Leadership Formation For Christian Men

Josh Price & Tim Holloway
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LFCM (Leadership Formation for Christian Men) equips Christian men to grow in faith, character, purpose, and influence. Through biblical discipleship, leadership development, accountability, spiritual formation, and personal growth, LFCM helps men become stronger leaders at home, in the workplace, in the church, and in their communities. Our focus is on authentic masculinity, Christ-centered leadership, biblical manhood, spiritual maturity, family leadership, integrity, discipleship, and kingdom impact. We develop men of faith, character, courage, truth, and influence who are committed to following Jesus and leading others well.

  1. 14h ago

    Why God Disrupts Your Life Before He Transforms You

    Feeling restless, bothered, irritated, or like something is off in your life? You may not be broken. You may be in the disruption phase of spiritual growth. In this episode, Tim Holloway breaks down why God often disrupts a man before He transforms him. When numbing stops working, when success feels empty, when your marriage, health, business, emotions, or spiritual life start exposing pressure points, it may be God knocking beneath the noise. This message is for Christian men who feel stuck, spiritually dry, emotionally tired, or successful on the outside but unsettled on the inside. You’ll learn why discomfort can be mercy, why old patterns have to fail, and why God uses disruption to wake men up from cluelessness, numbness, self-sufficiency, and false peace. Using Revelation 3, Saul on the road to Damascus, Cain, Moses, and real-life examples of marriage crisis, health scares, business pressure, and emotional heaviness, this episode shows how God interrupts survival patterns so men can finally see clearly, embrace formation, and step into deeper transformation. You’ll learn why disruption is not always punishment, but often God’s mercy interrupting patterns that no longer work. You’ll see how numbing, addiction, busyness, achievement, and self-sufficiency can keep men spiritually blind until God allows pressure to expose the truth. You’ll understand how biblical examples like Saul, Cain, Moses, and the church in Laodicea reveal the way God uses questions, crisis, and discomfort to awaken awareness. You’ll be challenged to examine where your wife’s pain, your children’s distance, your business pressure, your body, your emotions, and your spiritual dryness may be trying to get your attention. 00:00 Phase Three: Being Disrupted02:15 When Numbing Stops Working04:32 Successful Outside, Unsettled Inside06:38 Revelation 3: Jesus Knocking at the Door09:37 Truth That Bothers You11:21 When God Shakes Your Patterns13:30 God Awakens Awareness15:12 Why Feel-Good Messages Don’t Transform16:06 Saul Before the Disruption18:37 Why Are You Persecuting Me?20:35 God Uses Questions to Wake Men Up22:13 When Certainty Gets Shattered25:32 Blindness, Formation, and Real Sight28:54 When Your Framework Stops Working30:41 Crisis as a Fork in the Road32:45 System Failure and Spiritual Awakening35:31 Stop Blaming Everything Outside You38:34 Pressure Reveals What You’ve Been Using41:25 The Dark Night of the Soul43:39 The Temptation to Go Back to Numbing47:39 Cain, Anger, and Awareness Before Destruction49:34 Moses and the Burning Bush51:01 Where Is God Disrupting Your Life?52:29 Disruption Is an Invitation #ChristianMen#SpiritualGrowth#MensMinistry#Transformation#FaithJourney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    56 min

  2. 1d ago

    Comfortably Numb: The Silent Trap for Christian Men

    Are you spiritually numb, emotionally tired, or quietly drifting while still looking responsible on the outside? In this powerful Christian men’s teaching, Tim Holloway exposes how men often use work, food, entertainment, porn, alcohol, substances, ministry, busyness, achievement, and even religious performance to avoid pain, stress, shame, loneliness, disappointment, and the deeper condition of the heart. This message is for Christian men, husbands, fathers, leaders, business owners, ministry leaders, and men who feel disconnected from God, their marriage, their family, their body, and their mission. You may not be in open rebellion, but you may be lukewarm, passive, distracted, emotionally absent, and comfortably numb. Like the church in Revelation 3, everything may look successful on the outside while something inside is spiritually poor, blind, exposed, and in need of healing. God is not trying to shame you. He is trying to wake you up. This episode helps you identify your numbing habits, face what you have been avoiding, and begin the journey toward awareness, soul restoration, spiritual clarity, emotional healing, and real peace in Christ. You’ll learn how numbness often hides behind socially acceptable habits like productivity, comfort food, sports, YouTube, Netflix, scrolling, ministry, and constant responsibility. You’ll discover why Christian men can confuse busyness with fruitfulness, performance with maturity, and emotional avoidance with peace. You’ll see how the story of Eli reveals the danger of passivity, compromise, and refusing to confront what God has already brought to your awareness. You’ll be challenged to examine your marriage, family, body, business, leadership, and relationship with God to see where comfort has become a hiding place. 00:00 Intro: Being comfortably numb02:00 Why this message matters04:15 Avoidance through performance05:48 Facing your self-protection strategies06:21 Revelation 3 and lukewarm faith07:36 The danger of the comfort zone09:48 God loves you too much to leave you numb10:15 Eli: a leader who saw dysfunction but stayed passive12:41 Compromise inside the family15:21 Losing sensitivity while looking normal18:29 What you tolerate privately comes out publicly18:43 Work as the most acceptable drug20:20 Food, comfort eating, and Christian culture23:55 Entertainment as escape25:15 Porn as sexual escape and self-soothing28:29 Alcohol, weed, pills, and socially acceptable numbing30:38 Busyness, responsibility, and the need to be needed31:31 Ministry and spiritual performance as hiding places33:38 Anger, fitness, achievement, and status34:57 What are you trying not to feel?37:30 Numbing is a symptom, not the root problem39:19 Why feelings may feel unsafe41:09 Jesus never confused busyness with fruitfulness42:02 God wakes up the numb man43:21 When leaders fail because formation is missing47:59 Where numbness shows up in your life50:23 Real peace versus numbness52:14 What have you relied on instead of God? #ChristianMen#SpiritualGrowth#EmotionalHealing#MensMinistry#ChristianLeadership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    53 min

  3. 2d ago

    What You Refuse to See Will Cost You

    Many Christian men, leaders, husbands, fathers, entrepreneurs, and ministry leaders are building their lives while ignoring the warning signs that something is breaking underneath the surface. Your marriage may be sending signals. Your body may be sounding alarms. Your business, soul, emotions, and leadership may already be showing signs of collapse, but without self-awareness, you keep calling it normal life. In this episode, Tim Holloway exposes the danger of clueless leadership and why the most dangerous leader is the one who cannot see himself. This conversation is about spiritual awareness, emotional maturity, leadership formation, Christian men’s growth, marriage health, business leadership, fatherhood, soul care, and learning to pray the dangerous prayer from Psalm 139: Search me, O God. You will learn why gifted leaders still fall, why success does not equal maturity, why warning signs matter, and why God uses pressure, pain, and deficiency to reveal what needs healing. This is stage one of becoming a formed man: waking up from cluelessness and finally seeing what you have refused to face. You’ll learn why leaders often confuse gifting, calling, charisma, or business success with true spiritual and emotional maturity. You’ll discover how cluelessness shows up in marriage, fatherhood, health, leadership, money, ministry, and personal patterns. You’ll see why warning signs often appear long before collapse, and how ignoring them creates deeper emotional and spiritual ruts. You’ll understand why the prayer Search me, O God is the starting point for self-awareness, surrender, healing, and mature Christian leadership. 00:00 Intro: The most dangerous leader01:59 Warning signs in marriage, health, business, and soul03:31 The Titanic syndrome and ignored alarms05:09 Cluelessness, patterns, and pre-contemplation06:45 Why we keep repeating the same cycles08:47 Entropy: what happens when life is left alone11:25 Psalm 139 and the prayer for awareness14:52 How unconscious programming shapes your life16:17 The money tree and living on autopilot20:06 Personal stories of collapse and warning signs23:32 Self-awareness begins with surrender25:12 Are you truly awake?26:32 Samson: power without self-awareness28:27 Why gifted leaders collapse32:38 A.W. Tozer, ministry, family, and formation36:27 Cluelessness can look like confidence39:52 How blind spots show up in leadership44:36 Reactive leaders and anxious team culture47:14 Family patterns running the show49:42 Pressure exposes deficiency52:32 Jesus and the questions that wake us up55:09 Jesus as the model of full awareness57:34 Where cluelessness may be showing up in your life59:51 Cluelessness is life without reflection01:00:30 The first step on the road to maturity #ChristianLeadership#MensMinistry#SelfAwareness#SpiritualFormation#EmotionalMaturity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 4m

