You were taught to win. Nobody taught you how to fail. So when failure shows up, most men do the one thing they cannot afford to do: they shrink back.Here's where this episode lands: failure is not optional. You will fail. The only question is whether you fail forward toward Christ or quit and call it wisdom.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson, Justin Bohner, and Travis Shook get into how to fail like a man: pushing through mistakes, sin, and setbacks in a way that produces growth instead of retreat, in the gym, in business, in parenting, and in the hardest room of all, your marriage.Inside this conversation:- Failure is perspective: if you fall and go to God, that is growth. Failure is quitting- The gym clock story: what Travis's son learned about the quitting muscle, and how that muscle follows a man into his marriage and his work- Why the big failures that make the news are held up by a hundred small ones nobody sees- Adam in the garden: the fruit got eaten because the snake's head never got cut off- Romans 8:28: shrinking back from risk is actually denying that all things work together for good- Praying next to a wife who faced the other way: Justin's years of nightly faithfulness that looked like failure, and where it landed last night- Family worship will be a disaster at first: why your kids cannot sit still yet, and why God is not mad at you- "What did you fail at today?": the question that kills the fear of failure in your kids- Reps and go to God: the whole plan for communication, parenting, and everything else- Chesterton on courage: a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to dieYou are going to drop some eggs making the omelette. That was never the question. The question is whether you know who you are when it happens: not a failure, a son. So take the swing, go to God, and take the swing again."No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." Romans 8:37God has saved you and made you a man in His image. Follow His Son. Take responsibility. Die daily. Grow and mature so you can lead and rule your family well. Get after it this week.

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Most men will never storm a beach. But every man knows the conversation he keeps putting off, the sin he keeps managing, the thing at home he will not address.Here's where this episode lands: courage is not a personality trait. It is a muscle God commands you to build. And you were not given a spirit of fear.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson, Justin Bohner, and Travis Shook take on cowardice in Christian men. Not the battlefield kind. The everyday kind: shrinking back from hard conversations, hiding behind busyness, knowing the right thing and not doing it.Inside this conversation:- Why the list in Revelation 21 begins with the cowardly, and why that should stop you cold- Jesus in the storm: why He called seasoned fishermen cowards- 2 Timothy 1:7 and what Paul knew Timothy would want to shrink back from- The cup test: when life bumps you, what spills out tells you who you are- The two roots of cowardice: fear of failure and fear of man, and how identity kills both- You are not owned by your wife or by anyone's opinion. You are owned by Christ (Galatians 1:10)- The parable of the talents: burying what God gave you is not caution, it is cowardice- Courage is built in reps: you will do it badly at first, and that is not a reason to quit- Where to start when there is no older man in your life to push youKavod is the weighty glory of God. That glory shines through a man who is courageous, not a man who hides the light. You know the thing in front of you. You are the one who is supposed to deal with it. And God will meet you in it."For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." 2 Timothy 1:7Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Act like men. Be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. Go forth and be courageous.———If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.———→ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links→ Connect: [email protected]

Every man wants the resurrection life. Almost no man wants the death that comes first.Here's where this episode lands: the death is not the price of the life you want. It is the doorway to it. And Jesus said it happens daily.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson, Justin Bohner, and Travis Shook unpack one of the four movements of a man of God: die daily. Not a metaphor. Not a mood. The deliberate, daily putting to death of the man you would be if you got everything you wanted, so the man God is building can live.Inside this conversation:- Luke 9:23 and what "take up his cross daily" actually meant to the men who heard it- Why comfort, not persecution, is the thing killing most men's discipleship- Self-improvement vs self-denial: one builds the old man a better life, the other buries him- The would-be followers of Luke 9: the excuses men made then and the same ones we make now- "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back": what it costs to stop negotiating- The daily deaths nobody sees: the alarm, the appetite, serving your wife when you have nothing left- Galatians 2:20 and the identity underneath it all: crucified with Christ, and alive- Why your family learns self-denial by watching yours, not by hearing about itWhoever saves his life will lose it. Whoever loses his life for His sake will save it. The math only works one direction, and every man in this episode is still learning to do it."If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." Luke 9:23Follow Christ. Take dominion. Die daily. Rule well. Get after it.———If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.———→ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links→ Connect: [email protected]

