I have listed here the top 12 posts by month for the year 2012.  They are listed by month and are my favorites.  See if you agree.  

A few sentences from each post gives you an idea of what the post is about.  Click on the title to go to the post:

January 2012 - JESUS WOULD NEVER DO THAT! - "There is an important concept to be learned here.  Did you know that what you do to yourself, you do to Jesus? "

February 2012 - NOW FOR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - "I want to tell you that the man that was weeping was so much more of a man than many men I have ever met."

March 2012 - AW, COME ON, NOBODY'S PERFECT - "Jesus tells us that we are to be perfect as He is perfect.   However, being human, it is impossible to be perfect.  What do you think Jesus meant by this statement?"

April 2012 - MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T WALK DOWN THAT STREET - "The Beaver was just sent money from his rich uncle for his birthday.  Beaver signed for it at the post office and his parents didn't know that he had the money."

May 2012 - CHOOSING BETWEEN PERSONAL INTEGRITY AND A WOMAN'S HONOR - "I said to her, "what would you like me to do?"  She responded, "when we get back to the hotel (we were all staying at the same hotel), could you walk me to my room?"

June 2012 - THE GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL COACH -  "He was an interesting man.  Kinda like his world revolved only around his own interests, hardly ever thinking of others.  He brought with him his sketch book as he liked to draw.  As he showed me the various pictures, he carefully and in detail described each of his drawings."

July 2012 - ESAU REDEEMED - "God can never be put into a box.  When you think that a story is over or God has done all He can do in a situation, He reminds you that He has plans for us that we could never think, dream or even imagine."

August 2012 - ICHABOD - ON LEAVING A CHURCH - "For the next few Sundays, it became increasingly difficult to attend.  Other board members would hardly speak with me, friends that I had in the church no longer acted like friends.    As this was a church in a denomination in which I was raised, this was difficult and I needed a firm answer from God if I was to stay or leave."

September 2012 - WHAT ABOUT MY TROPHY? - "One of the many things I like about God is His ability to speak to a person, especially when it is least expected."

October 2012 - WHY GOD DOESN'T ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS - "Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers."

November 2012 - WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? - "It was kind of a surreal experience....   We had just arrived at our mission in Quito and here I was less than 48 hours later standing at the graveside of a man I didn't know and hadn't even met."

December 2012 - CHRISTMAS IN ECUADOR - "20 Christmases ago, when our boys were young, we had a missionary assignment in Quito, Ecuador.  One Christmas in Ecuador was especially memorable."

BE HOLY.
BE A MAN.  

I have listed here the top 12 posts by month for the year 2012.  They are listed by the number of likes by readers.  For the year 2013, I am taking suggestions for blog posts.  Feel free to send me your suggestions to [email protected] or place them in the comments section.

A few sentences from each post gives you an idea of what the post is about.  Click on the title to go to the post:

January 2012 - MAKING MEN - "Raising boys has its own special challenges.  I was fortunate enough to have two sons who have grown into godly men.  They are excellent sons and husbands, men of whom I can be proud."

February 2012 - THE MAN I MOST ADMIRE - "Why do I admire my father more than any other man?  He lives as a consistent Christian witness.  He makes being a Christian admirable and respectable.  He makes Jesus attractive by living a consistent Christian life.  There is no phoniness about him.  He doesn't say one thing and do another."  

March 2012 - IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME - "I have a good Christian friend who fell into sexual sin this past weekend.  I'm very depressed about it.  His behavior was wrong and unacceptable.  He has admitted his sinful behavior and is seeking guidance and healing and restitution for the person that he victimized.  He will have to register as a sex offender and face how the public will now treat him."

April 2012 - TIM TEBOW AND THE MILLION DOLLAR SEX HIT - " I'm disgusted about Tim Tebow.  I'm not disgusted with him, I'm proud of him and his example as a man, a real man.  I'm disgusted that a $1,000,000 hit has been placed on his head.  A website that encourages affairs and lascivious living has stated that $1,000,000 will be awarded to anyone who can come up with real evidence that Tebow is not a virgin."

May 2012 - STEPS THAT LEAD TO AN AFFAIR -  "There are twelve common steps that usually occur in sequence as a relationship moves toward an adulterous affair.  These steps often occur over a long period of time, but a man and a woman can move thru these stages of an affair in a single evening.  Becoming aware of the steps helps us to recognize what might be happening to us so we can stop the process before we are in over our heads."

June 2012 - THE ANTI-SOCIAL RELIGIOUS BAD BOY -  "The anti-social bad boy places high value on being tough, thick-skinned and powerful.  He wants people to fear him.  You may look at that statement and ask, "come on, we could spot this guy a mile away, there's no way he could be a church leader!"  

July 2012 - EVEN SOUL WINNING IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR SALVATION - "The Church in my parts was shocked to learn recently that a brother who has been trained by a prominent evangelism group to the point that he was flying to California to participate in helping train others how to share the gospel with the lost and he was often found in various local churches teaching people how to share their faith, he was arrested for sexual molestation of various women in his practice and was found guilty by the court and sent to prison leaving behind a devastated wife and young children to take care of themselves."

August 2012 - MY FIRST RECOLLECTION OF GOD TALKING TO ME - "I remember when I was about 5-years-old being outside playing with an ant hill.  I had a water hose and flooded the ant hill.  As I saw ants pouring out, some of them would gather into small pools and just lay there.  I started to feel some compassion and put a stick in some of the small pools so that the ants could walk on it to dry land.  I remember hearing inside my head, “do you want to try to save yourself or are you going to let Me save you?” "

September 2012 - THE SOCIAL COSTS OF PORN -  "Pornography is tearing apart the fabric of our society. You may think this is an overstatement. After reading,“The Social Costs of Pornography” by the Witherspoon Institute, I think it may be an understatement."  (This is the most liked post of the 2012 year)

October 2012 - HONORING YOUR WIFE FINANCIALLY - "You've got to work hard. You’ve got to out-work the other men if you want to feed your family. That’s your responsibility as a man. If you want any men to respect you, if you want your wife to respect you, if you want your children to respect you, you pay the bills. You make the money, you feed the family."

November 2012 - CHASING BOYS FROM CHURCH - "Bob raised three boys. His wife took them to Sunday school every week. Vacation Bible School was a highlight of their summer. She drove the lads back and forth to youth group. They sacrificed time and money to send their boys to Christian camps. Bob even helped finance a mission trip to Mexico. Today, Bob's sons are young adults. Not one of them goes to church. There’s no sign of a relationship with Jesus Christ."

December 2012 - NO MORE MALENESS AT THE UNIVERSITY - "A political science professor at Butler University asks students to disregard their “American-ness, maleness, whiteness, heterosexuality, middle-class status” when writing and speaking in the classroom – a practice the school’s arts and sciences dean defended as a way to negate students’ inherent prejudices."

BE HOLY.
BE A MAN.