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
297 episodes
Countering the Culture's Devaluing of Marriage
Episode Summary: As we close out this Fatherhood Month series, we return to the Andrew Tate phenomenon that is impacting teen guys in our churches, with which we began this series. Tate says, “There is zero advantage to marriage for a ma...
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Supporting Sisters by Celebrating Biblical Womanhood
Episode Summary: This past week, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s law, which blocks all transgender medical treatments on those under 18, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries. This ruling is an encouraging si...
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Season 6
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Episode 25
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30:18
Showing the World God's Glorious Design of Masculinity
Episode Summary: To aim low, when it comes to our efforts to guide our sons into godly manhood is to fail them and to fail the Lord. Toxic, self-centered, masculinity is real in this world; it has harmed countless women. It...
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Season 6
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Episode 24
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30:04
Why Recovering God's Manhood Script Matters
Episode Summary: Jesus closed his most famous message, the Sermon on the Mount, with the warning that those who ignore his words build their lives on the worst possible foundation—sand. Our sons, daughters, and grandchild...
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Season 6
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Episode 23
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29:52
Why is Andrew Tate Popular with Young Christian Men?
Episode Summary: Andrew Tate is a former is a kickboxing-champion-turned-social-media-influencer who has become popular among young men for his views on modern masculinity. He has over ten million followers on X. Regarding his influence ...
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Season 6
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Episode 22
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30:33
You Can’t Ignore the Holiness of God and Experience His Presence
Episode Summary: The great theologian Augustine prayed famously, “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.” King David would have been the first to affirm Augustine’s observation about hu...
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Season 6
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Episode 21
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30:26
Restoring Spiritual Passion When We've Failed
Episode Summary: YESTERDAY’S spiritual passion doesn’t supply TODAY’S spiritual energy. Fired up hearts through Scripture inspiring us or by seeing God’s hand answering our prayers ignite our passion for the moment or day. But all...
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Season 6
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Episode 20
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30:05
Chemotherapy for Sin
Episode Summary: In the beatitudes, Jesus paints a portrait of spiritual vitality and health into which Christ’s kingdom members are being transformed. But at the root of that transformation process is cutting out the cancer of sin
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Season 6
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Episode 19
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29:43
The Second Most Christ-like Attitude
Summary: Early in Jesus’ ministry, on a small mountainside outside of Capernaum, Jesus picked up his verbal pen and painted a portrait of human life when it is restored to the way it is intended to be, by his power to overthrow sin. This...
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Season 6
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Episode 18
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29:50
How David Was Defeated by Lust
Summary: This episode continues our series on the life of David by examining his battle to fight the temptation that survey’s reveal is at the top of men’s temptations—overcoming lust and, if married, directing their sexual desires total...
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Season 6
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Episode 17
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30:56
The Resurrection of Jesus' BODY Not Just His SOUL Matters
Episode Summary: The resurrection reminds us that the gospel is not just about our personal, private salvation and growth in holiness (which is called the two-chapter gospel.) Such a gospel leads to separating from the lost, forgetting t...
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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29:11
Palm Sunday Reveals Our Mission as Christ's Disciples
Episode Summary: Though we associate Jesus’ arrival on a donkey with children and palm branches, those actually with Jesus who shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord” saw his arrival as the...
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David Models Three Marks of Spiritual Maturity
Episode Summary: Since it is the nature of men to want to win in everything they do, Christian Christ-followers want to win as disciples. Paul defines this success as reaching spiritual maturity, but such a target on the wall can be nebu...
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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29:40
Helping Loved Ones Weather Their Fears
Episode Summary. Many of us haven’t thought much about protecting our families, not just physically but emotionally. Feelings of depression, worry, bitterness, worthlessness, and fear can devastate our loved ones. One of the most eye-ope...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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30:28
David--Big Successes Bigger Failures
Episode Summary. Christians find universal comfort in knowing that the Bible never flatters its heroes but exposes their numerous flaws. Such honesty inspires us with hope because we know that we ourselves are deeply flawed. Such a hero ...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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28:36
How King David's Envy Rotted His Soul
Episode Summary. Christian tradition records envy as one of the seven deadly sins, along with lust, greed, pride, gluttony, wrath, and laziness. God warns us, Envy makes the bones rot (Prov 14:30b). This episode examines ...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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29:09
Jonathan and David's Extraordinary Bond of Brotherhood
Episode Summary. This episode examines the most famous friendship in the Bible the bond between Jonathan and David. We study their example to see how we can enjoy stronger brotherhood connections ourselves, because experiencing such brot...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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27:22
In the Fight or On the Sidelines?
John Eldredge is right when he says, “A man must have a cause to which he is devoted even unto death, for this is written into the fabric of his being (Wild at Heart). The adage is true, “If a man doesn’t have a cause to die for, he do...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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29:46
Bad Ideas Make Our Kids Victims
Episode Summary. One of the great truths of life is that one’s mental perspective determines one’s attitude. Eve believed the lie that God’s command not to eat the fruit was selfish and that God was keeping something to be desired—the kn...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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31:43
Developing Champions
This episode answers the question, “What do dads need to do to develop their child’s potential, i.e. to be faithful stewards of this treasure entrusted to us, not just because we love them, but because God has important contributions f...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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29:58
A Valentine’s Day Tool to Enrich Marriage Intimacy
Summary: Marriage failure almost always begins with the loss of intimacy, i.e. closeness in the marriage. This episode examines what Scripture says married couples need to understand and do to experience both the emotional and sexual int...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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24:34
A Treasure That Causes Our Kids to Flourish
Episode Summary. There is one investment you can make in your child’s future that God guarantees is more precious than gold, that will bring him a lifetime of enjoyment, a lifetime of protection from harm and a lifetime in which he is ri...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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29:58
Winning the Hearts of Our Kids
Episode Summary. Spiritual leadership at home is bringing our followers along with us in our whole-hearted pursuit of Christ. Persuading them to join us in this pursuit is almost completely dependent upon winning their hearts, which requ...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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28:31
What Our Wives Need to Flourish
Episode Summary. The word husband is from the world of agriculture; it means to cultivate. This episode points to seven ingredients identified in Scripture that Christian husbands are to pour into the soil of their wives’ hearts...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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29:04
The Key to CONSISTENCY in Leadership
Episode Summary. Almost all men would love more consistency in their lives. We know that is the key to success in every area of life, not the least important of which is success leading our homes well. But how can we more consistently st...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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28:13