Somewhere along the way, Christian men got told that nice and Christlike are the same thing. They are not.Here's where this episode lands: Jesus was never nice. He was always kind. And the difference decides whether the people you love ever hear the truth.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson, Justin Bohner, and Travis Shook take on Christian niceness: the instinct to keep the peace, avoid the hard conversation, and call it love. Nice covers what should be dealt with. Kind considers what a person actually needs and delivers it, even when it costs you being liked.Inside this conversation:- Where "nice" actually comes from: a word that meant ignorant, and later meant covering what should be exposed- Nice vs kind: one avoids the truth to keep the peace, the other delivers the truth because it loves- The rich young ruler: "Jesus, looking at him, loved him," and then said the one thing no one else would- Why "speak the truth in love" gets weaponized to keep men silent- The stand-up rule: calling men up in the middle of the workout when letting them quit would be easier- The flag football story: how to say the hard thing to a stranger with respect, and why your kids need to see you do it- Why appeasing the people you love is not loving them- Conviction breeds confidence: men who know what God says stop flinching when it's time to say itBeing kind will sometimes cost you being liked. Pay it. The people around you need the truth more than they need your niceness."And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, You lack one thing." Mark 10:21Live in the Gospels. Choose the hard thing now. Follow Christ. Take dominion. Die daily. Rule well. Get after it.———If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.———→ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links→ Connect: [email protected]

Ask a man how many close friends he really has. For most, the honest answer is one. Or none.Here's where this episode lands: friends are not enough. You were made for brothers. Men whose souls are knit to yours, who run the same mission, and who help you kill what you cannot kill alone.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson, Justin Bohner, and Travis Shook get into brotherhood: what separates a band of brothers from a hobby group, why the loneliest man in the room is often the one leading it, and how to build the friendships Scripture actually commands.Inside this conversation:- David and Jonathan: what it means for souls to be knit together- Community is the doorway. Brotherhood is the binding. Know the difference.- The Bathsheba warning: David fell in the season when kings go out to war, separated from his men- Why your wife should not be your accountability partner, and what brothers are actually for- Face to face vs shoulder to shoulder: why men bond through shared mission, not hangouts- The Rambo lie: the lone wolf was never the picture of masculinity- How to find your band: start with the men God has already placed in proximity to you- Raising sons who know how to build brotherhood before they ever need itYou do not need more acquaintances. You need men to lock shields with. And they are probably already around you."The soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David." 1 Samuel 18:1Follow Christ. Take dominion. Die daily. Rule well. Get after it.

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You do the right things. You carry the weight. And somewhere along the way, the joy drained out. You just never said it out loud.Here's where this episode lands: you don't need to lighten the load. You need to refocus on the One you're carrying it for.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Justin Bohner and Travis Shook take on the question almost no man answers honestly: why are so many Christian men quietly miserable? Burned out, going through the motions, joyless in a life that's supposed to be marked by joy. They break it down into four men, and almost every one of us has been at least one of them.Inside this conversation:- The weary man: worn out from doing the right things, and why the answer is not a lighter load- The wayward man: how drift happens one small compromise at a time, and the treading-water trap that carries you five miles downriver- David, Bathsheba, and Psalm 51: what "restore to me the joy of your salvation" actually means- The lazy man: knowing the right thing and not doing it, and why abdication always breeds misery- Why the grace to carry your life is found on the other side of obedience, not on the other side of quitting- The man who never met Christ: when the emptiness at the top is telling you the truth- The rock in the shoe: why naming which man you are is half the battle- Tangible next steps: prayer, the Word, and turning your eyes back to Christ every single dayWhether you're worn down from doing everything right or you've quietly drifted further than you meant to, this conversation is the way back to joy."Restore to me the joy of your salvation." Psalm 51:12Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Act like men. Be strong. And let all that you do be done in love.———If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.———→ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links→ Connect: [email protected]

Raised without a dad. Now raising your own. Every fatherless man asks the same question: how do I give what I never got?Here's where this episode lands: you have a Father. And He never left.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson, Justin Bohner, and Travis Shook take on the biggest epidemic in our land: fatherlessness. And this is not theory for the men in this room. Justin was adopted. Travis was adopted by his stepdad at eleven. Casey's house is full of children who came through adoption. Every man carries a father wound. The question is what you do with it.Inside this conversation:- Why every son carries a father wound, and why even the best earthly dads leave one- The trap of wallowing: how the wound becomes an identity that keeps you a victim- Ham or Shem: the choice every son makes between living under his father's failure and covering it- "My father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in" (Psalm 27:10)- Why fathering is wired into you by design, and what actually corrupts it- Return, remove, set, serve: the 1 Samuel 7 path back to the Father- How to honor a father who failed you without excusing what he did- Why you can be a great dad even if you never get to reconcileYou are not disqualified by the dad you didn't have. You have access to the Father, by the Spirit, to become like the Son. That is the whole point."Father of the fatherless... is God in his holy habitation." Psalm 68:5What you put on display for your children is your walk with God. That is what they need to see most. Set your heart toward Him, serve Him alone, and father from there.———If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.———→ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links→ Connect: [email protected]

Most men wear "I handle it myself" like a badge. Scripture calls it starving.

