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Building A Men’s Ministry (That Grows and Sustains) Here’s something to think about… I love it when men want to build a ministry to men in their church. The heart and passion is something to celebrate, not something to quench and set aside. People within the church notice right away that almost every other ministry […] READ MORE
The end goal of the Christian life is to become the man that God wants us to be. We do this by allowing his vision, mission, purposes, and goals to shape our lives. One way we can lead men to this is through discipline. A discipline, or in our case “spiritual discipline,” is a training […] READ MORE
What Are The Top 5 Men’s Bible Studies in 2019? Finding Great Men’s Content Is Hard If Not Impossible Finding great content for men can be challenging. If you’ve been looking for any amount of time, you’ll quickly realize there’s not a lot of bible study options on the market – especially for men. Many […] READ MORE
Why You Should Stop Lying Why it’s always important to tell the truth and how we end up lying to ourselves. “Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.” Ephesians 4:25 Truthfulness is one of the trademarks of God’s character. […] READ MORE
How To Treat People You Just Don’t Like Learning how to engage people we don’t like who root for the other team. We naturally gravitate toward the people we like. And often they look just like us. But how do we engage people who are not like us? Those who irritate us because they are […] READ MORE
Connecting the Compass and the Clock Planning, goals, strategies, and making the most of your time, rather than letting life pass you by. There is one secret that everyone who lives intentionally, rather than accidentally, knows and practices. They know how to connect their compass with their clock. Let me explain. DOWNLOAD THE WORKSHEET Download […] READ MORE
Live Intentionally Stop living accidentally in the busyness of life and live with purpose by being intentional. We live in a time of growing needs, multiplied demands, out of control schedules and a tendency to be driven by the urgent rather than the important. Over time our effectiveness is eroded merely because of our busyness, […] READ MORE
Setting Annual Goals 2020 How I set my goals and crush them every year. Try these easy steps and download an easy-to-use resource. When talking about setting annual goals for ourselves, I am not referring to the typical “New Year’s Resolutions” that get left by the wayside within weeks of the new year. Instead, I […] READ MORE
FOMO and Our Desire For More How to move from fear and want toward abundance and contentment with all the riches our life has to offer. Most of us love the feeling of abundance, and at the same time, we’re challenged when we have less than we wish we had. Houses, stuff, entertainment, opportunities, and […] READ MORE
Want To Crush Your Goals As A Man Of God In 2020? So, people, each year, ask me how I establish and crush my goals. Here’s how I do it. I choose to establish a goal-setting framework that is focused on the needed thinking, character, and behaviors, that will round me out as a man […] READ MORE
Why We Should Avoid Gossip Three reasons we should avoid gossip in our conversations with others. All of us have done it, and it is a constant temptation: gossiping about others. In putting others down (which is what gossip is), we seek to elevate self, show off our knowledge of inside information, and injure those […] READ MORE
God Uses Broken Men Regardless of what you think about yourself or what you think other people think about you, God is still using men like you. Even when you’re broken, bruised, and beaten up. I love reading about the men God used in the Bible. They are rarely the ones I think he would […] READ MORE
5 Steps To Accountability How to build accountability into your spiritual life with a plan that promises to produce greater spiritual returns. In spite of the popular image of the rogue male individualist – the “Jason Bourne” type – God designed us for relationships. Even the strongest and most rugged of us need other men to live […] READ MORE
5 Things To Do When You Fail Spiritually Five things I remember when I fail that keep me moving forward as a man who is all in. All of us fail spiritually. For some of us, this can turn into a downward spiral of guilt, sadness, and hopelessness which is a recipe for further collapse. […] READ MORE
3 Reasons Why You Should Journal Journaling is an ancient discipline that was used by some of the greatest leaders in Old Testament history, and one that is worth your time. Journaling is one of the oldest of the spiritual disciplines. It is the reason we have such wonderful spiritual insights from so many men […] READ MORE
The Structure Of The Bible For Bible Reading Are you a first-time reader or just trying to develop a Bible reading discipline. Here is a fundamental structure that might help. For first time readers engaging the Bible can be an overwhelming task. This is because the Bible is not your typical book. Many trying to […] READ MORE
How To Have A Daily Quiet Time With God Discover the challenges and importance of investing in time with God, and a simple suggested pattern. Our lives are filled with appointments and meetings, but there is one appointment that we find hard to keep consistent. And missing this one appointment produces guilt and failure in […] READ MORE
