In this episode, Pastor Logan Merrick unpacks something he has himself struggled with early in marriage and that he's seeing too much of in the greater Christian church. Too many men treat their wives like their mothers rather than their helpmates.

Tune in as Logan give you the book you should have on your bookshelf, how to know if you're treating your wife like your mom, and the question you should be asking your wife this week.

Every husband and father wants to protect his family.

We worry about the culture, bad influences, false teaching, social media, and everything else competing for our wives' hearts and our kids' attention. But what if the greatest threat to your home isn't out there?

What if it's the man in the mirror?

In this first episode of Gird Up Your Loins, we open to 1 Timothy 4:16 and wrestle with Paul's command to "keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching." Before we can faithfully lead our families, we must first learn to shepherd our own hearts.

Along the way we'll unpack the doctrine of sanctification in plain English, learn from the wisdom of the Puritan pastor John Owen, dust off one of the greatest Christian books ever written—Pilgrim's Progress—and I'll leave you with one simple challenge to put your faith into practice this week.

We'll also kick off a brand-new segment called Tonight's Conversation, where I'll give you one meaningful question to ask your wife to help you know and love her more deeply.

This week's question:

"What have I done lately that has made you feel especially loved...and why?"

So grab an old coffee mug, pull up a chair in the workshop, and let's get to work.

Because before you can defend your family well...

You have to learn to watch yourself.

What is Gird Up Your Loins? This trailer tells you all about it.

Weekly podcast for men. No fluff. No celebrity Christianity. Just straight sharpening of each other and growing into the men who God has called us to be, who our wives respect, and who our churches need.