Man Alive

Lesson 21 - What Is Happiness, and How Do You Get It?

Join Pat Morley as we begin a new subseries on the Sermon on the Mount by exploring one of life’s biggest questions: What does it really mean to be happy, and where is happiness found? In the Beatitudes, Jesus turns the world’s definition of happiness upside down. He describes the kind of men who are truly “blessed”—not men driven by ego, image, anger, achievement, or performance, but men marked by humility, mercy, purity, courage, integrity, and dependence on God. The world promises happiness through success, approval, and control. Jesus offers something deeper: the kind of flourishing the world can promise but never deliver. Together, we’ll explore why the qualities Jesus called “blessed” are still the foundation for becoming fully alive today. It’s going to be a great day!

More Than Advice | Guest Speaker Andy Searles

Guest speaker Pastor Andy Searles will help us explore 1 Thessalonians 2:7–12 and uncover Paul’s powerful blueprint for investing in men through compassion, consistency, encouragement, and purpose. Men don’t simply need more advice—they need steady, godly men who will show up, walk with them, and call them higher. This timely study (considering Train Like the Twelve) will equip you to make someone a bit stronger and wiser.

Lesson 19 | Jesus Is Lord of Everything

In the Sabbath encounters, Jesus unequivocally shows us that compassion trumps man-made rules and regulations--every time! And, in His school of discipleship, He wants His disciples—then and now—to do the same. Join us as we learn to lead others with compassion and courage.

What is Jesus doing in your life right now?

I was out of commission and unable to teach a live session, so instead we held an open mic.We asked the local group men to share in 3–4 minutes what God has been doing in their life as a result of gathering with their small group and the teachings of Jesus in Train Like the Twelve. As we’re learning to let Jesus do for us what He did for the Twelve, I'd love to hear from you how God is working in your life, your group. Any new insight you’ve gained—great. Any transformation you’ve seen—even better. So instead, we’ll do what Jesus often did with His disciples—pause and reflect on what God is doing among us. This weeks recording will hopefully help get your group talking about how God is at work in them.

Lesson 18 | Jesus, Son of God

Who is Jesus, really? Not the version shaped by culture, assumptions, or distance, but the Jesus who stands in John 5 and makes claims so clear and so bold that the religious leaders wanted Him dead. The issue was never a lack of proof. It was a heart that preferred human approval over the glory of God. Join Jim Angelakos tomorrow and let’s dig into one of the most defining passages in Scripture. And most of all, come ready to encounter the Son of God, not as an idea, but as the living Savior.