Blog for Christian Men to Challenge and Equip

"Not Good Enough" Jesus

Jesus would rather not even go to Jerusalem. It was chaos. He much preferred more normal places with more normal people. He left more of His grace in those places ...

Flyover: The Stories We’ve Missed

Thanksgiving offers us an annual pause from the pace of life to return to places we do not often visit and gather with people we do not often see. Indeed, ...

Advent: Everlasting Father

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; ...
by Lecrae Men

The Redemptive Reading of God’s Story

Editor’s note: Two-time GRAMMY winning hip-hop artist and bestselling author Lecrae had inspired millions with his redemptive and gut-honest art. But when his personal life spun into chaos, he was ...

Am I Being Honest with Myself... Really?

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? — Jeremiah 17:9 NIVGood question. Not me.Apparently, nobody.This explains why we’ve all said at some point, ...

The Answer to Outrage

In 2014, Slate magazine released a series of essays collectively called “The Year of Outrage” and described, “From righteous fury to faux indignation, everything we got mad about… and how ...

How We Can Face the Hardest Things in Life

January 17th, 2018 transformed our lives. It was the day I (Patrick) heard the word cancer. “Would you spell that for me?” I asked the nurse over the phone. My ...

You Are Worth Getting to Know

Just recently I lost a friend. I’m not sure if loss or death has been a part of your life, but it has most certainly been a part of mine. ...

A Nation Raging, a Church Unchanging

Contention and DivisionI was in Southeast Asia several weeks ago spending time with a friend, Michael. Michael is an American missionary, and his family has been absent from the United ...

God and the Pandemic: How Do We Recover?

Perhaps the most vital question of all, and one which should be near the top of serious conversations at the highest level between Church, state and all interested parties, is ...

Rescue from the Madness

There’s a madness to our moment, and we need to name it for the lunacy it is. Because it’s taking our lives hostage.First, there’s the blistering pace of life.I texted ...

More than False Hope

“You can do anything if you put your mind to it.”I’m sure you’ve heard that inspirational saying. Maybe a guy at the gym quoted it, or maybe your wife has ...

Same Kind of Different as Me

Editor’s note: Now a major motion picture, Same Kind of Different As Me is the remarkable true story of Denver Moore — a modern-day slave, Ron Hall — an international ...

Take Courage

Editor’s note: Bear Grylls is a survivor. You’ve likely seen him on one of his many survival and adventure TV shows, such as Man Vs. Wild, You Vs. Wild, The ...

How Playing Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump led to a Life of Service

Editor’s Note: When actor Gary Sinise took on the role of Lieutenant Dan Taylor for the 1994 film Forrest Gump, he had no idea just how it would change his ...

Writing a Better Story

Nearly every day in the summer, I take my dog to Westmoreland Park, where she plays in the creek. She runs up and down through the creek bed, diving headlong ...

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