God's love does not depend on your behavior!
If only that were true of:
your parents
your church
some Christians you may know.
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How many of us men need to say:
"If only that were true of me!"
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The Process Of Making A Man
MEN ARE MADE NOT BORN!
No matter how refined the mining process is it at best produces iron - BUT - swords must be made. And their making (as the process described below clearly shows) is much, much more than just one step. Much, much more than pounding a piece of iron into the shape of a sword, sharpening it, heating it red hot and plunging it quickly into water. Like swords, making a man is a process - much, much more than just one easy step.
Contrary to popular belief, men are made, not born. Males are born but history, reality, dysfunctional living, and so many other disciplines and experiences make it plain that merely being born male is not enough for production of a man at physical, mental, psychological, spiritual, and cultural maturity.
God made Adam - not birthed him. And God made Adam in the image of God. Males are made into men - fallen, broken, whatever they may become - but men are made. Men in the image of God are - not surprisingly - made not born. Even the "new birth" does not make a male into a man in the image of God. Maturity in the faith life is a process not a mere birth. Men are made not born!
Yes, even at the hand of God, making a man is much, much more than just one easy step. As you read "How To Make A Sword," you will better understand what the Master Blacksmith does to males as he process us into men - Men Made In The Image Of God!
How to Make a Sword
Friday, March 13, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Can You Handle What God Dishes Out?
Be Sure To Lick The Pictures and Links
To See An Awesome Connection
To See An Awesome Connection
by Jamie Buckingham
Based on Hebrews 12
from
SEVEN SEASONS OF A MANS LIFE
by Patrick Morley
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The Way We Live
Be Sure To Click The Pictures and Links
To See An Awesome Connection
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A Man's Mental Image:
The Way We Want To Live
Saturday, January 31, 2009
The Power of Men Awake
All Too Many Men Fail to Remain Awake Through Great Periods of Social Change.
Martin Luther King, "The World House"
It is ... for us here to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us.
Abraham Lincoln
Thursday, January 22, 2009
An Open Letter to Curtis
Curtis -
You are the King's son. When you became a Christian, God left you in the care of your mother and father, as his nursemaid and his regent. But, you are the King's son!
When you became a man, by whatever means that discovery came upon you, you became fully and independently the King's son. The King's son! And nothing, and no one, can take that destiny away from you!
For this you were born! And no one, neither Satan nor yourself, can remove from you your destiny, nor your duties, whatever the King adopted you for.
You were born for His service. Through fire, water, blood, spirit, and battle you have been, are being, prepared for that work He created in advance for you to do. Not even His greatest enemy, nor his earthly regents and ambassadors, can remove from you that calling, that reason for being, that life purpose.
No victory, no defeat, can take that awesome ministry away!
No injury, self inflicted or otherwise, no crippled walk, no clicking tongue, can, nor shall, prevent your coronation to your God given mission --- because, as an adult, as a Christian, you are Curtis _______, YOU are the King's son.
You are the King's son. When you became a Christian, God left you in the care of your mother and father, as his nursemaid and his regent. But, you are the King's son!
When you became a man, by whatever means that discovery came upon you, you became fully and independently the King's son. The King's son! And nothing, and no one, can take that destiny away from you!
For this you were born! And no one, neither Satan nor yourself, can remove from you your destiny, nor your duties, whatever the King adopted you for.
You were born for His service. Through fire, water, blood, spirit, and battle you have been, are being, prepared for that work He created in advance for you to do. Not even His greatest enemy, nor his earthly regents and ambassadors, can remove from you that calling, that reason for being, that life purpose.
No victory, no defeat, can take that awesome ministry away!
No injury, self inflicted or otherwise, no crippled walk, no clicking tongue, can, nor shall, prevent your coronation to your God given mission --- because, as an adult, as a Christian, you are Curtis _______, YOU are the King's son.
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