Watermark Audio: Men's Channel

"We are so completely broken that there is nothing we can do in and of ourselves to correct our course. The reason we are struggling as men is that we keep looking within ourselves to correct the problem, or to our world - which has been created by broken men - to correct our problem. Unless something outside of us greater than the world we create intervenes, it ultimately won't get any better."

The damage an overbearing or enabling mother can cause is typically less obvious and yet just as significant as the wound from an absent or abusive father. This third wound can be yet another obstacle on the path to manhood. Todd discusses factors that can lead to this unhealthy mother/son relationship and steps we can take to move back toward a healthy, God-honoring relationship with the mothers He gave us.

The damage caused by absent or abusive fathers can have far-reaching effects and consequences. Even good dads who try to meet God's standard for parenting can never completely meet all their sons' needs or perfectly pass along an noble vision for manhood. In this episode Todd discusses what happens when we fail, how to work through our failures, and what it looks like to be parented by the only Father who will never fail us.

"Dangerous, self-indulgent, abusive, sex-crazed, unreliable." While this is the unfortunate perception of today's man, too few men realize that they can pursue a greater, more glorious, more noble, more purposeful vision of manhood. Todd explains some of the reasons for the erosion of this vision over time and what it's going to take to recapture it.