“God calls us to serve when HE calls us, not when it’s convenient.”   Adopted at 5 weeks old, John Bauer was raise on a farm as the son of a farmer before becoming a lawyer working for the prosecutors office. Married with three children, John talks about his life growing up, what brought him to a personal relationship with Jesus as well as the challenges that helped to shape him into the man he is today.   Like us on Facebook   Thanks to our sponsor nexus concept studios

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“I owe God my best.”   Mark is an air force veteran, a martial arts instructor, a father, husband and fully commited follower of Christ. Back in 2005, his world was rocked when his young son was involved in a hit and run accident involving two semi-trucks leaving him with a serious brain injury. In this powerful interview, Mark talks about how his faith helped him through that heart breaking time of his life and how God is shaping him into the man he’s been called to be today.   See more of Mark’s work at Listen to Mark’s podcast “Strength Through The Struggle” at iTunes or Stitcher. Like us on Facebook   Thanks to our sponsor nexus concept studios

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“Be constantly plugged into relationship with God.”   Dan Zehner has recently turned 30 and has already been inspiring men around the planet through his Facebook videos for over a year. Dan has a lot of wisdom to share and today he shares it with us on Warrior Rise. In this wide-ranging conversation, Dan talks about family, the role of the man and woman in the family relationship, being a light in the world as well as one of the biggest challenges facing men today. In addition to being a husband, father and woodworker, Dan also works in natural hazards engineering and has his own podcast show discussing how scientists are working towards making society more resilient to everything nature has to throw at us!     See more of Dan’s work at: Follow Design Safe Radio through:   Like us on Facebook   Thanks to our sponsor nexus concept studios

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“You’ve got one shot at this life. Make it count.”   Growing up in a broken home and seeing the devastating effects of addiction on families, Larry Hagner created the Good Dad Project to encourage himself as well as others around the world to be the best version of themselves for their families and communities.   Visit the Good Dad Project at: Like The Good Dad Project on Facebook: Check out the Dad Edge group on Facebook: Read Larry’s book for children “Daddy Will Always Love and Protect You” at:     Like us on Facebook   Thanks to our sponsor nexus concept studios

“When you’re free from the burden of having to please God, you please God.”   Growing up with religion but not with God, Matt Cochran struggled through his early years knowing the rules of religion without any form of relationship. After a stint in the marines, a friend invited him to a Greg Laurie crusade and he hasn’t looked back since. In this powerful interview, you’ll hear Matt’s story of growing up in a broken home, joining the marines, getting married having kids, divorce, re-marriage, shared custody, Tactical Dads and keeping God at the center.   Like Tactical Dads on Facebook:  Like us on Facebook   Thanks to our sponsor nexus concept studios

"Don't say NO to the one who says YES to you." Founder of Real Momentum men's ministries Keith Boggs joins us for a powerhouse interview that will encourage, inspire and in your face challenge you to step up as a man to be who God called you to be. Married for 20 years and father of 9 (yes 9) children, Keith discusses his childhood, overcoming sin in his earlier life, growing into the husband father and man he was called to be and starting his amazing ministry Real Momentum. For more on Real Momentum, visit: https://realmomentum.org/ Follow Real Momentum on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealMomentumMinistries/ Follow Warrior Rise on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/warriorrise/   www.warriorrise.net

“The goal of each generation should be to leave a legacy for the next one.”   Growing up with influences from his father, grandfather and great grandfather, Josh Long joins us to talk about true authentic Christian manhood, how he models that, where he fails and how we can all move forward to become who God has called us to be. With his faith being “the foundation of life”, Josh candidly discusses where he’s done things right as a father and a husband. He also talks about the painful chapter of his life where he had an emotional affair and how that nearly destroyed his marriage. After discovering that his greatest challenge was himself, he battled through depression, ego and the enemy trying to stop him from finding restoration to push back to become the man and leader that God has called him to be. This is a powerful episode that will touch everyone who listens to it. You will be blessed by Josh’s brutal honesty as he talks about the struggles that all men go through and how through grace and forgiveness we can find healing and victory.   Listen to Josh and his wife Kristina’s podcast the mom and dad club Check out the mom and dad club website: Like the mom and dad club on Facebook:   Like us on Facebook   Thanks to our sponsor nexus concept studios