In this episode, you’ll learn how to teach Proverbs 4:18–19 to your children, so they understand that the righteous path grows brighter over time, recognize why the wicked keep stumbling, and choose wisely who they let influence them.

In this episode:

✅ The God-pleasing life is like a sunrise that makes everything around it brighter

✅ Growth in righteousness is a process: it gets brighter over time

✅ The path’s destination is full day, eternity in the light with God

✅ Why the wicked are blinded to the truth and can’t even see what they’re stumbling over

✅ Why only people walking with God should be shaping your kids

✅ How God’s Word keeps the light on so you stay on the right path

✅ A little growth in understanding, consistently over time, really adds up

✅ Helping others see the light without sacrificing your own path

Family discussion questions:

“Have you ever watched the sun come up? How is that like the life of someone following God?”

“Have you ever seen someone make the same mistake over and over? Why do you think they can’t see it?”

Family challenge: Get up early once this week and watch the sunrise together. Read Proverbs 4:18 out loud as it gets brighter. If a sunrise isn’t possible, try the “dark room walk”: turn out the lights and have the kids carefully cross a room, then do it again with a flashlight, and talk about verse 19.

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 31, Heterosexual Awesomeness Month with Mark Fitzpatrick: courage inspires courage, love people without celebrating sin, and get out from behind the screen.

Resources:

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In this episode, you’ll learn how to teach Proverbs 4:14–17 to your children, so they can recognize the wicked path, avoid it before they ever step on, and know they can always come to Mom and Dad for help.

In this episode:

✅ A path is a direction in life, and there are only two: the righteous and the wicked

✅ The lie of a “neutral” third path that’s neither good nor evil

✅ How evil starts with one step onto the path and then grows into participation

✅ Why the best strategy is to avoid situations that could lead to evil

✅ Letting your kids know they can always share anything with you

✅ The great illusion: sin promises freedom but brings slavery

✅ Why the wicked can’t rest unless they bring others down with them

✅ Peer pressure: some people want you to fall

✅ The “bread and wine” of today: media, Halloween, and time with the wrong people

✅ Choosing wholesome bread and pursuing righteousness as a family

Family discussion questions:

“Why do you think some people want others to stumble with them?”

“Are there any areas, like what we watch, listen to, or who we spend time with, where our family could improve?”

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 30, Healed Men Act Differently with Jerrad Lopes: God wants you healed, not just forgiven; spiritual leadership starts with being the first to repent; and build small daily habits that “embrace the suck.”

Resources:

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In this episode, you’ll learn how to teach Proverbs 4:10–13 to your children, so they embrace God’s words, see wisdom lived out in front of them, and hold on to instruction that will keep them from stumbling.

In this episode:

✅ Why this father moves from teaching the whole family to teaching one son

✅ What it really looks like to hear and embrace God’s words

✅ The promise of a long life for those who accept wisdom

✅ Teaching and leading: why kids need both your words and your example

✅ Solomon’s example wasn’t perfect, and neither is ours

✅ Telling your kids your story and sharing an area where you’re still growing

✅ Walking without being hampered and running without stumbling

✅ The ripple effects of every decision you make

✅ Holding on to instruction because it is your life

✅ How listening to Mom and Dad is God’s practice ground for listening to Him

Family discussion questions:

“What does it look like to really embrace God’s words, not just hear them?”

“How can we better hold on to God’s instruction as a family?”

Family challenge: Dads, set up a one-on-one time with each child this week, even 15 minutes. Share one area where you’re still growing, read verse 13 together, and ask, “What’s one thing you’ve learned from Mom and Dad that you never want to let go of?”

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 29, How to Discern What’s Real in a Fake News World: stay informed so you can lead proactively, admit you’re influenceable and use a biblical lens, and think critically while teaching your kids to do the same.

Resources:

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In this episode, you’ll learn how to teach Proverbs 4:5–9 to your children, so they go after wisdom, hold on to it, and understand that a life following God is worth more than any crown this world can offer.

In this episode:

✅ Why “get wisdom” means you have to go after it: wisdom doesn’t just happen to you

✅ The two-step process of losing wisdom: first we forget, then we turn away

✅ How not to forget: repetition, using it, and memorizing it

✅ What isn’t valued as precious ends up being deliberately turned away from

✅ Wisdom pictured as a faithful woman to love (and a preview of the forbidden woman in chapter 5)

✅ The promise: hold on to wisdom, and it protects you from dangers you can’t see ahead

✅ Wisdom starts with desire, so what are young people really chasing?

✅ Prizing wisdom highly means making God most important in your life

✅ Don’t exalt yourself; let God do the lifting

✅ Something more meaningful than being a king or queen of this world: following God with your life

Family discussion questions:

“How has God’s wisdom helped you, or helped our family?”

“If you could be a king or queen, what would you want? What does God say is worth more?”

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 28, The Power of Momentum: Refusing Distraction & Utilizing Momentum to Accelerate Growth: fight for your focus, do the hardest thing first, and build momentum on God’s wisdom, not your own (Proverbs 3:1–8).

