Wrestlers, I don't often do solo episodes but sometimes I have more that I want to express as my personal view and this episode is one of those times.

The stock market darling for all of 2025 was Nvidia and all things related to AI holdings. For the first two weeks of this year I have consumed content related to AI that stirred my inner man and made me more aware of the wrestling match I am experiencing over it.

This episode connects the dots through each of these stories:

· ChatGPT commercials aimed at young men

· Physical AI in large machines or mining of our health records

· Peggy Noonan’s theory on America losing its melody

· Russian disinformation and denial to sew division within the U.S.

· AI bias skewing outcomes and creating environmental harm

The question put to all of us is: "Are we fully examining the potential unintended consequences of rushing headlong into the AI world?"

It seems like it's becoming our new idol and at the end of this episode I cover two stories from history as cautionary tales.

No matter what your opinion is about AI this episode might be a great one to investigate so that you can step back and see the forest not just the trees and consider your own personal philosophy about this tsunami heading right for all of us.

You also might want to head back to a previous episode I did with Dr Wallace Henley on his book titled "Who Will Rule The Coming 'Gods'?: The Looming Spiritual Crisis Of Artificial Intelligence" That episode is titled "The Moral Hazard of AI"

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How would you like to have a job where everyone you serve is having the worst day of their life??

That is the everyday truth of a career as a first responder; the police, fire, and EMS folks who we call on our worst days.

If it hasn’t really sunk in yet, let me give you a few more specific examples:

How about a traumatic death, a murder or suicide, where organ donor decisions must be made?

How about the death of a child due to a pool drowning or a neglect or abuse situation?

Or how about having to kill a criminal at a scene before he kills you (mass shootings)?

On a previous episode recently, I had the Chaplain from Camp Hope on the show to talk about veterans suffering with PTSD, something we are all more familiar with from news and PR campaigns to assist them. But we hear almost nothing about the PTSD of first responders or ways to help them cope with it.

This show is going to shed much more light on these people and their wrestling match with asking for help.

My guest is Richard Cary, a Fire Chief for 20 years in a volunteer fire department as well as working as a licensed paramedic. He also served his local community in a 39-year part-time law enforcement career as a Master Peace Officer. Give this episode a listen and be grateful for the people who respond when we need them on our worst days.

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As men, the closest we get to participate in creation as image bearers of God is fathering a child. It is a gigantic moment in any man’s life, regardless of age, when he learns that he has gotten a woman pregnant.

It is a moment of overwhelming joy for married couples who might have been struggling to have children.

It can be a moment of mixed feelings for a married couple who thought they were through having children only to learn they have been blessed again with the “oops baby” perhaps a little later in life than they were expecting.

It can be downright terrifying to a young man, perhaps still a teenager himself, who became sexually active outside of marriage and never considered the outcome of a possible pregnancy.

Back in 2000 there was a very popular song by a band named “Third Eye Blind” called “10 Days Late” with lyrics describing what goes on in a guy’s mind when faced with an unexpected pregnancy. Here are a few of the lines from that song:

I’m in trouble now and it cannot wait

She’s ten days late

Boy, your life got complicated

Give me a minute to figure out my state…..

My guest for this show is Greg Mayo, the award-winning author of Almost Daddy: The Forgotten Story and its companion 12-Step recovery guide for healing after abortion. His work centers on helping men find hope, healing, and a restored relationship with God.

As we celebrate the most important birth in history and consider all those fathers who lost their sons to Herod's edict, let's take time to consider our full role in the creation of new life in this episode.

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We all so long for the Norman Rockwell holiday gathering at Christmas, both parents and even grandparents seated with obedient children, heads bowed around an abundant table or cheerfully opening gifts around a Christmas tree.

But the truth is that most families today experience everything from anxiety to sorrow or grief over family member estrangements making the holidays a painful reminder of how far our reality is from the desired state.

One of the problems causing such estrangement is PTSD in the Veteran community. In fact, The Veterans Health Administration estimates that 44 veterans take their own lives daily, a tragedy indeed for the men and women who fought for our freedom.

Now before you tune out thinking this show is a downer, let me tell you that we are here to talk about a place called Camp Hope and the redemption and restoration almost 16,000 combat veterans have found through their outreach and programs since its founding in 2012.

My guest today is Billy Graff whose full time job is Chaplain and Clinical Director at Camp Hope for the PTSD Foundation of America. Listen to how Camp Hope redeems families and fathers!

Here's a link to their website: www.ptsdusa.org

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Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you genuinely wrestled with being thankful? Maybe even at this time of year?

Perhaps after being laid off at work like many people are experiencing today due to AI?

Or maybe it’s just the tyranny of inflation and falling behind on rising expenses?

Or possibly you're a federal employee impacted by the recent government shutdown?

Or it could be something much worse like a life-threatening cancer diagnosis?

