

Men in the Arena - Christian Men's Podcast
Jim Ramos
The Men in the Arena podcast equips Christian men in the stress bubble of life: married, with kids, building your career and trying to follow God while leading your family well. We'll help you become your best version, equipping you to honor God in your marriage, parenting, work, church and community!
Tuesday's podcast is Equipping Men in Ten - a ten-minute, laser-focused teaching from Jim Ramos to help you become your best version of a man.
Friday's podcast is a high-octane interview with an expert in the realm of masculinity and Christian manhood, with authors like John Eldredge, Gary Chapman, Gene Getz, Patrick Morley, and Emerson Eggerichs. Jim reads their books and boils down their teachings into a powerful interview to help you learn from their expertise.
Your host is bestselling author and speaker Jim Ramos. Jim has authored 9 books, including the bestseller 'Strong Men Dangerous Times: 5 Essentials Every Man Must Possess to Change His World', 'Tell Them: What Great Fathers Tell Their Sons and Daughters', ‘The Field Guide: A Bathroom Book for Men’, and the 5-book Strong Men Study Guide men's small group curriculum. Jim's high-energy storytelling and conviction will call you out, build you up, and motivate you to become the man you've always known you could be.
The Men in the Arena are calling you into the Arena of manhood. We're calling you out of the faceless, nameless bleachers, and calling you UP to be the best version of you. Because when a man gets it, everyone wins.
Tuesday's podcast is Equipping Men in Ten - a ten-minute, laser-focused teaching from Jim Ramos to help you become your best version of a man.
Friday's podcast is a high-octane interview with an expert in the realm of masculinity and Christian manhood, with authors like John Eldredge, Gary Chapman, Gene Getz, Patrick Morley, and Emerson Eggerichs. Jim reads their books and boils down their teachings into a powerful interview to help you learn from their expertise.
Your host is bestselling author and speaker Jim Ramos. Jim has authored 9 books, including the bestseller 'Strong Men Dangerous Times: 5 Essentials Every Man Must Possess to Change His World', 'Tell Them: What Great Fathers Tell Their Sons and Daughters', ‘The Field Guide: A Bathroom Book for Men’, and the 5-book Strong Men Study Guide men's small group curriculum. Jim's high-energy storytelling and conviction will call you out, build you up, and motivate you to become the man you've always known you could be.
The Men in the Arena are calling you into the Arena of manhood. We're calling you out of the faceless, nameless bleachers, and calling you UP to be the best version of you. Because when a man gets it, everyone wins.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Dec 13, 2018 • 1h 5min
Is Your Wife Crazy? Love and Respect w/ Emerson Eggerichs EP 203
Is your marriage in the crazy cycle? Is there mutual respect in your marriage? Emerson Eggerichs, author of the best selling book Love and Respect, joins us to discuss the crazy cycle and how to get your marriage out of it. https://loveandrespect.com

Dec 10, 2018 • 14min
202. Is Your Marriage a Three Legged Race
How well are you doing in the Three Legged Race with your spouse? Where does your relationship need a tune up? www.mancardpodcast.com

Dec 6, 2018 • 1h 14min
Want a Better Sex Life in Your Marriage? w/ Bill Farrel EP 201
Many call sex the glue that bonds a marriage together. What does your sex life say about your marriage? How often are you and your wife having sex? Bill and Pam Farrel are popular speakers for marriage conferences, date nights, singles and parent groups. Here are some of their most popular topics: Men are like Waffles, Women are like Spaghetti Red Hot Monogamy The Marriage Code The Best Decisions Every Parent can Make www.love-wise.com Get Your Copy Now! of Tell Them, What Great Fathers Tell Their Sons and Daughters www.meninthearena.org Men in the Arena Books and Swag Support the Podcast

Dec 3, 2018 • 15min
200. Sex is the Gorilla Glue Bonds the Marriage
In this episode, we discuss the thing that bonds a marriage together. You guessed it! Sex. By the amount of sex you and your wife have how healthy is your marriage? www.mancardpodcast.com

Nov 29, 2018 • 1h 7min
199. Don't Lecture Me
Learning how to parent by using the art of questioning and not lecturing. Join us with Hal Perkins as he shows us how to ask the right questions to our children. Hal and Debbi have given 40 years in studying and strategically applying the principles of making disciples that Jesus modeled and commanded of His followers. Both formally and informally, they relationally discipled their four children (now all in full-time Christian ministry) and those in their churches willing to invest time in their own relationship with Jesus and then to help others. HeartWalk Foundations In 1969 Hal was dramatically called into professional ministry. He and Debbi began their first full time pastoral role in June 1 of 1970 and concluded 40 years of pastoral ministry on June 30, 2010. They have been married 41 years. At marriage, Hal was a math teacher and coach. Debbi finished college to become an elementary teacher. During their 40 years of professional ministry, Hal and Debbi served five Nazarene churches as senior pastor. Debbi taught in both public and Christian schools, served as administrative assistant to the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, and ministered as a chaplain in 10 corporations. https://discipledbyjesus.org www.mancardpodcast.com

