Iron Sharpens Iron

Send us a textOn EP. 113 Chad we are in the book of 1 Samuel 13 as we talk about what it takes to be a man who patiently waits on God. In 1 Samuel 13:9 King Saul was told by Samuel to wait, but he gets impatient and offers up a burnt offering, disobeying God. He wasn't believing that God was going to show up. Impatience clouds our judgment and it ultimately brings conflict with God. How can we become better men? By not chasing after instant gratification. A patent man can lead others. "We should always be moving at the pace of God." // Chad Zueck**FULL SHOW NOTES AT MENOFIRON.ORG/PODCAST**You are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker Tony Dungy! Go to menofiron.org/dungy to get your tickets today!We are growing an audience and we need your help. Share this on your social media feeds, subscribe a

Send us a textOn EP. 112 Chad is on the pod as he talks about what it means to be an unreasonable man. Men, these are the times to step up and do the things that God wants us to do. Because we often overcommit in other areas, we do not have the freedom to be men that are engaging with the issues of the day. If you are a Christian man, you are called to be a righteous man. We need to become unreasonable about the things that matter. "We need to become unreasonable about the things that matter." // Chad Zueck**FULL SHOW NOTES AT MENOFIRON.ORG/PODCAST**You are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker Tony Dungy! Go to menofiron.org/dungy to get your tickets today!We are growing an audience and we need your help. Share this on your social media feeds, subscribe and rate/review on Apple Podcasts!At Men of Ir

Send us a textOn EP. 111 Chad is back on the pod as he talks about the growth required to be a good man. We take a look at the high-paid professional vs. the amateur. The amateur is someone who loves what they do, they do not rest on past accolades or achievements. Men, we must be amateurs at heart and mind and love what we do as men. Let's earn the title of "Good Man" every single day. If you want to be a good man, there is always growth required. "Aim for purpose not success." // Chad Zeuck**FULL SHOW NOTES AT MENOFIRON.ORG/PODCAST**You are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker Tony Dungy! Go to menofiron.org/dungy to get your tickets today!We are growing an audience and we need your help. Share this on your social media feeds, subscribe and rate/review on Apple Podcasts!At Men of Ir

Send us a textOn EP. 110 Garret finishes up the series on reliable men from 2 Timothy 2:2. Today we turn our attention to the hardworking farmer. The farmer knows how to work hard and when to work hard. When it comes to the hard-working farmer it's the crops that he produces that fuel his body. He knows he must put in the work to put food on the table. To be a reliable man, you have to take responsibility for your own life. Lazy men don't make good proteges, overworked men don't make good proteges. But farmers, men who know when to rest and when to work, make excellent proteges. "To be a reliable man, you have to take responsibility for your own life." // Garret Barbush**FULL SHOW NOTES AT MENOFIRON.ORG/PODCAST**You are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker Tony Dungy! Go to menofiron.

Send us a textOn EP. 109 we are back for part 3 on reliable men. Today we talk about the athlete. Men, great athletes compete to win but they don't take shortcuts. Reliable men follow the rules, they follow the rules of marriage, business, fatherhood and more. We SHOULD play the game to win, but compete within the rules. God honors excellence, and excellence honors God. Let's strive to win as husbands, fathers, and leaders. Let's compete within the rules, let's pursue excellence!"God honors excellence and excellence honors God." // Garret Barbush**FULL SHOW NOTES AT MENOFIRON.ORG/PODCAST**You are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker Tony Dungy! Go to menofiron.org/dungy to get your tickets today!We are growing an audience and we need your help. Share this on your social media fee

Send us a textOn EP. 108 we continue the conversation on reliable men from 2 Timothy 2:2. Garret dives into verse 3 as Paul talks about the first reliable man, the solider. The solider wants to please the commanding officer, he stays focused on the battle. He stays focused on Jesus. He does not get sidetracked with ambitions in the civilian world. This world desperately needs more reliable men who stay focused on the mission at hand, like a solider.When we have more men focused on ending our lives with Jesus saying, "Well done good and faithful servant," our culture will change one man at a time.  // Garret BarbushYou are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker Tony Dungy! Go to menofiron.org/dungy to get your tickets today!We are growing an audience and we need your help. Share this on your social med

Send us a textOn EP. 107 we break down 2 Timothy 2:2 as Paul instructs Timothy to entrust the things he has heard to reliable men. Who are the reliable men in your life and what are you entrusting to them? It's time to stop making excuses as to why you aren't mentoring another man. Find the reliable men in your life, teach them, train them, move them forward and entrust them to do the same for someone else. "And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others." // 2 Timothy 2:2 (NIV)You are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker Tony Dungy! Go to menofiron.org/dungy to get your tickets today!We are growing an audience and we need your help. Share this on your social media feeds, subscribe and rate/review

