What are the things that dominate your thoughts? Do you get anxious? Distracted? Worry? In today’s episode I tackle these questions, so let’s get started.Too often I find myself distracted from things, not fully paying attention. It’s so easy to have a second screen open, to glance at another device, to be half-listening to someone who is talking. Even when I’m in church, and taking notes during the sermon, too often I have to keep re-focusing my attention on the pastor. I get distracted easily, and it’s one reason I’m so serious about going offline every weekend.Part of what leads me to distraction is thinking about what I have to get done next, or what project is currently not finished, or what I’ve not even started yet. And when those thoughts start to add up, I move from just being distracted to starting to feel anxious. Anxious about the bank account. Anxious about doing my job. Anxious about leading this ministry and the future of where we are headed. Anxious about all the things I “have to do”.Maybe you feel this as well. When we are in that feeling of being anxious, it is nearly the opposite of the feeling we experience when we are content, when we’re at peace, and when we’re filled with gratitude.----Important Links:THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCEA Four day and three night life-changing experience and training for married Christian fathers in the glorious mountains of Colorado.Learn more: https://significantman.com/basecamp THE FELLOWSHIP BROTHERHOODAn exclusive community of like-minded Christian men, who meet each week to learn, laugh, hold each other accountable, and walk through life together.Join this exclusive brotherhood: https://significantman.com/the-fellowship/ Get the free Significant Man INTEL email series:https://significantman.com/intel Subscribe to the Significant Man YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SignificantMan Connect directly with Warren https://www.facebook.com/4warren Purchase Warren’s books https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Peterson/e/B0097BEK8G 

When it comes to Thanksgiving, there are some pretty standard themes that get talked about. And they’re all good themes, like Be thankful, or how to practice gratitude, or appreciate being blessed, and so on. Nothing wrong with those ideas, but I want to talk with you today from a different perspective.I want to talk with you about your attitude. There are very few things that have a bigger impact on the quality of your life and on your daily interaction with others than your own attitude. There’s not much that will change the way you view yourself, others, and the world than your attitude.And this applies to both your positive attitude and your negative attitude. With the news we get hit with every day it’s seeming easier and easier to end up critical of others and looking for the negative aspects or our daily encounters. So we need to be careful here.All right, so let’s dig in. 

Have you ever been scrolling through your social media and you see a meme, or video, or post that has a strange Bible verse in it? Usually, it is done in a negative way, often to be derogatory towards Christianity. Or someone will take a verse and use it to try and make a point?It’s common. Really common. And it’s dangerous.In today's episode I jump into why it is that we should never read a Bible verse, so let's get started.Important Links:THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCEA Four day and three night life-changing experience and training for married Christian fathers in the glorious mountains of Colorado.Learn more: https://significantman.com/basecamp THE ASCEND ADVENTUREFive days and four nights of an incredible and intense backpacking adventure for Christian men in the Colorado mountains.Learn more: https://significantman.com/ascend THE FELLOWSHIP BROTHERHOODAn exclusive community of like-minded Christian men, who meet each week to learn, laugh, hold each other accountable, and walk through life together.Join this exclusive brotherhood: https://significantman.com/the-fellowship/ Get the free Significant Man INTEL email series:https://significantman.com/intel Subscribe to the Significant Man YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SignificantMan Connect directly with Warren https://www.facebook.com/4warren Purchase Warren’s books https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Peterson/e/B0097BEK8G 

Are people who make more money happier than those who don’t? Does earning a higher income lower the rates of abuse, addiction, and suicide? The answers in various studies might surprise you.In today’s episode I share some thoughts on these big topics, along with digging into how our needs are truly met, and what gives us real, lasting, contentment. Take a listen to this Five Minute Friday right now.Important Links: THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCEA Four day and three night life-changing experience and training for married Christian fathers in the glorious mountains of Colorado.Learn more: https://significantman.com/basecamp   THE ASCEND ADVENTUREFive days and four nights of an incredible and intense backpacking adventure for Christian men in the Colorado mountains.Learn more: https://significantman.com/ascend  THE FELLOWSHIP BROTHERHOODAn exclusive community of like-minded Christian men, who meet each week to learn, laugh, hold each other accountable, and walk through life together.Join this exclusive brotherhood: https://significantman.com/the-fellowship/  Get the free Significant Man INTEL email series:https://significantman.com/intel  Subscribe to the Significant Man YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SignificantMan Connect directly with Warren https://www.facebook.com/4warren Purchase Warren’s books https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Peterson/e/B0097BEK8G 