Resources:

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In this episode, you’ll learn how to teach Proverbs 4:1–4 to your children, so they can listen eagerly, hold tightly to God’s wisdom, and be ready for a world that will look very different from the one they’re growing up in.

In this episode:

✅ Why “sons” is plural: a father discipling his whole family together

✅ Instruction is more than information: it’s direction for character and for navigating the world

✅ Being attentive means hearing with an eagerness to put it into practice (yes, even taking notes)

✅ Preparing kids for a fast-changing world full of opportunity, and raising solvers, not complainers

✅ How to receive wisdom like a gift that’s been carefully passed down

✅ A warning for fathers: are you confident in your wisdom, or in God’s?

✅ Why learning wisdom now prepares kids for moments they can’t see coming yet

✅ “I used to be in your shoes”: Solomon remembers learning from David and Bathsheba

✅ Generational impact, facing father wounds, and holding tight to wisdom that leads to true life

✅ Continued legacy or new legacy: where does your family’s story begin?

Family discussion questions:

“What’s something Mom or Dad taught you that you’ll never forget?”

“What’s one thing you want to pass on to your own kids someday?”

Family challenge: Dads, tell your kids a story this week about something you learned from your father, a mentor, or a hard lesson, and how God used it. Then ask each child to share one piece of wisdom they’ve learned and want to keep.

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 27, Misapplied Ambition Is Costly, but a Thriving Family Is Priceless: no success is worth sacrificing your faith or family, strong spiritual leadership is simpler than you think, and cherish your wife while guarding your callings.

Resources:

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In this episode, you’ll learn how to teach Proverbs 3:31–35 to your children, so they can resist the pull of bad behavior, understand that character shapes the home, and learn to receive correction with humility.

In this episode:

✅ Why feeling unworthy isn’t the end of the story, and how Jesus makes us worthy

✅ What envy really is: desiring what someone else has, then choosing his ways

✅ Why a bully’s gains through manipulation, dishonesty, and intimidation can look enticing

✅ What “devious” means: a twisted life pattern of deceit and destruction

✅ How the upright are brought into God’s confidence: close friendship and counsel with Him

✅ Why your character sets the culture of your home, inviting blessing or curse

✅ Preparing kids now for the day they’ll lead families of their own

✅ Scorners mock correction, the humble receive it: we get what we put forward

✅ The wise inherit honor, while fools get disgrace

Family discussion questions:

“In what ways have you noticed God blessing our home?”

“Why can it be hard to accept correction sometimes?”

Family challenge: Practice receiving correction well this week. When someone in the family is corrected, the goal is a humble “thank you” instead of an argument, starting with Dad.

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 26, Fatherhood in Unprecedented Times with Pastor Josh Branham: give kids real responsibility, remember that dads are the primary disciple-makers, and raise hearts, not rule-followers.

Resources:

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In this episode, you’ll learn how to teach Proverbs 3:27–30 to your children, so they become people others can trust: generous, faithful to their word, and quick to give grace instead of picking a fight.

In this episode:

✅ Why listening and obeying can protect your kids from real danger

✅ What “do not withhold good” means: giving others the money, honor, respect, and help they’re due

✅ Why we should pay people what they’re worth

✅ How to follow through in a timely manner, from chores to returning what you borrowed

✅ Beating procrastination and letting your word be as good as gold

✅ Simple tools like calendars and to-do lists that help kids keep their promises

✅ Why selfish gain destroys relationships

✅ Trust takes a long time to build and only seconds to ruin, and a vision for siblings who trust each other

✅ How to avoid being contentious: not expecting the worst or assuming you know what others are saying

✅ Becoming a “good finder” instead of a “bad finder”: giving each other a clean slate and looking for progress

Family discussion questions:

“What reputation have we built with each other as a family?”

“Is there a promise you made to someone that you still need to keep?”

Family challenge: Be good finders this week. At dinner each night, have every family member point out one good thing they noticed in a sibling or parent that day.

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 25, Having a Strong Wife & Rising to the Challenge to Lead with Will Addison: knowing your calling comes through relationship with God, lead your family whatever your personality or your wife’s strengths, and a poor upbringing is no excuse to lead alone.

Resources:

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In this episode, you’ll learn how to teach Proverbs 3:21–26 to your children, so they can walk securely, sleep sweetly, and face hard times knowing God hasn’t given us a spirit of fear.

In this episode:

✅ Why we need to keep wisdom in sight at all times, and what a drifting boat teaches us about it

✅ How wisdom brings life to the soul and nourishes us on the inside

✅ Why good character shows on the outside, and how sin starts to show too

✅ How seeing wisdom clearly helps us choose good paths and avoid the enemy’s traps

✅ Why most young people veer off course, and how to help your kids stay steady

✅ There’s no rest on a crooked path: how a clear conscience and trusting God lead to sweet sleep

✅ Why we shouldn’t let the sun go down without repenting

✅ Challenges aren’t “if,” they’re “when”: God doesn’t promise to prevent hard times, He promises to be with us in them

✅ God hasn’t given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control (2 Timothy 1:7)

Family discussion questions:

“Have you ever had trouble sleeping because something was on your mind that you needed to make right?”

“What’s a hard time our family went through, and how did God take care of us?”

