Christians, I have a habit of saying, have two things to give to this world: the gospel and the love of Christ. The primary focus of New Commandment Men’s Ministries is on the latter. We train men to apply the love of Christ to their widowed and single parents in […]
Herb Reese
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If it isn’t some sort of record, it must be close to it. My father, who lived to be just a few months shy of 100, was a member of his church for 85 years. I wish I could tell you that those 85 years were wonderful, glorious years for […]
Last Sunday my church voted in Matt Manning as our new senior pastor…to take effect eleven months from now. The vote was part of an unusual five year process, one that Patti and I have enjoyed watching. I say “enjoyed” because I’ve been through the pastoral selection process three times […]
I have wonderful news. Starting today – and with the approval of my board – I’m beginning a couple of major new ministry initiatives. These have come about as the result of two recent developments. First, I’ve finished setting up my online men’s team ministry training site, Meeting to Meet […]
Back in the 60’s, when almost everyone drove cars with whitewall tires, I had a Christian friend who grew up in a church that believed driving cars with such tires was a sin. They reasoned that the money Christians spent on whitewall tires could be given to missions! It seems […]
My recent post, “It’s Time for America’s Churches to Take Their Financial Responsibilities to Widows and Others Seriously,” has received overwhelming support. It’s been downloaded from my site over 20,000 times and shared by over 4,000 people. Now I want to extend the thought in that post. What would it […]
I don’t know if this is true or not, but the story goes that a psychology class decided to do a little “experiment” on their professor. They all agreed that everytime the professor – who liked to stand while he taught his class – moved to their right, they would […]
When you think about it, there are certain things we can do only here on earth that we will not be able to do when we get to heaven. I’m not talking about sinful things. I’m talking about good things, very good things. Take patience, for example. There will be […]
Christians, do you know that God and Satan have an ongoing argument about us? It goes something like this: God: “Have you seen my new child, [your name here]? He made a decision to trust in Jesus Christ for his salvation. Now, he’s attending church, praying and reading his Bible. […]
Not all types of faith are created equal. In my last two posts I’ve written about evidence-based faith and ordinary faith. But neither one of these kinds of faith will earn anyone brownie points with God. The reason is because they simply treat God as an object. For example, a […]