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Paul and Silas were a couple of young, hardworking followers of Jesus. Because they talked about their faith, magistrates in a Roman city ordered them to be beaten and thrown into the local dungeon—not a great place to be. (See Acts 16.) At midnight, deep in the darkness of the dank, squalid hole carved out of the side of a hill, Paul and Silas start singing. They sing of their faith. Songs of praise and joy. Jesus is Lord. God is my shepherd. On and on. The other men in prison listen (as if they had a choice). As they...

Every man faces the same decision again and again: wisdom or impulse, discipline or appetite, risk or gamble, conviction or compromise, purpose or drift, courage or cowardice, love or lust. Wisdom is knowing the difference. In the CMN book Communication, Sex, and Money, we teach the three basic temptations every man faces, from Adam and Eve to the present day. Eve saw that the fruit was "good for food, pleasing to the eye, and desirable for wisdom" (Genesis 3:6). These three basic sins are spelled out in the New Testament as:  "For all that is in the world, the lust...

You and I deal with nonstop distraction and clutter, decisions and conflicts. The world clamors for our attention. And yet, the one assignment Jesus specifically gave us was to "go make disciples." How do we do that? Bishop Kenneth Ulmer tells the story of auditing a college class. He didn't attend class, but wrote a stellar final paper to get his grade. The professor agreed it was a terrific, then failed him. Ken saw the big "F," then read the professor's comment: "This was not the assignment." Most men are confused on the assignment! Most men are not on mission!...

During the pandemic, CMN took our Christianity, our "Dangerous Faith," across the Middle East. Our brotherhood translated books into Farsi and Arabic, then extended to Pakistan with Urdu—nations where it is dangerous to be a Christian. What happened was astounding. DOORS FLUNG OPEN. This is the power of ONE book in the hands of ONE Middle Eastern man: ONE Muslim Imam converted after receiving a vision of Christ. He got ONE CMN book and now disciples THREE groups of men. ONE radical with an oath to kill enemies was converted, then discipled with ONE book, and now disciples a men's...

Peace is not the absence of conflict. Peace is the presence of Christ in the hearts of men... in the middle of the conflict. But there is still war in the hearts of ungodly men, and they are killing Christians. For our brothers in Iran and the Middle East, there is not only the savagery of war, but there is immense persecution. Bible studies invaded, churches burned, dads dying trying to shelter their children. God has called us to stand with our brothers. When the angels announced the birth of Jesus, they declared peace on earth. When Jesus spoke to...