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FORGE series on Amos: God’s Mechanic

July 9, 2025 /

Men, we’re starting a new study for our time together, starting on AUGUST 12 — the Book of AMOS!

FORGE series on Amos: God’s Mechanic

August – September

When something goes wrong with a car, the owner sends in a mechanic to get it running smooth again. The prophets are God’s mechanics for Israel, God’s people. God sends them when Israel is not functioning and living as they should or could.  These Spiritual Mechanics diagnose the problem and attempt repairs.  They speak God’s word…

  • When Israel has bad fuel – when they put  deceptions, lies, or false values into their tank.  The mechanic brings the highest octane – God’s truth.
  • When Israel has yielded the wheel to idols or when other nations or false gods are steering them.  The prophet puts God back into the driver’s seat.
  • When Israel is off the road or heading in the wrong direction.  God sends the prophet with a road map to redemption.
  • When the tires need to be rotated, the oil changed, new filters installed to block that which is harmful, and when just going-through-the-motions in worship does not provide for their necessary or regular maintenance – the mechanic calls them to worship in Spirit and in truth to clean and maintain their system.
  • The mechanic makes sure there are no warning lights flashing so that Israel stays within the guidelines of the owner’s manual, which is the Covenant. The prophet looks at all the gauges – most of which measure the way they treat each other, even foreigners: Is there justice? Care for the poor? Stewardship? Prayer and devoutness? All of these are indicators of how well they are running.
  • Sometimes the mechanic allows them to stay broken down or stuck in the mud until they are ready to be responsible again.
  • And though the mechanic may be partial to Fords (or Chevys, or whatever you want me to say) – he knows the specs and guidelines of all makes and models – not just Israel, but for all nations.

FORGE meets the second and fourth Tuesday of the Month. The book of Amos is only 9 chapters and we we essentially hit the major tenets of the Prophet in four weeks, starting with historical context. What God says through Amos to Israel (who are God’s people called to live Holy/whole-ly unto God), God says to us. We may skip one week to do whatever service project or good work is needed of us in the moment, or to focus on a good ribeye… (we are men, after all), but we will just pick it up the next time.

So grab your Bible, your fork, and your friend, and we will see you at FORGE. 

“The Gospel of Mark” by Francis Chan — New FORGE Men Series Study

January 21, 2025 /

Men, we’re starting a new series on our time together: “The Gospel of Mark“ by Francis Chan.

Description

The Gospel of Mark chronicles Jesus’s journey from Galilee to Jerusalem. Along the way, the Messiah gathers a ragged band of disciples. As crowds grow and dwindle on the road to Jerusalem, only a few stick by the suffering savior on the road of discipleship. 

In this 11-part series on the Gospel of Mark, author and speaker Francis Chan invites us to walk with him along the ancient ways of the Master. Tracing the steps of Jesus and the Twelve through Israel, Francis explores the major themes of the Gospel of Mark, and asks: Are we willing to take this journey to embrace discipleship?

Series Trailer

Participant handouts, leader’s guide, and other resources for the series is available here.

“GOD’S UNCOMMON MAN” — New FORGE Men Series Study

October 23, 2024 /

Men, we’re starting a new series on our time together: “God’s Uncommon Man“ with Tony Dunge & James Brown.

Description

Do you ever wonder what it looks like to be a man of faith? In this three-session series, sportscaster James Brown and former NFL coach Tony Dungy will teach us what it means to be an ”uncommon man“—a man who follows God faithfully. Are you ready to take the next step in your life of faith? Learn what it takes in God’s Uncommon Man.

Series Trailer

Participant handouts, leader’s guide, and other resources for the series is available here.

“The Book of Nehemiah” — New FORGE Men Series Study

April 13, 2024 /

Men, we’re starting a new series on our time together: “The Book of Nehemiah“ by Eric Mason.

Description

Whether we’ve felt spiritually stale or devoured by doubts, we’ve all wanted God to renew us. But what does spiritual restoration even look like?
The book of Nehemiah tells the story of God’s power to restore his people. As Israel returned from exile to the Promised Land, they found the walls of Jerusalem in shambles. So God equipped Nehemiah to rebuild the wall and lead the discouraged Israelites. In this 10-session series, Dr. Eric Mason shows us how God renewed his people both physically and spiritually. Through the story of Israel’s plight and God’s faithfulness, we see how God preserved his people to carry out his mission of redemption.

Series Trailer

Participant handouts, leader’s guide, and other resources for the series is available here.

“Faith in Hostile Times” — New FORGE Men Series Study

November 29, 2023 /

Men, we’re starting a new series on our time together: “Faith in Hostile Times“ by Berni Dymet.

Description

Are you overwhelmed by the godlessness sweeping across our world and flooding every corner of cyberspace? Are you disillusioned that the most vitriolic voices in debates are sometimes those of people calling themselves Christians? In this five-part series, Berni Dymet explores how Jesus engaged with and responded to people who were hostile toward Him. In Jesus’ example, we find a way to hold tight to the truth, while speaking it in love.