Family challenge: Stoke the fire of remembering. Sit down together this week, recall a challenge your family faced, talk about how you responded and how God was faithful, then pray together before bed.

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 24, War Vet Forecasts Military Draft, Lessons from Combat & Dangers of Comfort with Wy McGraw: humility is the strongest weapon, ask whether you’d still be about it without your followers, and remember that passivity is avoidance.

Resources:

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In this episode, you'll learn how to teach Proverbs 3:19–20 to your children, so they see that the God who built the world can build their lives on a firm foundation.

In this episode:

✅ How God's wisdom created everything and still holds it all together

✅ Why the God who holds up the universe can hold up your life for incredible things

✅ What "founded" means: God as the foundation of our lives

✅ What "established" means, and how the distance from the sun to the earth shows God's precise design

✅ God made you just as you are, and He wants to guide you too

✅ The difference between knowledge, understanding, and wisdom

✅ From the deeps of the sea to the dew on the grass: God designed the great big and the small details

✅ Why the daily small things matter, and how to notice what God is doing

Family discussion questions:

"What are some things God made that show how wise He is?"

"What small, everyday ways do you see God taking care of us?"

Family challenge: Go outside together one morning this week, look for the dew, and thank God for one small way He provides for your family.

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 23, Rwandan Refugee Becomes Pastor, Entrepreneur, and Success Story of Hope: see a need and take the first step, remember that profit and purpose aren't opposites, and be the church, not just an audience.

Resources:

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In this episode, you'll learn how to teach Proverbs 3:13–18 to your children, so they learn to treasure God's wisdom above everything the world offers.

In this episode:

✅ A teaching tip: delivering words "on a silver platter" to make wisdom attractive

✅ A gold-panning illustration that shows kids why wisdom is worth more than treasure

✅ Why living "the good life" doesn't mean being blessed

✅ What "finds" and "gets" teach us about actively pursuing wisdom

✅ Money isn't bad, but the love of money corrupts the heart, and how we make money matters

✅ Checking our desires: are we sacrificing wisdom for what we want?

✅ Get wisdom first, and God's gifts follow; chase the gifts first, and you may lose both

✅ Why worldliness looks good but leads somewhere terrible, while wisdom's paths lead to peace

✅ Wisdom as a "tree of life," and why finding wisdom ultimately means finding Christ

Family discussion questions:

"Why is it hard to keep God's wisdom first in our minds and hearts?"

"What are ways we can grab onto God's wisdom and keep it?"

Family challenge: Each day this week, name one wise choice you saw someone in the family make.

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 22, [Episode title], with Dave Durand of Leading Giants: make decisions with prudence, build a small and wise council, and in dark seasons, trust God and don't bury your talents.

Resources:

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In this episode, you'll learn how to teach Proverbs 3:11–12 to your children, so they learn to receive correction as a sign of love, not rejection.

In this episode:

✅ Why God teaches about discipline right after promising blessing

✅ What "discipline" really means: training, instruction, and correction for character development

✅ Why despising the Lord's discipline means missing the lesson

✅ What "reproof" is: correction that points us back to the right path

✅ How to help kids get good at receiving correction

✅ God corrects us because He loves and delights in us, and so do we as parents

✅ Why insecure people and prideful people both resist correction, and how it limits their lives

✅ How embracing correction leads to growth, character, and a fruitful life

Family discussion questions:

"Why do moms and dads correct their kids?"

"How does it change things to know God corrects us because He delights in us?"

Family challenge: The next time someone corrects you this week, respond with "Thank you, I'll work on that."

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 21, Fearless Marriage: Ask Your Wife These 3 Questions: ask what's been on her heart lately, ask how you can lead better, and ask how her friendships are going.

Resources:

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In this episode, you'll learn how to teach Proverbs 3:9–10 to your children, so they learn that trusting God shows up in what we do with our wealth.

In this episode:

✅ How these verses put "Trust in the Lord with all your heart" into practice

✅ Why trust in God is tested when it costs us something

✅ What it means to "honor" the Lord: giving Him weight in our lives, more than money

✅ Why "wealth" means everything we have, not just riches

✅ Firstfruits vs. leftovers, and what each says about our trust in God

✅ How pride ("I earned it, it's mine") leads to the love of money

✅ The promise of full barns, and why this is NOT the prosperity gospel

✅ How giving works in the Tolpin family, and how your family can start

Family discussion questions:

"What has God given our family that we can be thankful for?"

"Why do you think God asks for the first part, not the leftovers?"

Family challenge: Set aside a first portion to give before spending anything this week.

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 06, Implementing Your Family Culture: get aligned, then launch it as a family; live it before you lead it; and never stop saying it. Go back to Ep. 05, Crafting Your Family Culture Plan, if you missed it.

Resources:

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In this episode, you'll learn how to teach Proverbs 3:5–8 to your children, so they learn to trust the Lord with all their heart, especially when life gets hard.

