100 episodes

This is a Christian podcast for men. Each episode focuses on real-life issues men care about. Together we explore what it means to live day to day with authentic faith.

Impactus podcast Impactus

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.7 • 9 Ratings

This is a Christian podcast for men. Each episode focuses on real-life issues men care about. Together we explore what it means to live day to day with authentic faith.

    EP 69: Live Your Assignment with Phil Wagler

    EP 69: Live Your Assignment with Phil Wagler

    Are you a man who lives your life with a sense of purpose and intentionality?
    We’ve heard it said that God “calls” people like pastors, teachers, and missionaries into ministry, but what about the rest of us?
    Do we have a “calling” on our lives?
    In this podcast, Dean sits down with Phil Wagler, who is certainly no stranger to Impactus!
    Phil lives in British Columbia with his family. He has recently written a book called Live Your Assignment: Being Christ’s Ambassador in 7 Spheres of Life, which explores the idea that every believer has been given an assignment by God to fulfill in every area of our lives.
    He has a unique take on discipleship and calling and challenges believers everywhere to apply these principles to their lives.
    Phil has lived these ideas as a believer, son, husband, father, pastor, mission leader, and servant in the broader Body of Christ through working with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and the World Evangelical Association.
    Phil is deeply committed to inspiring and equipping the local church for a holistic mission and the ministry of reconciliation, which you will hear about in this interview.
    Dean and Phil cover a variety of topics and ideas in this conversation, including:
    How “reconciliation” is truly the centre of the Gospel, where we are reconciled to God, ourselves, others, and Creation. Exploring the implications of giving to Caesar what is Caesar’s and giving to God what is God’s (Matthew 22:21). What it means to be an “ambassador” of Christ, and the posture an ambassador takes in representing the Kingdom and the King. The spheres of influence God has given to every believer (not just the “professional” ministers!) and how to embrace being an ambassador in each of these areas. What it means to truly “let go” to God and the wonderful blessings that come when we do. Why “faithfulness” is more important than “vision” in a believer’s life. Knowing that there is no “just” in the Kingdom of God (e.g. “I’m ‘just’ a plumber…” “I’m ‘just’ a homemaker…”; every assignment that God gives to a believer is significant! Join us for this fascinating conversation with Dean and Phil!
     

    • 42 min
    EP 68: How to Resurrect a Dead Prayer Life with Dr. Thrasher

    EP 68: How to Resurrect a Dead Prayer Life with Dr. Thrasher

    If you were to rate your prayer life today on a scale of 1-10…how would you rate yourself?
    Of course, there is no easy rating scale for our relationship with God, but prayer is one of those areas of our spiritual lives that men consistently find difficult.
    At the start of this fresh new year, when topics around spiritual disciplines are common conversation, this is a great time to evaluate our prayer habits and what they mean for our walk with God.
    In this month’s podcast, we are excited to welcome Dr. Bill Thrasher! Bill is a graduate professor of Bible and Theology at Moody Theological Seminary and a frequent speaker for churches and retreats nationwide. His ministry interests include campus discipleship, singles ministry, and evangelism.
    He is the author of Believing God for His Best, A Journey to Victorious Praying, Principles of Christian Living from Romans 5-8, The Attributes of God in Pauline Theology, and Living the Life God Has Planned. Bill and his wife, Penny, live in the Chicago area and have three sons.
    His most recent book is entitled How to Resurrect a Dead Prayer Life. We all know that prayer is essential—it's the lifeblood of the Christian life. But most of us find prayer to be challenging. We easily get discouraged, disillusioned, and distracted.
    So, how can a man build and sustain a meaningful and valuable prayer life?
    Through this conversation, Dean and Dr. Thrasher cover such topics as:
    What does it mean to “pray in the Spirit”? How does the Holy Spirit motivate and encourage our prayer life? How can we identify and revive a “dead” prayer life? How can someone with a worried or frantic life begin to enjoy God’s presence and peace? What does it mean to truly encounter God in prayer, and not just do it as a religious duty? What do you do when you don’t know how to pray or what to pray for? How does God use our most challenging moments to actually defeat the Enemy in our lives? How can we turn our chronic temptations into moments of encounter and victory with God? Enjoy all this and more in this month’s podcast!

