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.

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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.

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Most men have not actually changed in years, even though they've been learning more. Steve and Kathy Altmeyer have seen these truths impact countless men and women who were willing to let the truths become part of their lives. We pray that, in your journey, the best is yet to come.

In this episode of Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast, Steve Altmeyer walks through 2 Peter 1 and asks men a question nobody asks out loud: are you actually growing, or have you just been standing still? Bold and real like most won't talk about.

In this episode:
- Why more Bible knowledge hasn't made you a different man
- The step almost every man skips, and why nothing works until he takes it
- Why you keep asking God for self-control you were already given
- What your wife's frustration might actually be telling you about God
- How to tell whether you've grown at all in the last five years

CHAPTERS
0:00 What kind of player are you?
2:20 Slow down, meditate, chew on the word
4:22 Have you ever suffered for Christ?
5:35 Hope doesn't mean "I wish" — it means an assured outcome
7:43 "I wish my wife would submit to me"
9:17 What God handed you the day you got saved
10:13 2 Peter 1:5 — the progression
11:26 Step 1: faith
13:05 It's possible to depart from the faith
14:04 Step 2: moral excellence
15:48 Until a man dies to his flesh, he will not grow
16:05 Step 3: knowledge, and the fear of God
16:37 The greatest crisis in the church today
18:04 Step 4: self-control
19:56 The $3,000 already in your pocket
21:17 Step 5: patience and endurance
23:01 Step 6: godliness
24:18 Do people look at your life and want what you have?
25:37 Step 7: brotherly kindness
27:01 Above all: love
29:42 What your suffering is revealing
33:18 How to actually add to your faith
35:22 Sitting at the feet of Jesus
37:54 Living with a thankful heart
38:54 Daniel, Darius, and giving thanks anyway
41:03 Make a choice today

SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE
Joshua 7 · Daniel 6:1-10 · Luke 22:42 · Romans 10:17 · 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 · Galatians 2:20 · Galatians 6:10 · Ephesians 4:32 · Colossians 3:14 · Hebrews 11:6 · 1 Peter 1:5 · 1 Peter 3:1-6 · 1 Peter 4:5, 4:8 · 1 Peter 5:1-5 · 2 Peter 1:3-11

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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The best church in the Bible did everything right — and God still told them to repent. But you don't have to miss the main thing...

In this episode of Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast, Steve Altmeyer opens Revelation 2 and names what the greatest enemy of a man's faith actually is. Bold and real like most won't talk about.

In this episode:
- Why the men doing the most for God are often the furthest from him
- What God said to a church that had the doctrine right and the work right
- Why comparing yourself to men who sin worse than you keeps you stuck
- The difference between working for God and actually knowing him
- How to tell whether it's gone — and what brings it back

CHAPTERS
0:00 Why men can't keep a kingdom focus
2:02 The greatest enemy of a man's change
4:44 Why good is the enemy of best
5:27 We measure success by performance
6:44 The lone ranger problem
7:23 Busy in the kitchen, missing the feet of Jesus
7:58 Everybody is in full-time ministry
8:49 You can do great things and miss the main thing
10:32 Repentance is more than changing your mind
11:07 Comparing yourself to men who sin worse
12:33 The one Bible character with no recorded sin
13:45 What Daniel confessed that wasn't his
15:51 The church at Ephesus — the best one
17:29 Paul's summary of his whole ministry
18:11 Preachers who hold back the full counsel
19:22 The last thing Paul said before leaving
20:51 Twelve years later, what God said to them
23:04 "You have left your first love"
23:45 The warning about the candlestick
25:07 Is the light dying in you?
25:46 My daughter and the two girls downtown
26:55 All the theology and none of the love
28:59 What it means to lose your first love
29:40 Remember how you were when you got engaged
30:37 The man who left his wife last week
32:28 How to tell if you've lost it
34:56 41 years of marriage and what Kathy wanted
36:19 Closing

SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE
1 Samuel 18:1–4 · Daniel 9:3–4 · Malachi 2:16 · Matthew 5:14–16 · Matthew 7:21–23 · Luke 10:38–42 · Acts 19:1–10 · Acts 20:17–35 · 1 Corinthians 7:12–14 · Galatians 5:22 · Revelation 2:1–7 · Revelation 21:23

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 founded Chosen to Lead in 2001 and has since reached over 2,000 men across more than 30 churches. 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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God doesn't use the word hate often. There's four things he hates in the Bible - and they hold a key that can change a man's life.

In this episode of Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast, Steve Altmeyer opens with a question he turns on himself first: if you got one thing said about you at the end of your life, what would you want it to be? Bold and real like most won't talk about.

