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July 2019

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...

June 2019

June 12, 2019

Five Reasons Churches Correct Men and Coddle Women

"The women in my group indulged, affirmed, and sympathized with one another. I was taught...

May 2019

May 11, 2019

Liberal Churches: Why no LGBTQ Youth Leaders?

Four years after the Boy Scouts rolled out the rainbow carpet to gay youth workers,...

January 2019

January 15, 2019

The Book that Led to a Baby Bust in the Church

Joshua Harris has taken a rare step for a pastor and author: he’s admitted he...

May 2016

May 18, 2016

Try my newest book for 99 cents

In this book I tell the story of the darkest days in my marriage.

May 11, 2016

Why the bathroom wars have men in a lather

The new bathroom policy angers men because it strips them of their ancient protector role....

April 2016

April 04, 2016

Stop managing your husband’s relationships

When a woman starts taking control of something, a man immediately backs off. After a...

March 2016

March 22, 2016

The day my marriage blew up

In a period of 24 hours everything fell apart. I sat in my living room...

March 10, 2016

Andy Stanley’s real errors

To his credit, Stanley quickly apologized for disparaging small churches. But his comment was based...

December 2015

December 22, 2015

Removing barriers that keep young men out of church

If we want more men in church 20 years from now we must start today...

December 14, 2015

How the sexual purity movement drives young men from church

Guys want frank, biblical teaching when it comes to sex and relationships. They don't want...

November 2015

November 25, 2015

Why Christian men are playing the field

Christian men can postpone marriage – and they know it. The numbers are in their...

September 2015

September 15, 2015

Our new moral framework (part 1 of 3)

There's a new moral framework in the Western world. It's neither conservative nor liberal. It's...

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?

July 2015

July 07, 2015

Why extramarital sex is suddenly OK

We tend to see the “sexual revolution” as something new. It is not. We are...

June 2015

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...

March 2015

March 16, 2015

Does she expect you to read her mind?

Women have this romantic idea: “If he REALLY loved me, he would just know what...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

Is self-esteem wrecking church attendance?

A generation bathed in self-esteem is having a hard time integrating into institutional Christianity.

February 03, 2015

The altar girl controversy

Star of the Sea parish in San Francisco recently pulled the plug on its 20-year-long...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

Archery-based church targets men

What happens when you put an archery range inside an abandoned grocery store and call...

November 2014

November 13, 2014

How men became scary

There was a time when it was considered normal for men to interact with children...

November 04, 2014

Marriage will be ruled unconstitutional

There’s a growing movement in our country to scrap marriage altogether, or to privatize the...

October 2014

October 13, 2014

We need a national conversation on spanking

Some 90% of parents spank their kids – yet they are given absolutely no instruction...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

Guys – take her to see “The Song”

I don’t usually place movie reviews on this blog, but I had the opportunity to...

September 16, 2014

How Christian radio poisons boys’ faith

As radio stations pursue middle age female listeners, they unwittingly set up young men to...

July 2014

July 22, 2014

Confusing Worship with Fellowship

Megachurches attract a higher percentage of men. One of the reasons is that they’ve divided...

June 2014

June 10, 2014

The Futility of Father’s Day Services

We celebrate men on the Sunday they’re least likely to be among us.

May 2014

May 27, 2014

Sportsman’s Church hooks the camo crowd

Imagine a church that meets outdoors. Rain or shine. Next to a fishing hole. Around...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

Why men aren’t buying the church’s core product (part 2)

As a young man growing up in church, I can’t remember ever hearing a sermon...