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December 2019

December 30, 2019

Flame-throwers in Church? How Much Stagecraft is too Much?

Have we reached peak stagecraft? At what point do our showy, manmade contrivances overwhelm the...

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...

November 2018

November 13, 2018

Feminized messages in public schools

High school is no longer about academic achievement; it's about relational harmony.

March 2016

March 10, 2016

Andy Stanley’s real errors

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

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....

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...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

Comedy: the key to reaching young men?

Prediction: the next Billy Graham will be a comedian.

July 03, 2015

Why gay is suddenly OK

Why have most civilizations been hostile toward homosexuality? Why does the Bible call it “an...

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.

December 2014

December 23, 2014

Why we blame institutions (including church) for everything

In the past fifty years our collective understanding of liability has changed radically. We used...

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 26, 2014

Thanksgiving vs. the outrage machine

The media is becoming one giant, seething outrage machine. It’s making it harder for us...

November 13, 2014

How men became scary

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

September 2014

September 16, 2014

How Christian radio poisons boys’ faith

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

June 2014

June 04, 2014

Are millennial men less manly?

Men in their 20s don’t conform to strict gender roles the way their fathers and...

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 23, 2014

How we destroyed our man-building infrastructure

Men’s service organizations were just one plank in a vast infrastructure that used to exist...

October 2013

October 09, 2013

What college men really need from the church

Maybe young guys are leaving Christianity because they are longing for a kind of discipleship...

October 02, 2013

Dad’s noble reason for skipping church

Fathers often choose youth sports over church for a reason most Christians would applaud –...

June 2013

June 12, 2013

Gangs fathering the fatherless

"A gang gives you something that nothing in the world or no amount of money...

April 2013

April 03, 2013

Stogies for Jesus

"Men having a cigar, discussing Godly principles, and encouraging each other."