In my first two posts on the topic of how God speaks, I covered how God speaks in creation, in our personhood, in our conscience and in the Bible. Today I want to look at the most important way God speaks. God Speaks in His Son, Jesus Christ The Bible […]
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This post is the second in a series on “How God Speaks.” In my first post I covered how God speaks in creation and in our personhood. I now discuss two more major ways God speaks. God Speaks in Our Conscience Our conscience is simply the awareness that God is […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog How God Speaks By Herb Reese When it comes to the question of the existence of God, one would think that if he does exists, then he would introduce himself to us. Christians assert that God has in fact introduced himself to us, and […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog When God Gets Angry By Herb Reese The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God […]
My pastor is preaching a series through the Book of Exodus. I’ve been enjoying reviewing this beloved book of the Bible: the oppression of the Jews in Egypt, the birth and calling of Moses, the ten plagues, the first Passover night, Moses parting the Red Sea, the miracles in the […]
A few years ago I gave a lecture in Europe to a group of pastoral students on the topic of why Jesus didn’t focus on the family. Quoting Mark 12:18-25, I made the point that Jesus taught that marriage ends at death: Then the Sadducees, who say there is no […]
With the understanding that the vast majority of my readers are Christians, I must say that often in practice we act instead like we’re Mormons. Here’s why. I’m no authority on LDS theology, but I do know that Mormons believe that marriage survives death and lasts into eternity. Hence, Mormons […]
A breath of fresh air has been blowing through Ammons Circle lately. Over the last four years, seven young families have moved onto our block. Besides their young children, they’ve brought with them a zeal for updating and renovating their forty-something homes. Most of them have followed the new post […]
I confess. From time to time I feel a tinge of guilt for reading the news before I start writing my blog posts. Why immerse myself in the latest updates on intransigent wars, the dalliances of public figures, the social slop spread all over social media, mass shootings, who cursed […]
I have a ministry montra that I repeat often: “It is God’s will for every church to be able to say, ‘There is not a needy person among us.’” This morning, someone asked me on Facebook, “Won’t the Poor and Needy Always Be With Us?” The short answer is, yes, […]
You’ve been caring for your loved one, possibly in your home or their home, and you’ve finally realized their needs have surpassed your ability to meet them. You’re exhausted and desperate. But before you go out and enlist the services of a nursing home you come to regret, here are […]
I have a prayer request, or rather, an anti-prayer request. Would you please stop praying about whether your church should serve its widowed and single parents? “But we haven’t started praying about whether we should serve these people,” you say. True. That’s probably because most churches completely ignore their widowed […]
Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced […]
Pastors should encourage charity giving, both to the church benevolence fund, and also directly to individual widows and single moms.
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Fundamentals By Herb Reese Many years ago I was rummaging through my dad’s garage and came across a box of books. In it were the four famous volumes pictured here: The Fundamentals, published in 1917 by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles and […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Team Saves Care Receiver’s Home From Devastating Forest Fire By Herb Reese In June of 2013, the Black Forest Fire burned 14,280 acres north of Colorado Springs, Colorado. It killed two people and destroyed 509 homes. But because of the work of Oleta Goodrich’s […]
Now that we’ve identified the five circles of a Christian man’s responsibility to guarantee the well-being of those in need around him — himself, his family, his extended family, his church and his neighbors — the next question is how one goes about fulfilling this responsibility without being completely overwhelmed. […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Revisiting A Christian Man’s Five Circles of Responsibility…and Blessing By Herb Reese New Commandment Men’s Ministries focuses on a very specific area of need: long term needs within the local church. Most often, people with this type of need are the widowed and single […]
One of my great joys in life is witnessing a team of men fulfill their commitment to provide consistent and effective care to their care receiver for as long as they need it. Sometimes a team of men fulfills their commitment to a single mom or a widow at a […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog No Little People, No Little Places By Herb Reese “For you see?your calling,?brethren, that not?many wise according?to the?flesh, not many?mighty, not many?noble, are called.?But God has? chosen?the foolish?things of the?world to put to?shame the wise,?and God has chosen?the weak?things of the?world to put to?shame […]