When it comes to physical conditioning it’s essential to build a strong core. The same is true for spiritual training as well. And the core of our faith-the essentials-are found way back in the ten commandments. Join us for Core Strength Training 101: Loving God, as we examine what it takes to get spiritually fit at our core.

What does the Lord require of His men? Micah 6:8 spells it out succinctly. Perhaps so succinctly that we miss the magnitude of its meaning.

The 2011/2012 season of IronWorks dives into this powerfully pithy passage with The Micah Project: Becoming the Man God Requires. The Fall 2011 season kicks off September 30th by examining God’s call for us to be men of justice.

We can learn from anyone, and sometimes a bad example instructs best. Taking a serious look at foolishness of biblical proportions will heighten our vigilance and cause some deep character assessment. Do I face the same temptations, wrong turns, and bitter fruit depicted in the lives of biblical boys gone bad? How do their choices serve as warning signs and wake-up calls?

The good news is that people are watching. The challenge is: Am I transmitting a credible picture of my Master through the example of my life?

We are all being judged. Co-workers and neighbors make snap judgments about the credibility of our faith based on how they see us living it. Do I have “Street Cred” based on the way I, work, spend, speak, play, and respond to hard things?

The good news is that people are watching. The challenge is: Am I transmitting a credible picture of my Master through the example of my life?

Join us. Sharpen your edge. See how following the principles in the book of James can add “Street Cred” to your life in the marketplace.

No one has a smooth ride all the time. Life, like a Minnesota road, is riddled with potholes. They surprise us. They hurt us. They slow our progress and can leave us bent and broken.

Whether you are a facing a health crises, marital conflict, unemployment, divorce, financial setbacks, betrayal or any other emotionally debilitating adversity, you will:

• Learn how to respond biblically to life’s trials.
• Learn helpful questions to ask in a crisis.
• Unlearn the habits that turn potholes into sinkholes.
• Gain insight to help a friend who has  hit a pothole

If you attended the “Potholes” series in 2008, we invite you to come again and bring a friend. We’ll be presenting a lot of new material on how to navigate the adversities that come our way.

“Game On! Play Hurt” is the call from the Coach to His men to lean into their fatigue and trust Him for the victory on the field of life.

It’s serious stuff out there. Guys are working harder than ever before to keep up. Some are just plain out of work. And most of us are bruised and battered. The Spring 2010 season of IronWorks will explore the eight character qualities every man needs to keep their head and heart in the game, because there’s no injured reserve on God’s team.

Coaches inspire their teams to “leave everything on the field.” It’s the kind of motivation that appeals to the masculine soul. The Winter 2010 series of IronWorks explores the eight things that committed men of Christ should be giving on the field of life. Each of the eight are weighty, worthy and wearing pursuits. Yet, when we commit to them, we discover supernatural strength to give until it hurts.

This series, led by Pastor Roger Thompson and Leary Gates, is a must for those searching for ways to both serve and lead!

Knowing “about” stuff is a male specialty. Our brains are vast repositories of the obscure, the trivial and the theoretical. But knowing “how” is a different universe of knowledge. Know-how can fix your water heater, de-bug your computer or speak a word of encouragement.  Know-how makes life doable. The man with know-how makes a difference when he walks into the room. You can’t fake it, but you can learn it! This season of IronWorks, walk with us through eight glimpses of spiritual and personal know-how that can change theoretical knowing-about into living know-how.

In the beginning, when the world was in chaos, God spoke and order was created.  As men of God we are also commanded to speak His Word of Truth in the three realms of chaos:  our outer world, our inner world and the spiritual world.  Become a Swordmaster, rightly handling the Word of God and the Sword of the Spirit.