Jody Burkeen

Mark 1:17 says, “And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men’” (ESV). Throughout my ministry, God has placed so many different people in my path—people from all different walks of life, from the affluent to the poor, from the important to not important, from the religious to …

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Think back to your childhood. Most every man will be able to recall the time when he was growing from a boy to a man. The title of this book comes from that point in childhood when you were trying to assert yourself into manhood, a time when you had to man up. Perhaps you …

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This past week, I had the opportunity to spend time in Las Vegas. I was traveling for work. I also realized why they call it Sin City. The moment I walked off the plane, I felt this “evil ooze” fall all over me. The whole city is only there for the pleasure of men and …

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Recently, I have been on a mission. The mission is to keep those around me accountable in their Christian walk. It has been a blessing and an eye-opener. The blessing is that the people I have been asking questions about their daily devotions have been excited to have me ask. They seem to have had …

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My struggles over the past few days have been that of my unbelief. Not in God, not in my Lord, Jesus Christ, but in myself. It’s an unbelief that questions, “Why does God really care or want to help me?” Right now, to be honest, my only problems in life are money problems. I have …

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I don’t know about you, but I am a pretty good liar when it comes to a self-evaluation. It’s kind of like looking in the mirror: I see the 18-year-old body I use to have and not the 44-year-old body I now have. Doing a spiritual self-evaluation is much the same way. Many times we …

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