In this episode:

✅ A simple chair illustration that shows kids what it means to "lean" on something

✅ Why trusting God is easier said than done when challenges come

✅ Nominal Christianity: when faith is only a title and feelings become the authority

✅ What it means to acknowledge God "in all your ways," not just on Sundays

✅ How pride and the fear of others go hand in hand

✅ Learn from wisdom, or learn from pain

✅ Why surrendering to the Lord brings healing and freedom from fear

Family discussion questions:

"What does trusting God look like when something hard happens?"

"What would you do or say if you weren't afraid of anything in the world?"

Family challenge: Memorize Proverbs 3:5–6 together this week.

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 20, The CEO Mentor: Thriving in Unprecedented Times, with Michael, author of The Avodah Principle: live an integrated life of work, worship, and service; pursue excellence instead of comparison; and discover how wisdom brings peace.

Resources:

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In this episode, you'll learn how to teach Proverbs 3:1–4 to your children, so they move from simply knowing God's Word in their heads to loving it in their hearts.

In this episode:

✅ Why pushing through when you're tired is part of discipling your kids

✅ The difference between head knowledge (easily forgotten) and heart knowledge (fully embraced)

✅ The promise attached to honoring and obeying parents (Ephesians 6:1–3)

✅ What happens when obedience is only on the outside, but the heart isn't in it

✅ How to "bind" steadfast love and faithfulness around your neck and write them on your heart

✅ Why love and faithfulness earn trust with God and people, without becoming people-pleasers

Family discussion questions:

"Who is someone you trust, and why?" (The answer usually comes back to love and faithfulness.)

"Does anyone have a Bible verse memorized they'd like to share?"

Family challenge: Pick one verse and memorize it together this week. Proverbs 3:3 is a great place to start.

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 19, Choose Growth: Two Words That Can Accelerate Progress: growth happens in the small moments, walk in the Spirit and not the flesh, and don't justify mediocrity.

Resources:

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In this episode, you'll learn how to teach Proverbs 2:20–22 to your children, so they understand that righteousness isn't a single decision, it's a direction for life.

In this episode:

✅ Why being too controlling backfires, and how to lead with flexibility while teaching

✅ Three ways to get wisdom: believe in Jesus, seek it, and use it

✅ Why life is a path, not a moment, and why who you walk with matters

✅ What "upright" means: no double life, one person at home and another with friends

✅ A simple board illustration that shows kids why integrity holds and treachery breaks under pressure

✅ What helps us walk in righteousness: knowing Jesus, learning more, and prayer

Family discussion question:

"If a board has a weak spot, where will it break? What weak spots could we strengthen in our own lives?"

Try this at home, Dad: Grab a board (or a stick) with a knot or weak spot. Show your kids where it breaks, then talk about how integrity makes us strong all the way through.

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 18 with Jeremy Ryan Slate on what the fall of Rome can teach us today: history rhymes, faith and community matter, and real change starts locally.

Resources:

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In this episode, you'll get a simple, faith-filled way to teach Proverbs 2:16–19 to your children, so they learn to guard their hearts, honor God with their bodies, and prepare for a faithful marriage someday.

In this episode:

✅ Why focus is rare in a distracted world, and how it sets your family apart

✅ How wisdom helps kids escape quick decisions that bring long-term destruction

✅ Teaching God's design for marriage: loyalty for life

✅ Why our bodies belong to God, and the lie the world tells kids about it

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Family discussion question:

"What do you think your future spouse will be like, and how can you become ready for them now?"

Take it home, Dad: Keep it simple. Read the passage, ask one question, and pray together. Consistency matters more than length.

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 17 with former NFL receiver Cody Hollister (Patriots, Titans) on fearing God rather than man, earning a hearing through your example, and clinging to Scripture through anxiety.

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Here's how to teach this passage to your family:

1. Start with the two paths

Before you read, tell your kids there are two paths in life: the straight and the crooked. The crooked path will try to take you out. Then tell them, "Not you, though. That's why we listen to wisdom."

2. Teach them how wisdom delivers them (v. 12)

Read verse 12 out loud together. Discretion and understanding of God's truth deliver us from the way of evil. Explain that disaster usually comes from small, unseen wrong steps that pile up, and that walking with God protects us from taking those steps. Ask your kids: "What's a small wrong step that could lead somewhere bad?"

3. Teach them what the crooked path looks like (v. 13)

People on the crooked path leave the upright way and choose the darkness. They're drawn to pleasure, self, and greed, and it all looks normal in the world. Ask your kids: "What have you noticed about worldliness?"

4. Teach them to see the joy in evil (v. 14)

Normal people rejoice in doing evil, which is happiness in the wrong direction. Then go deeper: they delight in the perverseness of evil, the worst form of it. It's not just the sin, it's the joy people find in it. That's idolatry, whether the idol is money, self, or destruction. Ask: "Why is it worse to enjoy doing wrong than to slip up and feel bad about it?"

5. Prepare them for the mockers (v. 15)

When you walk the righteous path, the crooked will mock it. Sometimes it will feel like a disadvantage while others cheat and seem to get ahead. Tell your kids: "You may lose the moment, but you are winning the battle." Ask: "When has doing the right thing cost you something?"

