The Questions Beneath the Cross

The Honest Heart Examination Most Men AvoidWhat if the greatest obstacle to your spiritual growth isn't something outside of you? What if it isn't your circumstances, your past, the culture, or even the enemy? What if it's something you're still holding onto?In this powerful follow-up to Episode 48, The Beautiful Brutality of the Cross, Mike Judd takes listeners beyond the historical reality of the cross and into its personal application. Because the cross was never meant to be admired from a distance—it was meant to transform us. At the end of Episode 48, six challenging questions were posed. In this episode, we slow down and allow those questions to become mirrors—revealing the places where God may still be calling us to deeper surrender.Together we'll examine:•What part of me still refuses surrender?•Where am I demanding control?•Where am I preserving image instead of pursuing transformation?•Where has pride become my shield?•Where am I choosing comfort over obedience?•Where am I trying to experience resurrection life without first dying to self?Through biblical teaching, personal reflection, and honest testimony, you'll discover how easily self-protection can disguise itself as wisdom, responsibility, strength, or self-preservation—and how God lovingly invites us to lay those things down and trust Him completely.This episode is not about condemnation. It's about freedom. Because what God reveals, He can heal. What He exposes, He can transform. And what we surrender, He can redeem. If you've ever struggled with control, fear, pride, hidden battles, delayed obedience, or the desire to appear stronger than you really are, this episode will challenge you to move beyond surface-level Christianity and into the kind of transformation that only happens when honesty meets the grace of God.Key Scriptures:•Luke 9:23•Psalm 139:23-24•Hebrews 4:12-13•James 5:16•Proverbs 27:17•John 12:24In This Episode You'll Learn:•Why surrender is a daily decision, not a one-time event•How control is often fear wearing armor•The difference between preserving an image and pursuing transformation•How pride disguises itself as self-protection•Why comfort can become a barrier to obedience•The biblical pattern of death to self before resurrection life•How trusted relationships help expose blind spots and accelerate growthSend us Fan MailThe Making of a Man is a Christian podcast equipping men to become who God designed them to be—through biblical leadership, spiritual warfare, marriage, fatherhood, healing, purpose, and Christ-centered masculinity.