Nov 26, 2018 • 10min
198. Healthy Marriage Evolution; Leave Weave Cleave
What are the components of a healthy marriage? Join us in this Equipping in Ten as we discuss the Leave, Weave, and Cleave components of a marriage. www.mancardpodcast.com

Nov 22, 2018 • 1h 9min
Becoming a True Warrior Part 2 w/ Michael Thompson EP 197
No man wants to be a wimp. Every man wants to be a warrior. Join us in this conversation will Michael Thompson as we learn what it is to have the heart of a warrior. Michael Thompson helped birth Zoweh Ministries and Authored: Search and Rescue: The Life and Love Looking for You (2011) The Heart of a Warrior: Before You Can Become the Warrior You Must Become the Beloved Son (2015) Brazen: Fearless, Bold and Without Shame (2019) Zoweh is a Discipleship and Friendship Initiative that serves and functions as both a Medic Unit and an Outpost for people to know and experience the Life God has for them. The context of our days could best be described as the greatest of love stories set in the midst of the fiercest of wars. We need help. We all need help. A Medic Unit: A group of people, also in the battle, but willing to help those who have been wounded or taken out. As our team, friends, and allies advance in this great battle for the hearts of men and women, we often come across wounded and hurting people—the casualties of war. Wounded and disoriented hearts desperately need Christ to bring healing to their brokenness, freedom from their bondage, and orientation and restoration to their lives. Zoweh aspires to provide relationships and environments for people to recover and experience the love, life, freedom, and restoration offered by Jesus Christ in the midst of a fierce battle for the heart. An Outpost: A place that exists to provide essential equipment and provisions for Life—shovels and swords, maps and a compass, food and clothing, wisdom and understanding—a place where men and women can receive resources, information, and tools to walk well with God. We all need good information, but just as important, we all must understand the experience we are having in this larger story. The Sons and Daughters of God, His family, need to know more than just the theology of the Bible (though this is a very good thing). They must also know the experience they are to have with the truth. That is when one becomes more free, more alive, and ultimately more of who God created them to be… Oriented! www.zoweh.org www.heartofawarriorbook.com www.mancardpodcast.com

Nov 19, 2018 • 11min
196. Your Most Important Guardrail
What is the most important guardrail around your marriage? Is it smart to talk about your wife negatively with other women? Or, is it really necessary and wise to have lunch/coffee dates with other women for "work"? The cultural norms are killing marriages every day! www.mancardpodcast.com

Nov 15, 2018 • 1h 10min
Becoming a True Warrior Part 1 w/ Michael Thompson EP 195
No man wants to be a wimp. Every man wants to be a warrior. Join us in this conversation will Michael Thompson as we learn what it is to have the heart of a warrior. Michael Thompson helped birth Zoweh Ministries and Authored: Search and Rescue: The Life and Love Looking for You (2011) The Heart of a Warrior: Before You Can Become the Warrior You Must Become the Beloved Son (2015) Brazen: Fearless, Bold and Without Shame (2019) Zoweh is a Discipleship and Friendship Initiative that serves and functions as both a Medic Unit and an Outpost for people to know and experience the Life God has for them. The context of our days could best be described as the greatest of love stories set in the midst of the fiercest of wars. We need help. We all need help. A Medic Unit: A group of people, also in the battle, but willing to help those who have been wounded or taken out. As our team, friends, and allies advance in this great battle for the hearts of men and women, we often come across wounded and hurting people—the casualties of war. Wounded and disoriented hearts desperately need Christ to bring healing to their brokenness, freedom from their bondage, and orientation and restoration to their lives. Zoweh aspires to provide relationships and environments for people to recover and experience the love, life, freedom, and restoration offered by Jesus Christ in the midst of a fierce battle for the heart. An Outpost: A place that exists to provide essential equipment and provisions for Life—shovels and swords, maps and a compass, food and clothing, wisdom and understanding—a place where men and women can receive resources, information, and tools to walk well with God. We all need good information, but just as important, we all must understand the experience we are having in this larger story. The Sons and Daughters of God, His family, need to know more than just the theology of the Bible (though this is a very good thing). They must also know the experience they are to have with the truth. That is when one becomes more free, more alive, and ultimately more of who God created them to be… Oriented! www.zoweh.org www.heartofawarriorbook.com www.meninthearena.org Men in the Arena Books and Swag Support the Podcast

Nov 12, 2018 • 14min
194. Knowing Where You Are?
Knowing who you are? Knowing where you are? Knowing why you are? It is important to be an oriented man. You need to know who you are. www.mancardpodcast.com