Robert Noland – Page 37

Keeping it Real

Nothing paralyzes Christian men more than fear. Fear fights our faith on the daily battleground of the heart. It can render us powerless for minutes, hours, even days. It is one the enemy’s most precious weapons against men of God. Denial has to also be high on the list though. Just pretending something doesn’t exist […]

Cashing in Your Options

If you received a phone call or a letter today, telling you that you had won $5 million dollars, most of us would choose one of two courses of action, or possibly a combination of the two. This is, of course, for 99.9% of guys, after quitting your job. Option 1—Play. Vacations, sightseeing, hobbies, sports. […]

Making His-story

If you went to any Christian group meeting today, whether attendance was 3 or 300 and someone said to you, “Hey, why don’t you share with us what God is doing in your life today? What’s He showing you, teaching you?” . . . Would you feel like a “deer in the headlights?” Think “oh, […]

Getting Our Hands Dirty

Within the past month, I had a situation where I was praying for direction and, honestly, asking God why He wasn’t being more active in this place for me. After presenting my case, He spoke these words: “Why do you expect such a large crop in an area where you sow the least?” Now, I […]

What We Can Learn from Lance

This week, Pat McQuaid, the president of U.C.I—the International Cycling Union—and Christian Prudhomme, the Tour de France’s race director, made some statements, while announcing their decision to never allow Lance Armstrong into the sport of cycling again, and also strip him of his 7 Tour de France titles from 1999 to 2005. They added that […]

Deactivating Deception

I was talking with a friend yesterday and he brought up an interesting concept that I think helps shed some light into our darkness and pour some truth on our lies as men. We all understand and know our “hidden sins” or “secret sins.” With those, few people know or maybe no one knows, but […]

A Few Good Men

Ben Baltz, 11, was diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of 6. Through his battle with the disease, part of his right leg had to be amputated. Being an avid athlete, Ben was able to have a special prosthesis made just for playing soccer, basketball, biking, swimming, and running. He was taking part in […]

The Woman on the Web

When any man engages in pornography and the assumed personal sexual gratification that follows, there is some form of fantasy created in the brain. On some level, there is an imagined encounter with the “chosen” female. The gist of this mental game is “if today, I was given the opportunity, I would have sex with […]

Blood & Mud

Anytime the subject comes up that I am an “only child,” I always see the smile, the rolled eyes, and the “oh, that explains it” thing. But, actually, something few people know is that I had a brother who was born in 1957 and died within a few minutes of birth. I think that event […]

Step Up & Pour Out

I was at an event here in Nashville a few months back where a number of music artists—mainstream and Christian—were gathered. One guy in his late twenties had on a replica of the 1977 Led Zeppelin U.S. tour shirt. The black one with the masculine angel on the front and the tour stops listed on […]