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
289 episodes
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 18
•
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 17
•
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 16
•
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...
•
28:10
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 14
•
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 13
•
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 ...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 12
•
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 ...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 11
•
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 10
•
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 9
•
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 8
•
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 7
•
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 6
•
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 5
•
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 4
•
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 3
•
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...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 2
•
28:13
God's Strong Views About Family Leadership
Episode Summary. This episode begins by noting that Genesis 3:17 tells us that God’s curse upon Adam for his rebellion in the Garden of Eden was not just for transgressing the command not to eat the fruit but for his reversal of God’s cr...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 1
•
27:58
Pride in Your Son But a Sword for Your Soul
Episode Summary. Mary, one of the godliest women who ever lived, agreed to bear God’s child and what does she receive? A sword to her soul. Few song writers I know have put Simeon’s promise that a sword would pierce Mary’s s...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 52
•
29:58
Has the Manger's Familiarity Deadened Its Wonder?
Episode Summary. This agent of familiarity is hard at work this Christmas season, spreading layers of the poisonous dust of the ordinary over the manger in Bethlehem to deaden our senses to the staggering reality of wha...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 51
•
29:44
How Can Christ Be the Redeemer and the World So UNREDEEMED
Episode Summary. Countless committed Christian men wrestling with sins like lust and masturbation have asked a legitimate question. If Christ has redeemed me from slavery to sin, why am I still regularly giving in to lust and masturbatio...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 50
•
29:35
God DELEGATED More to Us Than We Realize
Episode Summary. It is easy today for discerning Christians, who see the loss of biblical values taking place in our culture, to view this world as a sinking ship, going down to destruction through the weight of its own evil. But such de...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 49
•
29:58
The Huge Implications of God's Holiness
Episode Summary. In December 2004, a massive tsunami in the Indian Ocean killed more than 250,000 people. Over the following weeks, the news media were filled with articles asking, “Where is God?” One reporter wrote: “If God is God, he’s...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 48
•
28:05
Delighting in God's Holiness and Wrath
Episode Summary. Just as Lucy’s encounter with Aslan upon her second trip to Narnia caused her to realize that her prior view of Aslan was too small, Isaiah’s encounter with God in the temple of Jerusalem caused him to realize his...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 47
•
29:56