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By Dr. Layne McDonald and Daniel Gullick Most men do not “fall away” in one dramatic moment. Most men cool off. The fire does not disappear overnight. It fades through neglect. It fades through unresolved resentment. It fades through delayed obedience. It fades through slow compromise that feels harmless at first. Cooling off usually happens through patterns that seem small. Neglect of the Word Delayed obedience Hidden resentment Unresolved offense Slow compromise The good ne

By Dr. Layne McDonald and Daniel Gullick Many men assume spiritual warfare is about losing things. They think the enemy attacks through external loss, financial pressure, and visible problems. Those things can be real, but they are rarely the main target. The main target is internal. The main target is the heart. Because if the enemy can compromise your heart, everything downstream becomes vulnerable. A compromised heart produces a compromised mouth. A compromised mouth produ

By Dr. Layne McDonald and Daniel Gullick Proverbs 4 reads like a father teaching his son how to win. Not in a shallow way. In a deep way. In a way that builds a life that lasts. It does not feel mystical. It feels practical. It is wisdom you can live today, not theory you only admire. The progression is powerful because it shows you how life gets shaped. Attention Ear Eyes Heart Life Whatever you give attention to shapes what you hear. What you hear shapes what you focus on.

By Dr. Layne McDonald and Daniel Gullick You cannot live on spiritual leftovers and expect spiritual strength. Most men would never train once a week and expect to be physically strong. Yet many men attempt to be spiritually strong while barely touching Scripture. Then they wonder why they feel unstable, tempted, anxious, reactive, and drained. Daily Scripture is not religious behavior. It is training. It is how the mind gets renewed. It is how faith gets built. It is how dec

By Dr. Layne McDonald and Daniel Gullick Bad teaching does not always sound wrong. That is why it is dangerous. In many cases, bad teaching sounds compassionate. It sounds gentle. It sounds reasonable. It sounds like it is trying to protect people from guilt. But here is the test. If compassion removes obedience, it is not biblical compassion. It is drift disguised as care. The Bible has mercy. The Bible has grace. The Bible has healing. But the Bible also has commands. The B

By Dr. Layne McDonald and Daniel Gullick Some men treat forgiveness like it is emotional weakness. They act like it is something you do when you are trying to be polite. They think forgiveness is what you offer when you are letting someone off the hook. But the Bible treats forgiveness like something very different. Forgiveness is not softness. Forgiveness is warfare. Unforgiveness is one of the enemy’s favorite tools because it hooks a man to an old injury and keeps him livi

By Dr. Layne McDonald and Daniel Gullick Many men assume deception looks like obvious falsehood. They think it will show up as something blatantly wrong, something their conscience can spot instantly. But one of the most common forms of spiritual deception is not loud. It is comfortable. It does not attack your beliefs first. It attacks your discipline. It does not try to make you hate God. It tries to make you passive. That is why comfort is such a dangerous form of bewitchi

By Dr. Layne McDonald and Daniel Gullick There is a phrase that sounds harmless in church, but it is one of the most dangerous things a believer can say. It sounds mature, educated, and experienced. It sounds like someone who has been around the faith for a while. But spiritually, it can be a red flag waving in the wind. I’ve heard that before. When the Word of God is being preached or read and your spirit responds with a casual shrug, something is off. Not with the Word. Wit

By Dr. Layne McDonald and Daniel Gullick Most people do not realize they use faith all day long. You used it before lunch. You used it when you turned the key in the car. You used it when you trusted a label on a bottle, a brand on a can, or a prescription handed to you by a stranger behind a counter. That is faith, but it is a kind of faith that lives at the natural level. It is trust in systems, people, patterns, and probabilities. Natural faith is common. It is everywhere.

There are passages in Scripture that feel like comfort. And then there are passages that feel like an alarm clock you cannot snooze. Galatians 3 opens with one of those moments, when Paul does not ease into the topic, he confronts it head on: “Who has bewitched you?” It is a question that cuts through the fog because it assumes something most people do not want to admit. You did not just get tired. You did not just get busy. You did not just “lose your passion.” Something inf