Most men leave the decision about their own body to someone else.

This is the Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast with Steve Altmeyer, who walks Genesis through Revelation to show what God's Word actually says about cremation and burial. Bold and real like most won't talk about.

In this episode:
- Why "it's my body, I'll do what I want" is a lie you may have believed
- What the Bible says happens to the bones God made for you
- The verse where God names burning a body as a sin — and why most people have never read it
- Why Jacob and Joseph both gave dying commands about where their bones would go
- What to do if you've already cremated someone you loved

CHAPTERS
0:00 Everything you do, do it to the glory of God
1:42 What you do with your body — in life and after
2:57 "This is no longer my body"
3:47 "It's my body, I'll do what I want" is a lie
4:18 Foundation: all things were made by Him
5:45 Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit
6:47 Flesh, spirit — and bones
8:00 Does it matter what happens to your body after you die?
8:54 Abraham buys a burial plot when Sarah dies
10:19 Michael and the devil dispute over the body of Moses
12:06 Jacob's dying request: don't bury me in Egypt
14:20 Joseph gave a command concerning his bones
14:53 What cremation actually is
15:49 What Google says — and why Steve says it's wrong
16:53 The first cremation in the Bible: the golden calf
17:18 Amos 2:1 — burning the bones of the king of Edom
19:03 Sodom and Gomorrah, and God's own use of fire
19:32 Josiah's revival: bones burned on pagan altars
22:49 A dead man touches Elisha's bones and lives
24:03 Were Saul and Jonathan cremated?
27:14 Seven sons, the Gibeonites, and a three-year famine
31:01 Why the famine ended when it did
31:19 A pastor in India explains why Christians there don't cremate
33:20 Joseph of Arimathea begged for the body of Jesus
33:39 Burying his own parents, with shovels
36:50 "Bury my bones" — a command to his children
37:48 God kept three men from being cremated
39:06 If you've already cremated a loved one

SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE
1 Corinthians 10:31 · Colossians 1:16 · John 1:3 · Genesis 4:1 · Psalm 139:14 · 1 Corinthians 6:15-20 · Ephesians 5:29-30 · Daniel 1:8 · Genesis 23 · Jude 8-9 · Genesis 47:29-31 · Hebrews 11:22 · Exodus 32:20 · Amos 2:1 · Genesis 19 · 2 Kings 23:14-18 · 2 Kings 13:21 · 1 Samuel 31:11-13 · 2 Samuel 21 · Daniel 3 · Matthew 27:57-60

ABOUT THE SHOW
Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast is turning the hearts of men toward God, fighting for marriage and family, and equipping men to lead with character, conviction, courage, and compassion. Steve Altmeyer has discipled thousands of men over 25 years. Here he shares the keys that have helped men overcome weakness and lead pure, healthy lives, wives, and families.

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Most men have never read the qualifications the Bible sets for a church leader.

In this episode of Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast, Steve Altmeyer works from Genesis through 1 Timothy on God's design for men and women, and argues the reason women are leading churches is that men stopped meeting the standard. Bold and real like most won't talk about.

In this episode:
- Why Steve blames men, not women, for who's leading churches today
- The qualification list almost nobody checks anymore
- What changed in one verse between older and newer Bible translations
- What Deborah actually said to Barak, and what it cost him
- What your son learns about leading by watching who leads your church

CHAPTERS
0:00 Why this is even a discussion now
3:23 Keep the plain thing the main thing
4:12 What changed in the last four generations
6:58 The plumb line has to be God's word
7:57 Genesis 2 — man formed first, given the garden
8:37 "Helpmate" and the naming of the animals
12:01 Not a curse — discipline
13:27 Why Adam carries the weight, not Eve
14:16 God made his covenants through men
15:07 Isaiah 3:12 — when women rule over my people
15:52 Esther, Vashti, and what the whole book is about
18:39 Deborah and Barak — a man rejecting the mantle
20:47 Jezebel, Athaliah, and the power of influence
23:38 Did anything change in the New Testament?
24:46 Ephesians 5 — the husband is the head
25:53 Your wife submits about as much as you submit to God
27:15 1 Timothy 2 — what Paul tells Timothy
31:15 Titus 2 — what older women are to teach
33:59 Why I blame men, not women
36:36 1 Timothy 3 — the husband of one wife
39:41 "Their wives" or "women"? The translation question
43:58 What about Phoebe?
46:44 What your son is learning in that room
50:36 Closing

SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE
Genesis 2:7, 2:15–23 · Genesis 3:16–19 · Exodus 20:5 · Judges 4:4–9 · Esther 1:10–22 · Isaiah 3:12 · Romans 5:19 · Romans 16:1–2 · 1 Corinthians 11:3–9 · 1 Corinthians 14:33–35 · Ephesians 5:22–24 · 1 Timothy 2:9–15 · 1 Timothy 3:1–12 · 1 Timothy 5:9–14 · Titus 2:3–5 · 1 Peter 3:1–6

ABOUT THE SHOW
Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast is turning the hearts of men toward God, fighting for marriage and family, and equipping men to lead with character, conviction, courage, and compassion. Steve Altmeyer has discipled thousands of men over 25 years. Here he shares the keys that have helped men overcome weakness and lead pure, healthy lives, wives, and families.

Subscribe for more teaching on Christian manhood, biblical marriage, purity, fatherhood, and God's design for the home.

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Most men take their pastor's word for what the Bible says.

In this episode of Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast, Steve Altmeyer opens Jeremiah 6 and traces how a church can drift so slowly that nobody in it notices. Bold and real like most won't talk about.

In this episode:
- Why you wouldn't notice if your church quietly stopped teaching something
- How Sunday school disappeared one month at a time, and what else went with it
- What one generation does in moderation, the next one does in excess
- Why a man's conscience can go quiet on something he once knew was wrong
- What to do when you realize the man teaching you isn't following the book

CHAPTERS
0:00 Why this one is weighing heavy
1:44 Jeremiah 6:16 — stand in the ways and ask for the old paths
3:55 Why so many people have no peace
4:54 Why there are fewer watchmen than ever
8:07 Jeremiah 23 — my heart within me is broken
9:43 It isn't just the people, it's the leaders
11:01 Comfortable in church, forsaking the word
13:51 The generation that knew not the Lord
15:24 The "Joshua generation" that wasn't
17:59 Micah, his mother, and the silver
21:08 Four hundred years without Passover
23:45 Right motives are not enough
26:54 What I've watched change in 71 years
31:11 What church looks like now
32:16 When did your church last call a fast?
36:39 One generation moderates, the next exceeds
37:00 How Sunday school quietly disappeared
42:01 What Moses asked for

SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE
Genesis 23 · Exodus 1:8–10 · Exodus 20:4 · Exodus 30:12 · Exodus 33:13–15 · Judges 2:8–10 · Judges 8:33 · Judges 17 · Judges 21:25 · 2 Samuel 6:1–7 · 2 Samuel 24 · 1 Kings 3:3–5 · 2 Kings 23:21–23 · Jeremiah 6:16 · Jeremiah 23:9–22 · Acts 7:22 · 1 Corinthians 11:23–26 · 2 Timothy 2:15 · 2 Timothy 3:16

ABOUT THE SHOW
Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast is turning the hearts of men toward God, fighting for marriage and family, and equipping men to lead with character, conviction, courage, and compassion. Steve Altmeyer has discipled thousands of men over 25 years. Here he shares the keys that have helped men overcome weakness and lead pure, healthy lives, wives, and families.

Subscribe for more teaching on Christian manhood, biblical marriage, purity, fatherhood, and God's design for the home.

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