Why Was the God of the Cosmos in an Animal Feeding Trough?

Luke 2:14 speaks of "peace on earth." But it’s a peace that so many miss out on because they fail to make room for the one who brings it. Remember why Jesus was lying in a manger in the first place? Why was the God of heaven in a feeding trough? Because there was no room anywhere. No one had made room for him. He made the entire universe. He came into his universe. And there wasn’t a place for him.

Let’s be honest; in the lives of many of us, it’s no different. We have no room for him either – not if it makes life in any way uncomfortable for us, not if his presence brings any inconvenience to us, not when his actions and words surprise us. But our response does not change the truth. God has visited his world. He has come as one of us, to bring peace to us by redeeming us from our sins. Will you say to him, “No room?” READ MORE

Where Did Jesus Get His Y Chromosome?

“Despite our efforts to keep Him out, God intrudes. The life of Jesus is bracketed by two impossibilities: a virgin’s womb and an empty tomb. Jesus entered our world through a door marked ‘No Entrance’ and left through a door marked ‘No Exit." - Peter Larson

This first “impossibility” was prophesied seven centuries before Jesus’ birth by the prophet Isaiah. He wrote, “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.“ (Isaiah 7:14).

Its fulfilment was described in the Gospel of Matthew with these words, “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet” (Matthew 1:22) and then Matthew quotes the verse from Isaiah adding that the word “Immanuel” means “God with us”. READ MORE

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When the Guns Fell Silent December 25, 1914

Sainsbury is the major British supermarket chain. Their 3-minute commercial commemorates the extraordinary events of Christmas Day 1914 when the guns fell silent and two armies met in no-man’s land, sharing gifts – and even playing football together. Highly recommended! HERE

Nate Bargatze: My Wife is a Handy Man

Nate Bargatze has had a skyrocketing career as a “clean comedian.” He’s not only deadpan funny but incredibly creative about everyday life. Here he talks about he's not very handy around the house; but his wife, which creates for him awkward conversations with repairmen and his neighbors. HERE

"Foreskin or Your Skin"

Michael Jr. talks about his studying Abraham in the bible and his obedience to God, including circumcision. Michael speculates what it might have been like when he told the people what God required of them, and they had a couple of questions HERE

Jim Gaffigan: Password Anxiety

Jim Gaffigan reminisces about back when you could actually choose your own internet passwords. Now he’s anxious and confused when “they” tell him what he can and cannot use to get online. HERE

Tim Hawkins

Misbehaves in Wife's Dreams

The popular Tim Hawkins shares how often his wife gets mad at him for behaving wrong in her dreams. Sometimes we can’t get away with anything. HERE

Jeanne's Christmas Bike

The late Jeanne Robertson was always one of favorite gal-comedians. Here she tells the story how one time she wanted an expensive stationary bike for Christmas. She told her husband and even carefully marked it out for him at the store. HERE

PUT THESE IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE 'EM

"Everything in all of creation that lives or breathes is placed in service to the self-glorification of the triune God." - Abraham Kuyper

"The Bible was written not to satisfy your curiosity but to help you conform to Christ’s image. Not to make you a smarter sinner but to make you like the Savior. Not to fill your head with a collection of biblical facts but to transform your life.” - Howard G. Hendricks

“Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.”- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less." — G.K. Chesterton

“Pride is a gilded misery, a secret poison, a hidden plague. It is the engineer of deceit, the mother of hypocrisy . . . the moth of holiness, the blinder of hearts, the turner of medicines into maladies and remedies into diseases.”

– Thomas Brooks

"In modern day evangelism, this precious doctrine [of regeneration] has been reduced to nothing more than a human decision to raise one’s hand, walk an aisle, or pray a “sinner’s prayer.” As a result, the majority of Americans believe that they’ve been “born again” (i.e., regenerated) even though their thoughts, words, and deeds are a continual contradiction to the nature and will of God." -- Paul Washer

"Most men are notable for one conspicuous virtue or grace. Moses for meekness, Job for patience, John for love. But, in Jesus you find everything."

- Oswald Sanders

“At the same time, there are some marketplace leadership insights (even ones that are widely accepted as wise) that don’t translate fully and should not be applied to a local ministry context. The ministry leader is wise to look at all learnings from the marketplace through the lens of God’s Word and His heart for His Church. Here are four common marketplace leadership sayings that don’t fully apply in local church ministry.” - Eric Geiger

“Salvation is something that God does in us and for us, not something that we in any way do for ourselves.” — R.C. Sproul

“The gospel frees me to be honest about the ways I fall short instead of being crushed by them, because it reminds me that Jesus was crushed for me.". — Adam Ramsey

“The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.” - Timothy Keller

“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together

One of the favorite holiday traditions is the famous “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s “Messiah!” Sing along with this Carnegie Hall video (with words)! Enjoy and Be Blessed! HERE

Tim Keller Explains Gospel in 3-minutes

"When Jesus says it's all about me, all those laws are about me. How so? He says, I lived The Sermon on the Mount and I'm the only one who ever lived it. I fulfilled it. I lived like that life at the highest human level as it ought to be lived. I did it and I'm the only one who ever did it but here's the gospel."

"He says I did it and earned God's blessing but then I went to the cross and took God's curse which means that when you believe in me, and this is the gospel, when you believe in me, when you rest in me by faith as your Lord and Savior then all that you deserve comes on me and all that I deserve is accredited to you. Now God loves you and accepts you and delights in you as if you did everything that Jesus has done and therefore you're saved by sheer grace." - WATCH COMPLETE VIDEO

“Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.”

