Kenny Luck

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Jun 14, 2014
Fatherhood: Man's Highest Calling?
Fatherhood in America is in crisis, yet this Sunday, dads get a token holiday, with the annual hall pass to kick back on their throne of choice and receive gifts, cards, and a few bad ties. But if we step back, and look at the bigger, if not the biggest, picture, to gain God's vision for fatherhood, we might turn Father's Day on its ear and seek to bless our children, instead of receive blessings.
May 22, 2014
Which Sounds Better To You, Heaven or Hell?
It may seem like a simple question to answer. Then again, culture seems to think hell will be a party for all eternity, while heaven will be a boring time of playing harps, floating on clouds and living without any fun.
Apr 10, 2014
Sexual Atheism: Christian Dating Data Reveals a Deeper Spiritual Malaise
The guy sitting across from me is a professing and practicing Christian. He drops by my office unannounced today to talk to me about his new online dating life. Specifically, he wants to talk about the over-willingness of Christian women he has encountered on several of his dates who want to jump right from a very public conversation and vanilla latte at Starbucks to very private whispers and physical exchanges between the sheets back at his place.
Mar 25, 2014
Porcupine Christianity: When 'Marketing' Jesus Does More Harm Than Good
Whenever I see people marketing Jesus in a certain way, I just want to come up to ask them about their personal connection with their next door neighbors, or children, or spouses, other family and estranged relatives. Specifically, have they reached them in a meaningful way for Jesus? Are they living a life that attracts others to God, or repels them?
Mar 5, 2014
Gender Bending Daze: The Fog of War Is Clearing and Women Are Reconsidering Men
Author Camille Paglia, a self-described "notorious Amazon feminist," recently said about today's gender-bending days "What you're seeing is how a civilization commits suicide" (referring to the demonization of men by aggressive feminism). She added that today's generation has "no models of manhood." It appears that the emotional lava flowing out of the volcanic reaction to broken male culture in the '60s is turning from bright orange to a hardened and desolate landscape of ash. The gender scener
Feb 20, 2014
Olympics Special: Where Will You Be Facing During the 'Awards Ceremony?'
Are you running for a meeting with Jesus? Or are you running a race that will lead you to eternity without him? When you get to the final ceremony of your life, you will either celebrate with Jesus because you believed in Him, accepted His free gift of grace and love. Or you will feel the sting of regret. There will be no more time for "coulda-shoulda-woulda."
Feb 5, 2014
5 Steps to Become a 'Breakthrough' Leader and Activate Men at Church
Josiah had a Sleeping Giant just waiting to go to work for him but he did five things we can do too that activated his men to execute the impossible and glorify God. His steps are noticeably familiar and worth noting because this a major move of God among his people to create spiritual health in the community of faith. Time to watch some game film and highlight what went right in order for God's leader to overcome all the odds.
Jan 30, 2014
Super Sex Bowl: How to Tackle an Industry Catering to Lust
Human Sex Trafficking... So what can be done? Can we send squadrons of undercover agents to pose as "Johns" and discreetly save the boys and girls and expose the perpetrators? Unfortunately, even this would only scrape off the scab of an ugly, deeply-rooted wound. This is a highly organized, well-heeled industry entrenched in the business of catering to lust.
Jan 21, 2014
Fathers: 7 Ground Rules to Becoming Best Dads Now and in the Future
Absent fathers leave girls and boys without a role model for how the family unit is supposed to work, how to have a healthy loving marriage, and how a man lives out his faith in good times and bad. The kids are watching, waiting, and learning. The question is how, what, when and where should you be teaching them?
Jan 13, 2014
Pastors: 5 Keys to Building a Highly Responsive Congregation
Connectivity. It is a precious commodity in the leadership world. With it you can move your organization through changes and challenges much easier and with greater facility than those who lack it. Those leaders who lack connectivity among their people move slowly and painfully without a system of reliable relationships to mobilize the larger community. And while a lot of leaders claim to have a great team and structure in their organizations, they really don't know the strength of their "networ