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March or Die
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Host Jeremy Stalnecker seeks to help listeners answer one of the toughest questions we all face, "How do I move forward when my world is falling apart?" Jeremy Stalnecker is the Executive Director of the Mighty Oaks Foundation, dedicated to helping America’s military warriors and their families who are suffering from the unseen wounds of combat such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Jeremy has served in the Marine Corps, and as Senior Pastor at Bay Area Baptist Church. He is an accomplished author, inspirational speaker and a frequent guest on some of the most prominent news networks.
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The 5 Pillars Every Christian Man Needs with Nick Freitas
5d ago01:01:08Tap to summarize"We just talk about boy band Jesus." Nick Freitas breaks down what biblical masculinity actually is and the five pillars every Christian man is called to build: spiritual, emotional, physical, intellectual, and professional. Host Jeremy Stalnecker sits down with Nick Freitas, author of THE MAN BOOK, host of Making the Argument, husband of 27 years and father of three, for a conversation about why men quietly walked away from the church, and what it takes to bring them back. Nick doesn't blame the culture and he doesn't hand out a 12-step program. He goes to scripture: what does God actually require of a man? Out of that comes the five-pillar framework he teaches, spiritual, emotional, physical, intellectual, professional, with the receipts for each one. Along the way: why "touchy-feely" church drove him off before special forces brought him back, why hyper-masculinity is the same error in the opposite direction, why he tells young men to get a "violent hobby" (and the caveats that go with it), what it means to be the patriarch of a multi-generational family, and why every phase of a man's life has a job attached to it, including the last one. Get Nick's Book here: https://a.co/d/02m6Epqr Check out Making The Argument here: https://open.spotify.com/show/0PGCCatgQGZcatLmNSQ9oz Follow Nick on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCPFzA28Hw9tYDxXAeidDk6w If you're a man trying to figure out what you're actually supposed to be, or you're raising one, start here. Hit Subscribe, share this episode with your community, and drop a comment on what landed hardest for you. Want more reinforcement? Subscribe to our newsletter, The Forward Edge, to go beyond the podcast and dig deeper into these topics and more: https://marchordie.substack.com! Join us daily for encouragement and biblical truth with the Mighty Oaks Daily Devotional, you can sign up for reminders: https://mightyoaksprograms.org/daily-devotional or text JOIN to (832) 333-8794 Follow March or Die:https://instagram.com/MarchOrDie https://Facebook.com/MarchOrDieShow https://TikTok.com/March_or_Die Follow Jeremy:https://instagram.com/jeremystalnecker https://jeremystalnecker.com Follow Sean:https://instagram.com/seantopgunkennard https://youtube.com/@SeanTopGunKennard Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
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He Shows Up for Cops on the Worst Day of Their Lives | Police Chaplain Chuck Price
2w ago00:56:51Tap to summarize"Please don't ever make me bury a friend." For 24 years, police chaplain Chuck Price has shown up for cops on the worst days of their lives and 95% of the job is just sitting in a car with them, long before the worst day ever comes. In this episode, host Jeremy Stalnecker sits down with Chuck Price, police chaplain, FBI-experienced, and executive director of Wixom Ministries, to explain what a first-responder chaplain actually does. It's not invocations and benedictions. It's a "ministry of presence": riding along, earning trust one shift at a time, so that when the line-of-duty death or the worst call comes, you're already someone the officer trusts. Chuck unpacks why he "can't carry their burden" (only walk with them), how he shares faith without ever pushing it, why patient presence beats forced evangelism ("If I'd pushed Jesus on you 15 years ago, would we even be here?"), and how to spot, or become, a chaplain who shows up for the right reasons. If you're a first responder, a police family, or someone who wants to serve the men and women who serve us, this one's for you. Hit Subscribe, share this episode with your community, and drop a comment on what landed hardest for you. Want more reinforcement? Subscribe to our newsletter, The Forward Edge, to go beyond the podcast and dig deeper into these topics and more: https://marchordie.substack.com! Join us daily for encouragement and biblical truth with the Mighty Oaks Daily Devotional, you can sign up for reminders: https://mightyoaksprograms.org/daily-devotional or text JOIN to (832) 333-8794 Follow March or Die:https://instagram.com/MarchOrDie https://Facebook.com/MarchOrDieShow https://TikTok.com/March_or_Die Follow Jeremy:https://instagram.com/jeremystalnecker https://jeremystalnecker.com Follow Sean:https://instagram.com/seantopgunkennard https://youtube.com/@SeanTopGunKennard Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
