The Iron Deep Podcast

SAVE LIVES HERE: https://sevenweekscoffee.com/ Anton Krecic has had a lot of professional experience in Washington DC and other sectors of the business world. Discouraged by the lack of help that politicians actually give, Anton wanted to find a truly effective way to impact many lives for good. Anton decided to use his entrepreneurial skills to bring positive and truly life saving change to the world. Through a coffee business, Anton figured out a way to use coffee to save many children's lives. Anton is the founder and CEO of Seven Weeks Coffee. Not only is the quality of Seven Weeks Coffee specialty grade and higher quality than most other coffees with a Q Score of 85+. Not to mention Seven Weeks Coffee is ethically sourced directly from farmers, paying them 3x the amount fair trade requires. But most importantly, Seven Weeks Coffee is saving lives of many babies here in the United States. To learn how Anton's faith directed him to take big risks and bring life-changing impact by simply having people drink delicious cups of coffee, listen to Brett talk with Anton about his journey and creation of his coffee business. SEVEN WEEKS COFFEE: https://sevenweekscoffee.com/

VISION WINS BOOK: https://misgood.com/vision-wins/ As a former professional hockey player, Dr. Dave Jones understands what it's like to have your identity misplaced and wrapped up in the wrong things. With a doctorate in Sport and Performance Psychology, Dr. Dave now coaches elite professional athletes with his Mental Toughness Training System. Dr. Dave has found his Vision in helping others encounter their identity and developing vision for their lives. Dave created the innovative R7 process that helps leaders effectively communicate their vision. This helps create a strategy to embrace the God-given destiny each person is created for. Dr. Dave has written the book "Vision Wins: Seven Strategies for Mental Toughness in Life and Sports." This is a faith-based personal development book wrapped in a fantastic hockey story. This inspiring and insightful book helps bring understanding to those seeking to understand their purpose and identity in life and those needing a clear vision for their purpose in life. Dave Jones is also the successful entrepreneur who runs a top Christian Marketing & Advertising agency called "M is Good." Dave's Agency is dedicated to serving organizations well who are on a journey to of growth. This award-winning agency has worked with hundreds of clients helping them in organizational health, business development, branding and many more services by providing a stable foundation of a clear vision. Listen as Brett and Dave share about personal struggles, adversity and strategies to overcome life's obstacles that deter us from living out our vision and destiny. DR DAVE'S WEBSITE: https://misgood.com/ R7 PODCAST: https://misgood.com/r7-podcast/

Many Real Estate Investors built their businesses from the ground up. Their hard work has brought them success, but also a lot of tiredness. And some want to retire. Others just want to be more hands-off. But how does this happen while making sure you still maintain the profit you desire? Ben Carmona of Perch Wealth shares ways for Real Estate and other investors to Increase Passive Income. There are ways that you can make more profit as a successful investor with less hassle that wears you out. Forget the midnight calls from tenants complaining about a furnace going out, or a water-pipe bursting, or any other myriad of problems you don't want to deal with. Ben's team at Perch Wealth specializes in 1031 Exchanges & DSTs to help strategically and safely invest your money for satisfying returns. They offer various financial advice and provide solutions for real estate investors who are ready to take the next step in life, so they can slow down and relax more. BEN'S WEBSITE: https://perchwealth.com/ BEN'S PHONE: 818-269-4972

NFL Indianapolis Colts Chaplain, Ken Johnson, has inspired the Colts players, coaches and staff for over 30 years. Ken has been called a thermostat, because when he enters a room, he cranks it up a notch. Ken has great experiences as an athlete, a Chaplain, a former police officer, a military veteran, a husband & father, among other things. While Ken has spoken for huge audiences and at thousands of events, he has learned over the years, that speaking from the stage has its limits. Ken has realized over time that if you want to truly and deeply impact a person's life that real and lasting impact is made off stage. Ken has wisely withdrawn from speaking to masses and has focused on going deeper instead of broader. He's learned you become isolated from performance based ministry. It's when you slow down, give your attention to one or the few that beautiful relationships are built with a smaller amount of people. And making impact relationships takes time and effort. Now Ken preaches the phrase "Dream Big. Start Small. Go Deep." Listen as Ken shares great stories and testimonies with Brett and about how so many hidden and unseen people are the ones who make the biggest impact for good.

