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 […]
Herb Reese
682 posts
If you ever get a chance to drive along Pacific Coast Highway – Highway 1 – do it. It’s one of the most beautiful scenic drives in America. As a child growing up in California, my family made that detour more than once on our way to visit relatives in […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Is Evidence-Based Faith an Oxymoron? By Herb Reese Taco Tuesday was a special night last night for me and Patti. We celebrated her last day at work and entrance into retirement after forty years working as a nurse practitioner with a hot date to […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Why I Frequent Pagan Businesses that Support Causes I Disagree With By Herb Reese My house guest for the week got a frown on his face. “I’m sorry, I don’t shop here. They support…” He had been helping me with a DIY project at […]
I know. I know. What is the president of a national men’s ministry doing watching Hallmark Movies? They’re formulaic (boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back), cheaply made (I jokingly call them “Walmart movies” to my wife), and targeted at women (After watching one I get the […]
Any disciple of Jesus knows that he or she must have this one goal in mind: to love others the way he has loved us. We see the importance of this goal in the following scriptures: “A new command I give you, love one another. As I have loved you, […]
Next Christmas, when you set up your nativity scene, you might consider leaving out the wise men. The reason is because the Bible tells us that the wise men didn’t visit Mary and Joseph and Jesus until about two years after he was born, and when they did, they visited […]
We read in Acts 2 that after the church sacrificially cared for the needy in its midst it “enjoyed the favor of all the people.” That popular response to the church’s observable love for each other mirrored Jesus’ prayer in John 17: “That they may be brought to complete unity. […]
I come from a large extended family that includes several missionaries. My sister and one of my brothers have served as missionaries in the Philippines and Guam. Several of my cousins, second cousins, and even third cousins have been/are missionaries. And my Uncle taught hundreds of students at a Bible […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Revisiting the Three Unique Qualities of Christ’s Love By Herb Reese At the core of New Commandment Men’s Ministries is…well…the new commandment. Jesus states this new commandment no less than three times in what are called his Last Night Discourses, which are found in […]