{"id":2377,"date":"2012-08-13T14:48:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T18:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2012-08-13T14:48:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T18:48:29","slug":"sermon-about-the-resolution-for-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/13\/sermon-about-the-resolution-for-men\/","title":{"rendered":"SERMON: About The Resolution for Men"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a kid at Mahaffey Camp<\/strong>, I remember a speaker saying something that surprised me. They went something like this:<\/p>\n

Now, some of you are going to really encounter Jesus at camp this year. You’ll make commitments that can change your life. Something you should give thought to is the reaction of your parents. When you tell them how your decisions and they say, “Yeah — right. We’ve heard this before. We’ll believe it when \u00a0we see it,” how will you respond.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I say this surprised me because, honestly, it never crossed my mind that a parent would be so cynical. And I immediately realized why my parents, in their wisdom, had never done such a thing: It would teach the child to, either, never make a promise again, or never share such a thing with Dad and Mom.<\/p>\n

But I see Christians exhibiting this kind of cynicism too frequently.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recently, men from our church stood before us and took The Resolution \u2014 from the movie Courageous<\/em>:<\/p>\n