Chad Brignac had a 3 decade career working on multi-million dollar projects in construction. He's led teams as big as 150 people. As a business owner, he's had a lot of success on professional projects, but he was a failure outside of work. Chad was very unapproachable. Nobody from work wanted to be around him. He had failed marriages, and strained relationships with his children. He was very unapproachable. The worst part was, as bad as things got, Chad still didn't understand he was the primary cause of the dysfunction in his life. He was completely closed up, and he couldn't recognize his own faults. Chad finally had a wake up call, and he finally became self-aware. He realized he needed to become vulnerable in order to have a pathway to success. Before, there was too much fear in Chad's life to be vulnerable, and he viewed vulnerability as a weakness. But after Chad had insight into who he was in Christ, chad was able to be broken down, so he could be built up, in the right way. Now, instead of fear dictating Chad's life and causing destruction, his confidence in his identity in Christ has made him much more unshakeable. Not only has Chad's family life greatly improved as he's rebuilt great relationships with his children, but he's carried much of this into his purpose and calling in life and business. Chad has written the book "Visionary Storm," where he helps business owners and leaders become more self-aware and vulnerable, so they can become better leaders and more fulfilled people. He teaches leaders the fruitfulness of maximizing influence and minimizing authority to have greater impact. Listen to Brett and Chad discuss how to become better leaders at work and at home. CHAD'S WEBSITE: https://chadmbrignac.com/ BLEND DON'T BREAK: https://a.co/d/9FPKpni VISIONARY STORM: https://chadmbrignac.com/the-author

Before marriage, men pursue their future wives with great focus, persistence and tenacity. But after the wedding day and the honey moon, things can start to cool off. Not to mention a few years passing by and throwing a couple kids in the picture. Chris Chandler joins Brett to let men know why dating your wife matters. It's drastically important to continue a pursuit of intimacy with your wife throughout your marriage. Life can get busy with work, ministry and responsibilities. One situation that commonly happens is spouses prioritizing all of their focus on their kids that they stop focusing on each other. Sadly, this leads to many marital problems. Parents should love their kids and give them lots of focus and attention, but spouses need to make sure to prioritize each other in the same way, with even more emphasis. If you know your kids better than your wife, that might be an issue. As men, we need to make sure our marriage stays as the primary relationship in the family. Listen as Chris and Brett discuss excuses men make to avoid dating their wives, and how to get past them. As well as how men can lead their wives spiritually with tangible high-impact date ideas.

When we run important businesses or even constantly work in ministry, we can easily find excuses for not resting as we should. But if we continue to ignore our need for a weekly rhythm of rest, it will eventually catch up to us. God created the Sabbath with great purposes. One of those purposes being for us to find a weekly time to stop working, so we can refresh and reenergize. When we continually work non-stop, it will cause great burn-out and bring us to some dark places. Josh & Michael share about the importance of taking a weekly Sabbath, along with some strategies they've used an employed for them and their families. Listen as Michael and Josh share about there struggles and victories and how Sabbath rest has played a role.

