Men of Valor Ministries

MEN OF VALOR PODCAST
Season 5 | Episode 4
Host: Michael Bodine
Guest: JJ Manning
Topic: What Will Be Left of You? — A Legacy of Love

One day, someone will speak your name for the last time.  One day, the things you worked so hard to accumulate will no longer matter.  But the love you gave, the truth you shared, the people you discipled, and the lives you touched can continue bearing fruit long after you're gone.

Love deeply.
Live faithfully.
Invest eternally.

Because when everything else fades, perhaps the greatest legacy a man can leave is this:

People knew they were loved, and they saw Jesus in him.

Make your life count. Leave a legacy of love.

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THE BATTLE AT HOME: FIGHTING FOR WHAT MATTERS MOST

Host: Gordon West
Guest: Bill Schein — Nevada

What if the greatest battle a man will ever fight isn't out in the world, but within the walls of his own home?

In Episode 3 of Season 5 of the Men of Valor Podcast, host Gordon West welcomes back frequent guest and passionate advocate for men's ministry, Bill Schein from Nevada, for an honest and challenging conversation about one of the most important battles a man will ever face: the battle for his home.

Throughout this month, we've been challenging men to make their lives count in every season. But what good is success in the world if we're losing the people who matter most?

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MEN OF VALOR PODCAST | SEASON 5, EPISODE 2
LEGACY: MAKE YOUR LIFE COUNT
Host: Floyd Ogle
Guests: Mark Higgins & Greg Williams

What will remain when you're gone?

In Episode 2 of Season 5 of the Men of Valor Podcast, host Floyd Ogle sits down with Mark Higgins from Texas and Greg Williams from Virginia—two men who share a deep passion for discipling men and helping them become faithful followers of Jesus.

We've been challenging men to make their lives count in every season, and few conversations get to the heart of that challenge like a conversation about legacy.  Legacy isn't primarily about being remembered. It's about faithfully investing what God has entrusted to you into the lives of others.

The question is: What are we building?

Are we investing in our wives, children, friends, churches, and the next generation of men? Are we simply accumulating accomplishments, or are we multiplying our lives through discipleship? Are the men coming behind us better equipped to follow Jesus because we were here?

This conversation is a powerful reminder that making your life count isn't about making your name known—it's about making Christ known and pouring what He has taught you into someone else.

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DON’T WASTE MIDLIFE

Guest: Bill Schein | Host: Travis Watson

What if midlife isn’t the beginning of the decline—but the beginning of some of the most meaningful years of a man’s life?

In the Season 5 premiere of the Men of Valor Podcast, Travis Watson sits down with Bill Schein, a husband, father, and man with a genuine heart for encouraging men to become everything God has called them to be. Bill is actively involved in Soulcon and Men of Valor, serves faithfully in ministry in his local community, and serves on the board of Whispering Pines.

Together, Travis and Bill tackle a question every man eventually has to face:

What are you going to do with the years you have left?

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Our executive team here at MOV Ministries contribute to this episode; Eric Stewart the head of the ministry is the primary host.  Together the team recaps the recent annual East Coast conference that the ministry conducts in Black Mountain, NC.

Together they review their most powerful moments and areas that challenged them personally.  We pray you are encouraged as much in listening as we were in having this conversation.

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MEN OF VALOR CONFERENCE 2025 | SESSION FOUR
ALIVE IN CHRIST — Nathan Cravatt

What does it mean to be truly free?

In the fourth and final session of the 2025 Men of Valor Conference, pastor, husband, and father Nathan Cravatt brings a powerful message from the book of Romans about the freedom we have through Jesus Christ.

Scripture declares that in Christ we have been set free from the law of sin and death. We are no longer defined by our past, enslaved to our sin, or condemned by what we have done. Through the finished work of Jesus, we have been given something we could never earn for ourselves:

New life.

But for Nathan, the message of life and death is deeply personal.

After returning home from a mission trip, Nathan became critically ill with a mysterious illness that nearly took his life. In this session, he shares his remarkable testimony of coming face-to-face with death—and the miraculous story of restored that followed.

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MEN OF VALOR CONFERENCE 2025 | SESSION THREE
WHERE ARE YOU? — Travis Watson

From the very beginning, men have been hiding.

In Session Three of the 2025 Men of Valor Conference, Travis Watson, a member of the Men of Valor Executive Board, delivers a challenging message entitled “Where Are You?”

After Adam’s sin in the garden, God comes looking for him and asks a question that continues to confront men today:

“Where are you?”

God wasn’t asking because He didn’t know Adam’s location. The question exposed something deeper. Adam had sinned, experienced shame, become afraid—and hidden himself from the presence of God.

Thousands of years later, men are still hiding.

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MEN OF VALOR CONFERENCE 2025 | SESSION TWO
THE POWER OF WEAKNESS — Brian Edwards

Our culture teaches men to hide weakness, project strength, and make sure no one sees the places where we struggle. But the Gospel offers us a radically different picture of strength.

In Session Two of the 2025 Men of Valor Conference, longtime pastor Brian Edwards delivers a powerful message entitled “The Power of Weakness.”

Drawing from years of faithfully serving, shepherding, and walking with people through the realities of life, Brian challenges men to reconsider what true strength actually looks like.

Authenticity requires us to stop pretending we have it all together.  You don't have to hide your weakness.  Bring it into the light.  Surrender it to Christ.

And discover that sometimes the place where you feel weakest is the very place where His power becomes strongest.

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MEN OF VALOR CONFERENCE 2025 | SESSION ONE
AUTHENTIC — Eric Stewart

What does it really mean to live as an authentic man of God?

In this special episode of the Men of Valor Podcast, we take you back to the opening session of the 2025 Men of Valor Conference, where our theme was one simple but challenging word: AUTHENTIC.

Eric Stewart opens the conference with a powerful message calling men beyond appearances, image management, and simply saying the right things. Authenticity requires us to bring who we really are into the light—to stop hiding behind the version of ourselves we want others to see and allow Christ to transform the man underneath.

Authenticity isn't perfection. It's refusing to hide.

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In Season 4, Episode 47 of the MOV Podcast, we continue our Counterculture series by tackling Courage Without Outrage.  Gordon hosts and has a powerful guest, James Baker.  James is a warrior if ever there was one.  He is a husband, father, faithful friend, a veteran, and he is spiritually passionate for men to have courage that advances the Kingdom of Christ.

In this episode, we challenge men to examine what it means to be courageous without allowing our emotions to control us, specifically the emotion of outrage.  Strength under restraint is modeled well by this man.

Find out more about Men of Valor Ministries at https://www.movministries.org/

Join our MOV online community and have access to our resources on our MOV app,  available now in the app store.