CHOSEN TO LEAD

CHOSEN TO LEAD is turning the hearts of men toward God, fighting for marriage and family, and equipping men to lead with character, conviction, courage, and compassion. Steve Altmeyer has mentored thousands of men over many years; here he shares the keys that have helped countless men overcome weakness and lead pure healthy lives, wives, and families. Follow or subscribe for more teaching on Christian manhood, marriage, purity, biblical teaching, and more.

Should we CREMATE?? the Bible mentions it... 10/09/2026

Should we CREMATE?? the Bible mentions it... Most men leave the decision about their own body to someone else. This is the Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast with Steve Altmeyer, who walks Genesis through Revelation to show what God's Word actually says about cremation and burial. Bold and real like most won't talk about. In this episode: - Why "it's my body, I'll do what I want" is a lie you may have believed - What the Bible says happens to the bones God made for you - The verse where God names burning a body as a sin — and why most people have never read it - Why Jacob and Joseph both gave dying commands about where their bones would go - What to do if you've already cremated someone you loved CHAPTERS 0:00 Everything you do, do it to the glory of God 1:42 What you do with your body — in life and after 2:57 "This is no longer my body" 3:47 "It's my body, I'll do what I want" is a lie 4:18 Foundation: all things were made by Him 5:45 Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit 6:47 Flesh, spirit — and bones 8:00 Does it matter what happens to your body after you die? 8:54 Abraham buys a burial plot when Sarah dies 10:19 Michael and the devil dispute over the body of Moses 12:06 Jacob's dying request: don't bury me in Egypt 14:20 Joseph gave a command concerning his bones 14:53 What cremation actually is 15:49 What Google says — and why Steve says it's wrong 16:53 The first cremation in the Bible: the golden calf 17:18 Amos 2:1 — burning the bones of the king of Edom 19:03 Sodom and Gomorrah, and God's own use of fire 19:32 Josiah's revival: bones burned on pagan altars 22:49 A dead man touches Elisha's bones and lives 24:03 Were Saul and Jonathan cremated? 27:14 Seven sons, the Gibeonites, and a three-year famine 31:01 Why the famine ended when it did 31:19 A pastor in India explains why Christians there don't cremate 33:20 Joseph of Arimathea begged for the body of Jesus 33:39 Burying his own parents, with shovels 36:50 "Bury my bones" — a command to his children 37:48 God kept three men from being cremated 39:06 If you've already cremated a loved one SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE 1 Corinthians 10:31 · Colossians 1:16 · John 1:3 · Genesis 4:1 · Psalm 139:14 · 1 Corinthians 6:15-20 · Ephesians 5:29-30 · Daniel 1:8 · Genesis 23 · Jude 8-9 · Genesis 47:29-31 · Hebrews 11:22 · Exodus 32:20 · Amos 2:1 · Genesis 19 · 2 Kings 23:14-18 · 2 Kings 13:21 · 1 Samuel 31:11-13 · 2 Samuel 21 · Daniel 3 · Matthew 27:57-60 ABOUT THE SHOW Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast is turning the hearts of men toward God, fighting for marriage and family, and equipping men to lead with character, conviction, courage, and compassion. Steve Altmeyer has discipled thousands of men over 25 years. Here he shares the keys that have helped men overcome weakness and lead pure, healthy lives, wives, and families. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@ChosenToLeadPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChosenToLeadPodcast Website: https://www.chosentolead.org #ChristianMen #BiblicalManhood #Cremation #ChosenToLead /episode/index/show/ebec4b09-0f48-41c4-a660-0cde5743ef1a/id/43187603

