Forging Men in Faith and Purpose.
Life is God's own Foundry, and he's asked us to be men of purpose and leaders of our home, our children, and our wives. We won't find the strength for these things in ourselves, so join us as we explore the fruit of finding strength and endurance in the forge of life that is required to live out the purpose God has for you.
When life falls apart, you pray. When life is going great, do you still? Most of us don't, and that's exactly when pride and comfort creep in.
Back in the (newly upgraded) studio, Jake and Dan pick up the Sermon on the Mount at Matthew 7:12–20 and wrestle with a hard question: how do you win or lose and react the same?
They talk about why success can be a bigger test than a trial, how a brutal stretch at work turned into a reason for joy, and why the hard thing is usually the right thing. T
hen it's the Golden Rule, the narrow gate (which is Jesus BTW, not any one church denomination), and knowing a tree by its fruit, including why you're probably the thorn bush if everyone around you looks like one.
📖 Read along: Matthew 7:12–20
Man was created for a purpose. Life is God's foundry. Join us as we seek out the fruit forged in God's own foundry.
#FruitOfTheFoundry #SermonOnTheMount #ChristianMen #Faith
13 Oct 2026
Two DUIs by 19. Then Life Finally Made Sense. | Luke's Story
Two DUIs by 19. Ten days in a jail cell. A family where every gathering started with "where's the closest liquor store?" Luke's story is what happens when grace shows up anyway.
Luke (ultrarunner, builder, husband and adoptive dad) sits down with Jake and Dan to share how the anger from a broken home turned into years of drinking, why getting sober at 21 didn't stick the first time, and how a father-in-law who "chased him down" with the Gospel finally made life make sense. They also get into a seven-year adoption from the Philippines and building a business without losing your family.
Through all of it, Luke keeps coming back to grace: grace for yourself and for the people around you, for your past and your present, because we've been given grace we never deserved. Learning to keep giving it, he says, is what has driven his biggest growth.
Mentioned in this episode:
Wild at Heart by John Eldredge: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1400225264
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250183863
Quest 180 addiction recovery at Eagle Brook Church: https://eaglebrookchurch.com/next-steps/find-support/addiction-recovery
Man was created for a purpose. Life is God's foundry. Join us as we seek out the fruit forged in God's own foundry.
#FruitOfTheFoundry #Testimony #Recovery #Grace #ChristianPodcast
6 Oct 2026
Is Your Heart Stinky? | Matthew 7:1–11
You can smell the stink in someone else's house the second you walk in, but never in your own. Jesus says our hearts work the same way.We're back in the Sermon on the Mount with Matthew 7:1–11. We talk about taking the log out of your own eye before going after your brother's speck, why only Jesus can change a heart (even our kids'), how to tell when you're throwing pearls to pigs, and why God's answer to our asking, seeking and knocking is often a loving "not yet." Along the way: Pharaoh's hardened heart, living out faith on a rough-and-tumble work crew, and how to enjoy a Cody Johnson concert at 40.📖 Read along: Matthew 7:1–11📚 MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEExtreme Ownership – Jocko Willink & Leif Babin: https://link.amazon/B02RXp9idFinancial Peace Revisited – Dave Ramsey: https://link.amazon/B0ipn6lSrFinancial Peace University: https://www.ramseysolutions.com/ramseyplus/financial-peace
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