Ascent for Men

Most men aren't failing because they're weak. They're failing because nobody told them who they're supposed to be.Ascent for Men is a weekly podcast hosted by Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free, two faith driven coaches committed to helping men stop coasting and start leading. Every week they sit down for raw, unfiltered conversations about faith, identity, marriage, fatherhood, and what it actually looks like to become the man God made you to be.No fluff. No performance. Just truth.New episodes every week. Subscribe and join the ascent.

Ascent for Men is a education podcast hosted by Jesse Carstairs, Adam Tyler Free, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jesse Carstairs, Adam Tyler Free hosts Ascent for Men, a education show with 14 episodes published.

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  Stop Fighting Your Lust Problem, Fix This One Thing and It Takes Care of Itself

  Aug 18, 202627 min

  You've tried to quit. You've white-knuckled it. You've made promises. You've broken them. Jesse and Adam want you to understand something: you've been fighting the wrong battle. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free answer the question they get more than any other from men in their DMs, how do I overcome lust and be consistent in the Bible? Their answer is going to surprise you: stop focusing on the lust and focus on one thing instead. One will take care of the other. They cover why willpower alone will never beat lust and why white-knuckling it is a losing strategy every single time, Adam's account of how reading the Bible every day caused his desire for pornography to simply disappear, not through discipline, but through displacement, Jesse's story of how lust nearly destroyed his marriage before he gave his life to Christ and what actually changed, why pursuing God's heart makes lust genuinely hard to want, Peter walking on water and what happens the moment you take your eyes off Christ, the protein versus carbohydrates framework for understanding why sermons are good but scripture is non-negotiable, and why God told Adam clearly during prayer: you do your job, I'll do mine. The light of the word will shine on the dark corners you've been hiding. You don't have to drag them out yourself. You just have to open the book. New episode every Tuesday. Send this to a man who has been trying to quit and can't figure out why it's not working.

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  Your Bible Is Clean Because You're Still Having Surface Level Conversations With God (Part 2)

  Aug 12, 202639 min

  Jesse and Adam can look at your Bible and tell you everything they need to know about your walk with God. If it's clean, they already know the answer. In Part 2 of this series on reading scripture, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free get practical, the tools, the method, and the habit that turns Bible reading from a religious checklist into a real relationship with God. They cover why your Bible should look like your kids got to it with highlighters and why a clean Bible is a warning sign not a sign of respect, the exact tools Jesse and Adam use, highlighters, pens, pencils and why Adam treats his Bible as an heirloom he is building for his son right now, Joshua 1:9 and what meditating on the word actually means versus skimming it, Matthew 7:13-23 verse by verse, the narrow gate, the bad tree, and the most alarming words Jesus ever spoke: "I never knew you," why the many Jesus warns about are not atheists, they are church-going men who did things in His name but never actually knew Him, and why your marked-up Bible is the difference between a man who knows about God and a man God actually knows. There are only two fires, brothers. One is eternity. One scorches you into refinement. Your choice starts with whether you open this book today. New episode every Tuesday. Send this to a man whose Bible still looks brand new.

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  You're Praying to Someone You've Never Met (Part 1)

  Aug 4, 202654 min

  If you skip reading the Bible and go straight to prayer, Jesse says you are talking to someone you have never actually met. That's not an insult. It's a diagnosis. In Part 1 of this two-part series, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free break down why reading scripture every single day is not a suggestion, not a spiritual bonus, and not something you do when you feel like it. It is the connective tissue between you and God and without it, everything else you're trying to build is on sand. They cover John 4:14 and why men are dying of thirst while the living water sits on their nightstand unopened, Romans 12:2 and the neuroscience behind why renewing your mind requires daily reps just like a 500 pound squat, why you cannot counter-program a world that is programming you every hour if you are only in the Word on Easter and Christmas, why your sons are disciples of you and whether what you're showing them is worth following, Mark 10:45 and how Adam found his life's purpose in a single verse he never would have read if he hadn't picked the Bible up, and why if you skip this, your wife and your children pay the price. Part 2 is coming and that's where Jesse and Adam show you exactly how to read it, mark it, and study it so it actually changes you. Your life depends on it. So does theirs. New episode every Tuesday. Send this to a man whose Bible is still in the box.

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  Your Kids Are Watching You Not Do What You Tell Them to Do

  Jul 21, 202640 min

  You tell your son to be disciplined. He watches you skip the gym. You tell your kids not to lie. They watch you make excuses. You tell your family to eat clean. You're feeding them Jolly Ranchers and Cheez-Its at church. Your audio and your video don't match. And every person in your home knows it. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free are done being polite about it. The dad getting out of the minivan, lighting a cigarette while his kids pile out. The father yelling at his son at baseball practice about discipline while he can barely breathe sitting in his chair. The overweight pastor handing out junk food and calling it a leadership tool. Jesse and Adam have seen enough and they're naming it. They get into why your kids will follow what you do and ignore everything you say, why being physically out of shape is a theological problem, not just a health one, why the church has a fork and knife problem nobody will say out loud, Matthew 7:5 and why you don't get to tell your son to be disciplined until you are, why your business isn't working, your marriage is struggling, and your kids don't respect you and why the answer to all three is the same man, and why Jesse and Adam are not going to apologize for saying any of it. If your feelings are hurt by this episode, that's your sign. Go stand in front of a mirror long enough to be disgusted by what you see, then call us. Your life starts at that moment. New episode every Tuesday. Send this to a man whose audio and video don't match.

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  Pornography Is Not a Small Sin, It's an Open Door You Don't Know You Left Unlocked

  Jul 14, 202638 min

  You post about Epstein on Instagram. Then you open Pornhub on the same phone. Jesse and Adam are done pretending that's not happening. This is Pillar Four of the Five Pillars of Biblical Manhood and there is no soft way to say it: pornography has to stop. Not because it's embarrassing. Because it is spiritually, neurologically, and maritally destroying you and you have invited something into your home that your wife and your daughters will pay the price for. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free get into the neuroscience of what pornography does to the male brain and why the dopamine crash after is your body telling you the truth, why the sex in your marriage feels dead and what pornography has to do with it, why men who rage about human trafficking and watch pornography on the same phone are not the righteous men they think they are, Adam's account of the moment he felt demonic presence in his home and what he knows now that he didn't know then, why November 2022 was the last time Adam watched pornography and what changed, Jesse's 75-day challenge for any man ready to find out what he's actually made of, and why the day you quit is a date worth writing down. Your daughter is growing up in the home you are building right now. Build accordingly. New episode every Tuesday. Send this to a man who thinks it's not that big of a deal.

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