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July 2020

July 15, 2020

Post-COVID Slump: Is it Just a Flesh Wound?

Since the lockdowns, churches have had three of their four "limbs" hacked off. All we...

August 2019

August 19, 2019

Pastor: How to Feed Your Flock Every Day

Pastor, what if there was a way to triple the number of people in your...

July 2019

July 29, 2019

New Members’ Class: Tell Men the Truth

We need to tell men the truth about church membership. The good, the bad and...

July 23, 2019

How the New Members’ Class Sets Men Up to Fail

There are legions of former churchgoers who have fallen away — not because they’ve lost...

July 15, 2019

Are Evangelicals Just as Messed Up as Non-Believers?

Those who actually practice their faith have much healthier personal lives than those who simply...

May 2019

May 28, 2019

A Man’s Perspective on Leggings

Men have admitted a weakness. They've asked for help. But instead of compassion, their request...

March 2019

March 30, 2019

Where did the Call-to-Repentance Songs Go?

It’s easy to tell God how wonderful he is. It's hard to hear how depraved...

December 2018

December 27, 2018

Why I Don’t Listen to Your Christian Podcast

The problem isn’t the content – it’s the way Christian podcasts present the material that...

December 05, 2018

Does God Really Afflict the Comfortable?

One of liberal Christianity’s favorite shibboleths is this: God comforts the afflicted and afflicts the...

November 2018

November 26, 2018

Rhett Bulter: Sexual Predator?

A kiss between Scarlett and Rhett illustrates how our sexual ethics have changed.

November 05, 2018

How Churches Create Isolated Christians

In a lonely world, the church is uniquely positioned to offer genuine face-to-face human contact....

May 2016

May 05, 2016

There’s no such thing as church planting

Let me point out something that should be obvious: you can’t plant a church. All...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Youth group: why not put the boys in charge?

Why did these boys come week after week? Not because of my superior leadership skills....

February 23, 2016

Help me reinvent the men’s retreat (part 3 of 3)

A successful men’s retreat begins well in advance – by organizing men into teams. Build...

February 17, 2016

Help me reinvent the men’s retreat (part 2 of 3)

The most valuable thing a man can take away from a retreat is a group...

February 10, 2016

Help me reinvent the men’s retreat (part 1 of 3)

I’m going to use my next three blog entries to lay out a plan for...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Motivate men — promise risk and reward

Jesus did not shy away from the promise of reward. He did not worry that...

December 2015

December 08, 2015

How we screen young men out of church

Children of every kind come into the church. They are screened through children’s ministry and...

November 2015

November 11, 2015

Ten takeaways from Reload ’15 conference

Reload is the world’s largest gathering of men’s ministry leaders. Here are ten cool things...

November 04, 2015

Why society cares less about men

Here are four reasons both men and women have a hard time perceiving male suffering....

October 2015

October 14, 2015

Should men’s gatherings have singing?

In the past few years more and more men’s meetings have ditched the singing —...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Our new moral framework (part 3 of 3)

Every Christian institution maternalizes over time. This includes Christian Universities, charities, mission organizations and of...

August 2015

August 29, 2015

Forgiveness for fools

What do we do with a man who claims to follow Jesus, falls into temptation,...

August 10, 2015

Church growth: are men more important than women?

When it comes to growing a church, which gender counts more?

June 2015

June 23, 2015

Fight church serves MMA community (video)

Are MMA and Christianity compatible? Watch this video before you decide.

June 18, 2015

Black church triples in size by focusing on men

In the past five years the church has exploded. Instead of five reliable men, Kirkland...

June 02, 2015

Use the 10-10 format to teach men

Whenever I speak to men's retreats, I use a 10-10 format. I speak for about...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

It’s time to redesign the men’s retreat

It’s time to re-design the men’s retreat. If it’s just another church service with some...

May 19, 2015

The church I would plant (part 3)

Men’s League is an extremely simple, lightweight church-planting model that focuses like a laser on...

May 12, 2015

The church I would plant (part two)

If I were planting a church it would look nothing like the model we know...