As Christians, we’re commanded to love our neighbors “as ourselves.” A high bar indeed. For the past seven years Patti and I have tried to take this command literally and seriously. Here are some things we’ve learned along the way. Respect your neighbors’ privacy. It seems counter intuitive, but the […]
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“You say, ?I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.??But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.” -Revelation 3:17 Several years ago I spent a week doing mission work in Haiti. Of course, the physical poverty was overwhelming. But […]
To date, I’ve written primarily on the topic of men’s team ministry to the widowed and single parents. But as I’ve related in my last three posts, God has also taken me on a forty year journey of teaching me how to love my neighbors. So I want to dedicate […]
[This is the third in a series of three posts on Acts 2:44-47 and 4:32-37. You can read the first post here and the second post here.] Dr. Litfin was wrong. I didn’t split my church the one time I finally got up the courage to preach on Acts 2 […]
[This post is the second of a three part series on Acts 2:44-47 and 4:32-37. You can read my first post here.] So what is the church supposed to look like? Fortunately, the Bible gives us two very clear descriptions of what it is to look like. We find them […]
Seminary wasn’t exactly a joy ride for me. Since I didn’t think a pressure cooker experience like getting a masters from Dallas Theological Seminary was the best way to start a marriage, I had always prayed that the Lord wouldn’t show me the woman I was to marry until after […]
Next month marks New Commandment Men’s Ministries’ fifteenth anniversary. It’s hard to believe we’ve been helping churches start men’s team ministries to their widowed and single parents for a decade and a half. I thought I’d celebrate by briefly reviewing a history of men’s team ministry. The first men’s team […]
It’s sad to see people begging. It’s a reminder that we live in a fallen world and that there are people with real needs. But when it comes to seeing people begging, I almost always drive by without giving anything. But I also have to admit, I do feel a? […]
I know it sounds weird, but these last few weeks I’ve found that meditating on scriptural passages relating to both hell and God’s goodness is edifying. It’s helped me better understand both what hell is like and who God is. Meditating on hell has given me a greater awareness of […]
When I first began New Commandment Men’s Ministries fifteen years ago I had two primary concerns: safety and improper relationships. With regard to safety, the idea of thousands of volunteer men doing handyman projects in hundreds and hundreds of homes conjured up images in my mind of men with broken […]