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Father’s Day Without My Father WILLS POINT, TX – Bishop Daniel, President of GFA World, reflects on his father KP Yohannan’s legacy, a life devoted to Christ, inspiring faith and mission. My father, KP Yohannan, went to be with the Lord one year ago. I remember him every single day since then...

Words of Honor [ 1 min read ★ ] Outdo one another in showing honor—Romans 12:10 To honor someone is to build them up, to give them a sense of their worth. Prevailing culture teaches us our worth is weighed by worldly measures. And so, "honoring" becomes hero...

Gotta Get Humble [ 1 min read ★ ] . . . count others more significant than yourselves—Philippians 2:3 Let’s first get straight on what "getting humble" is not. It’s not trying to think poorly of ourselves or denigrating ourselves or anything like that. It...

Want Some Courage? [ 1 min read ★ ] I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus—Philippians 3:14 In some respects, we know the men we’d like to become. For one, we’d like to be courageous for God, not simply surviving...

What's the Bold Move? [ 1 min read ★ ] The Lord is on my side; I will not fear—Psalm 118:6 "What’s the bold move?" It’s a question that should be asked often, in one form or another, when men gather in Christian community. It’s a question that challenges us to...

6 Characteristics of Dads who Make a Difference (Do You?) The difference was plain as day! It was a quick trip to the park on a Saturday evening. Nothing major, just a few minutes with the family to get out the hyper-activity. I didn’t notice it right away, but once it sank in, there was no...

Danger is Your Business [ 1 min read ★ ] What can mere mortals do?—Psalm 56:4 Our King, Jesus Christ, calls us to a new kind of life, his kind of life. "Follow me" is quoted more than fifteen times in the Gospels. Following him, however, goes against...

7 signs of a dysfunctional relationship I was recently donating blood at our local blood bank, and as I laid in that chair with a needle in my arm slowly siphoning a pint of blood from my body, there wasn’t much to do except watch the TV screen broadcasting a daytime talk show. The host was...

4 Reasons Why Keeping Secrets Can Destroy Your Marriage In my lifetime, I’ve experienced many reasons to mistrust partners stemming from my own background or being lied to. However, in recent years I’ve learned that keeping secrets from your partner is really a form of betrayal and leads to a...

How is the Bride of Christ Portrayed in Revelation? A reader asked me this question: A volunteer for our ministry and I addressed a similar question in Why Do You Say the Bride of Christ Is the Church? As I say in that article, a people and a place are often identified virtually...

MLK and the “Higher Law” Martin Luther King believed and said that “man’s law” is not the “higher law” and that the “higher law,” which he specifically identified as “the moral law” or “God’s law” justifies civil disobedience to man’s law. This was stated in his famous “Letter from Birmingham...

Why Telling Stories Needs to be Part of Your Workplace I once worked for a small family-owned restaurant. The pay was minimal, the conditions weren’t all that glamorous, and the hours were less than ideal. But I loved the place because it had a story. The founder, an Italian immigrant, had a...

Bloom Again: A Weekend of Power, Purpose, and Testimony God has been doing some amazing things in my life recently and I wanted to share some of it with my readers! I actually had the incredible privilege of speaking at a first time ever event called Bloom Again. It was a powerful women’s event...

Why the Grandparent Effect Still Matters Today I didn’t grow up with a grandparent nearby. And while my parents have ten grandchildren, they only live within a two-hour drive of one of them; most of the rest are at least a two-day drive away. Our family (while bigger than many) is not unusual...

Belonging is a Two-Way Street We often talk about how much we want to belong. There is a clear desire in all of us to feel included, a part of things. It is a huge part of feeling purposeful in this communal world. We enter institutions and relationships with a deep hope. We hope to find...

How Can Couples Communicate Better During Conflict? On of the most common complaints that I hear from couples in my office, especially women, is that their partner doesn’t listen to them. For instance, Karen, age 40, has been married to Derek, age 42, for a decade and they bicker often due to...

In His Deliverance of a Desperate Man, Jesus Gives Us Hope Mark 5:1–20 speaks powerfully of an angry, alienated, and lonely man, driven to despair at the hands of evil spirits. This ancient story captures the emptiness and desperation of countless people today. “This man lived in the tombs...

What Does It Mean To Be Grafted In? “Grafted In” In horticulture, the term grafting means the joining of a section of one tree (the scion) into the trunk, or life force, of another tree (the rootstock) with the result of them becoming one tree bearing the characteristics of both. The scion...

Real Men Get Sleep [ 1 min read ★ ] . . . for I am fearfully and wonderfully made—Psalm 139:14 Our physical frames matter. People see God in and through them. We have spiritual natures, yes, but our physical frames give our spiritual selves home. They also...

Christian Faith Urges Us to Respect Political Authority As Christians and people of faith, have you ever asked yourself: “What would happen if there was no government, no political authority?” Although the thought would be tempting to buy popcorn to watch our senators and representatives...