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Jul 1000:57:45Tap to summarize"I spent my whole life fighting. I never learned how to suffer." Former pro fighter and SWAT officer Sean Kennard on a biblical view of pain and suffering and what a year of debilitating illness has taught him about God. In this episode, host Jeremy Stalnecker sits down with Sean Kennard, Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, professional fighter, and former SWAT officer, who got severely ill a year ago (likely an antibiotic injury), lost nearly 50 pounds, and can no longer eat without his body turning food into "poison." A man who built his life on being a fighter is learning, for the first time, how to suffer well. Sean and Jeremy work through what Scripture actually says about pain and suffering: why suffering is promised, not optional (John 16:33); the lament Psalms that never resolve (39 & 88); Job's honest anger; Romans 5, how suffering produces perseverance, character, and hope; and the God who is BOTH sovereign AND suffering, a high priest who has been there (Hebrews 4). You'll hear why God cares more about your sanctification than your comfort, why you can't "earn" your healing, and why hope, not the absence of pain, is the line between being crushed and enduring. If you're in a long season of suffering that isn't turning the corner, illness, grief, a marriage, a wayward kid, a life that didn't go how you planned, this conversation is for you. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
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"You Will Not Be the Same Person" How Christian Can Men Build Real Resilience
Jun 1701:00:09Tap to summarize"If you can't control your mind, when you get to the end of this, you will not be the same person." - Dr. Scott Peterson's father-in-law, a physician, told him that on the day he started chemo. Scott would later survive stage 3 colorectal cancer AND a stroke that hit him at 30,000 feet on a Delta flight to Atlanta and learn that real Christian resilience is built BEFORE the crisis hits, not during it. In this episode of The March or Die Show, host Jeremy Stalnecker sits down with Dr. Scott A. Peterson, pastor at St. Luke's Methodist (Oklahoma City), former chaplain, former VP of Development at One World Health, and author of Choose Your Best, to break down his 4-Stage Resilience Model: Mindset, Intentional Actions, Community, and Discipline. Scott shares the moment a blood clot in his carotid artery shut his body down on the exit row of a Delta flight, the three warnings his physician father-in-law gave him before chemo, the prayer that radically changed his life in a San Diego bedroom at age 40, and why most Christians get resilience wrong by leaning on "thoughts and prayers" instead of pre-deciding who they'll be when the crisis comes. If you're a Christian man trying to build real mental toughness, not motivational fluff, but the kind that holds up when your body is failing, this conversation will change how you train your mind. GUEST RESOURCESBook: *Choose Your Best* by Dr. Scott A. Peterson (with Paul Rothwell, M.D.) - available on AmazonWebsite: https://drscottapeterson.com Hit Subscribe, share this episode with your community, and drop a comment on what landed hardest for you. Want more reinforcement? Subscribe to our newsletter, The Forward Edge, to go beyond the podcast and dig deeper into these topics and more: https://marchordie.substack.com! Join us daily for encouragement and biblical truth with the Mighty Oaks Daily Devotional, you can sign up for reminders: https://mightyoaksprograms.org/daily-devotional or text JOIN to (832) 333-8794 Follow March or Die:https://instagram.com/MarchOrDie https://Facebook.com/MarchOrDieShow https://TikTok.com/March_or_Die Follow Jeremy:https://instagram.com/jeremystalnecker https://jeremystalnecker.com Follow Sean:https://instagram.com/seantopgunkennard https://youtube.com/@SeanTopGunKennard Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
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Dane Ortlund: The Jesus Most Christian Men Have Never Met | Gentle and Lowly
