"Time, Tide and the Tempest"

Elder Tony Douglas, from All Saints Presbyterian Church, Ft. Worth, TX, opened the Men Raising Men Conference this year with a challenging talk about the need for men to redeem the time in the midst of the tempest of life and thereby turn the tide toward advancing the kingdom of God through their families.

 

“Conquering the Culture: Life in the Trenches”

Pastor Randy Booth, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Nacogdoches, TX set forth the grand postmillennial vision that God first showed to Abraham and later to us (i.e., that God’s people and their descendants would be a blessing to the world). He then tells us God’s answer to the inevitable question: “How are we supposed to do that?” God sent Abraham (and us) back to his family to be faithful in the little things, so that God Himself would bring about the blessing of conquering the culture.

 

“A Storied Culture”

Pastor Jeff Niell, All Saints Presbyterian Church, Ft. Worth, TX, demonstrates the power and importance of stories, biblical stories as well as others, for the shaping of the family culture. Moreover, he points the way as to how we are to view our own lives as a part of God’s story and place we have in it.

 

“Men at Work”

Elder David Alders, from Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church of Nacogdoches, TX, lays out a vision for why our sons must learn the value of hard work along with the personal and cultural benefits that flow from faithfully performing our God-given calling to labor.