Bonus: Dad tips from Vince DelMonte (Fitness Pro Quits Testosterone Therapy, Reflections on Marriage Neglect, Ep. 15):

• Success can become a substitute identity. Vince's fitness business became about status, and he went on testosterone out of insecurity rather than medical necessity. He never paused to pray or think it through. He just said, "I'm in."
• Rock bottom can be the start of a real encounter with God. After separating from his wife of 14 years, he cried out to God on his hands and knees and felt a physical, supernatural presence holding him. His earlier prayers had all been "God, help me with my agenda," not real surrender to God's agenda.
• Aim for "better," not "bigger." His business took a massive hit during the separation, and he now measures success by presence and priorities instead of scale.

This week's challenge: Ask yourself, "Am I living what I'm about to teach?" Pick one area where you're on the crooked path and fix it. Then pick one dinner or car ride to read Proverbs 2:12-15 with your kids. It won't be perfect, and that's okay.

🙏 Fathers, let's lead our families to stay on the righteous path.

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Here's how to teach this passage to your family:

1. Start with why wisdom matters right now

Before you read, tell your kids that seeking and receiving wisdom gives us a heightened understanding for navigating these times. Then explain the catch: wisdom has to penetrate the heart.

2. Teach them the picture of morality (v. 9)

Read verse 9 out loud together. Understanding God helps us understand right living, the good path. Walk through the three words:

• Righteousness: conformity to a right standard
• Justice: applying that standard in decisions and judgments
• Equity: fairness in how it's carried out

Ask your kids: "Where do you see a right standard, or fairness, in our home or at school?"

3. Teach them what it means for wisdom to enter the heart (v. 10)

Wisdom enters to stay. It's not just head knowledge, it's transformative. Ask your kids: "What do you think it's like for wisdom to come into your heart?" Then take on the lie that righteous living is boring and worldly living is better. Worldly living hurts your soul. Ask: "Who can explain what a soul is?" Let them wrestle with it before you answer.

4. Teach them how God protects them from the inside (v. 11)

Two guards are named here:

• Discretion: seeing the paths ahead in advance, looking forward
• Understanding: discerning what's happening right now

God gives us internal protection from external threats. Ask your kids: "What's a situation where you'd need to see trouble coming before you're in it?"

Bonus: Dad tips from Aaron Smith (Authentic Masculinity, Defeating Pornography, and AI, Ep. 14):

• Pray out loud with your wife. Your family needs to witness your relationship with God, or they have nothing real to model theirs after. Before seeking intimacy with your wife, grab her hand, say her name, and pray with her out loud. It's one of the most masculine things a man can do.
• AI is already shaping desire. Algorithms learn what your flesh wants faster than you realize, even noticing a half-second pause on content and feeding you more of it. The danger isn't the tool itself, it's a tool that quietly exploits unacknowledged temptation.
• Raise fruitful kids, not just more kids. God said "be fruitful and multiply." The crisis is too many fruitless people, kids raised without real discipleship.

This week's challenge: Humble yourself. Do the thing your wife has been asking you to do, even though it wasn't your idea. Then pick one dinner or car ride to read Proverbs 2:9-11 with your kids. It won't be perfect, and that's okay.

🙏 Fathers, let's lead our families to let wisdom into the heart.

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Here's how to teach this passage to your family:

1. Start with the shield

Before you read, ask your kids: "What is a shield good for?" Protection. Then tell them that this passage is about the God who protects us.

2. Teach them where wisdom comes from (v. 6)

Read verse 6 out loud together. The Lord's wisdom, knowledge, and understanding come from His mouth, and we have it in the Bible. Ask your kids: "Where do we go when we need wisdom?"

3. Teach them that God's wisdom never runs out (v. 7)

God stores up sound wisdom for the upright, and there's plenty available. It doesn't run out, and He's there for you wherever you go. Then make sure your kids hear this: upright doesn't mean perfect. It means a life on a godly path. Ask them: "What does it look like to walk in integrity at school, with friends, or when no one's watching?"

4. Teach them that God watches over them (v. 8)

Those who seek to do good have a guarded path, and God is watching over them. Ask your kids: "Why does it matter that God is watching over us?" Help them see that keeping their shield means staying on His path.

Bonus: Dad tips from Chris Widener (Authorship, Escaping Destruction, Navigating Business, Vital Advice for Men):

• Rejecting passivity has real consequences, so do it anyway. Doing the right thing costs you short-term risk, but it preserves your integrity and reputation in the long run.
• Ask "Who is your source?" It's a way to reframe the fear of loss.
• Real confidence is faith-based. Confidence comes from con (with) and fide (faith), literally "with faith." For a Christian man, that faith comes from Scripture: "faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

This week's challenge: Hold a marriage meeting this week. Get on the same page with your wife, then pick one dinner or car ride to read Proverbs 2:6-8 with your kids. It won't be perfect, and that's okay.

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Here's how to teach this passage to your family:

1. Teach them to receive, not just hear (v. 1)

Read verse 1 out loud together. Then explain that the Hebrew word for "receive" is laqach, which means to take hold of something and grasp it as your own. Hearing isn't listening. Listening is receiving. Ask your kids: "What's the difference between hearing me and receiving what I said?"

