I was taught at a very young age to value my life; not just to experience it, but to treasure it, to use it for something better. How could I do that? By believing in and walking with Jesus Christ, I was told. By knowing Jesus and becoming like him. […]
Herb Reese
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One of the things that fascinates me about the gospels is that none of their authors bothered to describe Jesus’ appearance. They simply thought that knowing what he looked like as he walked the dusty roads of Israel was immaterial. All we know about how Jesus looked was that he […]
Doppelganger: German translation “double-goer”, a non-biologically related look-alike or double of a living person. A few weeks ago, as I walked into my local Starbucks to get my usual tall Pike, no room and settle down for some writing, the barista looked at me and her jaw dropped. “You have […]
After twenty-five years of experience with men’s team ministry, I can quickly discern when a church’s men’s team ministry is doing something right. It’s simple: it has “the wow factor.” The wow factor is hard to define. You just know it when you see it. Below are some examples. You […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog How My New Snow Blower has Upped My Love-Your-Neighbor Game By Herb Reese It’s a great morning in Arvada, Colorado. It snowed four inches last night and I have a new snow blower. (Technically, it’s a “snow thrower.” A snow thrower has only one […]
For those of you who didn’t read the post, three weeks ago I asked my readers to pray for the State of Delaware. The reason is because Delaware is the only state where I haven’t been able to help a church start a men’s team ministry to their widowed and […]
Since several hundred pastors read my blog, every now and then I like to focus on those of us who are and talk a little shop. For those of you who aren’t, you need to know that good preaching is much more difficult than it looks. Back in the day, […]
“Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, for to this you were called that you may inherit a blessing. For whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Why Church Business Meetings Still Give Me Nightmares By Herb Reese I woke Patti up as I leaped out of bed in the dead of night last Monday morning. “What’s the matter?” she asked with a groggy voice. “Someone’s pounding at our door!” I […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Rise of the Servant Kings – A New Must-Read for all Men By Herb Reese It’s not often a book written for men can be described as a page-turner, but that’s exactly what Rise of the Servant Kings: What the Bible Says about Being […]
When the church ignores its widows it results in disfavor in the general population, which in turn results in the name of Christ being blasphemed.
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Why the Early Church Obsessed about Its Widows…and Why Our Modern Church Doesn’t By Herb Reese When reading about the history of the early church in the book of Acts, or when perusing the letters the Apostles wrote to their churches scattered around the […]
Recently, I’ve been noticing a term popping up in our culture that I had never heard before. It’s “impostor syndrome.” Impostor syndrome is “a psychological pattern in which one doubts one’s accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a ‘fraud.’” I’m afraid Christians can struggle with […]
“We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.” 1 John 1:3 (NIV) The great privilege of every Christian is to live with God in daily – […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Coagulating Christians By Herb Reese I enjoy reading scientific articles and pretending that I understand them; like how gold is made from exploding supernovas and how quantum computers work. Recently, I read an article on the coagulation cascade in humans. The coagulation (or clotting) […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Pray for Delaware By Herb Reese What is it with Delaware, anyway? Over the past eighteen years, New Commandment Men’s Ministries has helped almost one thousand churches start men’s team ministries to their widowed and single parents. These churches range in size from very […]
Okay, men. You know all about men’s team ministry to the widowed and single parents. You know your men’s ministry is on life support and needs a shot in the arm. You know your widows and single moms have ongoing, unmet needs. You know men’s team ministry works. And you […]
“He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers.” Malachi 4:6 Until Drew Lock appeared in the starting roster late this season, Denver Broncos fans didn’t have much to cheer about. The team was a dismal 3-8 when the […]
“Be filled with the Spirit…singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.” Ephesians 5:18-19 My father loved to whistle. I never knew the tunes he was whistling, but I did think it was cute when I was a kid. It wasn’t until years later that I learned Grandma […]
“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being […]