The Men's Podcast
Join pastors John Belles and Bryan Dwyer to talk about biblical manhood in an increasingly secular culture. Find resources to continue the conversation with your family, group, or mentor at pursueGOD.org/men.
Fathers and Sons: Forgiveness, Peace, and True Value

Welcome back to the podcast, men! Today, we're continuing our "Fathers and Sons" series, talking about forgiveness, peace, and teaching our sons where to find their true value.
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Fathers and Sons: Imparting Wisdom, Work Ethic, and Resilience

Welcome back to the podcast, men! In the last episode, we wrapped up our fathers and daughters series! Today we’re going to shift gears and talk about fathers and sons.Â
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Fathers and Daughters: Time, Touch, and Teaching

Welcome back to the pod, men! Spending quality time with our daughters is critical, even if it isn’t their primary love language. They get to define what that quality time looks like for them.
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Fathers and Daughters: Fighting the Lies of the Enemy

Welcome back men! Today we discuss, as fathers, what it means to help our daughters fight the lies of the enemy - lies that the world feeds them daily.
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Raising Daughters

Welcome back, men! This episode kicks off a two-part series, starting with daughters and followed by a focus on sons. If you’re a dad of girls, whether young or grown, these principles will help you reflect God’s heart and guide your daughter with wisdom.
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Disagree Without Dividing

Welcome back men! Today we'll be discussing how to debate, or how not to debate, secondary issues!
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Failure to Lead - David

Welcome back to the podcast men! Today, we continue our series "Failure to Lead". Today's subject: King David. We'll focus not on his most infamous failure—his sin with Bathsheba—but on a broader pattern of decisions that ultimately led to devastating consequences.
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Failure to Lead - Saul

Welcome back to the podcast men! In the second episode of the Failure to Lead podcast series, the focus turns to one of Scripture’s most infamous leaders—King Saul. At first glance, Saul may seem like an obvious choice when discussing leadership failure...but Saul’s story is more complex than simple disobedience.
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Failure to Lead - Adam

Welcome back, men! We’ve looked at how to lead from great leaders in the Bible, let’s see what we can learn from some guys who messed up and learn from their mistakes so that we don’t repeat them in this new series: Failure to Lead.
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How to Bring Life with Your Words

Hello men, welcome back to the podcast! What if the words you speak could shape the identity, confidence, and future of those you love—just as the blessings of fathers did in the Old Testament? Let's talk about it today!
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Leading When a Child is Rebelling

Welcome back men! What do you do when your child pushes away from the faith, resists your leadership, or walks a path you never wanted for them? In this final episode of Leading When It’s Hard, we’re looking toward biblical wisdom for guiding rebellious kids. Don’t miss this crucial conversation!
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Leading When Your Wife is an Unbeliever

Welcome back to the podcast, men! We’re in episode 2 of our series: When it's Tough to Lead.  Today’s topic: How do we lead if our wife is an unbeliever or is living in rebellion?
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Leading When Your Wife has Been the Stronger Christian

Hey men, welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re going to kick off a three part series titled, “When it is tough to lead.” The Bible makes it clear that the mantle of leadership in the home and in the church has been placed on men. --
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Stormproof Men #7: Sexual Purity in a Sex Saturated World

Welcome back, men! We’re coming to the end of our Stormproof series. We’ve been looking at the book, “Stormproof” by Roger Frankhauser. The goal of the book is to help Christian men have sexual purity in a sex-saturated world. We’re finishing the series and at the same time we’re kicking off a new year.Â
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Conviction v.s. Condemnation - The PursueGOD Truth Podcast

How do we know the difference between conviction and condemnation?
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Stormproof Men #6: Sexual Purity in a Sex Saturated World

Welcome back to the podcast men! We’re in our sixth episode of the Stormproof series, where we’ve been discussing the the book “Stormproof Men’ by Roger Fankhauser. Listening to this podcast is great, but just listening isn’t going to give you victory in this area. You need to implement the principles we’re talking about.
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Stormproof Men #5: Sexual Purity in a Sex Saturated World

Welcome back, men! Join us this week for episode five in our Stormproof series, where we tackle what it looks like to achieve and maintain sexual purity in today's sex saturated culture.
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Are Family Curses (and Blessings) Real? (Acts 16) - The PursueGOD Truth Podcast

Welcome back to the podcast! In today's episode, we'll be talking about family curses...and blessings! Are they still a thing? Listen to find out!
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Stormproof Men #4: Sexual Purity in a Sex Saturated World

Hello men, and welcome back to the podcast! Today, we'll be continuing our Stormproof series, reading through the book of the same title by Roger Fankhauser. Listen now to dive into some practical application with us!
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Should a Christian Vote for the Lesser of Two Evils?

