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 […]
Herb Reese
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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 […]
“We have never been enslaved to anyone.” – Offended Jews when Jesus told them the truth would set them free. “Enslave – to control someone by keeping the person in a bad or difficult situation where the person is not free, or to make a slave (= person legally owned) […]
All Scripture is God-breathed?and is useful for teaching,?rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,?so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) ?I went to bible college for four years, but I was never taught this.? ?Todd? was a young man who was […]
Since men are getting a lot of bad PR these days, maybe it’s time to focus on the positive. So here’s my question: What makes a man valuable? Something to consider when answering this question is, to whom? Women? Employers? Society in general? God? Women may value looks, health and […]
I broke my thumb this summer while mowing my lawn. Yes, it is possible to break your thumb while mowing your lawn. Here’s how I managed to do it. I wasn’t paying attention when I turned the mower around after mowing a strip of my backyard lawn. I thought I […]
Talking and writing about hell in public is a faux pas these days. But at the risk of being a Debbie Downer (or rather, a Dennis Downer) during the holiday season, I’m going to do just that. I was stunned by the overwhelming response I received to my post “Imagine […]