SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: Want to get unstuck? Repent. Change is hard. And that's what repentance is all about. Why don't we repent? We think the cost is too high. We will have to give up something we love, or at least that we are accustomed to. All the while, we don't realize that repentance [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: God makes men by turning our weakness into strength in such a way that only He can get the glory. Has God presented you with a calling, task, or mission so daunting that it raises all kinds of doubts and fears? What you may not have realized is that these nerve- [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: God makes men by taking us through a humbling process that fundamentally changes the way we think. Who hasn't felt led by God to do something that we thought was important but ended up with egg on our face? Maybe you felt called to a career which required special training or [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: God makes men by orchestrating even the toughest circumstances of our lives for a greater good. Nothing is more painful than feeling like you've been abandoned by God. You pray and pray, but nothing ever changes. In fact, things often get worse, not better. Who hasn't thought, "If God loves me [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: God makes men by igniting and sustaining a passion within us to love and serve Jesus. Our city is bulging with bold men who lead passionate lives for the glory of Jesus Christ. These men are overflowing with purpose, meaning, joy and, yes, plenty of opposition and struggles. They're convinced their [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: God makes men by doing whatever it takes to correct and restore us when we go astray. Suppose your son knows he shouldn't hit his sister, but hits her anyway and, when confronted, says, "I'm sorry." You will immediately forgive him, right? Of course. But is that the end of it? [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: God makes men by a process of calling, equipping, and sending us so we can call, equip, and send others. We all know the problems--divorce, fatherlessness, domestic abuse, the explosion of pornography, racism, metal detectors in schools, rampage shootings, Wall Street corruption, apathy, the normalization of sin on TV, and poverty, [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis Big Idea: God makes men by showing us how we can believe Him anyway in the face of what seem like impossible circumstances. We’ll be looking at 10 epic stories, 10 proven principles, and one huge promise for your life. First up… What is God calling you to trust Him for that makes you [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis Here's Nate's personal message to us... "Have you ever fought a lonely battle against besetting sin? Have you tried accountability, with disappointing results? In this eye-opening study, Nate integrates biblical principles with his own experience in recovery from addiction, sharing insights that have proven to be liberating for thousands of Christian men." Transcript Download [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: Your system is perfectly designed to produce the results you are getting. We've made a strong case for why disciple-making is God's designated way to release the power of His Gospel on every problem facing our men, marriages, families, churches, workplaces, and communities. We've explored, "What is a disciple, and how [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: A man will feel most happy, most alive, & most useful once he learns how to do what disciples do: abide, love, & serve. A disciple is not only called to live “in” Christ, equipped to live “like” Christ, but also sent to live “for” Christ. Once a man fills up [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: Equipping is simply bringing men together around Christ and watching Him change the way they think and what they do. What Christian man hasn't wondered, "Could I disciple other men?" Many men in our Bible study are already doing just that. Many more are eager to get started and just need [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: The bar for evangelism is quite low. Evangelism is simply taking someone as far as they want to go toward Jesus. Over the next three messages I’m going to teach you how to make disciples. Making disciples includes calling people to live “in” Christ, equipping people to live “like” Christ, and [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: Making disciples is God’s designated way to release the power of the Gospel on every problem facing our city. Ten years from now, what do you want to look back on and say, “I was part of that?” Michael Harrington who runs Salem Radio News which airs on 2000 radio stations [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: A city of disciples must first be a city of disciple-makers. When God looks at our city, what do you think He sees? What is His agenda for this place? And, where do you and I fit in? We are certainly not the first ones to dream big dreams for our [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis Guest Speaker: Sam Ingrassia Most Christian husbands struggle to find a consistent way to connect spiritually with their wife. We know we need to have spiritual influence in marriage, but the path is often elusive; haphazard at best. If you are a Christian husband, ask God to prepare your heart for what could be [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: Anything less than a plan to disciple every willing man is a catastrophic moral failure. The "men problem" has become a crisis that is virtually out of control. The collateral damage among families is staggering. Men under 40 are especially vulnerable to an alien worldview that is gutting the institutions of [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: A servant isn’t thinking, “What do I want?” He’s asking, “What does the Master need?” There are two ways to go. The first is to get bogged down insisting you know best, trying to control the situation, exerting your will, trying to get your own way, and coming out on top. [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: What is my agenda? What is God’s agenda? Are we working on the same agenda? You have an agenda that animates you—a plan, goal, career, mission, vision, or a set of priorities. It’s why you get out of bed in the morning. God has an agenda too. It’s why He gets [...]
SynopsisDownloadsTranscriptSynopsis The Big Idea: Nothing is more rewarding than to go out on a limb for Jesus. When Jesus was “passing through” a village, He was never really just passing through. He was always adjusting His plans. That’s because Jesus loves to love the people that others love to hate. In this week’s text, we’ll [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: Suffering compels us to seek the mercy that success makes us think we don’t need. How much pain can you tolerate? When we as men have painful circumstances, most of us try to double-down with self-reliance, determination, and grit. But what can you do when the pain just gets to be [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: A man can make a real contribution once he gets over wanting to be a somebody. Virtually every morning I wake up with a joyful ache to do something great for God. I’ll bet you do too. Yet I’m amazed at how easily an unselfish desire to serve God can morph [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: My worst day with Jesus has been infinitely better than my best day without Him. We've been in the series "Hanging Out With Jesus" for over five years now! We've taken our time and carefully worked through 70% of the four gospels in chronological order. So why are we still talking [...]
SynopsisTranscriptDownloadsSynopsis The Big Idea: Church was made for you, and you were made for the church. Have you ever woken up on a Sunday and thought, “I really don’t feel like going to church today.”? We all have. And when we talk to guys about why they don’t attend church, many say it’s boring or [...]
