Right off the bat, Chuck Bradford admits his career hasn’t always gone according to plan—his plan, anyway. But Chuck says God’s hand has guided him to places he needed to go, including Chick-fil-A, where he spent nearly 20 years absorbing principles of leadership that have changed his life. Chuck relays some of those principles to Nate Dewberry in this week’s episode, along with advice for quieting the inner doubts that nag at us, and the values that separate companies that care for their customers from those that are just trying to make a fast buck.

Chuck Bradford is an executive leader, consultant, and co-founder of Cord Analytics, a software company providing smart-data modeling for stock analysis. With more than four decades of leadership experience spanning Delta Airlines, entrepreneurial consulting, and 28 years at Chick-fil-A’s corporate office, Chuck brings deep insight into organizational leadership, change management, and executive development.

After navigating seasons of unemployment, financial uncertainty, reinvention, and corporate influence, Chuck has learned firsthand that what you believe ultimately determines how you lead. Today, he serves business owners and executives through consulting and executive coaching, helping leaders close the gap between expectations and reality while grounding their decisions in biblical principles.

Chuck has been married for 40 years, is a father and grandfather, and continues to live and lead from Auburn, Alabama, with a passion for faithful leadership that endures.

Segments/chapters

0:00 Intro/A challenging time in Chuck’s career

4:29 Chuck’s faith background

7:44 A career based on Christ-centered leadership

16:17 Identifying, admitting, and overcoming insecurities when you’re in a leadership position

26:07 “Love God and love people,” and other lessons from Chick-fil-A

30:38 Chuck’s own leadership influences

34:33 God wants us to bounce back from our mistakes—and learn from them

42:12 “God, You used me to make a difference”

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As a minister and entrepreneur, Matt Moore has been through his share of relocations and job changes, and he and his wife have had to shepherd four young children through many of them. This week Matt shares with Nate Dewberry the things he’s learned and the non-negotiable values and practices he’s picked up that have helped them weather those changes and become stronger and more faithful for the journey. Their freewheeling conversation covers everything from setting aside selfish impulses and putting wife and family first to growing up biracial and the pitfalls of attempting farming and living the “homesteader” life in rural Alabama.

Segments/chapters

0:00 Intro/A little about Matt and his family

4:50 How having kids put Matt’s faith in a new perspective

9:25 A winding path to success in business

15:18 Cultivating open, healthy relationships

21:49 The rhythms and practices of healthy marriages and families

34:54 How the biracial experience has strengthened Matt as a friend and minister

45:00 The joys, blessings, and aggravations of the farming life

52:04 Rapid-fire questions and closing thoughts

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Frank Rich was first exposed to pornography at just six years old after discovering explicit material in his home. Though he went on to achieve success as an entrepreneur, bodybuilder, and health coach, he remained trapped in a cycle of pornography and shame for years. Everything began to change when other men helped him step into honesty, confront the deeper roots of his struggle, and rediscover his identity in Christ.

Now, through his Rebuilt Recovery ministry and The Super Human Life podcast, Frank helps men break free from pornography and rebuild their lives with clarity, purpose, and freedom.

In this conversation, Frank joins Nate Dewberry to share his story of struggle and redemption, the role brotherhood played in his healing, why many men remain stuck in silence, and how identity-based transformation offers a path to lasting freedom. This episode is an honest and hope-filled reminder that no man is beyond redemption, and freedom is possible.

Segments/chapters

0:00 Intro/An overview of Rebuilt Recovery

5:46 Frank’s pornography addiction and his journey out

13:45 Why an identity-based approach to addiction worked for Frank

19:53 Suggestions—and a challenge—for men who consume porn

22:02 A more constructive approach to porn addiction

27:48 Why physical strength and fitness isn’t just a superficial pursuit

39:45 The blessings and challenges Frank has experienced since breaking free of porn

46:11 Making who we are in private match who we want to be in public

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“Life is like vapor.” Micah McElveen learned that the hard way at age 15, when a freak swimming accident left him clinically dead for five minutes—and potentially a paraplegic for life. As he fought to regain the use of his body, though, Micah also found a new sense of gratitude and focus that eventually led him to found Vapor Ministries, an organization offering food, health, and hope to thousands in some of the most impoverished places on earth. In this week’s episode, Micah talks to Nate Dewberry about that journey and the direct instructions from God that inspired it and sustain it today.