How was the disciple Thomas transformed by doubt? How did he get the nickname Doubting Thomas? And how can doubt transform us? In today's episode I share my thoughts on these questions and the idea of how doubt can be a tool that God uses to transform the way we think. Take a quick listen right now. Important Links:THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCEA Four day and three night life-changing experience and training for married Christian fathers in the glorious mountains of Colorado.Learn more: https://significantman.com/basecamp THE ASCEND ADVENTUREFive days and four nights of an incredible and intense backpacking adventure for Christian men in the Colorado mountains.Learn more: https://significantman.com/ascend THE FELLOWSHIP BROTHERHOODAn exclusive community of like-minded Christian men, who meet each week to learn, laugh, hold each other accountable, and walk through life together.Join this exclusive brotherhood: https://significantman.com/the-fellowship/  Get the free Significant Man INTEL email series:https://significantman.com/intel  Subscribe to the Significant Man YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SignificantMan Connect directly with Warren https://www.facebook.com/4warren Purchase Warren’s books https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Peterson/e/B0097BEK8G 

I’ve been helping men and working with men for a long time now, from informally helping out guys way back in the 80s (as in the 1900s), through leading live men’s events with Significant Man Ministries today. It is my calling and my passion, and to see the changes in men, and the resulting changes in their marriages and families is humbling.And one of the things I have learned about Christian men is that we tend to fall for one of the big lies of the enemy. And that lie is that we think we have to do everything by ourselves. We think we are the only ones who could ever understand our problems, and we think we are the only one who has ever had our problems. We think we cannot count on anyone else. We think we have to figure out the solution by ourselves.And sometimes, if we’re being honest, we like to play this part. We like to be the lone wolf who just gets things done, without anyone else. We like to step back and say, look at what I accomplished. Look at me, I have it all figured out, I am the one who did all of this. And see, I didn’t need anyone else.But, here is the tough part. Eventually, the lone wolf dies.Important Links: THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCEA Four day and three night life-changing experience and training for married Christian fathers in the glorious mountains of Colorado. Learn more: https://significantman.com/basecamp   THE ASCEND ADVENTUREFive days and four nights of an incredible and intense backpacking adventure for Christian men in the Colorado mountains. Learn more: https://significantman.com/ascend  THE FELLOWSHIP BROTHERHOODAn exclusive community of like-minded Christian men, who meet each week to learn, laugh, hold each other accountable, and walk through life together. Join this exclusive brotherhood: https://significantman.com/the-fellowship/  Get the free Significant Man INTEL email series:https://significantman.com/intel  Subscribe to the Significant Man YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SignificantMan Connect directly with Warren https://www.facebook.com/4warren Purchase Warren’s books https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Peterson/e/B0097BEK8G

In our culture, there is something dangerous, but we don’t often see it as such. It is something that can slowly, one small step at a time, take us down a path that leads us away from Jesus, even if it happens under the disguise of following him. And that something is the dangerous message of false teaching.False teachers are not new, men and women who wish to twist and use scriptures as they desire have been around for as long as there has been scripture to misuse. In second Peter 2, he starts with this, “But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.”So this is not a new problem. But in our online world, in our soundbite world, where so many seek out messages that fit in a meme, in my opinion this problem is getting worse, not better. In today’s episode I’m going to dig into this idea of false teaching and why it’s so dangerous, so let’s get started. ...Important Links:. THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCEA Four day and three-night life-changing experience and training for married Christian fathers in the glorious mountains of Colorado.Learn more: https://significantman.com/basecamp. THE ASCEND ADVENTUREFive days and four nights of an incredible and intense backpacking adventure for Christian men in the Colorado mountains. Learn more: https://significantman.com/ascend .THE FELLOWSHIP BROTHERHOODAn exclusive community of like-minded Christian men, who meet each week to learn, laugh, hold each other accountable, and walk through life together. Join this exclusive brotherhood: https://significantman.com/the-fellowship/. Get the free Significant Man INTEL email series:https://significantman.com/intel. Subscribe to the Significant Man YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SignificantMan. Connect directly with Warren:https://www.facebook.com/4warren .Purchase Warren’s books:https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Peterson/e/B0097BEK8G

