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Dr. John Tolson’s calling in life is to make disciples, and he pursues that calling with fierce determination and unparalleled tenacity. He has spent more than 30 years making a profound impact in the lives of men through his dynamic Biblical teaching, speaking and life-on-life counseling. John's deepest desire is to see men rise to the challenge and become the leaders God created them to be: successful in family, life, and business. John serves as a spiritual coach for some of the nation’s ...
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Punky Leonard Tolson's deepest desire is to help others know God through a personal and intimate relationship with Jesus Christ, to love God’s Word, and daily live out His powerful Truth in their lives.
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May 2024 Series: Ticket Punched... Now What?
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Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences everywhere. John's background as an athlete, seminary student, youth minister, and communicator provides a wealth of experi…
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Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences everywhere. John's background as an athlete, seminary student, youth minister, and communicator provides a wealth of experi…
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Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences everywhere. John's background as an athlete, seminary student, youth minister, and communicator provides a wealth of experi…
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Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences everywhere. John's background as an athlete, seminary student, youth minister, and communicator provides a wealth of experi…
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Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences everywhere. John’s background as an athlete, seminary student, youth minister, and communicator provides a wealth of experi…
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Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences everywhere. John’s background as an athlete, seminary student, youth minister, and communicator provides a wealth of experi…
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November 2023 Series: 2024 Is Coming Soon!
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Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences everywhere. John’s background as an athlete, seminary student, youth minister, and communicator provides a wealth of experi…
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November 2023 Series: It's Been a Hell of a Week (By Punky Tolson!)
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Join Dr. John Tolson's wife, Punky, as she encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences everywhere. John’s background as an athlete, seminary student, youth minister, and communicator provides a …
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November 2023 Series: Get Your Mind Right
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Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences everywhere. John’s background as an athlete, seminary student, youth minister, and communicator provides a wealth of experi…
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Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences everywhere. John’s background as an athlete, seminary student, youth minister, and communicator provides a wealth of experi…
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Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences everywhere. John’s background as an athlete, seminary student, youth minister, and communicator provides a wealth of experi…
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Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences everywhere. John’s background as an athlete, seminary student, youth minister, and communicator provides a wealth of experi…
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In the first of the Spring 2023 Gathering of Men luncheon series, John shares about how you can have a life worth living! Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences e…
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February 2023 Series: The Most Important Response
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In the first of the Winter 2023 Gathering of Men luncheon series, John shares about the most important response Jesus' disciples should have. Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and i…
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God is alive and he wants to communicate with you personally and intimately! Nothing and no one else have done more to transform my life and save my mind like God’s word. And he will save yours, too. Join me for practical tips to get serious about spending time in God’s word in 2023.By Punky Tolson
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January 2023 Series: The Most Important Question
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In the first of the Winter 2023 Gathering of Men luncheon series, John shares about the most important question that Jesus asks of His disciples. Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, a…
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Recalibrate under God’s truth in the breathing room with your Bible open, and ask God to show you what you can eliminate– what’s not important. Eliminate the distractions, the urgent, and the unnecessary so that you can jealously guard your relationship with Jesus during this year and always.By Punky Tolson
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This world has us thinking that faster is better, and that if we don’t rush we will never be ready. Not so with God. If you’re in a rush, you’ll miss out on being ready for what He has for you!
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Punky shares her final encouragement for 2022 and a spiritual charge to all of us for 2023. Listen to the very end for an important update! To access all the resources mentioned in today's episode, visit: https://punkytolson.com/podcast-episode/ep87By Punky Tolson
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Join Punky and a couple friends as they talk about some of the most meaningful life-on-life moments that have happened…in the living room! Tune in!By Punky Tolson
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If we're being honest, family gatherings have the potential to be “The best of times and the worst of times” (Charles Dickens) during the holidays. And, it all starts long before we ever get to the celebration, right? Days before, we begin remembering all the offenses and before long, we’re carrying a big grudge that weighs more than the turkey! So…
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November 2022 Series: You Can Lead A Horse to Water, But.... part two!
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In the last of the three part series of the November Gathering of Men luncheon, John shares about how a Christian can't make someone else believe in Christ... but he can help make him thirsty for Christ! Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 …
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Have you ever shared your faith in Jesus with another person? Don't be embarrassed if you haven’t–about 95% of professing evangelical Christians have never shared their faith with another person. Why is that? As Christians, we know it's important that we use what God has given us (our voices, our resources, our spheres of influence) to have an impa…
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November 2022 Series: You Can Lead A Horse to Water, But...
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In the second of the three part series of the November Gathering of Men luncheon, John shares about how a Christian can't make someone else believe in Christ... but he can help make him thirsty for Christ! Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 4…
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Who's talking to you? Who are you listening to? What are they influencing you to think about, to do or to become? Words are powerful. Throughout history, people with the ability to communicate have written things and spoken things that all of us have been influenced by. Words can convince us and convict us, change the way we think…and therefore cha…
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November 2021 Series: How to Live in A Screwed Up World
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In the first of the three part series of the November Gathering of Men luncheon, John shares about how a Christian should live in a screwed up world. Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, disciplin…
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Have you ever felt like your head is cluttered and your soul is being suffocated by the enemy of “too much”? Before we know it, we can allow the accumulation and the abundance of many things to pull our focus and deprive us of attention that could be better spent in better ways. What does God say about this? Tune in and find out!…
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If you don't know what you believe and why you believe it, then it’s likely you’re going to cave the moment you get pushback. In times like today, we are called to stand strong in our faith in the face of adversity. What we believe leads us in a particular direction in life. So, what do you believe? Tune in! Show notes: The State of Theology (2022)…
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Why are you here? What are you here for? That’s the deeper question of every human heart and it's a question about purpose. No matter what age we are, we all want to know why we're alive and what our purpose is on this earth. We all want to know that our lives matter for something…if we were meant for more. What if there is more to this life? (Spoi…
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Join Dr. John Tolson as he encourages men from all walks and seasons of life at The Gathering of Men luncheons in Dallas, Texas. For more than 40 years, Dr. John Tolson has been ministering, discipling, and inspiring audiences everywhere. John’s background as an athlete, seminary student, youth minister, and communicator provides a wealth of experi…
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Mother’s Day used to hurt my heart. Like a lot of you, my little girl dreams were to grow up, get married and have children. From the time I can remember I pretended my dreams to come true; playing house, mothering my baby dolls, and honing my God-given need to nurture— because I was wired for it. In fact, all women are wired by God to mother and n…
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In the previous episode, we unpacked the first part of Ephesians 2:10 that tells us that we are God's masterpieces. Today, we’ll continue the second half of this verse– that we are created in Christ Jesus to do good works that God prepared in advance for us to do. So as God’s masterpieces, we have the Master’s work to do! And what is that? Tune in …
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Do you ever wonder what does God think about when he thinks about you? Well, to say that he thinks highly of you is an understatement, because God created us as his masterpiece! There are five things that I’ll talk about in today’s episode that if you can get them into your mind and your heart and believe these things– it will make a huge differenc…
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We are not made to live isolated and alone, but we are made to have times of solitude. We’re also wired to be social (to be in relationships) and our greatest relational need is our relationship with Jesus. Every other relationship in our life will be affected, positively or negatively, by the depth of our personal relationship with God. And that r…
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The most important relationship in our lives is our relationship with Jesus. We’ve got to learn how to listen to his voice and know his voice. Jesus gives us his wisdom and his guidance to be able to hear him and discern what he tells us to do, so it's critical to our walk of faith that we learn to listen to him. But this is really, really hard for…
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