Relevant Links
- @thespearing | Nathan Spearing Instagram
- @homeformation | Jax Spearing Instagram
- Trail Life USA
- *The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self*, Michael Easter
- ESV Bible Online
- Book of Joshua (ESV)
Recommended Episodes
- Physical and Spiritual Strength and Becoming an Order of Magnitude More Dangerous with former SEAL Bill Rapier | Life on Target Podcast
- Fostering Physical and Mental Toughness in Kids with Rob Sentz | Life on Target Podcast
- Just Move! (and more steps to better health) | Life on Target Podcast
- Contentment—Not Just for Girls | Life on Target Podcast
Show Summary
- Update on closing an additional 34 acres of land. [0:30]
- Tending my garden by clearing undergrowth with a brush trimmer. [0:40]
- We are trying to get the land ready for livestock and meat animals to provide sustenance for the local church and larger community. [0:53]
- We want to make our family more resilient. [1:07]
- There are several different issues affecting men that are in tension with each other. [1:50]
- Many people are whining about young men coming up in the faith. [2:10]
- The issues in Christian community are also issues across society. [2:30]
- By and large, Christians are not raising men who will be future leaders in society. [2:54]
- Reflections on taking my 12-year-old son on a 50 mile march in 2021. [3:32]
- I want to put my boys in situations that push them past their physical limits. [3:57]
- Telling my son, “This is an individual event—don’t compare yourself to the other boys.” [5:02]
- Even when your body says you can’t do it, you have a lot more in the tank. [5:26]
- The only way to build capacity to do things when they are hard is to do hard things. [5:35]
- Coming up with a ritual each year with a challenge that has a 50% chance of completion. [6:13]
- It’s important to identify things that are hard for you and your boys and then do them. [6:51]
- Before you can turn boys into men you have to be a man. [7:57]
- Do things in faith where God has to bring about the result. [8:16]
- Build a culture in your household of men who are hard and dangerous. [9:02]
- Family worship should happen every day. [9:35]
- Joshua 2:18 Scripture reading. [10:38]
- Jericho trembled because they believed in the power of the Lord and the Lord’s people. [11:54]
- Do you live like your God is the same God of the Israelites in Joshua’s day? [12:24]
- My motto: “I’m invincible until the Lord is through with me.” [13:06]
- Why it was challenging to step out in faith and buy more land. [14:09]
- The importance of having a godly woman who speaks truth into your life. [14:37]
- We have a vision; we’re executing it; but the Lord will have to bring the yield. [15:47]
- The key tension between faith and doing the work. [16:56]
- Life postures trickle down—you can’t play it safe and raise courageous men. [17:29]
- Every choice that you make has consequences—for good or for ill. [18:16]
- Every choice you make also affects your family (or future family). [18:30]
- Do something hard right now. [19:27]
- Raising godly kids is dangerous for the evil one. [20:16]
- When you do something hard and dangerous, talk to your kids about it. [22:03]
- Parting close out. [22:14]