Can Women Be Pastors? The Answer Starts With Men. 10/05/2026

Can Women Be Pastors? The Answer Starts With Men. Most men have never read the qualifications the Bible sets for a church leader. In this episode of Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast, Steve Altmeyer works from Genesis through 1 Timothy on God's design for men and women, and argues the reason women are leading churches is that men stopped meeting the standard. Bold and real like most won't talk about. In this episode: - Why Steve blames men, not women, for who's leading churches today - The qualification list almost nobody checks anymore - What changed in one verse between older and newer Bible translations - What Deborah actually said to Barak, and what it cost him - What your son learns about leading by watching who leads your church CHAPTERS 0:00 Why this is even a discussion now 3:23 Keep the plain thing the main thing 4:12 What changed in the last four generations 6:58 The plumb line has to be God's word 7:57 Genesis 2 — man formed first, given the garden 8:37 "Helpmate" and the naming of the animals 12:01 Not a curse — discipline 13:27 Why Adam carries the weight, not Eve 14:16 God made his covenants through men 15:07 Isaiah 3:12 — when women rule over my people 15:52 Esther, Vashti, and what the whole book is about 18:39 Deborah and Barak — a man rejecting the mantle 20:47 Jezebel, Athaliah, and the power of influence 23:38 Did anything change in the New Testament? 24:46 Ephesians 5 — the husband is the head 25:53 Your wife submits about as much as you submit to God 27:15 1 Timothy 2 — what Paul tells Timothy 31:15 Titus 2 — what older women are to teach 33:59 Why I blame men, not women 36:36 1 Timothy 3 — the husband of one wife 39:41 "Their wives" or "women"? The translation question 43:58 What about Phoebe? 46:44 What your son is learning in that room 50:36 Closing SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE Genesis 2:7, 2:15–23 · Genesis 3:16–19 · Exodus 20:5 · Judges 4:4–9 · Esther 1:10–22 · Isaiah 3:12 · Romans 5:19 · Romans 16:1–2 · 1 Corinthians 11:3–9 · 1 Corinthians 14:33–35 · Ephesians 5:22–24 · 1 Timothy 2:9–15 · 1 Timothy 3:1–12 · 1 Timothy 5:9–14 · Titus 2:3–5 · 1 Peter 3:1–6 ABOUT THE SHOW Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast is turning the hearts of men toward God, fighting for marriage and family, and equipping men to lead with character, conviction, courage, and compassion. Steve Altmeyer has discipled thousands of men over 25 years. Here he shares the keys that have helped men overcome weakness and lead pure, healthy lives, wives, and families. Subscribe for more teaching on Christian manhood, biblical marriage, purity, fatherhood, and God's design for the home. Subscribe → https://www.youtube.com/@ChosenToLeadPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 More from Chosen to Lead → https://www.chosentolead.org #ChristianMen #BiblicalManhood #ChurchLeadership #MensPodcast #ChosenToLead /episode/index/show/ebec4b09-0f48-41c4-a660-0cde5743ef1a/id/43186513

They stopped teaching these things. Men are suffering for it. | CTL PODCAST 09/16/2026

They stopped teaching these things. Men are suffering for it. | CTL PODCAST Most men take their pastor's word for what the Bible says. In this episode of Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast, Steve Altmeyer opens Jeremiah 6 and traces how a church can drift so slowly that nobody in it notices. Bold and real like most won't talk about. In this episode: - Why you wouldn't notice if your church quietly stopped teaching something - How Sunday school disappeared one month at a time, and what else went with it - What one generation does in moderation, the next one does in excess - Why a man's conscience can go quiet on something he once knew was wrong - What to do when you realize the man teaching you isn't following the book CHAPTERS 0:00 Why this one is weighing heavy 1:44 Jeremiah 6:16 — stand in the ways and ask for the old paths 3:55 Why so many people have no peace 4:54 Why there are fewer watchmen than ever 8:07 Jeremiah 23 — my heart within me is broken 9:43 It isn't just the people, it's the leaders 11:01 Comfortable in church, forsaking the word 13:51 The generation that knew not the Lord 15:24 The "Joshua generation" that wasn't 17:59 Micah, his mother, and the silver 21:08 Four hundred years without Passover 23:45 Right motives are not enough 26:54 What I've watched change in 71 years 31:11 What church looks like now 32:16 When did your church last call a fast? 36:39 One generation moderates, the next exceeds 37:00 How Sunday school quietly disappeared 42:01 What Moses asked for SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE Genesis 23 · Exodus 1:8–10 · Exodus 20:4 · Exodus 30:12 · Exodus 33:13–15 · Judges 2:8–10 · Judges 8:33 · Judges 17 · Judges 21:25 · 2 Samuel 6:1–7 · 2 Samuel 24 · 1 Kings 3:3–5 · 2 Kings 23:21–23 · Jeremiah 6:16 · Jeremiah 23:9–22 · Acts 7:22 · 1 Corinthians 11:23–26 · 2 Timothy 2:15 · 2 Timothy 3:16 ABOUT THE SHOW Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast is turning the hearts of men toward God, fighting for marriage and family, and equipping men to lead with character, conviction, courage, and compassion. Steve Altmeyer has discipled thousands of men over 25 years. Here he shares the keys that have helped men overcome weakness and lead pure, healthy lives, wives, and families. Subscribe for more teaching on Christian manhood, biblical marriage, purity, fatherhood, and God's design for the home. Subscribe → https://www.youtube.com/@ChosenToLeadPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 More from Chosen to Lead → https://www.chosentolead.org #ChristianMen #BiblicalManhood #ChurchLife #MensPodcast #ChosenToLead /episode/index/show/ebec4b09-0f48-41c4-a660-0cde5743ef1a/id/42934442

