Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson
828 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsThe mission of Undaunted.Life is "equipping men to push back darkness," and we do this by providing content that leads men to forge spiritual, mental, and physical resilience. On this show, we tackle all of the hot button issues in the worlds of faith, culture, and politics. We do not pull punches. We do not avoid heat. We seek the Lion of Judah. Let's get into it...
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Bill Maher Says the Quiet Part Out Loud (Ep. 586)
April 23, 2024 08:00 - 59 minutesIn this episode, Kyle breaks down Bill Maher’s recent comments on his show where he essentially expressed that he knows abortion is murder but just doesn’t care. Also, in the Quick Hitters segment, we discuss a Cleveland mother leaving her 16-month-old baby at home while on a 10-day vacation, a Massachusetts girls high school basketball team forfeiting a game after three of their players were injured while playing against a team with a 6-foot-tall trans-identified male, the mainstream media l...
Ask a Pastor with JOBY MARTIN | April 2024 (Ep. 585)
April 18, 2024 08:00 - 38 minutesIn this episode, we welcome Pastor Joby Martin back to the show. In this interview, we discuss his favorite member of The Forging Table, when the consequences of our sins affect our livelihoods, whether Christian artists should share a stage with other “Christian” artists that hold heretical views, how his church goes about changing the lyrics to problematic songs from popular CCM groups, how to see Old Testament characters’ sexual lives, whether or not Adam and Eve are in Hell, his favorite ...
Joe Rogan’s Woeful Ignorance about Jesus (Ep. 584)
April 16, 2024 08:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, Kyle breaks down a recent conversation between Joe Rogan and Kid Rock where the subject of Jesus came up. Also, in the Quick Hitters segment, we discuss Donald Trump’s incoherent and amoral stance on federal abortion law, Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the first sitting VP to visit an abortion facility, Arizona reinstates a state-wide abortion ban law, a US medical academic journal falsely claiming that 64,000 children have been conceived in rape in Pro-Life states, th...
From the Senate with MARKWAYNE MULLIN | April 2024 (Ep. 583)
April 11, 2024 08:00 - 22 minutesIn this episode, we welcome United States Senator Markwayne Mullin back to the show. In this interview, we discuss the Biden Administration signaling their waning support for Israel, why we cannot provide a moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas, how we should view the dual support for Israel and Ukraine, and much more. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...
Christians Should NOT Use IVF (Ep. 582)
April 09, 2024 08:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, Kyle breaks down the moral implications of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) treatments and how Christians should view that process. Also, in the Quick Hitters segment, we discuss Laken Riley being murdered on the UGA campus by an illegal immigrant, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas getting impeached by the US House of Representatives, the anti-white bias of Google’s new Gemini AI software, an MSNBC contributor accidently figuring out what God-given righ...
JOBY MARTIN | Equipped to Fight the Culture of Death (Ep. 581)
April 04, 2024 08:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we welcome Joby Martin back to the show, but this time… LIVE FROM KYLE’S HOUSE! Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 28 (Ep. 580)
March 31, 2024 08:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 28. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 27 (Ep. 579)
March 28, 2024 08:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 27. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 26 (Ep. 578)
March 25, 2024 08:00 - 49 minutesIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 26. Let’s get into it... Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 25 (Ep. 577)
March 22, 2024 08:00 - 58 minutesIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 25. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What in the World am I Supposed to Do Now? (Ep. 576)
March 19, 2024 08:00 - 21 minutesIn this episode, Kyle gives an update on his hiatus. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ask a Pastor with JOBY MARTIN | March 2024 (Ep. 575)
March 05, 2024 09:00 - 48 minutesIn this episode, we welcome Pastor Joby Martin back to the show. In this interview, we discuss the biblical defenses for Credobaptism and Paedobaptism, how many bible-based arguments can come off sounding circular, whether the doctrine of the rapture came from, how to discern God’s will while making decision, why Israelites are the “chosen people”, if he knows what happened to the stripper named Sunshine that he took to church when he was a youth minister, what he thinks of the Gen Z bible tr...
