Brave Men Podcast with Paul Louis Cole

A powerful day with a remarkable man on Brave Men. Michael Murphy is one of leading coaches in the world for building a healthy team, a healthy church and a healthy life. As the founder and director of Leaderscape he speaks into the lives of thousands of leaders around the world every week. Michael has been a pastor, businessman, coach and author. He lived a wild life until God arrested him at a church service in Sydney, Australia. He became a key part of building one of the fastest growing churches in the world – then became a pastor of Shirelive Church in south Sydney with great success. Michael’s experience and wisdom becomes immediately apparent in our conversation – and his inspiring vigorous love of life in Christ is contagious. This will help you in every area of your life, business and walk with God. Michael also sits on the Ministry Board of the Christian Men’s Network. Today on BraveMen – walking with a leader.

Chris Singleton’s mom was killed by a crazed racist in downtown Charleston in 2015. His mother, Sharonda Coleman Singleton was leading a prayer meeting at the Mother Emmanuel AME church when the gunman killed nine people. It devastated Chris’s life – then what happened next shocked the nation and the world. Chris was in college baseball at the time and rushed to Charleston as he heard the word. With national and global news crews covering the scene – Chris inspired the world with a statement of faith and forgiveness. He said, “Love is stronger than hate” and on thousands news outlets said, “I forgive the man who killed my mom”. Now after a career in professional baseball Chris is an inspirational speaker who has traveled the country passionately speaking to hundreds of thousands of students. Chris has also spread his message through various media outlets and has been featured on ESPN’s E:60, Sports Illustrated magazine, CNN, and USA Today. Today on Brave Men Chris will inspire and motivate us with his personal experiences of adversity and his belief that God can guide you through any storm you will ever pass.

Joseph Warren grew up on Welfare and government cheese. He started his first 7-figure business at age 19 and wasted away his 20's trying to find happiness through money, success and pleasure. Now he’s a leading Christian podcaster, speaker and counselor. What happened? We’ll find out today on BraveMen. His program Broken Catholic is the #1 Podcast on iTunes for Protestants and Catholics. He’s also the founder and Men’s coach at BlowupRocks.com the coaching system that takes men from anger and stress to peace and purpose. We’ll get into all that and his proven Biblical method for taking men from stress to success. Joseph is married with two children and also hosts Your First 100K a leading podcast on entrepreneurship. Paul and Joseph get into his story and how we can all apply the breakthrough principles in our own lives as men of God.

John Kelly is a global Christian strategist. He trains hundreds of pastors and ministry leaders through the movement he convenes, The International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders. As a thought leader in the body of Christ his writings, speaking and ideas help guide the expansion of Christianity around the world. In this series of three conversations John recounts his early days in ministry, talks about the issues of the modern church and presents solutions both corporate and personal for all of us as followers of Christ. John was in professional football, was a martial arts instructor, prison chaplain, pastor, mentor to denominational leaders and all that while maintaining a strong family life and decades long healthy marriage. Dr. Kelly is a man who has moved through the halls of great power and walked the streets of great poverty ... and today is a clear voice of hope, encouragement and vision for every man and leader.

John Kelly is a global Christian strategist. He trains hundreds of pastors and ministry leaders through the movement he convenes, The International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders. As a thought leader in the body of Christ his writings, speaking and ideas help guide the expansion of Christianity around the world. In this series of three conversations John recounts his early days in ministry, talks about the issues of the modern church and presents solutions both corporate and personal for all of us as followers of Christ. John was in professional football, was a martial arts instructor, prison chaplain, pastor, mentor to denominational leaders and all that while maintaining a strong family life and decades long healthy marriage. Dr. Kelly is a man who has moved through the halls of great power and walked the streets of great poverty ... and today is a clear voice of hope, encouragement and vision for every man and leader.

