Check-In: Don't Follow the Crowd (EP:1026)
Christian Podcast for Men | Real Men Connect
Dr. Joe Martin
4.9 • 881 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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The Real Men Check In is a quick way to help you start your week off on the right foot, in the right way - as a husband, father, and leader. Every Monday, Joe Martin shares personal insights, encouragement, and support that will move you beyond "church" to "real change." And to make sure you don't miss a Check-In or interview episode, as well as contest give-a-ways, special announcements, and much more, make sure you "Stay Connected" by visiting us at https://station.page/realmen to join our online community of podcast listeners.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey bro, why keep putting off until tomorrow what you know you need to do today? |
| 0:05.4 | Go ahead and book a free breakthrough call with us so we can connect you to a community of godly |
| 0:09.0 | men who can understand your challenges and do life with you as a husband, father, leader, |
| 0:14.3 | or just as a man without judgment, shame, or rejection. |
| 0:18.0 | Just go to realmenconnect.com forward slash call. |
| 0:22.6 | Available times are limited each week, |
| 0:28.1 | so book your free call today. That's realmenconnect.com forward slash call. Again, that's realmenconnect.com forward slash C-A-L. Help us here if you're ready to receive it. |
| 0:34.6 | Welcome to the Real Men Connect podcast where we help good men become great men |
| 0:38.5 | God's way. Every Wednesday we interview some of the nation's most respected and accomplished |
| 0:43.3 | men of faith to find out what it really takes to become the kind of husband, father, and |
| 0:47.2 | spiritual leader God called and created us to be. Today is the Real Men check-in. The Real Men check-in |
| 0:52.2 | is just a quick way to help you start your week on the right foot in the right way. Every Monday, I share personal insights, encouragement, |
| 0:58.8 | and support that will move you beyond church to real change. I keep it short, I make it fun, |
| 1:04.8 | and then I'm done. So let's get started. Real men don't follow the crowd, they lead one. |
| 1:10.2 | Romans 12 says, do not conform to this world, |
| 1:13.9 | but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you may prove what the will of God is, |
| 1:19.8 | that which is good and acceptable and perfect. When I was in 11th grade attending North Miami |
| 1:24.9 | Senior High School in Miami, Florida, something happened that changed my life. I was taking chemistry and our teacher Mr. Wrestler, now is not spelled like wrestling, it's Wrestler with an R, it's a German name. He had given us an important project that was going to determine whether or not I would have to attend summer school. Now, it wasn't that the assignment was that important. It was the fact that I hadn't |
| 1:44.6 | done well in this class academically the entire school year, so I needed to get an A on the project |
| 1:49.5 | in order to pass his class. Now, have you ever been there before? Now, before I tell you what |
| 1:54.2 | happened, allow me to set the stage for this life-changing event. Even though my school was in North |
| 1:59.0 | Miami, I didn't live in the city of North Miami. |
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