At a recent men’s retreat in southern Indiana, something powerful happened.

Men from every walk of life—veterans carrying PTSD, men recovering from addiction, pastors, steel workers, fathers walking through divorce, and men battling shame—gathered together with one goal: freedom.

During the retreat we confronted the lies that quietly destroy men’s lives. We talked about identity in Christ, the Five Phases of the Warrior, and the spiritual battle that takes place in the mind. We exposed the Big Five Mankillers—lack of purpose, lack of respect, anger, lust, and shame—and the powerful weapon the enemy uses to keep men silent and stuck: fear.

But this episode isn’t just about a retreat.

It’s about the moment when men decide they are done living defeated.

At the end of th ...