New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Should the Church Take Final Responsibility for Believers in Need? By Herb Reese The short answer to the question, “Should the Church Take Final Responsibility for Believers in Need?” is yes. Scripture teaches this truth in many places, both by example (i.e., Acts 2:45; 4:34; […]
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I was once asked to give a series of lectures on men’s ministry at a Bible institute in the Pacific Northwest. Prior to the lectures, the head of the institute, a pastor, asked me what book or books I wanted to assign to the students. “The Bible,” was my simple […]
It doesn’t happen often, but every now and then I get reports of a men’s team ministry care receiver who has an entitlement mentality. Instead of being thankful for the service their team is providing, they become critical and demanding. Of course the team wants to show their care receiver […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog A Simple Solution to Chicago’s Gun Violence – Fear of Hell By Herb Reese Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. […]
For materialists, the physical universe is all that is. Only what we can see, hear, smell, taste and touch is real. For them, Christianity is a “nothing burger” that focuses only on an imaginary afterlife and anesthetizes us to the pain of this life. Or, as Karl Marx famously stated, […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Would King David Have Eaten the Shepherd’s Pie at The Burns Pub and Restaurant? By Herb Reese Patti and I celebrated our 39th anniversary this weekend at The Hilltop Inn. Attached to the inn is an English-themed eatery called The Burns Pub and Restaurant, […]
Our goal with men’s team ministry is to provide consistent and effective years-long service to people in our churches and communities with long term needs, such as the widowed and single parents. To do this, we emphasize three unique qualities of Christ’s love: identification, commitment and sacrifice. When it comes […]
According to 2 Timothy 3:16-17, the Bible is ultimately a good works manual. It doesn’t tell us how to live the good life. It tells us how to live a life that is good.
“I haven’t done anything with my life!” That’s how I felt when I left church yesterday morning. I was visiting Redeemer Temple in Denver to help promote their men’s retreat. I’m speaking at it later this month. I was looking forward to hearing the pastor preach, but instead, they had […]
It’s been 2,000 years since Jesus started the first men’s ministry. Sadly, after three and a half years of hard work, he had only eleven quasi-committed disciples to show for it. But we men’s ministry leaders have learned a lot about men’s ministry in the centuries since then. Here are […]
I’ve been writing from time to time about the amazing young Christian couple that lives next door to us. They’re deeply involved in their church, participate in a home group that they sometimes host, and practice genuine Christian community. Andrew, who is a civil engineer but is changing careers and […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Good Works that All Believers Should Do and Good Works that Only Some Believers Should Do By Herb Reese Evangelicals tend to shy away from the topic of good works. For example, in all of the literature that I have read on men’s […]
I knew we were on to something when the Quincy Herald Whig published a picture of a team of men from a local church’s men’s team ministry on its front page. The picture was of the team serving as pallbearers, carrying their care receiver’s coffin out of the church after […]
Thursday, July 1, 1982: my first day as a new pastor. I was twenty-nine years old, with a wife of three years and an infant boy of three months. It was a huge step of faith. Patti and I had sold our home home in Houston, quit our jobs – […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog 6 Reasons Why People Leave Their Church By Herb Reese Here’s a depressing topic all pastors struggle with: churn rate. A church’s churn rate is the percentage of people who leave the church over a given amount of time. If it’s any consolation, Jesus […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog How Satan Speaks By Herb Reese I’ve been writing about how God speaks. I initially thought I could get everything into one post, but the subject grew to four posts and I still didn’t cover all the ways God speaks to us. We saw […]
We’ve seen in this brief series on how God speaks that God has and is utilizing many different ways to communicate with humanity. These include God speaking in creation, in our personhood, in our conscience and in the Bible. All of this communication, however, is impossible for humanity to understand […]
[I wrote this post just for fun. I hope you enjoy this true story.] Back in the day when people read newspapers, I decided to pick one up at my local King Supers grocery store to read while drinking my morning coffee. As I walked in the parking lot back […]
Yesterday, a pastor on the west coast with a successful, years-long men’s team ministry called me with a question. He said three families in his church had asked if they could serve a widow or single parent as individual families. He asked me if I knew of any churches that […]