Many times when a Christian gets a high-paying job or an elevated position they usually say, "God has blessed me." Which may be true. But what happens 6 months later when difficulties arise and hardships abound? Is it still considered a blessing? Pain Points are actually more important than the money we're making. Pain Points help reveal what's really in our hearts. They help sharpen us, and we need to learn how to have the Biblical perspective of counting them all joy. If you get passed over for a promotion, if your work goes unnoticed, how content are you? What are you focused on more, opportunities to share your faith where you're at, or the amount of money you will receive? It's okay for Christians to want more, but we need to make sure we're demonstrating our faith in our business more than we're working to build our own kingdom. Listen as Pastor Owen Williams shares about his experience in both the pulpit and the corporate world. He'll help navigate through the importance of right beliefs and mindsets that direct our personal and spiritual growth. OWEN'S WEBSITE: https://www.oewilliamsministries.com/ OWEN'S BOOKS: https://www.oewilliamsministries.com/books

Many entrepreneurs do an incredible job at building wealth, but then they lose it all because they don't have good exit plans. 1031 exchanges can be a nightmare for so many entrepreneurs, but a lot of times they don't see any other options besides taking huge losses. Capital Gains Exit Plan Expert, Brett Swarts, is here to help explain insights and strategies to business owners, so they don't end up losing all of the wealth they worked so hard for. Brett has helped save billions of dollars for his clients over the decades. Brett wrote the book, BUILDING A CAPITAL GAINS TAX EXIT PLAN. Brett shares his own family's story of destruction that came because of mismanaged money. He also shares other stories of entrepreneurs who lost everything, including their marriages because of bad tax strategies and bad exit plans. Brett desires to help see individuals and families stay united and benefit from well thought out, custom strategies to help achieve goals and dreams. Listen as Brett shares thoughts and information of how you can best save your hard-earned wealth for you, your children, and beyond. BRETT'S WEBSITE: BrettSwarts.com BRETT'S BOOK: https://www.brettswarts.com/books

Real Estate Entrepreneurs Scott Perry & Camilo Colonia are passionate about helping churches solve financial problems. Many times, pastors try their best to steward church finances, but they don't always know what is actually best because they aren't businessmen. Scott & Camilo have found ways to come alongside pastors, to help them focus on ministry and teaching, and the pastors can let the businessmen better handle the church business affairs. There are many churches that are closing because they can't afford to stay open. There are other churches starting who need to find a place to meet. Scott & Camilo excel in various solutions to a variety of unique church finance issues. Scott & Camilo encourage other entrepreneurs to help their own pastors and churches who might need their business acumen. Scott & Camilo also run an outreach ministry called "Hangar 100" which they share about. It focuses on reaching a variety of people through airshows & utilizing airplane ministry to begin encounters to talk and pray with people. They also empower young lives to soar by inspiring the next generation through aviation and mentorship. They mission is to help underserved youth achieve aviation dreams through pilot and maintenance scholarships. Listen as Scott & Camilo share with Brett about innovative and out-of-the-box ways entrepreneurs can help the church. HANGAR 100: https://www.hangar100ministries.com/

Patrick Grayson is a successful Third Generation Real Estate Entrepreneur. He's a proud husband and father, a good family man. Everyone who knows Patrick have great things to say about him. But despite Patrick looking like he has everything figured out, he will tell you he has struggles that he's continually facing and trying to work through. Patrick has scaled down his business in some ways, to prioritize more important things in his life, like his family and his faith. Amidst some of the business hardships he's faced, Patrick has learned that it's better to make your business serve your life, not your life serve your business. Patrick has learned that figuring out priorities in life, along with accountability are a couple of major keys in finding greater peace and victory, and they help in dealing with many struggles that no man is immune to. Listen as Patrick and Brett share about baggage they and all men carry, but also how they are able to successfully work through it, even though it takes hearing some hard truths.