In this episode:

- The four things God says outright that he hates

- Why the man God chose to spotlight wasn't famous, rich, or a pastor

- The three things men most often trade their word for

- Our childhood, our children - this changes everything

- What Steve has seen in 40 years of men's mentorship

CHAPTERS
0:00 If you got one thing said about you, what would it be?
1:27 Search me, O God — he already knows your thoughts
3:44 Why this is at crisis level right now
5:13 The foundation of God's throne is truth
6:50 The man God spotlighted wasn't famous
8:25 What the Bible's word for integrity actually means
9:56 What really upsets God
11:26 Four things God hates: a lying tongue
11:57 What to do when your kids lie
12:55 A false witness
14:32 Breaking a vow
16:31 A mouth that opposes the truth
17:22 "I'm an honest guy" — let's look closer
18:45 Why most men sell it: money
19:58 Where I've seen the least integrity
20:49 Telling the pastor "great sermon" when you disagree
21:38 "I'll pray for you" — and you never do
22:57 Why young people are walking away from the faith
25:02 The two boys and the uniforms
28:25 Why they didn't listen
30:34 What men trade their word for: money, food, being liked
32:49 Saul and David — how each one took correction
35:46 Nobody can correct a man about his wife or his kids
36:39 Some men won't make it, and it'll surprise us
40:08 What God says about liars
43:21 The man who lost his head over telling the truth
44:53 Closing

SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE
Genesis 25:29–34 · Deuteronomy 19:15 · Joshua 7 · Judges 16:4–21 · 1 Samuel 15 · 2 Samuel 12:1–13 · Job 1:1, 2:3, 2:9 · Psalm 139:23–24 · Proverbs 6:16–19 · Proverbs 8:13 · Malachi 2:14–16 · Matthew 11:11 · Matthew 26:14–16 · Matthew 28:11–15 · Mark 6:17–18 · John 3:30 · Romans 2:4 · Romans 5:8 · 1 Corinthians 7:12–14 · 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 · Ephesians 2:8–9 · Ephesians 6:4 · Revelation 21:27 · Revelation 22:14–15 · 1 John 5:11–13

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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You prayed the prayer. You go to church. Nothing actually changed. The gospel you were handed was missing a word.

In this episode of Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast, Steve Altmeyer asks men the question most churches avoid: if you're saved, why does nothing look different? Bold and real like most won't talk about.

In this episode:
- Why you can pray the prayer and still not change
- What "God loves you" leaves out, and why nobody told you
- The word your church stopped preaching
- Why feeling bad about sin isn't the same as turning from it
- How to tell if something real actually happened to you

WHAT WE STAND ON
Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose the third day, and that is the ground under everything on this channel. No man cleans himself up first — we are saved by grace through faith, not by anything we produced. It is his kindness that leads a man to repentance, and repentance is required, because it is how a man receives that grace.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 · Romans 2:4 · Romans 5:8 · Ephesians 2:8-9 · 1 John 5:11-13

CHAPTERS
0:00 The part of the gospel most men never heard
2:04 What's your one-word concept of God?
2:50 The four pillars of God's throne
4:44 God is just — how a God of love can judge
5:28 Why "God loves you" doesn't offend anyone
6:10 Hebrews 6 — what has to come first
8:34 John the Baptist's message
9:22 Jesus preached the same word
10:29 What the apostles actually went out and preached
11:53 Miracles don't change men. Repentance does
15:34 What repentance actually means
16:07 A weak gospel is one that doesn't preach repentance
19:03 Crucified with Christ — dying to the flesh
20:38 Holy, holy, holy — the command to be holy
23:09 1 John 3 — a real believer doesn't stay stuck in sin
24:53 1 Thessalonians 4 — "this is the will of God"
26:03 Purity — and what a Christian doesn't keep doing
29:19 If you despise this, you're not despising the messenger
33:58 The beautiful part of the gospel
36:05 Closing

SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE
Exodus 28:36 · Leviticus 11:44 · Isaiah 6:3 · Malachi 2:16 · Matthew 3:1–2 · Matthew 4:17 · Mark 6:11–13 · Luke 1:49 · Luke 13:2–3 · Acts 2:37–38 · Romans 2:4 · Romans 5:8 · 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 · 2 Corinthians 7:1 · Galatians 2:20 · Ephesians 1:4 · Ephesians 2:8–9 · 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8 · Hebrews 6:1–2 · 1 Peter 1:9, 16 · 1 John 3:4–9 · 1 John 5:11–13

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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