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The Long Obedience
by Michael Whitworth
The Long Obedience is a podcast for Christian husbands and fathers that skips the bumper-sticker masculinity and digs into the real, messy work of faith, marriage, and fatherhood. Each episode opens the Bible, names what men actually struggle with, and ends with one concrete step to take that week. start2finish.substack.com
Episodes
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Episode 12: The Man at the Workbench
Ask most men who they are, and they'll tell you what they do. In this episode, Michael explores what work is for and what it isn't. Work isn't a curse. God gave Adam a job in Genesis 2, before anything went wrong, and the thorns and thistles came later. Michael names the two ditches men fall…
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BONUS EPISODE: Nevertheless
On Father’s Day 2021, Michael preached, then drove to the airport to do something he knew was wrong. For nine hours in the Tampa airport, one sentence wouldn’t leave him alone: Go home. He didn’t. Three weeks later, his marriage ended. In this bonus episode, Michael shares the story behind his…
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Episode 11: What to Do with Doubt
Pre-order "Nevertheless: Living Faithfully with What Forgiveness Doesn’t Fix" —> https://start2finish.org/shop/p/nevertheless-living-faithfully-with-what-forgiveness-doesnt-fix Michael distinguishes doubt from unbelief — doubt is an open door, not a closed one — and walks through the biblical...
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Episode 10: Gentle Men
Michael pushes back against the chest-thumping version of Christian masculinity, reclaiming gentleness as a Christlike virtue the church has abandoned. The Greek word for gentle describes a wild horse that's been tamed — all the power still there, but under control. Jesus cleared the temple with…
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Episode 9: What Money Does to a Man
Michael opens with two men from the same church—one wealthy and terrified, one modest and free—to show that money is not neutral. Jesus talked about money more than almost any other topic because it reveals what we actually trust and worship. He names the lies money tells: more will be enough,...
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Episode 8: The Phone in Your Hand
SAVE 25% at Start2Finish.org now thru the Fourth of July. Use AMERICA250 at checkout. Michael argues that the phone in your pocket is not neutral. It’s a machine designed by the smartest engineers on the planet to capture your attention, and it’s winning. Your wife sees a man who’s not fully…
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Episode 7: The Friends You Don’t Have
Purchase the “What Is the Book of …?” OT Law & History Bundle and SAVE $20 when you use the code “BUNDLE” at checkout. Visit start2finish.org. Michael names the loneliness epidemic among men — fewer close friendships than at any point in history — and explores why it’s so hard: men are socialized...
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Episode 6: When You’re Running on Empty
Michael addresses the spiritual dryness almost every man experiences but few talk about — the seasons when you're doing all the right things and feeling absolutely nothing. Drawing on Psalm 42, Psalm 88, and Elijah's burnout in 1 Kings 19, he normalizes the experience and explores its causes:...
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Episode 5: Fighting Well
In this episode, I assert that conflict isn't the enemy of intimacy — avoidance is. Every fight you refuse to have, every hard conversation you sidestep, doesn't disappear; it goes underground and builds until something explodes. I name the ways men fight badly — stonewalling, defending instead…
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Episode 4: Your Kids Are Watching
Building on Deuteronomy 6, I argue that faith is caught in the ordinary moments, not taught in the formal ones. Your kids are learning how to treat their future spouse by watching how you treat yours, learning how to handle failure by watching how you handle yours, and learning whether God is…
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Episode 3: The Quiet Sins
In this episode, I name the three sins men rename and let fester—anger, lust, and pride—arguing that pride is the root beneath the other two. Anger becomes armor that keeps people at a distance; lust is almost never about sex but about escape; pride is the voice that says “I don't need help” and...
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Episode 2: Servant Leadership Isn’t a Cliché
I want to challenge the way most Christian men read Ephesians 5—eyes drawn to “wives, submit” while skipping the part where Paul tells husbands to die. Walking through John 13, I show how Jesus, fully secure in his identity and authority, got on his knees and washed the feet of men who were about...
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Episode 1: The Man I Meant to Be
In the pilot episode, I introduce myself as a divorced preacher who failed at the very thing I’m asking other men to pursue—and that honesty becomes the foundation for everything that follows. I argue that marriages and families don't usually fall apart from one catastrophic failure but from a...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Long Obedience is a podcast for Christian husbands and fathers that skips the bumper-sticker masculinity and digs into the real, messy work of faith, marriage, and fatherhood. Each episode opens the Bible, names what men actually struggle with, and ends with one concrete step to take that week.
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Michael Whitworth
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The Long Obedience is a podcast for Christian husbands and fathers that skips the bumper-sticker masculinity and digs into the real, messy work of faith, marriage, and fatherhood. Each episode opens the Bible, names what men actually struggle with, and ends with one concrete step to take that week....
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The Long Obedience is created and hosted by Michael Whitworth.
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