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 24 (Ep. 574)
March 03, 2024 09:00 - 59 minutesIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 24. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
DAVID McCLOSKEY | CIA Spycraft and Fixing Plot Holes (Ep. 573)
February 29, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we welcome David McCloskey to the show. He is a former CIA Analyst turned novelist. While in the CIA, he worked in field stations across the Middle East and briefed senior White House officials and Arab royalty. He has written two novels: Damascus Station and his newest book Moscow X. In this interview, we discuss what led him to working at the CIA, common misperceptions of the work the CIA does, what a day in the life of a CIA analyst looks like, whether or not the CIA has “...
RAYMOND IBRAHIM | The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam | (Ep. 572)
February 27, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we welcome Raymond Ibrahim to the show. He is an author, translator, columnist, and vocal critic of the religion of Islam. He is an expert in Islamic history and doctrine. He was born in the US to Coptic immigrants from Egypt and is fluent in English and Arabic. He did his master’s thesis under Victor Davis Hanson (now at the Hoover Institution). He has written multiple books including Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians, Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centu...
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 23 (Ep. 571)
February 25, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 23. Let’s get into it... Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
MELISSA OHDEN | Survivor of a Botched Abortion (Ep. 570)
February 22, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we welcome Melissa Ohden to the show. She is a survivor of a botched saline-infusion abortion. She is the author of You Carried Me: A Daughter’s Memoir and her new book Abortion Survivors Break Their Silence. Additionally, she is the Founder of The Abortion Survivors Network. In this interview, we discuss what it was like for her growing up in a family where she found out early on that she was adopted, the dramatic occurrence where she found out that she was a survivor of a b...
DOUG WILSON | Raising Boys to Fight Giants (Ep. 569)
February 20, 2024 09:00 - 49 minutesIn this episode, we welcome Doug Wilson back to the show. He is a Conservative, Reformed, Evangelical theologian and pastor at Christ Church is Moscow, Idaho. He has written many books including Mere Christendom, Reforming Marriage, Rules for Reformers, When the Man Comes Around, and more. In this interview, we discuss his classic book on raising boys to be men called Future Men, what he would add to the book if he wrote it in 2024, what true biblical masculinity is, how most men raising boys...
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 22 (Ep. 568)
February 18, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 22. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
He Gets Us, Alistair Begg, Co-President Biden, & Quick Hitters Bonanza (Ep. 567)
February 15, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, Kyle breaks down the He Gets Us Super Bowl ad that went viral. Also, in the Quick Hitters segment, we discuss a Pro-Palestine jihadist attempting a mass shooting at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church, Pastor Alistair Begg saying that Christians should attend gay weddings, Co-President Biden conducting a disastrous news conference after his DOJ let him off the hook for mishandling classified documents, the possibility of former First Lady Michelle Obama entering the race for Presid...
GREGG HURWITZ | The Quest for Human Flourishing | (Ep. 566)
February 13, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we welcome Gregg Hurwitz back to the show. He is a novelist, screenwriter, and comic book writer. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over 20 thrillers to include the wildly popular Orphan X series. In this interview, we discuss what it was like working with his good friend Dr. Jordan B. Peterson on the Exodus series with The Daily Wire, why he thinks Jordan was so persistent about getting him involved, how the experience has changed his life, how he is able to ...
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 21 (Ep. 565)
February 11, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 21. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From the Senate with MARKWAYNE MULLIN | February 2024 (Ep. 564)
February 08, 2024 09:00 - 43 minutesIn this episode, we welcome United States Senator Markwayne Mullin back to the show. In this interview, we discuss the horrific border deal recently put forth by a bipartisan group of US Senators, how Joe Biden needs no further legislation to control the border problem, whether or not Republicans should consider a government shutdown to fight the border issue, if this is all part of a big scheme by Democrats to create a new crop of voters after amnesty is granted some time in the future, whet...
Ask a Pastor with JOBY MARTIN | February 2024 (Ep. 563)
February 06, 2024 09:00 - 44 minutesIn this episode, we welcome Pastor Joby Martin back to the show. In this interview, we discuss the drama Pastor Alistair Begg caused when he said that Christians should attend transgender/gay weddings, whether or not Christians should attend gay weddings, whether or not Christians should engage in “pronoun hospitality”, the one Joby Martin quote that drives Kyle absolutely nuts, what the church should do if they find out that a husband is physically assaulting his wife, when it is okay to sta...
