Every man aspires to be known & respected by his family and others. Join Noble Warriors’ Founder, Mike Young, & guests for wisdom & insights on how to follow Jesus’ example and live out Noble Manhood.
Episodes
Nov 22, 2023
Nov 22, 2023
8 min
God calls most of us to marriage, but our culture often says that marriage is wrong and too risky. Yes, marriage can be hard at times, but evangelical couples who truly focus their marriage on doing it well will find it much more rewarding! A healthy Christian marriage also represents God well in our negative culture.
Risk-based aversion to marriage isn’t just wrong—it’s unmanly
The Toxic War on Masculinity - (feat. Nancy Pearcey)
Watch the whole interview with Nancy Pearcey
Manhood in the Media Spotlight - Children and Unstructured Play
Noble Warriors YouTube channel
Nov 15, 2023
Nov 15, 2023
12 min
Referencing a recent study regarding the amount of anxiety our children experience today, Mike asks the question: How can we adjust our parenting so that we aren't micromanaging our children to the point they cannot make their own decisions as adults?
Let the Children Play: Their Lives Depend on It
Noble Warriors YouTube channel
Nov 8, 2023
Nov 8, 2023
47 min
Holding big events for men’s ministry engagement is great, but in post covid-era ministry planning, they aren’t always a great way for a pastor to spend his time.
Dr. Jamie McClanahan places much of his effort on narrowing down to relationships and one-on-one discipleship in small groups.
Pastoring Men by Patrick Morley
The Christian Man by Patrick Morley
Podcast: Why Men? (Guest: Patrick Morley) | Episode 43
Podcast: Voices in Your Head (Guest: Patrick Morley) | Episode 56
Noble Warriors YouTube channel
Nov 1, 2023
Nov 1, 2023
36 min
Mike and Brandon discuss the missions experience and how it impacts men. When guys get the chance to participate and engage in missions, it can transform their lives into living a lifestyle of service. Shared missions experiences also builds connectivity and community which meets even more needs than the actual service work.
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Oct 25, 2023
Oct 25, 2023
51 min
After serving 10 years in an abundant and blessed student ministry, Wil Moore was asked to move into a new role as Men's Pastor. Wil is being led in this new ministry to engage men in a motivational and inspirational way. "Connection, community and content" has become the foundational approach of the men's ministry at Long Hollow Church!
Noble Warriors YouTube channel
Oct 18, 2023
Oct 18, 2023
13 min
A recent Barna research article indicates there is a large group of church leaders who are concerned with how hard it is to find mature young Christians who want to become pastors. What does this mean for the future of our churches?
The Pastoral Succession Crisis Is Only Getting More Complicated
The Great Leadership Shortage in Churches: Five Ways to Address It
Oct 11, 2023
Oct 11, 2023
13 min
It is important to have a conversation with your college students on “how to do college right.” Making wise decisions during times when their faith is tested is critical. Doing so will likely deepen their faith.
Stay the Course: How to Keep Your Faith in College
Oct 11, 2023
Oct 11, 2023
32 min
Once a person says “yes” to Jesus, what happens next? Dr. Drew Ham describes discipleship as “disciplined worship,” and the action of making disciples is part of the sanctification process in every Christian’s life.
Oct 4, 2023
Oct 4, 2023
28 min
Becoming a man. Is it a journey (or process) that takes time... or is it an event that happens all at once? Dr. Drew Ham joins The Noble Man Podcast to discuss the definition of what it means to "become a man."
Oct 4, 2023
Oct 4, 2023
11 min
We all make mistakes. Our response to our mistakes reflects our maturity, especially for leaders. The Bible gives plenty of examples of Godly men who fail, but when failures are used as steps toward learning, God can lead us into success and restoration.
Good Leaders Fail Well: How Mistakes Become a Staircase
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/good-leaders-fail-well
Seasons of a Leader’s Life: Learning, Leading, and Leaving a Legacy
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Oct 4, 2023
Oct 4, 2023
33 min
Nancy Pearcey is the author of The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes, as well as Love Thy Body, The Soul of Science, Saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, and Total Truth. She is professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. She has been quoted in The New Yorker and Newsweek, highlighted as one of the five top women apologists by Christianity Today, and hailed in The Economist as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual."
Amazon: The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes
Nancy Pearcey's website: https://www.nancypearcey.com
Watch the full interview on The Noble Man Podcast YouTube channel:
Oct 4, 2023
Oct 4, 2023
27 min
Nancy Pearcey is the author of The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes, as well as Love Thy Body, The Soul of Science, Saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, and Total Truth. She is professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. She has been quoted in The New Yorker and Newsweek, highlighted as one of the five top women apologists by Christianity Today, and hailed in The Economist as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual."
