Mission Focused Men for Christ

By Gary Yagel

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This 20-minute weekly podcast is for Christian men who want to hear, “Well done,” from Jesus, after running the race marked out for them. Its goals are to: 1) EQUIP men to better understand from Scripture their mission, 2) ENCOURAGE men because we fail often, 3) ENERGIZE men because our spiritual tank is often on "empty," 4) EMPOWER men to stay focused on honoring Christ with their lives. The podcast presenter, Dr. Gary Yagel, is known for his practical biblical teaching and encouraging heart. A former church planter in the Presbyterian Church in America, Gary is the founder and Executive Director of Forging Bonds of Brotherhood. He is the author of Got Your Back, and Anchoring Your Child to God's Truth in a Gender-Confused Culture, (available on Amazon) and has taught Making Missional Disciples as a guest professor at Reformed Theological Seminary DC. For further information about Gary’s ministry, go to forgingbonds.org or gotyourback.info. 


Episode Date
Answering the Call to Fight
Nov 16, 2025
Is Devotion to God's Law Legalism?
Nov 09, 2025
Hearing "Well Done" From the Master
Nov 02, 2025
Authority—the Biblical vs Cultural Views
Oct 26, 2025
Overcoming The Crazy Busy Lifestyle
Oct 19, 2025
How David Lost His Battle with Lust for Bathsheba
Oct 12, 2025
Biblical Insight About How Spiritual Battles Are Won
Oct 05, 2025
Using the Sword of the Spirit in Everyday Life
Sep 28, 2025
Thinking Biblically About Charlie Kirk's Impact and Murder
Sep 21, 2025
How the Helmet of Salvation Protects Us
Sep 14, 2025
Protection From Satan's Fiery Darts
Sep 07, 2025
Steering Conversations to Share the Gospel
Aug 31, 2025
Myths That Make Us Fear Sharing Christ
Aug 25, 2025
How Do We Put on the Breastplate of Righteousness?
Aug 17, 2025
Loving and Promoting God's Truth
Aug 10, 2025
Praying to Defeat Evil
Aug 03, 2025
The Weapon Satan Fears Most
Jul 27, 2025
Two Nutrients Daughters' Hearts Need from Dad
Jul 20, 2025
The Harm of Overvaluing or Undervaluing Motherhood
Jul 13, 2025
Required for Becoming Godly Confident Daughters
Jul 06, 2025
Countering the Culture's Devaluing of Marriage
Jun 29, 2025
Supporting Sisters by Celebrating Biblical Womanhood
Jun 22, 2025
Showing the World God's Glorious Design of Masculinity
Jun 15, 2025
Why Recovering God's Manhood Script Matters
Jun 08, 2025
Why is Andrew Tate Popular with Young Christian Men?
Jun 01, 2025
You Can’t Ignore the Holiness of God and Experience His Presence
May 25, 2025
Restoring Spiritual Passion When We've Failed
May 18, 2025
Chemotherapy for Sin
May 11, 2025
The Second Most Christ-like Attitude
May 04, 2025
How David Was Defeated by Lust
Apr 27, 2025
The Resurrection of Jesus' BODY Not Just His SOUL Matters
Apr 20, 2025
Palm Sunday Reveals Our Mission as Christ's Disciples
Apr 13, 2025
David Models Three Marks of Spiritual Maturity
Apr 06, 2025
Helping Loved Ones Weather Their Fears
Mar 30, 2025
David--Big Successes Bigger Failures
Mar 23, 2025
How King David's Envy Rotted His Soul
Mar 16, 2025
Jonathan and David's Extraordinary Bond of Brotherhood
Mar 09, 2025
In the Fight or On the Sidelines?
Mar 02, 2025
Bad Ideas Make Our Kids Victims
Feb 23, 2025
Developing Champions
Feb 16, 2025
A Valentine’s Day Tool to Enrich Marriage Intimacy
Feb 09, 2025
A Treasure That Causes Our Kids to Flourish
Feb 02, 2025
Winning the Hearts of Our Kids
Jan 26, 2025
What Our Wives Need to Flourish
Jan 19, 2025
The Key to CONSISTENCY in Leadership
Jan 12, 2025
God's Strong Views About Family Leadership
Jan 05, 2025
Pride in Your Son But a Sword for Your Soul
Dec 29, 2024
Has the Manger's Familiarity Deadened Its Wonder?