2. Teach them to turn their ear and heart toward wisdom (v. 2)

Ask your kids: "Have you ever listened to something and couldn't remember it right after?" Then talk about the deliberate shift of attention. Your kids know when Mom's voice or Dad's voice means "stop and tune in." That's the kind of attentiveness God wants toward His wisdom. Lazy minds hear the world easily and miss the Word completely.

3. Teach them that wisdom is worth crying out for (v. 3)

Ask: "Have you ever raised your voice when something was super important to you?" Show them that we don't pursue wisdom casually. We call out for it.

4. Teach them to dig for it like treasure (v. 4)

Try this illustration: "If you knew there was gold hidden in our backyard, would you go look for it?" Of course they would. Then point to the Bible. Wisdom is worth far more than gold, so are we searching for it that hard?

5. Teach them the why (v. 5)

When you seek wisdom like treasure, you understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. Help your kids see that fear of opinions, failure, and danger comes naturally, but the fear of the Lord has to be pursued on purpose.

Bonus: Go heart deep with your kids (from Ep. 13)

• Surface-level talk isn't real connection. "How's your walk with God?" "Good, dad."
• Ask three questions deep: "What makes it good?" then "What questions do you have about God?"
• Listen well. Build a relationship where your kids feel safe bringing you doubts, sins, and struggles without fear of being cut off or corrected mid-sentence.
• This decides who wins out in the teen years: you or their peers.

This week's challenge: Pick one dinner or one car ride, read Proverbs 2:1-5, and walk through these five steps with your family. It won't be perfect, and that's okay.

🙏 Fathers, let's lead our families to know and fear the Lord.

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Isaac also shares a Resolute Men Tip from Episode 12, 5 Growing Attacks We Must Respond To, unpacking the mindset behind a push for global socialism, digital currency, and depopulation, and why chaos is used deliberately to reshape society and gain control. Walking through Ephesians 2, he shows the real spiritual battle behind it all, then lays out five growing attacks to respond to: confusing the next generation, disrupting the food supply, engineering economic devastation, degrading morality to destroy the nuclear family, and counting on our passivity. He shares a survey finding from the ministry that men not leading their homes is the number one issue facing marriages today, and speaks honestly about decisions his own family has made, including turning down significant income and relocating, to stand firm rather than stay passive. He closes with a charge to walk in wisdom, not fear: decide your hard lines ahead of time, make proactive decisions while you still can, and don't let your family become the slowly cooked frog, gradually accepting what God's word calls sin.

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Isaac also shares a Resolute Men Tip from Episode 11, Master the Art of Marriage Communication, challenging men to bring the same intensity to their marriage that they'd bring to fixing a broken business, since a marriage is always either getting better or worse, never staying the same. As the God-authorized leader of the home, the responsibility to lead change starts with you. He teaches on the worn rhythms of communication, behavior, and nonverbals that build up over years, and offers a "positive disruption," one intentional change in how you respond or show up, committed to for seven days, as a way to shift those rhythms. He closes by reminding dads that their children are watching their marriage, and asks whether what they see makes them want that kind of marriage someday.

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Isaac also shares a Resolute Men Tip from Episode 10, 5 Growing Attacks We Must Respond To, breaking down five growing attacks on the family we need to respond to with wisdom rather than fear: efforts to confuse the next generation, control over the food supply, engineered economic devastation, moral degradation aimed at the nuclear family through things like pornography, and the expectation that we'll stay passive. He closes with a simple framework: don't walk in fear, think through your hard lines ahead of time, make proactive decisions before you're forced into reactive ones, and don't let your family become the slowly cooked frog, gradually numb to what's being normalized around you.

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Isaac starts with the picture in verse 17, a bird that won't fly into a net it can see, and contrasts that with the fools in verse 18 who unknowingly set an ambush for their own lives. He explains how foolishness clouds people's ability to see clearly, so much that they end up less perceptive than a bird, and walks through what's actually missing in that picture: a relationship with Jesus and the Holy Spirit. This gives dads a clear way to help their kids understand that sin doesn't just fail to satisfy, it actively blinds and harms the person chasing it.

Isaac also unpacks verse 19's warning about greed, "such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors." He shows how greed destroys people from the inside out, while generosity brings real freedom, giving fathers a simple, practical question to ask their kids: how does it feel to give someone something that helps them?

He closes by pointing back to Courageous Parenting Episode 8 on preparing your family for the AI era: why critical thinking has to be deliberately taught rather than assumed, why deep trust in God and Scripture is the real safeguard against cultural drift, and a four-part framework, Learn, Think, Discern, Teach, for helping kids engage contested issues with a biblical foundation.

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Solomon paints a vivid picture here: enticers inviting a young man to ambush the innocent, to swallow up others "like Sheol," a direct echo of Numbers 16:32 and the rebellion of Korah against Moses and Aaron, ultimately against God himself. Isaac talks about how this same pattern shows up in smaller, everyday forms of disobedience in our kids, and gives dads a way to help their children see how those small compromises, left unchecked, form bad character over time. Who your child spends time with will shape them, and that's a conversation worth having early and often.

