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Staying Focused
One of the great challenges of our day is to stay focused on the things that truly matter. Most of us are preoccupied with our lives and surviving the daily grind. We seem to manage the urgent, but we miss the important. As I have considered these things lately, I...
Our Ambition in Conflict….is to Win!
The re-occurring theme in my counseling with men revolves around conflicts in their relationships--either at home or at work. We all face conflict. It is inevitable, but the concern I have is that the Christians I often meet with approach conflict with much the same...
A Man and His Family
Outside of his personal devotion to Christ—I can think of no greater priority for men than their families. However, we’ve created a culture (even in the church) that steals men away from their God-given mission at home. Families are struggling because men are...
Fear
We often experience the anxiousness associated with the future, because the future is unknown. So, we worry about the future, because it may have an adverse effect on us and the things we care about. These things might include our investments, our freedoms, our...
A Life of Repentance
Repent vb : to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one's life A growing Christian's life should be characterized by a pattern of repentance. We may intellectually agree with this statement, but it is no small a thing to live out! ...
A Joyful Heart
Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with Gladness; come before Him with joyful singing… Psalm 100 Most of life is spent doing very ordinary things. We have a daily routine that remains, very much, the same week after week…month after month…and...
A Call to Integrity
We live in a business culture that lacks principle. When our ambition is to succeed (at any cost) then we make ourselves vulnerable to compromise. Compromise always has a consequence. In the early stages of compromise, it appears that the consequences are...
Fear
It is a normal response to the potential loss of things we hold precious…our lives, the lives of those we love, our jobs, our financial savings, and our reputations…just to name a few! But fear is something that robs us of many of the precious fruits of the...
My God is Too Small (and I am Too Big!)
I’ve been leading a men’s study in I Kings this year—and we just finished the section (I Kings 18) where Elijah prays for fire to consume his wet offering (The prophets of Baal had also been asking their “god” for the same result!). But God answers Elijah’s prayer...
You Cannot Not Communicate
I attended a conference years ago that discussed various principles about working in ministry. There were many insights presented, but there was one principle shared that I have never forgotten. It is this: You cannot not communicate. The principle is simple,...
Focus
We live in a culture committed to having everything; however, the end result is that we really possess nothing--at least nothing of real substance. Elton Trublood said it this way: "He who is committed to many things is committed to nothing." We can’t do it all, yet...
A Faith that Doesn’t Save?
We will endeavor to point out some of the particulars in which a non-saving faith is defective, and how it comes short of a faith which does save. First, with many it is because they are willing for Christ to save them from hell, but are not willing for Him to save...
Lights in a Dark World
“Always be prepared to give an answer…for the hope you have…” I Peter 3:15 Captain Jeff Struecker was impressed that a career shift might be in his future the morning after losing 18 close comrades in fierce combat. His “impression” wasn’t for fear of losing his...
A Surrendered Life
I recently listened to the testimony of some men who served on a church mission trip to Russia. (It is always encouraging to hear what God is doing!) Their testimony led me to question: “Why doesn’t God show up in our daily routine as He seems to do on mission...
A Provision for Our Every Need!
As we leave the Thanksgiving holiday and enter the Christmas season, I am reminded again of God's faithfulness to us…and His faithfulness is demonstrated to us in making a provision for our every need. Thanksgiving reminds us of God's faithfulness to meet our...
Gratitude
I’ve been contemplating the theme of gratitude over the past few weeks—especially in light of the Thanksgiving Season. My study has led me to consider several Biblical passages on the subject—and I decided to write my own definition for gratitude—and one that seems...
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