Real stories.A call to become more.
Brad Maynard and Dr. Jody Griffin talk with men about faith, identity, responsibility, fatherhood, and the brothers who help them stand.
From Home to College and Beyond: A Young Man’s Perspective with Nathan Armour
What changes when a young man leaves home for college, and what happens when college ends? Nathan Armour joins Brad Maynard to share his perspective on following Christ through both transitions and discerning a call to ministry. It’s a conversation for parents who want to understand what their sons are facing and for young men taking those steps themselves.
Music: "Apple For The Preacher" by Shane Ivers (Silverman Sound Studios), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Track and artist. Excerpted, faded, and mixed with speech for the podcast opening and closing.
What Is a Real Man?
What makes a man real? Brad Maynard and Nathan Armour unpack what it looks like to reject passivity, speak the truth, and take responsibility. The conversation takes these marks of biblical manhood out of the classroom and into everyday life.
Music: "Apple For The Preacher" by Shane Ivers (Silverman Sound Studios), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Track and artist. Excerpted, faded, and mixed with speech for the podcast opening and closing.
Faith Over Fear
What does faith look like when fear makes the next step hard? Brad Maynard and Dr. Jody Griffin talk about trusting God, obedience as freedom, and how faith grows through experience. They bring the conversation home to family life, learning from mentors, and choosing one wise next step.
Music: "Apple For The Preacher" by Shane Ivers (Silverman Sound Studios), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Track and artist. Excerpted, faded, and mixed with speech for the podcast opening and closing.
Law vs. Grace — Living from God’s Acceptance in Christ
Session 7: Law vs. Grace. Living from God’s acceptance in Christ. Fight for Manhood: following Jesus in everyday life, together.
From Self-Doubt to Courage, with Jerry Fu
Brad Maynard reconnects with Fight for Manhood graduate Jerry Fu to talk about moving beyond self-doubt and the need for approval. Jerry shares the career setbacks, brotherhood, faith, and small acts of courage that helped him build a new life in Houston, develop his leadership coaching business, and take risks in relationships. A conversation about learning to say no, starting again, and taking one concrete step forward.
This week’s challenge: name one place where fear or the need for approval is keeping you stuck. Talk with a brother you trust and take one concrete step forward.
Connect with Jerry at Adapting Leaders.
Understanding Changes Everything, with Doug Shock
Brad Maynard and Jody Griffin sit down with longtime friend and current Fight participant Doug Shock for Session 5: Healing and Understanding. Doug shares how the Fight became an answer to prayer and what he is learning about forgiveness, responsibility, and healing. Jody shares why this lesson changed his own life. Ask God: What do I still need to understand? What is mine to own?
This week’s challenge: bring one relationship before God, ask what you still need to understand, and talk with a brother you trust. Stand as a son. Fight like a man.
Protected but Not Prepared, with Greg Horton
Brad Maynard and Greg Horton talk about becoming better prepared for marriage and fatherhood: facing unmet expectations, learning from other men, managing reactions, and giving our families the presence and affirmation they need. Name one responsibility. Have one honest conversation. Take one concrete step.
This week’s challenge: choose one responsibility you want to carry better, talk with a trusted, mature man, and take one concrete step.
What a good father gives a son, with Tom Franklin
Brad Maynard and Dr. Jody Griffin welcome Tom Franklin for a positive, honest conversation about presence, encouragement, faith, and love expressed through actions and words. Whether your relationship with your father was good or painful, your story is not over—and you can pass the blessing forward.
This week’s challenge: be present. Speak the words. Pass the blessing forward.
An honest conversation with Will and Gage Maynard
A man can spend his whole life protecting his image and never become free. Brad sits down with his two older sons, Will and Gage, to talk about pressure, failure, fatherhood, faith, and the courage to bring what we carry into the light.
This week’s challenge: name what you are carrying and reach out to someone you trust.
Greg Horton on brotherhood and becoming a man
What kind of man are you becoming? Brad, Jody, and Greg share an honest conversation about the past we carry, the choices that form us, and one step we can take this week.
Share the conversation with a man you trust. What are you fighting for right now?