Dr. Hal Hadden is the founder of Christ Led Communities (CLC) and the author of the book Love Jesus. Hal explains how and why he started CLC in 1982, and we learn about the biblical discipleship principles that have stood the test of time. We discuss some profound biblical concepts around relational discipleship, as well as leadership lessons that apply to any ministry context.

Thousands of men all over the country have been profoundly impacted by this ministry with humble beginnings. This interview will inspire you toward faithful obedience and a focus on depth rather than breadth when it comes to discipleship.

Greg Hasek, a licensed counselor with Southwest Florida Christian Counseling, specializes in counseling men who’ve experienced trauma, especially trauma from a wife’s or girlfriend’s abortion. Whether you have experienced this yourself or not, odds are that you know a guy who has.

As prevalent as this issue is for men, we rarely discuss it. Greg helps us understand what a man goes through when he visits an abortion clinic with his partner and how this affects a man’s brain. We also talk about how men can approach counseling in general as something that reflects strength, not weakness.

Find out more at the Men and Abortion Network.

How are you doing these days with work-life balance? If this is a struggle for you, our guest today, Cory Carlson, understands. In fact, he would say that he failed at home first before admitting he needed help and taking some drastic steps to improve in this area.

As an entrepreneur, former executive, husband, and father of three, Cory Carlson (website, LinkedIn) understands the pressures working parents face. He is passionate about helping business leaders win at home and work.

Twenty years in corporate America gave Cory amazing opportunities as he worked his way up to the executive level. But he also saw brokenness: work without purpose, burnout, lack of focus, strained marriages, and absentee parents. Business leaders especially were often not living life to the fullest.

Cory’s book Win at Home First: An Inspirational Guide for Work-Life Balance was listed in FORBES as one of seven “Books Everyone On Your Team Should Read.” Cory is the host of the Win at Home First podcast.

Cory has a Civil Engineer degree from University of Missouri and a MBA from Rockhurst University.

Many men today struggle with reading the Bible. We don’t know where to start and we lack confidence in handling the Word of God.

Our guest today, Reverend Dr. David Instone-Brewer, shares some unique and helpful insights to make the Bible more approachable. If reading the Bible has been challenging for you, this episode will offer some great ways to move you forward.

Here is an article based on this episode.

David (website) is a research fellow at Tyndale House, a research library in biblical studies located in Cambridge, England. He previously served as a Baptist minister. His books include Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible, Divorce and Remarriage in the Church, and Traditions of the Rabbis from the Era of the New Testament. Check out his Step Bible resource.

This is the second half of our interview with author and speaker, Jeremy Shelton. In part 1, we spoke to Jeremy about the paralyzing effect pornography has on men. Here, we focus in on the new technology that will increase a man’s susceptibility to pornography. If pornography muzzles a man, virtual reality and augmented reality will put men in a straight jacket. This is a sobering conversation that deserves our full attention if we are going to engage temptation with our eyes open.

There are a lot of books on the issue of pornography, but Jeremy takes a unique approach in his book, Unmuzzled: Escaping Sexual Sin – Satan’s Grip on Men. Visit Jeremy’s website to find out more.

Preston Poore (website), a corporate business leader with more than two decades of upper management leadership, talks with us about his new book, Discipled Leader. The book provides struggling, stuck, or merely surviving Christian business leaders with a framework to grow their influence and live a more fulfilling life by becoming a redemptive (i.e., change for the better), Christlike presence in the workplace and elsewhere.

For more insight, catch Preston’s podcast.

These days our country and our church is fractured because of hubris and an unwillingness to humbly seek understanding. Instead we’re inclined to “cancel” anything with which we disagree in order to maintain our own view of reality. Add to the mix a man’s ego and you have a potentially volatile situation.

Steve Wiggers (email), a pastor and missionary (with SIM USA) who trains pastors at Moffat Bible College in Nairobi, Kenya has a perspective that men in the American church need to hear. Steve shares about the unique challenges of working and raising a family in a foreign country. We learn about how God shook Steve of his pride through his African students, and how his students educate him just as much as he teaches them.

Author and speaker Jeremy Shelton joins us to talk about the paralyzing effect pornography has on men. We consider what it looks like to be a “muzzled man,” disempowered by lust and controlled by Satan. This imagery will leave an indelible mark as you engage in your own battle or help other men to free themselves from porn’s insidious grip

There are a lot of books on the issue of pornography, but Jeremy takes a unique approach in his book, Unmuzzled: Escaping Sexual Sin – Satan’s Grip on Men. Visit Jeremy’s website to find out more.

David Dusek, who has spoken to millions of men around the world through his Rough Cut Men live events and video series, has a compelling message about how to combat the enemy of our souls who seeks to steal, kill, and destroy. He delves into the unique challenges men are facing, especially in light of the pandemic, and how to apply tactics learned from the 7th Cavalry in Vietnam.

David started Rough Cut Men Ministries to encourage and equip men to live their lives for Christ. He utilizes his life experiences — including his upbringing in a non-Christian home, coming to Christ as an adult, and an extensive business background — to reach men in a way that they can understand. David’s live experience and video series use a strategic combination of action movie sequences, real world current events, Biblical truth, and fireteam-sized discussion times with a single, laser-focused objective: get men talking about what’s really going on in their lives. David’s most recent book, The Battle: Tactics for Biblical Manhood Learned from the 7th Cavalry in Vietnam, was released February 2021.