Tribesmen

Here's an update on Season 3 of the podcast. Due to trademark issues, we are having to rename and rebrand the Tribesmen Podcast. And because of that, Season 3 will be delayed until we can finalize a new name.

Help us come up with some ideas for a new name! Post your thoughts in our Facebook group and let us know what you think our new name should be.

We'll keep you posted in the group and through our email list on how the process is going. We look forward to even greater things in our future, as we continue to focus on manhood, camaraderie, and freedom, together with you!

Thanks for hanging in there with us, men!

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This is a special bonus episode where we want to share with you what’s in the works at Tribesmen. We’ve had a great start over the past 6 months, with 37 episodes and over 2200 downloads so far.

We’re grateful for you and for all the ways you’re enjoying the podcast. We love hearing from you and how Tribesmen is benefitting your life and the ways you’re putting it into practice.

Coming soon, Don is going to be doing some guest podcasting and blogging to help get the message of Tribesmen out to a wider audience of men. For those listeners and readers, we hope to connect them to Tribesmen using our How Manly Are You? quiz. 

This summer, we will be beta testing our curriculum to help men be able to launch their own Tribe! If you’d be interested in being part of that testing group, send us an email at [email protected] and let us know.

Lastly, we could use your help! If you’ve got skills in any of the following areas and might be willing to volunteer some time, or leverage your resources and connections on our behalf, email us and let us know:

• Connections to podcasts and/or blogs with men’s interest
• Branding/design
• Videography
• Starting a business (legal, tax, intellectual property, etc)
• Audio editing
• Podcast publishing (Wordpress, social media, email marketing, etc)
• Online community engagement (Facebook groups and more)

Thanks men! We look forward to the future of this Tribesmen journey with you!

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This week’s Allegiance challenge is to kick a bad habit. Learning to be free of the snares that entangle us is an important part of allegiance.

We all have our bad habits. It might be a little tick, like saying “um” too many times in your speech. Or maybe something more serious, like drinking one too many at the end of the day.

Whatever it is, if you’ve ever tried to stop before, you know how hard it can be. We recommend you follow the advice of author James Clear. In this article, he gives some practical steps to help you replace a bad habit with a good one.

Find a partner to hold you accountable or go through it with you. And then jump in our Facebook group and tell us how it goes. Show us some pics. We’d love to celebrate with you!

About Manhood Challenges

Manhood Challenges are designed to help you get better at being a man in 1 of our 5 Marks of Manhood. We’ll have a new challenge for you each Friday, but you should focus on doing the ones that are actually a challenge for you.

Remember to partner with a friend, either to do the challenge together, or to hold you accountable to completing it. A manhood challenge isn’t complete unless you have a partner.

You can download ALL the Manhood Challenges from Season 2 HERE.

You can also find more Manhood Challenges on our website:

• Strength
• Courage
• Skill
• Honor
• Allegiance

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This week, we’re wrapping up our series about Jesus. But we’re talking about Jesus as you’ve never heard it before. Not all the wispy religious platitudes you may have heard. 

We’re talking about Jesus, the man. Specifically, we want you to see Jesus as the man most worthy of following.

Today we’re discussing how Jesus had a mission. This is the embodiment of his manliness. It takes everything in him as a man to live and fulfill his mission.

Jesus’s mission is the story of the kingdom of God. Mankind is enslaved to the enemy’s kingdom, and Jesus comes to set us free. But he only does so by sacrificing himself. He shows us what it means to live in God’s kingdom and rescue others as well. And he invites us to reign with him in that kingdom.

We see this mission lived out when Jesus heals a paralyzed man (Matthew 9). He shows he has the power not only to heal, but also to forgive sins. In Jesus’s kingdom, life is fully restored.

Nowhere is his mission more fully realized than in his resurrection (Luke 24). Just when his followers think all hope is lost, Jesus comes back. He defeats death, but he does so in a way that still leaves opportunity for us to be involved in his mission. It is now our turn to extend the life-giving hand of rescue to others.

Jesus was and is the greatest man who ever lived. You cannot find a more worthy man to follow. We urge you to make Jesus your King. Listen to the end of the podcast for a guide on how to do so.

Call To Action!

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This week’s Skill challenge is to change a tire. This is a skill that every man should have, and now’s the time to work on it, whether your tire is flat or not.

If you’ve never changed a tire before, you probably have the dread feeling in the back of your mind about “what if” your tire goes flat and you need to change it but you don’t know how. Now’s the time to learn. We’ve got a great “Dad, How do I?” video for you to watch to help you learn.

If you know how to change a tire and feel comfortable with your skill level, then challenge yourself to teach someone else how. Offer your skills to the men around you. Maybe in a small group. Maybe through your office. Maybe in a Facebook group or Slack channel that you’re part of. Just let people know you’re willing to teach, and see if anyone takes you up on it.

Find a partner to hold you accountable. And then jump in our Facebook group and tell us how it goes. Show us some pics. We’d love to celebrate with you!

About Manhood Challenges

Manhood Challenges are designed to help you get better at being a man in 1 of our 5 Marks of Manhood. We’ll have a new challenge for you each Friday, but you should focus on doing the ones that are actually a challenge for you.

Remember to partner with a friend, either to do the challenge together, or to hold you accountable to completing it. A manhood challenge isn’t complete unless you have a partner.

You can find more Manhood Challenges on our website:

• Strength
• Courage
• Skill
• Allegiance

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This week, we’re continuing our series about Jesus. But we’re talking about Jesus as you’ve never heard it before. Not all the wispy religious platitudes you may have heard. 

We’re talking about Jesus, the man. Specifically, we want you to see Jesus as the man most worthy of following.