Segments/chapters

0:00 Intro/Opening questions

2:55 The near-death experience that catalyzed Micah’s spiritual life

10:03 Navigating a long recovery, and learning a new sense of gratitude

18:30 The people who encouraged and advised Micah along the way

23:52 What drew Micah to ministry and a life of caring for the poor

30:10 Micah expands his ministry to another continent

35:25 Micah’s partner in work, ministry, and life

40:28 Advice for men seeking to refocus their lives on serving those in need

47:11 Lessons and practices that help keep Micah focused and grateful

51:57 How you can participate in Vapor Ministries’ work/Closing thoughts

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When you’re an athletic coach, you also function in some ways as a pastor; when you’re a pastor, you also take on the role of a coach. Wren Aaron, who spent 25 years as a coach and public school teacher, and another 17 in ministry, has plenty of experience with the ups and downs of both. Currently the regional director of the Nations of Coaches athletics ministry, Wren talks with Nate Dewberry this week about the lessons he’s learned in both roles. He shares not only the leadership principles that have become guiding lights in his life and career, but also his thoughts on marriage and fatherhood, as well as maintaining bonds with other men that matter, whether we realize it or not.

Segments/chapters

0:00 Intro/Wren’s résumé

4:22 Wren’s history with basketball

10:02 Difficult periods on Wren’s spiritual journey

15:56 When someone you’ve invested a lot in makes the wrong choice

18:23 Reflections on marriage and fatherhood

24:26 Wren’s guiding principles of coaching and leadership

30:11 Maintaining relationships and accountability across different seasons of life

39:21 Closing thoughts

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When we first welcomed Chris and Karla Hines to The Redeemed Man two years ago, Chris, a former pastor and businessman, had just founded the Marriage in Focus ministry in Auburn, Alabama. Since then, Marriage in Focus has grown by leaps and bounds, Karla has joined the ministry full time—and they’ve celebrated 30 years of marriage. Chris and Karla talk with Nate Dewberry this week about what they’ve learned from guiding dozens of marriage retreats and what they share with those couples about communicating openly, “fighting fairly,” encouraging vulnerability—and keeping God at the center of it all.

Segments/chapters

0:00 Intro/A little bit of Chris and Karla’s backstory

4:19 The mission of Marriage in Focus and recent developments in the ministry

11:08 What MIF’s premarital counseling entails

18:34 How their counseling work has helped Chris and Karla’s marriage grow

24:55 Tips on “fighting fairly” and communicating well

31:09 How men can better articulate their true emotions in times of conflict

39:53 How women can encourage their husbands to be honest and vulnerable

48:22 Every couple’s situation is different—but God’s love is universal

53:53 Finding hope on the other side of infidelity and betrayal

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As a teenager, Austin Milster remembers that his faith was mainly about following rules and checking boxes. But his time in the Army prompted him to re-evaluate his life and invest in the search for a more meaningful relationship with Christ. This week, Austin covers a variety of topics in conversation with Nate Dewberry, from how our own upbringing can echo in the way we guide, encourage, and discipline our kids to resisting the pressure to put work before family, and what he’s learned as a leader of The Redeemed’s small online groups.

Segments/chapters

0:00 Intro/What does redemption mean to you?

3:02 Austin’s faith journey

6:08 The regular disciplines that have helped Austin find a more meaningful faith

9:58 How athletic activity can help us become mentally and spiritually stronger

14:22 Fatherhood and what it teaches us about ourselves

21:33 Walking the line between encouragement and discipline

27:36 Guiding principles for balancing work, marriage, and parenthood

33:39 What Austin’s learned from leading small groups at The Redeemed

41:35 Creating an environment where men are willing to be vulnerable

45:20 Closing thoughts: Advice for guys who feel lost

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As president and CEO of Atlanta Mission, a shelter for people experiencing homelessness in Atlanta, Tensley Almand has gained firsthand perspective on why people find themselves without shelter and what we can do to help them secure stable lives and careers. In an eye-opening conversation with Nate Dewberry, Tensley shares some of the personal journey that took him from church pastor to head of the Southeast’s largest homeless ministry, and explains concepts such as “relational poverty” and “intact-family homelessness” that should make all of us realize just how thin a line there is between lives of abundance and lives on the edge.

Segments/chapters

0:00 Intro

1:34 “Like every good story, it involves a girl”: Tensley’s faith and family journey

9:37 Surviving the crucible of COVID as a church leader

15:44 The transition from Decatur City Church to Atlanta Mission

27:18 Atlanta Mission’s history and purpose

32:59 What people don’t realize about homelessness

42:38 How churchgoers and churches can make a bigger difference

47:00 Trends Tensley is seeing in the unhoused community

57:32 Closing thoughts on leadership and the obligations of love

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