Robert Noland – Page 38

When Life Caves In

A pastor friend of mine asked me to guest teach for him this past Sunday while he was away on family business. I asked where he was in Scripture and volunteered to just stay in his groove. When he said 1 Kings around 18, I told him that part of chapter 19 has long been […]

The Gospel According to …

If you Google the phrase, “the Gospel according to,” you’ll find everything from St. Matthew to The Simpson’s. From Disney to Mary Magdalene. From secular to saint. You’ll find “the Gospel” in this phrase to be defined all the way from the good news of Jesus to a single man or woman or company’s opinion […]

Plot or Plan?

Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness. —Proverbs 14:22 NIV We do tend to either be plotters or planners. God is definitely about planning and Satan is most certainly into plotting. So hopefully, the more mature we get in Christ, the less we […]

The Knight’s Code—Live

I’m going to deviate this week from my usual mode of posting an article to feed the tribe to talk about a different method of communication. Live teaching. Still the most impacting ministry I have found for what I do is to speak to men face-to-face in a corporate setting. Whether it be a weekend […]

Hello? Hello?!

This past week, I noticed a new communication exchange that I say frequently and hear often from others. It’s when you are talking on your cell, stop suddenly, and say, “Are you still there?” Provided the call is still connected, the other person typically responds with, “Yeah, I’m here.” And then you proceed on. This […]

Rating Sin—Part 2

Today is the promised Part Two from yesterday. Buckle up . . . I had presented this concept to my friend and ministry partner, Greg Arnold, founder and publisher of LiveBold Magazine. He gave me the idea of looking at this through the lens of our wives doing this to us, joined to my original […]

Our Sin Rating System-Part 1

Today is Part One of a Double Dose. Here we go . . . Our perception of rating sin in levels of severity has always been an intriguing aspect to me of Western-thought Christianity. If we, as an individual, or a certain church, deem certain sins as idolatry, while others as socially acceptable, we have […]

You Hear That?

I taught my Knight’s Code teaching at a men’s conference this past weekend in short seminars. As I was talking about prayer, a man around thirty walked in late and sat down. He began to listen intently. My next point was this: We have all been taught that prayer means talking to God. But I […]

Playing Hide & . . . Hide

When we were all little guys, most of us loved to play Hide & Seek. The anticipation of being found at any moment—and usually trying hard to be found—was enough to make us pee in our little pants. Somewhere around the middle school, hormone-induced days, we drop the Seek part, and just begin to Hide. […]

Why I’m Here

The other day I took care of something for someone and they thanked me for it. My immediate response was, “That’s why I’m here.” Later, I thought about that phrase. I said it because what I did for this person is exactly the kind of thing that I believe God still allows me to keep […]