:11
Is Critical Theory Corrupting Our View of I.C.E. and Gender
Episode Summary: Ideas have consequences. Bad ideas have victims. This episode examines the impact of critical theory aka cultural Marxism, upon some Christians' thinking today in their view of ICE, law-enforcement, and gender roles.&nbs...
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Season 6
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Episode 47
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30:13
Answering the Call to Fight
Episode Summary: As the Apostle Paul issues a direct charge to his young protégé, Timothy, the charge is not, “preach the Word,” “preach grace and not the law,” “care for those under your care,” or even “be faithful to your call.” His ch...
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Season 6
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Episode 46
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30:16
Is Devotion to God's Law Legalism?
Episode Summary: In Psalm 119:97, David cries out, “Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.” But Paul wrote to the Romans, “You are not under law but under grace,” (6:14) and to the Gala...
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Season 6
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Episode 45
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29:56
Hearing "Well Done" From the Master
Episode Summary: Paul taught Timothy that genuine Christian leaders are focused not on philosophical speculation or useless theological debate but upon being faithful stewards of what God has entrusted to us. He instructed Timot...
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Season 6
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Episode 44
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30:20
Authority—the Biblical vs Cultural Views
SummaryThe strains of egalitarianism and cultural Marxism which identify biblical authority structures as themselves, “evil,” are infecting our loved ones, causing them to resist the rule of law. They need a biblical underst...
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Season 6
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Episode 43
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28:35
Overcoming The Crazy Busy Lifestyle
Episode Summary. Not only does God have a specific mission for you in 2023, which Paul summarizes in Ephesians 2:10 as good works, but that mission is so important that God specifically designed you for it—to have your...
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Season 6
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Episode 42
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28:33
How David Lost His Battle with Lust for Bathsheba
Episode Summary: Men hate to lose at anything. But these days, many Christian men, including married guys, are losing the battle with lust, looking at porn on their phone and masturbating. Strong, urgent, forceful, and impatient, the sex...
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Season 6
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Episode 41
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25:44
Biblical Insight About How Spiritual Battles Are Won
Science confirms the truth we are given in Genesis 2:15—that Adam is designed to shape and protect the garden. Since Adam and Eve’s sin brought Satan, sin, and destruction into the garden, all our efforts to shape our lives and culture in ri...
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Season 6
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Episode 40
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26:20
Using the Sword of the Spirit in Everyday Life
Summary: “The biblical context for viewing all of life’s events is called spiritual warfare—the age-old conflict between the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of light…. Biblically and practically speaking, we are in a spiritual war. T...
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Season 6
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Episode 39
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26:52
Thinking Biblically About Charlie Kirk's Impact and Murder
Episode Summary: This episode departs from our current series, Winning Spiritual Battles Because We Use Our Spiritual Weapons to seek to put a biblical lens over the event that has captivated our national thinking over th...
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Season 6
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Episode 38
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32:17
How the Helmet of Salvation Protects Us
Summary: This episode continues the series, Winning Spiritual Battles Because We Use Our Spiritual Weapons. As we seek to run well the race marked out for us, this calling means advancing the righteous reign of King Jesus...
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Season 6
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Episode 37
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27:24
Protection From Satan's Fiery Darts
Episode Summary: Christ has called you and me to follow him in his cause of defeating evil and establishing his righteous kingdom over every square inch of human hearts and lives. There is no other man who can replace you in your life...
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Season 6
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Episode 35
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26:08