Finally, some scientific data on men, church, and men’s ministry! For years men’s ministry leaders in organizations such as Man in the Mirror, Promise Keepers, and Iron Sharpens Iron have tossed around the idea of developing accurate and up to date scientific polling data on men’s ministry. Now BetterMan, founded […]
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I have been playing with sand the last few days. I laid a couple of small flagstone patios in our backyard that required sand foundations. The Loews how-to video I watched said I should make the foundations five inches deep, but I think they just wanted to sell me a […]
Since the love of Christ in us is the goal of our salvation (1 Timothy 1:5; Ephesians 3:14-19; John 13:34, 35, etc.), it behooves every believer to meditate deeply on this subject. I’ve written in the past about the three meanings of the term “the love of Christ.” First, it […]
I recently read an article on the importance of setting priorities as Christians. It listed three responsibilities as the main priorities every Christian should have: our responsibilities to God, family, and work, in that order. It was the same classic list I’ve seen many times before and every time I […]
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Matthew 15:24 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.” Matthew 10:5-6 Several […]
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 9:18 “I’m packing heat. So give me a call if anything happens.” My new Christian vigilante neighbor said good bye, turned and walked back to his house. It was several years ago and our family had just moved into a new home. […]
“Go, tell my brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see me.” Matthew 28:9-10 “For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.” Romans 8:29 “We know that when Christ appears, we […]
Take a close look at the picture that accompanies this post. It’s an image of the temporary green fence in my backyard. I erected it because I have a multi-day project going on replacing my wooden fence and I needed something to contain our dog while I work on it. […]
My mother-in-law recently moved in with us from Katy, Texas. She is a member of Second Baptist Church in Houston, a church with tens of thousands of members. Every Sunday she avidly watches the church worship service online and yesterday she mentioned to me and my wife that the church […]
It may come as a surprise to some, but after decades of repression under communist rule, the Russian Orthodox Church has been enjoying a resurgence among its countrymen of late. In fact, the proposition can be made that the church has supplanted communist ideology with its own and reestablished itself […]