Gibborim

“I’m not impressed with anyone’s life unless they have integrity. But I’m not happy with their life until they are dangerous [to the powers of hell]. As much as I have the ability to do so, I’ll not let those around me get away with just being nice people.” — Bill Johnson

On Sunday morning, March 25, 2012, our DJJ men shared testimonies & issued an invitation at the New Hope Assemblies of God church in Platteville, WI. For those who are interested, here are my rough notes of some rough ideas from Hebrews 11 and Judges 11, regarding rough men. Where are these gibborim, these mighty men of valor, and how do we march them back into the Kingdom?

Jephthah, a mighty man of valor, but . . . Read the rest of this entry »

Over the last six months our family learned many life lessons from the elite warriors of our day. We learned much about how they fight, but more about how they take care of one another. They are caring for us in ways I never imagined. The only way I could come close to repaying them is by living a life of valor, living my life in such a way as to honor their sacrifice, and taking as many with me as I can.

This video clip will give you some idea of my strategy. Please join me if it makes sense to you as well. You won’t hear words like these spoken by men like them very often.
Life of Valor Intro

Today an uncommon movie opens in theaters. Please support the movie “Act of Valor” and consider living a life of valor as described by the mighty men at this site:
Life of Valor

One of the unique things about Jesus is that He is unbelievable. He actually makes it easy for you to say “no” to Him. If you had to believe in Him, that kind of coerced faith would not be saving faith, by definition. Freely exercised faith in Jesus is what saves you and pleases God.
What God is doing in the world is even more unbelievable! He is inviting people to believe in Him where it would be so much easier to say “no,” and people are gladly choosing Jesus as Lord in unprecedented numbers in the most costly places to say “yes” to Him!
This is a talk I gave last Sunday at our church on our unbelievable God & His unbelievable mission!
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“A nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.”
Thucydides “(c. 460 BC – c. 395 BC), a Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War

This is a message prepared by Pastor Ken for a short term mission trip to Manaus, Brazil, but I believe it is an important message for the US church and its missionaries as well. This is an often under-emphasized aspect of our mission, but a critical reminder of the Great Commission to Abram in Genesis 12:1-3 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you; [2] and I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing; [3] and I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse. and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
If you want the power of God in your life, and you want to impart it beyond your life, then this message is for you!
If the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true, then the first place it is true is in the family! Then it will overflow, “like rivers of living water from our innermost being” into our churches, missions, and even our nation and the world!
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Train to learn.
Compete to win.
Fight to destroy.
The mightier a man becomes, the more important it is to keep his goals and his processes more clearly aligned.
Imagine what would happen in our discipleship training on the mat if we confused the three!
This is why I go to Brazil: to learn from the Mighty Men of Manaus how to keep these straight in my head, on the mat, in the church, on the street, in my marriage, in my family, and in the war zones of my life.

This short video echoes some of my heart for marching mighty men back into the Church. It soberly warns of the alternatives to making disciples of the men missing from the Church: making Mausoleums and Museums. Pray hard and see what God says to you about this!

This is a great honor for me, far more than I deserve. However, I post it because Jon Eastlick does a great job explaining a bit of the history of BJJ and what the belt levels mean in BJJ.

Thanks go to Ricardo & Chico & Luis & Christiano Neto & Pastor Jon for their excellent training. All praise & glory go to Jesus!

Our vision is to march men back in to the Kingdom of God as mighty men, godly men. We are connected to a mission in the city of Manaus, Brazil, and to churches in the Midwestern US. Our training is to give us credibility when we bring the Gospel to young men who come off the streets into wrestling academies run by mighty, godly men there. Our training is to produce mighty, godly husbands and fathers and brothers here. Please pray for us to have ears to hear & eyes to see how God would lead us! And please, let me know what you think.