Kavod: The Man of God

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The Kavod: Man of God Podcast is a call to men to embrace their God-given roles as leaders in their families, churches, and communities. Each episode is packed with biblical truth, practical wisdom, and real-life application to help men step into their responsibilities with courage and humility. We tackle the hard questions about discipleship, fatherhood, marriage, and living a life that honors Jesus Christ.

  1. 3d ago

    Every Man Needs a Band of Brothers

    Ask a man how many close friends he really has. For most, the honest answer is one. Or none.Here's where this episode lands: friends are not enough. You were made for brothers. Men whose souls are knit to yours, who run the same mission, and who help you kill what you cannot kill alone.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson, Justin Bohner, and Travis Shook get into brotherhood: what separates a band of brothers from a hobby group, why the loneliest man in the room is often the one leading it, and how to build the friendships Scripture actually commands.Inside this conversation:- David and Jonathan: what it means for souls to be knit together- Community is the doorway. Brotherhood is the binding. Know the difference.- The Bathsheba warning: David fell in the season when kings go out to war, separated from his men- Why your wife should not be your accountability partner, and what brothers are actually for- Face to face vs shoulder to shoulder: why men bond through shared mission, not hangouts- The Rambo lie: the lone wolf was never the picture of masculinity- How to find your band: start with the men God has already placed in proximity to you- Raising sons who know how to build brotherhood before they ever need itYou do not need more acquaintances. You need men to lock shields with. And they are probably already around you."The soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David." 1 Samuel 18:1Follow Christ. Take dominion. Die daily. Rule well. Get after it. ———If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.———→ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links→ Connect: info@kavodfamily.org

  2. Aug 3

    You Don't Need to Lighten the Load

    You do the right things. You carry the weight. And somewhere along the way, the joy drained out. You just never said it out loud.Here's where this episode lands: you don't need to lighten the load. You need to refocus on the One you're carrying it for.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Justin Bohner and Travis Shook take on the question almost no man answers honestly: why are so many Christian men quietly miserable? Burned out, going through the motions, joyless in a life that's supposed to be marked by joy. They break it down into four men, and almost every one of us has been at least one of them.Inside this conversation:- The weary man: worn out from doing the right things, and why the answer is not a lighter load- The wayward man: how drift happens one small compromise at a time, and the treading-water trap that carries you five miles downriver- David, Bathsheba, and Psalm 51: what "restore to me the joy of your salvation" actually means- The lazy man: knowing the right thing and not doing it, and why abdication always breeds misery- Why the grace to carry your life is found on the other side of obedience, not on the other side of quitting- The man who never met Christ: when the emptiness at the top is telling you the truth- The rock in the shoe: why naming which man you are is half the battle- Tangible next steps: prayer, the Word, and turning your eyes back to Christ every single dayWhether you're worn down from doing everything right or you've quietly drifted further than you meant to, this conversation is the way back to joy."Restore to me the joy of your salvation." Psalm 51:12Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Act like men. Be strong. And let all that you do be done in love.———If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.———→ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links→ Connect: info@kavodfamily.org

  3. Jul 27

    Becoming the Father You Never Had

    Raised without a dad. Now raising your own. Every fatherless man asks the same question: how do I give what I never got?Here's where this episode lands: you have a Father. And He never left.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson, Justin Bohner, and Travis Shook take on the biggest epidemic in our land: fatherlessness. And this is not theory for the men in this room. Justin was adopted. Travis was adopted by his stepdad at eleven. Casey's house is full of children who came through adoption. Every man carries a father wound. The question is what you do with it.Inside this conversation:- Why every son carries a father wound, and why even the best earthly dads leave one- The trap of wallowing: how the wound becomes an identity that keeps you a victim- Ham or Shem: the choice every son makes between living under his father's failure and covering it- "My father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in" (Psalm 27:10)- Why fathering is wired into you by design, and what actually corrupts it- Return, remove, set, serve: the 1 Samuel 7 path back to the Father- How to honor a father who failed you without excusing what he did- Why you can be a great dad even if you never get to reconcileYou are not disqualified by the dad you didn't have. You have access to the Father, by the Spirit, to become like the Son. That is the whole point."Father of the fatherless... is God in his holy habitation." Psalm 68:5What you put on display for your children is your walk with God. That is what they need to see most. Set your heart toward Him, serve Him alone, and father from there.———If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.———→ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links→ Connect: info@kavodfamily.org