Troy Gramling was a successful college and professional overseas basketball player set to become a Coach and Educator. Until God brought a small opportunity their way that had life-changing impact. Troy and his wife volunteered to teach a class for the young people in the small church they attended. Through this experience, God worked on their hearts and showed them a deeper calling for their lives. As Troy and his wife took risks and offered what seemingly little they had to offer, God opened doors for them to walk in the purpose they were created for. Troy now pastors a large church and wrote the book "Potential." Troy loves to help teach and inspire people to not give up on their God-given destiny. No matter where you might be in life, Troy wants to encourage you and reassure you that God can do more with you than you think, if you just take those first steps of what He's opening up before you. Just remember not to give up at the times you get discouraged. TROY'S BOOK: POTENTIAL The Uncontainable Power of God Within You AMAZON: https://a.co/d/jiYyqrP BARNES & NOBLE: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/potential-troy-gramling/1144254702 WEBSITE: TroyGramling.com CONTACT: Troy@TroyGramling.com

Technology advancements have caused everyone to spend extended time engaged in digital spaces. Whether we like it or not, this trend keeps increasing. The world we are stepping into is continually growing drastically more digital. Digital universes or metaverses we interact in aren't all fake. When we interact with others online, it's an extension of ourselves. The scary part comes in because there is a merging of reality with fake spaces. Most of the time, the metaverses that exist do cause more harm to users. They're built to addict users to spend more time there which gains the builders of the platforms more money. And trying to keep people engaged isn't governed by moral obligations. Many times more deplorable content is introduced to suck users into these digital universes even more, even to their harm. So what can the church do? What role do or should Christians play in these digital worlds? Does Jesus want us to be involved in these metaverses or not? Christopher Adams, founder and developer of the digital metaverse called "Lands Of Elohim", speaks into all these topics and more. As a Christian who desires to spread the Gospel, Christopher tells us why the Church not only should be, but is already involved in great and positive ways spreading the love and truth of Jesus digitally. Listen as Christopher talks about the dangers that will come if the church runs away from this issue. But also the blessings and benefits that are coming as the church encounters those unreached people who would otherwise never come to the knowledge of the truth of the Gospel if it weren't for finding Jesus in the digital world. LEARN MORE ABOUT "LANDS OF ELOHIM": Christopher@LandsOfElohim.com CONTACT CHRISTOPHER FOR AVAILABLE POSITIONS

When pouring countless hours and so much strength into building a business, many times you'd like to pass it onto your children. But what does that really look like? Should your kids work for you? Is it good to bring your wife into your business? Is it best to completely separate your business from your family? When mixing your family with your business there can be a lot of pros and cons. Depending on the various situations, you have to be careful about how to best go about managing your business with your family. It's not always the best option to bring your family into your business. But, there can be great advantages to working with your family if you understand how to handle and manage things well. There are also varying degrees of how much you can merge your family into your business. If you're an entrepreneur who has questions about what it looks like to work with your family or you desire to pass your business onto your family, this is a great conversation to listen to. Join Brett Snodgrass & Michael Stansbury to hear their great insight into how to properly and healthily bring your kids and/or wife into your business.

Kevin White went from a broken family, to becoming a pastor, to becoming a Kingdom Building Entrepreneur. In Kevin's early walk with the Lord, he understood the importance of prayer and spending time with the Lord. But as he grew in position and projects, things seemed to get away from him. Kevin had to get back to the very basics of what breathes life into his own life, as well as what actually propels his business further than he can come up with on his own. Mattew 6:33 says, "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." As Kevin got back to this principle, he began to experience incredible divine acts of God in all areas of his life. Jesus spoke about the Kingdom much more than He did about "church." Kevin has learned how the workplace is where Jesus is bringing us into His Kingdom today through the workplace and how prayer plays a central role. Kevin is a best-selling author currently having written 8 books. Kevin can attest that as He prioritized prayer and surrendered His ideas to God, that God brought greater and better ideas and business plans. Kevin's publishing company first order is prayer which enables the publishing to follow. Listen to Josh and Kevin share how putting prayer first can greatly impact and influence your business and all areas of your life. SPIRIT MEDIA: https://spiritmedia.us/ KEVIN'S SITE: https://kevinwhite.us/

