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A Man and Truth [David Delk]
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The truth is found only in Christ. Looking anywhere else eventually leads to death. John 8:25-47
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A Man and Friends [David Delk]
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We are experiencing a half-hearted Gospel if we are half-hearted friends. Romans 12:9-21
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Transformation – How to Lead a Powerful, Transformed Life
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Transformation – How to Lead a Powerful, Transformed Life is part of the A Man’s Guide to the Bible series from Man Alive Bible Study with Patrick Morley.
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Study – How to Read, Study, and Internalize the Bible For Yourself
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The Bible is the weapon of choice for the man who would dare be a warrior for God. Acts 17:11, Ephesians 6:17, Hebrews 4:12, 5:11-14
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Mastery – How to Accurately Interpret the Bible For Yourself
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The 3 phases of accurate interpretation are meaning, message, and application. Acts 4:13, Mark 3:14, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Galatians 4:14-15, Acts 9:8-9, 2 Chronicles 7:14, John 3:27, 1 John 3:1-3, 1 Corinthians 15:40-44, Acts 2:1-4, Ephesians 1:13
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The Message
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Jesus Christ is God Mark 15:43; Luke 4:43, Luke 8:1, Luke 16:6; Acts 19:8; John 20:30-31; Ephesians 1:3-14
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Content – What Makes the Bible Different From Any Other Book?
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The Bible is the voice of God offering more than we would think to ask. John 3:3, Ephesians 2:1-5, John 10:10,1 Corinthians 15:1-6
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Major Themes – The Recurring Subjects That Unify the Bible
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Three major themes unify the Bible: God, his salvation, and our discipleship. John 14:8-9, John 20:30-31, 2 Timothy 3:15-17
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Two Testaments – Similarities and Differences Between the Old and New Testaments
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The Old Testament promises a king will come to save God. John 4:25-26, Romans 1:18, Exodus34:6-7, Luke 16:16-17
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The Plot – Loving Father Relentlessly Pursues Relationship with His Children
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HEADLINE: Loving Father Relentlessly Pursues Relationship with His Children. John 5:39, Luke 24:25-27, Genesis 12:1-7,Galatians 3:16-29, Hebrews 9:15
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Structure
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The Bible records the history, predicts the future, and guides the present of our relationship with the God who creates, sustains, and redeems us. Psalm 106:7-8, Colossians 1:15-2:10
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Reliability: Do We Hold the Actual Words of God in Our Hands?
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For there to be a Great Commission there must also be a Great Translation. Genesis 11:1-9, Matthew 24:25,Isaiah 40:8, Isaiah 55:11
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Bible Difficulties
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In the Bible we find a flawless record of exactly what God wanted to say exactly the way he wanted to say it. Mark 16:9-20, Luke 24:33-53, 2 Timothy 3:16,Galatians 5:7-9, Colossians 2:8
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Bible Basics: Its Purpose, History, & Internal Claims
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In the Bible we find a flawless record of exactly what God wanted to say exactly the way he wanted to say it. Acts 3:17-26, 2 Peter 1:20, 2 Peter 3:15-16, Jeremiah 30:1-2
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I Don’t Feel Like I’m Doing Anything That Will Make a Difference
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I Don’t Feel Like I’m Doing Anything That Will Make a Difference is part of the Man Alive series from Man Alive Bible Study with Patrick Morley.
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My Most Important Relationships Are Not Working
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The Big Idea: Cut the Bible and it bleeds neighbor love. The essence of Scripture is love. Despite what you see in the headlines and hear on the talk shows, men are made for relationships. I’d even go so far as to say that, for a man, relationships trump everything else. Just ask a young…
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My Soul Feels Dry
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The Big Idea: Ninety-nine percent of communion and worship is showing up. There’s a big, fat lie that’s been going around ever since I can remember. It goes something like this: “You’re a guy, and guys are just not as spiritually wired as their Christian wives or girlfriends. But from my own life, and after…
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I Have a Lot of Destructive Behaviors That Drag Me Down
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The Big Idea: Repentance is a commitment to see ourselves as we really are, own it, and then allow the godly sorrow we feel to inspire deep change. Hector keeps telling lies at work and sabotaging his career. William says he wants to change, but he keeps losing his battle to stay away from porn.…
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I Don’t Feel Like My Life Has a Purpose
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The Big Idea: God has a “Big Holy Audacious Goal” for your life, the crux of which is for you to become His disciple. A frustrated young man in his teens asks me, “What’s the point? What is my life supposed to be all about?” A man in his late sixties, with tears in his…
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I Don’t Feel Like God Cares About Me Personally
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The Big Idea: Because you are His son, God really does love you. He cares. He actually likes you. Take it into your heart. You’ve never been loved, not really, until you’ve been loved like this. I’ve spent most of my life struggling to believe, really believe, that God loves and cares about me personally.…
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I Just Feel Like I Am in This Alone
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The Big Idea: Jesus changed the world by inviting twelve men to join a small group. Can you relate? One of a man’s most deeply felt needs is to feel like he is not in this alone, that he doesn’t have to tackle life without others who care. Yet because of a man’s tendency toward…
