Just like the scars we carry on our body have stories behind them, the scars we have from difficult times - a broken relationship, a diagnosis, a job loss - carry a powerful story that can impact the lives of others by showing how God's faithfulness brought you through.

Don't waste difficult times. Embrace them. Then, learn, grow, and share so others can benefit, as well.

Today's culture is anything but pure. Social media, music, movies all seem to promote sex and selfishness. What is a godly man called to do? Believe it or not, the answer is not to shield your family from culture, but rather prepare them for it.

No matter how hard you try, you will not prevent your family from encountering today's culture. So why not equip them to live a godly life in spite of it?

In this podcast, learn three ways a man can maintain an unpolluted culture within his home by eliminating chaos, investing in his children daily, and maintaining healthy inputs.

Change - especially unexpected change - can suck. Most men like the predictable and controllable so when the unexpected comes and disrupts life, he may not know how to best to handle it.

In this episode, Rick and Rusty discuss how a man can maximize the benefit of change by not reacting, but intentionally acting in a way that guarantees positive outcomes regardless of what change life's circumstances brings his way.

Every man will face temptation. In fact, you probably have faced some sort of temptation already today. The question is not will you face it, but what will you do when you face it?

In this episode we see how Jesus handled temptation through His 3 "It is Written" statements to the devil when tempted in the wilderness and how we as men need to have these same types of declarations ready when we meet temptation in our life.

Jordan Petersen says that a good man is a dangerous man who knows how to control himself. Should a Christian man also be capable of danger? While we are commanded to turn the other cheek and love our enemies, we are also expected to protect and serve those in our care and those who cannot protect themselves. To do this requires us to be dangerous.

In this episode we discuss 4 areas in which a Christian man should be dangerous, why it is important, and what to do if you feel a little "less dangerous" than you'd like to be.

Do you view failure as a means of growth? If your goals are big enough, the opportunity for failure will be ever-present and it can play a major role in your growth as a man.

In this episode we cover 5 ways to approach failure to ensure it remains a "blip" on our timeline and not a destructive relapse into our old ways of doing things.

Are you setting yourself up for failure or success in 2025? In this episode we discuss 3 types of goals: outcome, action, and system. We review strengths of each style and how all three are more effective when implemented together as a whole.

Have serious goals for the year ahead? This episode will help set you up for success.

As we begin 2025 lots of guys set resolutions in an effort to be better men. Better husbands, better dads, better off financially, better off spiritually, more healthy. While many of us start strong, very few actually finish that way. In fact, most have given up by the end of January.

If you are one of thousands of guys who want to make 2025 an exception year of growth and improvement, this podcast covers 5 ways to ensure your desire to change goes beyond a simple "resolution" and becomes a new - and permanent - habit.

How should a man handle life when it throws unexpected misfortune his way? Job shows us that by refusing to blame others, circumstances, or God, we can make it through the tough times and know that God has plans for us on the other side.

Noah lived in a time in which the people around him did whatever they chose. Culture was anti-God and their hearts were continually focused on evil. In some ways, it was similar to our culture today.

While the darkness in culture was raging, Noah was a bright, uniquely righteous, anomaly. He was a man - the only man - who honored God and when God's judgement was brought against the people, Noah found grace in His sight. Because of his righteousness, humility, obedience, and persistence, Noah was able to lead his family to salvation from the certain destruction of the coming flood.

Today, godly men have the same opportunity to lead their family to the salvation found in Jesus. To do so, we must be willing to be different, be obedient, and even look a little foolish at times. It may be uncomfortable. It may be difficult. But in the end it will all be worth it.