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Author Archives: Jeff Dillard
“My Everything”, (music video by Owl City)
If you’d like to know more about who publishes the articles, videos, and other materials on tools4trenches, you can click on the picture of me and my wife.
12 Tips to Set-up for W.A.I.T. Training, a program of Physical Exercise for Bible Study & Fellowship
In the last few videos, I demonstrated how we can strengthen our physical, relational, and spiritual fitness in Christ simultaneously in groups of very different abilities. This video will cover 11 practical tips to start your own group. Then, over … Continue reading
Rags to Riches Stories
Today we’ll consider the appeal of this year’s most popular Super Bowl ad, “Born the hard way”. The article below is part of “Topical Tuesdays” and part of my weekly email as a Chaplain to my Army unit. I offer … Continue reading
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4 Areas of Counseling in Christ
If you’ve not yet read the article, “4 Areas of Leadership in Christ“, it might be helpful to start there, because godly counseling supports godly leadership. How? Leadership in Christ helps others continue following Him. Counseling helps those who are … Continue reading
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4 Areas of Leadership in Christ
When the Lord told Adam and Even to rule the world (Genesis 1:28), He was giving all mankind our first job description: lead. But what exactly should that look like? The Bible clearly shows we aren’t to force our will … Continue reading
Leviticus and Numbers: the Qualitative and Quantitative Love of God
Would you believe Leviticus and Numbers are two of my favorite books in the Bible? I know…they can seem complex, redundant, and even weird. But I hope to help you see that they are truly incredible expressions of God’s love. … Continue reading
We are the “seed” of God’s image (part 3 of 4), the Priest
The serious student of Scripture may be interested in what follows, but a lighter true story first might help remind us of how quickly we can fail and how much we need the Lord to make us truly clean for … Continue reading
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How to use Physical Exercise for Small Group Bible Study & Christian Fellowship: 1 Goal, 2 Tools, and 3 Questions in 4 Venues
What if we could strengthen our physical, relational, and spiritual fitness in Christ simultaneously and realistically in groups of very different abilities? In this video, I will show how we can do exactly that, even with some who would be … Continue reading
Failure can be a measure of Greatness
The article below is part of “Topical Tuesdays” and part of my weekly email as a Chaplain to my Army unit. I offer these non-religious reads to them praying that they will want more and might view the hyperlinked Christian … Continue reading
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A Theme of Exodus: “the God of the Impossible, the Insignificant, and the Undeserving”
I am a huge fan of movies about heroes, especially if they’re an underdog. They see someone in need and save them by risking their own skin, often losing some of it in the process. It reminds me of what’s most … Continue reading
Counseling Principles & Strategies, an Introduction
If you’ve read or viewed other posts on this blog, you may remember that I am relating leadership and counseling as two duties of all Christians. Christian leadership, per the Apostle Paul, is simply equipping and encouraging others to follow … Continue reading
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We are the “seed” of God’s image (2 of 4), the Prophet
About 30 years ago, just for fun I decided to make some Indian curried chicken and mango chutney. Although I don’t think I’d ever seen a mango before. As I ventured into the fruit section of the grocery store and … Continue reading
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Hometown Heroes & Visiting Villains
The article below is part of “Topical Tuesdays” and part of my weekly email as a Chaplain to my Army unit. I offer these non-religious reads to them praying that they will want more and might view the hyperlinked Christian … Continue reading
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Genesis 38, is God sometimes random?
Have you ever wondered if the Lord is sometimes random? Take Genesis 38, for example. For the first 11 chapters of Genesis, the Lord revealed how He created everything, why Mankind rebelled against Him, and how our ‘independence’ only gets … Continue reading
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We are the “seed” of God’s image (part 1 of 4), Holy for Relationships
If you haven’t read the earlier post, “Life always starts with Seed”, please do. In it, I introduce the fact that God created us as His seed to live in His image and gives His Word and Spirit as seed … Continue reading
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“Persecuted for righteousness”, (Matthew 5:10-12)
The brief video below is one in a series of about 25 devotionals on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7. I originally produced these for the 14,000 personnel in the Department of the Army whom I serve because … Continue reading
“Seeing God”, (Matthew 5:8)
The brief video below is one in a series of about 25 devotionals on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7. I originally produced these for the 14,000 personnel in the Department of the Army whom I serve because … Continue reading
“Warming up to Working Out the Body of Christ” (part 2 of 2): Spiritual Resilience & your “Treasure Chest”
If you haven’t viewed part 1 of “Warming Up to Working Out”, I recommend doing so before watching part 2 below. The first video is foundational to the second. As I’ve said in the introductory posts for this series, I … Continue reading
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“Warming up to Working Out the Body of Christ” (part 1 of 2): Emotional Intelligence & your “Treasure Chest”
If you’ve read any posts in this series, “Workout Wednesday”, you know that I am encouraging us to use physical exercise for small group Bible studies and Christian fellowship in a program of “W.A.I.T. Training”. There are at least two … Continue reading
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Your “Check Engine” Light
The article below is part of “Topical Tuesdays” and part of my weekly email as a Chaplain to my Army unit. I offer these non-religious reads to them praying that they will want more and might view the hyperlinked Christian … Continue reading
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Exercising the Body of Christ through “Fuel”
The video below illustrates one of 24 metaphors of physical fitness in Scripture that illustrate spiritual fitness in Christ. The goal is to use different venues of exercise – jogging, light weight-lifting, hiking, spin classes, and many other settings – … Continue reading
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Exercising the Body of Christ through “Flexibility”
The video below illustrates one of 24 metaphors of physical fitness in Scripture that illustrate spiritual fitness in Christ. The goal is to use different venues of exercise – jogging, light weight-lifting, hiking, spin classes, and many other settings – … Continue reading
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Exercising the Body of Christ through “Balance” (a teaching video)
The video below illustrates one of 24 metaphors of physical fitness in Scripture that illustrate spiritual fitness in Christ. The goal is to use different venues of exercise – jogging, light weight-lifting, hiking, spin classes, and many other settings – … Continue reading
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Life always starts with a Seed
I know. For most people, that’s probably a no-brainer about plants and other forms of physical life. But it’s true of spiritual life, too. Have you ever noticed the pattern and progression of God’s creation in Genesis 1? The Lord … Continue reading
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Exercising the Body of Christ through “Breath”
The video below illustrates one of 24 metaphors of physical fitness in Scripture that illustrate spiritual fitness in Christ. The goal is to use different venues of exercise – jogging, light weight-lifting, hiking, spin classes, and many other settings – … Continue reading
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