This is the podcast of Firm Foundations ministries. Our mission is to help you build your life on the unshakable foundation of God's Word, rooted in Scripture and anchored in the grace of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Each episode is designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding, and encourage you to stand firm in a shifting world.
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Dr Timothy Mann Podcasts
Based on the book, Military Culture Shift by clinical consultant and SME on military family culture, Corie Weathers. This podcast offers leaders an opportunity to understand the growing shifts happening within the military culture. This podcast offers an immersive opportunity to supplement what readers will gain from the book based on 15 years of research, counseling, and teaching the military culture across all branches. Gain insights on changing perspectives within the culture, generationa ...
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Love Your Neighbor: The Essential Core of Christianity
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29:13Navigating what it truly means to love our neighbor ranks among the most challenging aspects of living out our Christian faith. Pastor Timothy Mann cuts through cultural confusion with a powerful reminder that love isn't an optional extra for believers—it's the main course. Drawing from John 13:34-35, 1 John 4:20, and Mark 12:29-31, Pastor Tim esta…
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Overcoming Worry: Jesus's Radical Command in Matthew 6
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29:03What if worry is more than just an inconvenient emotional state? What if it's actually a theological problem that strikes at the heart of our relationship with God? Pastor Timothy Mann's powerful teaching from Matthew 6:24-34 reveals the radical nature of Jesus's command: "Do not worry about your life." This isn't a suggestion or helpful tip—it's a…
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What happens when paradise is lost? Pastor Mann continues the Divine Design series with a profound exploration of how the Fall in Genesis 3 shapes our understanding of gender, identity, and human brokenness. The message begins where last week's ended—with Adam and Eve "naked and unashamed" in perfect harmony with each other and with God. But paradi…
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Where does human identity come from? In an age of increasing confusion about gender and sexuality, Dr Timothy Mann returns to the foundations of Biblical truth with a powerful message on divine design. Starting with a compelling illustration of an airplane manufacturing plant, Dr Mann demonstrates how intentional design requires following a precise…
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Divine Design: Navigating Gender Identity
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29:36Where do we turn for truth in a world that constantly shifts its moral landscape? Pastor Timothy Mann tackles this pivotal question in his thought-provoking message on gender identity and Biblical authority. Beginning with the cultural earthquake of Bruce Jenner's transformation to Caitlyn in 2015, Pastor Mann illustrates how rapidly transgender is…
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Divine Design: Why We Need a Firm Foundation With Marriage, Gender, & Sexuality
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29:43Dr Timothy Mann teaches us why and how we clearly and lovingly point our children to Jesus in a world cluttered in opinions on gender and sexuality. How do we build a firm foundation when it comes to marriage, gender, and sexuality.By Dr Timothy Mann
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Exodus 33:1-11: Restoring Fellowship With God
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29:26The Israelites had sinned greatly against God and suffered many consequences for their actions. But God is faithful and will still keep His promises. So how do we restore fellowship with God after we sin greatly? Dr Timothy Mann leads us through this passage in order to show God's holiness, justice and grace.…
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Pastor Tim teaches on Exodus 32:25-35. Just as Moses asks the people of Israel, so Pastor Tim asks you, "Whose side are you on?"By Dr Timothy Mann
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There were several ways I could have ended this series and many interviews I could have done, however, when Matt mentioned that I should end it with him interviewing me, it felt right. So... here I am. Here we are. We share my reflections on the project, where things go from here, and most importantly, the power of championing others- especially yo…
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A Case Study in Reconstituting the Force with Stoney Portis
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1:15:36In the final chapter of Military Culture Shift, I reference a theory of reconstitution written by Stoney Portis, after he commanded the 3-61 CAV troops that survived the now historic Battle of COP Keating and needed to somehow become mission-ready again. Reading his reflection on what it took to wholistically serve the battle-weary troops who had e…
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Healing Collective Moral Injury with Dr Timothy Mallard
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1:06:16Over the course of writing Military Culture Shift and especially present in the last three episodes, the phrase “moral injury” has come up again and again. Brought into mainstream awareness by Jonathan Shay in the 90s and early 2000s, his first book Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character introduced moral injury as a distinc…
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The Integrity of a Promise, Scott Mann and the Pineapple Express
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1:07:56I will never forget the feeling that rushed over me when I heard about the Pineapple Express during August 2021. Scott Mann, a retired Lieutenant Colonel and former U.S. Army Green Beret joined with other veterans who resolved to fulfill their promises to the Aghan allies for protection. The efforts of Scott and other veterans through the Pineapple…
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The Millennial Commander at Kabul Airport
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1:11:52Shortly after I recorded the Spouse’s Roundtable, Jessica- the millennial spouse whose husband Andrew served on the ground during the Afghanistan exit, reached out to me to say that Andrew was ready to share his story. Still serving, Andrew felt limited in what he could say as well as whether he was ready to share. None of us could forget the power…
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Gen Z at Abbey Gate with Aidan Gunderson
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1:04:49As our military valiantly scrambled to leave Kabul airport, the explosion at Abbey Gate killed 13 of our service members. All but one were Gen Z. For much of the older generation, war was all we knew but Gen Z had only been coming in for a few years, the oldest of them only four when 9/11 happened. Losing them this way, for this reason, at the end …