Dec 22, 2024
How Can Christ Be the Redeemer and the World So UNREDEEMED
Dec 15, 2024
God DELEGATED More to Us Than We Realize
Dec 08, 2024
The Huge Implications of God's Holiness
Dec 01, 2024
Delighting in God's Holiness and Wrath
Nov 24, 2024
Counter-Cultural Belief in One True God
Nov 17, 2024
A Supernatural God Must Exist
Nov 10, 2024
Let Him Who Boasts Boast in This
Nov 03, 2024
What If I Don’t Like Either Candidate?
Oct 27, 2024
Policies That Harm Girls and Women
Oct 20, 2024
Pursuing Truth In This Election
Oct 13, 2024
Putting a Lens Over the Israel vs Hamas/Hezbollah War
Oct 06, 2024
Does Loving Immigrants Mean Supporting Open Borders?
Sep 29, 2024
Ideas Have Consequences Cultural Marxism Has Victims
Sep 23, 2024
Christian Men’s Mission in the 2024 Election
Sep 15, 2024
Prayer Releases Spiritual Power
Sep 08, 2024
Using the Sword of the Spirit In Christ's Power
Sep 01, 2024
How Can the Helmet of Salvation Protect Us?
Aug 25, 2024
How to Protect Ourselves from Satan’s Fiery Darts
Aug 18, 2024
Being Contagious Christians
Aug 11, 2024
How Misunderstanding Evangelism Makes Us Fear It
Aug 04, 2024
Put On the Breastplate of Righteousness
Jul 28, 2024
How NOT To Promoted Biblical Truth
Jul 22, 2024
Prayer That Defeats Evil
Jul 14, 2024
Using the Spiritual Weapon Satan Fears Most
Jul 07, 2024
Teaching Kids the Glory of God’s Work/Rest Rhythm
Jun 30, 2024
Teaching Kids Why Respecting God's Name Matters
Jun 23, 2024
Teaching Kids Why Some Worship False Gods
Jun 16, 2024
Teaching Kids Why God Has to Be First
Jun 09, 2024
Is Social Media Catechizing Your Children and Grandchildren?
Jun 02, 2024
Paul's Countercultural View of AUTHORITY
May 26, 2024
Paul's Leadership Command--FIGHT
May 19, 2024
Biblical Male Leadership's Aim is Love
May 12, 2024
Captured by the Bible's Countercultural View of Manhood
May 05, 2024
Jesus' Promise of Escape From the Driven Lifestyle
Apr 28, 2024
Jesus' Unwavering Allegiance to the Father
Apr 21, 2024
The Compelling Jesus
Apr 14, 2024
Gender Affirming Care UNMASKED
Apr 07, 2024
The Power of a Resurrection Worldview
Mar 31, 2024
Falsehood--Loving Immigrants Means Supporting Open Borders
Mar 24, 2024
Falsehood--Abortion is a Woman's Reproductive Right
Mar 17, 2024
Falsehood--Biblical Patriarchy Breeds Toxic Masculinity
Mar 10, 2024
Falsehood--Homosexual Orientation Is Normal for Some People
Mar 03, 2024
Her Heart Needs Your Spiritual Leadership
Feb 25, 2024
The Vital Calling to Protect Your Wife’s Self-Esteem
Feb 18, 2024
Romance That Awakens A Wife's Heart
Feb 11, 2024
Your Wife Craves Heart Intimacy With You
Feb 04, 2024
Equipping Our Followers to Be Champions
Jan 28, 2024
Maximizing Our Influence As Family Leaders
Jan 21, 2024
Effective Family Leaders Know Their Destination
Jan 14, 2024
Rejecting Jesus' Call to Biblical Manhood
Jan 07, 2024
Discipleship When Your Master is the Prince of Peace
Dec 31, 2023
How Is Believing in Jesus Any Different From Believing in Santa?
