Beyond The Rut Podcast

Pastor Oscar Banks shares his story about becoming aminister and insights on howto be authentic as a man in today's society. Growing up in a home thatlacked a father, Oscar learned about authentic manhood from other father figures who stepped up to thechallenge. Men who were teachers, coaches, and elders from his church investedtime in his life to on what it meant to be a man of character.Insights on How to be AuthenticWhat keeps us from living an authentic life as men? Today’s society floods us with messaging about what freedom, strength, and toughness look like for men. It includes things like sleeping around, living carefree, and not looking weak in front of the guys.The aftermath leaves us living in loneliness while cavinginto peer pressure because we think we are actually living up to an image. Itmakes one wonder what doesauthenticity mean to these men who struggle and wallow.Livingan authentic life means first being true to ourselves no matter what thecost. It means choosing to go home to one’s family r