Raised to Walk in a New Life

A New Man
Over the last several months, Lisa and I have been serving a local couple who have deeply been hurting. A local church sent them to us, and we’ve been fighting for them like crazy. The husband’s affair was ripping the family apart, but through the love of Christ, the wife held on. She loved him even when she wasn’t herself loved by him. She extended the love of her Father to her husband in amazing form and is winning the battle. Her husband, Rob, is fighting. After a year of obsessing over the other woman, heR

Men: Following the Pattern
I spend a lot of time with men whose lives are a total mess. They’re desperate. They’re lonely. They’re broken. They’ve filled their time with women, alcohol, drugs, toys, work, and lots of other things. The reality of the mess of their lives hits when the temporary nature of those “things” becomes exposed. None of those things are necessarily sinful in and of themselves. That’s not the issue. We’ve been so deceived for so long. I believe most men, as in 99% of them, have no idea that there is anything other than “things”. Life is a hard-fought battle to get “things. It’s a battle to look, talk, and

Proclaiming Freedom to the Captives
I had a great opportunity on Sunday evening in Ohio to speak to a couple of hundred prisoners. I was asked by a church in the area to accompany them into the prison and speak to the men who attended. I was honored to be asked to minister to them and highly encouraged to have seen such faith inside the walls. I had thought for several days about topics I could and should cover with them, and finally decided on a subject about thirty minutes before I walked in, but even after that God, through His Holy Spirit, changed directions… As I walked into the prison I saw a lot of men just like me. I saw men with sincere hearts, but broken lives. I saw men who had mes

We Don’t Look Like People of God
I’ve spent enough time over the last several years watching broken people to see some scary situations. I’ve walked into drunken brawls, listened to kids cry as their parents fought, and even had my life threatened while trying to serve couples from all over the country. It’s been hard to watch such horrific situations, but I’m thankful to have seen the families of each and every one of those instances rising above their tragedies.  One of the craziest parts of the whole thing is that every one of the situations I listed above involved husbands and wives who would’ve called themselves “Christians”. Unfortunately, the fruit of t

What a Weekend
I want to thank all of the men who joined us in Reelsville, IN for the Rise Up, Man of God men’s retreat. We had a great group of guys, from a total of six states, come in for the weekend. Many dedicated brothers and sisters of us had spent months praying for the retreat and its impact on those attending. I don’t think any of us ever imagined it going nearly as well as it did. God, through His Ho