How To Study The Bible Three simple steps to successfully studying the Bible on your own. An age-old and time-tested method that will make you look as smart as your pastor. Let’s face it. Many of us find the idea of personal Bible study daunting! Especially if we haven’t done it before. Don’t you have […] READ MORE
Be The Man In The Arena Three declarations for the man in the arena who feels the agony of defeat. It is one of the most inspiring quotes of all time. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds […] READ MORE
Becoming An Ironman Learning how to run the race set before us as iron men. It is a hard-won designation: Ironman. It indicates that you completed a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride, and a marathon 26.22 run without a break. And you finished in under 17 hours. It is one of the premier endurance […] READ MORE
Brave-hearted Men Becoming a brave-hearted man, when the moment calls for courage. As men, we relate to the tale of Braveheart! Instinctively we are drawn to Sir William Wallace’s courage as he avenges the death of his bride and revolts against the King of England whose troops had pillaged, raped, and killed his people unjustly. […] READ MORE
13 Lessons Learned From Hybels Moral Failure Thirteen lessons I have learned from the failure of Bill Hybels and the Willow Creek Board. I am sure that many of us have been reflecting on the events at Willow Creek Community Church. Let me share some of my reflections and observations as to lessons that the […] READ MORE
What The Board Of Willow Creek Did Wrong The three fundamental failures of the Willow Creek board and the lessons we can learn and avoid in the church. The recent resignation of the entire board of Willow Creek Community Church is not a surprise. It was inevitable given its governance errors in dealing with Bill […] READ MORE
Bill Hybels And Moral Failure In A Leader What lessons can we learn from the moral failure of another leader? The news from Willow Creek over the past few months has been ugly and distressing. An icon of a church leader (Bill Hybels) resigned amidst a growing number of accusations. The elder board who defended […] READ MORE
Becoming A Man Of Dangerous Faith Discover a faith that is exhilarating and masculine. What does it mean to live a life of faith? It’s not just believing in Christ although that’s vital. It’s not just church attendance or being in a small group although that’s important. And it’s not just how much of the […] READ MORE
The Route To Better Intimacy With Your Spouse Get more results. A surprising route to better intimacy that will pay great dividends. Do I have your attention? Greater intimacy with our spouse is what we all want. To men, this usually means one thing – sex. To women, this usually means something different – quality […] READ MORE
The Shame Cycle Men cycle through shame. Here are words to help you overcome self-defeat. I am convinced that one of the considerable barriers to men growing closer to God and engaging in their calling is we retain the thought we’re unworthy. Most of us see the long list of all the wrong things we […] READ MORE
How To Forgive Someone Who Has Hurt You Intentionally Principles to remember when an offender does not seek forgiveness. Forgiving someone who has hurt you is one of the enormous challenges that all men face in their journey. It is especially challenging when the offender cannot admit their wrong and initiate a process of forgiveness. […] READ MORE
I Am Sorry, Please Forgive Me Three things to remember about forgiveness to reconcile with the people around you. Six words that we don’t hear very often, and probably don’t say often enough are “I am sorry. Please forgive me.” It is hard for men to admit we blew it and even more difficult to […] READ MORE
What Is A Good Mentor Four characteristics of good spiritual mentors, for effective disciple-making. Many of us want to mentor another man (just as we would like to be mentored by someone ahead of us). When the subject of mentoring comes up, I am often asked in one way or another, “What does a good […] READ MORE
Life On Life Mentoring Mentoring is more than reading a book, it’s requires a rub and transparency. The pie chart below reveals that the majority of men prefer to meet with a spiritual mentor on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. But there is a hidden truth to this preference in that the best spiritual mentoring […] READ MORE
Mentoring Makes the Difference What an infographic teaches us about men who want to be discipled and mentored. Mentoring, mentorship, and being mentored is the way of being a difference maker. Too many of us think that we cannot have much of an impact on our world because we are just ordinary people. But God […] READ MORE
3 Marks Of Meaningful Masculine Mentoring Relationships How to build effective relationships with other men. Think for a moment about the relationships you have in your life? How would you describe them? Many if not most of us long for relationships with other men that are deeper and more authentic than we presently have. Relationships […] READ MORE
Growing Your Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Why growing your emotional intelligence matters and three things you can do to increase it. The longer I lead, the more convinced I am that much of our influence stands or falls on our Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Good EQ gives us credibility while poor EQ sabotages it. It remains a […] READ MORE
