The threefold cord of marriage
There are three critical elements to marriage. If these are carefully tended, marriage itself is a strong and stable institution. If they are not, it is not.
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Hope you brought a hankie. Every man should carry a hankie. And a knife. And a flashlight. Other things too, but this is not the time.
You can’t image God if you don’t fear him
God represents his fatherhood through the created order; how a younger man speaks of God, and how he treats older men in real life, reflects how he treats God in his heart.
A primer on how to lead your wife, part 3: leading means calling
We get asked how to lead a wife more than anything else. We break it down like this: you lead your wife by following Jesus, requiring her to follow in your tracks, and calling her to do so. This may seem simplistic, but it is a sure foundation. In this series we’ll look at each of these three elements in turn.
A primer on how to lead your wife, part 2: leading requires following
We get asked how to lead a wife more than anything else. We break it down like this: you lead your wife by following Jesus, requiring her to follow in your tracks, and calling her to do so. This may seem simplistic, but it is a sure foundation. In this series we’ll look at each of these three elements in turn.
A primer on how to lead your wife, part 1: leading means following
We get asked how to lead a wife more than anything else. We break it down like this: you lead your wife by following Jesus, requiring her to follow in your tracks, and calling her to do so. This may seem simplistic, but it is a sure foundation. In this series we’ll look at each of these three elements in turn.
Singleness is not normal
Marriage is the norm that God established for men and women from the beginning, so to normalize singleness is to normalize the abnormal. There is no “gift” of singleness; there is only the gift of celibacy or the curse of singleness. The counsel in 1 Corinthians 7 is given explicitly as special advice to suspend the normal way of life because of persecution—not as general instructions for the entire church age.
Ms. Wrong, part 2: loudness
The second installment of our serial guide to considering a possible helpmeet. Here we focus on what Scripture says about loudness in women, and how to spot it.
The bitter taste of the red pill
Our mission is to call Christians back to father-rule. That starts by submitting ourselves to the rule of our Father—not chafing against it.
Be careful what you laugh at
Comedy is a powerful tool of acculturation—and it is effective even if you know what it is doing. If you are conditioned to treat our culture’s wrecking of good things as amusing, how will you take it seriously, or remain sober-minded about the work of repair?
Comportment is communication
What you wear, the mannerisms you employ, the way you hold yourself—these are a form of expression. What does your bearing say about you?
Attending church is entering the heavenly court
The concept of “on earth, as in heaven” applies to worship just as much as to doing God’s will day by day. When we attend church, we are entering spiritually into a heavenly reality—which has serious ramifications for our worship.
Rebuilding the social grammar of masculinity
To restore men’s confidence in what it means to be men, we need to work beyond individual performance and judgment. We must re-establish the kind of tacit cues that other cultures have taken for granted as shaping masculine (and feminine) expression.
Middle school talk on being your sex welcomed by boys…not so much the girls
Preteen boys and girls are getting the strong message of feminism, whether their parents are secular or Christian. This message calcifies the boys, and brassifies the girls. Both need the antidote of biblical instruction.
Ms. Wrong, part 1: immodesty
The first installment of our serial guide to considering a possible helpmeet. Here we focus on what Scripture says about modesty in women, and how to apply this in the modern day.
If marriages should be fruitful, can we use contraceptives?
While contraceptives are not intrinsically wrong, the ordering of a marriage toward fruitlessness is—and contraceptives often end up being used to establish such a pattern.
Fruitfulness is normal
From the beginning, God established children as the natural fruit of marriage. Barrenness is a curse—so why would believers voluntarily bring it upon themselves?
How to do family religion, as told by Michael
Devotional time with your family is one of the key ways a man shepherds his house. Here’s how Michael does it.
5 ways to stop being weak
Become a stronger man—a man whose gravitas and virtue set him apart—by simply not doing these five common things.
5 types of incomplete masculinity
Most men you meet will have an incomplete masculinity, but not all are incomplete in the same way. Understanding that masculinity is comprised of a biblical triad can help in grasping where a particular man goes wrong.
The danger of red pill assumptions about human nature
Red pill gives us “how things are” without factoring in the fall or the power of redemption. That is its danger. Its benefit is found in a willingness to state things that feminized evangelicals refuse to admit are true.