The Forge Men Podcast

<p>In this Mature Man series we are working through the Maturity Wheel discussing 5 interconnected areas of a man’s life and slowing down to give us helpful filters and rails to run on to grow in those areas. This week...

<p>We’ve been in a series called The Mature Man. The idea is simple: maturity doesn’t just happen. It has to be built — and it gets built across every area of a man’s life. We’ve been working through a visual of a wheel...

<p>If you’ve been following along in The Mature Man series, you know we don’t stay on the surface. Over the last several weeks we have been in the first section of the wheel— your Walk with God — covering how to study...

<p>We are in a series called The Mature Man — diving deeper into five areas of a man’s life where real growth happens. The last few weeks we have looked at studying scripture, the importance of prayer and why it can...

<p>We are in a series called The Mature Man — diving deeper into five areas of a man’s life where real growth happens. 👇</p><p>Last week we looked at how to build a life in God’s Word. This week we stay in the same...

<p>I know every one of us wants to mature in our life. Some of us are focused on finances, health, or our spiritual walk. But I believe that maturity in life is not isolated to one area but is more connected than we...

<p>As men, we tend to fight temptation the same way we fight everything else. We dig in. We grit our teeth. We tell ourselves we’re not going to give an inch, not going to back down, not going to let this thing beat us...

<p>Somewhere along the way, most men picked up a operating belief that nobody handed them directly but everybody seemed to agree on:</p><p>Real men handle things alone.</p><p>You don’t burden people. You don’t show...

<p>We’ve spent the past three weeks building a framework: establishing true north, owning your convictions, and creating a code that governs how you live. This week, I want to shift gears.</p><p>Instead of another set...

<p>A man’s owned convictions shouldn’t be theoretical—they must be the code that governs his life.</p><p>The past two weeks we’ve talked about establishing true north and owning your beliefs instead of borrowing them...

<p>Direction is only as strong as the convictions that hold it.</p><p>Last week, we talked about establishing a True North — the need for a fixed moral and spiritual direction when life becomes uncertain. But here’s the...

<p>In 1914, Ernest Shackleton launched the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The goal was simple to state and nearly impossible to accomplish: cross Antarctica by land.</p><p>The expedition never made it.</p><p>In...

<p>I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how easily we talk about faith without ever really talking about surrender.</p><p>Most of us are comfortable saying we trust God. We believe the right things. We know the...

<p>God has given us real responsibility.</p><p>He’s given us a mind to think, a will to act, and purpose to guide us. We are not meant to drift through life waiting for instructions at every turn. Decisions are part of...

<p>I’ve almost always been an early adopter when it comes to technology. When the Apple Watch first launched, I stayed up all night with some buddies to be the first to purchase it. At 3 a.m., I had three computers...