Christian Man Magazine

In Western culture, we are used to having power at our fingertips. And it can be an intoxicating experience. How about a huge diesel powered pickup truck with duel stacks spewing out black smoke? Or the avid hunter who sets his compound bow at ninety pounds? Then there’s the golfer who uses a Big Bertha driver to smash the ball 300 yards. Power! It’s one of many things men love.

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As full time Ambassadors for Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20), it is our job to move as many people as we can from the eternal lost list to the eternal saved list

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With plenty of technical jargon, an array of innovative and new financial products to tailor to your specific situation and an evolving industry, it can be hard to keep up with all the financial terms out there. Thrivent Financial knows finances aren’t everyone’s favorite topic, so we’ve compiled a short list of some of the most common finance terms translated into plain English.

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I learned quickly that “intense” was not a big enough word to properly describe Carson. Nope, I discovered Carson’s intensity early and uncomfortably during the second game we played at our boy’s camp. Apparently the only tools you need to squeeze the character of a boy are a few well aimed balls and the promise of dodgeball glory that rests like a crown upon the head of the last boy standing. Carson is one of those 12 year old guys that is so naturally athletic that it’s nauseating. His blond frame is not big, but he’s all muscle, and every one of those muscles seems to know exactly what it should be doing and where it should be at just the right time. Throwing ... check. Catching ... Check. Contorting one’s body like a character in the “Matrix” who has fallen right from the pages of fiction and into our dodgeball court ... Check

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“Is this like the darkest night that you have ever seen, Philip?” Peter stated. I looked up from our campfire at Peter. The glow of the flames flickered across his face. The other young men sat around the fire looking at me waiting on my answer. All of them had their headlamps on and the LED lights softly glowed on each young man’s forehead. Next I looked up at the sky. There was not a single star out as the thick clouds hung close to the mountain tops. The remote canyon in which we were camped shielded us from any other source of light so it was very dark. “It is really a dark night Peter, but it is not the darkest night I have ever seen,” I answered.

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If you are at all like me, you fight a never-ending battle with paper clutter. Receipts, warranties, paid bills, the kids’ artwork, keepsakes like show programs, cards and notes, church agendas and newsletters, and on it goes. How to file? How to find when needed? How long to keep? I recently joined the digital filing revolution. Nearly all my paper now gets scanned and stored electronically. Here are some of the advantages

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Sometime ago I spent an amazing weekend with some dear friends and more than 300 men at a men’s retreat in the magnificent Colorado mountains. In our cabin three young men in their thirties found themselves thrust into the mix with eight other oldmen over fifty (most of us over sixty). These young men touched our lives in powerful ways. From the very get-go, one of the young men let it be known where he stood as we began to share something about ourselves. He said to all of us older guys, “I just want you to know that I don’t trust you

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Nearly everyone who professes to be Christian will share their desire to reach Heaven someday, a worthy goal indeed! But could it be that we are missing much of the point? What if we should be focused on living lives that bring Heaven to Earth right now?

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Too many parents are missing the irreplaceable phase of being a spiritual leader to their children. There is a critical window of spiritual learning for our children and it comes between the ages of 2 and 12. I was a parent about to miss the opportunity to teach my children about the Christian faith until I learned about Family Nights.

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It is Good Friday in the year 715 AD. An imposing monastery towers over a small medieval town, as the sun rises above the patchwork of fields and farms. The monks usually rise at dawn to begin their day with Matins, one of eight hours scheduled in each day during which they pray what is called the Divine Office. But on this Friday in Holy Week, two canonical hours (Matins and Lauds) will be offered together in the evening, so the village faithful can join the monks in a service to recall Christ’s last hours. The ritual is called Tenebrae, which means “shadows” or “darkness.

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I have often wondered why people do what they do, live the way they live, say what they say, and make the decisions they make. A friend whom I was coaching once honestly confessed: “I have come to the realization that I have spent a great deal of time just kind of wandering around in my own private wilderness. I live without clear direction

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