by Mark Hurlbut | Aug 28, 2024 | Men's Content
I was a young man in my early thirties, married with four daughters under six years old, and working a full-commissioned sales job. While grateful for the work, it barely made ends meet. Someone I knew told me of a company in an emerging industry that was hiring...
by Mark Hurlbut | Aug 14, 2024 | Men's Content
I want to finish well for Christ. I trust you do, too. In his letter to young Timothy urging long-term faithfulness to gospel living, Paul identified his clear conscience as the cornerstone to his fruitful endurance (2 Timothy 1:3). For you and me as men, the same is...
by Mark Hurlbut | Aug 6, 2024 | Pastors & Leaders Content
I am what you might call a recreational gardener. It’s a hobby I find great joy and satisfaction in. I love the reward of seeing the literal fruits of my labor season after season. One of the more difficult disciplines for me has been pruning. It just feels...
by Mark Hurlbut | Aug 6, 2024 | Men's Content
We didn’t live in Chick-fil-A country, so when the news broke that one was coming to our town, it was almost too good to be true. Even better, the restaurant would be only a short drive from our house. Soon after it opened, our daughter and son-in-law came to visit....
by Mark Hurlbut | Jul 24, 2024 | Pastors & Leaders Content
“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me (1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV).” You will fulfill your ministry if you stay...