Today we’re discussing how Jesus had a man’s body. And because he was a man, we’re talking about the fact that Jesus had a penis. 

We’re talking about this, because it’s an aspect of Jesus that never gets talked about. Because Jesus was a man, he had all the parts that a man does, and all the impulses that go with it. The Bible is clear (Hebrews 4:15) that he was tempted in every way we are.

But we know that Jesus was sinless. And so we tend to separate Jesus from anything sexual. But to do so is to make Jesus into something less than a man. We need to remember that his body didn’t work any differently than ours did.

Jesus showed us what it looks like to not use our sexuality for sin. Through his interactions with the women caught in adultery (John 8) and the prostitute at the party (Luke 7), Jesus shows dignity and respect to vulnerable women. He never needs to get anything from them. He never takes advantage of them. He is free to love them and be loved by them in return, without ever having to use them.

If you want to be a man who uses his sexuality with integrity, look to Jesus. He’ll show you the way to live free of the snares of temptation and be worthy of honor.

Call To Action!

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This week’s Courage challenge is to ask your boss for a raise. This can be a challenging conversation for any man. One that many of us fear. That’s why it makes a good courage challenge.

Now, this challenge comes right on the heels of our allegiance challenge to celebrate your boss. So you decide if this is the best timing for you or not. But regardless, look for a way to display courage in your interaction with your employer.

If you’re the kind of man who thinks that you shouldn’t ever ask for a raise, you’ll just be given one when you deserve it, then this is especially for you. Your boss may in fact want you to show some initiative in this area, which will communicate your dedication to the organization. The worst they can do is say no, and they might just say yes!

Find a partner to hold you accountable. And then jump in our Facebook group and tell us how it went. We’d love to celebrate with you!

About Manhood Challenges

Manhood Challenges are designed to help you get better at being a man in 1 of our 5 Marks of Manhood. We’ll have a new challenge for you each Friday, but you should focus on doing the ones that are actually a challenge for you.

Remember to partner with a friend, either to do the challenge together, or to hold you accountable to completing it. A manhood challenge isn’t complete unless you have a partner.

You can find more Manhood Challenges on our website:

• Strength
• Courage
• Skill
• Honor
• Allegiance

Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week, we’re continuing our series about Jesus. But we’re talking about Jesus as you’ve never heard it before. Not all the wispy religious platitudes you may have heard. 

We’re talking about Jesus, the man. Specifically, we want you to see Jesus as the man most worthy of following.

Today we’re discussing how Jesus had a tribe. A group of men who learned from him and did everything with him. 

Jesus made a point of sharing his ministry with his tribe of disciples. When he famously fed the crowd of 5000 (John 6), it was actually the disciples who did the feeding. And they marveled at being included in Jesus’s miracle.

He chose to spend his final night before his death with his tribe (Luke 22). He creates a new idea of honor by washing their feet and showing humility in serving. He “gets naked” with them by revealing his impending death. A few of them even get to witness his agonizing prayers before his arrest. Jesus valued these friendships above all other relationships in his life.

In Tribesmen, we call the leader of a Tribe a chief. A chief cultivates honor among his men by serving them and helping them get better at being men. He develops camaraderie by sharing life with them.

If you want to be a man who knows how to live in the company of other men, look to Jesus. He’ll show you how to live with honor and camaraderie - how to live in a Tribe.

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This week’s Strength challenge is to take the stairs. Wherever you are for the next month, avoid the elevators and escalators, and take the stairs up and down.

Strength, as a Mark of Manhood, is about developing the physical ability needed to meet your daily demands without getting winded or exhausted. And, it’s about having the ability to act in cases where extreme physical ability might be needed.

Taking the stairs will help you be prepared for those exceptional cases. By exerting yourself a little more than you need to, you train your body to do more than is required. Plus, it’s just good exercise overall.

Find a partner to hold you accountable, or to compete with you for your monthly step count. And then jump in our Facebook group and tell us how you did. We’d love to celebrate with you!

About Manhood Challenges

Manhood Challenges are designed to help you get better at being a man in 1 of our 5 Marks of Manhood. We’ll have a new challenge for you each Friday, but you should focus on doing the ones that are actually a challenge for you.

Remember to partner with a friend, either to do the challenge together, or to hold you accountable to completing it. A manhood challenge isn’t complete unless you have a partner.

You can find more Manhood Challenges on our website:

• Strength
• Courage
• Skill
• Honor
• Allegiance

Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week, we’re continuing our series about Jesus. But we’re talking about Jesus as you’ve never heard it before. Not all the wispy religious platitudes you may have heard. 

We’re talking about Jesus, the man. Specifically, we want you to see Jesus as the man most worthy of following.

Today we’re discussing how Jesus had followers. Which means we’re talking about leadership.

As men, we love to admire a good leader that we can follow. Examples abound throughout history and story. George Washington, Martin Luther King, Maximus from Gladiator, Aragorn from Lord of the Rings. Jesus was no exception.

People followed Jesus in crowds, in small groups, in families, in public, and in secret. His masterful teaching and his powerful miracles inevitably drew a following. But this isn’t what made Jesus a good leader.

He demonstrated leadership through his strength to endure and his courage to sacrifice. Whether it was the crowds that wanted to make him king (John 6), or the religious leaders who wanted to trap him (Matthew 22), Jesus never gave them quite what they wanted. Instead, he endured physical suffering and torture, even to the point of death (Luke 23). His courage to sacrifice brought life to others and has inspired followers throughout history.

If you want to learn what it means to lead as a man, and to inspire your followers as well, take a look at Jesus. He is a leader of leaders.

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