How Creating Margin Impacts You and Others [Podcast Ep. 99 feat. Tommy Thompson]
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How Creating Margin Impacts You and Others [Podcast Ep. 99 feat. Tommy Thompson]

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...

Gen Z Guy with Goliath Goals [Podcast Ep. 96 feat. Ethan Newquist]
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Gen Z Guy with Goliath Goals [Podcast Ep. 96 feat. Ethan Newquist]

This week’s podcast guest is Ethan Newquist, a Gen Z entrepreneur who started an athletic apparel company at just 16 years old. He’s learning a lot about business, but it’s so cool to hear how he desires to serve God and do something for the Kingdom while he’s still in high school.  Ethan wanted to...

How to Be a Proactive Dad [Podcast Ep. 94 feat. Danny Huerta]
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How to Be a Proactive Dad [Podcast Ep. 94 feat. Danny Huerta]

We need playbooks and tips on how to engage God’s Word well with our kids. This week Dr. Danny Huerta offers plenty of resources so parents can be proactive in discipling their children to develop a biblical worldview they will hold onto.   Dr. Huerta is the Vice President of Parenting and Youth at Focus on...

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...

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...

Abiding, Pruning and Producing Fruit [Podcast Ep. 87 feat. Chris Jackson]
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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]
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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...