John Kelly is a global Christian strategist. He trains hundreds of pastors and ministry leaders through the movement he convenes, The International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders. As a thought leader in the body of Christ his writings, speaking and ideas help guide the expansion of Christianity around the world. In this series of three conversations John recounts his early days in ministry, talks about the issues of the modern church and presents solutions both corporate and personal for all of us as followers of Christ. John was in professional football, was a martial arts instructor, prison chaplain, pastor, mentor to denominational leaders and all that while maintaining a strong family life and decades long healthy marriage. Dr. Kelly is a man who has moved through the halls of great power and walked the streets of great poverty ... and today is a clear voice of hope, encouragement and vision for every man and leader.

You're gonna love this short Easter devo. Jesus said in John, “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they (people everywhere) may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the fullest, letting it overflow, a better life than they ever dreamed of!)” He said he came to give us life to the fullest! Today on BraveMen we talk about Easter and the victory of the Cross! A few months earlier Jesus walked into Bethany where his friend Lazarus had just died and he was accosted by Martha, Lazarus's sister. She said, "If you had been here sooner my brother wouldn't have died!" Jesus told her that Lazarus would live again. She took that to mean in the end time resurrection. But Jesus meant RIGHT NOW. Jesus said, "You don't have to wait for the End. I am, right now, Resurrection and Life. The one who believes in me, even though he or she dies, will live.” Jesus is always about "Right Now!". He has defeated death, defeated satan and forever destroyed the works of the enemy – in your life. Personally. In your life Jesus has defeated despair, anger, anxiety, fear, temptation, disappointment, discouragement, selfishness and jealousy. Easter is not about waiting for something someday somehow somewhere ... but living your best life in Christ TODAY!

Jamaal Bernard is a pastor, author, dad and cultural thought leader based in Brooklyn, NY. Today on BraveMen we talk to Jamaal about the stress of pastoring in the pandemic season, about grief in the loss of two brothers, about the joys of community and family. Jamaal is well known across the nation as a pastor at the New York based Christian Cultural Centre founded by his father Dr. A.R. Bernard. The influence of this ministry is felt around the world. Pastor Jamaal manages over 700 people who work as volunteer staff in multiple ministries both in the church and across the community. His messages on faith and brotherhood are heard by thousands every week. He is the author of “Unapologetic” a critical tool for the advancement of the Gospel as it equips readers with practical answers to the tough issues of faith in culture.

One of the most underrated men in the Bible is a man named Barnabas. He’s the man who believed in the terrorist Paul after his radical conversion, believed in Jon Mark after his failure and walked beside men to encourage their best life. He’s rarely mentioned ... but he helped change the world. That’s the theme of this powerful conversation with faith leader Paul Andrew. He’s building a Barnabas network specifically to come alongside and encourage pastors and leaders. Paul and his author wife Andi have pastored Liberty Church in New York for over a decade. They pioneered it, moving from Australia direct to New York City, without a network or backstop – brave followers of Christ. But, now they’re moving out into a new thing – this is a remarkable story. Paul Andrew is a courageous man who will encourage your heart and give you a stronger energy to go after all of your dreams. Join Paul and Paul in a journey to wholeness and strength and lifting up others – becoming Barnabas.

In a series of inspirational and innovative sessions called “15 Go!” Paul Cole and John Arana tackle some of the most frustrating issues and questions of our time. With wisdom, insight and experience John and Paul use practical Biblical application to help you overcome the obstacles and storms of life. Today we explore and answer your questions about Respect. This is the fuel of a man’s heart yet we rarely talk about it. Here’s an inspirational 15 minutes on getting life cranked up! John Arana is an expert in leadership philosophies, pastor of a vibrant multicultural church in Arlington, Texas, author and a college professor. He was born in Puerto Rico, grew up in New York City and has served alongside many globally recognized ministries. Paul Cole is the host of Brave Men. He is a noted authority on men’s issues, an author, film producer/director, speaker and President of the Christian Men’s Network based in Fort Worth, Texas. A native of Santa Cruz, California Paul has traveled in business and ministry to 84 nations.