Dec 24, 2023
The Magi Bring Worship AND Horror
Dec 17, 2023
Mary's Femininity Was Not a Social Construct
Dec 10, 2023
Joseph of Nazareth—A Glimpse of True Manhood
Dec 03, 2023
Becoming Like Jesus Hurts
Nov 26, 2023
Actually Becoming Partakers of the Divine Nature
Nov 19, 2023
Peter’s Words When Evil Seems to Be Winning
Nov 12, 2023
Untapped Spiritual Power
Nov 05, 2023
Jesus' Command--Be WATCHFUL not ASLEEP
Oct 29, 2023
What Hamas' Atrocities Teach Us About Worldviews
Oct 22, 2023
Overcoming SELFISHNESS to Love Others WELL
Oct 15, 2023
Battling a Lie that Causes Rebellion
Oct 08, 2023
How Lust Defeated David
Oct 01, 2023
Defeating the Kingdom of Darkness
Sep 24, 2023
Living Out of OUR CALLING Instead of DRIVENNESS
Sep 17, 2023
What Jesus Said We Are to Pursue
Sep 10, 2023
Shaping Day-By-Day Life to Seek First the Kingdom
Sep 03, 2023
Understanding Progressive Christianity—An Impostor Capturing Our Kids
Aug 27, 2023
Two Requirements for Helping Teens Resist Gender Theory
Aug 20, 2023
7 Steps to Protect Our Kids from Gender Confusion
Aug 13, 2023
God’s TOXIC MASCULINITY Reclamation Project
Aug 06, 2023
Why Fight for Truth in a World That Hates IT & US
Jul 30, 2023
Answering BIBLICAL TEACHING IS CULTURALLY DETERMINED
Jul 23, 2023
There Can’t Be Just One True Religion
Jul 16, 2023
How Could a Good God Allow Suffering?
Jul 09, 2023
Kids & the SCIENCE DISPROVES GOD Argument
Jul 02, 2023
Building a Plan for Training Your Child
Jun 25, 2023
How to Fill Our Kids’ Tanks with Fatherly Love
Jun 18, 2023
Step One in Our Parenting Plan
Jun 11, 2023
Stop Fatherhood from BEING CANCELED
Jun 04, 2023
Money Management and Our Hearts
May 28, 2023
Thinking Biblically About the Poor
May 21, 2023
Should Christians Pursue Economic Equality?
May 14, 2023
Recovering the Lost Biblical Doctrine of Work
May 07, 2023
God’s Wisdom: Nothing You Desire Compares with Her
Apr 30, 2023
The Last of the Human Freedoms
Apr 23, 2023
Needed: A Few GOOD MEN
Apr 16, 2023
Spirit-Produced Joy in a Culture That Produced Nashville
Apr 09, 2023
Men Wanted for Tough Assignment
Apr 02, 2023
Overcoming Discouragement
Mar 26, 2023
Battling Destructive Anger
Mar 19, 2023
Leading Our Homes Well
Mar 12, 2023
What Is Spiritual Leadership at Home?
Mar 05, 2023
Promoting the Truth that Gender is Binary
Feb 26, 2023
Kids Who Are Confident In Their Created Gender Identity
Feb 19, 2023
Overcoming a Breakdown in Marriage Intimacy
Feb 12, 2023
The Origin of Gender Theory Which Fractures Personhood
Feb 06, 2023
A Time to Work and a Time to Rest
Jan 30, 2023
Prayer That Accomplishes Your Mission
Jan 23, 2023
Is Your View of Christ’s Mission for You Fuzzy?
