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The Impossible Life
God created men in the greatness of His image. Yet so many men are weak, lost, confused, and afraid. The Impossible Life is a rally cry for men to wake up and remember who they’re made to be. Former Navy SEAL Garrett Unclebach and men's ministry leader Nick Surface challenge men to rise above mediocrity and embrace their true purpose. Through Biblically-based content & training, they help men become the strong, fearless leaders they were made to be. Future generations need great men now. Are…
Episodes
- The Impossible Life
352. Three Standards Every Man Should Raise
Your standards are not your goals. They are the minimum you are willing to accept from yourself, and that means the life you have today may reveal standards…
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351. Faith or Fantasy? - The Need For Unreasonable Men
Most people are taught to be reasonable. Accept the limits, follow the precedent, avoid unnecessary risk, and do what everyone else considers normal. But…
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350. The System That Builds Great Men - What Great Training Looks Like
You do not rise to the occasion. You fall to the level of your training. In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and former Navy SEAL…
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349. Why Some Men Reap More Than Others
Most people expect growth to look like a straight line. Work hard, make progress, repeat. But real transformation rarely happens that way. In this episode of…
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348. The Difference Between Belief & Faith
What does it actually mean to live by faith? For many Christian men, belief can stay theoretical until life gets uncertain, painful, or completely outside…
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347. The Trait That Gives a Man Authority & Respect
What is your word actually worth? For Christian men, integrity is far more than avoiding lies. It is becoming the kind of man whose words and actions…
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346. Why Most Men Stop Too Soon - The Difference Between Trying and Giving Everything
How much of the life God created you for do you actually want? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach challenge…
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345. How to See What Others Miss - The Hidden Value You're Walking Past
Most people are better at seeing price than value. They look at a person, opportunity, business, relationship, or resource and judge it by what it is today…
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344. The Cost of Becoming Who God Called You to Be - The Price Payer's Mindset
Everybody wants the outcome. Far fewer people are willing to pay the price required to get there. In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface…
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343. How to Stop Being Afraid of Death
Death has a way of snapping everything back into focus. In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and former Navy SEAL Garrett Unclebach…
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342. When to Quit and When to Endure - Are You Following Purpose or Protecting Your Ego?
How do you know when to endure and when to walk away? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach confront the tension…
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341. How to Win Every Argument - Dr. Robi Sonderegger's Foolproof Process
Conflict is unavoidable, but most men enter it with the wrong goal. In this tools and tactics episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett…
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340. Stop Wasting Your Suffering - Dr. Robi Sonderegger
Suffering is unavoidable, but it does not have to be wasted. In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach sit down with…
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339. The Root Of Every Sin - How Selfishness Destroys Your Life
What if sin is simpler than we make it? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach get to the root issue beneath every…
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338. When Mercy Becomes Dangerous - Forgiveness, Violent Crime, Justice & Mercy
Forgiveness and mercy are often treated like the same thing, but they are not. In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett…
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337. The Three Relationships That Matter Most - Core Structures Of A Godly Man
Most men do not drift into strong relationships with God, their wife, or their children. Those relationships have to be built with structure, truth, and…
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336. Three Lessons For Pursuing Your Purpose - 5 Years Of The Impossible Life
What does it really take to pursue a God-given dream? In this five-year reflection on The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach look back…
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335. When Purpose Feels Stuck - How To Take The Next Step
What do you do when you know you were made for more, but you do not know what the next step is? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface…
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334. How to Know If It's God's Voice Or Your Own
How do you know if it is God’s voice or just your own thoughts? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach tackle one…
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333. Are You An Investor Or A Consumer? - The 7 Decisions Shaping Your Life
What is actually shaping your life? Most people point to genetics, family, money, education, or the circumstances they were born into. Those things matter, but…
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332. Does God Want You To Be Rich? - The Truth About Money
Does God want you to be wealthy? Is the desire for money incompatible with following Jesus? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and…
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331. The Devil's Playbook For Manipulation - How Society & Individuals Get Hijacked
Manipulation is not always obvious. It rarely starts with someone forcing you to do something against your will. It often begins with a desire you already…
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330. Does God Want You to Be Happy?
