For years I’ve thought of the orphans and widows that James refers to in James 1:27 as unrelated individuals. But the other day it dawned on me that James is probably including single mothers and their fatherless children as a third category besides orphans and widows. Here’s the verse: Religion […]
Herb Reese
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I was a pretty compliant preschooler so I never got a spanking. But I came close to having my buns warmed the day I spotted a big box of laundry detergent, took it outside, poured it into my sandbox, ran the hose on it, and turned the entire backyard into […]
Once upon a time I had a marvelous idea: I decided I would invite together all the couples for whom I had performed wedding ceremonies to see how they were doing. I planned a lavish reunion and sent out gilded invitations, inviting them to join me and share their experiences […]
Christian, meet “As”. As is the one word that separates Christians from all other human beings. In fact, As is the way people recognize that they are in the presence of a follower of Jesus Christ. Imagine that! God has hard wired the entire human race to know when As […]
It’s critical that your men’s team ministry’s first service day goes well so that you can begin to establish healthy patterns that will last for years. At the same time, your first service day will be different from all other service days because it will be more of an introduction […]
The men’s team ministry model that we present to churches asks men to donate three hours of time one Saturday morning a month. Those three hours are divided into one hour of prayer, Bible study and last minute planning as a group, and then breaking up into teams and serving […]
I received some great responses to my question, “Has Anyone Reading This Ever Seen an Angel?” Thanks, everyone, for sharing your stories. Here they are for the rest of us to read, with a little editing for brevity and clarity. ******** I had gone through a brutal battle with the […]
I heard a sermon on angels a few weeks ago. It brought back memories of a sermon I once preached on angels. Right in the middle of it I stopped and spontaneously asked if anyone in the church had ever seen an angel. Out of a congregation of a couple […]
All pastors know the importance of maintaining a close walk with the Lord, getting enough rest, eating right and having a good work/life balance. But here are some very concrete things I wish I’d known when I started my first pastorate. If you’re a young pastor, I hope you find […]
I’m on vacation in Southern California. Actually, it’s a workation for both myself and my wife. Yesterday I met with some men from a church in Rancho Cucamonga, a bedroom community forty miles east of Los Angeles. Their church has had a men’s team ministry to their widowed and single […]