Author: troypzehnder

Author, Security Consultant, Motivational Speaker

The Cost of Conviction: Why Protesters Don’t Live What They Preach

October 20, 2025

Every few months, the streets fill with people waving signs, chanting slogans, and claiming moral superiority over whatever issue happens to trend that week. Immigration, healthcare, climate, education, the topics change, but one thing rarely does: most of the loudest voices belong to people unaffected by the issue they’re fighting about. Virtue Without Cost It’s … More The Cost of Conviction: Why Protesters Don’t Live What They Preach

Training the Strongest Muscle You Have…Your Mind

October 17, 2025

We live in a world obsessed with physical fitness.Everywhere you look, people are working out, counting calories, tracking macros, running miles, and chasing visible results. And while there’s nothing wrong with striving to keep your body in peak condition, most people overlook the most powerful muscle they have, the mind. Your mind drives everything. It’s … More Training the Strongest Muscle You Have…Your Mind

The Forgotten Family: How Truth Connects Us More Than We Realize

October 15, 2025

We live in a world quick to divide, quick to label, and even quicker to hate what it doesn’t understand. Few examples prove this more than the deep-seated hostility some people feel toward Israel and the Jewish people. But history, Scripture, and genealogy tell a story that should make everyone pause before they speak. Because … More The Forgotten Family: How Truth Connects Us More Than We Realize

The Fizz That Faded: A Tribute to the Sodas That Shaped Our Lives

October 14, 2025

There was a time when walking into a corner store felt like opening a time capsule. Rows of glass bottles lined the cooler, some you’d never heard of, others that became permanent fixtures in your childhood memories. You didn’t think about caffeine content or sugar grams back then. You just grabbed what looked good, popped … More The Fizz That Faded: A Tribute to the Sodas That Shaped Our Lives

When Faith Fears Death: Why Modern Christians Cling to the World They Claim to Reject

October 7, 2025

We live in a time where medical technology can keep a body breathing almost indefinitely, but it can’t keep a soul alive. For all our talk about faith, heaven, and eternal life, the truth is that most believers today fight harder to stay in this world than they do to prepare for the next one. … More When Faith Fears Death: Why Modern Christians Cling to the World They Claim to Reject

The Death of Toughness: How We Became the Softest Generation

October 6, 2025

For those who grew up in the 1970s and 80s, television was fearless. Shows tackled hard issues, made jokes that today would spark outrage, and reflected a society that hadn’t yet been neutered by hypersensitivity. Today, people break down over “offensive” words, demand safe spaces, and label comedy as hate speech. What happened to us? … More The Death of Toughness: How We Became the Softest Generation

Tis the Season… for Cuffing? A Lighthearted Take on Love and the Holidays

October 2, 2025

As the weather cools and the days get shorter, a funny thing seems to happen every year: people start looking for someone to “cuff” themselves to. No, not with handcuffs, though depending on your sense of humor, that might cross your mind, but in the modern sense of “cuffing season.” Cuffing season is the time, … More Tis the Season… for Cuffing? A Lighthearted Take on Love and the Holidays