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The Juneteenth Day of Remembrance is a time to reflect on the power of freedom, not only in our nation's history but also in our personal lives as followers of Christ. The story of Juneteenth, which commemorates the final act of freeing slaves in America on June 19, 1865, reminds us that true freedom is a journey, not just a destination. On that date, almost two years after the end of the Civil War, Major General Granger read General Order 3 at Galveston, finally ending slavery. What began the recent move to make it a U.S. federal holiday began with...

Across the table, a discouraged dad recounted failure after failure. His sons needed correction; they balked at his response. He got upset, and they rebelled. On and on in a downward spiral - for years. Finally, I just said, “Where are your sons today?” He launched into a story of how they grew up, disconnected from him, and stopped all communication. He hadn’t talked to them in years. “They don’t want to talk to me,” he said. "But, I have been texting them sermons, scriptures, articles on repentance, sayings to hopefully wake them up." “Fathering comes down to one basic...

In today’s chaotic world, there is a constant found in every nation: fatherlessness. Fatherhood doesn’t “just happen.” It’s learned and passed on. Your private decisions will become the next generation's public destiny. In the devotional, A Man’s Guide to a Maximized Life, my dad, Ed Cole, wrote of the nobility of fatherhood. It is our responsibility as Christian men, our privilege, to raise a generation of young warriors who are not bankrupt in the basics of life. One thing is certain: they will pass on to the next generation the principles they learn from us. Let’s train, mentor, and disciple....

Paul told the Galatians that trying to be justified by human effort was foolish! We are judged righteous by our faith in Christ and His finished work on the cross. We can't do enough good works to offset the negative. Paul says we were all prisoners of sin, and we receive God's promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ. (Galatians Chapter 3) My father, Edwin Louis Cole, wrote a powerful devotional about the exchange that takes place at the cross. He lists the benefits we have from going to the cross. I’m posting those below. And for a...

C. S. Lewis wrote: “Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance.” Decisions. I’ve met and worked with many highly successful men. One thing they all share is: they are decisive. I often teach men, “decide against yourself.” We are all master negotiators. One day, we make a decision to work out or study God’s Word. The next morning we wake up and, before we’ve finished a cup of coffee, we’ve negotiated out of it, and decide to start the following day instead....