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It's a negativity tornado. Accusations, innuendos, lies, wars, and rumors fill the air in every space around us. But that’s not you. You carry a different atmosphere. And everywhere you go, the atmosphere you bring fills the space you’re in. You carry and are filled with the Spirit of Christ. He is the air we breathe. Because of His presence in you, you have discernment. You see through the manipulation that tells lies as though they were truth. But you know truth because… you know Truth Himself! Paul told his young protégé Timothy, “Stir up the gift that is in...

The strongest trees take longer to grow. Oak trees grow for almost 50 years to become a mature, fruitful tree. They live to be over 700 years old. Their roots go deep. They aren’t easily overcome by disease, fire, or environment. In the family crests and shields of centuries of warriors, the oak tree was prominently portrayed. It meant “enduring, stalwart, and faithful.” It represented a man who showed up, a man you could count on in battle. A man not easily moved by circumstance or context. When Jesus read Isaiah 61 to proclaim the launch of his work on...

In today’s headlines, men are making weighty decisions that affect us all: tech developers, politicians, owners, military leaders… As men, each of us have weighty decisions to make as well. And we must make them. One man told me: "Paul, I've carried heavy things my whole life. Steel beams. My father's coffin. Even my son to the emergency room. But the heaviest weight I've ever carried isn't something I picked up. It's what I didn't do." The heaviest weight a man carries isn't what he's done—it's what he didn't do. The weightiest decisions we face today must be made. When...

The story of Juneteenth, which commemorates the final act of freeing slaves in America on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas reminds us that true freedom is a journey, not just a destination. In the US, we celebrate this holiday on Thursday. The holiday comes against a global backdrop of war, rumors of war, and the stark reminder that people live in bondage all over the world. Today is a day for champions, for men who stand up as heroes for their families, their cities, their nations. Men all over the world are struggling to protect their families today--from bombs...

There’s never been a greater promise than what Jesus told a man late one night on a dark desert highway. The man was Nicodemus. A religious leader that came to Jesus on the side to find out what this new teaching was all about. It was a very direct, personal confrontation. In their conversation Jesus said this, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save...