Isaac also digs into verses 13 and 14, where entitlement dresses itself up as friendship: "we shall fill our houses with plunder... we will all have one purse." That's the lie that other people's things are ours for the taking, versus the truth that hard work and trust in God's provision build real character. Use this passage to talk with your kids about how they treat things they've worked for versus things given to them for free, and about loving people rather than using them for personal gain.

He closes with a reminder fathers can pass on to their children, that when peer pressure hits, they don't have to face it alone. He also points back to Episode 6 on implementing your family culture: consistent communication, getting your wife aligned as a team, launching your family's culture statement deliberately, and living out what you want your kids to become, since real change is a flywheel, not a light switch.

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Isaac explains how a strong identity in Christ gives our kids the strength to flee the wayward, even when it feels lonely to walk away, and why who they associate with shapes who they become since reputation is worth far more than riches. He walks through how sin gets normalized in small, everyday ways, filthy language, disobedience to parents, and what our kids consume through media, and gives fathers a framework for helping their children see why those enticements are ultimately in vain, because the natural human condition is bent toward evil, not away from it.

Isaac reminds dads that our family's mission is to glorify God with our lives, and that teaching our kids to live differently than the crowd means preparing them to upset people who want them to join in. Use this passage as a starting point for a conversation with your kids about the difference between what's normal and what's right, and about guarding their walk by guarding their friendships.

He also points back to Episode 7 on visioneering with your wife: assessing the current state of your marriage, family, and mission before dreaming ahead, initiating the conversation together rather than deciding alone, and building trust by following through on what you commit to.

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We break down two key Hebrew words: musar (the sharp, corrective discipline that shapes character) and torah (the fuller body of accumulated wisdom passed down in a home). As fathers, God has given us the job of correcting and teaching our kids. Their job is to obey with a good heart, and when we help them see that obeying us is training for obeying God, we're pointing them toward something far bigger than household rules.

We also unpack verse 9's picture of a garland and pendant, a beautiful, strengthening image you can use to show your kids that obedience isn't a burden, it's a gift that sets them up to win in life.

Use this episode as a launching point for a family discussion or devotional time. We also reference our episode on crafting your family culture plan, a simple exercise to identify your family's strengths and weaknesses and turn them into short, memorable phrases your family can actually live by.

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Here are key points covered for Proverbs 1:1-7

• Two audiences in Proverbs: the naive and the wise. There's no neutral destination, you're heading one way or the other.
• Wisdom vs. instruction: wisdom is the best thinking and strategy anchored in biblical truth; instruction is how you actually implement it.
• Wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity, what each looks like practically, including whether you're being fair with your own siblings or kids.
• Prudence for the simple and discretion for the youth, and why "simple" really means naive, not unintelligent.
• The fear of the Lord as the beginning of knowledge, and why fools despise wisdom (often just self preservation or peer pressure).

As always, at the end you will get a Resolute Man encouragement as well, this one comes from the fourth episode from this show titled “Spiritual Leadership Simplified”:

Spiritual leadership isn't complicated. If you feel inadequate compared to your wife's spiritual strength, that feeling doesn't disqualify you, it's addressed head on this episode.

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Start by asking them: what would you ask for if God offered you anything? At Gibeon, God asked Solomon exactly that. Instead of long life, riches, or victory over his enemies, Solomon asked for wisdom to govern well and discern good from evil. Show your kids how God was pleased with that request and gave Solomon wisdom beyond anyone before or after him, plus wealth and honor he never even asked for. It's a great chance to teach them that God honors those who ask for wisdom over selfish gain.

Solomon walked with God, then strayed into worldliness, and Ecclesiastes captures the lesson worth passing on to your children. The words of the wise are goads, pointed sticks that prod us forward even when wisdom is uncomfortable, and nails, anchors that hold things together and drive truth deep into us. Teach them the takeaway is simple: fear God and keep His commandments, that's the whole duty of man.

Bring Solomon's accomplishments into the conversation too. He wrote over a thousand songs, authored three books of the Bible, built the first temple in Jerusalem, built cities and a fleet of ships, hosted rulers from around the world who came to learn from him, and was likely the richest man who ever lived, all while keeping peace as king. Let your kids see what a life devoted to wisdom can produce.

Help your children understand that Proverbs is pure, trustworthy wisdom, not because Solomon was perfect (he wasn't, any more than you or I), but because a perfect God used an imperfect man. That same God wants to use them too. Walk through what it looks like as a family to pursue wisdom, fear God, and obey Him, and let your kids wrestle with what God's wisdom looks like next to the world's.

We also revisit the Resolute Men Encouragement from Episode 03, "Accelerating Change Requires Decisiveness," a lesson worth modeling for your children as much as living out yourself. Passivity and indecision are being weaponized against men, and the normal cycle looks the same every time: warning signs get ignored, the problem escalates and causes real pain, and the non-decision ends up controlling your circumstances anyway. We cover two of the five steps toward becoming decisive, why small daily decisions matter as much as the big ones, and the payoff: becoming someone your family can rely on and a source of safety for those around you.

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In this episode, Isaac digs in deeper into a simple framework he uses for family Bible time from the acronym P.R.A.Y. from the Courageous Parenting book.

