New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Does Modern Men’s Ministry Unwittingly Encourage Female Chauvinism? By Herb Reese Many Christian men who have had some exposure to men’s ministry have heard the list of dysfunctional behaviors that men’s ministry leaders often cite: males are more likely than females to be involved […]
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I went to Jim ‘N Nick’s BBQ after church yesterday. It was a beautiful fall day in Denver. The temperature was in the upper 60’s, so I ate my usual Pig-in-a Garden pulled pork salad out on the covered porch that overlooks the Rockies…alone. It’s strange doing things you normally […]
“These are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.” Mark 4:18-19 I’ve been finding it hard to write today’s […]
“Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, ‘Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you […]
Proving one is human is becoming increasingly difficult these days. Take Boston Dynamics. It’s humanoid robot can do a complete gymnastics floor routine, including flipping, rolling, and jumping with a full 360 degree twist. Computers beat humans at all kinds of games now. They’re even being used to compose news […]
Oh the joys of moving, especially when you’re downsizing to a home and office that are 1,000 square feet smaller than your previous location. It’s like trying to squeeze into an old pair of jeans you wore in high school. Our house, garage and basement are covered wall to wall […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Get Your Eyes Off of Christians and Onto Christ By Herb Reese “We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” 2 Corinthians 4:7 I’ve lived as a Christian now for over […]
“The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.” Proverbs 4:19 One hour and thirty-six minutes. That’s my record time hiking the steep trail in Shadow Canyon to South Boulder Peak and back. I don’t make that climb anymore. My bad knees […]
Unless you’re one of the rare Christians who have grown up in their current church, we’ve all gone through the sometimes difficult process of searching for a new church. Checking off our list of requirements is a familiar drill: Is this church sound in doctrine? Do I like the pastor’s […]
The Apex Center, one of Arvada, Colorado’s rec centers, has a fantastic indoor water park. It’s comprised of a lap pool, a community hot tub, and a huge children’s pool that’s filled with all kinds of colorful water-propelled Rube Goldberg-like mechanics. One of those contraptions, which I enjoy watching when […]
Titus 3:14 teaches that a key goal of doing good works is addressing pressing needs in one’s church. The question then becomes, what are pressing needs?
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog A Few Thoughts on Your Pastor’s Salary and Benefit Needs By Herb Reese I’ve been promoting a post on Facebook lately that has received a number of snarky comments from the general public about so-called “rich pastors.” Yes, there are some prominent wealthy pastors […]
Often when I speak and write about the responsibility churches have toward people in their congregations with pressing needs, I get responses like the one I received a few days ago: Herb, don’t forget that many small churches have difficulty keeping the doors open and the pastor fed. Without wisdom […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Amish Shall Inherit the Earth By Herb Reese I like to kid my evolutionist friends that evolution can’t be true because those who believe in it have fewer children than those who don’t, making belief in evolution “less adaptive” for our species (in […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Churches, Take Note: There’s Talk of Cutting Social Security By Herb Reese I’ve been saying for many years that America’s churches have abdicated to the federal government their responsibility to provide for the needs of their widows, widowers, and others. Biblically speaking, the church […]
I was chatting with a neighbor about her two sons a few days ago when she commented, “Young men seem to have lost their way these days.” I’m not going to quote the statistics on what has become a modern day truism that men just aren’t what men used to […]
“Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Why I Love Going to the Denver Dump By Herb Reese “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.” Matthew 6:19 You won’t find it on Trip Adviser. You won’t see […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog From the Armenian Genocide to the Kardashians: The Spiritually Corrosive Nature of American Culture By Herb Reese I grew up with a number of wonderful, dedicated Armenian Christians in my boyhood church. It was easy to tell who they were. Their family names all […]
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature […]