New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog 8 Walls that Hide Christ’s Love from the World By Herb Reese Christian fellowship can remain invisible when it stays behind church walls and inside private homes. Recalling lifelong relationships formed at Church of the Open Door, this post explores how churches and believers […]
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Churches often focus on marriage and family at the expense of the widowed and single parents.
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Simplify Your Men’s Team Ministry So it Lasts for Decades By Herb Reese A men’s team ministry can serve widows and single parents for decades when leaders keep its purpose and practices simple. Drawing on long experience, this post offers practical ways to reduce […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog 400 Posts: What I Hope We’ve Learned By Herb Reese After writing four hundred posts, the author pauses to summarize the convictions behind the blog: churches must meet pressing needs, Christ’s love requires practical sacrifice, men’s teams can serve widows and single parents effectively, […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog On Your Mark, Get Set, Think! By Herb Reese Christian faith changes how believers understand reality, but Peter calls them to carry those beliefs through to action. Following the logic of First Peter, this post connects hope, holiness, reverence, and sincere love, showing why […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Conference Ministry and Online Ministry: A Comparison By Herb Reese Conference workshops and online outreach both helped churches begin men’s team ministries, but they produced different costs and effects. This post compares results from a four month ministry test, including churches started, dollars spent, […]
The men’s ministry at Crossroads is deeply spiritual, extremely healing, highly meaningful and very practical in a way that meets men at all spiritual levels.
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Clearly Seen: Paul’s Appeal to Natural Revelation By Herb Reese Paul’s argument in Romans 1 begins with what people can know about God through creation and moral awareness. This post reviews natural revelation, humanity’s suppression of that knowledge, God’s holiness and judgment, and why […]
“Herb, Glenn is missing.” My mother’s phone call induced an immediate tension in my chest. Glenn, my oldest brother by eighteen years, was last seen stepping onto a bus on Crenshaw Boulevard just north of Interstate 10 in Los Angeles and hadn’t been heard from again for days. It was […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog A Men’s Conference Every Day By Herb Reese After years of costly conference travel, online ministry opened a new way to speak directly with people interested in men’s ministry. This post describes the excitement of adding live chat to NewCommandment.org, turning hundreds of daily […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog When Your Ministry Leadership Wants to Stone You By Herb Reese David’s crisis at Ziklag offers a warning for ministry leaders tempted to rely on their own plans rather than God. By tracing Israel’s encounters with the Amalekites through Moses, Saul, and David, this […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Intergenerational Ministry: Another New Promise Keepers Emphasis By Herb Reese Promise Keepers’ renewed attention to intergenerational ministry echoes an emphasis long championed by Chuck Stecker: churches should not isolate generations into separate silos. This post explains why fathers, sons, grandfathers, and younger men benefit […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Promise Keepers’ New Goal: Forming Teams of Men! By Herb Reese After decades of influence from Promise Keepers, a new emphasis caught special attention: forming and nurturing teams of men that create change in their communities. This post recalls earlier conversations with Promise Keepers […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Fear of God Invades Fulsom State Prison By Herb Reese A violent gang leader’s conversion in prison illustrates the transforming power of the fear of God. Reflecting on Casey Diaz’s autobiography, this post connects gang violence, spiritual lostness, repentance, and faith in Christ, […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Is “Que Sera, Sera” Theologically Accurate? By Herb Reese The familiar phrase “que sera, sera” sounds like resignation to fate, but does it fit Christian belief? This post distinguishes passive fatalism from Jesus’ teaching against worry, arguing that Christians can face an unknown future […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog How to Know When We are Doing “Every Good Work” By Herb Reese The New Testament uses the phrase “every good work” or “every good deed.” This post gathers nine passages that use the expression and draws out common themes: Scripture prepares believers, holiness […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Sitting in My Spaceship Out On the Front Lawn By Herb Reese Pastoral ministry can leave a leader emotionally and physically depleted after Sunday’s demands. Using humor, personal experience, and Jesus’ invitation to rest, this reflection describes the strange Monday-morning exhaustion of ministry and […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog These Hands of Mine: The Holiness of Hard Work By Herb Reese Hard physical labor can become holy when it serves people who genuinely need help. Beginning with a backyard project and ending with a widow’s faithful team of men, this reflection connects Paul’s […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog How to Develop Good Men in Bad Neighborhoods By Herb Reese Drawing on experiences in troubled Los Angeles and Dallas neighborhoods, this essay argues that the deepest problems facing inner-city men are spiritual and moral as well as economic and social. It proposes strong […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Good Friday and Ministry to Widows and Single Moms By Herb Reese One of Jesus’ final acts from the cross was arranging care for his widowed mother. This Good Friday reflection examines that act, explains why Jesus entrusted Mary to John, and shows how […]