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If I were politically correct, I probably wouldn’t say anyone was ignorant. I would say he was theologically challenged. But the fact remains, many Christians don’t understand what Scripture teaches about forgiveness.

We live in a culture that is bombarding us with messages promoting an agenda of moral relativism. Human beings are like sponges; we tend to soak up what we’re immersed in, whether we want to or not.

I remember a big biker dude who came up to me a number of years ago.
This guy lived a hard life: drugs, jail, more drugs, assault, more jail . . .
and it all showed in his face.

The Bible says, “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before stumbling.” The renowned author, C.S. Lewis, put it this way, “The essential vice, the utmost evil, is pride.

In the early years of his youth, David was obscure and unappreciated by his own father. One day Samuel came to Jesse’s house to anoint one of his sons to become the next king.

Gentlemen, beware of spiritual indifference. It’s that ever-so-gradual cooling of your spiritual temperature, an ever-so-subtle fading of your love for the Lord Jesus. It’s as silent as a slow-moving shadow.

Here’s what I’ve come up with to help me finish strong. Guys who finish strong are, to quote the old hymn, “stayed upon Jehovah.” And guys who are stayed upon Jehovah consistently do four things.

Have you ever thought what you’d like to have inscribed on your tombstone? I have. It would be fine with me if my grave marker read, Steven James Farrar, born 1949, died ______, and then the words, “He didn’t screw up.”

I turned down an invitation to speak in Australia for a month. It was an opportunity to address Christian men about the importance of discipling their families. What a great opportunity! Then why did I turn it down,

The story is told of the old Persian ruler who wanted to impress a visiting dignitary. He showed his guest a glass cage in which a lion was resting comfortably, next to a little lamb.

Several years ago, numerous sheep ranchers in a section of Montana were losing sheep at an incredible rate to marauding coyotes. One woman lost 50 lambs, nearly one per week, to the relentless predators.

Guys, let me put my cards on the table.  Fathers who are overly strict are lousy fathers.  Men who are rigid, authoritarian, suppressive, tyrannical, domineering, and legalistic are usually men who turn their own kids away from Jesus Christ.