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A quick update on what's coming up next on the Military Culture Shift Podcast. Please consider leaving a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/military-culture-shift-podcast/id1704769860\ Please consider leaving a review of the book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/8Ltu9ryBy Corie Weathers, LPC, BCC
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Breaking from regularly scheduled programming, I'm sharing some of the topics and trends surfacing since publishing Military Culture Shift. This podcast is based on the book Military Culture Shift by clinical consultant and SME on military family culture, Corie Weathers. Order your copy of Military Culture Shift https://militaryfamilybooks.com/prod…
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The Gen Z Interview Every Leader Should Hear
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53:52This week, we are going to the source. Elise, or "Elle", shared in the book the powerful impact of leaders who made her feel seen and valued. In this interview, I ask tough questions about social media, Gen Z's expectation for diversity, her thoughts on sexual harassment, and more. Every leader should listen to this interview. This podcast is based…
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The Seesaw of Distrust with Gen Z Matthew Weiss
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53:43In 2023, Gallup reported that America’s confidence in major institutions such as banking, education, religion, and government was historically the lowest it has ever been. Like a see-saw, trust has been declining for decades but there was always enough trust in the older or youngest generations to keep the see-saw somewhat balanced and institutions…
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Ch 10 The Multi-Generational Roundtable
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1:28:06While the military culture is a subculture of America, the military spouse community is a subculture of the military. Similar to our military kids, these subcultures experience a unique perspective separate from what service members and government employees experience. While they are not employees and (mostly) aren’t regulated by the institution, t…
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Speaking Truth to Power- Military Whistleblowers with Ryan Sweazy
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1:09:33Can an institution as large as our Department of Defense change? What is it about our relationship with the DOD that makes it difficult to ask for healthy accountability and transparency? I sat down with Ryan Sweazy, Director of Walk the Talk Foundation, a non-profit that protects military whistleblowers, to help us understand the power dynamics ma…
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Ch 7 The Millennial Response to Crisis with Shannon Razsadin, MFAN
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59:08As a Gen X, I wish I could say that it was my generation that was the Hero generation. However, Millennials swung away from independence and invited our multi-generational nation into a giant family meeting. With their signature question “why”, they have challenged us to talk about the many elephants in the room, making all of us a little (or a lot…
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Starting in 2008, cell phones and social media quickly escalated into our daily lives. Millennials filled the lower ranks of the force while op-tempos reached exhausting levels and sequestration tainted the beginning of a second decade of war as it forced us to dangerously downsize. The “halo effect” left many Gen X and older Millennials, confused-…
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Ch 5 Perspective From The Top- Former Joint Chief of AF
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1:01:28In the Army, there is an old saying that the commander is responsible for everything the unit does or fails to do. When morale begins to fail in the institution, the culture looks to the top. When the Afghanistan exit began to unravel, veterans and even some active duty looked to top military leadership, mainly the Joint Chiefs of the branches as w…
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Ch 4 Follow the Money with Heba Abdelaal
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1:03:11The Defense Budget is not likely part of your dinner table conversations. Yet, the budget impacts the lives of everyday military families in the groceries they have access to, the condition of their housing, and of course their paycheck. I wanted to make the very confusing topic of Congress and Defense Budgets as simple as possible, so who better t…
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Ch 2: Honor, Duty & Wisdom with Dr. Edward A. Gutiérrez
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56:46Corie sits down with military historian Dr. Edward A. Gutiérrez who studied the Doughboys from WW1. Dr. Gutiérrez specifically researched how a sense of honor and duty were engrained in the everyday culture of Americans prior to WW1 propelling many of them to enlist in the war. In this talk, Dr Gutiérrez suggests that as a culture moves away from e…
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Ch 1 Ground-level Leadership With Matt & Corie Weathers
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1:03:02Corie sits down with her husband Matthew to talk about the process of writing Military Culture Shift, behind the scenes of being an author, and Matt's thoughts on what it means to be a "ground-level" leader. Matthew, an active duty service member and Corie, a mental health clinician, coach, and consultant, share some of the shifts they have seen ov…
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The Military Culture Shift Limited Series Leadership Podcast launches Feb 15, 2024! Interviews with experts and leaders, (many of them mentioned in the book) will bring the book to life in a multi-sensory way, and breathe life into your home and leadership, and especially validate your story. Episodes will start on Feb 15th and roll out weekly so m…
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Chapter 1 Reading by Author Corie Weathers
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40:35As a special teaser to Military Culture Shift launching on November 14th, 2023, Corie reads the introduction- inspiring readers to listen to the story of our military community in a way you've never heard before. Order Military Culture Shift from Military Family Books Order Military Culture Shift on Amazon More about the Book More about author Cori…
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Introduction of Military Culture Shift read by Author Corie Weathers
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43:24As a special teaser to Military Culture Shift launching on November 14th, 2023, Corie reads the introduction- inspiring readers to listen to the story of our military community in a way you've never heard before. Order Military Culture Shift from Military Family Books Order Military Culture Shift on Amazon More about the Book More about author Cori…
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Based on the book, Military Culture Shift by clinical consultant and SME on military family culture, Corie Weathers. This podcast offers leaders an opportunity to understand the growing shifts happening within the military culture as an immersive supplement to the book. Based on 15 years of research, counseling, and teaching the military culture ac…
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