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     The first thing I’d like to say in this newsletter is thank you!  Thank you for choosing to spend a little time listening to or sharing a single episode or being a loyal follower of the show with each new episode every other week!  By the end of 2025 we will have 125 shows in the library and over 10,000 downloads in over 52 countries!The mission of “Wrestling with the Inner Man” is to help others, but especially young men who might have grown up without a coach or model to teach them what healthy positive masculinity looks like.  Our culture hasn’t produced a very good example in decades and that has resulted in an awareness issue, which could also be called a “teachability” issue.I met Dr Bryan Hurlbutt at a Men’s Conference in September where he delivered […]

     Podcast experts say the top three show building best practices are consistency in posting, improved show quality, and guest selection.  We have worked very hard in all three areas for over a year now operating as a nonprofit enterprise and are hopeful that you, our audience, have noticed and are supportive of growing our show’s reach to help train up a generation of better men.You can help us grow this newsletter distribution by directing others to sign up as a subscriber by visiting my website at www.thesavagepath.com  Also please remember, I am always eager to engage directly through my email: david@thesavagepath.comWe are extremely pleased to bring three stunning storytellers this month who are discussing some of the most significant wrestling matches most of us will face. Wrestling with isolation, lack of belief, and the polarizing politics of our […]

     On September 10th a very bright light in our world was violently taken from us in the person of Charlie Kirk.  I met him briefly in July of 2024 as a delegate at the National Republican Convention in Milwaukee Wisconsin.  My wife Kim and I watched his memorial service last Sunday where his courageous and beautiful wife offered these words:“My husband, Charlie, he wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life,” she said. “That young man, I forgive him,” she said as tears rolled down her face.“Charlie passionately wanted to reach and save the lost boys of the West”“Charlie perfectly understood God’s role for a Christian husband: A man who leads so that they can serve,” she said. “To all the men watching around the world, accept Charlie’s challenge and embrace true manhood. […]

     Sadly, we have ended the month of August with, yet another, active shooter situation in Minneapolis MN.  These horrific incidents make all of question how a person could randomly take the lives of innocent children and adults they don’t even know.Wrestling with lethal force is something that most of us never have to think about hopefully, but we should pause to appreciate and consider what it might be like for the people who put their lives on the line every day as uniformed officers sworn to serve and protect, even to the point of lethal force.We see more and more film clips on the news of people attacking and ambushing uniformed officers. In fact, last year over 100 officers were killed in the line of duty, 104 to be exact.I asked my friend Dave Wareham to share his […]

     July is the month we all celebrate Independence Day, our 249th this year. If we truly desire to be the land of the free and the home of the brave we must maintain a sense of urgency about helping others escape the bondage of sin by bravely sharing the gospel to secure their freedom!Both of my guests this month are extraordinary examples of men who have committed their lives to this purpose.I met Ed Kinsey through a previous guest and friend, Eloy Huerta, at one of his Men 4 Jesus meetings in Alvin Texas. After visiting with Ed he followed up by sending me a copy of the book he had written called “Hospice Hymns: Touching Stories of Musical Therapy at Hospice Facilities.” What an amazing glimpse into people on the threshold of death and Ed’s commitment to […]

June is typically a month of “going forth.” School is out, we pack up the kids and take off for summer vacations. Many of us attend weddings. And of course there are always summer camps, mission trips, and vacation bible school. Jesus’ final command to his disciples comes in Matthew 28:19: Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the. Holy Spirit. It is known as the great commission. In different parts of the world, we are seeing very different results or effectiveness in achieving this directive. Last month we had an episode titled “Don’t Give Up on the Church” with Dr Timothy West which was was focused on the attrition we have observed in church attendance in America since 2000. This month we have Bob […]

Every May brings three big events: Mother’s Day, Graduations, and Memorial Day. All three make us reflect more deeply on the loved ones in our lives as well as marking the change in seasons from Spring toward summer. This May we also welcomed the first American born Pope, Leo, after Francis passed away on April 21st ending his twelve year period as pontiff. We also had five Fridays so we had three episodes this month with our every other Friday posting schedule. Our first show features my guest Chad Brignac who, together with his wife Jdele, authored a book about blended families titled “Blend Don’t Break: Creating Your Family’s Secret Sauce”. As someone with firsthand experience myself blending a family since 2002, I thought this sensitive subject would represent a great Mother’s Day tribute to the most important job any of […]

Friends, March is a month known across the country for two school related events: Spring Break Vacations The NCAA Basketball Tournament know as March Madness This year, in Texas, it is also a very important month for our legislature as “School Choice” has become a major priority for both parents and our Governor.  Both the House and the Senate have passed bills in each respective chamber and will now go to a conference committee to hash out the differences in the final bill sent to the Governor to sign into law. My guest for two separate episodes this month is retired USAF Colonel Travis Koch. He has been on the show before in January of 2023 as we discussed the book Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men.  At the time Travis […]

Friend, We have achieved another milestone in downloads from the Buzzsprout hosting platform to bring the total for the show to over 5000 when combined with the Omni hosting site we used when it was also a radio program!  This has been achieved through organic interest with almost zero dollars spent on ads or promotions.  We are hopeful that fundraising will allow some promotional opportunities later this year but good content is always the top priority.  Like the line in the movie Field of Dreams, “If you build it they will come!” This edition of the newsletter features two of my favorite pastors covering topics that we all begin each year ruminating over: Diets and Debts (both usually from excesses over the holidays) Pastor Michael Tadlock and I met while he as on staff at Second Baptist Church in Houston […]

Friends, 2025 has begun with a breathtaking pace in a new presidential administration and a significant achievement for the podcast with our 100th episode! We have completed the four part series with pastor and author Dwight Edwards covering the four spiritual provisions discussed in his book Revolution Within. With new purity, a new identity in Christ, a new disposition to desire to do God’s will, and the new supernatural power provided by the Holy Spirit we have been provided the resources up front to wrestle with our inner man and claim victory over our sinful nature in the flesh. On a personal note our second grandchild was born on January 27th, this time a boy named Rylan Hunter Savage!  He joins his cousin three month old Riley Grace Selden as tremendous motivational sources to represent the light of Christ in […]