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Guys, this week is going to be different. The five-minute Friday segment is always just me, sharing my thoughts on various issues. And today I’m going to talk about something that might be controversial, though it’s not my intention to do so. Rather it’s that the subject itself can be these days.

This will be my first episode that directly speaks about something COVID related. I’ve had guests on that have touched on the topic, and I may have mentioned it a time or two, but it has never been the focus of an entire episode. Well, today that changes. Today I’m talking about an aspect of this pandemic that has not gotten enough coverage and needs to be discussed more. And that is how the response to COVID has exposed the authoritarian nature of far too many people.

First, yes I think COVID is a very real illness. Individuals and families all over the globe have been dealing with the impact that COVID, the disease has had, even sadly losing many loved ones. COVID is quite real. In our strange social media world, I wanted to make that point right up front.

And COVID has also shown that governments and individuals are far too willing to bend to the authoritarian and totalitarian natures, which I honestly did not think were so prevalent here in the United States. I admit that I thought, and expected, the opposite, the desire for freedom, to be true.


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Gentlemen, you need to love your wife well. As men, we hear that. We nod. We agree. Yes, that’s what we want to do. We want to be the kind of men who love our wives well. But how do we do that? It seems that it’s not very simple. With divorces in the news and on our newsfeeds every day, with the family structure being broken apart in the headlines, with so much going on, it seems like far too many men are struggling with the knowing how to love their wives well.

Sometimes we fall into the trap of looking for the latest and greatest strategies. We look for new courses, videos, and podcasts that will finally give us the tips and guidance needed. We ache for the book that will just tell us what to do- and we’ll follow it. We want the most current plans to implement so that we can be a great husband, so that we can be the man who loves his wife well. We just want to know how.


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THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCE

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Gentlemen, there are some myths out there about marriage, and they need to be busted wide open. These myths can end up hurting your marriage, because they lead down the wrong path with bad, even if well-intentioned, advice and then you’re responding to that bad advice.

To each one of these myths, what you should be thinking is: No. Nope. Nyet. Negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full. So let’s get into this, and these are not in a particular order.


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THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCE

Four days and three nights of life-changing and intense training for Christian men in the glorious mountains of Colorado.

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While it didn’t just happen yesterday, I recently learned of mega-pastor, Carl Lentz of Hillsong in New York, getting fired because he had an affair. And it seems this was not a one-night kind of thing, rather than he had some history here. Of course, following that, I read the typical comments about mega-churches, mega-pastors, famous people, money, greed, sin, sex, and all the standard stuff that follows one of these high-profile incidents.

It seems that people enjoy piling on when there is a public incident like this, and people enjoy an opportunity to slam the church, any church, and to slam pastors (especially high-profile pastors). It seems that people enjoy seeing them fall. It seems that people enjoy pointing out the perceived hypocrisy that they see in others, and again especially in high-profile pastors.

Maybe there is a different way we could be thinking about these situations and how we respond...

 

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THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCE

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Well, we’ve made it to the end of 2021, and what a year it’s been. More mandates. More regulations. More government involvement in our lives. Masks. Quarantines. Travel restrictions. It’s been a crazy year, after the crazy year that was 2020.

As we look ahead into the new year, there are the common things we talk about. We talk about setting goals, building good habits, and other thoughts about how we can check things off our vision boards as we start a new year. But, instead of that, what if we considered a different question.

What if we decided to make 2022, not just about our own goals and the things we’re after, but instead we framed it on what God wants from us?


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THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCE

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What you probably don’t think of, when it comes to Christmas, at least not at first, is violence, chaos, and war. But that is ultimately an important aspect of what the Christmas story is. Christmas is a part of a long and violent war story. It is THE war story to end all war stories.

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THE FELLOWSHIP BROTHERHOOD

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THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCE

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In our country, issues of race continue to make headline news. Challenges of racial identity, shame, guilt, victimization, and dealing with evils are part of our daily culture. How do we better understand these topics and how they impact people today? And most importantly, how do we heal moving forward. Our guest today has unique experience and insight into these challenging issues.

Shane McDonald is a loving husband and father of 4 children. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and owner of a private practice located in Orlando, FL. Shane makes it his life’s purpose to witness inner-healing and a genuine life transformation in clients through their counseling and coaching experience. Shane has seen that spiritual wisdom partnered with practical and professional counseling skills can transform the whole-person and improve their quality of well-being. Shane is well-versed in a variety of life’s difficulties and is passionate about empowering and motivating clients to grow a desire that translates into personal responsibility for transformation and discovering a life purposed by God.