The 7 Steps to Spiritual Growth. Most Quit at 2. 09/16/2026

The 7 Steps to Spiritual Growth. Most Quit at 2. Most men have not actually changed in years, even though they've been learning more. Steve and Kathy Altmeyer have seen these truths impact countless men and women who were willing to let the truths become part of their lives. We pray that, in your journey, the best is yet to come. In this episode of Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast, Steve Altmeyer walks through 2 Peter 1 and asks men a question nobody asks out loud: are you actually growing, or have you just been standing still? Bold and real like most won't talk about. In this episode: - Why more Bible knowledge hasn't made you a different man - The step almost every man skips, and why nothing works until he takes it - Why you keep asking God for self-control you were already given - What your wife's frustration might actually be telling you about God - How to tell whether you've grown at all in the last five years CHAPTERS 0:00 What kind of player are you? 2:20 Slow down, meditate, chew on the word 4:22 Have you ever suffered for Christ? 5:35 Hope doesn't mean "I wish" — it means an assured outcome 7:43 "I wish my wife would submit to me" 9:17 What God handed you the day you got saved 10:13 2 Peter 1:5 — the progression 11:26 Step 1: faith 13:05 It's possible to depart from the faith 14:04 Step 2: moral excellence 15:48 Until a man dies to his flesh, he will not grow 16:05 Step 3: knowledge, and the fear of God 16:37 The greatest crisis in the church today 18:04 Step 4: self-control 19:56 The $3,000 already in your pocket 21:17 Step 5: patience and endurance 23:01 Step 6: godliness 24:18 Do people look at your life and want what you have? 25:37 Step 7: brotherly kindness 27:01 Above all: love 29:42 What your suffering is revealing 33:18 How to actually add to your faith 35:22 Sitting at the feet of Jesus 37:54 Living with a thankful heart 38:54 Daniel, Darius, and giving thanks anyway 41:03 Make a choice today SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE Joshua 7 · Daniel 6:1-10 · Luke 22:42 · Romans 10:17 · 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 · Galatians 2:20 · Galatians 6:10 · Ephesians 4:32 · Colossians 3:14 · Hebrews 11:6 · 1 Peter 1:5 · 1 Peter 3:1-6 · 1 Peter 4:5, 4:8 · 1 Peter 5:1-5 · 2 Peter 1:3-11 ABOUT THE SHOW Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast is turning the hearts of men toward God, fighting for marriage and family, and equipping men to lead with character, conviction, courage, and compassion. Steve Altmeyer has discipled thousands of men over 25 years. Here he shares the keys that have helped men overcome weakness and lead pure, healthy lives, wives, and families. Subscribe for more teaching on Christian manhood, biblical marriage, purity, fatherhood, and God's design for the home. Subscribe → https://www.youtube.com/@ChosenToLeadPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 More from Chosen to Lead → https://www.chosentolead.org #ChristianMen #BiblicalManhood #SpiritualGrowth #MensPodcast #ChosenToLead /episode/index/show/ebec4b09-0f48-41c4-a660-0cde5743ef1a/id/42934407

