Michael Whitworth

50+ books. 1 pulpit. Infinite coffee. Author, preacher, & collector of Mason jars, old books, and strong opinions about football. M&Ms are a food group.

[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

Faith isn't the absence of doubt. Faith is what keeps you talking to God even when you're not sure he's listening. New Salt & Light Lab on Psalm 13 and the silence of God. #Scripture #Faith #BibleStudy https://t.co/pcpHufJzzG

[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

When a man repents quickly, specifically, and authentically, it changes the entire atmosphere of a home. It teaches your kids that strength and humility aren't opposites. #BiblicalManhood #ChristianFather #Repentance
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[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

If you can only lead from a position of authority—if you need the title, the final say, the deference—you're not leading. You're managing your own insecurity. Episode 2 of The Long Obedience. #GodlyMen #Discipleship #FaithfulMen
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[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

Nobody tells you servant leadership doesn't feel like leadership. It feels like dying. Arms open. Hands empty. That's the posture. The Long Obedience Episode 2 is live. #ChristianHusband #Grace #LeadYourHome
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[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

Servant leadership looks like asking your wife how she's really doing—and then not talking for ten minutes. Just listening. Not fixing. Most of us are terrible at this. #MenOfGod #ChristianMarriage #HusbandLeadership
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[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

Paul didn't say "be nice to your wives." He said love them the way Christ loved the church. And how did Christ love the church? He died. That's the job description. New Long Obedience episode. #ChristianHusband #BiblicalManhood #GodlyMarriage
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[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

TOMORROW on The Long Obedience: Jesus didn't wash feet because he was weak. He washed feet because he was so secure he didn't need the position. That changes everything. #TheLongObedience

[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

There's a man in your life who needs to hear he's not alone. Send him episode 1 of The Long Obedience. That's all I'm asking. #TheLongObedience https://t.co/0ove2KjIza

[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

You can substitute knowledge for obedience. You can study the map so thoroughly you forget to walk the road. I did. Episode 1 of The Long Obedience. #TheLongObedience #Podcast https://t.co/0ove2KjIza

[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

God held back fire until Lot was safe. "I can do nothing till you arrive there." Even in judgment, God's timing accounts for mercy. Episode 49 of Eat This Book is live. #FaithJourney #Scripture #DailyDevotional
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[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

The lawyer wanted the loophole: who counts as my neighbor? Jesus asked a better question: are you the kind of person who loves? New episode of Salt & Light Lab is live. #BibleTeaching #ChristianLiving #Love
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[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

Joseph's last instruction to his brothers before they leave: "Do not quarrel on the way." He knows them. Reconciliation isn't a single moment—it's a long road. But the road is open now. #Genesis45 #Grace #BibleStudy
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[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

Sometimes salvation looks less like a gentle invitation and more like an angel's fist around your wrist. Lot wouldn't move. So mercy moved him. New Eat This Book on Genesis 19. #Grace #WalkWithGod #BibleStudy
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[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

Faithfulness isn't a feeling. It's a direction. It's a decision you make every morning to keep walking toward God—even when you've failed at it before. #TheLongObedience https://t.co/0ove2KjIza

[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

Only someone who has genuinely forgiven can look at the people who wrecked his life and say, "God meant it for good." Joseph did. Genesis 45 is extraordinary. New blog post today. #Forgiveness #Genesis #Faith
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[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

The gap between the man you meant to be and the man you are grows from a thousand small surrenders. Episode 1 of The Long Obedience is live. #TheLongObedience https://t.co/0ove2KjIza

[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

I launched a new podcast today. It's called The Long Obedience. It's for Christian husbands and fathers. Episode 1 starts with a confession. #TheLongObedience https://t.co/0ove2KjIza

[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

I almost didn't launch this podcast. I had a panic attack while I was finalizing episode 1. Sat there staring at the screen, heart racing, my whole body trembling, thinking, "I can't do this. I can't put this out there."

4.5 years out of rehab, I still struggle with telling the story of my failure. I still wrestle with the voice that says, "Who are you to teach anyone anything? You blew up your own life."

Transparency is humiliating sometimes.

But I have two very special people in my corner who kept pushing me to do this (Love you, Tater & Nugget). And a while back I made a policy: when those people tell me to do something, I do it. Even when I don't feel ready. Even when I'm not sure I have anything worth saying. Even when I'm having a panic attack.

So I launched #TheLongObedience. And in the first 48 hours, over 1,400 people listened to episode 1.

I don't know what to do with that except say thank you and admit that I'm still showing up to this thing scared.

Here's my hope, plain and simple: that something I've learned from my wreckage might help some man out there avoid the mistakes I made as a husband and father. That's it. That's the whole reason this exists.

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#ChristianMen #BiblicalManhood #GodlyMen

[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

You can't force reconciliation. You can't manufacture trust. You just do the next right thing and let God handle the outcome. New blog post on Genesis 43. #Faith #Scripture #Forgiveness
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[Michael Whitworth @the10throcket]

You can't keep hating someone you're actually praying for. Prayer rewires your heart toward the person. This week's Salt & Light Lab includes three experiments worth trying. #FaithJourney #Scripture #Grace
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