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The Raw, Restless Energy of Men
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The Big Idea: Digging into the Word of God is easily the #1 factor that differentiates men who have tapped into God’s power. From the time you were a little boy you have always had a raw, powerful, restless energy. You’ve always wanted to do something with your life. You’ve always wanted your life to…
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Let’s Imagine a World Without Christmas
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Can you imagine what the world might look like without Christmas? In this Special Christmas Message, we’ll consider the impact and meaning of Christmas by imagining what the world might look like without it. Join Pat Morley for this special Yuletide message, and let’s remind ourselves why there’s no event in human history that rivals the…
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45th Annual Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast
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Instead of our regular Man Alive Bible Study, we recently hosted the 45th Annual Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast—a long-standing Orlando tradition! I’d like to share it with you. Our featured speaker was Kim Lopdrup, Harvard-educated and retired CEO of Red Lobster, who is five for five on major corporate turnarounds. Kim shared how his faith has shaped his career and family through both…
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Lesson 1 | Come & See
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For three years, twelve ordinary men walked with Jesus—and they were never the same. Can you imagine what that would have been like to be personally discipled by Jesus? Train Like the Twelve will help you experience, as closely as possible, what it was like to be one of those men. Walk the dusty roads beside…
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Lesson 2 | First Day of Training
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Like the Twelve, you’ve been recruited to join Jesus in His school of discipleship. You believe in the cause, so you enlisted. You made the team. Now it’s the first day of training camp. You expected to learn how to clean and shoot, to catch and throw, or how to deliver a decisive tackle. Instead—you…
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Lesson 4 | The Necessity of Being Born Again
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Eavesdrop as Jesus explains His salvation for the first time ever recorded—to a good and respected man who was confident he already understood God. Join Pat Morley as Jesus awakens His disciples—then and now—to understand the true nature of salvation via a late-night conversation with Nicodemus. Welcome to Man Alive.And for those of you who join…
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Lesson 5 | Jesus and Messy People
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In the previous lesson, we were not surprised to learn that Jesus would meet with a top religious leader. This week’s lesson takes us 180 degrees in the other direction. You see, Jesus’ next move was to seek out the kind of person that most people seek to avoid. The message is clear: Everyone matters…
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Lesson 6 | The First Great Awakening
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A whole village of people was on their way to see Jesus. In fact, throngs of new people are searching for him every day. But the disciples were not yet trained to understand the bigger picture of what was going on. Jesus lovingly took them aside to open their eyes so they could see the…
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Lesson 7 | Learning to Take Jesus at His Word
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A man’s young son is about to die. In desperation, the father pleads with Jesus to heal him. When Jesus tells him his son will live, the man doesn’t wait for proof. He takes Jesus at His word and starts home in obedience. If you’ve ever struggled to obey before things make sense, and who…
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Lesson 8 | How Jesus Went From Hero to Zero
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Jesus was a rising star. He returned to his hometown where He got invited to preach at His home “church.” Everyone was excited to hear what He had to say—until He said it. Join Pat Morley and observe the chaos that followed from the perspective of the disciples. The problem will be easy to understand, but…
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Lesson 9 | The Jesus Boat Story
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A carpenter tells professional fishermen where to catch fish—an instruction that defied all logic, humanly speaking. Join Pat Morley tomorrow morning as we watch what happened next, and how one simple response—“At Your word”—opened their eyes to Jesus’ power and might. Do you feel it—that yearning to be part of something so big it’s doomed to…
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Lesson 11 | A Biblically Rhythmic Life
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Let’s face it. The better you do your work, the more people want from you. Demand increases. Pressure follows. And if you’re not careful, you can end up living on adrenaline instead of abiding. In this message, we’ll look at one short—but revealing—verse from the life of Jesus: “But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” (Luke…
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Lesson 12 | Jesus Has Authority Over Evil
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Jesus walks into a place of worship, teaches with unmistakable authority—and then confronts a man possessed by an impure spirit. What happened next stunned everyone present. With a single command, the spirit obeyed. This was more than a dramatic moment. It revealed who Jesus is—and what happens when His authority collides with evil. Join Pat Morley…
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Lesson 13 | How Jesus Made Decisions
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Jesus was constantly in motion—preaching, teaching, healing, casting out demons. Everywhere He went, there was another need, another demand, another person who wanted Him to stay. Yet He didn’t make decisions based on pressure; He made them based on priority. And He never frittered away His time on lesser things. Join Pat Morley as he reveals…
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Lesson 14 | Only God Can Forgive Sins
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A man is lowered through a roof. Everyone thinks they know the problem. He can’t walk. But Jesus shocks the room: “I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” (Luke 5:24) Join Pat Morley and discover why this is the most important declaration Jesus has made so…
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Lesson 15 | Is There Anyone Jesus Won’t Welcome?