The Inner Voice That Undermines Our Leadership Whose voices are you listening to, the inner, outward, or the right voice? Some of the most important conversations are not those that we have with others but that we have with ourselves: those subconscious dialogues that we have daily. These conversations play a very significant role in […] READ MORE
The 5 Hidden Dangers Of Success The pathway to success and failure in the life of every leader. Everyone loves success in life, but as it comes, we need to be wary of the hidden dangers that accompany this gift. I have watched great leaders flame out and fail, and their journey often follows a […] READ MORE
The genius of asking good questions Why mentors (and mentees) should all be asking better questions than knowing and giving the right answers. I have some friends who stand out as leaders and who have unknowingly mentored me through contact with them. One of their traits is that they are amazingly curious and always ask […] READ MORE
Leave a legacy by mentoring others. Becoming unselfish with our life and learnings. One of the most unselfish investments a leader can make is that of mentoring younger leaders. Mentoring is all about taking people with potential and helping to expedite their growth through our sponsorship, attention, and leadership example. A proven leader can open […] READ MORE
Discord, Relationships, and Commitment What to do when you disagree with someone, yet want to maintain a relationship. We live in a world where our differences are more defining than our similarities. Differences that used to be simple differences of opinion now often divide us in politics, business, faith, and relationships. As an example, consider […] READ MORE
6 Top Free Christian Men’s Daily Devotionals, that you have to read. Perhaps one of the best tools for daily engagement is digging into a pattern of reading God’s Word, but I know many men use daily devotionals to get their minds moving in a godly direction. Here is a list of the top I […] READ MORE
2 Controversial Ideas for Reading the Bible More If you’ve failed to build a Bible reading habit, then you are not alone. Here is what I did to develop the practice into my life, and you may find it a little out of the norm. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard […] READ MORE
6 Steps To Becoming A Better Man And Establishing An Mentoring Relationship How a man can build a mentoring relationship a forge a plan for a better future. While we often aspire to be better men, aspiration will not be enough. We have to build a better plan to become a better man. The following […] READ MORE
And what you can do about them. Your action plan: Avoid cycling in secret self-pity. No one knows you are doing this to yourself and it’s not helpful. Own your problems. Yet remember you are not the cause of all your problem(s). Move through emotional gridlock. Name the emotions you feel stuck on and mature […] READ MORE
While we think mentoring contract might be a little too much, often they build agreement between two parties which make the mentoring relationship successful. Really? A mentoring contract? While it may sound like a little bit too much, this is what gives a mentoring relationship some clarity. In this Resolute Podcast, Vince Miller is joined […] READ MORE
Many men look for mentors without considering what type of mentor might be best. Discover the different types of mentors and what they provide. Not every mentor will fulfill every need you have as there are different mentors for different occasions and seasons of life. In this Resolute Podcast, Vince Miller is joined by Greg […] READ MORE
While men love autonomy, we need relationships more than anything else and nothing drives success like a mentor relationship. Mentorship and discipleship was the key to Jesus’ success. In this Resolute Podcast, Vince Miller is joined by Greg Bourgond, founder of Heart Of A Warrior ministries, who is a prolific author (A Rattling of Sabers), men’s […] READ MORE
How to play our media from a laptop to an in-home television. While most smaller groups use our videos in streaming format straight from a laptop or iPad, we know that some prefer to play our videos on a larger flat screen television. This is simple to do but because there are so many options […] READ MORE
How To Plan A Great Men’s Retreat In 5 simple steps that will make your life easier If you have ever been responsible for planning a retreat and getting men to attend, then you know this can be a challenging task. And with increased demands on a man’s life, retreats for men are becoming more […] READ MORE
How To Plan A Great Men’s Breakfast Now guys, where there is a men’s ministry, you’ll probably find a men’s breakfast. And I have been to more men’s breakfasts than you can imagine. Usually, I speak at about one each week at some church around the country, and I have to tell you some are […] READ MORE
7 Small Changes That Produce Big Results For The Discipleship Of Men In Your Church. Men’s Discipleship Since Promise Keepers Over 25 years I have watched as the landscape of men’s ministry has changed. Many leaders will reflect on the season in the 90’s that Promise Keepers led the way in mobilizing men through a […] READ MORE
This lesson discusses the four leadership requirement for men leading Resolute Groups. It addresses four requirements and will clarify the simple process of leading men through the Resolute program. TRAINING VIDEO:
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5 Steps To Mentoring Men If you are launching into a mentor relationship, all you need is a simple guide for the structure of your time. Download the guide I use which equips a mentor with the five steps in the mentor conversation.
