The Order of the Lion

Men: It is time to grow up. My message to you is not soft and comforting, but demanding and painful. Think about the men of the New Testament. None of them had an easy life. Not Paul, not Peter, not John, not James the brother of Jesus, not the rest of the twelve. They worked — read more

Jesus was likely between 32 and 34 (“about thirty years of age”) when he first called young men to follow him and began to teach them how to live. The men he called were likely in their late teens or early twenties. Jesus teaches crowds of people, men and women of all ages, but he — read more

How to be a man according to the Man. This is our topic. Six weeks. What did the Creator of men intend men to be? What does he want men to do and believe? Jesus the Christ is the only one who can tell us. He was a flesh and blood man who got tired, — read more

I have only found one. One man. One. One who I could trust to tell me what was true and what was false. One I could believe to tell me what was good and what was evil. One to obey in everything—what I should think and how I should live. One person who gave me — read more

Then the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands. And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand and took it, and with it he struck 1,000 men. Christ — read more

Life is rough. Man up. There is only one Man who can show you the way through this life. There is only one Man who is the Son of God and can steel you for all the work and rigors ahead. The Lord Jesus Christ gave his own body and blood for you. He gave — read more

More exhortation from Paul’s second book: 1 Thessalonians. “Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more…” First Paul praises — read more

What you read below is the only true Christianity as taught by the Apostle Paul, chosen by Christ, inspired by the Holy Spirit. This is from his second book 1 Thessalonians. “Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live — read more

Calling young men to courage. Stubbornness. Tenacity. Backbone. Grit. We are now the bad guys. The world is hostile to Christ. This is unavoidable. Be prepared. Are you ready to stand with Christ? In every age the people outside the church find some of Christ’s teachings offensive. They hate it and those who confess it. — read more

What are you doing with your life? What are you doing for Christ, your King, this day? How are you acting with courage today? How are you standing up in the face of those who are bitter enemies of Christ and his kingdom? Are you showing loyalty to Christ in the midst of enemies? Are — read more

“He trains my hands for war.” (Psalm 18:34) God trains our hands for war. What war? Not a war of violence and bloodshed. “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy — read more

“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” (1 Corinthians 16:13-14) Paul gives these commands to disciples of Christ. They are relevant to our day when so many are turning away from Christ and his teaching. Some of these go by the — read more

Jesus Christ can save you from this crooked generation. He can change how you think, speak, and act. Jesus Christ can change young men’s lives. You don’t have to live like your generation. Christ can make you serious, disciplined, holy, tough, compassionate, courageous, wise, just, etc. Jesus offers you forgiveness of your sins and the — read more

I have no intention of telling you something you will like or your friends will like. The only thing that matters is this: Is this what Jesus Christ and his apostles taught? What I will teach will be offensive to most Americans. There is a mob forming against Jesus and his teachings. Will you stand — read more

If you believe Jesus is the Son of God, then you believe all the He tells you and you obey all that He commands you. If you don’t obey, then you don’t believe He is the Son of God. If you think Jesus is so weak that he could not guide his apostles to bring — read more

One kind of Christian believes everything that Jesus and his apostles taught and obeys everything they commanded. The other kind of Christian no longer does. They are dealcoholized wines. Something essential has been removed. They have gutted the faith and removed its vital organs. They have been persuaded by unbelievers to drop doctrines and commands. — read more

The army of Christ serving in this world is all the visible churches of Christ throughout the world, those that teach the Word of God. We are still in the spiritual warfare and suffering. If you are not attached to a certain church, then you are not yet in the army of Christ. You have — read more