God is warning those who are doing it all right. 08/25/2026

God is warning those who are doing it all right. The best church in the Bible did everything right — and God still told them to repent. But you don't have to miss the main thing... In this episode of Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast, Steve Altmeyer opens Revelation 2 and names what the greatest enemy of a man's faith actually is. Bold and real like most won't talk about. In this episode: - Why the men doing the most for God are often the furthest from him - What God said to a church that had the doctrine right and the work right - Why comparing yourself to men who sin worse than you keeps you stuck - The difference between working for God and actually knowing him - How to tell whether it's gone — and what brings it back CHAPTERS 0:00 Why men can't keep a kingdom focus 2:02 The greatest enemy of a man's change 4:44 Why good is the enemy of best 5:27 We measure success by performance 6:44 The lone ranger problem 7:23 Busy in the kitchen, missing the feet of Jesus 7:58 Everybody is in full-time ministry 8:49 You can do great things and miss the main thing 10:32 Repentance is more than changing your mind 11:07 Comparing yourself to men who sin worse 12:33 The one Bible character with no recorded sin 13:45 What Daniel confessed that wasn't his 15:51 The church at Ephesus — the best one 17:29 Paul's summary of his whole ministry 18:11 Preachers who hold back the full counsel 19:22 The last thing Paul said before leaving 20:51 Twelve years later, what God said to them 23:04 "You have left your first love" 23:45 The warning about the candlestick 25:07 Is the light dying in you? 25:46 My daughter and the two girls downtown 26:55 All the theology and none of the love 28:59 What it means to lose your first love 29:40 Remember how you were when you got engaged 30:37 The man who left his wife last week 32:28 How to tell if you've lost it 34:56 41 years of marriage and what Kathy wanted 36:19 Closing SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE 1 Samuel 18:1–4 · Daniel 9:3–4 · Malachi 2:16 · Matthew 5:14–16 · Matthew 7:21–23 · Luke 10:38–42 · Acts 19:1–10 · Acts 20:17–35 · 1 Corinthians 7:12–14 · Galatians 5:22 · Revelation 2:1–7 · Revelation 21:23 ABOUT THE SHOW Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast is turning the hearts of men toward God, fighting for marriage and family, and equipping men to lead with character, conviction, courage, and compassion. Steve Altmeyer founded Chosen to Lead in 2001 and has since reached over 2,000 men across more than 30 churches. Here he shares the keys that have helped men overcome weakness and lead pure, healthy lives, wives, and families. Subscribe for more teaching on Christian manhood, biblical marriage, purity, fatherhood, and God's design for the home. Subscribe → https://www.youtube.com/@ChosenToLeadPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 More from Chosen to Lead → https://www.chosentolead.org #ChristianMen #BiblicalManhood #FirstLove #MensPodcast #ChosenToLead /episode/index/show/ebec4b09-0f48-41c4-a660-0cde5743ef1a/id/42556670

One quality makes a man worth following. They'll remember at your funeral. 08/12/2026

One quality makes a man worth following. They'll remember at your funeral. God doesn't use the word hate often. There's four things he hates in the Bible - and they hold a key that can change a man's life. In this episode of Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast, Steve Altmeyer opens with a question he turns on himself first: if you got one thing said about you at the end of your life, what would you want it to be? Bold and real like most won't talk about. In this episode: - The four things God says outright that he hates - Why the man God chose to spotlight wasn't famous, rich, or a pastor - The three things men most often trade their word for - Our childhood, our children - this changes everything - What Steve has seen in 40 years of men's mentorship CHAPTERS 0:00 If you got one thing said about you, what would it be? 1:27 Search me, O God — he already knows your thoughts 3:44 Why this is at crisis level right now 5:13 The foundation of God's throne is truth 6:50 The man God spotlighted wasn't famous 8:25 What the Bible's word for integrity actually means 9:56 What really upsets God 11:26 Four things God hates: a lying tongue 11:57 What to do when your kids lie 12:55 A false witness 14:32 Breaking a vow 16:31 A mouth that opposes the truth 17:22 "I'm an honest guy" — let's look closer 18:45 Why most men sell it: money 19:58 Where I've seen the least integrity 20:49 Telling the pastor "great sermon" when you disagree 21:38 "I'll pray for you" — and you never do 22:57 Why young people are walking away from the faith 25:02 The two boys and the uniforms 28:25 Why they didn't listen 30:34 What men trade their word for: money, food, being liked 32:49 Saul and David — how each one took correction 35:46 Nobody can correct a man about his wife or his kids 36:39 Some men won't make it, and it'll surprise us 40:08 What God says about liars 43:21 The man who lost his head over telling the truth 44:53 Closing SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE Genesis 25:29–34 · Deuteronomy 19:15 · Joshua 7 · Judges 16:4–21 · 1 Samuel 15 · 2 Samuel 12:1–13 · Job 1:1, 2:3, 2:9 · Psalm 139:23–24 · Proverbs 6:16–19 · Proverbs 8:13 · Malachi 2:14–16 · Matthew 11:11 · Matthew 26:14–16 · Matthew 28:11–15 · Mark 6:17–18 · John 3:30 · Romans 2:4 · Romans 5:8 · 1 Corinthians 7:12–14 · 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 · Ephesians 2:8–9 · Ephesians 6:4 · Revelation 21:27 · Revelation 22:14–15 · 1 John 5:11–13 ABOUT THE SHOW Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast is turning the hearts of men toward God, fighting for marriage and family, and equipping men to lead with character, conviction, courage, and compassion. Steve Altmeyer has discipled thousands of men over 25 years. Here he shares the keys that have helped men overcome weakness and lead pure, healthy lives, wives, and families. Subscribe for more teaching on Christian manhood, biblical marriage, purity, fatherhood, and God's design for the home. Chosen to Lead on Youtube → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC05eYjfBsEww2zoeBn2Ccog #ChristianMen #BiblicalManhood #Integrity #MensPodcast #ChosenToLead /episode/index/show/ebec4b09-0f48-41c4-a660-0cde5743ef1a/id/42397575