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 20 (Ep. 562)
February 04, 2024 09:00 - 56 minutesIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 20. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TIM BARNETT | The Deconstruction of Christianity (Ep. 561)
February 01, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we welcome Tim Barnett to the show. He is a Christian apologist that works with Greg Koukl’s Stand to Reason and runs the Red Pen Logic with Mr. B YouTube channel. He is also the co-author of a new book with Alisa Childers called The Deconstruction of Christianity: What it is, Why it’s Destructive, and How to Respond. In this interview, we discuss how he became a Christian Apologist, how we got roped into co-writing a book with Alisa, the most nefarious part of the deconstruc...
ALISA CHILDERS | The Deconstruction of Christianity (Ep. 560)
January 30, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we welcome Alisa Childers back to the show. She is a former Contemporary Christian Music recording artist turned Christian Apologist. She was part of the all-female Christian pop music group ZOEgirl. After her music career, she found her way into the world of Christian apologetics. She’s an outspoken opponent of “Progressive Christianity”. She is the author of Another Gospel? A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity and Live Your Truth (and Oth...
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 19 (Ep. 559)
January 28, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 19. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From the Senate with MARKWAYNE MULLIN | January 2024 (Ep. 558)
January 25, 2024 09:00 - 35 minutesIn this episode, we welcome United States Senator Markwayne Mullin back to the show. In this interview, we discuss the problems at the United States southern border, the Fox News report about a potential upcoming bi-partisan border deal, whether or not a border deal will be signed into law before the election in November, why the United States will not stop considering asylum cases, what the Trump campaign plans to do as it pivots to focus more on Joe Biden, and much more. Let’s get into it… ...
RYLEE MEEK | The Kingdom Entrepreneur (Ep. 557)
January 23, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we welcome Rylee Meek back to the show. He is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker. He also heads up an entrepreneurism mentorship, coaching, and community-creating organization called The King’s Council. In this interview, we discuss the his new book called The Kingdom Entrepreneur: The Creation Mandate, God’s Call to Work, what “Kingdom Entrepreneurship” is, why we should take dominion seriously, how the church’s lack of discussion of money has led to a poverty mindset in C...
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 18 (Ep. 556)
January 21, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 18. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Did the Commies Already Win? (Ep. 555)
January 18, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, Kyle discusses why he thinks the Communists have already defeated the United States and how they did not have to fire a single bullet to do it. Also, in the Quick Hitters segment, we discuss the Biden Administration doing everything they can to keep the US southern border open (while simultaneously claiming that it is completely secure), the Vatican doubling down on Pope Francis’ call to bless same-sex couples, a Florida prosecutor announcing the first death penalty case for ...
AMA: Squirrels, Tattoos, Saban, Man-Friendly Churches, & More (Ep. 554)
January 16, 2024 09:00 - 53 minutesIn this episode, we answer your questions! Kyle discusses elements of a man-friendly church, whether or not Nick Saban is the coaching GOAT, if pride can be useful, how to view the debate between Calvinism and Arminianism, suggestions for good Christian worship music, how many squirrels he thinks he could kill before they overtake him, how young people can avoid making big mistakes early in their careers, how to deal with people that don’t think you should consume alcohol, use tobacco product...
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 17 (Ep. 553)
January 14, 2024 09:00 - 43 minutesIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 17. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Demonic Origins of the Enneagram (Ep. 552)
January 11, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we discuss the wildly popular Enneagram personality test. Kyle lays out the demonic origins of the test and gives very specific reasons why Christians should avoid it entirely. Also, in the Quick Hitters segment, we discuss Muslim fundamentalists slaughtering nearly 200 Christians in Nigeria around Christmas, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine vetoing a bill that would have banned the bodily mutilation and chemical castration of “trans-identified” children in his state, Harvard Presid...
JEREMY TREAT | An Introduction to the Atonement (Ep. 551)
January 09, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we welcome Jeremy Treat to the show. He is the pastor for preaching and vision at Reality LA in Los Angeles, CA, the author of several books, and an adjunct professor of theology at Biola University. Professor. He has written several books on the atonement, to include his newest book called The Atonement: An Introduction. That book is part of Crossway’s Short Studies in Systematic Theology series which is designed to equip the church to faithfully understand, love, teach, and...
