Wrestling with the Inner Man

Wrestling with the Inner Man

Welcome to the podcast of “Wrestling With The Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage. David has a passion for Men’s Ministry and Biblical Truth to help build Better Men for our society. The show title is derived from the first fight we each face every day, the fight with our flesh. Do we listen to our selfish sinful nature or to our spiritual and divine nature guided by the Holy Spirit? Contact David at wrestlingwiththeinnerman@gmail.com or go to https://www.thesavagepath.com/.

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November 1, 2024 37 mins

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Addiction has been on the rise in many forms in our digital age with things like gambling and pornography more available than ever and more difficult to resist!

Of course alcohol and substance abuse haven't lost any ground either!

My guest today is Greg Walker, a lifelong entrepreneur and extremely successful businessman.  Greg grew up in a normal middle-class family raised by his mom and step-f...

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Feeling cheated may be one of the most universal human emotions and it is no fun!  Whether it is being "short-changed" literally on a cash transaction, victimized by an unscrupulous ticket scalper with a fraudulent ticket outside your favorite sports venue, or being scammed on a larger scale through an email Phishing scheme we all must maintain daily vigilance to avoid this feeling.

My guest today i...

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August 25, 2024 21 mins

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In this episode David confesses his idolatry of college football for many years and his slow revelation of how it has become ruined by greed requiring him to reassess his support of something he has so dearly loved for decades.

Coaching buyouts,  NIL money, the transfer portal, TV money contracts, and conference realignments have all contributed to Division I colleges' abandonment of higher education as ...

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September 29, 2023 26 mins

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The History Channel has a popular series which focuses on survival skills called "ALONE".  I must admit that I am an ardent fan because it speaks to something that we see so very little of today: accepting personal responsibility for our decisions!

Check out my top ten reasons why I believe "ALONE" is the best show on television. 

Visit www.thesavagepath.com for more on David, his book The ...

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February 26, 2023 24 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

David has brought Mark Whitacre back for Part II of his amazing Whistleblower’s Tale where he tells us what happened in his life after he got out of jail and how his transformation helped him to begin a new role as Executive Director of T- Factor with Coca Cola Consolidated, the separate bottling company for Coca Cola products who...

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February 19, 2023 25 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

David's guest for this episode is the founder and President of Faithful Fathering, Rick Wertz.  He relates the story of his two “COVID Curve Balls” as he described them to me. 

The first is an email from a man who had been searching for his biological father for 23 years and the second was another surprise related to findings ...

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February 12, 2023 26 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

David's guest is Deion Lilly, minister of the gospel for Disciples Pathway Ministries. 

In this episode, David and Minister Deion discuss the scriptural story of Phillip and the Eunuch and how we all need others to help us grow in our understanding and wisdom from the Bible.

David has a passion for Men’s Ministry and Biblical T...

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February 5, 2023 27 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

David's guest is Mark Whitacre, an Ivy League Ph.D. who is considered the highest-ranked executive of any Fortune 500 company to become a whistleblower in U.S. history. 

He shares his incredible story and conversion to becoming a believer in prison after wrestling with greed and no faith.

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January 29, 2023 25 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

David's guest is retired Air Force Colonel Travis Koch, who is now the Passport to Leadership Director and Head Boys Lacrosse Coach at Houston Christian High School.

We discuss the book “Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men.”

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January 22, 2023 25 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

David's guest is Pastor Eloy Huerta, founder of “Men 4 Jesus in Texas” and author of a short little book titled “The Dash – What Will Your Dash Say About You?”

Eloy has worked in the chemical manufacturing industry for 30 years as an operator and has helped many men to be better husbands, fathers, and men of God.

David has a pa...

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January 15, 2023 25 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

What is belief polarization?  How does it affect all of us as members of our society? 

In the episode Davis has a fascinating conversation with Political Philosophy Professor Dr. Robert Talisse, who is the Chair of the Philosophy Department at Vanderbilt University as we discuss his book “Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politi...

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January 8, 2023 25 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

How many of us have pursued the “brass ring” of titles and money in the corporate world only to have been shoved off the elevator along the way to find our family neglected?

In this episode, David interviews his great friend and coworker at Nalco for many years, Jim Chew.  Jim is the CEO of a small company called Jenfab Cleaning So...

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January 1, 2023 25 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

This week Pastor Greg Finke returns to Wrestling with the Inner Man to talk about discipling our children to join Jesus on his mission and his book Joining Jesus as a Family.

A favorite quote by Frederick Douglas: “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men” says it all about this vital role we have as parents.

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December 25, 2022 25 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

David's guest this week is his very own pastor from Kingsland Baptist Church to discuss the book he’s working on titled “Return to the Table.”

Dr. Ryan Rush just completed his Ph.D. in Leadership at Dallas Baptist University and is passionate about connecting faith and home life. 

The book discusses meals as the daily opportuni...

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December 18, 2022 25 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

In this episode, David interviews a close friend, thirty-year coworker, and eventual boss at Nalco, Terry Burleson as his guest for the closing chapter of "The Savage Path" titled Passing the Torch.

David and Terry discuss the kind of legacy we all may want to leave, as well as some qualities you may want to correct so th...

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December 11, 2022 25 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

Chad Herold, lead pastor at River Pointe Church – Missouri City, returns to the show to discuss chapter 15 titled “The Boomerang of Kindness”

Kindness is one of the fruits of the spirit mentioned in Galatians 5:22 and is something that costs nothing to give but can be appreciated greatly!

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December 4, 2022 25 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

Jim Simpson is Airport and Transportation Leader for North America at Honeywell as well as a fellow class of 1982 A&M graduate like me. 

He also has experienced a divorce and discusses his own “Course Correction” which is the title of Chapter 14 in my book.  We talk about being courteous in courtship!

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November 27, 2022 25 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

In this episode,  David interviews his Alpha Tau Omega pledge brother from 1979 at Texas A&M University, Jay Pratz, as this week’s guest to discuss Chapter 13, "Surviving the Ambush."

The study guide questions center around being helpful to others and Jay was there for me in my hour of need after going through a divor...

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November 20, 2022 25 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

Fellow Six Pack member Joe Christo joins David this week to discuss Chapter 12 and how having Cheerful Companions can make even trying times more enjoyable.  Joe and David backpacked together for 20 years along with four other friends to comprise the Six Pack of cheerful companions.

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November 13, 2022 25 mins

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Welcome to the podcast “Wrestling with the Inner Man” with Author / Speaker David Savage.

Pastor Aaron Thomas returns to the show to banter about dealing with the “mind of a mustang” and how we can tame our fleshly desires to Clean Things Up.  Aaron brings his honest, truthful, and direct approach on this tough temptation topic from Chapter 11 of David’s book.

Go to www.thesavagepath.com to learn more about The Savage P...

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