  4. Jul 20

    You Were Never Meant to Do This Alone

    Most men wear "I handle it myself" like a badge. Scripture calls it starving. In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Justin Bohner and Travis Shook get honest about the lone-wolf life — the man who's surrounded by people but actually alone, doing all the right Christian things in isolation while missing the one thing God built him to grow through: real community. Here's the part most men never put words to. The patience, the maturity, the Christlikeness you keep praying for don't show up in a vacuum. God hands them to you on the far side of relationships you can't escape from — the chafing, the inconvenience, the brother who calls you out. Cut yourself off from that, and you cut yourself off from the very grace that would make you the man you're asking God to make you. Inside this conversation: - Why you can be in a room full of people and completely alone - The one-armed arm wrestler: strong in private devotion, emaciated where it actually counts - Why the grace to grow is on the far side of relationships you can't walk away from - The "tiger cubs in the closet": the hidden sin that grows in isolation until you can't kill it alone - Why the man who hides his weaknesses outside the home pays for it later - Where to actually start: your family, then your church, then the people already in front of you - How isolation doesn't just cost you, it costs the generations coming after you You weren't designed to white-knuckle the Christian life by yourself. You were built to be sharpened by other men into someone who looks more like Christ, and to lead the people God puts around you. That doesn't happen alone. "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." — Proverbs 27:17 Don't be afraid. Understand who you are, then go give that love away. Follow Christ. Take dominion. Die daily. Rule well. Get after it. ——— If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be. ——— → Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links → Connect: info@kavodfamily.org

  5. Jul 13

    The Checklist Christian Life Isn't the Real One

    You can pay the bills, raise good kids, make the grades, and never miss a Sunday — and still be missing the entire point.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson, Justin Bohner, and Travis Shook get into the difference between a home that functions and a home that actually thrives. Because a man can do everything right by the world's standard and quietly grow stale — going through the motions of faith and fatherhood while missing the relationship the whole thing was built for.The heart of it: the goal was never to get your kids to conform to the standard. It's to get them to love it — to love the One behind it — so that when you're no longer there to impose it, they keep it because it's theirs. And that starts with you loving it first.Inside this conversation:- Why a functioning home can still be a stale one, and what thriving actually looks like- Teaching your kids to work — and why handing a boy real weight grows him into a man- How to use the ordinary grind (a stripped bolt, a broken weed eater) to teach the deeper lesson- Getting your kids to love the standard, not just obey it, so it lasts past your house- Why many men can disciple their kids but go silent with their wives — and how to fix it- Seeing everything you do as a means to a deeper relationship — with God and with people- The warning of Joshua: a people who follow the leader instead of the Lord won't last a generationThis isn't a checklist to do better. It's an invitation to stop settling for a home that merely works, and to build one that actually comes alive — because you and your family were made for more than going through the motions."I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth." — 3 John 1:4Fight the sin that pulls you from your family. Love well. Follow Christ. Take dominion. Die daily. Rule well. Get after it.———If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.———→ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links→ Connect: info@kavodfamily.org

  6. Jul 6

    Knowing God as Father, Not Just Lord

    Most men know God is big. Far fewer know He's theirs. And the men who only know one of those are missing the thing that holds the whole faith together.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson, Justin Bohner, and Travis Shook get into the fatherhood of God — how His majesty and His nearness aren't in competition, but give weight to each other. He is the Creator who rules heaven and earth, and He is your Father. Lose the first and He's a weak helper in your pocket. Lose the second and He's a distant force you'd never dare approach. You were made to know Him as both.Inside this conversation:- Why "God the Father, maker of heaven and earth" puts Father first, and why that order matters- The son of the King: everyone else sees the ruler who could end them; you see your dad- Why being adopted as a son isn't a lesser status, it's being reborn into the family with full rights- How praying "Father" changes everything that praying only "Lord" cannot- Why some men deconstruct over the Old Testament, and the lens that holds it together- The honest test: is your walk all "doing, doing, doing," or do you actually miss time with your Father?- Why there's grace available to a son that a man with only a big view of God will never walk inThis isn't about shrinking God down to feel close to Him. It's about seeing that the Almighty King is also your Father, and learning to live like a son who can walk right up to the throne."It's only a son who goes up to the King at 2am and asks for a glass of milk." — paraphrasing Timothy KellerYou're a thought away from knowing Him as Father. Believe what He's said: He's called you, He's saved you, He's adopted you into His family.———If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.———→ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links→ Connect: info@kavodfamily.org

