A man who became a Christian bought a Bible. He said, "Have you seen this thing?" The Bible is daunting. At roughly 770,000 words, that's about 2,500 normal book pages--equivalent to 12 non-fiction books! Bible reading falls into that special category of things we all know are important but

Christian, in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, comes upon a man in an iron cage. He seems very forlorn and depressed. So Christian asks about his condition and the man declares that he is not the man he used to be.

"What wast thou once?" asked Christian.
The man indicated he was once a bold professor of Christ.

Like Two Pieces of a Treasure Map That Only Make Sense Together If the Bible was a movie, what kind of movie would it be? It would be a heart-gripping, action-packed drama, the epic story of a broken family, ripped apart by every ilk of dysfunction, but reconciled in the end--though not everyone--by a strong adoptive father who heroically refused to give up, who pledged to do "whatever it takes" to save

What it says, What it Means, How it Applies

What's the first thing we do when you read a Bible verse? It's the same thing we do when we look at a picture. We look for ourselves! We ask, "How does this apply to my world?" The answer? That depends on what it meant then, and what it means now. How do

Every day people purchase a staggering number of Bibles. In fact, more sell in a day--up to 250,000 copies-than the typical best-selling novel sells in a whole year!

Why is that? Because no other book even remotely approaches the Bible's power to satisfy the deepest longings of our hearts. We pick up the Bible when life doesn't

Picture a typical men's ministry at a typical church. If we were to make a list of activities men would be doing over the next several months, what would make the list? Men's small groups, perhaps a weekly Bible Study or monthly breakfast, a service project, a mission trip, sports, maybe a retreat. Now, think about the

NOTE: I'm writing a new book for release in January 2012. I think we've finally settled on The Fellowship of the Red Bandana for the title. The idea is to show how men are transforming their lives by applying God's Word to their seven most deeply felt needs. Here is an excerpt from Chapter 3, "The Fellowship of God's Big Holy

Bill, a member of our Board of Directors, said, "When I first became a Christian I would feel so confident at work because I knew what I was doing--like a doctor with a scalpel. "But when I would walk into church I would feel like putty. I didn't know where things were, or how the Bible was put together. I didn't

There is raging in the cosmos and all around us a titanic battle between the forces of good and evil for men's souls. This battle is raging out of control in neighborhoods across America-your neighborhood. Sound overstated?

Think for a moment about the casualties taking place on your street, where you work

In 2002 both of our children were married. They both "leaved and cleaved" within six months of each other-John in June and Jen in November. Wow! What an adjustment! That got me thinking. How do you parent an adult child? What should that relationship look like? And how can we make sure it works well? The problem