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 […]
Ministry to Men
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 […]
Without God as Lord of our hearts… There?will never be enough laws. There will never be enough security cameras. There will never be enough police officers. There will never be enough body cams. There will never be enough check points. There will never be enough lawyers. There?will never […]
I was in Nashville earlier this week meeting with men’s ministry leaders from around the country. I almost didn’t go. I’ve had sinus issues for the past ten weeks. But I drug myself to Denver International, plopped my body in a plane seat, survived pressurized acute sinusitis at 30,000 feet, […]
?If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters?yes, even their own life?such a person cannot be my disciple.” – Jesus I once quoted the above verse to a girl I was dating. I was just trying to explain my understanding […]
As I’ve said before, men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents is not the be-all and end-all of men’s ministry. There are many different aspects to men’s ministry besides serving the widowed and single parents. If you’re using men’s team ministry to begin a men’s ministry in your […]
My post today is about an upcoming men’s ministry leadership conference that is dear to my heart. I discovered National Coalition of Ministries to Men (NCMM.org) by accident while researching men’s ministry on the Internet fifteen years ago. At the time, their next men’s ministry leadership conference was one month […]
The problem with Protestant, non-liturgical churches is they tend to be personality driven. The reason is because Protestant churches elevate the sermon to a central focus of worship. And if the sermon is critical to the worship service, then the ability of the pastor to preach the sermon well becomes […]
A couple of years ago, with the option of retirement looming ever larger, I sat down and asked myself if I really wanted to do that. I had never thought I would want to retire. I love to work and I love my work. But I thought I should at […]
A skills inventory is a list of men who are willing to donate their labor and the skills they are proficient at to help people in the church. For example, the church may keep a list of carpenters and electricians in the congregation who can respond to carpentry and electrical […]