Jan 16, 2023
Better Connecting Our Everyday Lives to Our Mission
Jan 09, 2023
Overcoming a Disordered Life to Stay Focused on Honoring Jesus
Jan 02, 2023
The Incarnation and Our Mission in 2023
Dec 26, 2022
Why It Matters that Jesus is the PRINCE OF PEACE
Dec 19, 2022
Why It Matters that Jesus is the Everlasting Father
Dec 12, 2022
Why We Need a Messiah Who is the MIGHTY GOD
Dec 05, 2022
Why It Matters that Jesus is the Wonderful Counselor
Nov 28, 2022
Caring for the Poor and Marginalized of Our Cities
Nov 21, 2022
Thinking Biblically About Critical Race Theory
Nov 14, 2022
Progressive Christianity is Capturing Our Kids’ Hearts
Nov 06, 2022
Christians Should Support Economic Equality
Oct 30, 2022
Abortion is a Woman’s Health Care Right
Oct 23, 2022
Modern Views of Sexuality Are More Enlightened Than the Bible
Oct 16, 2022
The Modern Exaltation of the SELF
Oct 09, 2022
There Can’t Be Just One True Religion
Oct 02, 2022
Evidence Proves the Bible is NOT God’s Word
Sep 25, 2022
Science Has Disproved Christianity
Sep 18, 2022
Preventing the Social Media from Catechizing Our Kids
Sep 11, 2022
Re-Energized to Pray as Jesus Did
Sep 04, 2022
A Habit of Jesus We Often Miss
Aug 28, 2022
A Third Powerful Habit That Shapes Godly Men
Aug 21, 2022
Two Habits that Shape a Godly Life
Aug 14, 2022
Your Fathering Legacy
Aug 07, 2022
Failure: The Cost of Fighting Spiritual Battles Alone
Jul 31, 2022
A Sexual Partner to Love Well
Jul 24, 2022
Reenergized for Today’s Spiritual Battles
Jul 17, 2022
Don’t Waste Your Life
Jul 10, 2022
A Man’s Powerful Need for Approval
Jul 03, 2022
Fatherly Love Knows How to Motivate Kids
Jun 26, 2022
Fatherly Love Teaches a Child the Way She Should Go
Jun 19, 2022
Fatherly Love Protects a Child from HIMSELF
Jun 12, 2022
Loving Our Kids with the Fatherly Love of God
Jun 05, 2022
Winsomely Refuting Radical Gender Ideology
May 29, 2022
The Anguish of Girls with Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria
May 22, 2022
Daughters Who Reject Their Feminine Body
May 15, 2022
Parent’s Day Instead of Mother’s Day?
May 08, 2022
Gloriously Feminine
May 01, 2022
Satan’s Strategy to Make Us Traitors
Apr 24, 2022
A Headline That Changed the World
Apr 17, 2022
Understanding the Kingdom We Are to Seek
Apr 10, 2022
A King Worthy of Peter’s Allegiance
Apr 03, 2022
Godly Men Stand for What is Right
Mar 27, 2022
Seeking the Right Kind of Greatness
Mar 20, 2022
Give Up Your Small Ambitions
Mar 14, 2022
Jesus’ Challenge—Become Like Me
Mar 07, 2022
Building Your Wife’s Self-Esteem
Feb 28, 2022
Her Heart-Driven Hunger for a Spiritual Leader
Feb 21, 2022
Biblical Insight for Romancing A Wife
Feb 14, 2022
Peter Says Wives Need Emotional Intimacy
Feb 07, 2022
Thinking Biblically About SOCIALISM As the Answer to Injustice
Jan 31, 2022
Thinking Biblically About Helping the POOR
Jan 24, 2022
Thinking Biblically About Tolerance
Jan 17, 2022
Thinking Biblically About Critical Race Theory
Jan 10, 2022
Winsomely Arguing to Protect Life
Jan 03, 2022
Staying Spiritually Focused & Energized In 2022
Dec 27, 2021
Mary’s Example—A Woman Who Understood Her Gender Identity
Dec 20, 2021
Our Mission to Enjoy God
Dec 13, 2021
What Jesus’ Unanswered Prayer Teaches Us
Dec 06, 2021
A Prerequisite For Drawing Near to God
Nov 29, 2021
A Practice That Turns Our Heart to Christ
