David Dusek’s story has two distinct halves with a literal bridge in the middle where Christ got a hold of his heart. The man he was before that moment on the bridge is very different from the man he is today. While David doesn’t allow his past to define him, he uses the memory of who he was to motivate his mission to serve God. David also shares about how to leverage our weaknesses and failures to cultivate authentic connection with other men.

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.

Restore Addiction Recovery Center was born out of Dan Gregory’s painful experience with addiction in his own family. The center opened recently (January 2021) but already has had a tremendous impact in men’s lives, and Restore is poised, by God’s grace, to expand its reach. Dan explains how God provided in miraculous ways as his team took an innovative “open source” approach to developing the program.

We also hear about the partnership between Restore and CLC through Dan’s relationship with Doug Hay, the local CLC Area Director near Akron, OH. CLC has come alongside Restore to provide its Getting Real curriculum for men in the program to begin their discipleship journey.

Connect with Dan on LinkedIn. Watch this moving video about Restore.

If you’re struggling to find motivation to answer God’s call on your life, you are in for some encouragement from Kent Chevalier, Chaplain of the Pittsburgh Steelers. In his passionate communication style, Kent shares the inspiring story of how God called him and his wife to be missionaries. Kent also reveals amazing biblical insight into where men find the strength to “do it afraid.”

After serving for 22 years as a pastor in the local church, Kent stepped out in 2019 to become the Chaplain of the Pittsburgh Steelers through the ministry of Athletes in Action. He is a Pittsburgh native and a graduate of Geneva College and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He values most being a husband to Erica and a dad to their three daughters. Here are his website, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

In part 2 of our interview, Christopher talks about his new book, Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story, which was named 2020 Book of the Year for Social Issues by Outreach Magazine. He shares amazing insights from the Bible about how to address this issue of sexuality from a theological perspective. Whether you are interested in the Bible’s view about homosexuality specifically or sexuality in general, this book offers invaluable insight.

Dr. Christopher Yuan (website) taught the Bible at Moody Bible Institute for twelve years, and his speaking ministry on faith and sexuality has reached five continents. With his mother, he co-authored Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son’s Journey to God, A Broken Mother’s Search for Hope (100,000 copies sold and now in seven languages). He is also the author of Giving a Voice to the Voiceless. Christopher graduated from Moody Bible Institute in 2005 and received a master’s in biblical exegesis in 2007 and a doctorate of ministry in 2014.

Dr. Christopher Yuan has an incredible story of redemption, and has dedicated his life to sharing this message of hope born out of his struggle with same-sex attraction. In part 1 of our interview, we hear Christopher’s amazing fence post story. He explains how discovering his identity in Christ freed him not only from drugs and alcohol but also from the grip of homosexuality and a very destructive lifestyle.

Dr. Christopher Yuan (website) taught the Bible at Moody Bible Institute for twelve years, and his speaking ministry on faith and sexuality has reached five continents. His book Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story was named 2020 Book of the Year for Social Issues by Outreach Magazine. With his mother, he co-authored Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son’s Journey to God, A Broken Mother’s Search for Hope (100,000 copies sold and now in seven languages). He is also the author of Giving a Voice to the Voiceless. Christopher graduated from Moody Bible Institute in 2005 and received a master’s in biblical exegesis in 2007 and a doctorate of ministry in 2014.

Let’s face it, sharing your faith can be a scary proposition, especially when sharing it with someone from a different culture or religion. Greg Bryan, International Campus Minister with The Navigators at Kent State University, shares some very practical ideas about how to share our faith from a place of confidence in our identity in Christ.

In this episode you’ll hear Greg talk about his two tips to sharing your faith: (1) Practice spiritual curiosity and (2) Ask questions about the other person’s worldview. Here are six questions to ask someone about his or her worldview:

1. What do you think is the origin of humanity?
2. What is the purpose of human life?
3. What is the biggest problem facing the world?
4. What is the solution to that problem?
5. What happens to someone when they die?
6. If it were possible to know God in a personal way, would you want to?

Connect with Greg on LinkedIn or his website.

We sat down with David Derry, missionary with Cru‘s FamilyLife, to talk about his unique Stepping Up Ministry to men in prison. David shares the story of his ministry journey that brought him from working with couples in broken marriages to the unexpected joy of discipling men in prison.

David has found that men in prison are some of the most authentic men he has ever met. There is no pretense with these men; they are keenly aware of their own brokenness and the consequences associated with it. Ironically, these incarcerated men are more spiritually free than most “free” men.

David Murrow has been on both sides of the screen: as a viewer and a television producer. He knows better than most the strategy involved in trying to keep viewers glued to the screen. In this episode we talk with David about his new book, Drowning in Screen Time: A Lifeline for Adults, Parents, Teachers and Ministers who Want to Reclaim Their Real Lives.

This episode is jam-packed with amazing insight and perspective about how social media has hijacked us from accomplishing the purpose for which God called us. Have a pen and paper handy because you’ll want to take notes. David helps us understand why, as men, we’re especially susceptible to screens, and how we can combat the temptation so that we are more confident in engaging with reality.

In this segment (Part 2), Chris Bolinger outlines nine steps to support your Christian friend who is going through or has gone through a divorce. Make sure you check out Part 1 to gain perspective around this issue and the challenges that face churches in confronting it.

Articles about Divorce:

• How Churches Can Better Minister to Men Struggling with Unwanted Divorce
• 9 Ways Men Can Support Christian Brothers Through Divorce
• What the Bible Says About Divorce: A Guide for Men
• 4 Critical Insights on Divorce and Its Effect on Men