The Iron Deep Podcast

Sean DeMars drug-dealing dad got his drug-addict mom pregnant. He was physically & sexually abused. He became an addict and drug-dealer himself. He got into guns and gangs to protect his money and supply. He became a pimp as well.

Sean's life continued to downward spiral as he was almost killed by other gangs, suicidal with no hope. One day, Sean dropped to his knees and cried out to God to help him. He passed out and woke up in his bed. He didn't have any craving for drugs or alcohol or sex. He knew God has changed him and made him a new creation in Christ Jesus.

Today, Sean is married with 2 children, and a pastor in Alabama. Sean's life is filled with love, hope, joy and a passion to help others find the true life-changing love and power of Jesus. Listen to Sean's amazing story that he shares with Michael as he went from a fatherless abusive home life to becoming a loving father and husband whose life has been completely redeemed and restored.

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SEAN'S BOOK: "Rebel To Your Will" - https://a.co/d/02zSaxh

SEAN'S PODCASTS:

"Defend And Confirm Podcast" - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/defend-and-confirm-podcast/id1428204129

"Room For Nuance Podcast" -

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/room-for-nuance/id1694579242

SEAN'S CHURCH: 6th Ave Community Church -

https://6thavecommunitychurch.org/leadership/

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IRON DEEP RETREATS 2024

SOULMATE: https://www.irondeep.com/retreats/soulmate-retreat-2024

MEN'S AWAKENING: https://www.irondeep.com/retreats/mens-awakening-2024

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Nate Larkin was a good intentioned pastor and husband. But his secret sexual addiction was destroying him and his marriage.

At first, it was just pornography and masturbation, and Nate tried to justify its innocence, but he realized that just primed him for deeper darker acts of sexual sin.

Nate's wife finally caught him and was about to end the marriage. That crisis that exposed Nate was the best thing to happen to him. Nate finally found out where and how to find help in his sexual addiction recovery. Nate learned what true intimacy was and how to live a healthy life.

Listen as Nate shares with Brett about his sexually broken journey that led him to a much fuller life of richness and intimacy.

I AM SECOND NATE LARKIN

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IRON DEEP RETREATS 2024

SOULMATE

MEN'S AWAKENING

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FREE DOWNLOAD In business, many times we chase after that next thing that looks like it will make us money. Sometimes this is good, but many times people chase after the wrong things and don't realize it.

Best-Selling author Gary Harper of Sharper Business Solutions  shares how many times, business leaders miss the untapped wealth in their own backyards. Gary has successfully coached many CEOs and taught their teams how to grow and scale their businesses. A lot of the time, these businesses miss their best opportunities because they don't even realize the potential they already have at their fingertips.

Listen as Gary talks to Brett about how to recognize and mine the right business solutions that is already at your disposal.

Gary has spoken at MIT, CG and many other business institutions. He has many certifications including PI and Working Genius certified. Gary has coached over 300 RE investors on how to build a business not how to do deals. He has implemented EOS in hundreds of businesses, mostly real estate. Gary is a Six Sigma Expert (built thousands of REI processes) and is a member of 7 MasterMinds and 10 businesses.

GARY'S COMPANY

GARY'S BOOKS:

-RISE Business Framework: The 4 Quadrants of Organizational Structure

-A Purpose to RISE: A Parable of Determination & Success

-Is Your Business Sick?: How To Identify, Diagnose, and Cure Parasites Infecting Your Business So It Can Grow From Sick to Successful

-The Master of Time: Six Simple Strategies to Manage Your Time & Boost Productivity

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IRON DEEP RETREATS 2024

SOULMATE: https://www.irondeep.com/retreats/soulmate-retreat-2024

MEN'S AWAKENING: https://www.irondeep.com/retreats/mens-awakening-2024

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Romans 12:2 - Paul urges not to conform to the pattern of this world but to be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Brett Snodgrass talks with Michael Stansbury about being a Christian Man journeying through the struggles of our modern culture. They discuss the weighty responsibilities and challenges of leading a family, leading and running a business and the obstacles of human connection and community.