Send us a textOn EP. 106 Garret touches on the hot topic conversation of the day, Joe Rogan and the Spotify conflict. Men, we live in a sensitive culture where it's not okay to have disagreements. We break down a story in Acts 15 between Paul and Barnabas where they agreed to disagree and moved forward with love and respect. In relationships disagreements are inevitable. Let's be tolerant men amid an intolerant world."Men, if we are going thrive as men, we need to learn how to simply allow ideas to collide and understand that this should not derail us but it should put us on course for what God has called us to do." // Garret BarbushYou are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker Tony Dungy! Go to menofiron.org/dungy to get your tickets today!We are growing an audience and we need your help.

Send us a textOn EP. 105 we are talking about the significance of a conversation over a cup of coffee. Garret shares a story about a conversation he had with a friend that created a ripple effect of generosity. In a fast-paced we rarely make time to slow down and meet face to face with a friend and talk about life. But when we do, God uses these conversations to sharpen us and to make the world around us better. It's why at Men of Iron we believe so strongly in mentorship. When men meet face-to-face and hold each other accountable to being the best they can be, their lives, marriages, families and communities are transformed."It's amazing to think what God can do when two men sit face to face and have a conversation." // Garret BarbushYou are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker Tony Dungy

Send us a textOn EP. 104 we are talking about the greatest quarterback of all-time, Tom Brady. ICYMI, Brady retired last week as not only the greatest quarterback of all-time, but arguably the greatest athlete of all time. Men, there is a cost to being the best. There is a sacrifice that a man needs to make to be fully committed to a cause, a purpose, a passion, a job, etc. If you want to be great than there are things you have to sacrifice along the way. Tom Brady counted the cost and it was a cost that he was willing to pay because he wanted to be the best. As Christ followers, what can we learn from Tom Brady? We need to be the best men of God that we can possibly be and be willing to pay the price."We need to be the best men of God that we can possibly be and be willing to pay the price." // Garret Barbush"And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple."  // Luke 14:27 (NIV)You are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact i

Send us a textOn EP. 103 Garret continues the conversation in the book of Joshua as he breaks down what it means to be obedient men of God. In Chapter 3, God exalts Joshua in the eyes of Israel, he promotes him in a leadership role. Joshua was obedient to God and his circle of influence grew because of it. People were not going to follow Joshua without knowing that God was with him. If we truly desire to lead and grow as men, we need to understand that people will only follow us when they know that God is with us. Often our best witness as men is to show how we can lead through the difficult things in life. Joshua was obedient and sensitive to the Holy Spirit, God was with him. Men, it's not just about being strong and courageous, but true leadership is being obedient to God and pursuing the things that He is calling us to do."People will follow you, if you follow God." // Garret Barbush"And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may kn

Send us a textOn EP. 102 Garret dives into Joshua 1:6-7 as he talks about what it takes to be men of strength and courage. Men, God's Word has to be the foundation of our lives. When we put God at the center and meditate on His Word daily, that is where we truly find strength and courage to lead well."Great leaders do things others are not willing to do." // Garret Barbush"Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them. 'Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.'" // Joshua 1:6-7You are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker Tony Dungy! Go to menofiron.org/dungy to g

Send us a textOn EP. 101 Garret is talking to YOU about the importance of inviting accountability into your life. When you write your goals out on paper, you have a 50% chance of accomplishing that goal. When you have a scheduled accountability appointment, the chances of achieving that goal skyrocket to 95%! At Men of Iron we believe that one-to-one mentorship is the greatest form of accountability. Men, don't run from accountability. Pursue it and invite it into your life. Go find a mentor today. "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17Looking for accountability in your life? That’s why we created Strong27™ – a mentorship experience that provides the tools and training needed for mentors and proteges to grow in their faith, family, friends, fitness and finances. Check out menofiron.org/programs/individual/strong27/ for more info!"Look for opportunities to invite accountability into your life." // Garret BarbushWe are growing an audience and we need your h

Send us a textEP. 100 is here! We want to take a second to highlight this milestone and say THANK YOU for listening. We pray that these conversations have sharpened you and equipped you to be the man God created you to be. To celebrate our 100th episode would you help us by leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts! The more Apple Podcast reviews we receive, the more exposure we get. So thank you for taking the time to leave a review!On EP. 100 Garret shares one of the most uncomfortable experiences of his life, 9 hours of terror on the side of a mountain with avid rock climber Jason Graves, climbing level 5.9 and 5.10 cracks. We pray that this conversation will challenge you to look not resist change, but embrace it. Change that's going to get you out of your comfort zone"Don't resist change, embrace it." // Garret BarbushYou are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iro

