New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works: Good Works and Old Testament Poetry and Wisdom Literature By Herb Reese Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs approach good works from strikingly different angles. Together they explore faithful service amid suffering, worship joined with […]
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New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works: The Practice and Teaching of Good Works in OT Historical Books By Herb Reese Old Testament historical books contain many individual acts of faith but relatively few communal good works. This post highlights Ruth and Boaz, then […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works: The Practice and Teaching of Good Works in the Pentateuch By Herb Reese From Abel through Moses, the Pentateuch shows people joining God’s purposes through costly acts of faith and obedience. It also establishes communal duties toward […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works: Finding Out What Pleases the Lord By Herb Reese God does not intend believers merely to observe his work. He teaches his children to discover what pleases him and participate with him. Drawing lessons from creation, the […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works: Redemption – God’s Greatest Good Work of All By Herb Reese Human beings experience many forms of bondage, but slavery to sin is the deepest. This post presents redemption through Christ as God’s greatest good work, explains […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works: God’s Good Works in Jesus’ Earthly Ministry By Herb Reese Jesus’ earthly ministry provides the perfect pattern for Christian good works. His sinless obedience, kingdom teaching, miracles, discipleship, humility, compassion, and sacrifice reveal how God serves in […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works – God’s Good Works in the Incarnation By Herb Reese The Incarnation displays God’s love through the Father’s gift of his Son and Christ’s willing self-emptying. By entering human weakness, poverty, service, and suffering, Jesus shows what […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works: God’s Good Works in Old Testament History By Herb Reese Old Testament history reveals recurring patterns in God’s good works: righteous judgment joined with mercy, covenant faithfulness, miraculous provision, and purposeful action through imperfect people of faith. […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works – God’s Good Works in Response to the Fall By Herb Reese God’s response to humanity’s fall combines pursuit, mercy, justice, sacrifice, and redemption. Rather than abandoning guilty people, he seeks them and provides the covering […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works – God and His Good Works in Creation By Herb Reese Creation reveals a living God whose good works begin with speech and display goodness, order, power, purpose, and life. This post considers what God’s creative activity […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Toward A Practical Theology of Good Works – Introduction By Herb Reese Christians know they are equipped for good works, yet often remain uncertain what those works are, how to do them, whom they should benefit, and how they relate to salvation and judgment. […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Cedar Run’s “North Carolina Kitchen Adventure” By Herb Reese When fire devastated a widow’s kitchen, four men from Cedar Run Community Church traveled to North Carolina to help. Their weekend illustrates how teams discern pressing needs, combine projects with relationships, practice accountability while serving, accomplish […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Every Man of God Must Kill the Bear Stalking Our Homes By Herb Reese Previous posts in this series can be found in my article, A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men. As a pastor for twenty years, I spent a good amount of time counseling […]
Change is coming to New Commandment Men’s Ministries and I am excited to tell you about it. A four-year plan for my retirement This year, New Commandment Men’s Ministries celebrated 20 years of ministry and I celebrated my 71st birthday. You may be wondering what my plans are for the […]
Previous posts in this series can be found in my article, A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men. As we have seen in my latest series of posts, our mission as Men of God is to do the good works God saved us, called us, and equipped us to do. These Divinely […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog A Men’s Ministry Every Man of God Needs to Know (Part 5): Every Man of God Needs to Know How to Handle Fame By Herb Reese Previous posts in this series can be found in my article, A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men. My […]
Previous posts in this series can be found in my article, A Comprehensive Church-Based Ministry to Men. The day “Cliff” tried to liberate Cuba from Fidel Castro “Cliff,” who is now deceased, was a born again Christian who had come to know Christ as his savior as a young adult. […]
The “Van Kemps” were pillars in my childhood church; godly, faithful, and respectable people. Their two sons, “Steve” and “Phil” were in my youth group. One day, terrible news spread throughout the church: the Van Kemps’ oldest son, Steve, had been diagnosed with osteosarcoma, bone cancer. Sadly, it had already […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog A Men’s Ministry Every Man of God Needs to Know (Part 2): Every Man of God Needs Self-Awareness By Herb Reese Assuming that we are going through the process Paul describes in 2 Timothy 3:12-17, the process that God uses to turn us into […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog A Men’s Ministry Men Want to Know (Part 15) – What it Means for a Man of God to Be Fully Equipped for All of God’s Good Works By Herb Reese Previous posts in this series have been incorporated into Part 2 of my […]