Nov 22, 2021
Satan's Tactics for Defeating Eve
Nov 15, 2021
The Loudoun County Bathroom Incident From a Biblical Worldview
Nov 07, 2021
Responding to Our Culture’s Devaluing of Marriage
Oct 31, 2021
Raising Fearlessly Feminine Girls
Oct 24, 2021
Manhood As It Was Supposed to Be
Oct 17, 2021
Answering the GENDER IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT Argument
Oct 10, 2021
How the SCIENCE IS THE ONLY ARBITER OF TRUTH View Fails
Oct 03, 2021
Why Christians Don’t Impact Culture
Sep 26, 2021
Why Science Doesn’t Undermine Faith
Sep 19, 2021
Helping Our Kids Understand Worldview Matters
Sep 12, 2021
Corrected: How Christians Are Squeezed Into the Culture’s Mold
Sep 07, 2021
A Costly Investment that Pays Great Dividends
Aug 29, 2021
How Jesus Stayed Focused on His Mission
Aug 22, 2021
Staying Focused on What’s Important This Fall
Aug 15, 2021
What Spiritual Gifts Teach Us About the Value of Humans
Aug 08, 2021
Changing the World By Unleashing Spiritual Gifts
Aug 01, 2021
How Spiritual Gifts Motivate Those Under Our Care
Jul 25, 2021
Scripture We Must Understand to Help Our Loved Ones Flourish
Jul 18, 2021
Becoming the Kind of Warrior Jesus Was
Jul 11, 2021
Quiet Strength that Trusts God
Jul 04, 2021
Great Dads Equip Their Kids With a Biblical Worldview of Pornography
Jun 27, 2021
Great Dads Build Their Relationships With Their Kids
Jun 20, 2021
Great Dads Love Through Firm, Compassionate Discipline
Jun 13, 2021
Great Dads Know the Power of Words
Jun 06, 2021
Why Adam’s Calling to Subdue the Earth Matters
May 30, 2021
Getting Stronger With Jesus' Strength (Corrected Version)
May 24, 2021
Getting Stronger With Jesus’ Strength
May 23, 2021
Obstacles to Walking Closely With Christ
May 16, 2021
Reigniting Fire for Our Mission From Christ
May 09, 2021
Guiding Teens to Adopt a Biblical Sexual Identity
May 02, 2021
Inspiring Kids to See God’s Awesome Design of Gender
Apr 25, 2021
Two Requirements for Steering Teens Toward Godly Sexuality
Apr 18, 2021
Wisely Protecting Your Child from Gender Confusion
Apr 11, 2021
Christian Men, The Equality Act & the Resurrection
Apr 04, 2021
Palm Sunday and Your Own Mission Statement
Mar 28, 2021
Studying How Lust Defeated David
Mar 21, 2021
Why Prayer Releases Spiritual Power
Mar 15, 2021
Using the Sword of the Spirit to Stay on the Path of Life
Mar 08, 2021
How the Helmet of Salvation Protects Us in Spiritual Battle
Mar 01, 2021
Protecting Ourselves From Satan’s Fiery Darts
Feb 22, 2021
Valentine’s Day Tool To Improve Marriage Intimacy
Feb 14, 2021
Becoming More Contagious Christians
Feb 07, 2021
Myths That Make Us Fear Sharing Our Faith
Feb 01, 2021
Understanding the Breastplate of Righteousness
Jan 25, 2021
Knowing How NOT to Promote Biblical Truth
Jan 18, 2021
Prayer That Defeats Evil
Jan 11, 2021
Using the Spiritual Weapon Satan Most Fears
Jan 04, 2021
Honoring Christ More Than Ever in 2021
Dec 28, 2020
How Jesus’ Incarnation Generates Passion For Our Mission
Dec 21, 2020
Leadership Lessons from Jesus’ Dad
Dec 14, 2020
The Christmas Story Clarifies Our Mission
Dec 07, 2020
Heart-Transformed Living
Nov 30, 2020
Showing Jesus to the World by Being Merciful
Nov 23, 2020
Finding the Spiritual Energy for Our Mission
Nov 16, 2020
Discipleship That Ignites the Heart
Nov 09, 2020
Why Fight For Truth in a World That Hates You?