Promote it. Talk about what you read yesterday and build real confidence that no other wisdom compares to Scripture.

Read and teach it.

Ask about it. Ask questions, ask what a word means, and encourage dialogue.

Yearn for it. Wield the sword of truth well, memorize Scripture, and become the man with real biblical answers.

We also revisit the Resolute Men Encouragement from Episode 02, "The Art of Clear Thinking." Most people don't actually think well, they just think a lot. We break down three levels of thinking: reproductive (improving on what already exists), productive (thinking anew, going beyond convention), and Spirit led productive thinking (submitting that creativity to the Holy Spirit's guidance, per Romans 12:2). The call is to become men who discern truth clearly and actually act on it, especially as deception and rapid change increase around us.

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I introduce the plan: a daily, Monday through Thursday walk through Proverbs, giving you practical tips and clear teaching on small sections of Scripture your family can actually use, plus a father in unprecedented times tip at the end of each episode.

You'll also get the simple formula for teaching your family: Promote, Read, Ask, Yearn. It's built to be practical, not just inspirational, so you can actually do it with your kids this week.

Scripture referenced: Deuteronomy 6:7 through 9

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If men don’t lead well, wives always seem to rise to the occasion. It may even look like everythings working great, but is it? Is it working great inside you as your influence and respect are diminishing? 

Men tend to give their best attention to areas in their life where they feel influential, make a difference, and even feel powerful (in a good way). Is it no wonder why so many deviate away from time at home towards areas that feed this? 

Usually, at some point the man began to abdicate his responsibilities as a leader and the wife slowly picked up the slack. So who’s fault is it? It’s the man’s fault. Great leaders always take responsibility and taking responsibility is the beginning of real change.

Get the five tips that will help you shift this over time in a way that your wife appreciates that helps your family thrive.

Get the FREE Resolute Man-ifesto at RESOLUTEMAN.COM. Test yourself against the eight principles in these free download.

You can also find out about working directly with Isaac at RESOLUTEMAN.COM as well.

If we embrace our passivity and fall into the norms of today’s masculinity it will always bleed out negatively in our lives.

We are living in unprecedented times that require more intentionality than ever. We can't live in any weaknesses. It's not okay. The enemy will exploit them for further destruction.

You are meant to stand apart, to be an influence, and to see its fruit because we are living out God’s intention for masculinity. It is a short and powerful episode where Isaac Tolpin delivers a clear message on what it means to be resolute.

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It's vital we recalibrate our vision and go above the fray of normal Christianity in how we walk, think, and pursue in this world. There's so much more for us Gents.

Go to RESOLUTEMAN.COM and get the Resolute Man-ifesto that you can test your masculinity against the 8 vital principles that matter. If you are serious about growth and the right change in your life/business schedule a free call with Isaac Tolpin too.

You can find out more about our guest Adam Loomis at https://www.adamloomis.online/

He shares how he grew up fatherless and was mis-prioritizing his life until he was challenged by his wife to surrender all to the Lord. Everything changed leading to far greater success and impact on others by teaming up with Jesus in all parts of his life.

There are eight principles of biblical masculinity in the Resolute Man-ifesto FREE for you at resoluteman.com

It's the never going to go woke standing firm in biblical principles Boy Scouts replacement. Get ready to be motivated with sound direction on equipping your sons.

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Isaac asks Mark if his focus is to glorify God, then why do it by owning a bar? He gives a thoughtful answer sharing the tremendous impact it's having on the community.

They also discuss the importance of being bold today and they both hope his example will encourage more on to be courageous in these unprecedented times.

Isaac Tolpin reveals his secrets to leveraging the power of momentum while working, but it's more than that. He shares the details of how to approach the week for maximum productivity, enjoyment and impact revealing his flow.

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Perhaps it’s the old myth of; “Once I accomplish _____, then I’ll focus on my callings, faith, and family.” Too many men have traded real excellence for the deceiving picture culture pressures them to pursue.

It’s actually possible to “have it all”, but it must be redefined if you want real excellence. You have to be willing to stand against the wind of mediocrity pressing against you that most call normal. A mediocrity usually embraced by Christian circles around you.

Almost all successful Christian men have found themselves suffocating from their own reality even when many around them are calling them blessed.

There is no success at the sacrifice of your faith, family, and the callings on your life.

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Listen and watch at resoluteman.com and also get the FREE Resolute Man-ifesto; 8 Principles to being a Godly man in a world increasingly against masculinity.

But it takes both spouses wanting to thrive as a team in the way God designed marriage.

Regardless, men must do this one thing in the episode for it to work. It's so essential that men do it, otherwise, over time they may grow to despise their wife's strength.

It's a wonderful thing to have a strong wife who's confident, assertive, and growing strong in the Lord. What an example for your children!

But how do you lead her? Listen to this episode.

Isaac has a raw discussion with Wil Addison who's an elder of his church and co-host of the culture proof podcast on: Leading a strong wife and how to know if God's calling you to do something.

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Learn why real humility is required for battle including the ones you face, why you become so much stronger and useful when you rid yourself of fear, and practical wisdom for thriving regardless of mountains in your way.

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