Courage Is Contagious

Courage Is Contagious August 11, 2023 by: Joe Rigney Seeing and Spreading It Boldness. Courage. Fearlessness. These are the watchwords in Philippians 1. I want us to see a crucial element about courage in Philippians 1. It has to do with the connection between the growing boldness of Paul’s friends, his own courage in the…

Mistakes in Gathering

. . . if anyone thinks he is something,  when he is nothing, he deceives himself—Galatians 6:3 When we men relent and finally accept that we’re designed for community with other men, we nearly always start with the wrong criteria for choosing which men. We often plot and single out guys that are cool or…

The showers came and everything started growing again.

Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain, and…

14 Principles for Studying the Bible

14 Principles for Studying the Bible August 10, 2023 by: Douglas Sean O’Donnell Dig Deeper How can you dig deeper into God’s Word? Understand it better? Apply it well? Keep these fourteen foundational Bible study principles in mind when you read. 1. Start with Prayer Starting with prayer might seem obvious, but it is incredibly…

11 Reasons Jesus Is the Perfect Husband

11 Reasons Jesus Is the Perfect Husband August 09, 2023 by: Mike McKinley A Relationship with God How we carry out a relationship with God the Son? While [John] Owen argues that we live out our friendship with the Father with his love at the center, when it comes to the Son, it’s all about…