Welcome to REAL Men RoCK

This blog is about the issues men face and things I have experienced.

I hope you will be encouraged, challenged, and stirred to take action.

Proverbs 27:17 (The Message)

17 You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another

REAL Men RoCK

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ighteous   E ncouraging   A ccountable   L oving 

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Sunday, June 11, 2017

Righteousness - Yours or His?

REAL Men RoCK stands for Righteous, Encouraging, Accountable, Loving Men Rely on Christ's Kindness.

I have been in churches where being righteous meant you observed certain rules or kept the 10 Commandments. I have been in churches where the type of music you listened to or did not listen to was part of what made you righteous. I have been in churches where attending church, going to Bible studies and being involved in church activities several times a week were a sign of your righteousness. I have been in churches where nothing you did made you righteous.

What I want to look at in this post is what the Bible has to say about our righteousness. 

Let's first look at Romans 3: 10-18
There’s nobody living right, not even one, nobody who knows the score, nobody alert for God.

They’ve all taken the wrong turn; they’ve all wandered down blind alleys.

No one’s living right; I can’t find a single one.

Their throats are gaping graves, their tongues slick as mudslides.

Every word they speak is tinged with poison. They open their mouths and pollute the air.

They race for the honor of sinner-of-the-year, litter the land with heartbreak and ruin, Don’t know the first thing about living with others.  

They never give God the time of day. 

I believe Romans 3: 10 makes it fairly clear that none of us on our own is righteous.

So if that is true then what hope is there for any of us? The answer is found later in Romans 3.

21-24 But in our time something new has been added. What Moses and the prophets witnessed to all those years has happened. The God-setting-things-right that we read about has become Jesus-setting-things-right for us. And not only for us, but for everyone who believes in him. For there is no difference between us and them in this. Since we’ve compiled this long and sorry record as sinners (both us and them) and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us, God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity, he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ.

26 This is not only clear, but it’s now—this is current history! God sets things right. He also makes it possible for us to live in his rightness.

Paul makes it clear that it is our faith in Jesus Christ that makes us Righteous. It is not our Righteousness but His that cleanse us from our sin.

I know what some of you are thinking, "Yeah but I have messed up so many times." Surely the Righteousness of Jesus is not mine.

If you are in Jesus then let's let Romans 8 speak to you.

Romans 8: 1-2 There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

31-39 So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God’s chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:

Does this mean we can keep on sinning? NO! But we will. Is there a point where God will turn away? NO! What we will miss out on are blessings we could have had if we would have stopped trying to win the battle on our own instead of letting the Holy Spirit do our fighting.

I want to encourage you to study this deeper. But most of all I want you to be encouraged that if you believe Jesus is your Savior He has your back and will always be there when you need Him.

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Marked, Known, Greatness







This blog has been put on the shelf for a while but now I am restoring it. For my first post I have 2 questions for those of you who follow Jesus.

1. What is the mark that you have the Holy Spirit living in you?

2. What is it that Jesus said followers of His would be known by?

Oh wait, I have one more: What is the number 1 trait of a great leader?

If you can put a scripture with your reply that would be great.

Some churches say speaking in tongues is the mark that you have been baptized in the Holy Spirit.

Some churches say followers of Jesus would be known by the number of people they bring to the Lord or the number of people they heal.

Some churches see a great leader as one who has built a large following and congregation.

I want to encourage you to search the Bible for the answers to these 3 questions. I think you might be surprised. 

Please leave me a comment.

Saturday, February 4, 2017

Why Accountability


I believe all men who follow Jesus need to be accountable to another man. I base this on my own experience and scripture.

Proverbs 27: 17  As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

By being accountable to another man we become more Spiritually sharpened. We find support as we head into battle against those things that can pull us away from God's way.

1 Corinthians 6: 18 So run away from sexual sin. It involves the body in a way that no other sin does. So if you commit sexual sin, you are sinning against your own body. 19 You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit that you received from God and that lives in you. You don’t own yourselves. 20 God paid a very high price to make you his. So honor God with your body.

Being accountable to another man can help us flee when temptations come.

Galatians 6: 1 Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted."
James 5: 19 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back,

Being accountable to another man will help us find restoration when we stumble.

So why accountability? Life and life more abundantly.


Saturday, January 28, 2017

Some photos taken at Restoration Farm

Possibly Some Good Will Result


Last night I couldn't sleep so I got up and began to lay out the book about my great, great grandfather, Rev. Seth Gold Clark. It is going to be 12-14 chapters and written from him thinking about events as he travels to and from Missouri on 3 different trips.

He helped rebuild the churches along the Missouri/Kansas border. Among the towns where he established churches is Holden, Butler, Raymore, Harrisonville, Greenwood, Lamar and Appleton City in Missouri and Iola, Carlyle, Baxter Springs, Galena and Empire, in Kansas. He was also the Financial Agent for the first college in Kansas, Highland University and at that time began what was called a missionary tent outfit in Northern Kansas and Southern Nebraska.

My idea is write from his perspective about the lessons he learned during different times in his life.

The title of the book is "Possibly Some Good Will Result" with sub-title The life of Seth Gold Clark “a very busy, checkered life;”