The most insidious lies are the ones about your identity.

Are you a man who knows God exists but feels completely intimidated by the Bible? Maybe you have one on your nightstand, but it’s essentially a "good luck charm" or a paperweight. You want to be the dad you never had, but you don't know how to access the "manual."

In this Roundtable episode of Dudes Without Dads, we sit down with Kris Langham to dismantle the myth that the Bible is just an "answer book" or a religious checklist. We share raw stories—from finding the Gospel of John in a prison cell to realizing that God’s Word is actually a "Love Letter" from the Father you never had.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The "Math Book" Mistake: Why looking for quick answers is keeping you from real transformation.
• Where to Start: Why the Gospel of John is the ultimate starting point for men with father wounds.
• Identity Rewiring: How to replace the "old man" narrative with the truth of who God says you are.
• The Battle for the Mind: Why what has your mind has your "becoming."

"Talking about the past heals your present." It’s time to stop hiding behind tradition and start meeting the Dad you never had.

CHAPTERS: 00:00 - The Dad You Never Had 02:15 - Meeting the Father through the Word 04:30 - Why your Bible is a "Good Luck Charm" 07:10 - Gabriel’s Story: The Bible in a Prison Cell 10:45 - Why the Bible isn’t an "Answer Key" 14:20 - How to start your renewal process today

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• The Gospel of John
• Dudes Without Dads Community:
• The "Become the Dad You Never Had" Guide:

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What does fatherlessness do to a man’s heart, identity, and future?

In this deeply moving episode of Dudes Without Dads, Randy Floyd shares his story of growing up without a father, navigating trauma, identity confusion, addiction, and emotional pain—until a life-changing encounter with Jesus at 16 redefined everything.

This conversation explores the long-term effects of father absence, the orphan mindset many men live with, and how God heals father wounds by stepping in as the Father we never had. Randy’s testimony speaks directly to men who feel lost, unseen, or unsure of who they are—and to parents who wonder if their mistakes define their children’s future.

This episode covers:

• Growing up without a dad and its impact on masculinity
• How father wounds lead to addiction, pride, and broken relationships
• Identity struggles in men raised without fathers
• God’s heart for the fatherless
• Healing emotional trauma through faith
• Why presence is more powerful than perfection in parenting

Dudes Without Dads is a podcast dedicated to helping men become the fathers they never had—through honesty, healing, and hope.

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👉 New episodes released weekly

What happens when success, money, and achievement still leave you empty?

In this powerful episode of Dudes Without Dads, Mike Wiggin shares his raw journey through father wounds, addiction, anger, and performance-based identity—and how grace completely transformed his life, faith, and fatherhood.

Mike opens up about growing up with a performance-driven father, spiraling into drugs and rebellion, and the moment he realized he was becoming the very dad he never wanted to be. Through surrender, repentance, and grace, he learned how to break generational cycles and raise his sons differently.

In this episode, we cover:

• How father wounds shape anger and identity
• Why performance-based love leads to addiction and burnout
• The difference between punishment and godly discipline
• How grace changes the way we parent
• What true surrender to Jesus really looks like
• Breaking generational curses as a man and a father

If you’re struggling with anger, identity, or becoming the dad you never had, this conversation will meet you right where you are.

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Father wounds don’t just live in your mind—they live in your body.

In this powerful conversation, Joshua Brown sits down with Justin Early, author of The Body Teaches the Soul, to unpack how absent, distracted, or destructive fathers shape men’s mental health, habits, addictions, and even physical responses like anxiety, anger, and shutdown.

Justin explains why information alone doesn’t heal men—and how embodied practices like sleep, food, exercise, male friendship, and lament are essential for breaking generational cycles and becoming the dad you never had.

This episode is especially for men who feel:

• Spiritually saved but emotionally disconnected
• Stuck in anxiety, addiction, or shame
• Like they’re “half alive” and don’t know why

Healing doesn’t start in your head alone. It starts in your body.

