# Ep. 313: Pastors Caring for Younger Men

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Podcast: [Trench Talk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428)
Published: 2026-02-03T08:25:18+00:00
Episode link: https://practicalshepherding.com/trenchtalk/313
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Duration seconds: 2031

## Resource

Contact us. We’d love to serve you Request a stay at a Shepherd’s House Location Give financially to support the work of helping pastors thrive Write a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Resources Find more information about the Practically Trained Pastors Cohort (01:56) Biblical Framework for Caring for Younger Men (04:30) The Crisis of Masculinity and Young Men Today (06:32) Why This Crisis Is Worse Now than in Previous Generations (08:08) Online Influence, AI, and Weak Youth Ministry (09:33) Titus 2 as a Blueprint for the Local Church (10:56) The One Command to Young Men: Sober-Mindedness (13:14) Defining Sober-Mindedness / Self-Control (18:00) Why Sober-Mindedness Matters So Much for Young Men (18:40) How Pastors Can Urge Young Men to Be Sober-Minded (22:08) Young Men in Unreal Worlds: Media, AI, and the Need for Embodied Mentors (24:36) This Is a 2,000-Year-Old Issue with Fresh Applications (26:51) Sober-Mindedness About Self: Gifts, Limits, and Immaturity (28:17) Loving, Listening, and Validating Young Men (30:07) Spiritual Fatherhood and a Culture of Older-to-Younger Mentoring (31:38) Concrete Ideas for Churches and Pastors (33:05) Closing Prayer for a Generation of Godly Young Men

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