Millions of men attended a local church service yesterday but how many made a decision that will serve as a benchmark for the weeks and months that follow?
Men need markers, measurables, benchmarks. The movie, Courageous, launches this Friday in over 1200 theaters around the nation and will provide men those markers.
The inspiration of the movie climaxes with adult men driving a stake in the ground and sharing before God and witnesses what they will do and what they will not do. Resolution is a powerful step for any man and serves as benchmark for decisions that need to be made and acted upon. There are a number of points of resolution throughout the movie in addition to the group resolution where the men agree together on a number of critical points of spiritual leadership.
The movie shows four of the men placing the Resolution Plaque on their wall at home. This would serve as a visible reminder of what they had each agreed to do. Their decision was in community and as agreed they were doubly accountable. Later they would stand in front of a wider community that would increase their accountability. These are all necessary components of an effective ministry to men in the local church.
Encouragement and accountability are the missing links in the lives of Christian men. This scripture calls this iron sharpening iron (Proverbs 27:17). Some leaders are hesitant to add deadlines and expectations on men and would prefer to extend grace and unconditional acceptance. I say yes to grace and acceptance but men need deadlines and markers to know if they are moving forward and Courageous will give men several of these measurables.
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