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February 2014

February 21, 2014

The Raging Bull

Once upon a time there was a man who had been raised in an alcoholic...

February 05, 2014

Join me at my new Patheos blog

Patheos has invited me to start my own blog, focused more directly on men and...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Three Little Ways to Welcome Men at Church

With men, the little things matter more than you think.

January 24, 2014

Contract for Men

With all the media coverage of men behaving badly (from Richard Sherman to Justin Bieber),...

January 17, 2014

The Dangers of Steroids for Boys

Many high school boys are involved in sports programs. Sports can be a great vehicle...

December 2013

December 25, 2013

I’m coming to Australia – book me!

I’ll be traveling to Australia March 10-26, 2014 and I’m looking for opportunities to speak...

December 13, 2013

An Open Message to Men on the Warfare They Face

Guys, we need to stop being ashamed of being men. Virtually every behavior that is...

December 11, 2013

Why Men Don’t Share Feelings (Part 2)

Most men do not tell their wives what they really feel because if they did,...

December 06, 2013

Teaching Boys Courage

Courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face uncertainty,...

December 04, 2013

Why Men Don’t Share Their Feelings (Part 1)

Men are trained from a young age to deny their true feelings. Complete this phrase:...

November 2013

November 04, 2013

Is Your Life Worthy of Your Calling?

One question that changes everything: Is your life worthy of the calling you've received?

October 2013

October 28, 2013

How the Band of Brothers can Point us to God

A bulldozer had cut a jagged swathe up Mount Currahee, the 3 ½ mile-long incline...

October 21, 2013

College Men: What You Need to Know About Finances

How do you develop a wise, skillful approach to finances? It’s not as confusing...

October 09, 2013

What college men really need from the church

Maybe young guys are leaving Christianity because they are longing for a kind of discipleship...

October 07, 2013

Why College Men Need Church

Fact: If you’re a guy in high school and attend church right now, chances...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Pick the Pain You’d Rather Have–You’ve Gotta Choose One

A despised word nowadays is discipline. Yet that’s a word that needs to live....

July 2013

July 29, 2013

How to Be a Man of Awe

“Dad,” said my 9-year-old daughter, Addy. “Some kid in the park asked me if...

July 26, 2013

What Does a Man Look Like?

Last week we talked about young men thinking that they didn’t feel like men. My...

July 19, 2013

The Death of Masculinity? (Hank Hill Part 2)

A lot of men (mostly young men) tell me that they don’t feel like a...

July 17, 2013

Why men aren’t stepping up

Men just aren’t as important as they once were. Suddenly, society can get along quite...

July 01, 2013

3 Powerful Weapons Against Porn

Early in the morning at a recent conference, I deliberately decided that when lunchtime...

June 2013

June 21, 2013

Symbols of Glory–Why They Matter

All men have a yearning for greatness, for significance. We want to know we came...

June 19, 2013

What if Jesus applied for a job at your church?

"I’m sorry Mr. Nazareth, but I’m having a hard time seeing where that kind of...

June 14, 2013

Daddy’s Girl (part 2)

Part two of this article looks at the incredible potential fathers have to influence the...

June 10, 2013

Lessons learned from drunk kings and naked women

King Herod was his name, and he did plenty of things wrong. That’s why I...

June 07, 2013

Daddy’s Girl (part 1)

In anticipation of Father's Day the following is Part 1 of a two-part article on...

June 05, 2013

How to pray aloud like a man

Have you ever noticed that Christians speak normally to one another, but when they speak...

May 2013

May 14, 2013

The Heart of Masculinity

All boys want to know how a man is supposed to act. Our model of...

May 08, 2013

Why men have stopped singing in church

It happened again yesterday. I was attending one of those hip, contemporary churches — and...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

How a traditional church can grow again

This traditional church is growing by about 10 percent a year. The nursery is bursting...