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So. Let’s say you’ve made some progress this year. You’re positioned to make a positive difference in your family and relationships. You have a plan for the next steps of your job or career—it's coming together.  Then what? The man next to you - he's your next mission. He needs what you have. Consider these true stories: Ray was on his way to ruining relationships, destroying his child's future, and spinning into a dark future. Then some strong men came around him. At a men’s group at a local church in Texas, he forgave his father, then got remarried, started fathering...

What happens when a man receives Christ, then reads Maximized Manhood?Walt Landers was empty, living for drugs and parties while building a construction company. In his apartment alone, he cried out for help and Jesus invaded his life. The first thing he did was go to a Bible bookstore to buy a Bible. It was there that a man told him he should read the book, Maximized Manhood, Walt thought, “That sounds like what I want!” The evidence of a changed life is its fruit. Committed and discipled as an authentic man of God, Walt felt a call to ministry...

If the game doesn’t keep score, most men don’t want to play the game. If you don’t know how to keep score, then it’s just confusing. And that’s where most men have landed in this ever-shifting and demanding culture. I was with a couple friends making some shots on a basketball court in the back of a church. One suggested we play “HORSE,” where a man shoots and you have to match that exact shot – so you’re each trying to create impossible shots that the others will miss. You get a letter for every miss, starting with "H" until...

Goliath walked to the center of the battle zone every morning and every evening and cursed the armies of Israel. Saul didn’t trust God so he hid in fear - fear always quarantines. He kept his army in their tents! This was the army of God. This was the army of covenant and anointing and God’s power. And they stayed in their tents. Insane. Fear always diminishes your strength. What did Goliath say that was so very powerful? The Bible says in 1 Samuel 17 that he cursed Israel. He swore at them? He came up with curse words so...

Do you ever feel like your efforts to be a better man, live a good Christian life don't matter? That when you speak up for Christ it's falling on deaf ears - like you're shouting into the void? Here's an encouraging word - get it deep into your heart and mind: WHEN YOU THINK NOTHING IS HAPPENING, SOMETHING IS HAPPENING. We're not called to be harvesters all the time. Sometimes, we're the seed planters. Think about it: Every time you share Jesus, you're planting a seed. Every act of kindness, every word of truth - it's all seed. You might...