They address how to deal with issues of anxiety and hurry, and how to find rest and solitude with the Lord. They talk about how to hold onto faith principles in the constantly changing chaos of culture. They also discuss how to have Christlike compassion for many different types of people as we navigate the hard issues of today.

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IRON DEEP RETREATS

SOULMATE: https://www.irondeep.com/retreats/soulmate-retreat-2024

MEN'S AWAKENING: https://www.irondeep.com/retreats/mens-awakening-2024

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FREE ASSESSMENTS Many Christian business owners and business leaders know they can perform well in the marketplace, but they often struggle with their calling. Darren Shearer was one of these entrepreneurs who loved Jesus, but didn't know if he could really fulfill the great commission if he was running a company. Darren went to seminary, but he realized becoming a pastor was not the right move. The revelations God gave Darren helped him understand that the greatest mission field right now is the marketplace.

So if Christians spend the majority of their time in business, how they effectively integrate their faith to reach others for Jesus? Darren has many great answers that he discusses with Brett to these questions that he had to struggle through himself as a business owner.

Darren has written three books to help the entrepreneur integrate his faith in Christ into the marketplace and impact the coworkers or employees of your business. Darren's books are 1) The Christ-Centered Company: 37 Biblical Business Habits to Build a Thriving Company That Honors God and Blesses the World 2) The Marketplace Christian: A Practical Guide to Using Your Spiritual Gifts in Business & 3) Marketing Like Jesus: 25 Strategies to Change the World

Listen to Darren share about practical and effective ways you can bring the kingdom into your business.

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PUBLISH YOUR BOOK WITH DARREN: https://www.highbridgebooks.com/

THEOLOGY OF BUSINESS INSTITUTE: https://www.theologyofbusiness.com/

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It's the little things in life that many times mean the most. Bryan Driscoll  @MotivatedLeads  knows that better than anyone. In his troubled teenage years, Bryan drifted and became homeless. But one small act of kindness from a caring family set his life back on track in a positive trajectory.

At the time, Bryan himself didn't realize how big of an impact this small act of kindness would have on his life. But years later, Bryan wanted to repay this family. After being unable to track them down, he decided to pay it forward. Bryan thought about "What does it mean to pay it forward?" He didn't have the means to do grand gestures, so he decided to model what the family did for him.

Bryan shares stories of how his small acts of kindness made national news and helped people in need. And how his small acts of kindness moved those he helped to pay it forward as well. A movement began by small actions. This just goes to show that no act of kindness, no matter how small, is wasted.

Listen to Bryan share stories and insight on how your simple acts can affect others, and how small acts can greatly change your personal life for the positive as well. Of course Brett shares a few Bible verses about being thankful for the little things. They also talk about the pros and cons of doing small acts of kindness anonymously. If you want to change a life today, check it out!

GET THE FREE APP It's hard being a parent in today's culture. Good parents want to know "How do you raise Godly children in today's culture?" Learning how to raise children correctly can seem impossible sometimes. Many times parents tend to overcorrect from their parents' mistakes which just creates more mistakes. And the way systems are set up for our kids, it seems to make them remain kids longer, and they can't think for themselves or really take care of themselves.

With the way kids come out of college, many parents wish they had never sent their kids to college. It leaves us stuck asking ourselves, "How do I raise kids I actually like?" It's important to understand that we're trying to raise kids to be adults, not kids to remain children. With that in mind, there are actually very effective and practical ways to raise up our children exactly the way we want them to turn out.

You can actually easily shape your children to be more grateful, caring, self-reliant, emotionally intelligent, free thinking and financially literate. Scott Donnell helps teach thousands of parents how to not make parenting mistakes that will ruin a child's growth.

 @Scottdonnell  Scott Donnell teaches parents how to prepare your children for the world. He helps show parents how their kids can thrive in everything they do as they grow. It all starts with learning the mindset of Value Creation.

Scott wrote the book "Value Creation Kid: The Healthy Struggles Your Children Need to Succeed." Scott dives deep in tried and true methods of giving your children an incredible advantage for their life journeys.

