Settled and Grounded with Michael Foster

By Michael FosterReligion & Spirituality Christianity

Settled and Grounded with Michael Foster episodes

December 13, 2023 Episode 2 | The Myth of Work-Life Balance with David Bahnsen
In this episode, Michael interviews David Bahnsen, who oversees $4 billion in assets as the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of The Bahnsen Group.

They discuss the myth of work-life balance, a doctrine of vocation, and much more.

Check out David's new book here: www.fulltimebook.com
43 min
December 11, 2023 Episode 1 | Holy Ambition
In this episode, Michael explains why we need men possessed by a holy ambition for all of life.
11 min
December 06, 2023 Episode 0 | Practical Theology for Men
In this introductory episode, Michael explains the goals and focus of "This is Foster" and how it relates to, and differs from, his previous project, "It's Good to Be a Man."
5 min
September 23, 2020 There Be LARPers
What does LARPing have to do with Calvinism and masculinity?
11 min
June 05, 2020 Episode 7 "The Manipulations of Alpha-Gurus"
Fatherlessness results in weak men who are hungry for approval from a strong man.
Which is why you find "harems of beta-males" in orbit around some "alpha guru" who functions as their tribal chieftain.  
These weak men are desperate for their chieftain's approval. 
Thus, these men are very vulnerable to the manipulations of an alpha-guru.
13 min
May 23, 2020 Episode 6 "Beta Up!!!"
“Man up” or “be a man” are phrases commonly employed by weak men and brash women to silence, shame, and manipulate a man into acting in an unmanly way.
15 min
May 06, 2020 Episode 3 "Boys Don't Cry"
Men must know how to keep a cool head when calm turns to chaos all around them.
Men must know how to defuse or redirect their anger towards something constructive.
Men must practice emotional restraint. If men are to be leaders, they must be temperate (1 Tim 3:2, Titus 2:2).
11 min