{"podcast":{"title":"Trench Talk","slug":"trench-talk-4428","podcast_index_feed_id":4428,"rss_url":"https://practicalshepherding.com/trenchtalk?format=rss","website_url":"https://practicalshepherding.com/trenchtalk/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d93a9a2d9f11575968dc322/1578581476514-80VFYNJOQGFAGQICAO2C/podcast-cover.png?format=1500w","author":"Sean Corser","episode_count":300,"summary":"Practical Shepherding is a Gospel-driven resource center for pastors and church leaders to equip them in the practical matters of pastoral ministry. In this podcast, pastor Brian Croft sits down with other pastors to discuss the gritty details of pastoral ministry. Our goal is to examine the life and work of a pastor and give helpful guidance for our brothers laboring with us. This is a podcast by pastors for pastors. We are in the trenches of ministry with you, and we want to equip you to continue in this task.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T18:17:41.544948+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 313: Pastors Caring for Younger Men","slug":"ep-313-pastors-caring-for-younger-men","published_at":"2026-02-03T08:25:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428/ep-313-pastors-caring-for-younger-men","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428","url":"https://practicalshepherding.com/trenchtalk/313","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d93a9a2d9f11575968dc322/t/697a5beae406ab5fb85a4e86/1769626632044/313_Pastors+Caring+for+Younger+Men-esv2-90p-bg-10p.mp3","summary":"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","meta_description":"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 re…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2031,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trench-talk-4428/episodes/ep-313-pastors-caring-for-younger-men/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428/ep-313-pastors-caring-for-younger-men.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}