Into The Wilderness Podcast with Timothy Reigle · Timothy Reigle

Men of Grit - Into The Wilderness: The World Needs Strong Men

·1 hr 15 min·3 clips

Addiction isn't something you quit. It's something you heal.

Timothy Regal introduces Jerry Adams as a dear friend, brother in Christ, and co-author on a new book arriving October 19th: Men of Grit Into the Wilderness, a 40-day challenge to renew faith, restore masculinity, and re-energize the family. The two men frame the project as a call to steady men’s lives and strengthen their homes. Jerry starts by sharing how he became a Christian around age 26 and how men can drift into weakness and habits that slowly hollow them out. Timothy brings in his own story through Living Porn-Free, 10-Day Journey to the Wilderness, which keeps the conversation grounded in personal struggle and the need for accountability. The tone is direct and unsparing. Both men speak as if they know how easy it is for men to settle for less. They treat comfort as dangerous when it leads to passivity. They also frame the home as a place where leadership has to be visible, not assumed. Jerry argues that a husband is called to lead his family and marriage, with Paul’s teaching in Corinthians and Ephesians as the basis for that responsibility. That responsibility is not presented as domination. It is presented as service, presence, and direction. The discussion then turns to intimacy in marriage and why sex cannot be treated like the whole story. Jerry describes intimacy as something built from the ground up: emotional closeness, spiritual closeness, and non-sexual physical affection all matter, and sex is the pinnacle rather than the foundation. He warns that couples often skip the lower levels and then wonder why the relationship feels unstable. The episode also leans hard into the need for adventure inside marriage. Jerry says too many marriages go stale and start to feel like roommates sharing chores. He pushes back on men who stop dating their wives or stop leading with intention. That kind of drift, in his view, turns a husband into another child in the house instead of a steady anchor. The conversation then expands into fatherhood. Jerry describes an engaged father as one who actively loves, sets an example, and stays involved. You can hear the episode’s concern for lived discipleship in the way it keeps moving from belief to behavior. The book they are introducing is not treated as a slogan or brand. It is treated as a challenge meant to push men toward discipline, accountability, and a more faithful home. The finish is practical and urgent. Men are pointed toward the book, the show notes, social media, and direct coaching support. The closing pitch is plain: if a man wants freedom, he has to act, accept accountability, and keep going when the work gets hard.

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A direct Christian call for men to lead, rebuild, and stay accountable.

This episode lands as a blunt, faith-first call for men to get their lives in order around faith, masculinity, marriage, fatherhood, and freedom from porn and sex addiction.

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