  4. 3d ago

    Stop Escaping Pain and Start Becoming a Better Man

    Are you stuck in a destructive pattern you know is hurting you—but you still cannot seem to break it? In this powerful men’s podcast episode, Tim Holloway sits down with David Vander Velden of Respect First to talk about addiction, shame, alcohol, trauma, faith, masculinity, accountability, and what it really takes for men to rebuild their lives. David shares how drinking became a way to escape pain, how losing his teaching career became a wake-up call, and how brotherhood, honesty, faith in God, and self-respect helped him begin again. This conversation is for men who feel trapped in avoidance, stuck in bad habits, tired of pretending they have it all together, or ready to become the man they were created to be. You will hear a real story of recovery, identity, discipline, and emotional healing—not theory, not hype, but a practical path for men who want to stop hiding and start changing. In this episode, you’ll learn why addiction is often a symptom of deeper pain, how respecting yourself first can help you face the truth, why accountability and brotherhood matter for men, and how small daily choices can help you break destructive patterns and rebuild your life with purpose. 00:00 Intro to David Vander Velden and Respect First01:30 Drinking, trauma, and avoiding the truth03:43 Wearing the mask and hiding the pain07:14 Losing his teaching career and facing the wake-up call09:07 Pouring out the alcohol and choosing sobriety10:09 Brotherhood, Wild at Heart, and the start of rebuilding12:37 Learning he is the beloved son of God15:24 The birth of Respect First and Breaking the Pattern17:06 How to identify and break destructive patterns21:25 Accountability, discipline, and brotherhood22:33 What coaching with Respect First looks like24:37 How to connect with David25:19 Closing encouragement #MensPodcast#AddictionRecovery#ChristianMen#MensMentalHealth#BreakThePattern Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    30 min