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This week in Train Like the Twelve, Jesus puts a stake in the ground. He calls Levi, a tax collector who “the good people” despised. What’s striking is what Levi does next—he immediately throws a banquet and invites his friends so they can meet Jesus too. Join us as we explore what the disciples heard…
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Lesson 16 | A Wedding, A Torn Patch, and Exploding Wineskins
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Jesus was asked, “Why don’t your disciples act like our disciples?” Jesus answered with three word pictures—and disciples ever since have wondered, “What do a wedding, a torn patch, and exploding wineskins have to do with me?” Join Pat Morley and be challenged to recognize anything you’re clinging to that no longer works—even if it once…
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Lesson 17 | A Man Who Was Ill For 38 Years
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Join Pat Morley as we look at one of the most penetrating questions Jesus ever asked: “Do you want to get well?” We’ll explore why some men stay stuck, why others can’t yet see a way forward, and how Jesus meets both with compassion and power. You’ll also wrestle with a hard question: Can you trust…
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Lesson 18 | Jesus, Son of God
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Who is Jesus, really? Not the version shaped by culture, assumptions, or distance, but the Jesus who stands in John 5 and makes claims so clear and so bold that the religious leaders wanted Him dead. The issue was never a lack of proof. It was a heart that preferred human approval over the glory…
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What is Jesus doing in your life right now?
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I was out of commission and unable to teach a live session, so instead we held an open mic.We asked the local group men to share in 3–4 minutes what God has been doing in their life as a result of gathering with their small group and the teachings of Jesus in Train Like the…
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Lesson 20 | The 13th Disciple
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What a night. Jesus had been recruiting and training many disciples. Now it’s time to choose the twelve—the ones who would oversee the global expansion of His message. But what if you weren’t selected? “I’m happy for you… but what about me?” Would you still have confidence? Would you still believe you mattered? Join Pat Morley as…
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Loving People Like Jesus
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This week, we’re diving into what it truly means to love others—and why it’s central to our faith. Scripture reminds us that love isn’t just a suggestion; it’s a command from Jesus Himself. Join Jim Angelakos as we refocus on the heart of Christianity: not rules, but a relationship with Jesus that compels us to love deeply…
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Chapter 1 | Why Am I Still So Restless?
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Some men are restless because life hasn’t worked out like they hoped—dreams delayed, plans derailed, purpose unclear. Others are restless because it did work out—but it didn’t satisfy. Either way, they’re asking the same quiet question: Why do I still feel this way? If you’re mentoring, discipling, or leading men, you’ve already met both types. One man is…
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Chapter 2 | What Do You Believe
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Join Pat Morley as we examine four belief systems—secular, moral, religious, and Christian—and explore why so many of them fail us. We’ll also look at how Solomon—who had everything—ended up saying, “I hated life.” This message will not only help you evaluate your own system, but also equip you to walk with someone you care about…
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Chapter 3 | Secular, Moral, and Religious Belief Systems
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This week we’ll explore the three major belief systems most men follow—secular, moral, and religious—and why all of them, ultimately, break down. Join Pat Morley as we examine the quiet assumptions that shape men’s lives, and how Christianity offers not performance, but peace. Discover how to help the men you lead recognize the signs of restlessness,…
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Chapter 4 | Understanding the Christian Belief System
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This week, we’ll look at how many people—perhaps even people you love—have rejected Christianity not because they understand it, but because they’ve only been exposed to shallow soundbites and distortions of the real thing. Join Pat Morley as we uncover the heart of Christianity—not rules or performance, but a person: Jesus. You’ll be strengthened in your…
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Chapter 6 | Shouldn’t Science Rule Over Theology
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Many men feel tension between what science teaches and what Christianity claims. But what if that tension isn’t necessary? What if both disciplines are actually asking different—but equally important—questions? Join Pat Morley as we explore how science and theology can complement one another. You’ll learn how to respond with confidence when someone claims that science has…
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Chapter 7 | If God Is Good, Why Is There So Much Suffering
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This week we tackle one of life’s deepest questions: If God is good, why does He allow so much pain, evil, and futility in the world? From personal tragedies like our daughter’s death last year to global disasters, for many of us suffering is often the greatest challenge to our faith. We’ll look at how…
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Chapter 8 | How can you stake your entire life on believing the Bible is True?
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This week we’ll explore one of the most important and controversial questions in Christianity: Is the Bible actually true—and can you stake your life on it? Join Pat Morley as we walk through the historical, practical, and personal reasons why you can believe the Bible is reliable—not just spiritually, but intellectually. You’ll be equipped to answer…
Personal Growth & Transformation
Explore the journey of personal growth and transformation through spiritual disciplines and biblical insights. This series focuses on developing qualities such as faithfulness, patience, stewardship, and wise counsel. Learn practical steps to declutter your spiritual life, embrace the Sabbath, and cultivate a deeper relationship with God. Each lesson is designed to help you grow in wisdom, contentment, and trust, providing a strong foundation for lasting change and spiritual renewal.