Pastor & Political Science Major, David Tillman, speaks on the hard topic of how Christians should engage in politics. Some Christians wonder if they should engage of politics at all, but David makes it very clear that Christians from a Biblical perspective, are supposed to engage in politics. Yes, Christians belong to a spiritual Kingdom that Christ is king of, but Christ also has us here in the earth, placed in a specific nation and systems that we're in to be a light and bring change and impact. As US citizens, we have a responsibility to affect policies by exercising our vote. 30 million evangelicals didn't vote in the last election. This is a staggering number. If the church abdicates our role from helping to direct the nation's policies with righteous morals then wicked people will influence laws and policies with anti-biblical morals. Some argue we shouldn't push our morals on other people, but many policies our government enacts are admitted as moral matters. There are always moral views being pushed in public policies, whether it's the church or non-Christians. Listen as Mike & David discuss this important topic.

Do you know what you're Designed for? Most people don't even know what their giftings or talents are. Or if they know, they have a small understanding. Or even more, they may know exactly what their strengths and talents are, but don't know what to do with them or how to best utilize them. How can we fulfill the purposes God designed for our lives if we don't even know what talents we possess? And furthermore, what do we do with these gifts and talents? Brett & Josh discuss biblically the mandate God gives us for using the talents He has blessed us with. They get into what it looks like to using and developing these talents. Many times there is risk involved, but that shouldn't be a deterrent from stepping out and using what God has blessed us with. Listen to Brett & Josh share about ways we can grow in utilizing our gifts and talents more effectively, and how we can help others grow, so that none of us will be found wasting our talents when God comes to ask us what we've done. We can live in a much fuller potential if we truly understand how God can bless even the very little He puts in our hands.

Men, in our western culture, typically live much more isolated than men in a lot of other cultures. There's so many burdens men try to carry alone. This becomes wearisome for men and it isn't productive. Brett, Mike & Josh team up on this episode to discuss the need of men doing life together. They share great examples of the power of men working together and spending time together from other cultures, marked stories, and personal experiences. One horse alone can pull a certain amount of weight. But when you have two horses pulling together, it doesn't just double the weight, it goes way beyond. In like manner, men in community together are better together. They advance much farther with each other than without. Listen as the guys share the importance of Men together with a single purpose and how this is a major goal that Iron Deep is attempting to accomplish. It may seem like a hard feat to accomplish, but it's actually easier than you might think. Hear the practical tips the Iron Deep guys have to share.

Many times we desire to minster and disciple others, but at what cost to our family? We can spend hours diligently focusing on our work & the rest of our time in other discipleship outside of our home, but who is discipling our families? As men, our first ministry should be toward our wives and our children. If we neglect this aspect of spiritual leadership in our homes, chaos and disorder will run rampant within our families. And there won't be any good way for us to disciple others at that point. There is only one person who can be a husband to your wife and a father to your children, and that's you. Are you doing a good job discipling your family at home? Josh & Brett share their struggles and triumphs of discipling their families. Listen as they share lessons they've learned to help be better spiritual leaders in the home.

His mom was a sexually abused orphan living on the streets with him. He became a drug dealer. But when Joshua Brown almost lost his life, he knew Jesus was the answer. After becoming a Christian, Joshua became a pastor and ran a church. But he felt something was off. He felt like he was running a business instead of making disciples. Joshua realized what he was reading in Scripture wasn't lining up with how western church was being done. Joshua left his church role and opened up a pressure washing business. Looking to Paul as one who worked with his own hands to make money, but who also truly spent time with discipling others, Joshua began to follow suit. Joshua now does more successful ministry as a business owner than he did as a church pastor. Joshua is making huge impact while making income. He has learned how to do ministry while running a successful business. Listen as Joshua shares about how to be a successful business owner while bringing great Impact for Christ and the Kingdom. PRESSURE WASHING PASTOR: https://www.pressurewashingpastor.com/ PWP PODCAST: https://www.pressurewashingpastor.com/podcast