Questions Answered:

• How do you define racial identity?
• What are some of the dangers of racial identity?
• What’s an example of the division can happen as a result of racial identity?
• How do you define victimization?
• How does it impact someone’s life to have a victim mindset?
• Should a Caucasian man use the term Black or African American?
• How do we learn from history and apply that to today?
• What are your thoughts on looking to laws to solve issues of evil?
• Should we judge the Founding Fathers by the standards of today?
• How do shame and guilt impact men in how they are living their lives?
• What are your thoughts on the idea of a color-blind society?
• How do we move into healing over these issues?
• What is the family impact of men working through this healing?
• What does it mean to have freedom through Christ?
• What’s the importance of connecting people who are different from you?

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Find Shane’s website and work: http://shanemmcdonald.com/

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Starting out in marriage can be a challenge. There are so many new things to navigate and to learn about one another. Too often we think that we can just figure out marriage on our own, solving each new challenge when it happens. But wouldn’t it be better to do some planning, some preparing, and some learning, in order to have some practical knowledge in our marriages? Our guest today wrote a book that provides just that.

Mike Povenz has a passion for helping men discover the best version of themselves and for guiding them to be better husbands and fathers. He is the founder of Modern Chivalry Men an organization inspiring men to positive change and community involvement, and he is the host of the Iron and Cotton podcast. Mike has served for years as a men’s group leader and is the recipient of the Life Changer Award. He lives in North Georgia with his beloved wife of 20 years, and they’re the proud parents of three children, along with 3 dogs, 2 guinea pigs, 4 chickens, and 1 psychotic fish. Mike loves the outdoors, fishing, boating, skiing, cooking on cast iron, and time with family and friends.

Questions Answered:

• What is your story of being anti-faith to pursuing God?
• What has Romans 12:2 meant to you?
• Share the story of what led you to write your book?
• How does the regular guy learn about marriage?
• Can you expand on the idea of how much time guys spend on planning their marriage?
• How should men consider the idea of relationships with other couples?
• What is healthy arguing in a marriage?
• What are the five core beliefs that impact marriages?
• How are screens and social media impacting marriages?
• How do I make my marriage better by working on myself?
• What are the big three issues you write about in your book?
• What can guys do to protect their marriages today?

 Important Links:

 Find Mike’s work at https://www.ironandcotton.org/

Find Mike on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ironandcotton/ 

Get Mikes book, Iron and Cotton: https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Cotton-Marriage-Practical-knowledge/dp/1098388712 

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One of the more complex issues in our culture is that of guns, violence, the second amendment, and how all of that is relevant to a Christian living in America. Stories of guns being used to shoot people cross our news feeds far too often. Should a Christian own a gun? Should a pastor own a gun? And what about Jesus being non-violent, how does that relate to owning a weapon? Our guest today tackles these difficult questions and more.

Dan Skinner is a pastor, entrepreneur, and a strongman competitor. He has been ministering since 2006, and officially became a pastor in 2010 after graduating from Mount Vernon Nazarene University. Dan's passion for guns became a career in 2012 when he became the sales manager for a defense company. And he now owns his own gun store, Eagle Creek Tactical, in Newton Falls, OH. Dan has lots of love and support from his wife, children, and their Labrador retrievers.

Questions Answered:

• What is the definition of the Second Amendment?
• What limits did the founders place on weapons, for example could a citizen own a cannon?
• Could a citizen own a battleship?
• How did you decide to open a gun store?
• What is the best way to introduce firearms to children and families?
• Explain your thoughts of people moving their identity from Christians to Nationalism?
• How do you use a gun shop as part of your ministry?
• What do you think of the phrase “gun culture in America”?
• Should a Christian own a gun if Jesus talked about being non-violent?
• What is your interpretation of turning the other cheek?
• What challenges have you heard as a Christian who owns a gun shop?
• How is gun ownership tied into the suicide rate?
• Can you share your thoughts on mental health related to gun violence?
• Is a Christian man allowed to fire a weapon at an attacker?
• What are your thoughts on how sin is impacting pop culture?
• Should a pastor carry a weapon in church?
• How can people use their hobbies for the glory of God?

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Find Dan and his shop on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eaglecreektactical

Or find him at his website: https://eaglecreektactical.com/

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Today’s show is going to be different for you. It’s going to be a shorter show, as it is just me going solo here for the week of Thanksgiving in the United States.

I’m going to share some thoughts today about your attitude. There are very few things that have a bigger impact on the quality of your life and on your daily interaction with others than your own attitude. There’s not much that will change the way you view yourself, others, and the world than your attitude.

And developing a positive attitude in a negative world is a critical skill to develop, so let’s get started.

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