Welcome back to the podcast, men! We’re going to take a break from our Stormproof series this week to talk about the upcoming election and answer the question: should a Christian vote for the lesser of two evils?
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...Stormproof Men #3: Sexual Purity in a Sex Saturated World

Hello men, welcome back to the podcast! We’re in our third week of the “Stormproof” series based on the book by Roger Frankhauser. His hope for the book is for men to have sexual purity in a sex-saturated world.
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Stormproof Men #2: Sexual Purity in a Sex Saturated World

Welcome back to the podcast. We’re in our second episode of our Stormproof series. We’re looking at the book “Stormproof” by Roger Frankhauser. The subtitle is sexual purity for Christian men in a sex-saturated world.
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How Does Spiritual Conversion Actually Work? (Acts 9: 1-19) - The PursueGOD Truth Podcast

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Stormproof Men #1: Sexual Purity in a Sex Saturated World

Welcome back to the Men's podcast! This week, we're starting a new series that covers topics from the book "Stormproof Men" by Roger Fankhauser. We'll dive into what it looks like to achieve sexual purity in a sex-saturated world.
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Bathsheba Syndrome

Hello, everyone, welcome back to the podcast. Today we're talking about Bathsheba Syndrome, using King David's story as the basis for the discussion.
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4 Pillars of a Man’s Heart - Friend

Today we’re wrapping up our series, “4 pillars of a man’s heart” written by Stu Weber. We’ve looked at the king pillar, warrior pillar, mentor pillar, and today we close with the friend pillar.
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4 Pillars of a Man’s Heart - Mentor

Hello, men, and welcome to episode 3 of our 4 pillars of a man’s heart series, based on the book by Stu Weber. Today, focusing on the mentor pillar which is a pillar that's central to why we even host this podcast.Â
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4 Pillars of a Man’s Heart - Warrior

Welcome, men! We’re in our second episode of a 4 part series called 4 pillars of a man’s heart. This is based on the book with the same title that was written by Stu Weber. Today, we’re looking at the warrior pillar.
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4 Pillars of a Man’s Heart - King

Hello men, thank you for joining us for another episode. Today, we start a new series unpacking the book "4 Pillars of a Man’s Heart", by Stu Weber. We’ll explore how these pillars play out in real life, the dangers of imbalance, and, of course, we’ll look to God’s Word as the blueprint. Today, we start with the King Pillar. So, let's dive in and understand what it means to be a servant leader, setting vision, protecting, and providing for those we love.
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How do we Honor our Parents in Different Seasons of Life?

Honoring your father and mother is more than just obedience when you’re a child. What does it look like to honor our parents in the different seasons of life?
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Are You "Woke" if You Celebrate Juneteenth?

Welcome back to the podcast, men. The federal holiday, Juneteenth, is coming up on June 19th. The question I want us to look at today is, “Does celebrating Juneteenth make you woke?” Is it something I as a Christian should celebrate? Is it something I should be suspicious of?
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Is it a Sin to Watch an R rated movie?

We're in thew fourth installement in our "Is it a Sin?" series. It's a question many Christians find asking themselves on a day to day basis. Sometimes the answer is clear and easy, but other times it might seem to be a little more of a 'gray area'. Today's topic: R Rated Movies.
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Is it a Sin to Gamble?

We’re in our third installment of the “Is it a sin” series. We’ve looked at drinking alcohol. We’ve looked at tobacco and marijuana use, and today, we’re looking at gambling. Is it a sin to gamble? What does the Bible say about it? Â
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Is it a Sin to Smoke Tobacco or Marijuana?

"Is it a sin?" is a question many Christians find asking themselves on a day to day basis. Sometimes, the answer is clear and easy. But other times, it might seem to be a little more of a 'gray area'. In this series, we're applying that question to some commonly debated habits.
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Is it a Sin to Drink Alcohol?

"Is it a sin?" is a question many Christians find asking themselves on a day to day basis. Sometimes, the answer is clear and easy. But other times, it might seem to be a little more of a 'gray area'. In this series, we're applying that question to some commonly debated habits.
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How should Christians view abortion?

This hot topic has sparked a wide ranging conversation recently, both in modern culture as well as the general Christian community.
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An Easter Message for the Ages (Mark 16:1-8) - The PursueGOD Truth Podcast

We’ve been on a long journey through the gospel of Mark. We started this in January of 2023. Throughout Mark’s gospel, he has been building a case that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. He opened his gospel with this declaration and has spent the last 16 chapters stacking up the evidence. Today we're looking at this question: What would it take to convince you that Jesus is the Son of God?
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How Do We Obey The Command To Love Our Neighbors As Ourselves?

How should a Christian view the debate on immigration?
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Is Amnesty the Answer?

How should a Christian view the debate on immigration?
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Should Christians advocate for open borders?

How should a Christian view the debate on immigration?
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