Is it sinful for a Christian man to desire greatness? Is ambition always pride? In this episode of God’s World, God’s Way, Nathan F. Conkey explores Jesus’ surprising answer in Mark 10, where James and John openly desire preeminence in the Kingdom.

Christ does not rebuke their longing to be great — instead, He redirects it. The world’s path to greatness is domination, self-exaltation, and control. But the Kingdom path is the exact opposite: true greatness comes through service.

Jesus teaches that the man who would be “great” must become a servant (diakonos), and the man who would be “first” must become a bond-servant (doulos) — bound in focused, humble devotion to serving his people in his God-given calling.

This message is a call to Christian men to reject false, passive spirituality and embrace godly ambition through faithful labour, humility, excellence, and service — walking the path Christ Himself walked.

The door to greatness is open. The way is clear. Serve, and be great in God’s world, God’s way.

Christian man, if your faith feels real but your life feels like it's going nowhere — your work hollow, your ambitions guilty, your days just treading water waiting for heaven — this episode is for you.

The problem isn't your salvation. The problem is that someone separated your faith from your work, and taught you that the Bible is only about spiritual things — prayer, church, and getting your soul to heaven. That lie has a name. It's an ancient heresy. And it has been keeping Christian men passive, poor, and stuck for centuries.

In this episode, Nathan takes you back to the very first page of Scripture — Genesis 1:26 — and shows you the dominion mandate: God's first command to mankind, given before sin, before the fall, before redemption language even appears. He traces it through Psalm 8, Proverbs, the life of Christ, and the Great Commission, showing that godliness is dominion — and that your work, your trade, your craft, and your fatherhood are the primary arenas where your faith is meant to be applied.

If you've ever felt that your job is a distraction from the real business of being a Christian, this episode will turn your world the right way up.

Distraction isn’t trivial.

It isn’t just “losing focus.”

Biblically, distraction is being pulled out of the way—away from Christ, away from truth, away from life.

In this episode of God’s World, God’s Way, we expose distraction for what it really is, trace it through Scripture, and show why shortcuts, algorithms, even well-meaning people can derail a God-given calling. Most importantly, we lay out the biblical framework for real transformation, not just marginal improvement.

There is hope. There is a way back. And it begins with the renewing of the mind.