Several years ago I was driving on the freeway when a young man passed me at ninety miles an hour while doing a wheelie on his motorcycle. “That’s so stupid…and so like a stud!” I thought. Daring, fearless, and wreckless, he was proving something to everyone on that freeway: I […]
Ministry to Men
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“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” – Jesus “Meek: 1)enduring injury with patience and without resentment; 2) deficient in spirit and courage.” – Miriam-Webster Militant themes dominate men’s ministry these days. Men’s ministry leaders love to describe Christian men as soldiers fighting the good fight. Generals, […]
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27 (NIV) It’s fascinating how often scripture couples moral purity and good works. James 1:27 is an excellent […]
Leverage – “Use (something) to maximum advantage.” “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” Archimedes A lever is a long instrument, such as a pole or a board, which, when used with a fulcrum, multiplies force. For […]
When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. (Acts 4:13) [Paul] writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His […]
I attended a men’s conference with several hundred men in attendance one time that resembled a political rally more than it did a spiritual gathering of Christians. The meeting opened with a man carrying a large American flag marching slowly down the middle aisle and up onto the stage, accompanied […]
[Joseph’s ten brothers] said to one another, Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that’s why this distress has come on us. Reuben replied, Didn’t I tell you not […]
This Bible study on good works may be one of the most important Bible studies any Christian will ever do. It will dramatically impact how you treat people in need around you and it will also affect the rewards you will receive in heaven. References to good works and doing […]
I was once asked to give a series of lectures on men’s ministry at a Bible institute in the Pacific Northwest. Prior to the lectures, the head of the institute, a pastor, asked me what book or books I wanted to assign to the students. “The Bible,” was my simple […]
It’s been 2,000 years since Jesus started the first men’s ministry. Sadly, after three and a half years of hard work, he had only eleven quasi-committed disciples to show for it. But we men’s ministry leaders have learned a lot about men’s ministry in the centuries since then. Here are […]