Jun 1500:45:32Tap to summarizeA thousand times a year, someone sits across the table from Jeremy Stalnecker and says: "I've tried everything. If this doesn't work, I'm not going to make it." How is a gentle and lowly Jesus the answer to that? Dane Ortlund, pastor of Naperville Presbyterian and author of the runaway evangelical bestseller Gentle and Lowly, sits down with Jeremy to break down the Jesus most Christian men have never been taught. The Jesus who, as Spurgeon noted, only once told us what was in his own heart. The Jesus whose default is mercy and whose anger always requires provocation. The Jesus with nail-scarred arms who, according to 1 Corinthians 12, feels your trauma more acutely than you do. This is one of the most theologically rich conversations on the channel - anchored in Matthew 11:28-30, with stops in Hebrews 1, John 14, Exodus 34, and 1 Corinthians 12. If you've ever pictured Jesus as a watered-down, decaffeinated, domesticated version of God, this conversation will reset that picture. RESOURCES MENTIONED• Dane Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers (Crossway): https://www.crossway.org/books/gentle-and-lowly-tpb/• Thomas Goodwin, The Heart of Christ in Heaven for Sinners on Earth - the 400-year-old book that wrecked Dane• Dane Ortlund, Edwards on the Christian Life (Crossway) CONNECT WITH DANE• Website: https://www.daneortlund.com• Naperville Presbyterian Church: https://www.naperpres.org • X (formerly Twitter): @daneortlund KEY VERSES• Matthew 11:28-30 - "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden"• Hebrews 1:3 - Jesus, the exact representation of God• John 14:9 - "If you've seen me, you have seen the Father"• Exodus 34:6 - "The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger"• 1 Corinthians 12 - We are the body of Christ Subscribe for more interviews, biblical breakdowns, and conversations with men who've been there: https://www.youtube.com/@MarchOrDieShow?sub_confirmation=1 Hit Subscribe, share this episode with your community, and drop a comment on what landed hardest for you. Want more reinforcement? Subscribe to our newsletter, The Forward Edge, to go beyond the podcast and dig deeper into these topics and more: https://marchordie.substack.com! Join us daily for encouragement and biblical truth with the Mighty Oaks Daily Devotional, you can sign up for reminders: https://mightyoaksprograms.org/daily-devotional or text JOIN to (832) 333-8794 Follow March or Die:https://instagram.com/MarchOrDie https://Facebook.com/MarchOrDieShow https://TikTok.com/March_or_Die Follow Jeremy:https://instagram.com/jeremystalnecker https://jeremystalnecker.com Follow Sean:https://instagram.com/seantopgunkennard https://youtube.com/@SeanTopGunKennard Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
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"I Had to Hit Absolute Rock Bottom" - Ryan Ackerman on Why Men Can't Keep Running
May 2000:40:31Tap to summarizeRyan Ackerman did three combat tours with 1st Battalion 5th Marines, the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the first push into Fallujah in 2004, and a return to Ramadi. Then he came home. "It was a roller coaster ride without a seatbelt." In this conversation, Ryan tells Jeremy Stalnecker, his brother from the same battalion, what it took to come back from absolute rock bottom. The lying to himself. The running. The career on paper that was hiding everything underneath. And the moment he finally stopped. This is a conversation about what every man avoids until he can't anymore: the truth about who he is when the uniform comes off, the title fades, or the season of life ends. And why the only way back is through. LEARN MOREFirst Battalion 5th Marines Association: www.firstbattalionfifthmarinesassociation.org Hit Subscribe, share this episode with your community, and drop a comment on what landed hardest for you. Want more reinforcement? Subscribe to our newsletter, The Forward Edge, to go beyond the podcast and dig deeper into these topics and more: https://marchordie.substack.com Join us daily for encouragement and biblical truth with the Mighty Oaks Daily Devotional, you can sign up for reminders: https://mightyoaksprograms.org/daily-devotional or text JOIN to (832) 333-8794 Follow March or Die:https://instagram.com/MarchOrDie https://Facebook.com/MarchOrDieShow https://TikTok.com/March_or_Die Follow Jeremy:https://instagram.com/jeremystalnecker https://jeremystalnecker.com Follow Sean:https://instagram.com/seantopgunkennard https://youtube.com/@SeanTopGunKennard Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
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Christian Men Need Community Now More Than Ever