Send us a textMen, welcome to 2022! It's a new year with new aspirations and new goals. On EP. 99 of the Men of Iron Podcast Garret brings us another quick hitter about the power of planning and intentionality. Being intentional with a plan and being intentional with a purpose for your life requires work. Garret breaks down 4 steps that will help you develop a plan for 2022. "We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer. People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives. Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed." // Proverbs 16:1-3"Don't make your own plans, seek God's will for your life." // Garret BarbushYou are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker Tony Dungy! Go to menofiron.org/dungy to get your tickets today!

Send us a textOn EP. 98 of the Men of Iron Podcast, Garret is back as he continues the conversation on distractions. When we get distracted we lose focus on what is really important. Men, this is why establishing guardrails is so vital. What guardrails do you have in place to help keep you focused on the priorities in your life? "Guardrails will direct and protect, but they will not get you to where God wants you to go." // Garret BarbushYou are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker Tony Dungy! Go to menofiron.org/dungy to get your tickets today!We are growing an audience and we need your help. Share this on your social media feeds, subscribe and rate/review on Apple Podcasts!To get further connected with Men of Iron, here are some options:Follow “Men of Iron” on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.Shar

Send us a textOn EP. 97 of the Men of Iron Podcast Garret joins the podcast to talk to us about focus and distraction. What is the biggest issue that men are facing today? Is it pornography, work, marriage issues, fitness? At Men of Iron we believe the number one issue men are facing today is FOCUS, or a lack thereof. Distractions and lack of focus often leads to an ineffective, an unhealthy life. Listen as Garret provides practical tips to help you find accountability, put guardrails in place to limit distractions, and rediscover your focus. "Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is." Ephesians 5:15-17You are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker

Send us a textOn EP. 96 of the Men of Iron Podcast we are talking about missing the mark. The flesh and Spirit are at war for our hope, peace, and future. From soul to soil, we have all been tainted by sin. The forces of sin’s nature frustratingly render our self-willed attempts at freedom beaten and still “missing the mark”. Alas, there is grace for those struggling with sin’s grip and the fleshly struggle. This episode will help you gain your bearings and knock off the rust!"Grace is the reminder that we are not as we should be, and grace gives the call to change. At just the right time, grace provides us with the power to do it." // Chad ZueckYou are invited to celebrate God's transforming work across 15 years of impact in the lives of men pursuing Him and their purpose. Join us on April 19, 2022 for the Iron Sharpens Iron Dinner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring keynote speaker Tony Dungy! Go to menofiron.org/dungy to get your tickets today!We are growing an audience and we need your hel

Send us a textOn EP. 95 of the Men of Iron Podcast Chad sits down with author and speaker Jon Tyson. On the episode Chad and Jon talk about "How to raise sons of courage and character." If you have a son, this podcast is for you!"Your son is going to walk out into the world one day. What will he take with him?" // Jon TysonJon is an author, speaker and Pastor and Church Planter in New York City. He is the author of Beautiful Resistance, Sacred Roots, A Creative Minority, and The Burden is Light. Originally from Adelaide, Australia, Jon now lives in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan with his wife. He has two adult children. He serves as the Lead Pastor of Church of the City New York. Jon explored masculine initiation processes from around the world to give his son a proper process into manhood, and now we explore that practical journey. Jon’s heart for men is contagious and enlightening. How to connect with Jon:https://www.primalpath.co/https://church.nyc/https://twitter.com/jont

Send us a textOn EP. 94 of the Men of Iron Podcast Chad sits down Mike Yarbrough, the founder of Wolf & Iron, as Mike breaks down the 5 Principles of Living Manfully. Mike has a passion for entrepreneurship, stories, and helping men heed the High Call of manful living. Wolf & Iron was created to inspire men to heed this High Call and to give them the tools to do so."It's ironic that manliness comes through adversity, and yet adversity is the thing we so often want to solve. A man who can't find some admirable duty to perform in a time of peace and prosperity is merely a soldier. The man, who can, well, that man is a king." // Mike YarbroughWolf & Iron Website: https://wolfandiron.com/Rustic & Main Website: https://rusticandmain.com/Wolf & Iron Podcast: https://wolfandiron.com/blogs/feedthewolf/tagged/podcastLooking for additional resources to help move this conversation forward? Check out "20 Lessons That Build A Man's Faith." An uncomplicated mentorship