Helping Your Children Fight for Their Faith (EP:1017)
Christian Podcast for Men | Real Men Connect
Dr. Joe Martin
4.9 • 881 Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Kurt Dykstra is the eighth president of Trinity Christian College in Chicago, Illinois. Previously, he served as mayor of the City of Holland, Michigan; and as the senior vice president and community president of Mercantile Bank of Michigan. Dykstra also was a part-time member of the faculty at Hope College for more than a decade, teaching upper-level courses in the Department of Economics and Business and the Department of Political Science. And Dykstra and his wife, Leah, have two daughters.
To contact Kurt to find out more about Trinity Christian College, either contact his office at 708.239.4793 or visit http://www.trnty.edu.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Warrior, I know you're tired of doing life, work, and relationships alone, and not knowing what to do or how to do it, but you know you can't do it by yourself. And how do I know? Because I was you. So here's what I want you to do. I want you to book a free breakthrough call so we can talk about your life and your future and what's frustrating you the most as a man. And I want to get you connected to an amazing community |
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| 0:41.5 | That's realmenconnect.com forward slash call. |
| 0:44.5 | Again, that's realmenconnect.com forward slash C-A-L. |
| 0:49.6 | In my book, R.E. The Man, 201 lessons of which my dad would have taught me, on page 81 I write, |
| 0:55.5 | Live your life in such a way that your children can't wait to personally meet and know for themselves |
| 1:00.2 | that God their daddy loves and serves. |
| 1:03.3 | Now, if anyone should know how true this statement is, then it's this week's guest, Kurt Dykstra. |
| 1:08.3 | Kurt is the president of Trinity Christian College in Chicago, Illinois, because he |
| 1:12.5 | knows that 90% of high school students abandon their faith after they attend college. Listen as he |
| 1:18.2 | shares insights on how we as fathers can help our children not depart from the way and stay on the path |
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| 1:31.2 | extraordinary man, husband, father, and leader God called and created you to be? Then get ready to |
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| 1:42.8 | everything you need to know to go from |
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| 1:51.9 | seeking real change. All for God's glory. Hello, mighty men of God and welcome to the Real Men Connect podcast where we help good men become great men God's way. |
| 2:08.3 | I'm your host Dr. Joe Martin and every week we interview some of the nation's most respected and accomplishment of faith. |
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