Series Trailer

Schedule

Session 1December 12, 2023The Rising Tide of Persecution
Session 2January 9, 2024Understanding Your Enemy
Session 3January 23When Freedoms Come under Threat
SPECIALFebruary 13Valentine’s Meal with Wives at LB!
Session 4February 27Speaking the Truth in Love
Session 5March 12Shining the Light of Christ

Participant handouts, leader’s guide, and other resources for the series is available here.

“The Book of TITUS” — New FORGE Men Series Study

March 6, 2023 /

Men, we’re starting a new series on our time together: “The Book of TITUS,” by Chip Ingram.

In this Book of the Bible series, Chip Ingram unpacks the book of Titus. He will challenge us to display the gospel in our lives through doing good.

We do good works not to earn God’s favor, but as a result of God’s favor.

When the gospel has truly taken root in our lives, it produces the fruit of godliness. As we pass these things on to future generations, the Church stands in bright contrast to the darkness of the world.

This new series begins on March 14, 2023, at our usual time. (6:00 PM for food; study beginning at 6:30 PM.)

Join us!

Series Trailer

Participant handouts, leader’s guide, and other resources for the series is available here.

“The Power of Knowing God” — New FORGE Men Series Study

September 14, 2022 /

Men, get to know God as He really is!

Beginning on Tuesday, September 27, we will cover a new study series by Dr. Tony Evans, “The Power of Knowing God.“

Dr. Tony Evans believes seeking to know God is life’s greatest purpose. In this practical, six-session video series, he shares strategies and skills for how you can live victoriously as a child of God.

Your connection with God can be so much more than going to church, reading the Bible, and attending study groups. Using in-depth scriptural studies alongside stories from his own life, Dr. Evans will equip you with the tools you need for pursuing an authentic and life-transforming relationship with your Savior.

This new series begins on September 27, 2022, at our usual time. (6:00 PM for food; study beginning at 6:30 PM.)

Join us!

Series Trailer

Difficult Topics

August 8, 2022 /

FORGE wanted to cover some “Difficult Topics” from May 24 – August 23, 2022, to get a handle on what’s going on in the world and how we, as Christians, should respond to those issues.

For our time together we determined to go through the following questions and process:

  1. What is the ISSUE?
  2. Do I truly UNDERSTAND the issue? [Opposing viewpoints, etc.]
  3. How do you FEEL about the issue? Why?
  4. What do the SCRIPTURES say about the issue, directly or indirectly?
  5. What would Jesus do? What would Jesus have US do? What lesson(s) is this teaching me?

The dates and topics we decided to cover, as well as some of the Scriptures for each topic are below.

(A PDF of all of this is available here. There is also a PDF of a document from our Church denomination on “”Gender Identity Disorder or Gender Dysphoria in Christian Perspective” here.)

24 May — TRUTH // MANIPULATION

  • Psalm 25:3–5
  • Psalm 51:6
  • Psalm 86:11
  • Proverbs 6:16–19
  • Proverbs 23:23
  • Isaiah 59:14–15
  • John 1:17
  • John 4:23–24
  • John 8:31–32
  • John 8:43–47
  • John 14:6
  • John 16:13–14
  • John 17:17
  • John 18:37
  • Romans 1:25
  • Ephesians 4:11–16
  • Ephesians 4:25
  • 1 Timothy 2:3–4
  • Titus 1:1
  • 1 John 3:18
  • 3 John 3–4
  • Revelation 19:11

14 June — ABORTION

  • Genesis 1:26–27
  • Genesis 9:5–6
  • Exodus 20:13
  • Exodus 21:22–25
  • Deuteronomy 5:17
  • Deuteronomy 32:39
  • Job 10:8–12
  • Job 31:15
  • Psalm 22:9–10
  • Psalm 139
  • Proverbs 6:16–17
  • Proverbs 31:8–9
  • Isaiah 44:2
  • Isaiah 44:24
  • Isaiah 49:1–5
  • Jeremiah 1:4–5
  • Jeremiah 20:17
  • Luke 1:41–44
  • Galatians 1:15

28 June — IDENTITY ISSUES // GENDER // HOMOSEXUALITY

  • Genesis 1:1
  • Genesis 1:26–28
  • Genesis 1:31
  • Genesis 2:18–25
  • Genesis 5:1–2
  • Genesis 19:4–11
  • Leviticus 18:22
  • Leviticus 18:29
  • Leviticus 20:13
  • Deuteronomy 12:1
  • Deuteronomy 12:8
  • Deuteronomy 22:5
  • Deuteronomy 23:1–2
  • Judges 19:22–26
  • Job 31:1
  • Psalm 139:13–14
  • Isaiah 56:1–8
  • Jeremiah 13:27
  • Matthew 5:28
  • Matthew 7:3–5
  • Matthew 16:24
  • Matthew 19:1–12
  • Mark 10:5–12
  • Acts 8:26–39
  • Acts 15:1–19
  • Romans 1:18–32
  • Romans 2:4
  • Romans 8:20–23
  • Romans 13:14
  • 1 Corinthians 6:9–7:11
  • 1 Corinthians 11:2–12
  • 1 Corinthians 12:18–23
  • 2 Corinthians 12:7–9
  • Galatians 3:28
  • Galatians 5:17
  • Ephesians 2:8
  • Ephesians 5:21–33
  • 1 Timothy 1:10
  • Hebrews 13:4

