Guys on the Grill and other Family Meals
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Guys on the Grill and other Family Meals

Guys, are you planning on doing some grilling this Labor Day weekend? I’ve got some compelling reasons why it’s a great idea – besides the obvious one that we all love burgers on the grill!  Bear with me while I throw some statistics at you.   According to the Food Industry Association, families who eat at...

Your Shame is Not Your Identity
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Your Shame is Not Your Identity

“I don’t deserve to be prayed for.”  I know many men who’ve had this thought. Perhaps you’ve been one of them.   We sin. We stray. We are ashamed. Every one of us struggles personally with shame on some level, whether it is a sin from our past or an ongoing struggle. For some, the burden...

Football and Father Figures [Podcast Ep. 92 feat. Ed Gomes]
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Football and Father Figures [Podcast Ep. 92 feat. Ed Gomes]

Football season is almost upon us, and we are kicking off with Liberty Flames Director of Spiritual Development, Dr. Ed Gomes.  Ed has been discipling young men for decades and sheds light on effectively earning the right to spiritually father young men.   Mike and Ed dive into:  What it looks like to build relationships with...

Take Them to Jesus [Podcast Ep. 90 feat. Don Coleman
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Take Them to Jesus [Podcast Ep. 90 feat. Don Coleman

As founding Pastor of East End Fellowship Church in downtown Richmond, Don Coleman now serves as Pastor Emeritus. He has a passion for seeing people meet Jesus through the lives of other believers, as well as the witness of the Church. Mike and Don discuss what it means to meet Jesus, how the Church needs...

Great Give-Away Books: Sit, Walk, Stand by Watchman Nee
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Great Give-Away Books: Sit, Walk, Stand by Watchman Nee

I love to read books. I love to give books away. Not everyone shares my enthusiasm for reading. I get that. But I still share it, especially with my family. And it’s easiest to share when I find little books with big ideas. The latest treasure is Sit, Walk, Stand: The Process of Christian Maturity...

Investing in Faithful Men [Podcast Ep. 89 feat. Carey Bates]
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Investing in Faithful Men [Podcast Ep. 89 feat. Carey Bates]

This episode originally aired October 2020. I am joined by Carey Bates, my former pastor and a man who faithfully invested in me. We met Carey when we first moved to Richmond over 20 years ago.  Before Carey even knew what discipleship really was, he started a group of men studying the Bible in his dorm room. Through the mentorship in his...

Developing a New Mentoring Initiative
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Developing a New Mentoring Initiative

Battle Briefing | July 2022 Jesus sent the disciples out two by two to give them experience in what it would be like to carry on without him. He knew that his time on earth was short, and the Kingdom’s advancement would depend on these few disciples’ abilities to advance the mission and multiply disciples...

A Cross-Cultural Friendship That is Changing Lives
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A Cross-Cultural Friendship That is Changing Lives

In the 1960s, a young Black man named Clarence Shuler stepped into the gymnasium of a White church. It was an age where segregation was outlawed but still practiced where he lived. He and his friend had endured racial slurs, bottles being hurled at them, and fearing for their safety just to walk the short...

Cross-Cultural Friendships [Podcast Ep. 85 feat. Clarence Shuler]
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Cross-Cultural Friendships [Podcast Ep. 85 feat. Clarence Shuler]

Clarence Shuler is a discipler of disciplers, “a Swiss army knife of ministry,” and it all began when he was 14. A local youth pastor named Gary Chapman took a chance on him in a place and time where cross-cultural relationships were rare and challenging.   “Segregation was outlawed but still being practiced.”   Yet he experienced...

Paying it Forward [Podcast Ep. 84 feat. Paul Henderson]
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Paying it Forward [Podcast Ep. 84 feat. Paul Henderson]

Paul Henderson discusses the rich heritage of fruitful mentorship in his life and how he is paying it forward to the next generation on The Noble Man Podcast.  Paul’s dad taught him and his five brothers the Scriptures. He had a high school coach who breathed life and belief into him. He worked with mentors...