Amazon: The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes
Nancy Pearcey's website: https://www.nancypearcey.com
Watch the entire interview on the Noble Warriors YouTube channel:
Nov 1, 2022
Nov 1, 2022
24 min
In The Noble Man Podcast Episodes 102 and 103, Mike and Dean Briggs discuss raising boys into men and how BraveQuest can help in your endeavor.
Dean developed BraveQuest out of his own need for a strategic plan to guide his seven sons to manhood. Historically, cultures around the world developed rites of passage for their boys beginning around age 13, a time when they would learn to see themselves as men. Now BraveQuest fills the gap for a “biblical rite-of-passage system for fathers and sons.”
We fathers know we need to be intentional about investing in our boys and raising them to be godly men, and we need to begin early enough to shape their thinking as they move into their teen years. We have the desire but often lack the creativity to make it happen. Dean has laid it out in BraveQuest; all we have to do is implement the plan.
Dean suffered the loss of his first wife to cancer. His wife suffered the loss of her first husband due to a tragic accident. The Lord brought them, their seven sons, and one daughter together as a family. Out of that tragedy was born this gift that helped him work with his boys and will help you too.
Sign up here for a free Father's Field Manual (includes the turnkey BraveQuest Planning Kit).
Resources:
Read more from Dean Briggs
View Show Notes: NobleWarriors.org/episode102
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Oct 25, 2022
Oct 25, 2022
21 min
In The Noble Man Podcast Episodes 102 and 103, Mike and Dean Briggs discuss raising boys into men and how BraveQuest can help in your endeavor.
Dean developed BraveQuest out of his own need for a strategic plan to guide his seven sons to manhood. Historically, cultures around the world developed rites of passage for their boys beginning around age 13, a time when they would learn to see themselves as men. Now BraveQuest fills the gap for a “biblical rite-of-passage system for fathers and sons.”
We fathers know we need to be intentional about investing in our boys and raising them to be godly men, and we need to begin early enough to shape their thinking as they move into their teen years. We have the desire but often lack the creativity to make it happen. Dean has laid it out in BraveQuest; all we have to do is implement the plan.
Dean suffered the loss of his first wife to cancer. His wife suffered the loss of her first husband due to a tragic accident. The Lord brought them, their seven sons, and one daughter together as a family. Out of that tragedy was born this gift that helped him work with his boys and will help you too.
Sign up here for a free Father's Field Manual (includes the turnkey BraveQuest Planning Kit).
Resources:
Read more from Dean Briggs
View Show Notes: NobleWarriors.org/episode102
Leave a Review: If you like what you’ve been hearing, we invite you to leave us a review. Tell us what you love about this episode!
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Oct 18, 2022
Oct 18, 2022
24 min
An exciting movement is taking place to get Bibles in school libraries, thanks to Hannah Sailsbury. While Hannah was working as a special ed elementary teacher, she began prayer walking around her school. Those walks led to the movement to get an engaging Bible into the hands of students across the nation.
Hannah discusses the need for men to engage in this work. Boys, especially, have been enthralled with the graphic nature of the Adventure Bibles. One elementary school boy loved reading it so much, especially the story of Samson, that he tried to steal the Bible to keep it.
Whether you are a dad with kids in school or just a man with the heart to see Bibles in the hands of boys everywhere, you can get involved.
Listen in, learn Our First Amendment Rights, and Join Bibles in Schools in spreading God’s Word to students.
“So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11
'Bibles in Schools': Teacher's Prayer-Walk Around Public School Leads to Global Ministry | CBN News
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Oct 11, 2022
Oct 11, 2022
24 min
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 a 15-year process of learning to create margin in their lives and began to experience joy and rest.
During this time, God was preparing them for an inconceivably difficult season of seeing their beautiful young daughter suffer as she battled cancer.
"We knew that the only way we would survive this incredibly painful, hard season was to double down on creating space in our lives."
In this episode, Mike and Tommy discuss margin, marketplace ministry, and mobilizing guys. Learn how Tommy began to "right-size" his life and fulfill his calling to impact people's lives for good and for God.
"Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand." Proverbs 19:21
Resources:
Space to Breathe Again: Hope for the Overloaded and Overwhelmed by Tommy Thompson
Margin by Richard A. Swenson, M.D
View Show Notes: NobleWarriors.org/episode99
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Oct 4, 2022
Oct 4, 2022
27 min
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 a 15-year process of learning to create margin in their lives and began to experience joy and rest.
