Episode 10 is the episode everything has been leading toward.

Because underneath every hidden battle… every pattern… every lie… every fear… there is one question most men carry and almost never say out loud:

What happens when the worst thing finally happens?

What happens when the thing you prayed would never come… comes anyway?

Can a man survive the thing that should have destroyed him?

In this deeply personal episode of Resurrection Kings, Mike Martens opens the door to the deepest wound of his life: the loss of his son, Aidan Martens.

But this is not a story about tragedy.

It is a story about what happened when everything collapsed… and God still showed up.

Inside this episode:

• Why pain is not proof that God has abandoned you
• The truth about control, strength, grief, and what happens when they all fall apart
• Why some things cannot be survived by being strong—but only by surrender
• What resurrection really means when a dream, a relationship, or a piece of yourself feels dead
• How God meets a man not after he has fixed himself… but right in the middle of the wreckage
• Why your story may not be over, even if it feels like everything has ended

This episode is not about explaining suffering.

It is about discovering that God is still present inside it.

Anchored in the promise of Bible, Mike shares the place where resurrection became real—not because the pain disappeared, but because God brought life into the place that looked dead.

If you have ever wondered whether you can survive what you are carrying…

If you have ever felt abandoned, broken, numb, or beyond repair…

Listen to this episode.

Because maybe the grave is not the end of your story either.

There comes a point where more insight is no longer the answer.

You already know what needs to change.

You already see the patterns, the distractions, the lies, the habits that keep pulling you back.

The real question becomes:

Who are you going to practice being?

In Episode 9 of Resurrection Kings, Mike Martens explores the quiet, daily work that changes a man—not through one breakthrough moment, but through the small choices repeated over time.

This episode is for the man who wants a different life, but is beginning to realize that a different life requires a different day.

Inside this episode:

• Why your life is shaped more by what you repeat than by what you intend
• The truth about confidence, peace, trust, and why they come after the work—not before it
• Why most men stay stuck waiting to feel different instead of practicing being different
• The power of small daily decisions: the thoughts you allow, the promises you keep, the patterns you interrupt
• Why real change is usually invisible at first—and why that does not mean it is not happening
• How to stop drifting into the same life and begin building the one you were meant for

Mike shares why the work that matters most is often the work no one sees:

The walk you still take.

The phone you leave in the other room.

The truth you tell.

The thought you refuse to follow.

The decision to get up again.

Because every day, whether you realize it or not, you are casting a vote for the man you are becoming.

And one day, you will look back and realize:

You did not change because of one moment.

You changed because of the quiet work.

The daily work.

The work that changes a man.

Episode 7 of The RK Podcast is for the man who has been carrying a version of himself so long he has mistaken it for who he is.

The anger.
The fear.
The shame.
The addiction.
The voice that says you are broken, too far gone, or not enough.

What if those things are not your identity?

In this episode, Mike exposes the difference between who you are… and what happened to you. He unpacks why so many men build their lives around survival patterns, old labels, and false stories — and why God never called you to live trapped inside them.

You’ll hear why:

• Survival is not the same thing as identity
• The strongest prison is believing you belong inside the cage
• Shame says, “This is who you are,” but truth says, “This is what happened to you”
• God is not calling the version of you built out of fear, pain, and proving
• The real you is still underneath the armor — waiting to be uncovered

This episode is a call back to the man underneath the lies. The man God created. The man He never stopped seeing.

Anchored in Bible and the truth that transformation is not becoming someone else — it is uncovering who you were all along.

If you have ever asked yourself, “What is wrong with me?” this episode invites a different question:

“What if this isn’t who I am?”

Because you are not the lie.
You are not the pattern.
You are not what happened to you.

You are the man underneath it.

You don’t keep ending up in the same place because you’re lazy, weak, or missing discipline.

You keep ending up there because somewhere underneath it all… there is still a lie you believe.

In this episode of the Resurrection Kings podcast, Mike exposes the hidden agreements that quietly shape a man’s life.

The ones that sound like:

• “I’m not enough.”
• “I have to do this alone.”
• “I always screw things up.”
• “If people really knew me… they’d leave.”
• “I should be further ahead by now.”

The deepest lies do not sound like lies.

They sound like you.

You’ll discover:

• Why the beliefs running your life often started years ago
• How old pain becomes an agreement you stop questioning
• Why familiar lies can feel safer than uncomfortable truth
• How the story you believe about yourself changes the way you see God
• Why you can want something deeply… and still keep moving away from it
• The one question that begins to break the pattern

Because the lie is not just affecting your thoughts.

It is affecting your marriage. Your work. Your money. Your peace. Your connection to God. And the longer you believe it… the more normal it feels.

But there is good news:

A lie only has power until you see it.

And once you see it… really see it… you can stop agreeing with it.

If you have been quietly carrying the feeling that something is wrong with you… this episode may help you realize the problem was never who you are.

It was the lie you learned to believe.

There’s a reason you keep reaching for things… even when you know they don’t work.

Not because you’re weak.
Not because you’re broken.
Because you’re hungry.

In this episode of the Resurrection Kings podcast, Mike explores the deeper reason so many men stay trapped in cycles of distraction, addiction, overwork, porn, scrolling, money, control, and the constant feeling that something is missing.

The problem isn’t just the habit.

The problem is what the habit is replacing.

You’ll discover why:

• The opposite of addiction is not sobriety — it’s connection
• Men don’t numb because they are weak; they numb because they are disconnected
• Work, success, busyness, and even being needed can become addictions
• The world is louder, more distracted, and more disconnected than ever
• The thing you’ve been looking for may not be another answer… but a return to what was true all along

Mike also shares the simple truth he sees now in God’s creation:

The birds do not live in fear.
The trees do not fight to become what they are.
Everything God made is already being held, provided for, and guided.

So why do we believe we are the one exception?

If you’ve been feeling empty, exhausted, restless, or like you’ve been trying to fill something that never stays full… this episode is for you.

You are not looking for another distraction.

You are looking for connection.

You already know what needs to change.

You’ve seen the pattern. You’ve felt the pull. You’ve promised yourself, “This time will be different.”

And then somehow… nothing changes.

In this episode of the Resurrection Kings podcast, Mike exposes the hidden reason men stay stuck even when they know exactly what to do. The problem isn’t that you’re lazy, weak, undisciplined, or missing motivation.

It’s that one part of you wants to move forward… while another part is trying to keep you safe.

You’ll learn:

• Why information alone never creates change
• The real reason you keep falling back into old patterns
• How fear disguises itself as “waiting,” “thinking,” and “being responsible”
• Why trying harder often makes the problem worse
• The difference between truth and protection
• How awareness becomes the first real step toward freedom

If you’ve ever asked yourself:

“Why do I keep doing this?”
“Why can’t I change?”
“Why do I always end up back here?”

This episode will help you finally understand what’s really happening underneath it all — and why you are not the problem.

You’re not broken.
You’re divided.
And once you see that… everything starts to change.