Nov 01, 2020
Answering YOU CAN’T TAKE THE BIBLE LITERALLY
Oct 25, 2020
Answering THERE CAN’T BE JUST ONE TRUE RELIGION
Oct 18, 2020
Answering HOW COULD A GOOD GOD ALLOW SUFFERING?
Oct 11, 2020
Kids and the SCIENCE DISPROVES GOD Argument
Oct 04, 2020
How Should Christian Men Respond to Toxic Masculinity?
Sep 27, 2020
Successfully Passing On Our Spiritual Heritage
Sep 20, 2020
Building Strategic Friendships With Brothers Who Strengthen You
Sep 13, 2020
God’s Design for Fulfilling Romance
Sep 06, 2020
Called to Be Fierce Protectors and Warriors
Aug 30, 2020
The Hunger of the Masculine Heart for Impact
Aug 23, 2020
The Hunger of the Masculine Heart for Approval
Aug 16, 2020
Why Enjoying God is So Important & How to Do It
Aug 09, 2020
The Most Neglected Step of Leadership
Aug 02, 2020
Maximizing Our Impact In Leading Others
Jul 26, 2020
Leading So We Impact Others For Christ
Jul 19, 2020
Raising Kids Up In the Way They Should Go
Jul 12, 2020
Kids Don’t Have It In Them to Grow Themselves Up
Jul 05, 2020
The Right Use of Authority to Punish Evil
Jun 28, 2020
Responding to the Argument that the Bible Teaches Patriarchy
Jun 21, 2020
Fatherhood Is Irreplaceable In God’s Design of Humans
Jun 14, 2020
Pain is Easier When We See God’s Purpose In It
Jun 07, 2020
Coming Alive to God’s Jealous Love For Us
May 31, 2020
Making the Most of Your Summer
May 24, 2020
Two Requirements of Dads For Daughters to Flourish
May 17, 2020
The Harm of Overvaluing or Undervaluing Motherhood
May 10, 2020
Required Today for Raising Godly, Confident, Daughters
May 03, 2020
How the Breastplate of Righteousness Protects Us
Apr 26, 2020
How to Fasten the Belt of Truth for Spiritual Battle
Apr 19, 2020
What the Resurrection Means for Our Everyday Lives
Apr 12, 2020
Palm Sunday Clarifies Our Mission As Men
Apr 05, 2020
Christ’s Compassion: Godly Men Need It and Demonstrate It
Mar 29, 2020
Loving the God Who Rules Over The Coronavirus
Mar 22, 2020
Leading Your Family Well Through the Corona Virus Crisis
Mar 15, 2020
Maximizing Your Influence for Christ With Your Coworkers
Mar 08, 2020
Overcoming the Impact of the Fall On Our Work
Mar 01, 2020
How Understanding Christ's Call to the Workplace Adds Meaning to Work
Feb 23, 2020
Protect Your Heart From the Enticement of Sexual Sin
Feb 16, 2020
Directing Our Heart Passions to Defeat Lust
Feb 09, 2020
Sharpening Our Understanding of Sin’s Corruption of Sex
Feb 02, 2020
Understanding Our Sex Drive Helps Us Fight for Purity
Jan 26, 2020
The Right Kind of Ambition
Jan 19, 2020
Meekness: A Widely Misunderstood Requirement of Christ-followers
Jan 12, 2020
Cultivating a Heart Like Jesus Had
Jan 06, 2020
The Foundational Requirement for Kingdom Living
Dec 29, 2019
Without Understanding Christ's Kingdom, You Can't Understand Your Mission
Dec 23, 2019
Better Understanding Our Mission Because We Better Understand Our Master
Dec 16, 2019
Our Mission Matters Because of Who Is Sending Us
Dec 08, 2019
Called to Godly Manhood In a Gender-Confused Culture
Dec 02, 2019
How Jesus Coped With a Crazy Busy Life
Nov 25, 2019
The Right Mission Energizes Men
Nov 18, 2019
MFMfC Launch: Who is this Podcast For?
Nov 10, 2019
Mission Focused Men for Christ 2 Minute Trailer
Oct 16, 2019