If you’ve been reading my blog for like, one week, you know what I do believe. Here are thirteen things I don’t believe. 1. I don’t believe something came from nothing. 2. I don’t believe order just appeared out of chaos. 3. I don’t believe the universe was fine tuned […]
Herb Reese
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We all know we live in a post Christian world that is quickly becoming an anti-Christian world. But before western civilization throws the baby out with the bathwater, it might be a good idea for everyone to pause, take a deep breath, and think about some of the things Christianity […]
Like many American Christians these days, I’ve been on a number of short term mission trips and consequently have seen a lot of poverty. But two mission trips stand out in my mind mainly because they took place within a year of each other and because they clearly illustrate two […]
The church is a family – the family of God. As believers, God is our Father and we are his children. Jesus is “the firstborn among many brethren.” As one expression of this family all believers are in, it stands to reason that men’s team ministry to their widowed and […]
I like to say that you know you have a successful men’s ministry when the women in your church try to horn in on it. It’s true that there is nothing in the Word of God that says women can’t minister to the widowed and single parents. But New Commandment […]
I grew up in a schizophrenic culture. On the one hand, Los Angeles in the 60’s and 70’s marked ground zero for the dramatic social changes rocking the entire country. Hippies, the sexual revolution, drugs, Hollywood, rock-n-roll, Vietnam, antiwar demonstrations, race riots, assassinations – all of it happened right in […]
Most Christians know what agape is. It’s the Greek word for love. Agape is the highest Christian virtue. It means “unconditional love.” Paul in 1 Corinthians 13 famously describes agape love and ends with extolling it as greater than even faith, which saves us, and hope, which sustains us. But […]
Calloused disregard is the state one eventually arrives at after practicing disregard continuously: he no longer realizes that he is disregarding others.
Here’s an interesting stat: a survey of 100 churches with men’s team ministries to their widows, single moms, and fatherless children reveals that after two years, a typical men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents grows 37%. This growth rate is exceptional for men’s ministry. At a […]
We all know from experience when we’re in healthy or unhealthy relationships. But sometimes it’s difficult to explain why they are the way they are. Years ago I came across a list of 8 qualities of healthy and unhealthy relationships, 4 each for the healthy and unhealthy ones. I don’t […]