May 1500:53:07Tap to summarize"I would have died without them." - Sean Kennard Sean Kennard has been the strong guy his whole life, professional MMA fighter, SWAT Officer, "the most dangerous man in the room." Then a serious illness flipped the script in the past six months, and the man who'd spent 36 years being the one who carried other people's mats found himself on the mat needing his community to carry him. In this conversation with Pastor Eriek Hulseman of Church Project, Sean opens up about being on the receiving end of the brotherhood he used to provide and Hulseman, who oversees 60+ house churches and has spent 15 years building decentralized Christian community, lays out why men who try to do life alone don't make it. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:• Why "lone-wolf Christianity" fails every man eventually, and the biblical pattern from Genesis to Acts• The "roof breakers" story (Mark 2 / Luke 5) and why it's the model for masculine friendship• Eric's gut-punch question to Sean: "Were you the mat-carrying guy because you didn't want to be ON the mat?"• Why proximity matters more than depth and why you can't be a real friend from 35 minutes away• Marks of healthy Christian community what real biblical brotherhood looks like in practice• The decline of manhood in the modern church and how the house-church model recovers it• The three eras of a man's life (and why your 60s, 70s, and 80s might be your best decades)• Practical first steps: how to find (or build) a house church in any city FEATURED:Pastor Eriek Hulseman, Church Project, Texas. 15-year house church pastor, oversees 60+ house churches, 23-year marriage to Laura, four kids. Find Church Project: https://www.churchproject.org Hit Subscribe, share this episode with your community, and drop a comment on what landed hardest for you. Want more reinforcement? Subscribe to our newsletter, The Forward Edge, to go beyond the podcast and dig deeper into these topics and more: https://marchordie.substack.com! Join us daily for encouragement and biblical truth with the Mighty Oaks Daily Devotional, you can sign up for reminders: https://mightyoaksprograms.org/daily-devotional or text JOIN to (832) 333-8794 Follow March or Die:https://instagram.com/MarchOrDie https://Facebook.com/MarchOrDieShow https://TikTok.com/March_or_Die Follow Jeremy:https://instagram.com/jeremystalnecker https://jeremystalnecker.com Follow Sean:https://instagram.com/seantopgunkennard https://youtube.com/@SeanTopGunKennard Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
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A Marine Sniper's Identity Reset | Dagan Van Oosten Tells All
May 601:00:26Tap to summarizeWhat happens when the uniform comes off and the identity you built underneath it goes with it? Marine Scout Sniper Dagan Van Oosten sat down with Jeremy Stalnecker, his platoon commander from the 2003 push into Iraq, and opened up about the moment a counselor asked him a question that hit "like a bolt of lightning" "If you died tomorrow, what would your tombstone say?" In this episode of The March or Die Show, Dagan walks through his journey as a Marine sniper in 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, three-plus years instructing at Quantico Sniper School, 14 years in federal contracting, training the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, and the painful realization that the institution he'd given everything to was never going to love him back the way he loved it. He gets honest about the marriage he almost wrecked chasing the mission, the brother-in-law (Justice Bartelt) the family lost in Afghanistan, the fear of leaving the uniform behind, and what it took to reset his identity around three words: husband, father, friend. Whether you're an active-duty service member, a first responder, a veteran in transition, or anyone whose job has become their identity, this conversation will give you a roadmap for the chapter after the chapter you can't imagine ending. Connect with Dagan Van Oosten:Nomadic Research: https://nomadicresearch.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/@daganvanoosten Hit Subscribe, share this episode with your community, and drop a comment on what landed hardest for you. Want more reinforcement? Subscribe to our newsletter, The Forward Edge, to go beyond the podcast and dig deeper into these topics and more: https://marchordie.substack.com! Join us daily for encouragement and biblical truth with the Mighty Oaks Daily Devotional, you can sign up for reminders: https://mightyoaksprograms.org/daily-devotional or text JOIN to (832) 333-8794 Follow March or Die:https://instagram.com/MarchOrDie https://Facebook.com/MarchOrDieShow https://TikTok.com/March_or_Die Follow Jeremy:https://instagram.com/jeremystalnecker https://jeremystalnecker.com Follow Sean:https://instagram.com/seantopgunkennard https://youtube.com/@SeanTopGunKennard Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
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Clarity Is a Leadership Obligation: Why Vague Communication Costs You the Room