    • 42 min
    EP 67: Just Show Up with Drew Dyck

    EP 67: Just Show Up with Drew Dyck

    Have you ever felt stressed, burdened, or overwhelmed by all the things you have to do?
    Then along comes the Church, and our relationship with God, and we look at all the things we “should” be doing, and we see more deficits and feel more guilt.
    Christians are called to live a life that glorifies God and blesses others. How do we do that when we're already feeling stretched to capacity?
    But what if God didn’t expect you to do everything…and certainly not do it all overnight?
    What if one of the greatest things we could do for God, our families, our communities, and ourselves, was to “just show up”?
    We tend to think it's the big, bold moments that matter in life, but in reality, it's the steady accumulation of small acts of obedience to God that add up to a life of meaning and impact.
    For this month’s podcast, we are so excited to have Drew Dyck with us. Drew is an editor at Moody Publishers and the former managing editor of Leadership Journal.
    He is the author of several books, including Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science, and his latest work, Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything. Drew’s work has been featured in Christianity Today, Relevant, and CNN.com. He lives near Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Grace, and their three children.
    As Dean and Drew jump into their conversation, they tackle such topics as:
    How are Christians called to truly “change the world?” What does it mean to “just show up” for God and others? Why is physical presence with other people so important? How do we grapple with the many distractions in our lives, especially our screens? Why do so many men struggle with being “escape artists”? What is a way to engage in spiritual disciplines without feeling pressure or shame for not doing “enough”? How can our actions affect our mental health, both positively and negatively? What can guys do in times when they find their faith wavering? All this and more in this month’s podcast! Enjoy!

    • 40 min
    EP 66: The Great Sex Rescue with Sheila Wray and Keith Gregoire

    EP 66: The Great Sex Rescue with Sheila Wray and Keith Gregoire

    Disclaimer: This conversation frankly discusses sensitive topics relating to sex and marriage that may not be age-appropriate for younger viewers/listeners.
    In this month’s podcast, Dean sits down for a conversation with Sheila and Keith Gregoire. Sheila is no stranger to the Impactus podcast, and we are happy to have her husband with us this time as well!
    Sheila is the face behind Bare Marriage, a website and blog dedicated to Christian marriage and sex. She is the author of nine books, including best-sellers The Great Sex Rescue and The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex and is a much sought-after speaker on these topics.
    She lives in Ontario, Canada, with her husband Keith, who co-authored a new book, The Good Guy’s Guide to Great Sex, with Sheila. They have been married for over 30 years and have two adult children and two grandchildren.
    The Gregoires are passionate about changing the evangelical conversation about sex and marriage to line up with Kingdom principles. They desire to bring research and data to this conversation, and to undo some of the harmful and toxic Christian teaching on sex that exists out there, and to bring sexuality back in line with the Scriptures and the way of Jesus.
    In this podcast, Dean and the Gregoires have an absorbing and in-depth conversation about some very tricky topics, exploring such questions as:
    If sex is truly a gift from God, why do many Christian women feel like it is anything but?  Why is our theology of sex so important? What are the 5 most important contributors to a frequent and healthy sex life in a marriage? What are some of the most damaging teachings about sex out there in Christian circles, and why are they so damaging?  How has “purity culture” teaching affected marriages? What is a healthy Kingdom view of sexuality? What are some lessons about sex that Christian men need to un-learn? What does it mean to be “Christ-like” in your sex life? Join us for this important and impactful conversation!
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    • 37 min
    EP 65: Non-Toxic Masculinity: Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality with Zach Wagner | Impactus Podcast

    EP 65: Non-Toxic Masculinity: Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality with Zach Wagner | Impactus Podcast

