Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. – Jesus I’ve taken to ordering milk whenever a server at a restaurant shows up with a pretentious wine list. Take the waitress at a restaurant Patti and I visited while on vacation in […]
Herb Reese
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I know. No one cares whether or not I’m a citizen of Canada and that I have been all my life without knowing it. The point I was making in my last post – a point I thought was perfectly clear – was that it is possible for anyone to […]
I got the shock of my life the other day. I came across a website that said if one of my parents was born in Canada, then I’m automatically a Canadian citizen. After checking Canada’s official website, I discovered that it was indeed true. Turns out, my mother, Marguerite Reese, […]
It takes ten minutes and forty-one seconds to ride the Los Angeles RTD from the corner of Slauson and Keniston to the corner of Manchester and La Brea. At least it did when I was in high school. It also takes ten minutes and forty-one seconds for me to read […]
Over the past couple of years I have done some promotional work on Facebook. Lately I’ve focused on promoting a few posts I’ve written for my blog. One post in particular has received an overwhelming response. Here it is: “It’s Time for America’s Churches to Take Their Financial Responsibilities to […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Can Your Men Clearly Identify When They are Practicing the Love of Christ? By Herb Reese
If it isn’t some sort of record, it must be close to it. My father, who lived to be just a few months shy of 100, was a member of his church for 85 years. I wish I could tell you that those 85 years were wonderful, glorious years for […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog How Crossroads Church Had Mercy on Matt Manning By Herb Reese Last Sunday my church voted in Matt Manning as our new senior pastor…to take effect eleven months from now. The vote was part of an unusual five year process, one that Patti and […]
I have wonderful news. Starting today – and with the approval of my board – I’m beginning a couple of major new ministry initiatives. These have come about as the result of two recent developments. First, I’ve finished setting up my online men’s team ministry training site, Meeting to Meet […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Moral Absolutes, Matters of Conscience, and Legalism By Herb Reese Back in the 60’s, when almost everyone drove cars with whitewall tires, I had a Christian friend who grew up in a church that believed driving cars with such tires was a sin. They […]
My recent post, “It’s Time for America’s Churches to Take Their Financial Responsibilities to Widows and Others Seriously,” has received overwhelming support. It’s been downloaded from my site over 20,000 times and shared by over 4,000 people. Now I want to extend the thought in that post. What would it […]
I don’t know if this is true or not, but the story goes that a psychology class decided to do a little “experiment” on their professor. They all agreed that everytime the professor – who liked to stand while he taught his class – moved to their right, they would […]
When you think about it, there are certain things we can do only here on earth that we will not be able to do when we get to heaven. I’m not talking about sinful things. I’m talking about good things, very good things. Take patience, for example. There will be […]
Christians, do you know that God and Satan have an ongoing argument about us? It goes something like this: God: “Have you seen my new child, [your name here]? He made a decision to trust in Jesus Christ for his salvation. Now, he’s attending church, praying and reading his Bible. […]
Not all types of faith are created equal. In my last two posts I’ve written about evidence-based faith and ordinary faith. But neither one of these kinds of faith will earn anyone brownie points with God. The reason is because they simply treat God as an object. For example, a […]
If you ever get a chance to drive along Pacific Coast Highway – Highway 1 – do it. It’s one of the most beautiful scenic drives in America. As a child growing up in California, my family made that detour more than once on our way to visit relatives in […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Is Evidence-Based Faith an Oxymoron? By Herb Reese Taco Tuesday was a special night last night for me and Patti. We celebrated her last day at work and entrance into retirement after forty years working as a nurse practitioner with a hot date to […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Why I Frequent Pagan Businesses that Support Causes I Disagree With By Herb Reese My house guest for the week got a frown on his face. “I’m sorry, I don’t shop here. They support…” He had been helping me with a DIY project at […]
I know. I know. What is the president of a national men’s ministry doing watching Hallmark Movies? They’re formulaic (boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back), cheaply made (I jokingly call them “Walmart movies” to my wife), and targeted at women (After watching one I get the […]
Any disciple of Jesus knows that he or she must have this one goal in mind: to love others the way he has loved us. We see the importance of this goal in the following scriptures: “A new command I give you, love one another. As I have loved you, […]