In today’s episode I’m going to discuss a critical shift that has to be made in the conversation about your purpose, as a Christian man. There is a new perspective that may be required here, and it is a foundational principle of how we, as Christian men, can view our purpose and calling.This new perspective is found in the comparison of and contrasting between a purpose that is of this world, and a purpose that is not of this world. There is a conflict between these two purposes, and it is within this conflict that many men find themselves trapped and feeling insignificant in their purpose...Important Links:THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCEA Four day and three night life-changing experience and training for married Christian fathers in the glorious mountains of Colorado.Learn more: https://significantman.com/basecampTHE ASCEND ADVENTUREFive days and four nights of an incredible and intense backpacking adventure for Christian men in the Colorado mountains.Learn more: https://significantman.com/ascend Get the free Significant Man INTEL email series:https://significantman.com/intelSubscribe to the Significant Man YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SignificantMan Connect directly with Warren https://www.facebook.com/4warren Purchase Warren’s books https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Peterson/e/B0097BEK8G 

In our world, where everything has become political, and me having my own political views, I do get asked my thoughts on Jesus and our politics here in the United States. Who would Jesus vote for? Which party would he associate with? Would he be a Libertarian, or a Conservative, or a Socialist? So today I’m going to share some of my thoughts on this idea of Politics and Jesus.Important Links: THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCEA Four day and three night life-changing experience and training for married Christian fathers in the glorious mountains of Colorado.Learn more: https://significantman.com/basecamp   THE ASCEND ADVENTUREFive days and four nights of an incredible and intense backpacking adventure for Christian men in the Colorado mountains.Learn more: https://significantman.com/ascend  Get the free Significant Man INTEL email series:https://significantman.com/intel  Subscribe to the Significant Man YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SignificantMan Connect directly with Warren https://www.facebook.com/4warren Purchase Warren’s books https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Peterson/e/B0097BEK8G 

Around the world and in religions from all over, many people are taught that if they just do enough good here on earth, they will experience paradise in the after life. They think that being good is enough to get into heaven, so to speak. But, this view is not what the Bible teaches, and it raises a whole lot of questions.To start with, how is a good person defined? Who gets to create that definition? Do you? Do I? What if we have different definitions of doing good? Is a good person someone who hasn’t committed any serious crimes throughout their life? Or maybe a good person is someone who has dedicated their lives to ministry or to working at a homeless shelter once a week? Or maybe it’s working there every day?And then, just how many good deeds is enough? Do I have do something good once a week, once a day, how much exactly will count up as good enough. If 51 percent of my actions are what I think are good, is that going to be enough? Can the other 49 percent be not so good? In today’s episode I’ll share some of my thoughts on this giant topic, give you some ideas to consider, and share my final answer to this question.----Important Links: THE BASECAMP EXPERIENCEA Four day and three night life-changing experience and training for married Christian fathers in the glorious mountains of Colorado.Learn more: https://significantman.com/basecamp   THE ASCEND ADVENTUREFive days and four nights of an incredible and intense backpacking adventure for Christian men in the Colorado mountains.Learn more: https://significantman.com/ascend  Get the free Significant Man INTEL email series: https://significantman.com/intel  Subscribe to the Significant Man YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SignificantMan Connect directly with Warren https://www.facebook.com/4warren Purchase Warren’s books https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Peterson/e/B0097BEK8G