by Michael Kelley As I’m writing this, I’m just a few hours away from when I will lace up my tennis shoes and play a 5 on 5, full court basketball game. To be clear: I didn’t even make the junior high basketball team. I run a 40 yard dash in the neighborhood of 7 seconds flat, and my vertical leap is enough to touch almost every door frame in my house. Furthermore, I am not this team’s … [Read more...]
Turn Around
by Tyler Quillet Recently, my seven-year-old son was hounding me to read his daily devotions with him. Since I was making dinner, I told him that we would wait until after our meal. Well, in that short amount of time, he found a way to get himself into some trouble, which led to a difficult conversation while eating dinner. Dinner was now over and it was time for devos, so I asked him to go … [Read more...]
4 Truths to Combat Laziness
by Michael Kelley There is a difference between rest and laziness. Rest is part of the natural rhythm of life, and rest is actually an expression of faith. When we rest, we can only do so because we believe the words of Jesus, that “it is finished,” and we have nothing left to prove. But laziness? Well, that’s different. Laziness is filled with apathy rather than gratitude, with entitlement … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Choose Your Teammates
by Dr. Joe Martin Real men don’t isolate, they evaluate, collaborate, and integrate. Ecclesiates 4:9,10 says, “Two are better than one, because there is better return on their labor. If either one of them falls, the other is there to lift him up. But pity the man who falls, and there’s no one there to help him up.” What a powerful verse from the Word of God. When it comes to men working … [Read more...]
How Porn Hijacks the Brain, and 3 Steps to Freedom
By: Sam Black– Christian men promise God, themselves, and others to not look at porn and yet they fall again and again. The shame cuts to the core. What’s going on? Why is this such a pervasive struggle? Can men break free? Popular pulpit messages claim it’s just a matter of a disobedient heart, or that men are visual and are easily tempted. While these arguments hold truth, they fall flat when … [Read more...]