During this time, God was preparing them for an inconceivably difficult season of seeing their beautiful young daughter suffer as she battled cancer.
"We knew that the only way we would survive this incredibly painful, hard season was to double down on creating space in our lives."
In this episode, Mike and Tommy discuss margin, marketplace ministry, and mobilizing guys. Learn how Tommy began to "right-size" his life and fulfill his calling to impact people's lives for good and for God.
"Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand." Proverbs 19:21
Resources:
Space to Breathe Again: Hope for the Overloaded and Overwhelmed by Tommy Thompson
Margin by Richard A. Swenson, M.D
View Show Notes: NobleWarriors.org/episode99
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Sep 27, 2022
Sep 27, 2022
29 min
Do you know The Dad Whisperer? Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield is a unique voice in men's ministry. She shares the story of how God called her into ministering to fathers. As a woman in the fathering space, she is a voice of encouragement to dads who want to understand how to relate better to their daughters.
Dr. Watson founded The Abba Project in 2010 to help dads connect with their daughters' hearts. She’s authored “Dad, Here’s What I Really Need from You: A Guide for Connecting with Your Daughter’s Heart” and “Let’s Talk, Conversation Starters for Dads and Daughters.” She currently hosts a podcast called The Dad Whisperer, where she provides practical resources for dads, especially those with daughters.
In this episode, she reveals:
- The easy way – not the hard way – to connect with your daughter.
- The key to opening your daughter’s heart.
- Tips many men say helped them to be a better dad and a better husband too.
- Action steps for men to fight for their daughters.
If you’re antsy about listening to a female, don’t be. She gets men better than many pastors I know. She’s an ally for dads and puts tools in your toolbox to help you win with your daughter.
“And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children.” Luke 1:17a
Resources:
Follow Dr. Michelle on Instagram
The Dad Whisperer Podcast here, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts
The Dad Whisperer Podcast on Instagram
Dad, Here’s What I Really Need from You
Fathers.com with Ken Canfield
View Show Notes: NobleWarriors.org/episode97
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Sep 20, 2022
Sep 20, 2022
27 min
Do you know The Dad Whisperer? Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield is a unique voice in men's ministry. She shares the story of how God called her into ministering to fathers. As a woman in the fathering space, she is a voice of encouragement to dads who want to understand how to relate better to their daughters.
Dr. Watson founded The Abba Project in 2010 to help dads connect with their daughters' hearts. She’s authored “Dad, Here’s What I Really Need from You: A Guide for Connecting with Your Daughter’s Heart” and “Let’s Talk, Conversation Starters for Dads and Daughters.” She currently hosts a podcast called The Dad Whisperer, where she provides practical resources for dads, especially those with daughters.
In this episode, she reveals:
- The easy way – not the hard way – to connect with your daughter.
- The key to opening your daughter’s heart.
- Tips many men say helped them to be a better dad and a better husband too.
- Action steps for men to fight for their daughters.
If you’re antsy about listening to a female, don’t be. She gets men better than many pastors I know. She’s an ally for dads and puts tools in your toolbox to help you win with your daughter.
“And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children.” Luke 1:17a
Resources:
Follow Dr. Michelle on Instagram
The Dad Whisperer Podcast here, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts
The Dad Whisperer Podcast on Instagram
Dad, Here’s What I Really Need from You
Fathers.com with Ken Canfield
View Show Notes: NobleWarriors.org/episode97
Leave a Review: If you like what you’ve been hearing, we invite you to leave us a review. Tell us what you love about this episode!
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Sep 13, 2022
Sep 13, 2022
36 min
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 stop settling for less. He wanted to do something with his life, and he wanted it to be about God. That’s why he chose the name Goliath Athletics to inspire others to fight the sin that comes between them and God.
Listen for a fun conversation and wisdom for all ages. Check out Ethan’s faith-based gym apparel line, and follow him on Instagram at @goliathathleticsapparel.
Resources:
Faith-Based Gym Apparel & Christian Clothing - Goliath Athletics
Goliath Athletics (@goliathathleticsapparel) • Instagram photos and videos
Proverbs 12:24
“The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.”
Proverbs 14:27
“The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.”
2 Timothy 1:7
“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but 6of power and love and self-control.”
Proverbs 25:28
“A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.”
View Show Notes: NobleWarriors.org/episode96
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