Blog for Christian Men to Challenge and Equip

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, ...

Jack Nicklaus II: Listen to Your Children

As parents, we are often living lives filled with distractions, emotional challenges, and professional and personal disruptions. No matter what you face, take every opportunity you are given to listen ...

Prayers of American Presidents

Editor’s note: Tomorrow is the National Day of Prayer in the United States, which occurs annually on the first Thursday of May. The modern law instituting this time to “turn ...

Your Brain on Porn

Like sand on a beach, the brain bears the footprints of the decisions we have made, the skills we have learned—Sharon Begley, Newsweek Science Editor1Restart and reboot yourself. You’re free ...

Billy's Heaven

Editor’s note: Most Saturdays for 15 years, Don Wilton drove the long road to meet with Billy at his home in Montreat, North Carolina. There the two friends spent hours ...

Randy Travis: Amazing Grace

Editor’s Note: Randy Travis experienced tremendous success as a country and gospel singer. But in 2009, his seemingly charmed life began a downward spiral. His marriage dissolved, he discovered that ...

What Will You Do With Your One Extraordinary Life?

I have been teaching as an adjunct professor at Pepperdine Law School for more than a decade. It’s a place filled with bright, ambitious law students, many of whom have ...

Get Real Real

In my first couple of weeks [at Baylor University], I met a kid I’ll call Peter. I can’t remember what his parents did for work, but whatever it was, it ...

The Scandal of Abba

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from ...

Redeeming the Story of Fatherlessness

I have difficulty praying the Lord’s Prayer because whenever I say “Our Father,” I think of my own father, who was hard, unyielding, and relentless. I cannot help but think ...

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