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 16 (Ep. 550)
January 07, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 16. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ask a Pastor with JOBY MARTIN | January 2024 (Ep. 549)
January 04, 2024 09:00 - 39 minutesIn this episode, we welcome Pastor Joby Martin back to the show. In this interview, we discuss ways Joby thinks you can avoid being a crappy man in 2024, the recent confusion coming from Pope Francis and the Vatican concerning same-sex couples, how Protestants should view Catholics, how to witness to a friend that doesn’t like to talk about “deep subjects”, whether or not Christians should mark-and-avoid materials and content from Ravi Zacharias and Mark Driscoll, what men are supposed to do ...
Top 17 Ways to Avoid Being a Crappy Man in 2024 (Ep. 548)
January 01, 2024 17:06 - 1 hourIn this episode, Kyle presents the Top 17 Ways to Avoid Being a Crappy Man in 2024. Some of you will be offended. Many of you will use this as the motivation you need to make lasting improvements. This episode is an accountability mirror. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 15 (Ep. 547)
December 31, 2023 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 15. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Year in Review: 2023 (Ep. 546)
December 28, 2023 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, Kyle goes through the biggest news stories from the crazy year that was 2023. We will look at the big news stories that we have forgotten about, the most ignored news story of the year, the most talked about news story of the year, the biggest single news story of the year, the biggest news person of the year, predictions of the biggest news stories of 2024, and much more. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to pus...
Best Podcasts of 2023 (Ep. 545)
December 26, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutesIn this episode, Kyle gives his awards for the best podcasts of 2023. He also announces awards for his show, to include the hardest episode to prepare, the most offensive episode, the audience's favorite interview, the interview that he was most nervous about, his favorite interview, and more. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 14 (Ep. 544)
December 24, 2023 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 14. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
JUSTIN BRIERLEY | The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God, Revisited (Ep. 543)
December 21, 2023 16:05 - 32 minutesIn this episode, we welcome Justin Brierley back to the show. He is the former host of the Unbelievable? radio show and podcast on Premier Christian Radio in the UK and the author of Unbelievable? Why after ten years of talking with atheists, I’m still a Christian. In this interview, we discuss the reaction that he has gotten from his 2023 book The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again, how impactful it is for pro...
Best Books of 2023 (Ep. 542)
December 20, 2023 09:00 - 53 minutesIn this episode, we give our list of the top 10 books of 2023. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TREVOR THOMPSON | The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony (Ep. 541)
December 19, 2023 09:00 - 55 minutesIn this episode, we welcome Trevor Thompson to the show. He is a Senior Acquisitions Editor at Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. He has taught at the University of Chicago Divinity School (as lecturer of Koine Greek), at Abilene Christian University, and now at Calvin University. He is the co-translator of Galen's On the Avoidance of Grief and author of over seventy encyclopedia articles. He is a co-editor of two volumes: Ephesos as a Religious Center Under the Principate and Christian Body, Chr...
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 13 (Ep. 540)
December 17, 2023 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 13. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From the Senate with MARKWAYNE MULLIN | December 2023 (Ep. 539)
December 14, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutesIn this episode, we welcome United States Senator Markwayne Mullin back to the show. In this interview, we discuss his recent interaction with an anti-plastics activist at a Senate hearing, why funding for border security is tied in with funding for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, why we cannot expect Democrats to fund any border security measures without including funding for the war in Ukraine, what Americans can expect as a resolution to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, and much more....
The Pope is an Effeminate Pansy (Ep. 538)
December 12, 2023 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, discuss Pope Francis’ recent unscripted comments urging the Catholic Church’s top theologians to “demasculinize” the Church. Also, in the Quick Hitters segment, we discuss famous gay YouTuber Shane Dawson and his “husband” becoming the latest prominent gay couple to mailorder a baby via surrogacy, the overturning of Roe v. Wade already saving tens of thousands of babies from murder, a Florida school district seeing tremendous benefits for students and teachers after banning c...
THE FORGING TABLE | Matthew 12 (Ep. 537)
December 10, 2023 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we go to The Forging Table to discuss Matthew 12. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices