
Episode #31
Nice Is Not a Virtue
Somewhere along the way, Christian men got told that nice and Christlike are the same thing. They are not.Here's where this episode lands: Jesus was never nice. He was always kind. And the difference decides whether the people you love ever hear the truth.In this episode of the Kavod Man of God Podcast, Casey Wilson, Justin Bohner, and Travis Shook take on Christian niceness: the instinct to keep the peace, avoid the hard conversation, and call it love. Nice covers what should be dealt with. Kind considers what a person actually needs and delivers it, even when it costs you being liked.Inside this conversation:- Where "nice" actually comes from: a word that meant ignorant, and later meant covering what should be exposed- Nice vs kind: one avoids the truth to keep the peace, the other delivers the truth because it loves- The rich young ruler: "Jesus, looking at him, loved him," and then said the one thing no one else would- Why "speak the truth in love" gets weaponized to keep men silent- The stand-up rule: calling men up in the middle of the workout when letting them quit would be easier- The flag football story: how to say the hard thing to a stranger with respect, and why your kids need to see you do it- Why appeasing the people you love is not loving them- Conviction breeds confidence: men who know what God says stop flinching when it's time to say itBeing kind will sometimes cost you being liked. Pay it. The people around you need the truth more than they need your niceness."And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, You lack one thing." Mark 10:21Live in the Gospels. Choose the hard thing now. Follow Christ. Take dominion. Die daily. Rule well. Get after it.βββIf this stirred something in you, don't just consume it. Live it. Then hand it to another man who needs it.Subscribe and walk with us every week as we call men up to who God made them to be.ββββ Everything Kavod (articles, resources, programs): kavodfamilyministries.org/linksβ Connect: info@kavodfamily.org