Does God want you to be happy? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach take on one of the most common desires in…
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329. Entitlement - The Disease Destroying Men
Entitlement is easy to spot in someone else, but much harder to recognize in yourself. In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett…
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328. You're Not Stuck. You're Untrained - Why You Can't Change
Why do so many people change for a season and then go right back to who they were? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett…
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327. The Purpose Of Every Man & The Power Of Bearing His Image
Last chance to get your Jesus Won apparel shirt by clicking here. What does it actually mean to be made in the image of God? In this episode of The Impossible…
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326. The Little Things That Destroy Men - The Battle Of Lust, Sin, & Flesh
How do you overcome lust, temptation, and the sins that keep trying to destroy you? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett…
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325. The Top 3 Leadership Killers
What makes a man worth following? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach dig into leadership through the lens of…
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324. I Changed. Why Doesn’t She Trust Me? - Forgiveness vs Restoration
What is the difference between forgiveness and restoration? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach answer a…
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323. God Wants To Develop You, But You Have To Let Him
What if the frustration, uncertainty, waiting, and resistance in your life are not proof that God forgot you, but evidence that He is developing you? In this…
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322. Are You a Builder or a Taker? - The Difference Between Profit and Purpose
What is business actually for? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach challenge Christian men to rethink money…
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321. Patriotism, Nationalism, Racism, & Kingdom - Answering Hard Questions
What should Christian men believe about patriotism? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach tackle biblical…
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320. The Crisis of Feminized Men In The Christian Church Today
What does it actually mean to be a man? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach confront the crisis of feminized men…
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319. What Most People Miss About Discipleship
What if discipleship is not primarily about information, curriculum, or another weekly message? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface…
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318. How to Deal With Uncertainty - Faith in the Fog
Uncertainty is not an interruption to life. It is life. In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach break down how…
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317. The Father Every Man Wants to Become Part 2 - With Scott Unclebach
Click here to get your limited edition Impossible Life "Jesus Won" T-Shirt. What makes a great father? In part two of this conversation with Scott Unclebach…
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316. The Father Every Man Wants to Become Part 1 - With Scott Unclebach
Get your Impossible Life "Jesus Won" t-shirt we mentioned by clicking here. What does it actually take to be a great father? In this Father’s Day episode of…
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315. Three Ways to Fight Apathy
Apathy is everywhere, and it often gets dressed up as wisdom, balance, or being “nonchalant.” But in this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface…
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314. How To Win At Anything In Life - Principles Revisited
Why do some people seem to win again and again while others stay stuck, frustrated, and confused? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface…
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313. How to Create Motivation On Demand
What if motivation was not something you waited for, but something you learned how to create? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and…
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312. The Difference Between Having Identity and an Idea of Yourself
What happens when life hits you hard? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach unpack what it means to live from the…
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311. You Were Made for More Than This - Faith, Identity, and the Road to Purpose
What if the life you’re living right now is not all there is? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach tell the…
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310. Faith, Resilience, and the Death of Burnout
Burnout has become one of the most accepted excuses in modern culture. Work is hard. Marriage is hard. Parenting is hard. Life is demanding. So the world tells…
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309. The 3 Relationships That Build Strong Christian Men
You were not created to grow alone. In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach break down the three relationships every…
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308. The Pattern Breaker: How Christian Men Change Generations (Be The One)
What does it mean to be the one? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach unpack one of the most powerful ideas for…
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307. How To Predict The Future Before It Happens - Roll The Tape
Why do so many Christian men end up in places they never intended? It’s not because they meant to fail. It’s because they never thought far enough ahead. In…
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306. The Hidden Force Determining Whether You're Stuck Or Growing
Why do some Christian men grow into leaders, build strong families, and live with purpose… while others stay stuck, inconsistent, and frustrated? The…
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305. The 3 Musts To Grow Into All God Made You To Be
Why do so many Christian men feel stuck when it comes to growth? Not because they don’t want to grow…but because they don’t understand how growth actually…
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304. All In or Nothing: Stop Playing Christian & Start Following God For Real
What does it actually mean to follow God? Not casually. Not halfway. But fully… as a true disciple. In this powerful episode of The Impossible Life Podcast…
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303. The Three Daily Musts Every Christian Man Needs for Purpose
Why do so many Christian men struggle to walk in their purpose? It’s not because they don’t care. It’s not because they don’t believe. It’s because they’re…
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302. Winning Without Control: Purpose, Sovereignty, and Trusting God
What does it actually mean to win when you’re not in control? In this powerful episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach…
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301. The 3 Musts Of A Godly Marriage For Christian Men
Why do so many Christian men struggle in marriage even when they love their wives? In this direct and practical episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick…
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300. John Bevere - Purpose, Faith, & Eternal Perspective For The 2nd Coming Of Christ
What if understanding the 2nd Coming of Christ completely changed how you live today? In this powerful episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and…
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299. Lessons For Greatness: What Christian Men Can Learn From The Navy SEALs
What can Christian men learn from Navy SEALs? In this powerful episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, former Navy SEAL Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface…
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298. The Need For War - God's Way Is Not Comfort & Ease
Why does God allow war in our lives? In this powerful episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach unpack a hard but essential…
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297. How To Deal With A Bad Leader - Leading From The Middle As A Man of Faith
What do you do when you're trying to lead… but you're stuck under a bad leader? In this tactical and powerful episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick…
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296. The Path to Becoming a Man of Faith: Faith and Purpose for Christian Men
What does it actually mean to become a man of faith? In this powerful episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach break down…
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295. Why God Makes You Wait (And What He’s Doing In The Meantime)
What do you do when you’re believing God for something… but it’s not happening? In this powerful episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and…
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294. The 50 Mile Race That Turned Into a Life Threatening Test of Faith
What happens when your faith gets tested in real time? In this powerful episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface, Garrett Unclebach, and their…
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293. The Fruit Test: Discerning True Spiritual Growth in Men of Faith
How do you know if someone has real spiritual fruit in their life? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface break…