12 July — WOKE-ISM // PRIVLEDGE // CANCEL CULTURE

  • 1 Samuel 2:7
  • Psalm 75:7
  • Matthew 23:12
  • Luke 14:11
  • Luke 18:14
  • John 9:31
  • John 14:15–17
  • John 15:18–19
  • John 17:14–18
  • Acts 10:34
  • Romans 2:11
  • Romans 8:5–9
  • Romans 12:1–3
  • 1 Corinthians 1:18–26
  • Ephesians 4:4
  • Ephesians 4:20–25
  • James 4:10
  • 1 John 2:15–16

26 July — RACISM // DISCRIMINATION // SLAVERY // TRAFFICKING

  • Genesis 16:1–15
  • Exodus 19:5–6
  • Exodus 21:2–7
  • Leviticus 20:26
  • Leviticus 25:39–46
  • Deuteronomy 7:6–8
  • Deuteronomy 16:19–20
  • Deuteronomy 21:15–17
  • Job 34:16–19
  • Psalm 4:3
  • Psalm 10:17–18
  • Psalm 72:1–4
  • Proverbs 31:8–9l
  • Isaiah 42:6–7
  • Isaiah 61:1
  • Mark 10:42–44
  • Luke 4:18–19
  • John 8:34–36
  • Acts 10:28–35
  • Romans 2:11b
  • 1 Corinthians 7:20–24
  • Ephesians 6:5–9
  • Philemon 8–21
  • James 2:1–9
  • 1 Peter 2:9–10

09 August — ATHEISM // OTHER RELIGIONS

  • Exodus 20:3–6
  • Deuteronomy 4:35–39
  • Deuteronomy 5:6–10
  • Deuteronomy 6:4–5
  • Deuteronomy 7:9
  • Deuteronomy 32:39
  • 2 Samuel 7:22
  • 2 Kings 5:15
  • Psalm 10:4
  • Psalm 14:1
  • Isaiah 42:5–8
  • Isaiah 43:10–13
  • Isaiah 44:6–8
  • Isaiah 45:5–22
  • Hosea 13:4
  • Mark 12:28–32
  • 1 Corinthians 8:4–6
  • 1 Corinthians 10:14

23 August — DRUGS // TATOOS // URBAN DICTIONARY

  • Genesis 9:20–22
  • Leviticus 10:8–10
  • Leviticus 19:28
  • Numbers 6:2–4
  • Proverbs 11:6
  • Proverbs 20:1
  • Proverbs 21:17
  • Proverbs 23:20–21
  • Proverbs 23:30–32
  • Isaiah 5:11–12
  • Mark 15:23
  • Luke 1:15
  • Luke 21:34
  • Romans 8:12–17
  • Romans 13:13
  • 1 Corinthians 5:11
  • 1 Corinthians 6:9–13
  • Galatians 5:18–21
  • Ephesians 5:18
  • Philippians 3:17–4:1
  • 1 Timothy 3:8
  • 2 Peter 2:18–19

The discussions we have and are having have been enlightening and useful. We pray this may be of some use to you as well.

Service Workday at New Heart of Texas — June 11

June 1, 2022 /

A service workday has been scheduled at New Heart of Texas in Hempstead on Saturday, June 11, from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM.

New Heart of Texas‘ mission is “To provide hope and healing to those whose hearts have been broken through traumatic events such as abortion, sexual abuse, divorce, and marital problems.”

This is an area sorely needed and lacking.

LifeBridge can help!

We are having a workday on Saturday, June 11, from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM.

Join us as we help those in our community heal with the love of Jesus!

Contact Angie Wolfe at (979) 627-5817 if you can help. She will answer any questions and get you the address of where we will be in Hempstead.

“Called to Act” — Men’s Ministry

February 9, 2022 /

Most men find spiritual growth over complicated and at times, frustrating.

It doesn’t need to be that way.

In this series Called to Act: 5 Uncomplicated Disciplines for Men, speaker and author Vince Miller provides an understanding of five essential spiritual disciplines that ignite a lifelong journey of spiritual development made just for men.

  1. Prayer
  2. Scripture
  3. Brotherhood
  4. Accountability
  5. Ministry

Leave the ranks of the hesitant and join a movement of men.

More information about FORGE (the Men’s Ministry at LifeBridge) here.

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Sealy, TX 77474

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