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The Lord has anointed Pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston and The Hillsong Church with a message and music of hope that has launched thriving campuses around the world and impacted thousands of churches and ministries around the world. And now, Ps Brian has authored a brilliant new book, There Is More. We’re honored to be friends and ministry allies with pastors Brian and Bobbie.For years, CMN held men’s meetings in the small “Hills” church that became the great Hillsong. Read below Brian’s comments about how a man learns to walk in wisdom, and the role CMN played in his own life.CMN...

The first Easter wasn’t filled with peace and joy and stained glass and beautiful music. It was full of violence and fear and confusion and shouting and blood.When the Jews came to John the Baptist at the height of his ministry to ask if he was the Messiah, he yelled at them, “I am thunder in the desert! Proclaiming the coming of the Messiah, making straight the way of the Lord!”His message was “thunder” — loud and confrontational and divisive and rebellious. It wasn’t the popular opinion, but it was truth. Truth isn’t always popular and what is popular isn’t...

Jesus’ brother James taught us, “Obstacles make you larger.” He taught us as men not to resist the pain of becoming a larger man. He said, "When your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow."King David, as a young man, is perhaps our best example of how to endure a deep, wounding pain and allow God to turn it into greatness, largeness. Catch how this applies to you.During the disastrous reign of King Saul, God called the prophet Samuel to find and anoint the next king. Samuel went to a successful sheep rancher with eight sons. David...

My son Brandon and I had secured some upper level seats on the baseline that ended up having a perfect view of the attempted shot. We stood and screamed with thousands of others. It was bedlam until Vince shot the ball.Less than two seconds were left in the game between the hometown Dallas Mavericks and the powerful Spurs. The Spurs led by two points. In a final timeout, the coaches each drew plans for the last play. The Mavs had the inbound possession. The referee handed the ball to Calderon. Nine players on the court start jostling, shoving, pushing for...

Out fishing. Warm morning sun. A good catch. Then, a stray thought. How did my fishing buddy Ed change from a paycheck-earning worker into a highly successful business owner? I broke the rules of fishing—silence—and asked him. He said, “I got larger in my spirit,” then cast again. In the stillness, Ed focused on fish. But all I could think about were those four words: larger in my spirit. As I was studying a few days later, I saw how Solomon as a young king went up against some huge obstacles, plus had the huge shoes of his father to fill—the greatest king of all...