Saved But Nothing Changed? Here's what's missing. 08/09/2026

Saved But Nothing Changed? Here's what's missing. You prayed the prayer. You go to church. Nothing actually changed. The gospel you were handed was missing a word. In this episode of Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast, Steve Altmeyer asks men the question most churches avoid: if you're saved, why does nothing look different? Bold and real like most won't talk about. In this episode: - Why you can pray the prayer and still not change - What "God loves you" leaves out, and why nobody told you - The word your church stopped preaching - Why feeling bad about sin isn't the same as turning from it - How to tell if something real actually happened to you WHAT WE STAND ON Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose the third day, and that is the ground under everything on this channel. No man cleans himself up first — we are saved by grace through faith, not by anything we produced. It is his kindness that leads a man to repentance, and repentance is required, because it is how a man receives that grace. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 · Romans 2:4 · Romans 5:8 · Ephesians 2:8-9 · 1 John 5:11-13 CHAPTERS 0:00 The part of the gospel most men never heard 2:04 What's your one-word concept of God? 2:50 The four pillars of God's throne 4:44 God is just — how a God of love can judge 5:28 Why "God loves you" doesn't offend anyone 6:10 Hebrews 6 — what has to come first 8:34 John the Baptist's message 9:22 Jesus preached the same word 10:29 What the apostles actually went out and preached 11:53 Miracles don't change men. Repentance does 15:34 What repentance actually means 16:07 A weak gospel is one that doesn't preach repentance 19:03 Crucified with Christ — dying to the flesh 20:38 Holy, holy, holy — the command to be holy 23:09 1 John 3 — a real believer doesn't stay stuck in sin 24:53 1 Thessalonians 4 — "this is the will of God" 26:03 Purity — and what a Christian doesn't keep doing 29:19 If you despise this, you're not despising the messenger 33:58 The beautiful part of the gospel 36:05 Closing SCRIPTURE IN THIS EPISODE Exodus 28:36 · Leviticus 11:44 · Isaiah 6:3 · Malachi 2:16 · Matthew 3:1–2 · Matthew 4:17 · Mark 6:11–13 · Luke 1:49 · Luke 13:2–3 · Acts 2:37–38 · Romans 2:4 · Romans 5:8 · 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 · 2 Corinthians 7:1 · Galatians 2:20 · Ephesians 1:4 · Ephesians 2:8–9 · 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8 · Hebrews 6:1–2 · 1 Peter 1:9, 16 · 1 John 3:4–9 · 1 John 5:11–13 ABOUT THE SHOW Chosen to Lead Men's Podcast is turning the hearts of men toward God, fighting for marriage and family, and equipping men to lead with character, conviction, courage, and compassion. Steve Altmeyer has discipled thousands of men over 25 years. Here he shares the keys that have helped men overcome weakness and lead pure, healthy lives, wives, and families. Subscribe for more teaching on Christian manhood, biblical marriage, purity, fatherhood, and God's design for the home. Chosen to Lead on Youtube → https://www.youtube.com/@ChosenToLeadPodcast #ChristianMen #BiblicalManhood #Salvation #MensPodcast #ChosenToLead /episode/index/show/ebec4b09-0f48-41c4-a660-0cde5743ef1a/id/42366595

The Most Important Decision is Not What You Think. God's Word and The Key to Success. 08/07/2026

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