I’m happy to welcome back the Chaplain of the Capitol Commission of Louisiana, Dr Michael Sprague who also wrote a book titled “Disaster: Betting the Farm on God in Life’s Storms.” In it he relates his personal experience in living through Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005. Earlier this year, he experienced another challenging storm, an aggressive form of prostate cancer diagnosis.

In this episode Dr Sprague walks us through his diagnosis, treatment, and initial recovery process and how he found ways to be grateful for the many fresh blessings he encountered along his journey. He also gives us a peek into House Speaker Mike Johnson's background in the state of Louisiana and why we should be thankful to have such a man of integrity leading our nation in the House of Representatives.

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Proverbs 1:5 says “Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance.”

In God’s economy, wisdom is never static; it is always expanding. Even the wise must “increase in learning.” Which means that maturity is not marked by arrival but by continual openness to correction and instruction. The mark of a true disciple is not how much he knows but how much he is willing to keep learning! Jonathan Edwards once said, “The man who thinks he has sufficient knowledge shows his ignorance.” Pride is a ceiling that blocks growth, while humility is the soil where wisdom takes root. As long as we draw breath, we remain students in God’s classroom. Death, not pride, is graduation.

Willingness to learn…….now there is a wrestling match that many of us are having near daily, but we seldom seem to discuss much! That is until today!

Bryan Hurlbutt was a keynote speaker at a conference I attended last month and delivered a terrific message on untaught men and teachability.

He was born and raised in upstate New York, received his bachelor’s degree in religious education from Davis College in Johnson City, New York, and his master’s degree in theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. His doctorate of ministry from Talbot School of Theology focused on how worldview, philosophy, and culture relate to the local church, which culminated in the release of his first book, Tasty Jesus: Liberating Christ from the Power of our Predilections

You can learn more about him and his church Lifeline Community at

www.lifelinecommunity.com

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After four years as a state representative, eight years as a state senator, and ten years as the Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Texas, my friend and guest Glenn Hegar, began his new position as Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System on July 1st 2025. On July 4th, Kerville Texas experienced one of the most devastating floods and loss of life in Texas history! And with eight state agencies in addition to the twelve universities under his purview, Chancellor Hegar had to mobilize the Texas Division of Emergency Management and the Texas Forest Service (for the significant debris removal needs) before he had even warmed the chair in his new position.

Then, just two months later, on September 19th Mark Welsh resigned as President of the flagship campus of Texas A&M University in College Station amid controversy over the firing of a professor teaching transgender ideology in a children's literature course.

Perhaps more than any other vocation, a career in politics is a constant wrestling match. Today, it seems to be just as vigorous within one's own party as with the opposition due to our dysfunctional primary system giving the extremists in both political parties outsized weight in the prioritization of platforms.

Chancellor Hegar is one of the good guys who has spent his life in service to the people of Texas. In this episode we discuss his decision to leave elective office for this opportunity to positively influence the next generation of Texans. As Glenn put it, "to give them the tools, the education, and the values they need to lead."

Tune in and learn about the Chancellor's role, a very big job with an annual budget of $8.1 billion and Glenn's vision to help address the tremendous growth of both business and population in our state. We also discuss wrestling with the politics of the recent federal government shutdown, the nationwide search for the next President of the College Station campus, and the impact that NIL, the transfer portal, and TV contracts have had on the football program and the "brand" of Texas A&M which we both hold so dear.

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Many of the most intellectually gifted people in this world struggle with true belief in something as simple as genuine faith.

The analytical training always asks another question seeking proof. And I can't think of many things worse that what a good old Garth Brooks country song says, "standing outside the fire."

Some folks stand at the threshold of belief like at a doorway to freedom. It's wide open and they only have to walk through it but something stops them.... doubt and whispering suggestions. I have been there myself. It's called a stumbling block, placed exactly there by an adversary that does not want you to go in.

And Doug's stumbling block was the big "why" question.

"If there is a God and He is good, why does He allow so much suffering in this world?"

If anyone reading this is uncertain about faith in Jesus Christ as our risen Lord and Savior, please, please, please listen to this long storytelling episode. Just give it a chance. One beggar telling another where to find bread. That is Doug Sharp's story.

Doug's vivid details and campfire hypnotic storytelling string together a series of unvarnished confessions and incredulous events that your long drive somewhere will feel like sitting on the porch with a war veteran, only in this case the war story is spiritual .

Fast food sound bite lovers need not tune in. This is a delightfully chewy one.

But in this world of so much uncertainty with deep fakes and AI making us more suspicious of everything, don't our souls starve for a moment like Doug had where he was provided CERTAIN knowledge directly from our Lord?

One small correction needs to be made in reference to his favorite bible verse, it is Revelation 3:20 and not Romans 3:20 as misstated in the recording

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