― Charles Spurgeon



Check out the following books we recommend. WACMM does not receive any remuneration for its recommendations or endorsements.

The Heart of Jesus: How He Really Feels About You - Dane Ortlund HERE

The Great Rescue: Understanding the Saving Work of Christ - R.C. Sproul HERE

The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness: The Path to True Christian Joy - Tim Keller HERE

Daily Doctrine: A One-Year Guide to Systematic Theology - Kevin DeYoung HERE

Meditations on Manhood - Charles Spurgeon HERE

How Do I Fight Sin and Temptation? - Garrett Kell HERE

Love the Ones Who Drive You Crazy: Eight Truths for Pursuing Unity in You Church - Jamie Dunlop HERE

The Meaning of Marriage - Tim Keller HERE

Marriage: Six Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs to Make - Paul Tripp HERE

Radical Discipleship: Uncompromising Conviction in a Hostile World - Hensworth W.C. Jonas HERE

Under His Wings: How Faith on the Front Line Has Protected American Troops - Emily Compagno HERE

Rejoicing in Christ - Michael Reeves HERE

Partner With Us to Champion Biblical Manhood to Men of All Ages, Stages, and Backgrounds

WACMM was founded in 1999 and operates as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, non-profit, non-denominational, and all-volunteer ministry, operating under "Foundation for Manhood."

We have no salaried or compensated staff. We have always been all-volunteer and remain so. Yet we do incur operating costs and outreach expenses as we serve pastors and churches in the DC region. We rely on the generous gifts from men of different ages, stages, backgrounds and churches. We welcome your joining our support team!

If you would like to partner with us to champion biblical manhood, your tax-deductible gift will help sustain our unique gospel-centered ministry. We thank you in advance for locking arms with us to minister to men for the glory of God.

For more info or to make a donation, contact Dave Brown at dave@wacmm.org or 240.447.1363 OR you can make a check payable to "Foundation for Manhood" and mail to WACMM, 10309 Freeman Place, Kensington MD 20895 - OR online donations HERE

Remembering Pearl: A Day of Infamy

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese Imperial Navy bombed the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor. It was one of the most successful—and failed—surprise attacks in military history. The attack shocked America and the world. President Franklin Roosevelt described it as “a date which will live in infamy.” 

An armada of six fleet carriers, equipped with some 350 combat aircraft, crossed 4,000 miles of rough winter seas to reach its destination. Neither American radar operators on the island nor intelligence officers who had broken many of the Japanese naval codes had an inkling of the approach.

Flying out of the bright early morning sun, two waves of bombers sank four battleships of the US 7th fleet, damaged four others, and killed over 2,300 American sailors and soldiers. The Japanese suffered minimal losses of just 29 aircraft. 



The attack was brilliant. But it did not achieve its goal—for two reasons: WATCH VIDEO READ THE TRANSCRIPT

Tim Keller Explains Gospel in 3-minutes

"When Jesus says it's all about me, all those laws are about me. I lived The Sermon on the Mount and I'm the only one who ever lived it. I fulfilled it. I lived like that life at the highest human level as it ought to be lived. I did it and I'm the only one who ever did it but here's the gospel."

"I did it and earned God's blessing but then I went to the cross and took God's curse which means that when you believe in me, and this is the gospel, when you believe in me, when you rest in me by faith as your Lord and Savior then all that you deserve comes on me and all that I deserve is accredited to you. Now God loves you and accepts you and delights in you as if you did everything that Jesus has done and therefore you're saved by sheer grace." - WATCH COMPLETE VIDEO

A Prayer for the New Year...

This is what the Lord says: “Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom, or the powerful boast in their power, or the rich boast in their riches. But those who wish to boast should boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord who demonstrates unfailing love and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth, and that I delight in these things. I, the Lord, have spoken!“  Jeremiah 9:23-24

Heavenly Father, as we enter into 2025, thank you for all the grace you lavished on us in this past year. As always, you remained faithful even when we were faithless; you gave us daily mercies; you delighted in us when we tried to find our delight in anything else but you. Your love is irrepressible, inexhaustible, and inexplicable, apart from what Jesus has done for us.

And now, in response to the words you spoke through Jeremiah, this is our prayer for the upcoming year. May it be a year filled with getting to know you better and better and better. To know you, and your Son, Jesus, is the essence of eternal life (John 17:3). By your grace, take us into deeper intimacy with the whole Trinity.

With the Apostle Paul, we too declare our desire to know Christ—in fresh and new ways; and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship born from suffering with Jesus in this world (Phil. 3:10). And we want to cry “Abba Father!”—more often, and with greater joy and confidence. Since it is to your glory that we boast in truly knowing you, grant us ample reasons to be exceedingly bold and grateful in our boasting!



We begin this year confident of your unfailing love, because your love is not based on anything in us, but everything in Jesus. In Christ, you cannot love us more and you will never love us less. May your love propel us into the stories of justice and righteousness you plan to write this year on earth, in our communities and cities. May we dance and suffer, work and pray, serve and love, all to your glory. We pray in Jesus’ merciful and mighty name! Amen!

Dave

Dave Brown

Director and Pastor-at-Large

Washington Area Coalition of Men's Ministries (WACMM)

10309 Freeman Place

Kensington MD 20895

dave@wacmm.org

240.447.1363

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