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We know the Bible teaches us about thankfulness and being a man who is grateful. Now, medical science is again proving the Bible correct. Read this quote from a recent article by the American Heart Association: "Some neuroscience experts think our brains focus on negative information to remember pain so we can avoid it in the future. They call this “negativity bias.”  To balance out this natural tendency, we can practice gratitude — a good medicine. “Research has shown that the practice of gratitude is associated with many positive effects in a person’s physical and mental health. Expressing gratitude can...

Jesus was called a “friend of sinners.” A wide gap exists between being friendly and being friends. Being friendly costs nothing and accepts no responsibility for the other person’s well-being. Being a friend accepts the bonds and context of being someone others can depend on. How does a man find a friend? How do we forge a brotherly bond? Scripture states it’s by, “showing yourself friendly.” It’s by becoming the kind of friend to other men that they want for themselves. I compare it to a grove of redwood trees. Some soar as high as 300 feet and live as...

The church is the light of the world - and when the light shines, the dark hates it. That's why it's not easy. There are obstacles and difficulties. The early church faced relentless persecution, but their faith, commitment, and sacrifice carried the gospel forward. If we do not take this seriously right now - if we do not face up to the forces of evil - the dark is moving in. Across our neighborhoods and communities, the enemy is stalking our children, our families, our churches. We are in a critical stage of instability and fear in the world today....

God promised Caleb the Promised Land, he walked in it, smelled it, touched it ... then it took 40 years before he lived there. FORTY YEARS! Sounds short when we read it, it's always more difficult to live it. Check out this powerful and encouraging video of Pastor Taylor Barriger at Lions Roar 2025. "If God says to you, 'I will bring you,'" Taylor states, "then you're going to make it!" If God gives you a promise ... it will happen. No matter what today looks like.     After Caleb spied out the Promised Land with his friend Joshua,...

Three things came out of Lions Roar that are vital for you and me. It started with Doug Stringer's very first message. Doug made these statements: * "We are men in a divine providential moment in time. We must be those men who do not only run with God, but those men who run to God. * "Like King David, we must be those men who do not stay in the cave but run out of that cave and defeat the giants. The challenges, obstacles, disappointments, things we go through as men... the reality is -- we have great news!...