  5. 6d ago

    Your Life Is Showing What You’ve Been Tending

    Neglect does not destroy your life overnight. It slowly shows up in your marriage, your body, your business, your leadership, your family, and your spiritual life. In this episode, Tim Holloway teaches Christian men how to recognize the areas they have stopped tending and why true ownership begins with seeing what God has placed inside your domain. If you feel like your life is drifting, your relationships are strained, your body is breaking down, your business is overgrown, or your spiritual life feels distant, this message will help you identify the root issue: neglect. You will learn why blaming pressure, fatigue, other people, or circumstances keeps you immature, while ownership brings maturity, stewardship, repair, and responsibility. This teaching is for men who are ready to stop standing idly by, stop meddling in everyone else’s business, and start carrying what is actually theirs. Your marriage, fatherhood, body, mission, calendar, emotions, and walk with God are not random. They are your garden. And whatever you refuse to tend will eventually reveal the cost of neglect. You’ll learn how neglect begins through avoidance, how responsibilities compound when ignored, why your domain matters, and how ownership changes the way you lead your marriage, family, business, body, and spiritual life. Tim also unpacks biblical examples from Adam, Proverbs, and David to show how unattended areas become visible over time and why maturity requires courage, responsibility, and honest self-examination. 00:00 Intro: Becoming an Owner01:45 What Neglect Really Is03:49 Adam’s Neglect in the Garden06:00 Where Neglect Shows Up in Life07:45 The Old House Analogy11:43 Why Untended Areas Fall Apart13:10 The Garden and Weed Lesson15:04 Neglect Compounds Over Time18:03 Proverbs 24 and the Field of the Sluggard21:29 Your Life Reveals What You Tend23:21 Avoidance Creates More Pressure23:53 The Wood Rot and Termite Analogy27:50 Neglect Does Not Stay Neutral30:48 Understanding Your Jurisdiction33:00 Your Loves, Impact, Frame, and Essence37:29 Stay Out of Other People’s Business41:12 David’s Neglect in 2 Samuel 1145:52 Procrastination Is Not Time Management46:53 The Pie Recipe Analogy51:58 What Neglect Feels Like53:00 The Narrow Path and Ownership58:54 Asking God Why You Avoid Responsibility01:00:06 Questions for Your Loves, Impact, Body, and Essence01:02:27 The First Step Into Ownership #ChristianMen #BiblicalManhood #Ownership #SpiritualGrowth #Leadership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 2m

  6. Jun 23

    He Froze in the Hospital… Then God Rebuilt Him with Josh Price

    What do you do when life breaks you, your family is under pressure, and the man you thought you were falls apart? In this powerful Christian men’s podcast episode, Josh Price shares the story of his daughter Brighton’s life-limiting diagnosis, the hospital moment that shattered his identity, and how God began rebuilding him as a husband, father, and leader. This conversation is for Christian men, fathers, husbands, and leaders who feel overwhelmed by pressure, trauma, fear, marriage struggles, parenting challenges, or hard decisions. Josh talks about faith under pressure, post-traumatic growth, choosing life, spiritual formation, masculine identity, leadership, marriage, fatherhood, and learning to stop giving away your authority to fear, circumstances, anger, control, or pain. If you have ever wondered how to lead your family when life feels impossible, how to hear God in suffering, how to make better decisions under pressure, or how to become the man God is forming you to be, this episode will challenge and encourage you. Josh shares the heartbreaking story of his daughter Brighton’s diagnosis with Leigh syndrome and the hospital crisis that forced him to face fear, grief, and helplessness in a new way. You’ll hear how God used one moment of brokenness to begin reshaping Josh’s identity, helping him move from ego, control, and brash confidence toward empathy, love, humility, and spiritual formation. Tim and Josh unpack what it means for Christian men to choose life, walk the narrow road, and experience post-traumatic growth instead of being destroyed by pain. Josh also explains how men give away their authority under pressure, why better decision-making creates better leadership, and how fathers can stop parenting from their own wounds and start parenting the child in front of them. 00:00 Intro01:31 Josh shares his daughter Brighton’s early health struggles03:19 The hospital search for answers04:56 Receiving the Leigh syndrome diagnosis06:45 The morning Brighton stopped breathing08:53 The moment Josh froze under pressure10:07 Life in the PICU and learning to care for Brighton12:28 Grief, terror, and the dreams parents lose16:18 How that hospital moment broke Josh’s old identity18:19 Army leadership, confidence, and decisiveness21:02 How Josh pursued his wife Kelly27:14 Hearing God say, “If you walk with Me, I’ll walk with you”29:24 How suffering changed Josh’s marriage31:28 Breakthroughs in fatherhood and parenting his son34:04 Don’t reparent yourself—parent your child38:26 Marriage, opposition, and learning to listen to your wife40:35 Why men need to pause under pressure43:09 Brighton’s progress and choosing hope45:44 Choosing life instead of being destroyed48:21 Post-traumatic growth52:35 Holding your identity under pressure57:51 Where men give away their authority59:35 Finding the hidden lesson in your hardest season01:01:50 Josh’s six-week coaching process01:05:17 How to connect with Josh #ChristianMen#FaithUnderPressure#ChristianFatherhood#MensLeadership#ChooseLife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 12m

