Herb Reese

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Herb Reese is an author, public speaker and President of New Commandment Men's Ministries. Herb has a B.A. in History from UCLA and a Th.M. in Pastoral Ministries from Dallas Theological Seminary. He has done post graduate work in The History of Ideas at University of Texas, Dallas and in Church Administration at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. After serving as a pastor over a period of twenty years, Herb founded New Commandment Men's Ministries, a ministry dedicated to helping churches recruit, train, organize and deploy teams of men who permanently adopt their widowed and single parents. Herb has served as President of New Commandment since 2003 and has helped 1,000 churches develop men's team ministries in all 50 states and eight foreign countries. Herb and his wife, Patti, live in Arvada, Colorado, and have three adult children.
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The Man You Think You Are, The Man God Knows You Are

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“When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, ‘The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.’” Judges 6:12 Wham! Wham! Wham! Hot, sweaty, dirty, smelly Gideon hated threshing wheat in the bottom of his wine press. It was the ultimate humiliation. But threshing wheat in the bottom of […]

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How the Early Church Overcame Its Racial Prejudice

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“But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed. For before certain ones came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they had come, he withdrew and separated himself from them, fearing those who were of the Circumcision.” Galatians […]

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Men’s Ministry in an Age of Mandatory Social Isolation

I used to say that, as a card-carrying introvert, if I were ever convicted of a crime and sentenced to solitary confinement, they would be doing me a favor. “Finally, time to think!” I’d joke. But no more. After almost three weeks of practicing strict “social distancing,” due to the […]

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Pray for and Support Iron Sharpens Iron as it Faces the Coronavirus Crisis

As many of you already know, Iron Sharpens Iron is an amazing men’s conference ministry that has been around for over twenty years. This year, ISI has over two dozen conferences scheduled. These conferences average around 500 men in attendance who hail from dozens of churches. Iron Sharpens Iron is […]

Cancel Your Church’s Men’s Team Ministry This Month

A special note to my readers who attend a church with a men’s team ministry: In light of the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic, if your church has a men’s team ministry to its widowed and single parents, then I want to encourage you to cancel your service day for this […]

Optimal Seating for Men’s Conference Breakout Sessions

I have a friend in men’s ministry who did his Ph.D. dissertation on what seating arrangements work best in small groups, proving the old adage that higher education is the process of learning more and more about less and less until you know everything about nothing. Since my focus for […]

Resurgence of Dualism has Major Apologetic Implications

I came across a fascinating article and podcast yesterday entitled “Why Pioneer Neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield Said the Mind is More than the Brain.” The reason why this article is significant is because a materialistic view of the world demands that the mind is only the brain, that is, only the […]

The First Men’s Breakfast

“When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread. Jesus said to them, ‘Bring some of the fish you have just caught.’ So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, […]

Herb writing his blog at Starbucks

Who Knew People Read Blogs at 4 AM?

You may not have noticed, but for a couple of weeks I wrote my posts the day before my usual post days and then scheduled them to be delivered at 4 am Mountain Time on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The result? My readership increased 25%! I think the reason for […]