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Discern Well Spiritual Growth

Discern Well

When his buddy told him he could get two candy bars for the price of one if he put the second one in his pocket, it seemed like a good idea. But when the owner of the store asked if he was planning to pay…
Rick Wertz
April 16, 2026
Authority Spiritual Growth

Authority

“The devil made me do it!” Those words were made famous by the comedian Flip Wilson and he spoke them often in the character he portrayed as Geraldine. It was funny and entertaining. I remember trying to use that line a time or two when…
Rick Wertz
February 19, 2026
Man Up Seasons of Fathering

Man Up

His teenage son walked in the room and said, “Dad, can we talk? I have been struggling with pornography for over two years and I need your help to quit this.” Ken’s first reaction was anger but he kept it in check. The second emotion…
Rick Wertz
November 20, 2025
Example to Follow Spiritual Growth

Example to Follow

It starts at a young age. You see a buddy get away with stealing a candy bar and it is tempting to try to steal one too. In school, a friend cheats on tests routinely and then brags about his grade-point average. It can be…
Rick Wertz
October 9, 2025
Demolish Like Josiah Leadership

Demolish Like Josiah

When a building is demolished, it is a highly technical, planned out operation. Explosives are strategically placed to knock out internal load-bearing sections so the building collapses into itself. The goal is to demolish the building without damaging surrounding structures. When temptations abound and sin…
Rick Wertz
August 7, 2025
Be Free Spiritual Growth

Be Free

I was blessed to attend the National Coalition of Ministries to Men National Conference this past weekend. Of the ministries represented, I was impressed with the number of organizations focused on pornography – how it is destroying marriages and distorting what healthy relationship looks like…
Rick Wertz
November 21, 2024
Rebuke Isolation PrayerSpiritual Growth

Rebuke Isolation

In a small group discussion, five dads were talking about how hard it is to be real and vulnerable as men. One man confided that when he succumbed to temptation, he would retreat to his ‘cave’, isolating himself from others. Another dad confessed he was…
Rick Wertz
October 31, 2024
Spiritual Warfare FamilyLeadershipSpiritual Growth

Spiritual Warfare

What constitutes spiritual warfare? Maybe the first question should be, ‘What is spiritual warfare?’ Wikipedia suggests it is, “the concept of fighting against the work of preternatural evil forces.” Biblically, we first see it at work with the serpent’s lies in the Garden of Eden,…
Rick Wertz
March 7, 2024