The loss of all-male spaces has made male friendship enormously difficult to create and sustain because it destroyed the milieux of that friendship. If you want to be friends with other men, it’s now something you have to do outside of everything else in life. No wonder so few men have the time or energy... Continue Reading

Judgment Day will strip off all pretenses; and all false hopes will vanish into oblivion. But such is the power of sin, that we sinners will hold out as long as we can—hoping that we can appease God in some way other than the blood righteousness of Christ being applied to our desperate and hopelessly-lost... Continue Reading

Morton Smith was the first faculty member at the newly founded Reformed Theological Institute and in later years he would become the chairman of the department of systematic theology. However, just as biblical-confessional theological education required a new seminary, concerned Presbyterians would come to realize the need for a new denomination.   The above photograph... Continue Reading

The Southern Baptist Convention will consider a resolution this summer supporting a government ban on pornography. Other denominations should consider doing the same. The time is ripe for Christians across the nation to speak with moral clarity. Pornography is unequivocally evil. For the sake of the common good, it should be illegal.   Pornography is... Continue Reading

We will plant gardens. We will sing psalms. We will baptize in rivers and break bread in barns. We will raise boys who know their strength is for shelter. We will raise girls who know their bodies are not burdens. We will be stubborn, rooted, joyful, and unbending. Because God is not confused. And neither... Continue Reading

Biblical honor is not a shallow politeness or robotic compliance. It is a weighty disposition of the soul that reveres God’s structure and reflects His glory. It does not depend on flawless leadership. It does not wait for perfect policies. It is rooted in faith—faith that God’s order is good, and that Christ reigns even... Continue Reading

Church members should remember that they are not the spectators in the life of the church, merely observing a pastoral performance. Instead, they ought to be exactly what Jesus has called them to be—the church.   The year was 1961, and JFK was giving his famous inaugural speech on January 20th. In his speech he... Continue Reading

Corporate worship is the most important context in which we rehearse the acts of the Lord. The living God has made himself known in the Old and New Testaments. There are ancient and modern songs of the faith that beautifully express what we believe. And through the ordinances of baptism and communion, the saving acts... Continue Reading

When the Word of Christ is dwelling in you richly, then you’ll be equipped to say with the hymnwriter, “he speaks to me everywhere.” Pore over every leaf and ledger with an eye for spiritual reminders. Our forgetful hearts need constant prodding, else our spiritual indifference will drag us down to earth.   Knotty trees. Crumbling... Continue Reading

Father famine has led to a generation of foolish and undisciplined men. The rapid expansion of the Internet exacerbated the problem. Our society was not prepared for an always-on, ever-present information source that could build toxic silos around foolish men, disaffected or otherwise. The fatherly failure to discipline men has thus extended to how men... Continue Reading