Apr 2900:45:00Tap to summarize"When you can't give clear, concise communication, sometimes it's on purpose. It's because I don't want to be held accountable for what I say." - Justin Atherton Bestselling author and retired law enforcement veteran Justin Atherton returns to the March or Die Show to make the case that politeness is one of the most dangerous habits in modern leadership. Drawing on 20 years as a detective, SWAT trainer, and training lieutenant, and the statement-analysis training he used in interrogations. Justin walks Sean Kennard through the WAVE method from his book *How to Get to the Damn Point*: a framework for stripping the hedges, equivocations, and stop-action verbs out of your communication so the people who depend on you can actually trust your word. The conversation gets pointed: why "I'll try to be faithful" lands the way it does with a spouse, why your team can hear when you're protecting yourself instead of leading them, and the daughter story (and the seven-hour command staff meeting) that finally pushed Justin to write the book. Justin Atherton is a 20-year law enforcement veteran, detective, SWAT operator, and training lieutenant, turned leadership communication consultant, public speaker, and TED talk presenter. His book "How to Get to the Damn Point" is a #1 bestseller on Amazon. Justin's Links:Get Justin's book: How To Get To The Damn Point: https://a.co/d/0aFvrvx7 Justin's site: https://justinwatherton.com Follow Justin: https://www.instagram.com/justinwatherton If this episode hits home, hit the like button, drop a comment with the phrase you're going to stop saying this week, and subscribe so you don't miss the next one. Hit Subscribe, share this episode with your community, and drop a comment on what landed hardest for you. Want more reinforcement? Subscribe to our newsletter, The Forward Edge, to go beyond the podcast and dig deeper into these topics and more: https://marchordie.substack.com! Join us daily for encouragement and biblical truth with the Mighty Oaks Daily Devotional, you can sign up for reminders: https://mightyoaksprograms.org/daily-devotional or text JOIN to (832) 333-8794 Follow March or Die:https://instagram.com/MarchOrDie https://Facebook.com/MarchOrDieShow https://TikTok.com/March_or_Die Follow Jeremy:https://instagram.com/jeremystalnecker https://jeremystalnecker.com Follow Sean:https://instagram.com/seantopgunkennard https://youtube.com/@SeanTopGunKennard Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
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Leading Through Global Anxiety: Principles for Christian Leaders
Apr 1700:40:30Tap to summarizeThe world feels more chaotic than ever, wars, political division, broken communities, and an endless firehose of social media noise. So how do you lead your family, your team, or your community without drowning in that anxiety yourself? In this episode of March or Die, Jeremy Stalnecker walks through a biblical framework for leading well during times of global anxiety. Whether you're a parent, a business owner, a pastor, or simply someone others look to for direction, this episode gives you practical, grounded principles you can apply today. What you'll learn in this episode: Why the chaos you feel isn't actually "unprecedented" and why that truth matters The single anchor that keeps leaders steady when everything else shiftsHow to build a "non-anxious presence" your family and team can feelWhat to consume (and what to cut out) to protect your peaceWhy leading small in light of the big is the most important thing you can do right now Key Scripture referenced: Matthew 24:6, Isaiah 26:3, Philippians 4:6-7, 1 Thessalonians 4:11, John 16:33 If this episode encourages you, share it with a leader in your life who needs to hear it. NEW March or Die website: https://marchordie.com Join the Men of Action community (men's content, leadership lessons, weekly Bible study): find it at https://marchordie.com/men-of-action Hit Subscribe, share this episode with your community, and drop a comment on what landed hardest for you. Want more reinforcement? Subscribe to our newsletter, The Forward Edge, to go beyond the podcast and dig deeper into these topics and more: https://marchordie.substack.com! Join us daily for encouragement and biblical truth with the Mighty Oaks Daily Devotional, you can sign up for reminders: https://mightyoaksprograms.org/daily-devotional or text JOIN to (832) 333-8794 Follow March or Die:https://instagram.com/MarchOrDie https://Facebook.com/MarchOrDieShow https://TikTok.com/March_or_Die Follow Jeremy:https://instagram.com/jeremystalnecker https://jeremystalnecker.com Follow Sean:https://instagram.com/seantopgunkennard https://youtube.com/@SeanTopGunKennard Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
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