For men who are tired of being passive, want to live with conviction, and believe that biblical masculinity is not toxic but transformational. Join us weekly as we wrestle with what it means to be a Godly man in today's culture and context. No topics are off-limits. Whether you are wrestling with your faith, walking through a dark season, or ready to step up as a man of God, this is your community. "Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong." - 1 Corinthians 16:13
How High Performers Quietly Drift (A Black Hawk Pilot's Warning) | Episode #027
You accomplished the mission. Dream job, uniform, the title you chased since you were a kid. So why does Adam F. Jones, a former Black Hawk pilot, end up on a back road in Pittsburgh at the lowest point of his life? Because high performers do not crash. They drift. And you will not see it first. Your wife will. Your kids will. Your crew chief will. And when they call it out, your move is the same move every driven man makes: "Am I though?" You rationalize. You push harder in the other direction. You overcorrect. And the trees get closer. If you have been hiding behind provider mode, if the paycheck has become the shield you use to dodge being a present husband and father, this one is going to sit on your chest. The warrior face that works on the mission does not work at your dinner table. Your kids do not need the captain. They need the dad. Your wife is not a subordinate waiting for your debrief. And the stoic weight you think you are carrying alone? You are not suppressing it. You are spreading it. It leaks into your home, your leadership, your team, every man who looks to you. This is a conversation about identity over performance, availability as a core value, and what it looks like to stop proving and start leading. Drift happens. Drift does not define who you are. It defines where you are. And where you are can change tonight. Guest: Adam F. Jones, former US Army Black Hawk pilot, founder of Kingdom Operatives and author of Weapons of Mass Deception. Questions, or need prayer? Reach out to us anytime: admin@act-like-men.com. Come honest. Leave lighter.
5 Oct 2026
What Makes a Real Man? Reacting to Jubilee's 50 Men Debate | Episode #026
Steve is on vacation, so Jack and Dillon try something new: reacting to Jubilee's What Makes a Real Man debate. Fifty men argued over whether society needs more tradwives or girlbosses, whether men should be watching porn, and who leads in a romantic relationship, and we talk through what Scripture actually says about each one. Jack lays out why the burden of provision sits on the man, Dillon unpacks how the culture defined girlboss in a way nobody would actually sign up for, and the porn prompt turns into an honest conversation about what it costs a man. We close on leadership: the difference between godly headship and the tyrant the critics are actually arguing against. First episode in our new react format; tell us what we should react to next. Original video: What Makes a Real Man? 50 Men Debate by Jubilee on YouTube.
29 Sept 2026
How to Walk Through an Overwhelming Season (Awareness, Acceptance, Reliance on God) | Episode #025
This episode was not planned. All three of us were burnt out and tired, and instead of passing on recording, we hit record and worked it out live. Steve opens by naming the hardest season of his life: the business still struggling and layoffs on the table, a medication that nearly sent him to the ER, and an active investigation close to home that he cannot detail, one he says is harder to walk through than losing his mom and his dad. He admits he is not leaning on the Lord the way he should, that he is stuck in acceptance, and that inside he is seething at the injustice. Jack lays out the three responses to overwhelm: head in the sand, brute force, or walking through it with God, and Dillon adds a fourth, masking and toxic positivity. From there we get into awareness and acceptance before action, the difference between a sowing season and a harvest season, and why fighting the season you are actually in only wears you out. Dillon brings the conversation to Job and David, and the case for being raw with God instead of hiding behind sanitized Christianese prayers. We also work through the practical side: Dillon's text survey where nearly every man named rest, wife, brotherhood, and exercise. Jack shares mapping his life on a tree from John 15 and treating growth as subtraction and pruning. Dillon and Jack talk about protecting the family schedule, learning to say no even when it clashes with American culture, and running weekly family meetings. Steve lands on the question he keeps returning to: God, what are you trying to teach me in this moment. Dillon closes us in prayer.
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