🔑 What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• Why father wounds are stored in the body, not just the mind
• How habits shape your heart more than intentions
• The connection between mental health, addiction, and embodiment
• Why ignoring your body keeps men spiritually stuck
• How male friendship and physical presence restore safety
• What biblical lament is—and how it heals anger and grief
• How to break generational patterns and model wholeness for your kids

📘 Featured Resource

📖 The Body Teaches the Soul: How to Build Habits That Shape Your Head and Your Heart
By Justin Early

(Bible Study Guide + Streaming Video available)

🎧 About Dudes Without Dads

Dudes Without Dads exists to help men heal father wounds, break generational cycles, and become the dads they never had. Every episode offers real conversations, practical tools, and hope for men who want a different legacy.

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🕒 Chapters / Timestamps (YouTube)

00:00 Intro – Father Wounds & the Body
02:00 Justin’s Mental Health Collapse
05:00 Why Habits Shape the Heart
07:30 Why God Cares About Bodies
10:30 Father Wounds, Addiction & Anxiety
14:00 Can You Be Spiritually Healthy but Physically Unhealthy?
17:30 Eating as an Act of Worship
21:00 Lower Brain vs Upper Brain
27:00 The Healing Power of Male Friendship
34:00 What Is Biblical Lament?
38:00 Hope for the Man Who Feels Half Alive

📌 Pinned Comment (YouTube)

Start here → 21:00 (Why father wounds live in the body)

Key moments:

• 05:00 Habits shape your heart
• 14:00 Spiritual health & the body
• 27:00 Why men need male friendship
• 34:00 Lament explained
• 38:00 Hope for men who feel stuck

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This episode explores God’s original design for family, why modern Western culture broke it, and how men without father figures can rebuild strong, multi-generational legacies. Jeremy Pryor shares biblical first principles, practical rhythms like weekly family meals, and a compelling vision for family discipleship.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why the modern Western idea of family is historically broken
• The biblical purpose of family from Genesis
• How hyper-individualism destroys fathers and communities
• Why men need identity clarity before leadership
• The power of weekly multi-generational family meals
• How to rebuild legacy even if you never had a dad
• What practical steps dads can take starting today

What if the family model you grew up with was never God’s design? In this episode, Jeremy Pryor explains why modern culture broke family—and how men can rebuild legacy even without a dad.

Key Takeaways:

• Why Western individualism is crushing families
• The 5-part biblical mission of family from Genesis
• How weekly family meals rebuild identity and legacy
• Why men must stop finding identity in work
• Practical steps to disciple your kids at home

Links & CTAs:
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➡️ Learn more about Family Teams: https://familyteams.com

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⏱️ Chapters / Timestamps

• 00:00 Intro – Why Family Is Broken
• 02:00 What Went Wrong With Family
• 06:00 Western Culture vs Biblical Design
• 10:00 God’s Original Purpose for Family
• 15:00 Why Individualism Destroys Meaning
• 20:00 Vision for a Biblical Family Legacy
• 25:00 What Dads Must Stop Doing
• 30:00 One Habit That Changes Everything (Family Meals)
• 37:00 Why the Church Lost This Practice
• 45:00 Rapid-Fire Dad Questions
• 52:00 Family Teams & Building Legacy

A candid roundtable discussion on demonic warfare, forgiveness, and spiritual authority. Spiritual warfare is real—and unforgiveness can keep you trapped. In this Dudes Without Dads roundtable, we unpack Luke 11, deliverance, and why demons “return” when a life is swept clean but not filled with the Holy Spirit.

In this episode:

• Luke 11: where demons go “seeking rest”
• Real stories: prison, overdose, church hurt, missions
• Forgiveness, repentance, and closing spiritual doors
• Prayer as the battle plan for dads who want freedom

Next steps
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Chapters / Timestamps

00:00 Intro: “He’s stronger than you… but God moves the pieces”
00:01 The question: Where do demons go? (Luke 11)
00:02 Jason’s story: salvation, unforgiveness, spiral
00:05 “Swept clean” without the Holy Spirit (religion vs. renewal)
00:06 Exorcism story: spirit returns with more
00:08 Prison testimony: JD, mercy, then the warning
00:09 Subscribe break: mission of Dudes Without Dads
00:11 Years later: JD returns in chains—“I didn’t go to church…”
00:14 Tim’s story: prayer, deliverance, power of Jesus’ name
00:17 Sweden: “don’t get trapped in the veneer”
00:22 Night attacks/sleep paralysis + the occult doorways
00:27 Repentance, discipleship, and why we “toss people to wolves”
00:28 Missions story: witchcraft mountain + downstream anxiety
00:35 “The world lies in the sway of the wicked one”
00:41 Forgiveness: the artery blockage / revival of prayer & forgiveness
00:43 Prayer that stopped revenge and saved a future
00:48 Final question: forgiving others + forgiving yourself
00:50 Practical forgiveness: speak it out loud, start with Jesus
00:56 Forgiveness & justice: release them to the Judge
00:59 Church hurt story: forgiveness as a process
01:03 Closing prayer (Ephesians)
01:06 Guest invite: share your story