Scott helps teach a Home Economy System for families, so that kids become critical thinkers and entrepreneurial minded in everything they do. So they become goal oriented and results driven rather than wasting time and effort needlessly for failed paths. This is one way kids prosper when they understand what it means to create value first.

This system helps parents much more easily teach their children about money, and how to make finances fun for kids. But money is only a tool, value creation is the key to finding financial success, as well as emotional and spiritual success.

Scott teaches the 3 E's - Expectation, Expenses, Extra-Pay. When you do these three correctly, your kids won't ask you for money anymore. They'll learn budgeting, delayed gratification, value of goods, trade off of goods. They won't have an entitled attitude. They can prosper without having to complain about a silver spoon in their mouth. But they also won't have a poverty mindset that keeps them defeated. This strategy works much more effectively than old systems of allowance, busy chores, selfish thinking. This helps children understand their roles and responsibilities in their family, but it also gives them great ingenuity and motivation for how to understand and grow the life-giving natural gifts that they have.

Watch as Brett gains a lot of wisdom dialoguing with Scott Donnell about how to truly prosper your kids and your whole family. This is very much a legacy building tool for future generations to prosper from as well.

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Cultural Indoctrination can seem so strong when it comes to influencing our children. It's hard to be a father when you're running a business, and feel like you aren't doing a good job at home. It may feel like you're failing and useless. But that's not really true. Dads have so much influence. More than they realize when it comes to their family and especially their kids.

No dad is perfect. But that's okay. Nick Adams knows that more than anyone. Nick had a disengaged alcoholic father who eventually tried to kill him and his mother. Nick had minimal contact with his dad, but he also had many scars. But even though Nick's father was far from perfect, there were still many good things that he imprinted on Nick's life.

Dads influence their kids no matter what. For good or for bad, dads are influencing their children. It's not about doing everything right. It's about making little steps of progress along the way. Many times, it's the very small intentional steps that go far and deep into your child's life.

Dads already have it hard enough. Even when we mess up, it's okay to ask for forgiveness from our kids. Even that is valuable in teaching them and connecting with them. Nick wrote the book "Being The Dad You Wish You Had." Nick doesn't want to remind dads of what they're doing wrong. Nick wrote this book to encourage dads and help them make simple and achievable steps to becoming the dads they want to be. This is a great book to help dads parent well and establish long-standing connected relationships with their children.

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NEW IRON DEEP BOOK https://www.irondeep.com/the-secret-war-within

This is a must-read for every highly successful entrepreneur.

Rarely do men have the chance to be authentic, raw and vulnerable with other men. The lack of authentically being known leads to isolation, which in turn, leads to destruction.

Mark Vesper & Steve Sargent of Foxhole Symphony are men equipping men who are seeking belonging, accountability and growth. They have encountered and experienced life changing relationships with other men who have committed to loving each other, continually showing up, trusting each other with personal issues & confidentiality, and walking through life's hardships and struggles together.

Nobody says, "I want to be a bad dad to my kids." Many men are great providers for their family. Many men protect their wives and children from danger. Lots of men do okay at various roles as a father. Yet many fathers fail to make the deep connections or lasting impacts with their children. Why is that?

Disengaged fathers are the one common thread to almost all of societal problems, whether it be divorce, addictions, crime, poverty, teenage pregnancy, behavioral disorders, rape, suicide, etc. Over 80% of incarcerated people have a disengaged father.

80% of young adults abandon their faith when their father has not been their spiritual leader. 80% of young adults retain their faith when their father has been their spiritual leader. When a father follows Jesus, 93% of his family will follow. If only the mother, the percentage drops to under 20%. We can see the overwhelming importance of dads leading & modeling well for their families.

DADCAMP is on a mission to build stronger fathers, which in turn builds stronger families. Jason Braun & Matt Crittendon talk with Brett about their organization, and how it helps teach and equip dads to be the men God intended them to be to lead their families well and leave lasting legacies.  @DADCAMP_org