Welcome to the For the Gospel Podcast where we are all about sound doctrine for everyday people.

I'm your host Kosti Hind and on today's episode we are jumping into a topic on manhood that's in line with the series we've been on with

pastor Travis Allen that I think a lot of men want to talk about and if you've

never thought about this you should the The main question the title of this

episode is how should men protect their family. Travis welcome back brother.

Thanks for having me Kosti. It's looking forward to this conversation. I think it's I think it's going to be a good one. I love the questions you're posing in this this episode in particular.

Yeah, well I'm excited to have you for a few reasons.

One, you're a pastor, a faithful pastor at Grace Church in Greeley, Colorado.

So you know the word, you're theologically astute.

I've known that for years about you and appreciate that.

On the other side, or I guess you could say along with that,

you are someone who has law enforcement background and experience,

your former Navy SEAL, so this conversation about protection

and the family is gonna have a lot of balance.

I know that, but also a lot of biblical clarity. Let me throw it out there and give you

sort of the preface to this. You're in Northern Colorado. I'm in the East Valley of

the Phoenix area. Both of us live in places where we have guns, carry guns, we like to hunt.

I mean you don't have a problem with sort of that school american way in our regions other people may live in other

places that are completely different of course they do and one of the most talked about

hypotheticals in these manhood conversations that you may hear, I may hear,

is, you know, what would you do if somebody attacked your wife and kids?

What would you do if somebody tried to break into your home?

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