  7. Jun 14

    The Hidden Truth About Pressure Revealing Your Formation Gaps

    Why do Christian men often know what is right, but still fail to live it out when pressure hits? In this episode of Leadership Formation for Christian Men, Tim Holloway unpacks why pressure reveals the man being formed, why spiritual knowledge alone is not enough, and how God uses stress, relationships, emotions, business challenges, marriage tension, and personal pain to expose the gap between what a man knows and who he has become. If you have ever wondered why your Christianity feels like it is not “working,” why you keep reacting the same way under pressure, why you struggle with anger, control, avoidance, numbing, fear, or emotional shutdown, this conversation will help you see pressure differently. Pressure is not always something to escape. It may be the very place where God is speaking, refining, and forming Christ in you. This episode is for Christian men, husbands, fathers, leaders, entrepreneurs, and believers who want deeper spiritual formation, emotional maturity, stronger leadership, and a more surrendered life with God. You’ll learn why pressure reveals the difference between biblical knowledge and true spiritual formation, and why knowing Scripture is not the same as allowing Scripture to read and transform you. Tim explains how God speaks through your real life, including marriage, family, business, emotions, weakness, conflict, fear, and repeated patterns that keep showing up under pressure. You’ll discover why avoidance, numbing, control, anger, defensiveness, and performance mode often come from old programming—and how God uses pressure to bring those hidden patterns into the light. This episode also shows how Christian men can begin responding to pressure with surrender, reflection, wisdom, and emotional maturity instead of reacting from fear, shame, or control. 00:00 Intro00:45 Why Christian men know what to do but still struggle02:19 Why Christianity can feel like it is not working03:15 God comes disguised as your life05:25 Pressure reveals where formation has not caught up07:17 Pressure is a revealer, not the enemy09:01 Why avoiding pain keeps you stuck10:49 How pressure brings hidden patterns into awareness12:48 Why men know better but still react poorly14:00 Letting Scripture read you, not just reading Scripture15:38 Where God speaks through love, family, and business18:38 God meets men inside their emotions20:11 The two builders and the test of integration22:09 Why pressure forms spiritual strength24:55 Becoming a leader who can stand under pressure25:13 The war horse analogy: God as rider, man as horse26:56 How pressure reveals anger, fear, and control28:29 Pressure reveals your patterns29:45 Childhood programming and emotional reactions31:53 Why control and defensiveness show up under pressure33:37 Questions to ask when pressure hits34:26 Where pressure is showing up in your life36:08 How God meets men in weakness and deficiency38:05 Why personal formation affects leadership and business40:34 Deal with pressure privately before it becomes public42:26 Pressure reveals what a man knows vs. who he has become43:26 Why men struggle to hear God’s voice45:11 Formation happens by beholding God #ChristianMen#SpiritualFormation#ChristianLeadership#MensMinistry#BiblicalManhood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    51 min

  8. Jun 8

    The Hidden Danger When Business Culture Goes South – And How to Fix It

    Most business owners are missing the key to long-term success — and it’s hiding in plain sight. Matt Morris reveals the overlooked leadership and cultural habits that cause organizations to crumble—and the simple, actionable steps to turn things around quickly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    30 min
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LFCM (Leadership Formation for Christian Men) equips Christian men to grow in faith, character, purpose, and influence. Through biblical discipleship, leadership development, accountability, spiritual formation, and personal growth, LFCM helps men become stronger leaders at home, in the workplace, in the church, and in their communities. Our focus is on authentic masculinity, Christ-centered leadership, biblical manhood, spiritual maturity, family leadership, integrity, discipleship, and kingdom impact. We develop men of faith, character, courage, truth, and influence who are committed to following Jesus and leading others well.

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