Tommy Thompson knows firsthand what it means to be overloaded and overwhelmed. He spent 35 years running multiple businesses while serving in church and raising a young family. Tommy was going 100 miles per hour – all for good things – until he found himself exhausted, stressed, and anxious. He and his wife launched into...
Category: <span>Discipleship (Podcast)</span>
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
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...
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...
Abiding, Pruning and Producing Fruit [Podcast Ep. 87 feat. Chris Jackson]
Chris Jackson has a background in business and in ministry. They were both thriving when God called him to step away from the active ministry he was running and the successful business he had invested himself into for 18 years. Chris had been inspired by one conversation he had years ago with a man in...
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]
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...
Willing to Invest [Podcast Ep. 82 feat. Greg Beechaum]
Dr. Greg Beechaum, Senior Pastor of Little Zion Baptist Church in Powhatan, VA, is devoted to serving his church in every capacity, including joining the men’s choir. He doesn’t even sing, but he goes to be where the men are. Greg had the blessing of being raised around godly men, but he observed too many...
The Church & Young Men [Podcast Ep. 81 feat. Mike Camire & Mark Young]
Local student pastors, Mike Camire and Mark Young, join Mike to discuss how young men are ready and willing to be discipled. In this episode, learn how the church is instrumental in connecting the generations and responding to this need for discipleship. Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:14-16 Titus 2:1-2, 6-7 1 Timothy 4:7-9 Acts 2:42-47 Resources:...
A Global Challenge [Podcast Ep. 80 feat. Alex]
One of my pastors, Joe Tanner, introduced me to this week’s unique podcast guest. Joe and Alex worked together in Central Asia for seven years, where Alex was born and raised. He had never heard the Gospel before age 14 and shares his incredible testimony, as well as a little bit about what men’s ministry...