    Disclaimer: This conversation discusses sensitive topics that may not be age-appropriate for younger viewers/listeners.
    In this podcast, Dean interviews Zachary Wagner, author of Non-Toxic Masculinity: Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality.
    Zachary hails from Chicago and currently lives in England as a PhD candidate at Oxford. He is also the editorial director of the Center for Pastoral Theologians, where he co-hosts the CPT Podcast. He is a researcher, writer, and ordained minister who discusses post-evangelical discipleship, theological formation, and speaking against abuse in the Church.
    As the #MeToo movement erupted and decades of male sexual sin against others was exposed, many Christians were shocked as the #ChurchToo movement followed—we learned that much sexual sin and abuse was happening even within the Church.
    From small churches to megachurches and international ministries, numerous scandals were exposed involving the faithful experiencing sexual harassment and abuse at the hands of Christian men.
    Combine this with an ongoing conversation in the Church about “purity culture” and its effects on a generation of young Christians, and Zach found himself with a lot of questions that needed answers, which he explored in his book.
    As Dean and Zach jump into these hot topics, they grapple with some of those questions:
    Where did “purity culture” come from, and why?  What was good about purity culture, and what wasn’t good, in retrospect?  In defining masculinity, what is toxic vs. non-toxic masculinity?  How can we live out being men, made in the image of God, in healthy and holy ways? What do our masculinity and sexuality have to do with fatherhood?  What does Jesus’s life and example teach us about masculinity?   As this discussion unfolds, we learn a lot about what is going on in our culture at this moment, what has been going on in the Church, and how we can find hopeful and healthy ways to move forward as men, living into our God-created nature, and doing so in a way that serves and blesses the world. 
    We hope you enjoy this fascinating conversation about some very tricky topics, and are encouraged in your manhood through it!
     
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    • 40 min
    EP 64: The Future of Men's Ministry with Steve Sonderman | Impactus Podcast

    EP 64: The Future of Men's Ministry with Steve Sonderman | Impactus Podcast

    In this episode, Impactus President Dean Brenton sits down with Men’s Ministry legend Steve Sonderman!
    Steve is highly regarded as one of the pioneers of the Men’s Ministry movement in America. He started one of the country’s first Men’s Ministries at Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, WI. He is the founder of No Regrets Men’s Ministries, including the annual No Regrets Men’s Conference, which draws thousands of men across the US and around the world. He consults and equips worldwide, training local churches on creating their own dynamic Men's Ministry in their own context.
    In this fascinating conversation, Dean and Steve take time to cover a variety of helpful topics surrounding Men's Ministry, including:
    How can churches reach men for Jesus more effectively? How can a church get a Men’s Ministry started? What is changing in Men’s Ministry, and how can churches navigate? What is the greatest challenge that Men’s Ministries are currently facing? Why is Men’s Ministry so important to the Kingdom of God and to the local church? What do pastors need to know about the value of Men’s Ministry in their church? How can a Men’s Ministry shift to become more outward-focused and missional? What are young men today most desperate for, and how can Men’s Ministries engage with the younger generation? Amidst this wide-ranging conversation, there is much hope, encouragement, strategy and vision for every Men’s Ministry leader and volunteer out there who is doing the good and noble work of ministering to men.
    Dean and Steve give us the gift of a conversation steeped in a wealth of knowledge, experience, expertise, and godly wisdom, as Steve shares from his decades of leadership and ministry involvement in Men's Ministry and the local church.
    We hope you enjoy this deep dive into Men’s Ministry with one of the all-time greats.
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    • 38 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
9 Ratings

9 Ratings

321 Harrison ,

Sorry, but this podcast is Dry

I really don’t like to be critical for the sake of criticism but I’m hoping that some constructive criticism might be received here. I’m not sure who (or what age) of an audience Impactus is try to reach with this podcast but it sure doesn’t seem to be men 40 or younger. God bless Dean Brenton ,but interviewing does not seem to be his gifting. Impactus might do well to let someone else do the interviews who’s a little more gifted in public speaking.
I’m not sure why they think we need (what feels like) a 10 minute autobiography of each guest. Especially since a lot of the guests personal live are (not trying to be unkind here) but are not very interesting. Dean’s personally is pleasant and he seems like a joyful guy but lacks anything resembling energy or charisma. I just think he’s out of his lane here. Unfortunately the guess chosen for this podcast seem to resemble Dean more than a counterbalance to his personal. I know direct criticism can tough to take and easy to dismiss, but I do hope for the sake of the men you’re trying to reach you will prayerfully considering what I’m trying to express here.
Praying for you all and the work you’re trying to accomplish.

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