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Men’s ministry is like the quirky uncle of the modern church. He’s a close relative, he’s tolerated, but he’s not fully understood, embraced, or considered central in the family planning. In this issue, Saddleback’s men’s pastor, Kenny Luck, offers insights on how to put more muscle into your men’s ministry to strengthen your church family. [more]

“No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.” - Woodrow Wilson

“Not to be needed is slow death for a man.” - John Gray

“Papa’s missing. Things are falling apart because Papa’s gone. If Papa were here, he’d fix it.” - Lucille Ball, shortly before her death, when asked why families in America were falling apart

According to George Barna, 33 percent of adults who have been married at least once have been divorced. Among Christians who’ve been married, only 26 percent have been divorced. The statistics are based on interviews with 5,017 people over a one year period starting January 2007. - Baptist Press

“The concept of sin is a stark acknowledgment that we can never be omnipotent, that we are bound and limited by human flaws and self-interest. The concept of sin is a check on the utopian dreams of a perfect world. It prevents us from believing in our own perfectibility or the illusion that the material advances of science and technology equal an intrinsic moral improvement in our species.” - Chris Hedges, I Don’t Believe in Atheists (Free Press, 2008)

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh – at yourself.” - Ethel Barrymore