It's the official Episode 1 of the first season of our ManDown Podcast. On this episode Colby Garman, Bobby Gomez, and Joe Craft cover the first concept in The ManDown Ethos and focus on the importance of grasping the gospel.

The ManDown Ethos is our vision for pursuing the laid-down in following Jesus into mature manhood. You can read the first statement and its explanation here:

MATURE MEN GRASP THE GOSPEL
The gospel is the power of God at work in us through the promise of Christ’s all sufficient work on our behalf. Everything that makes genuine

growth as a man possible is rightly powered by a deepening understanding of the gospel and its fruits. As men we recognize that a weak grasp on the gospel leaves us looking to other things for power and security that cannot deliver on the promises they hold out to us. With a clear understanding of the gospel at the center of our lives we are able to capitalize on the many other benefits of practical wisdom and holistic development inside a framework that is life-giving and centered on God as the one who brings fruit and maturity. A firm grasp on the gospel protects us from a counterfeit vision of masculinity and helps us see the events of our lives through the primary narrative of God’s saving work in the world.

Romans 1:16–17. [16] For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. [17] For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” (ESV)

Each episode we will focus on one of the 8 statements that make up our ManDown Ethos.