In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Justin Bohner and Travis Shook get honest about the lone-wolf life — the man who's surrounded by people but actually alone, doing all the right Christian things in isolation while missing the one thing God built him to grow through: real community.

Here's the part most men never put words to. The patience, the maturity, the Christlikeness you keep praying for don't show up in a vacuum. God hands them to you on the far side of relationships you can't escape from — the chafing, the inconvenience, the brother who calls you out. Cut yourself off from that, and you cut yourself off from the very grace that would make you the man you're asking God to make you.

Inside this conversation:

- Why you can be in a room full of people and completely alone

- The one-armed arm wrestler: strong in private devotion, emaciated where it actually counts

- Why the grace to grow is on the far side of relationships you can't walk away from

- The "tiger cubs in the closet": the hidden sin that grows in isolation until you can't kill it alone

- Why the man who hides his weaknesses outside the home pays for it later

- Where to actually start: your family, then your church, then the people already in front of you

- How isolation doesn't just cost you, it costs the generations coming after you

You weren't designed to white-knuckle the Christian life by yourself. You were built to be sharpened by other men into someone who looks more like Christ, and to lead the people God puts around you. That doesn't happen alone.

"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." — Proverbs 27:17

Don't be afraid. Understand who you are, then go give that love away. Follow Christ. Take dominion. Die daily. Rule well. Get after it.

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You can pay the bills, raise good kids, make the grades, and never miss a Sunday — and still be missing the entire point.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson, Justin Bohner, and Travis Shook get into the difference between a home that functions and a home that actually thrives. Because a man can do everything right by the world's standard and quietly grow stale — going through the motions of faith and fatherhood while missing the relationship the whole thing was built for.The heart of it: the goal was never to get your kids to conform to the standard. It's to get them to love it — to love the One behind it — so that when you're no longer there to impose it, they keep it because it's theirs. And that starts with you loving it first.Inside this conversation:- Why a functioning home can still be a stale one, and what thriving actually looks like- Teaching your kids to work — and why handing a boy real weight grows him into a man- How to use the ordinary grind (a stripped bolt, a broken weed eater) to teach the deeper lesson- Getting your kids to love the standard, not just obey it, so it lasts past your house- Why many men can disciple their kids but go silent with their wives — and how to fix it- Seeing everything you do as a means to a deeper relationship — with God and with people- The warning of Joshua: a people who follow the leader instead of the Lord won't last a generationThis isn't a checklist to do better. It's an invitation to stop settling for a home that merely works, and to build one that actually comes alive — because you and your family were made for more than going through the motions."I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth." — 3 John 1:4Fight the sin that pulls you from your family. Love well. Follow Christ. Take dominion. Die daily. Rule well. Get after it.———If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.———→ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links→ Connect: [email protected]

Most men know God is big. Far fewer know He's theirs. And the men who only know one of those are missing the thing that holds the whole faith together.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson, Justin Bohner, and Travis Shook get into the fatherhood of God — how His majesty and His nearness aren't in competition, but give weight to each other. He is the Creator who rules heaven and earth, and He is your Father. Lose the first and He's a weak helper in your pocket. Lose the second and He's a distant force you'd never dare approach. You were made to know Him as both.Inside this conversation:- Why "God the Father, maker of heaven and earth" puts Father first, and why that order matters- The son of the King: everyone else sees the ruler who could end them; you see your dad- Why being adopted as a son isn't a lesser status, it's being reborn into the family with full rights- How praying "Father" changes everything that praying only "Lord" cannot- Why some men deconstruct over the Old Testament, and the lens that holds it together- The honest test: is your walk all "doing, doing, doing," or do you actually miss time with your Father?- Why there's grace available to a son that a man with only a big view of God will never walk inThis isn't about shrinking God down to feel close to Him. It's about seeing that the Almighty King is also your Father, and learning to live like a son who can walk right up to the throne."It's only a son who goes up to the King at 2am and asks for a glass of milk." — paraphrasing Timothy KellerYou're a thought away from knowing Him as Father. Believe what He's said: He's called you, He's saved you, He's adopted you into His family.———If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.———→ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links→ Connect: [email protected]