“But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.” – Isaiah 53:5 Earlier this week, we learned that men are prone toward either chauvinism or cowardice. So, what are men to do? The key is … Read more
“And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, ‘Where are you?’” … Read more
Judges 8:30-31 – Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives. And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech. As we learn about Gideon’s character development from fearful to faith-filled, we have to wonder – does this spiritual growth transfer … Read more
John 14:6 – “I [Jesus] am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” The sad statistic is that since 1968, the number of children without a father has doubled to 18.4 million and of 100 countries surveyed, the U.S. had the highest percentage of fatherlessness, … Read more
1 Peter 3:7 – …husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. As we recently celebrated Father’s Day, I wanted to give what I hope is … Read more
Ephesians 6:4 – Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. In the early to mid-20th century in the United States, many men were in the military fighting for their country where they had strong leadership, strong brotherhood, and strong masculinity. By 1945, at … Read more
Genesis 2:15 – The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work… Young men, you might be triggered by this but when God puts Adam in the garden in order to work, this was pre-Fall, prior to the curse. God put Adam in the garden to work, He … Read more
Nehemiah 4:9 – …we prayed to our God and set a guard as a protection…day and night. A recent news story calls a young man in France the “Backpack Hero”. Several women were watching their children play in a park when a crazy man started stabbing people with a knife, stabbing four young kids and … Read more
2 Kings 2:1 – Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. In the old western movies, it was common that the movie would end with the hero riding off into the sunset. This theme was so common that … Read more
1 Kings 16:30 – And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him. The Ahab spirit can be working on, in, or through a man or a woman, but in my experience, most of the time it affects men. It causes those men to be … Read more
Genesis 26:10 – Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.” As we’ve seen over the past several months, Genesis is one giant family case study on those who follow God, who bless generations … Read more
Matthew 5:34-37 (NLT) – “…I [Jesus] say, do not make any vows!…this is from the evil one.” Genesis 26:4-5 – “…I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because Abraham obeyed … Read more