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What are the Reasons that We Serve?
During my time with ALERT, I have had the opportunity to go on many different deployments and service opportunities. These have ranged from local service projects to working with local law enforcement on search and recovery, to several international trips to assist in...
Thank You for Your Sacrificial Service for Us ALERT Men
We often hear from our Alumni how the training they received at ALERT gave them amazing opportunities in the career God has called them to. That training is only possible because of the staff and guest instructors who selflessly give of their time, effort, and...
Relationships Built Around Meaningful Things
Last Wednesday, much of the Battalion was out on deployment, so I took the rest of the guys out to coffee for our weekly Battalion Impact Meeting. It was nothing too remarkable—just me, a coffee shop, and the guys. But we had a great time—laughing at stories from...
Leveling Our Expectations for This Life
One of life's biggest struggles is expectations. We hold expectations on everything: the economy, the weather, the job market, our friends and family. We expect things to go a certain way. We expect our bodies to perform when and how we ask them to. We expect people...
Denying Yourself Now to Gain Something Better Later
Discipline is often denying yourself something now in order to gain something better later. We can do this in many ways. For example, we work out and deny ourselves the comfort of sitting on the couch now to gain the benefits of a strong and healthy body later. But we...
Is the Gospel a Doorway into Christianity?
The first line of ALERT’s ethos is “The Gospel transforms a man,” but what do we mean by that? Isn’t the Gospel the doorway into Christianity that we leave behind us as we progress down the path of faith? Not at all. The Gospel is the good news of what Christ has done...