“Bless you!” Someone sneezes in a public place and suddenly someone else, often a total stranger, blurts out that wish. Some have attributed the tradition to Pope Gregory I, who reportedly ordered everyone to say “God bless you” after someone sneezed in order to stem the spread of the plague. […]
Herb Reese
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New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Room with the Red Ribbons By Herb Reese I chuckle to myself when I hear men’s ministry leaders – and any spiritual leader for that matter – tell men that if they’re going to grow in their walk with the Lord then they […]
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:35 “Helen” told us she couldn’t wait to load her visiting relatives from out of town into her car and drive them by our church. She said when she passed by, she rolled down […]
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It […]
A major recurring theme in American history is it’s struggle with race relations. From slavery to the Civil War to Jim Crow to segregation to race riots to Martin Luther King to busing to President Barak Obama to Black Lives Matter, it’s been a long and bumpy road with […]
Scripture warns us about many things, such as being lazy, offering yourself as surety for a person taking out a loan, partaking of communion in an unworthy manner, and many other things. But there are some warnings that stand out as more important than others, such as do not fear […]
And the Lord saith unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? (Exodus 4:11) “Mom, why did God make me this way?” Glenn, my oldest brother by eighteen years, was severely mentally handicapped. […]
Everything about our Christian faith points us in one direction: to do good. “We are His workmanship,” Paul writes in Ephesians 2:10, “created in Christ Jesus for good works; which God has prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” (Emphasis mine.) The simple reality is that wherever genuine believers […]
“So, Herb, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?” It was working. It took six months, but my zip code evangelism strategy (go to the same people in the same places in the same area all the time) was working. I’m a creature of habit. […]
If you’ve been reading my blog for like, one week, you know what I do believe. Here are thirteen things I don’t believe. 1. I don’t believe something came from nothing. 2. I don’t believe order just appeared out of chaos. 3. I don’t believe the universe was fine tuned […]
We all know we live in a post Christian world that is quickly becoming an anti-Christian world. But before western civilization throws the baby out with the bathwater, it might be a good idea for everyone to pause, take a deep breath, and think about some of the things Christianity […]
Like many American Christians these days, I’ve been on a number of short term mission trips and consequently have seen a lot of poverty. But two mission trips stand out in my mind mainly because they took place within a year of each other and because they clearly illustrate two […]
The church is a family – the family of God. As believers, God is our Father and we are his children. Jesus is “the firstborn among many brethren.” As one expression of this family all believers are in, it stands to reason that men’s team ministry to their widowed and […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog When and How to Use Women in Your Men’s Team Ministry By Herb Reese I like to say that you know you have a successful men’s ministry when the women in your church try to horn in on it. It’s true that there is […]
I grew up in a schizophrenic culture. On the one hand, Los Angeles in the 60’s and 70’s marked ground zero for the dramatic social changes rocking the entire country. Hippies, the sexual revolution, drugs, Hollywood, rock-n-roll, Vietnam, antiwar demonstrations, race riots, assassinations – all of it happened right in […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Demonstrating Hesed Love with a Flowerpot By Herb Reese Most Christians know what agape is. It’s the Greek word for love. Agape is the highest Christian virtue. It means “unconditional love.” Paul in 1 Corinthians 13 famously describes agape love and ends with extolling […]
Calloused disregard is the state one eventually arrives at after practicing disregard continuously: he no longer realizes that he is disregarding others.
Here’s an interesting stat: a survey of 100 churches with men’s team ministries to their widows, single moms, and fatherless children reveals that after two years, a typical men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents grows 37%. This growth rate is exceptional for men’s ministry. At a […]
We all know from experience when we’re in healthy or unhealthy relationships. But sometimes it’s difficult to explain why they are the way they are. Years ago I came across a list of 8 qualities of healthy and unhealthy relationships, 4 each for the healthy and unhealthy ones. I don’t […]
Christian men spend a majority of their time at work. Below is a two question anonymous survey on how being a Christian man affects your work. Please feel free to interpret the questions and answer them any way you wish. You’ll be able to see each others’ responses. Loading… This […]