  7. Jun 29

    What Made David Great — with Cliff Graham & Jared Longshore

    Every man knows David and Goliath. Almost no man knows the decades in between — the warrior, the commander, the fugitive, the king. That's the David who actually has something to teach you.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson sits down with Cliff Graham — author of the Lion of War series, twenty years in the making, with the final book releasing this fall through Kavod Press — and Jared Longshore of Canon Press, dean at New St. Andrews and co-host of the Battles of David series. Three men, one subject: what the life of David actually shows us about being a man who walks with God.Inside this conversation:- Why God is putting David in front of men right now, and what that cultural moment means- The shepherd years: why doing the boring, unseen work is where greatness is forged- "Do the next right thing" — knowing the will of God on the far side of obedience- Casting vision for your sons: the difference between empty hype and a real promise from God- Why young boys, like old trucks, "drive straighter with a heavy load"- Discipline as training, not punishment — you do grass drills because you wear the jersey- David's tragic later years: the guilt, the passivity, and the warning for men who never deal with their wounds- Why brotherhood is forged in shared work and mission, not in a club of beards and cigarsWhether you came for Cliff's Lion of War world, Jared's work at Canon, or just to understand David, this one is a call to do the unseen work, carry the weight you were built for, and finish the race well.Lion of War series (Kavod Press): lionofwarseries.comThe Battles of David (Canon Press): https://canonplus.com/tabs/watch/video-series/65193The Lion of War Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lion-of-war-podcast/id1883137853———If this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.———→ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/links→ Connect: info@kavodfamily.org

  8. Jun 22

    You Forfeit the Right to Be Unfit | Hicks' Story from the CrossFit Games

    The moment you accept the role of a godly man, you give up the right to be unfit. Not just physically. Mentally. Spiritually. In every area of your life.Casey Wilson, Travis Shook, and Justin Bohner sit down with Joshua "Hicks" Hicks, the man who now runs medical and safety for the biggest stages in the sport of fitness, from the CrossFit Games to the Rogue Invitational to the World Fitness Project. The standard he is known for is simple: honesty, integrity, professionalism. But that standard was forged in a valley most men never talk about.Years ago, at the bottom of a divorce and a bottle, Hicks had decided his story was over. What he did not know was that God had already placed a man at the gym. A prayer said out loud, a workout he almost skipped, and one providential conversation with Rich Froning across five lanes of highway became the hinge his whole life turned on. This is the first time he has told that story publicly.Inside this conversation:• Why a godly man forfeits the right to be unfit in mind, soul, and body• The mirror moment every man eventually faces, and how to stop being the villain in your own story• Why the accuser only takes aim at the men who are actually in the fight• Reading providence in the small things, and keeping your eyes open for the door God already opened• Carrying the standard, and why a man does not get to choose whether he leads, only whether he leads wellWhether you are in the dark place Hicks described or you are the man God wants to send into someone else's, this one will meet you where you are and call you higher.The man we follow is Jesus. So get after it. Follow Christ. Take dominion. Die daily. And learn to rule well in the image of God.Subscribe to Kavod: The Man of God Podcast, and send this one to a brother who needs it.The book Hicks found used online and could not put down: Day of War, Book 1 of Cliff Graham's Lion of War series. Print and audiobook at lionofwarseries.comKavod Family Ministries: kavodfamilyministries.orgFollow Hicks on Instagram: @pro_medic_hixKavod Family is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Christian ministry.

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The Kavod: Man of God Podcast is a call to men to embrace their God-given roles as leaders in their families, churches, and communities. Each episode is packed with biblical truth, practical wisdom, and real-life application to help men step into their responsibilities with courage and humility. We tackle the hard questions about discipleship, fatherhood, marriage, and living a life that honors Jesus Christ.

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  • Creator
    Kavod Press
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    201
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