Episodes
When Faith Breaks: Grief, Loss & Holding Onto God | James Moffitt
Send us Fan Mail What happens when your faith is tested by the kind of loss most people hope they'll never face? Mark sits down with James Moffitt, host of Father's Refuge, to talk about grief, suffering, masculinity, fatherhood, and what it means to keep holding onto God after losing two children.…
A Man Without Self-Control Is a City Broken Into Without Walls
Send us Fan Mail What happens when a man loses self-control? In this Valiant Monday episode, Mark Osborne breaks down Proverbs 25:28 and explores why self-control is more than discipline. It’s protection. Too many men are spiritually exposed: distracted, exhausted, isolated, angry, addicted, and di…
He Spent Years Rooted in Rejection — Until God Broke Through
Send us Fan Mail Father wounds, rejection, identity, and the moment Jesus breaks through — this powerful conversation with Eric Stephens shows how God rebuilds a man from the inside out. Eric grew up carrying the weight of rejection, especially from his biological father. That wound shaped years of…
Why God Chooses Certain Men
Send us Fan Mail Christian men are starving for purpose, brotherhood, and the presence of God. In this episode of The Valiant Forge, Mark Osborne explores what truly makes a man set apart and why God still chooses ordinary men to do extraordinary things. What makes certain men feel different? Why d…
Grafted In: A Man’s Call to Reconcile
Send us Fan Mail When God lifts the weight off a man’s shoulders, He often hands him a mission. In this episode, Steven “Wade” Cunningham shares the moment everything changed for him — a physical, undeniable sense of belonging — and how that encounter led him into decades of studying the relationsh…
Come and See The Man Who Calls You Out of Hiding
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Mark shares the story he avoided recording for over a year — the story of how Christ called him out of hiding, confronted his ego, and named him into a new identity. Through the lens of Gideo...
The Connection Between Fitness and Faith Most Men Miss
Send us Fan Mail Most Christian men don’t realize how deeply their physical life is shaping their spiritual life — or how much their lack of self‑worth is draining everything else. In this conversation, Men’s Strength Coach Sean McManus breaks down the connection between fitness, faith, identity, a…
The One Decision Every Man Must Make
Send us Fan Mail Most men never draw the line in the sand. Joshua did — at the end of his life, scarred and weathered, standing before men who still had idols hidden in their tents. His words weren’t a slogan. They were a challenge: “Choose you this day whom you will serve.” In this episode, we tal…
The Parking Lot Moment That Split Everything Open
Send us Fan Mail A powerful conversation about the choices that shape a man’s life, spiritual transformation, Bible prophecy, and the moment that split Joshua “Branch” Isole’s life in two. Joshua “Branch” Isole is an author of 22 books, a theologian, and a man whose life took a radical turn after a…
From Office Floor to Faithful Leader — Mark Dolfini on Marriage, Visi…
Send us Fan Mail Marine veteran Mark Delfini shares raw recovery from rock bottom, marriage crisis, and faith‑driven leadership. Christian podcast on men’s mental health, marriage restoration, and entrepreneurship. Raw, conve...
The Process That Saved Me From Blowing Up My Life
Send us Fan Mail In this Valiant Monday episode, Mark breaks down what Paul actually meant when he wrote “renew your mind” in Romans 12:2 — and why most men misunderstand it. Renewal isn’t a quick refresh. It’s a renovation. A tearing down of old identities, old patterns, old environments, and old …
Why Men Struggle With Intimacy With God
Send us Fan Mail In this conversation with Pastor Phil Tague, we dig into what it means to move from airbrushed Christianity to covenant faith. We talk about why so many men struggle with intimacy with God, how surrender unlocks spiritual strength, and why leading your family spiritually starts wit…
True Transformation Starts with This One Verse
Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking about something that’s been sitting heavy on my heart: the decisions we make as men, and how Romans 12:2 is the starting point for all of it. I’m not giving you a full masterclass on “the code” today — this episode is really the beginning of a journey I’m taki…
Strength Looks Nothing Like You Think | Dr. Matt Kutz
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Matt Kutz brings a powerful and practical look at biblical masculinity, contextual intelligence, and what it means for Christian men to lead with clarity, wisdom, and strength. From the unforgettable “Vulcan Death Grip” story to the R4 Model (Recognize, Reorder, Respond, Reflec…
Stop Drifting: The Direction Every Man Needs
Send us Fan Mail A man without direction drifts — and I’ve lived that. In this Holy Week solo episode, we look at the clarity Jesus carried into His final days and how that same clarity can anchor you today. We walk through four powerful truths from Holy Week: • Purpose over pressure (John 12:27) •…
From Rock Bottom to Divine Purpose | Alex Sanfilippo
Send us Fan Mail in this powerful conversation, Alex Sanfilippo, founder of PodMatch, shares the raw and honest story of how God met him at rock bottom and rebuilt his identity from the ground up. From selling golf balls at age 10, to losing everything in the 2008 crash, to sitting in a church park…
The Modern Idol Nobody's Talking about
Send us Fan Mail Jake Doberenz grew up in the church, armed with theology, certainty, and the confidence of a teenager who believed he had everything figured out. But college humbled him — and God rebuilt him. In this powerful conversation, Jake shares how pride, control, and intellectualism became…
Rejected, Addicted, Near-Dead — Then Jesus Found Him | Dr. Stephen Ph…
Send a text Dr. Stephen Finney's truly inspirational story shows how one can overcome adversity through faith. His journey, marked by a profound spiritual awakening and overcoming addiction, is a testament to the power of Jesus Christ. He grew up in an oxygen tent, lived as an outcast, died on a ho…
Built to Break: How God Rebuilt Ryan Reichert’s Life
Send a text In this powerful conversation, Mark sits down with Ryan Reichert — retired Army lieutenant colonel, author, and founder of Our Protector LLC — to unpack a story of addiction, surrender, and supernatural transformation. Ryan spent decades grinding through life on his own strength: deploy…
The Question That Changes Men — Paul Granger on Calling, Fatherhood &…
Send a text In this powerful conversation, Mark sits down with Paul from Where Did You See God? to explore what it really means to be an ambassador of Christ — not in theory, but in the messy, unpredictable reality of everyday life. Paul shares how a simple question — “Where did you see God today?”…
Half a Heart, Whole Faith: What God Taught One Father Through Sufferi…
Send a text This episode is a vulnerable and deeply encouraging conversation with pastor and author Dan Nichols, whose son Landon survived three open‑heart surgeries and now lives with half a heart. Dan shares how suffering reshaped his faith, how he wrestled with God in the atrium of the Children’…
A Navy Chaplain’s Blueprint for Strong Men
Send a text Former Navy chaplain Greg Woodard joins Mark to share the blueprint strong men follow to stay whole — relationally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Greg draws from years of counseling men in high‑pressur...
Fire, Faith, and Forty Minutes Without a Pulse — Matt Carter’s Story
Send us a text Former Oklahoma City firefighter Matt Carter has lived through more chaos than most men will ever face — tornadoes, trauma, and even the Oklahoma City bombing. But nothing compares to the night his wife found him unresponsive, not breathing, and slipping into eternity. For over forty…