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7 Characteristics of a Mentor – Free Guide for Men Here is a great list to help you identify one. Discover the 7 key characteristics of a great mentor, and rank the characteristics you need most. This is a great tool for pre-qualifying and identifying a potential mentor you might want to invite to speak into your life.
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The Post Group Survey. This assessment is excellent for feedback from your group after a series or a longer season. We would love to hear your feedback and find ways to make the experience, content, and your leadership better.
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Why men have trouble sharing, being transparent, and opening up in small group meetings. Lack of transparency in a group is a classic challenge and critical to overcoming. Real transformation in a man’s life will only happen when we go a little deeper by opening up and sharing more. From my experience, mature men and […] READ MORE
The good, better, best and worst locations for meeting with small groups of men. A discussion on location may seem unnecessary. But I believe the site of a small group discipleship experience with men can be a significant contributing or hindering factor. The location of your small group impacts two things, first the group dynamic, […] READ MORE
What is Bible Study for Men, how to define it so you can lead it? Imagine a man in your church comes to you and requests to start a Bible study because he wants to go deeper in his understanding of God’s Word. He extends to you a copy of a book he found online […] READ MORE
Six expectations that will drive clarity and healthier group experiences for your men’s group. After two decades of small group leadership, I can say without a doubt that a single meeting early on with your men on the topics of group expectations creates clarity and healthier group experiences. And while a moment like this will […] READ MORE
Creating a great culture in your men’s group and the pet peeves that keep men from coming. Several years ago, we invited Heather Zempel, a small group expert, to come in a speak to our leaders. She authored a book entitled “Community is Messy,” and she stated: “Discipleship is a whole life journey, not an eight-week […] READ MORE
Starting a Weekly Small Group for Men My First Small Group I will never forget the first time I led a small group of men. Leading that group was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life. The anticipation of considering who I should invite, considering what we might study, and even the nervousness […] READ MORE
Five Rules For Great Small Groups Experiences and Avoiding The Pet Peeves Of Men Pastors want men to lead, but often the complication is training them to lead in an environment without a lot of structure. Most men from the marketplace are accustomed to working within structures but in a non-profit setting there is often […] READ MORE
Top Six Reasons Men Join A Small Group
After thousands of exit surveys, here are what men give for reasons they join a small group. The hardest thing you will ever do is recruit men to join a small group experience. Like everyone today people are busy, and men are no different. And recruiting men will sometimes feel like an uphill battle. But […] READ MORE
A Disciple Method for Leading a Men’s Small Group A Simple Approach For Leading Your Men’s Group I have found that there are hundreds of principles for small group leader that equip men for the challenging task of leading a small group. But who can remember all these tips and tricks, seriously there are thousands?! […] READ MORE
The Five Reasons Men Don’t Join Small Groups Few things have a positive impact on us more than healthy relationships with other Christian men. And yet still so few men are engaged in a small group community. As a pastor who used to oversee small groups in one of the ten largest churches in America, […] READ MORE
SUMMARY: So today the purpose of this lesson is to give a solid answer to this one question, “What is Resolute?” Simply put, Resolute is a spiritual game plan for men. This perhaps is the most important question to have an answer to since Resolute is a unique program for Christian men. TRAINING VIDEO: PRINTABLE GAME […] READ MORE
Experience a successful men’s small group meeting. A simple easy-to-use outline for killer success. I sometimes believe when gathering men for the first time we overthink it. It is not as hard as we make it in our mind. Whether we are gathering a few men, or many, here would be things I would make […] READ MORE