What do you do when your dad is drunk, absent, and ruins your childhood—then you grow up and realize you’re becoming just like him?

In this raw conversation, Joshua Brown sits down with Gary Wilber to talk about growing up with an alcoholic father, the rage and embarrassment he carried for years, and the spiritual wake-up call that turned him from workaholic provider into a present, intentional dad. If you’re wrestling with father wounds, forgiveness, or feeling exhausted as a dad, this one is for you.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• How growing up with an alcoholic dad shaped Gary’s childhood and identity
• The rock-bottom moment when his father embarrassed him in front of his friends
• Why his mom stayed in a hard marriage—and what Gary learned from her loyalty
• How Gary realized he was repeating his dad’s pattern through workaholism
• The men’s retreat that “slapped him awake” and changed his fatherhood forever
• What forgiveness really is (and why it’s more for you than for your dad)
• Practical advice for worn-out dads who have nothing left in the tank after work
• Simple spiritual habits to lead your family and keep your eyes on Jesus

👊 Ready to become the dad you never had?

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If this helped you, share it with a man who needs to hear he’s not alone.

#DudesWithoutDads #ChristianMen #Fatherhood

Chapters / Timestamps

00:00 – Cold open: “My dad was an alcoholic…”
00:55 – Welcome to Dudes Without Dads + intro to Gary
01:30 – Youngest of six: growing up with a weekend drunk dad
02:20 – “Dad, will you play catch?” and the pain of broken promises
03:10 – An always-driving mom and a house full of yelling
03:55 – Escaping home through sports, student council, and busyness
04:35 – Mom’s loyalty, marriage vows, and why she never left
06:00 – Should you stay or leave a hard marriage? Gary’s perspective
07:10 – From alcoholic dad to workaholic son: repeating the pattern
08:10 – The spiritual “slap” that woke Gary up as a father
09:30 – Want to share your story on Dudes Without Dads? (host CTA)
10:35 – Teen years: no dad to ask about manhood, porn, and wrong turns
11:40 – Meeting his wife’s steady farmer dad and learning real manhood
12:50 – A teacher speaks leadership into him: “You’ll be president one day”
14:00 – Leadership, mentors, and deciding who you want to become
14:45 – Rock-bottom embarrassment: dad yelling at his friends in high school
16:00 – “I refused to forgive him… until my wife called me out”
17:10 – Telling his dad “I forgive you” before he died
18:05 – The heart healing that came with forgiveness
19:00 – Realizing his kids would remember him like he remembered his dad
20:30 – Mid-episode giving + support invitation from Joshua
21:40 – Selling the business and becoming a more present dad
22:30 – Coaching, choir concerts, football games, and just being there
23:15 – What is Cursillo? Gary explains the retreat that changed him
24:20 – Why men need time, space, and silence with God
25:20 – Exhausted dads of toddlers: “Your job starts when you get home”
26:10 – It’s not 50/50—it’s 100/100 in marriage
27:20 – Sex, serving your wife, and showing up at home
28:15 – Men as spiritual leaders and the cost of absent fathers
29:15 – Simple habits: Bible, prayer, and small daily faith steps
31:10 – Depending on God when you have nothing left

What happens when a boy grows up fatherless, afraid, and surrounded by violence — and then God interrupts his story?

This is Christian Rasmussen’s raw and unfiltered testimony of healing, identity, and manhood restored.

In This Podcast:

• Growing up in chaos without a father
• Abuse, poverty, fear & generational brokenness
• The moment God showed up
• How Christian learned to walk as a man of integrity
• Breaking cycles for his future family
• The gospel in the simplest possible form
• Real hope for every man who grew up without a dad