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May 2018

May 18, 2018

Manhood at First Things and Touchstone

Here are some sightings of yours truly at First Things and at Touchstone--a couple of...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

On Getting & Keeping Masculine Men in Church

First, if you want to reach men, it helps to be a man.

January 08, 2018

What Is the Appeal of Jack Donovan for Many Young Christian Men?

If you know who Jack Donovan is, you don’t need me to explain what I’m...

November 2017

November 02, 2017

Sloth and the Sexual Revolution

Sloth is the sin of the hopeless.

May 2017

May 08, 2017

Why I don’t read most books for men written by evangelicals

Most books for men conform to the expectations of the modern world.

April 2017

April 11, 2017

The Way of Men: Nietzsche or Aristotle?

When I was in graduate school (Harvard Divinity School) one of my professors put the...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

Man of the House: Why Did I Write It?

I'm pleased to announce that my latest nonfiction book is available for preorder from my...

February 2017

February 14, 2017

Masculinity and the Church (I am interviewed by Radio Free Christendom)

I am pleased to present a podcast of Radio Free Christendom in which I...

February 07, 2017

Deconstructing Feminized Fatherhood

We must live our lives in a larger structure of meaning than we can build...

February 02, 2017

Real Men Don’t Virtue Signal

Virtue signaling is the new self-righteousness. And self-righteousness is for sissies. Every once in a...

January 2017

January 26, 2017

Feminism, the Women’s March, and Aesthetics

The other day I stumbled across a post by a fellow Patheos blogger entitled, The...

January 24, 2017

I Am Weary of the World-Weariness of the Unaccomplished

The best way to avoid disappointment is to not even try. Life is struggle. Jacob...

January 17, 2017

Androphobia Is a Real Thing: And Many Pastors Suffer From It

If you're afraid of your plumber you've got a real problem. Now I'm assuming your...

January 10, 2017

Why I Don’t Hit Girls

I have a little sister, and like many children who grow frustrated with tagalong siblings,...

December 2016

December 21, 2016

The Church Impotent–the transitional paragraph

My last post noted that I'm working my way through Leon Podle's fine book, The...

December 14, 2016

Why Western Christianity is Effeminate, Part 1

I'm in the midst of a flurry of last minute edits to my manuscript, Man...

December 07, 2016

Families: No Room in the Church-Inn

I just finished reading a book that I've been commissioned to review for Touchstone Magazine....

July 2016

July 05, 2016

The Ministry of Self-Defense

I'm not much of a martyr. I suffer from other complexes, I suppose, but the...

June 2016

June 06, 2016

Gravitas: How to Gain Weight and Keep It On.

I received a note recently with a question about something I wrote on the subject...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

Are Men Obsolete? (Short answer, no.)

Are men obsolete? In her book, The End of Men and the Rise of Women,...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

The Anthony Option

The time may be near when we can greet a new Anthony as a deliverer--an...

March 2016

March 24, 2016

Household Economics Coming to Your Living Room

When I talk about recovering home economics, and especially the centrality of productive property to...

March 18, 2016

The Han Solo Ethic

"I don't think I was ever that naive." I've been saying that to myself more...

March 14, 2016

Diana Moon Glampers, Sociobiology, and Aristotle

This weekend the Wall Street Journal confirmed what we pretty much know intuitively, stronger-looking men...

March 11, 2016

The Main Chance and the Mystery of Manliness

If you follow this blog you know that I believe that productive property is the...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Why We Need a Libertarian Study Bible

Some people think of Romans 13:1-7 as a summary of everything the Bible has to...

February 08, 2016

Advice for a Nice Christian Young Man

If you haven't noticed by now, being nice doesn't get you very far. Perhaps the...