Show Notes
George Washington Carver had fought through poverty, discrimination, isolation, and hardship to become a respected professor—but when Booker T. Washington called him to Tuskegee, Carver was asked to give up money, position, and fame for a harder mission: serving others. His story challenges Christian men to reconsider success, leadership, and purpose—and to ask whether what they are building is ultimately about themselves or about serving God and others. Listen and consider what truly measures a man's success.
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