Blog for Christian Men to Challenge and Equip

Chasing Failure: Kobe Made Me Do It

The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his ...

What the Creator of Corn Flakes got Wrong

For over a decade, I’ve been giving a lecture on human sexuality in the largest classroom auditorium we have on the Christian college campus where I teach. And every year, ...

What Made Jesus Mad?

We’ve got a magnet on our kitchen refrigerator that says, “If Momma ain’t happy… ain’t nobody happy.” It’s funny because we all know it’s true. If the person in charge ...

Escaping Emotional Incarceration

In the United States, the dimensions of a typical prison cell are approximately six by eight feet, encased in steel or brick walls. One solid or barred door locks the ...

How God the Father Initiates a Man

Desperate for InitiationA man needs to know his name. He needs to know he’s got what it takes.And I don’t mean “know” in the modernistic, rationalistic sense. I don’t mean ...

Seeing Yourself as God Sees You

Do you have a photo of your spouse, significant other, or children as your phone background, eager to show them off at the first opportunity to anyone and everyone? What ...

A Man's Deepest Question

The story of Adam’s fall is every man’s story. It is simple and straightforward, almost mythic in its brevity and depth. And so every man comes into the world set ...

Hunting Down the Spiders

My family recently moved to a new home on the south side of Nashville. “New” is probably a little misleading, but what can I say? It’s new to us. Actually, ...

Never Bring a Horse to a Tank Fight

You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ...

Win Not the Battle but the War

Editor’s note: All men have the common ground of facing some level of sexual temptation or discontent — whether married or single. In the brand new book Beyond the Battle, ...

Losing My Voice To Find It

Editor’s Note: Mark Stuart was the front man of popular Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline at a time when the Christian music scene exploded. Advancing from garage band to global ...

A Broader Vision of Manhood

Every culture has its ideal vision of masculinity.Sociologist Erving Goffman once wrote, “In an important sense there is only one completely unblushing male in America: a young, married, white, urban, ...

Turn Over Control to God

Turn Over Control to GodHow do we do that? How do we turn over the control of our lives to God as Jesus did, and as Jesus invites us to ...

What are We to Make of Jesus Christ?

What are we to make of Jesus Christ? This is a question which has, in a sense, a frantically comic side. For the real question is not what are we ...

The Stages of the Masculine Journey

If I were to sketch out for you the masculine journey in broad strokes, I believe this is how it unfolds, or better, how it was meant to unfold: Boyhood ...

The Messiah in the Desert

When the word “desert” comes to mind, most people think of a barren, sweltering, uninhabitable, hostile, waterless, sandy, and lifeless place. Spiritually, the desert is often a place of wandering, ...

Free Resources

Free Online Bible Study by Margaret Feinberg

Free Online Bible Study by Margaret Feinberg

Let's study James with Margaret Feinberg for 5 weeks! You'll read the entire book of James from start to finish, memorize a verse each week with companion FREE coloring pages for each Scripture, and receive FREE access to 5 study videos by Margaret. Study starts 4/22!